I originally joined a Loooong time ago, I believe 1998.
I forget when it was, but I'll point out some happenings at the time and you can tell me when it was.
At the time, there was a guy called "dennilfloss" who used to claim he was visited by aliens all the time. Personally I think he had psychological problems, although he seemed like a nice guy. Around the time, there was a female member of the forums who he used to see that sadly was hit by car as she was walking.
There also was this mega- troll that used to always be there, named "guy under the bridge"
After that time, the forums were switched over to another forum software and all the old posts were lost.