16 years later...

[Frets]

Damn all of this is so far behind me now. It's a dream of a memory of a dream.

[BillysBadFurDay]

congratulations!

[gerbick]

Closing in on 18 years...

[Visionray]

Wow, just got a birthday email from flashkit...the only internet site to wish me a happy birthday. I’m 40 years old now. Joined this site when I was still in college. Now I feel old as hell. Wow Gerbick, 18 years. Think about that. When you first joined this site there was a kid who wasn’t even born yet who is now an adult. How you doing man?!? Had many fun times here, message boards were the sh*t, before social media came along and destroyed everything. Still wonder how this place even exists with flash being pretty much dead.

[argonauta]

i can't believe it's been so long.

[gerbick]

Ay Dios mÃ*o! We're talking about 22 years now, soon 23.

[bobtfish]

Earliest post on my original account is 2003, not quite 20 years ago. I was 14, with a *ahem* not-entirely-legitimate copy of Flash (though my school later had it properly licensed). I never ended up much good at the design/graphics side of things, but these days I have over a decade of professional C++ experience and my favourite part of the job is teaching/mentoring, so I really appreciate the time much more experienced folks put into helping me back then. It's nice to remember the silly little games I made that only I and maybe two friends played.

[WannaBe_80z]

*taps mic*

Damn this thing is still on.

What a blast from the past. This forum was an obsession of mine for YEARS. Ask any friend of mine from that era and they'll say "yeah that blue and yellow site....." 😆

Love you all ❤️

[WannaBe_80z]

My account is old enough to drink..... 🤯😆

[RazoRmedia]

how many years?

[gerbick]

how many years?

Holy cow. And yeah, soon 23 years for me in 4 months.

[@MadSci]

Check ..check ..1..2...3..anyone here.. :-)

[Qasim]

I remember signing up to Flashkit, probably around 2003. I remember Gerbick from back then.

Used to feel *magical* that the forum just created a new HTML page dynamically back then. I remember the cool Flash 5 / MX animations, Macromedia's website used to be super kewl too. I remember having a weird footer, there were a bunch of rules about what footers could be like. Flashkit was a core part of my life growing up, I remember checking this website many times a day =)

[Naked Corp.]

I also check back every once in a while. Original account is Naked inc.

I cant recover my original account since I have no access to the old hotmail address I used,

If the gerbick the keeper of the light can help me recover my old account it would be greatly appreciated.

[Steve R Jones]

I also check back every once in a while. Original account is Naked inc.

I cant recover my original account since I have no access to the old hotmail address I used,

If the gerbick the keeper of the light can help me recover my old account it would be greatly appreciated.

When you changed the email address the system sent you a Verification email to help get you back in. You must reply to that. LOL

I sent you an email just now to the acct you used for the CORP acct.

[gerbick]

Weird... I think I still have some moderation powers here. But Steve R. Jones is the man that runs things here. But man, Naked Inc.... now that's a name I've not heard in a while.

And it's officially 23 years now for me. Wow.

[Naked inc.]

When you changed the email address the system sent you a Verification email to help get you back in. You must reply to that. LOL

I sent you an email just now to the acct you used for the CORP acct.

Thank You!

I never thought I would see the day I would be back on Flashkit, its surreal.

[pea3698]

Weird... I think I still have some moderation powers here. But Steve R. Jones is the man that runs things here. But man, Naked Inc.... now that's a name I've not heard in a while.

And it's officially 23 years now for me. Wow.

Bunch of old men now!!!

[pooon]

Not sure why we all decided to come back over the last year to see our old friends but I dig it.

[cps31]

It's inspiring to hear how a hobby can turn into such a fulfilling career. I've also had similar experiences where things I enjoyed led to unexpected paths.