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How times have changed...

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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22738 - Karma: 77,014
Man... I just came across this article:


Which is Matt Harvey back in 2004 talking about how the site was busier than ever with 40,000 people visiting in a month.

Nowadays, Newschoolers gets 40,000 individual people visiting every day, and clocks out at 750,000 individual people per month.

Crazy huh? Its nuts to look back at the history of things.


13 years ago
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
back when 50 members on at once was a lot
13 years ago
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broto
Posts: 9040 - Karma: 25,675
exactly 420 on right now.... bro....

loooooooollllllzzzzzzzz
13 years ago
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Milksteak
Posts: 9948 - Karma: 832
Crystallized nug
13 years ago
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eheath
Posts: 61964 - Karma: 126,879
yeah, that was when i first came to the site, thats crazy.
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PJS.
Posts: 11943 - Karma: 900
I feel so new...
13 years ago
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,847
do you have any screenshots from that day/year?   i want to see how it looked way back then
13 years ago
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quixotic
Posts: 6937 - Karma: 2,980
I've seen a link posted before that showed screen shots through the years. I'm sure Mr. Bishop can post it
13 years ago
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Elg
Posts: 2998 - Karma: 3,881
there´s a website where you can look up what any other website looked like at any given time, i´ll see if i can find it
13 years ago
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Asterisk
Posts: 954 - Karma: 199
http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/https://www.newschoolers.com
13 years ago
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*SNO*
Posts: 2575 - Karma: 925
wow, its changed soooo much!
I cant believe NS used to look like that, it looked really simple.
13 years ago
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,847
haha this old logo is badass.   someone needs to make this their icon!

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13 years ago
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Mike-O
Posts: 14593 - Karma: 1,089
I still have no idea what "Trippy the light fantastic indeed" means!
13 years ago
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skiRay
Posts: 7558 - Karma: 926
impressive numbers. me and a few buddies always wondered where ns ranks as far as activity amongst other forums
13 years ago
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PJS.
Posts: 11943 - Karma: 900
pretty damn low.
13 years ago
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skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7982 - Karma: 23,365
on it
13 years ago
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.RYAN66
Posts: 5381 - Karma: 225
The old logo!
13 years ago
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RudyGarmisch
Posts: 25444 - Karma: 13,856
More members doesn't always mean better content and community. The main boards seem way more faceless nowadays, all the close knit community stuff has moved into cults. Weird how the site has changed over the years.
13 years ago
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danbrown
Posts: 11939 - Karma: 21,834
when i joined it used to be cool when more than like 20 people were on at a time
13 years ago
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Stose
Posts: 7109 - Karma: 4,123
you can barely even tell this is an N and a S
13 years ago
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danbrown
Posts: 11939 - Karma: 21,834
thats a loka$h originla right there
13 years ago
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Mr.DarthVader
Posts: 1322 - Karma: 556
i dont see the ns
13 years ago
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john7elway
Posts: 419 - Karma: 248
how dare you impersonate me!
13 years ago
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bakedpow
Posts: 8770 - Karma: 10,468
I mean it has to be expected to a certain point. More members make it so less and less people know each other, thus leading to a less tight knit bunch.

But damn, things looked so much different before i joined. What does the future have in mind for ns?
13 years ago
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skodeo7
Posts: 14950 - Karma: 9,263
Nooooob haha
13 years ago
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heFF
Posts: 5786 - Karma: 4,457
weird to think i've been going to this site multiple times a week for the past 7-8 years...holy shit
13 years ago
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hoodratz47
Posts: 12028 - Karma: 9,586
holy shit. loka$h and noteffa wow
13 years ago
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hoodratz47
Posts: 12028 - Karma: 9,586
Feb 04 myself. kinda crazy.. things have changed


NS RADIO
13 years ago
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,416
BRING IT BACK
13 years ago
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Stinkey_egg
Posts: 1687 - Karma: 75
I just found these screen shots from back when I first found this site in 03. Back in the days of winning Mike Nick's skis and Gravity games.

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SMAP Buster! and MR. Bishop you even made it in this screen shot.

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13 years ago
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
God even a lot of shit has changed in the 5 years that I have been here. Cant imagine how the even more veteran members feel.
13 years ago
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ESB
Posts: 9274 - Karma: 10,659
Here ya go. You're welcome. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip_the_light_fantastic_%28phrase%29
13 years ago
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Bumblesteeze
Posts: 3092 - Karma: 748
Personally, I generally have more respect towards the older members since they're really the backbone of the website. It's pretty impressive how long some you guys have been active on this website.
13 years ago
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Mike-O
Posts: 14593 - Karma: 1,089
Well I'll be damned.
13 years ago
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Posts: 2345 - Karma: 2,104
Miss that logo.
13 years ago
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fnstoked
Posts: 802 - Karma: 27
haha yeah, I first stumbled on this site when the logo was this messy grafitti shit and they layout was weird. I don't even think I knew what a forum was. didn't bother to join but checked in here and there. Then you guys upped your game and I was hooked. Good job on that!
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