I don't think I even have a favourite time of Newgrounds. The design that was around when I first started using the place around 2002 and 2003 works for me on levels of nostalgia. Now that I'm a little older, I'll look back on that era's design featuring that anime ad that was always on the front page, LegendaryFrog at the top of the top-fifty listings constantly, or the Assassin page featuring Phat Bass as the music. Sure, I'd turn my speakers down, but I knew which webpage I was using if I started hearing that music.
With all of that in mind, it was esxciting waiting for the 2007 redesign to come about. I won't bore anyone with the stories for the 42534624th time, but it was good if you were a community regular. This is obviously the same one the site has now, and despite its criticisms, I think it's pretty cool. Due to dial-up using between 2001 and 2006, I wasn't active so much, so it's that layout that is most prominent in my memory. Otherwise, I'd be...
At 7/19/09 06:00 PM, THEJamoke wrote:
ITT: users pretending to have been here longer than they really have.
... well, I hope I didn't come off as this by mentioning the year 2002. In all fairness, I was twelve then and I do actually remember not signing-up until I was thirteen. I signed up a few months after that (my birthday is in April), but I maintain that... argument :)