MFGG is 20 years old!

**darkblueyoshi** · 07-29-2021, 11:11 PM

Happy belated birthday MFGG!

(07-20-2021, 03:36 AM)Greeno Wrote: in honor of the anniversary i found the first thread i ever made on mfgg when i was 10.

happy anniversary everyone. I hope shanks is doing well, wherever he is

I miss abusing smilies when I was 10 Soveryhappy

**GeneralGuy** · 07-30-2021, 03:06 PM

(07-29-2021, 11:11 PM)darkblueyoshi Wrote: Happy belated birthday MFGG!

(07-20-2021, 03:36 AM)Greeno Wrote: in honor of the anniversary i found the first thread i ever made on mfgg when i was 10.

happy anniversary everyone. I hope shanks is doing well, wherever he is

I miss abusing smilies when I was 10

**DavidCaruso** · 08-02-2021, 01:26 PM

I'm also incredibly late to the party, but hey. Congratulations MFGG, you're a piece of Internet history! May you live forever! I know I'll be checking this forum once every few months until the day I die.

I was only 13 or 14 when I first joined MFGG, only 16 when the Split happened, and yet for such little time my teenage years were defined by this place. No other Internet community gave me as much joy, during the doldrums of high school life. I still talk to people who I met here every single day, and I've even met MFGGers in real life. I've hung out with Glukom probably a dozen times over the past six years, and I even became close friends with some of his irl friends (one of whom I saw just last night). And I still remember cavorting around Manhattan with Shroomguy in the winter of 2017, when I first moved to NYC. I'm sure there will be many more of these fateful meetings to come!

Me and some younger MFGGers (Dex, Glukom, Zero Kirby, RetroX, a few others) tried to start our own secret society after the Split as well, and that lasted for about a year and a half before morphing into what's today a very active Discord server -- the same path which MFGG itself ended up taking, it seems. I think we found RII's secret society at some point, although I don't remember how and we couldn't see any of the posts; we joked that we had competition. There must have been so many of these splinter communities, behind the scenes. Other than these two I only know of MFGGU and Crab Radish -- although I think the latter just devolved into furry RP for years on end, or something like that.

Well! See you all next year!

**HylianDev** · 08-03-2021, 04:41 PM

(08-02-2021, 01:26 PM)DavidCaruso Wrote: Me and some younger MFGGers (Dex, Glukom, Zero Kirby, RetroX, a few others) tried to start our own secret society after the Split

hey i think i remember that!!! i didnt really go there though

Vimimin Wrote:Hylian's day job, little did we know, was saying controversial things on the internet.

Mors Wrote:you fool!!!! you fixed it wrong!!!!

Bibby Team

**ArthurYTSonic** · 08-03-2021, 05:52 PM

OLDER THAN ANGRY BIRDS Cool

**ShadowMan** · (This post was last modified: 08-06-2021, 03:52 PM by ShadowMan.)

(07-23-2021, 01:07 PM)Black Squirrel Wrote: Shortly after the move from IPB, a retirement home for former MFGG admins (and some other old people) was set up, and I was there for some reason. It lasted a few years before naturally coming to an end (which means we retired from retirement(?)), but it was a really good time with some really good people. I'll probably never meet Shadsy or Kritter or Retriever II or Techokami or Trasher/Kins/Scods in real life, but they are the bestests. There has never been a better topic than "things that exist".

We miss you Squirrel, go get on Discord, we have a #thingsthatexist channel. Love

**CyberWolfBia** · 08-09-2021, 06:20 PM

Hey, here's my super late happy anniversary for this wonderful site! I have a little history with it, and I couldn't possibly be what I am today without the couple of sprite sheets I've uploaded on the main site!

Hope I'll be here for the next 20 years! With a message board account and all! Walrus

**GeneralGuy** · 08-15-2021, 10:58 PM

**CyberWolfBia** · 08-16-2021, 08:46 PM

(08-15-2021, 10:58 PM)GeneralGuy Wrote:

don't be mean with me because I lack the forum history! But if means anything, my first sprite sheet was uploaded in the main site in 2009 :p

**GeneralGuy** · 08-17-2021, 10:19 AM

(08-16-2021, 08:46 PM)CyberWolfJV Wrote: don't be mean with me because I lack the forum history! But if means anything, my first sprite sheet was uploaded in the main site in 2009 :p

I'm talking about the MFGG 20th Anniversary badges. It's been over a month now and they still haven't been handed out yet.

**WasabiCatto** · 08-21-2021, 01:17 AM

(08-17-2021, 10:19 AM)GeneralGuy Wrote: I'm talking about the MFGG 20th Anniversary badges. It's been over a month now and they still haven't been handed out yet.

Gotta see if I can get @Mors to add it so I can start handing them out.

"shy guys are wall plugs confirmed" - Vitiman on Club Saturn Ex

**GeneralGuy** · 08-21-2021, 04:00 PM

(08-21-2021, 01:17 AM)Gate Wrote:
(08-17-2021, 10:19 AM)GeneralGuy Wrote: I'm talking about the MFGG 20th Anniversary badges. It's been over a month now and they still haven't been handed out yet.

Gotta see if I can get @Mors to add it so I can start handing them out.

Awesome!

Since this year is MFGG's 20th Anniversary and great members who aren't normally active on here like MDragmire, MegaTailzChao and others bothered to log in (albeit slightly late) to wish a happy birthday, I think we should extend the badge eligibility period to everyone who posts in this thread instead of 1 day. Even Black Squirrel, who has contributed so much to MFGG over the years, managed to miraculously come back and give his thoughts. I think it's only fair to the members and the legacy of MFGG.

**Roo** · 08-22-2021, 07:26 AM

I'm in favor of extending the eligibility period to today (for reasons fully unrelated to me forgetting to post here until now Smile

). I'll even write a birthday haiku if it'll help my chances. Ahem.

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like milk; gets better with age
and has pulp in it

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**Parakarry** · (This post was last modified: 08-24-2021, 05:16 AM by Parakarry.)

It's so wild.
This long.
I'm really realizing how rare it is for a site like this to last this long. Lots of similar sorts of sites and group boards in the early 2000s internet probably came and went. MFGG is something else, and something enduring. We've had our share of website problems, moves, more moves, and upheaval. There was even a time I was hell bent on trying to find missing files and web hosting services, I was that invested in the place.
And even though the board has slowed to a comparitive crawl, the Discord is relatively bustling. And a few people I know of here have actually put out legit games! Like Paperball!
I'm glad to have stumbled onto this site in high school. I don't remember exactly what I was searching for, but it was Koopalings related. Then I found this place, checked it out, saw a previous version of the board, but never joined until 2003.
The site is really the ultimate fangame database, for both the good and bizarre.
As for me, although there isn't a lot for me to say, I pop up occassionally. Think of it like Proto Man, who just shows up sometimes. Whistle not included.

**Xander** · 08-30-2021, 11:48 PM

Love this place. Here's to the next 20!

Me.

**Jazz** · 09-02-2021, 05:36 PM

Happy 20th! glad to see it still trucking along.

I go by OmegaF.

**~Smoke~** · 09-06-2021, 01:40 AM

Happy Birthday