I'm curious... who's been around since the beginning?

I believe I came on late 96 early 97. The first year I was more of a lurker than a poster.

 

I wasn't around from the beginning, but I got here as fast as I could....

I think mid-97 is when I first found the place. I actually found the Rockets WebRing first then the BBS later.

 

I've been here since 97 but didn't started posting until 2k.

 

I found this place in ate '97, but I didn't post 'til mid-late '98. My user name then was "Astro the Rocket." Anyone who read any of my posts back then knows that Karl Malone is actually a cousin of mine (twice removed, thank god). I used to rant about him and the Jazz (cheatin' bastards ). Anyway, I was actually more of a lurker back then (Kinda like now ).

Also, I still prefer the old Clutch recaps, BOLDS and ITALCS everywhere!!

 

I hate to say I've "been here since the beginning", but I actually have.

I used to work at a very small, ****ty software company in Austin, and one of the programmers-- a guy named Victor, and I'll be goddamned if I can remember his last name-- found the original version of the site. He pointed it out to me, saying, "Look, a Rockets site, this is hilarious, come check it out!"

Well, I was way too busy working at my important job of Production Manager, managing the production of nearly two CDs per day, to look at some stupid Rockets website, so I immediately looked.

Glory, glory, hallelujah. I read Super Mario's World and almost cried laughing. Hilarious-- Clutch is still the funniest writer at this site, bar none. It was awesome.

I wonder if ol' Victor is out there somewhere reading this site-- if so, I hope he sees this and emails me. And if not, thanks anyway. If it hadn't been for him, it might have taken me years to find the site, and by that time, I might have logged into dot-com and ended up with two mouthfuls of Swindle's bull**** instead of the best goddamned fan-based sports website that's ever been.

 

Been here since 1996. I did a small fan site called The Rocket Zone and Clutch and I hooked up as a result. Needless to say, I eventually bailed on that idea and joine the cc. (ahem) net team. Clutch and I didn't actually meet until last year when he came down to see an Astros game, though.

 

I don't recall exactly how early I got here that year, and it may have been around the Barkley trade, but I've been visiting since 1996. I remember the "Super Mario's World" columns -- they were HILARIOUS!! Since I discovered this site, it has been among my top time wasters.

When I visited, there was the link for the bbs. This sounds so moronic, but I didn't click on it for months, because I (get this!) thought it was info for a dial-up version of this, like the good old BBS of the day (Beginners RBBS, etc.). Finally, one day I clicked on it, and I realized what a moron I was

Eventually I started posting, and in late 97 decided on the name "Sigemund". I posted often until the second UBBS was installed, and I eventually stopped posting and visiting the BBS for lack of time. It was only recently when I got back into reading it, and posting under my new moniker.

Anyhow, I LOVE clutchcity.net, and I am so grateful to be able to visit every day.

 

OK, I confess I've been here (mostly lurking) for pretty much the entire time. I was looking for a Rockets page and used to go to Deuce's Launch Pad, back in 1996. Eventually Chris shut it down and told everyone to go over to Clutch City (96? 97?). I didn't realize Clutch City was so new then. Not sure when I started checking out the BBS but definitely did a lot starting in '97 when I got better Internet access. Surfacing occasionally to post now and then.

No, I must not have anything better to do.

 

I started lurking in late 97 ( I think....memory is not my strong suit). Been here ever since.

 

I was here, lurking in the beginning as well. This place didn't have its own domain name yet, and I remember some of the old stories written from Mario Elie's viewpoint. I remember the Launch Pad a little, and something about Clutch and a college in Utah or something?

Okay, back to lurking. I've been on a relative posting spree - probably half my posts have been this year!

 

I've been here for awhile. Summer of '97 or so. I love this site. I waste more time here than I should.

 

been visiting since summer 97 (incidentally i found it right when i moved from houston), altho i didnt ever check out the bbs until much later

 

Hell, yeah, I remember Natha's Rockets Page. Those were wild days. I still have the old Zone logo and icons in a folder on my hard drive somewhere. I'll have to dig them up and post them.

 

Been here since clutchcity97...I know that as my old "favourites"
folder always listed that name

I think I used to post under the name Octagonal...he was a great race horse here in OZ and I'd just won a $hit load on him the day I first posted

 

I don't remember exactly when I first visited the site, I think it was before Clutch got the domain name. If not, it was shortly after that. No... I'm sure I started coming here late 96. I've pretty much always been a lurker, only popping in every now and then.

Lord Tree