Tidefans circa 1999

dirtroadlizard · Feb 16, 2012

http://web.archive.org/web/19991128203612/http://tidefans.com/? :wink:

uafan4life · Feb 16, 2012

I remember that format, but I can't remember what my username was back then. I did notice that there was one particularly clairvoyant poster on the board in April of 2000, who I'm sure was ridiculed heavily for posting a topic with this title:
"UCLA worries me...."

http://web.archive.org/web/20000409005410/http://tidefans.com/active.shtml

dirtroadlizard · Feb 17, 2012

At the top of the page you can search for archived dates . Most of the content can't be accessed . I found the position breakdown on June 19 , 2000 interesting . Hope was ok for me to post this . I found this site , typed in Tidefans and got a surprise . rtr...

bamaga · Feb 17, 2012

I was around then as well, but had not yet joined. I was a member of another site, and read Tidefans on a regular basis. I finally joined when someone posted something I just could not agree with or watch go unnoticed. A lot has changed since then. A LOT!!

tidefanbeezer · Feb 17, 2012

Wow. There is even a link for Shaun Alexander's Heisman campaign.

TideEngineer08 · Feb 17, 2012

uafan4life said:
I remember that format, but I can't remember what my username was back then. I did notice that there was one particularly clairvoyant poster on the board in April of 2000, who I'm sure was ridiculed heavily for posting a topic with this title:
"UCLA worries me...."

http://web.archive.org/web/20000409005410/http://tidefans.com/active.shtml

Wow. Little did any of us know.:frown:

Thank the Lord for Robert Witt, Nick and Terry Saban, and Mal Moore.

crimsonaudio · Feb 17, 2012

uafan4life said:
I did notice that there was one particularly clairvoyant poster on the board in April of 2000, who I'm sure was ridiculed heavily for posting a topic with this title:
"UCLA worries me...."

To be fair, there's at least one poster who says that before every game...

Dallas4Bama · Feb 17, 2012

Wow, that was a long time ago. I remember in the lead up to that UCLA game a lot of folks bought into the hype. I was one of them

Can't remember my old screen name from back then, but then again I can't remember my new password for my online banking I reset last week.

Lady Crimson · Feb 17, 2012

Was there even an Internet in 1999?:biggrin:

Dallas4Bama · Feb 17, 2012

Lady Crimson said:
Was there even an Internet in 1999?:biggrin:

Yes, Al Gore had already delivered.

kyallie · Feb 17, 2012

I'm not worthy of these memories. If only I'd have known...what a great job for Tide fans, what a loss, for me. Thank goodness for when I found this site and all who have posted here.

IMALOYAL1 · Feb 17, 2012

Back when i payed 30.00 a month to aol for dial up

or maybe 19.00, i cant remember.

RJ YellowHammer · Feb 17, 2012

IMALOYAL1 said:
Back when i payed 30.00 a month to aol for dial up

or maybe 19.00, i cant remember.

I was a Senior in High School, and Dad still paid for everything.

JohnnyCache · Feb 18, 2012

It goes back further to when it was Bama Nation. http://web.archive.org/web/19990220151423/http://members.aol.com/bamanation/ Hosted by AOL. Wow. Such humble beginnings. I think I became a member in late '98 or early '99 and even had a website that was part of the Web Ring. This place was then and is now the best Bama website and I am so thankful it has been here over the years.

It's hard to believe that we may have some members who aren't quite as old as the site. That makes me feel even older. :rolleye2:

BamaNation · Feb 18, 2012

Thanks folks.

Yes a lot of things have changed. We're coming up on our 13th TideFans anniversary. That's like 100 years old in internet time

A little history lesson....

We've gone through a number of servers, formats, forum systems, admins, and moderators, etc. We (meaning I) have made a lot of mistakes along the way but one thing we always tried to do was represent Alabama fans and Alabama sports in the best possible way. We're not perfect, but we strive for perfection.

BamaNation.com was the first incarnation of the site started on an AOL webspace around 1997. It was basically a site of links and articles and not much else. It started when I asked Jess, who was a student at the time, if I could post some of his articles and analyses that he wrote for a UA listserv mailing list we were on.

I registered the name "TideFans.com" in April 1999 and the site launched with a message board a few months later (in June).

We had several literal server meltdowns in 1999 and 2000 that set us back at the time. You youngsters may hear about the "great server meltdown of October 1999." We had so much traffic that it literally blew up a server. Melted. These servers were the equivalent ridiculously expensive Yugos.

We've since moved on to what I think is the best host in the business for sites like ours - Richweb.com . These guys are the best. We're running on a dedicated VPS server cloud that runs like a Lamborghini

. You've probably noticed that even on the busiest days, the site still runs - even if it's a bit slower on those extremely high traffic days like signing day.

Thanks to all the members who've been around so long and the admins and moderators who have done so so so so much for TideFans over these years.

It's humbling that the little playground I put together 13 years ago has become what it has become. Thank you all! ROLL TIDE!

Brett

GrayTide · Feb 18, 2012

Dallas4Bama said:
Yes, Al Gore had already delivered.

Thanks for saying that Dallas, I usually have to inject that bit of history. :rolleye2:

RJ YellowHammer · Feb 18, 2012

BamaNation said:
Thanks folks.

Yes a lot of things have changed. We're coming up on our 13th TideFans anniversary. That's like 100 years old in internet time

A little history lesson....

We've gone through a number of servers, formats, forum systems, admins, and moderators, etc. We (meaning I) have made a lot of mistakes along the way but one thing we always tried to do was represent Alabama fans and Alabama sports in the best possible way. We're not perfect, but we strive for perfection.

BamaNation.com was the first incarnation of the site started on an AOL webspace around 1997. It was basically a site of links and articles and not much else. It started when I asked Jess, who was a student at the time, if I could post some of his articles and analyses that he wrote for a UA listserv mailing list we were on.

I registered the name "TideFans.com" in April 1999 and the site launched with a message board a few months later (in June).

We had several literal server meltdowns in 1999 and 2000 that set us back at the time. You youngsters may hear about the "great server meltdown of October 1999." We had so much traffic that it literally blew up a server. Melted. These servers were the equivalent ridiculously expensive Yugos.

We've since moved on to what I think is the best host in the business for sites like ours - Richweb.com . These guys are the best. We're running on a dedicated VPS server cloud that runs like a Lamborghini . You've probably noticed that even on the busiest days, the site still runs - even if it's a bit slower on those extremely high traffic days like signing day.

Thanks to all the members who've been around so long and the admins and moderators who have done so so so so much for TideFans over these years.

It's humbling that the little playground I put together 13 years ago has become what it has become. Thank you all! ROLL TIDE!

Brett

No sir, thank you. The job the admins and mods do here is superb, and your creation is second to none.

Best. Bama Site. Period.

tidefanbeezer · Feb 18, 2012

RJ YellowHammer said:
No sir, thank you. The job the admins and mods do here is superb, and your creation is second to none.

Best. Bama Site. Period.

Agreed.

SavannahDare · Feb 18, 2012

Hey, Brett, I don't know the answer to this question:

What was the reason for the name change from BamaNation.com to Tidefans.com?

BamaJeff · Feb 18, 2012

I joined in 1999. I remember we had a lot of Arky fans visit from HogFans and Houston fans from CougFans.

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