Oh, NUF history. Can't wait until it reaches the part 'then everything changed when QI attacked.' So many plot twist. https://forum.novelupdates.com/threads/nuf-history-of-fads.17611/ also found this... https://forum.novelupdates.com/thre...people-in-it-so-far-from-what-i-remember.913/
https://forum.novelupdates.com/threads/new-forum-new-server.25/ How things have changed.....or so I'd say, but I hadn't even started reading webnovels at that time.
Thank you for this link! I remember seeing it some time ago and it was exactly what I was looking for! Right! That was the oldest thread I could find. There were some restricted ones too so idk if they're part of the mod subforum. Also does anyknow know the identities of the first 20 or so members? 1 - @guy 2 - @Emperor Nu 3 - @Empress Nu 4 - @Rusty 13 - @Esperreal ...Anyone capable of filling the other numbers?
You're amazing! I didn't realize the forum had an api! EDIT: A few more links How did Novel Updates start ? What do you think of Novel Updates after using it for a while ? History of NU and NUF https://forum.novelupdates.com/threads/the-nuf-archives〜.85488
I... finished my research of October 2015! ...It took a while... 2015 June On 15 June 2015, MangaUpdates (MU) announced that they would remove webnovels from their website. This inspired @Tony to begin working on Novel Updates (NU).[1] The first version of the site was created over a single weekend. On 23 June 2015, the domain name for http://www.novelupdates.com was registered. The original appearance of NU is archived at https://tbtnu.club/. On 1 July 2015, Tony advertised NU on r/LightNovels.[2] At some point, a forum (Version 1.0) was created. July (NOTE: I don't have anything here) October On 17 October 2015, @Tony purchased a license for the Xenforo forum software and created the Novel Updates Forum (Version 2.0). The first account registered was @guy (user #1), who is one of Tony’s administrator accounts. The second and third oldest accounts were @Emperor Nu (user #2) and @Empress Nu (user #3) respectively, however these along with @Lord Fifth (user #9) were test accounts originally created by Tony. The test accounts had passwords that were easily guessed and hacked into. Tony allowed NUF members to keep the hacked test accounts and the usernames were later changed. Other accounts registered on October 17th include: @Rusty, @llombana, and @Tururu. Users registered on 18 October 2015 include: @AustinShaff, @Aella, @LordFifth (formerly @testuser3), and @Shino007. Mysteriously, user #12 does not exist. On 20 October 2015, most NU user accounts were migrated to NUF. @Esperreal (user #13) was the first user account of this batch. @Tony (user #19) also registered his primary account on 20 October 2015. Other notable members who registered on the first day include: @Satan, @Axia, @drealicious, @remy911, @Rumanshi, @Robbini, @MrLLama, @Detrolord, @bonifide, @Trejon, @xTachibana, @tocos10, @Hokoga, @AkeShiro, @Hahhaa, @RougeAsura, @Nom de Plume, @Evilnemesis7, @Turbe, @carapeto, @Ogami-kun, @Cien, @jacha, @Kuroguma, @Kronos, @Redo, @null, @k1nk4, @tekinwillie, @anhrefn, @criticalmind, @podlizurko, @janoi, @Yog-Sothoth, @Yggdrasil, @Sena, @Aeternelle, @Sheep, @Reright, @Mousa4, @ninish, @oblueknighto, @Takumi168, @Lachiel, @sal880612m, @Raphael, @aarush, @Sordahon, @Thewishmaker, @Wildly_Laughing, @jw287962, @holyshin, @Asakura Ouryuu, @Silvarion, @valdesaga, @ninthlite, @MahotsukiKonran, @Parth37955, @Shio, @makenai89, @Mazino, @Shiki Shiori, @canaria23, and @Darkaeluz. In 24 hours, 1419 users accounts were on NUF. Upon NUF’s creation, NUF’s first mods were @remy911, @holyshin, @Electromaster, and one additional moderator. However, the fourth original moderator never logged in, and Tony eventually removed them. @remy911 was the first mod who was active on NUF. In contrast, @holyshin and @Electromaster were more active on NU. By 21 October 2015, the forum was open for activity. The first thread was created by Tony announcing the opening of the forum. The first thread created by a member was the To Be A Virtous Wife (LCD) by @Lachiel. More first posts by subforum: Announcements: New Forum & New Server by @Tony Novel Discussion: To Be A Virtuous Wife - Latest Chapter Discussion by @Lachiel General Chat: Cure to Boredom by @SrPyro Suggestions & Bug Reports: Public User Profile Statistics & Ranking by @SrPyro Gaming Discussion: MMORPG's (Or just MMO's) by @Lachiel General Site Discussion: Latest Topics by @Punllarena Manga Discussion: Favourite manga(s) by @Mousa4 Tutorials: Read Mode Tutorial (Google Chrome & Firefox) by @Ravi The first profile post was made by @drealicious. In the beginning, very few profile posts were made and less than 60 posts were made in the first week. The first locked thread was Latest Topics by @Punllarena. The first silly thread was Satan upvote/like me by @AkeShiro. The first poll is Would it be welcome to Machine Translate Series by @Cloud9000Arrogance. The first rant is *rant rant rant* Curse you top 8 people! (Not really <3) by @Lachiel. The first lewd thread was Boku no pico by @Satan. On 22 October 2015, the Community Originals section of the forum was added along with the Original Compositions subforum after @JJ made the suggestion for an area for users to post their own original stories. The first thread in this subforum was Community Fiction Rules by @Tony. The first original fiction was The Forbidden Knowledge by @JJ. On 24 October 2015, the first NUF “war” was declared by @JJ for all blank (question mark) avatar users to wage war against people with picture avatars. Users with avatars won this war. By November 2015, @JJ and @Tony were the most famous members who intentionally lack avatars. @Tony would continue to resist using an avatar for many years. On 25 October 2015, Tony created his “To Do” List thread. For 26 October 2015, the first snapshot of NUF is available on the Internet Archive. On 27 October 2015, the I’m looking for… subform was added after @remy911 made the suggestion. The first thread in this subforum was Hey~ Are there some novel you want to recommend me? by @linnil. On 31 October 2015, the first Halloween on NUF was generally not celebrated, aside from a single Halloween thread by @SilentRain. NUF did not have any rules in the beginning (aside from Community Fiction guidelines). However, due to the small size of the community, very few issues or problems arose. In general, @Satan is notable for being the most prolific profile poster during this period, as well as for being iconic and making silly topics. @Lachiel, @Mousa4, and @JJ stand out for starting the most threads and commenting in the most threads. A total of 167 threads existed on NUF by the end of October. In comparison, only 71 profile posts were made by the end of October. In @Mousa4’s memoirs, he identifies @Satan @AkeShiro @Lachiel @Shio @sal880612m @Zone Q11 @Jesus @JJ and @Catacus as the “originals” on NUF. He also makes honorable mentions to @Anoncommander1, @drealicious, and @MapleKaiser as people who were present in the beginning but don’t have many total posts. General Chat Threads that exceed 100 posts: Satan upvote/like me by @AkeShiro *rant rant rant* Curse you top 8 people! (Not really <3) by @Lachiel Attention to All ? Avatars by @JJ -------------- References/Footnotes: Novel Updates Turns 1 Year Old! (Tony) Novel Updates Website (Reddit) Greater than 300 messages as of 11 October 2019 Happy 1st Birthday NUF! (Tony) History of the forums and the people in it, so far (from what I remember) (Mousa4)
I can assure you @Empress Nu is a real account held by a real person, @Nom de Plume can confirm it! I don't know anything about @Emperor Nu though, but I believe the same applies to him. Great work btw~
I’m kind of curious how they managed to get the account registered before NUF opened? Was the account given to them? Are they a “special” person in @Tony’s heart?
Nope. You were somewhat right the first time. @Emperor Nu, @Empress Nu and @LordFifth were test accounts which I gave away if the users were able to guess the password "123456" (yes, that was the password). I later renamed the accounts for them. I don't know who @Rusty, @llombana and @Tururu are but those are real accounts. It was easy to get an early NUF account back then. All you had to do was log into NU at that time and you'll get a NUF account.
I know who it is (or should I say I know their most well know alt since Empress is one of the oldest accounts?), but not how they got it. Emperor should be a real person who is rarely on.
Interesting~ You once said it took you a few days to migrate all of the users over right? Was there any logic or reason to what order they were added to the forums, or was it just a bulk operation? (Asked for trivia’s sake)
It’s very nice. Maybe I only became an active lurker in December. I remember most of what’s mentioned, but do feel like it’s missing some of the... food wars? My first impression on joining the forums were almost all shitposts haha... Things that should be included but may be in the following year: The first NUF wedding The crazy intricate Russian Roulette game where @Das got his Devil’s Luck title. Edit: food sect was definitely a thing. (Looks at potato and the list of generations) Don’t know if it was the first sect (f5!), but it may have been the first nuf official one? There was at least one other nuf sect though so who knows.
Amazing!!! Thank you Tony! This helps a lot! I'll fix that post in a bit! Yup! I think those will be coming -- maybe November/December? I only summarized October above This goes for everyone, but if you have a thread that you like a lot or means a lot to you, if you link it in this thread, anyone working on this project is far less likely to miss it! ---------------- Profile post logs (I wrote a script to parse through the API): Posts 1 to 1000 - Greater 5 replies - 2015/10/22 to 2015/11/17 Posts 1000 to 5000 - Greater than 15 replies - 2015/11/17 to 2015/12/17 Posts 5000 to 8000 - Greater than 20 replies - 2015/12/17 to 2015/12/30 Posts 8000 to 20000 - Greater than 25 replies - 2015/12/30 to 2016/03/04 Each comment chain is truncated to seven replies max. If there's a conversation that interests you, you can go to: Code: # Replace 123456789 with the profile post id https://forum.novelupdates.com/index.php?profile-posts/123456789/comments I haven't looked through any of these yet, so I have no idea what's here. XD My script is still crawling though so there will probably be steadily more. ---------------------------- Looking for people to interview Nuffians who are familiar with famous/renowned users. Notably, it would be great if there were specialist historians on @Tony @Parth37955 @Shio @Westeller (all of the mods). Basically, if someone is able to put together a compilation of interesting threads and profile posts and various other incidents, it would be fantastic! Also looking for specialist historians on famous members including: @FlowingSong @episod3ux @Shem If you were on the Notable Members list at any point in NUF history, I'm interested in you too! If you are willing to write any kind of memoir/biography/favorite memory on NUF/best friends/etc -- we'll figure out some way to record it! Tagging Notable Members: @AliceShiki @Raneday @asriu @akki @Wujigege @R0 @L4 @Parth37955 @elengee @Ai chan @Arcturus @LaDyViL @jacobpaige @Nyamsus @Asf @OverlyFriendly @userunfriendly @MangoGuy @Westeller @Zheya @A5G_Reaper @Tony @Blitz @Pyoo @Osamaru @Bielt @vsukio @Bad Storm @Nyann @leegood @Skullie @Kitsune Alea @Nefasdetestasi @Satan @alexfilia @GonZ555 @Matsurika @Hotato @Ophious @Nom de Plume @hayyan @OnceandFutureLurker @Shio @canaria23 @NZPIEFACE @juniorjawz @Clozdark @remy911 And former Notable Members (courtesy of Internet Archive): @Lachiel @JJ @Catacus @AkeShiro @Zone Q11 @Mousa4 @Anoncommander1 @sal880612m @Das @SrPyro @holyshin @drealicious @Taku Setras @Raphael @Axia Odyssey @Potato @FlowingSong @tocos10 @Ldyrdy @Mrgameandwatch77 @AicilaXI @Ritsuru @LivingCorpse @Pie @Saitama @CDLevit @SilentFyre @whosays25 @Evilnemesis7 @Linley @Stealth @Star Collapse @TheDarkness @qzty @erichninja @Ratatoskr @Odyssey @Enigma @DarknessWolf @Yumina @Nyasmus @Cupcake Ninja @brasca123 @Yukina @Yukkuri Oniisan @Shem @Animester @Risus @Nimbus @ABMAINA @Casul Reader @yarvic001 @vii @LittleFox21 @Iris Lazuli @DCLXVI @iampsyx @BlancFrost @Lovely @shad12ow @Himari @Gav If I missed anyone, sorry~ Let me know if you were on the Notable Members list at any point so it doesn't get forgotten~
I don’t know why I was tagged here, but I’ll give you an @NZPIEFACE. He’s historically a historian of NUF’s history. https://forum.novelupdates.com/threads/nuf-history-of-fads.17611/