OPN2000 was opened in 1999. That's pretty much the same route that I took to get here: IGN link to OPN2000, then to PlanetN2000 when the forums moved over. I've read the forums pretty much since OPN2000 started, but didn't sign up for an account for a long time since being part of the forums was like being in some secret brotherhood back then, and any sign of not knowing what you were talking about made you look like an outcast.