I joined this community in 8th grade. I am now wasted at a bar with drum corps folks. Holy shit. I've never played a game so long lol

Also, old timers of the old times, please one up me with stories of how long you've been a part of the FMB/FMA community to brag about how awesome this site is.

Love you all!!!

Call me Jake

I am not even sure I remember when I started lol version 1 but mid way through I think? I have been promoted to VP, found the love of my life and bought a new larger home but I still dont remember the years LOL

There's just too many years now xD

I've been here ever since it was "Fantasy Marching Band"

http://web.archive.org/web/20070502175133/http://www.fantasymarchingband.com:80/


...yeah. I think I was 15 or 16 when I first started playing. Played off and on through the years. I'm 26 now...

Daaaaaaaamn dude you definitely destroyed me in the OG category! xD

I am pretty sure I wasnt that far back lol I was playing FDCI back then

I signed up the day the original site launched via a link on Micro Marching League. I did several early seasons but eventually life got the best of me and my original account was long lost when I switched internet providers and got rid of the email I used to sign up. My drum corps operated under the same name (Euphony Empire) in those days.

Aaaah good old MML lol. That's also how I found FMA. Saw it on someone's profile lol​

It was probably mine hahaha.

Not gonna lie it probably was lol

I'm know I was playing before FMA started... whichever the previous iteration there was...

I was part of FMA 1.0. I think I started in S3 or 4 there. I was definitely already in high school though since I wouldn't have been interested in marching band before that. I know I kept playing a bit in college too. Not sure when I stopped, but that was before I graduated. Probably something like 8-10 years since I first started though. Damn.

Dude your forum signature is SPICY

I started on MML also. I'm a music educator. Been gone for awhile but something one of my kids said in class last week reminded me of this game. I was amazed I still remembered my login and password from season 18... It is 61 now. Crazy stuff!

I joined the site all the way back in fall of 2005 during season 3 of FMB! I used to go upstairs on my parents' desktop computer to make sure I submitted on time...my how time has flown!

I joined during season 2 of version 1 my sophomore year of high school I believe.

Back in 2005 I didn't know how to use databases. Everything was sent to me in an email and I had to copy/paste it into Excel where the formulas were, and out popped a score for each group. Then I had to manually write up the results for each contest before posting them.

http://web.archive.org/web/20050528082406/http://www.fantasymarchingband.com:80/

Wow! That sounds like a lot of work Alex.

As someone who has only every played on this site these old stories are amazing. I can't imagine all the old results being posted by hand. I started my freshmen year of college and now have my first job in a completely different state and city....