I've been a member for 10 years and I remember that there was no forum back then. It was primarily a place to go and post ratings for machines and check out pics and info. It wasn't until a few years later that the forum began and I remember it being pretty dead the first few years. I would check it but the topics would rarely change. RGP was always the place to go for pinball conversation. Seems like it wasn't until about 5-6 years ago that it really took off and people started migrating away from RGP and posting here.