Author Topic: Happy Anniversary (Read 6543 times)

JayDLewis · « **on:** November 19, 2004, 11:53:44 PM »

In reading a post in Chris Dickson's LiveJournal, he mentioned something that we have overlooked here. Something I decided to acknowledge.

Early October 1994 marked the beginning of an era. alt.tv.game-shows *AND* Chris Lambert's Game Show Page opened for business.

Chri$ L!'s site is the genesis for every single other gameshow webpage online and has remained a wonderful repository. I'm sure many of us remember using Mosaic (or Lynx) to visit his site complete with "The Fabulous 60 page Price is Right FAQ" and the Joker Jackpot.

And alt.tv.game-shows...despite what you want to say about the sorry state it is in now, without it, we wouldn't be here today. I'm sure there would be some sort of gameshow fandom group but it wouldn't be this collection of souls.

So, happy 10th anniversary to Chri$ and the other "old guys" who were around all those years ago...

Game Show Man · « **Reply #1 on:** November 20, 2004, 12:13:37 AM »

[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' date=\'Nov 19 2004, 09:53 PM\']In reading a post in Chris Dickson's LiveJournal, he mentioned something that we have overlooked here. Something I decided to acknowledge.

Early October 1994 marked the beginning of an era. alt.tv.game-shows *AND* Chris Lambert's Game Show Page opened for business.

Chri$ L!'s site is the genesis for every single other gameshow webpage online and has remained a wonderful repository. I'm sure many of us remember using Mosaic (or Lynx) to visit his site complete with "The Fabulous 60 page Price is Right FAQ" and the Joker Jackpot.

And alt.tv.game-shows...despite what you want to say about the sorry state it is in now, without it, we wouldn't be here today. I'm sure there would be some sort of gameshow fandom group but it wouldn't be this collection of souls.

So, happy 10th anniversary to Chri$ and the other "old guys" who were around all those years ago...

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Casey Buck · « **Reply #2 on:** November 20, 2004, 01:09:56 AM »

Don't forget that we're also coming up on the 10th anniversary of a certain cable network...

zachhoran · « **Reply #3 on:** November 20, 2004, 07:43:25 AM »

[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' date=\'Nov 19 2004, 11:53 PM\']

Early October 1994 marked the beginning of an era. alt.tv.game-shows *AND* Chris Lambert's Game Show Page opened for business.

So, happy 10th anniversary to Chri$ and the other "old guys" who were around all those years ago...

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Chris's site did indeed open in Fall of 1994, but the first posts to ATGS were 11 years ago this month, in November 1993.

tvwxman · « **Reply #4 on:** November 20, 2004, 08:54:28 AM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Nov 20 2004, 07:43 AM\'][quote name=\'JayDLewis\' date=\'Nov 19 2004, 11:53 PM\']

Early October 1994 marked the beginning of an era. alt.tv.game-shows *AND* Chris Lambert's Game Show Page opened for business.

So, happy 10th anniversary to Chri$ and the other "old guys" who were around all those years ago...

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Chris's site did indeed open in Fall of 1994, but the first posts to ATGS were 11 years ago this month, in November 1993.

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And Zach was an annoying know-it-all then, too.

The Pyramids · « **Reply #5 on:** November 20, 2004, 10:37:48 AM »

1994 was the year I remember that terms like 'email,' 'america online,' 'visit our website at..' began to take hold. I barley new what any of them meant.

jdhernandez · « **Reply #6 on:** November 20, 2004, 01:21:11 PM »

Old guys?!? I may not have been around since the infancy of atgs, but I've certainly been around...a long time, and I don't think I'm that old! :p

Funny how some things never change, eh? Well, here's hoping to another ten years of joy, great game show talk, and maybe some more meetups....and maybe even a poker night or two. ;-D I'd be glad to take a piece of the Joker's Jackpot!

ChrisLambert! · « **Reply #7 on:** November 21, 2004, 12:51:10 PM »

Thanks, Jay. I appreciated that. Glad somebody still remembers me

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #8 on:** November 21, 2004, 01:03:57 PM »

I didn't get internet access until the latter part of the '90's and ChrisL!'s website was the first one I ever saw concerning gameshows, and I remember he had some links on the side of the page, and one of those was a link to the alt-tv-game-shows discussion group. I remember thinking, "What the heck is that?" clicked on the link and voila! If it weren't for ChrisL!, I might not be here today. (I mean on the forum).

aaron sica · « **Reply #9 on:** November 21, 2004, 01:09:06 PM »

I found the news group through one of those old internet yellow page books..thumbed through newsgroups beginning with alt.tv and was stunned to see that there was a game shows newsgroup! This was in spring of 1995, and I remember the first thread that I read was about "The New Price is Right" once I found an online gopher site that you could read groups at.

I also remember finding Chri$ L!'s page, and being amazed at all the TPiR stuff in it. I also felt honored to have him at my first GSC in '97.

Funny how I used to think a.t.g-s was great because it was the cleanest newsgroup I knew - no trolls, hardly any arguments.....Truly a great place. But here at Invision has, for the most part, duplicated the experience for me...

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #10 on:** November 21, 2004, 01:29:40 PM »

I found out about atgs through GSN. When Chris and the guys appeared on "Club AM" in August 1996 I was watching. They mentioned the atgs newsgroup, so when I got to work the next day I did a search for it. Unfortunatly, because of the firewall at work I couldn't post to it until sometime in 1997, so I might have missed the some of the early "glory days", but I'm glad I joined it when I did.

So for me, I guess just past the 8th anniversary. Here's to 8 (and hopefully a lot more) more years!!

cmjb13 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 21, 2004, 02:53:15 PM »

This December would be 6 years for me.

Geez, has it been that long?

ClockGameJohn · « **Reply #12 on:** November 21, 2004, 03:25:41 PM »

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 02:09 PM\']I found the news group through one of those old internet yellow page books..thumbed through newsgroups beginning with alt.tv and was stunned to see that there was a game shows newsgroup!

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Talk about Deja vu! Holy crap, I can't believe I forgot about those books!

aaron sica · « **Reply #13 on:** November 21, 2004, 03:59:16 PM »

[quote name=\'ClockGameJohn\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 03:25 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 02:09 PM\']I found the news group through one of those old internet yellow page books..thumbed through newsgroups beginning with alt.tv and was stunned to see that there was a game shows newsgroup!

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Talk about Deja vu! Holy crap, I can't believe I forgot about those books!

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I wonder if they still make them? In any case, either the books have gotten bigger or the print's gotten smaller...Since internet content grows at an exponential rate...

clemon79 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 21, 2004, 04:34:55 PM »

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Nov 21 2004, 01:59 PM\']I wonder if they still make them?

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The craze with printing Internet Yellow Page books ended about the same time that their publishers finally figured out that any given volume was obsolete approximately thirteen seconds after it hit store shelves.