Lionhead Community : Ten years of Lionhead Community!

Ten years of Lionhead Community!

Published Monday, April 21, 2008 12:00 AM by Sam

On 21st April 1998, Jamie launched the forums on the supreme Lionhead Studios’ website. It would turn out to be a bomb that would outlast a decade...

The first iteration of the heart of the Lionhead community, the forums, was an incredibly basic version but allowed for developers and gamers to have a chat, ask questions and have them answered instantly. The floodgates that would open over the next years couldn’t have been foreseen. It would lead to some popular fan sites, forge friendships, give a plethora of people opportunities and create an online hangout for people from all different walks of life! If we’d had to pick just one of the most memorable points in the Lionhead Communities’ history it would be the relatively unknown Easter Egg in Black&White (read this page for more information).

Specific online game features are the creatures who uploaded their own webpage (with statistics and pictures) in Black&white, plus an online multiplayer mode giving opportunity to battle it out against your friends (2001). The Movies: Online saw the day of light in November 2005. All our games saw some outstanding modding by the community and who could forget the historical developer chats on IRC (with shows like Giga)?

We’ll keep talking about this more today, so stay tuned but for now have a look at this piece of history, the very first post ever on the Lionhead forums: “Discussion forum now working !!” Posted by Jamie Durrant on April 21, 1998 at 19:34:14:

Here’s to the next decade!

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Comments

	midnyht said: I wonder what the next ten years holds... April 20, 2008 7:08 PM
	MJLOVER said: Me hugs forums I LOVE YOU ALL! April 20, 2008 7:12 PM
	chupathingy said: I can see how a decade of these forums could've come around, this place is nice, but another ten years of prof? dear god, what did I get into.... April 20, 2008 7:29 PM
	OtherSyde said: Haha. Well I haven't been around all ten years, but the past four have been a great time. This community is great, and one of the only ones I've actually stuck with and followed for that length of time. So, in short, thank you. Everyone. April 20, 2008 8:10 PM
	RAVEK said: And to think next Sunday I'll have been here since five years. (Minus a year's hiatus) Time moves so fast ... April 20, 2008 9:28 PM
	satansmunchkin said: I feel old ... I signed up in 2000 or 2001 (can't remember) under a different name because of Black & White, I did my school work experience at EA in Chertsy and they were games testing it there whilst I was there, so naturally after having a quick whirl on it I fell in love with the game and wanted to find out more about it ... I never posted but I read a lot of the threads. Then I forgot all about the boards until The Movies came out, I tried to sign up and found I already had an account but didn't like the username, so I created this account, and hey presto I've been here ever since. Something about this community just makes me want to keep coming back every day... I would say it was the interesting discussions but glancing in OT I really can't say it with a straight face right now ... Great work Woody and Sam, without you guys we wouldn't have a home! Here's to the next 10 years. April 20, 2008 9:50 PM
	MRFLIBBLE said: Definately feeling old heh. I can't remember when I signed up (due to braincell killing activities [the clan I made says it all]) but it sure has been a wild ride. I would look forward to the next ten years, but I think it'll be longer than that. Hell, until the day that Peter and crew meet the grim reaper and say "hey man, what's up?" they'll keep doing what they love. We'll keep doing what we love, and the industry as a whole will keep getting the kick in the *** it needs to help it advance into uncharted territories. Cheers, man! April 21, 2008 12:39 AM
	stomp224 said: Happy B.Day Boards! only 13 years and one day behind me! >_> April 21, 2008 2:19 AM
	ghostyspade said: Congratz April 21, 2008 7:31 AM
	Mortalitis_Infinitas said: Congrats guys. Been here only 2 out of the 10 but I've loved every minute of it. Can't wait to see what this place will look like another 10 years down the road or heck, even 10 months. April 21, 2008 9:14 AM
	twelthdoctor said: I feel like a noob here now. For most of 2007, I couldn't make a windows live account to join (apparently I had already made one during setup for my computer but didn't put 2 and 2 together...) April 21, 2008 9:22 AM
	Aynen said: congrats on the anniversary, here's to another ten years! makes toast April 21, 2008 10:59 AM
	Lionhead Community said: Each and every member has their own story of how they came into contact with the Lionhead Community. Some of you have been here for years, others just for a few days, not as if any of that really matters though; you’re all Lionhead children! April 21, 2008 11:06 AM
	ProfYaffel said: I forget how long I've been here, but have had many ups and downs in the process... So raise a glass to friends present and long gone becasue they helped shape this thing be call the forums into what it is today... Yeah blame them, not us... April 21, 2008 11:17 AM
	moonfever said: Congratulations on the 10 yrs. Hope there will be another 10 or more years. Love your website! April 21, 2008 2:20 PM
	mikeofblades said: You've made So much success in 10 years. Keep it up. April 21, 2008 2:40 PM
	EmperorBlue said: gz on the 10th Birthday of the Lionhead Community, I've only been here erm....2 months of those 10 years but from what I have seen, LHC should last for atleast another decade. April 21, 2008 3:06 PM
	shadowc35 said: yay 10 years but seriosly where is the next video diary April 21, 2008 4:43 PM
	luka10z20 said: only been here aa few months but heck i just luv thhis site sooo much and all of lion heads games cheeers to 10 years!!! April 21, 2008 4:53 PM
	troydominice said: I am not really sure from when I first signed up but I had to make a new user account, but I came here trying to figure out how to play black & white because I it wouldn't give me anything I throw into the vortx thing and keep dying right away.. then leaned about patches or something like that my old notes on this is hard to read.. April 21, 2008 5:35 PM
	SfK-Pyro said: holy crap, 10 years! I feel so inexperienced now, with my 2-3 years i have been here... April 21, 2008 7:19 PM
	ZioMage said: 10 years thats a long time thing i was 7 back then April 21, 2008 8:14 PM
	RedBelly said: You're 10 years old now, time moves so fast. Congratulations! P.S - Did you blow out all the candles on your birthday cake? April 22, 2008 3:44 AM
	STARDATE said: Thanks for keeping it running for ten years or I'd never met this great community Congratulations on your progress. April 22, 2008 3:49 PM
	HoLyVicE said: Cheers April 23, 2008 9:40 AM
	redfire95 said: Happy Birthday LH community! i've enjoyed every bit of my time as a member April 24, 2008 1:40 PM
	Saucemasterpimp said: Wow, thanks for making me start to feel old, having been around for 5 of those years. So much has happened since then. Thanks, and I love you, LH. April 27, 2008 3:15 PM
	Dark_Futurecaster said: I've been here for the last 5 also, thanks Lionhead, thanks to all the absolute weirdos and devs who made the fable 1/ project ego community so awesome. When mankind no longer exists, there will still be Nasos_333_333_333333333 complaining that the endless forests that have grown over our cities are not bump mapped correctly. April 28, 2008 9:19 PM
	jake5674 said: Happy 10th lionhead, even though i have only been with ya for 4 months!! April 30, 2008 9:38 AM
	TheMGMKid1A said: When The Movies was lauched I came along for the ride. From me and my studio happy 10th anniversary! MGM April 30, 2008 11:47 PM
	durium said: Joined when fable ccame waitinbg for 2 now May 1, 2008 10:50 AM
	Cissco said: Congratulations Lionhead!, What a great 10 years this has been. I wonder whats in store for the next 10. Perhaps releasing the Black & White games to the Nintendo Wii? Can't wait. July 4, 2008 1:11 AM