When and how did AJB start?

Silhouette Man

This thread is designed for the mods and members of AJB to tell the story of how AJB started by this returning member (last posted here in October 2010). I'm very curious about how the AJB forums came into being, about the untold story of its creation. I'm very proud to be a member here and very glad to be back!

minigeff

A long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away....

Moore Than

This should be of interest.

History of Ajb007
http://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/37687/history-of-ajb007/

I myself originally became a member in 2002 and rejoined earlier this year after a long absence. Overall, in my time here it has been a very pleasurable experience.

There is one pivotal moment in the history of AJB that is not directly mentioned in the other topic, and it happened before I originally became a member. I understand AJB was almost shut down by Eon because someone posted parts of Die Another Day's script, only the forums survived. Perhaps someone who was around at the time will tell the story?

Napoleon Plural

Figures - seeing as DAD's script almost shut down the EON franchise, it was so bad.

FelixLeiter ♀

minigeff wrote:

A long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away....

Damn! I should have known someone would have beaten me to it on that )

scottmu65

Ive been here from more or less the beginning although not as active as some! I used to use the site alot from its beginnings before it was solely a forum aswell. I distinctly remember the page full of MIDIs and also the video section where I downloaded a Brosnan gunbarrel for the first time ) . Even remember the old URL the site used: http://www.sico.co.uk/ajb007

Does Simon still post on here?

FelixLeiter ♀

That other topic had some nice screenshots. It was nice to see the colour scheme has been consistent!

SiCo mentioning his GCSEs meant I was struck with the thought that I first found AJB in my first year of secondary school. I remember spending whole lunchtimes in the computer room because at home we had dial up and I was always getting cut off when my mom answered the phone. I'm now part way through university and have sometimes been accessing the site from my phone. )