Chris Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Today marks the fourth anniversary of The GTA Place, a website which has grown into one of the largest resources on the Internet for Grand Theft Auto information, and one which started as just a few basic pages to try out some HTML. Obviously we've come a long way in 4 years, the whole community has witnessed an immense rise in popularity, as has The GTA Place, currently serving thousands of visitors every single day with information, downloads and media. I won't go on about the history of the site, as you can read all about that for yourselves on the website history page. In keeping this post short and sweet, I have to thank the visitors for making this site such a success. All the new members joining the community everyday, all the people downloading mods, enhancing their games, and all the people just looking for information and tips - keeping us going all this time. Obviously GTA IV is now our main focus, and you can find all latest news and information here on thegtaplace.com, and can find answers to all the questions you have about GTAIV on our forums, where you can also post your wishlists and thoughts on the upcoming game. Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more updates on Vice City Stories, Grand Theft Auto IV, and other related news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Four years. Man. On one hand, it doesn't seem like that much, on another, it seems much longer. Looking forward to the next four years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Four years, Really nice, and the site, it's become very popular, mostly it looks like a very long time, yet members who joined will think it's not, well as spaz said, i am looking foward to the future of this forum, which will be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Yeah four years of the gta place, I know I have only been here for a couple of months but...It is still nice to celebrate. Also I like the new banner for the home page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I am just curious about the Homepage from before, What did it look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 29, 2006 Author Share Posted November 29, 2006 See the site history page I linked to in the news post, there are links within that page to archive.org, which sort of show what it looked like before. Some images are missing or have been overwritten with new ones since the archive though - meaning it may look a little weird. Well, here's some links anyway: June 14th, 2003 July 1st, 2003 August 3rd, 2003 October 8th, 2003 - loads of images missing here. phpnuke was used. May 24th, 2004 And that's the most recent page archive.org has for us, nothing from 2005 which has our previous layout which was made by Dennis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Well, all the other pages were pretty crap, i think thats why some visitors hated it, it got really good after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 (edited) Well congrats guys. This is probably the best mainly gta based forums on the internet imo. The people here are friendly and do not bitch or flame unprovoked. Unlike forums like gtaforums.com or gtastunting. Here you try to help and accept people who are still new to this whole concept (n00bs as some of you like to call them.) The staff look after this place extremely profeesionally but always like to have a laugh. The news section is always kept up to date and I appreciate that because of how hard it must be to gather news and get it up on the home page in such short notice. I hope this community continues to live for 4 more years and many after that. I would also like to say congrats to Chris, you planted a seed and watched it blossom. Edited November 29, 2006 by Ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashon. Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I've only been here for about a month but TheGTAPlace is one of the best GTA websites I've ever been on so happy four years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I guess the site will go on and on... until theres nothing we can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG187 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Yeah,like everybody said congrats TGTAP.This is the best forum i joined,and i will stay here till TGTAP will closed.(in 20 years or even 30 years ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artur Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Wow 4 years. Even though I've been here only a couple months this is the best GTA site I've ever seen. I joined because of GTA but now I have met many new people and have made lots of frieds. Good job Chris like Ghost said: you planted a seed and watched it blossom. I hope to stay here for a long time. Well done again Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate10 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 See the site history page I linked to in the news post, there are links within that page to archive.org, which sort of show what it looked like before. Some images are missing or have been overwritten with new ones since the archive though - meaning it may look a little weird.Well, here's some links anyway: June 14th, 2003 July 1st, 2003 August 3rd, 2003 October 8th, 2003 - loads of images missing here. phpnuke was used. May 24th, 2004 And that's the most recent page archive.org has for us, nothing from 2005 which has our previous layout which was made by Dennis. Yeah, I deffinetly like this days banner and layout. But ya, congrats The GTA Place!! 4 Years is a long time but deffinetly seems not that lon.g Only joined a couple months ago but this is one of the best if not the best GTA related site on the internet. I look forward to staying for a very long time. Once again congrats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Four great years,I'm proud to have been here for 2,I plan on staying for many more years. Gtaplace FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitsune Inferno Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I've only been here for a few months, but happy birthday TGTAP! Wow, those first homepages sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artur Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Don't you mean like 1 and a half? But I agree I am gonna stay for many years to come as well. How long do you plan on running this site for Chris? As long as you can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherman Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Don't you mean like 1 and a half? But I agree I am gonna stay for many years to come as well. How long do you plan on running this site for Chris? As long as you can? That isn't his original username. As in, he got banned before that. Long story. But it's pretty cool knowin' I've been here for 3 of those 4 years. Time absolutely flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artur Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 What was Dave's old account? I might haven't been here a long time but I agree time does fly by. School has also done that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 My old accounts. VincentValentino KingOfKrunk I usually don't like to talk about the past But uh yeah long story. Now lets get back on topic and shower Chris and thegtaplace with love and money. o.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Lord Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Congrats Chris for such nice site. Umm.. Where's the PARTY!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 My old accounts.VincentValentino KingOfKrunk I usually don't like to talk about the past But uh yeah long story. Now lets get back on topic and shower Chris and thegtaplace with love and money. o.o O.O Oh shit, that was you? I entirely forgot you were Vincent.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airashii Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I've been here on and off for 2 and 1/2 years. Wow, as just about everyone in this thread has said, time really does fly. It was great then and it's just as great, if not better now. Congrats and thanks go to Chris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I haven't been here, only a few months, I joined August, but forgot about my account here, well i will be staying here for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 How long do you plan on running this site for Chris? As long as you can? Yeah pretty much. Thinking about it realistically, I can safely say it will be open for another 3 years - it's currently Nov 06, so, GTA4 released in Oct 07, possibly PC release in spring 08... then the aftermath of that brings us probably to 2009 where depending on the state of the community, traffic will either start dropping or keep up if many people make mods and such. Of course if R* keep creating GTA games then we'll keep on going. I've always planned on keeping the site up as an archive though, I won't ever close it down. My old accounts. VincentValentino KingOfKrunk I usually don't like to talk about the past But uh yeah long story. Now lets get back on topic and shower Chris and thegtaplace with love and money. o.o O.O Oh shit, that was you? I entirely forgot you were Vincent.... Ha. I think we always used to pwn Dave. Good times. I probably still have some old PM's from him too Anyway thanks for your comments everyone. Thank you for your appreciation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Well i do like your site, very nice now, other than your other ones, this site will be here for a VERY long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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