Some EM birthday type factoids:
FIRST PUBLIC POST:
The very first public post made after the forum went "live" on Dec. 3, 2007 to the whole interwires was post #3 in this thread:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea....html#post1263
(The thread itself was started by Ben (SVOboy) before the site was actually open. The actual very first post -- #1 in the database -- was made in the moderators special secret area on November 15, 2007 -- EM's "unofficial birthday".)
FIRST PUBLIC THREAD:
The first thread started by someone other than an admin/moderator after launch was, appropriately:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...oline-177.html