Well from what i can remember this site was made in 1997, i think. I havnt done any of these fancy searches so dont hold me too it.

But i know the forums were around before 04, because i remember reading about this site in The Sun paper, someone got nicked for selling bud over th site.

That's how i got into it, but i didnt actually bother registering untill this year, but i've been looking through the forums for about 2 and a half years now.