NESpresso: NSider \ The Brief History of the NSider

Please note that the accounts of the NSider is a group effort to show us where the members have been in the past. If there's any missing or incorrect information, please e-mail me at TStodden.geo@yahoo.com with the subject "NSider History Ammendum" & I'll make sure that the changes are made to the accounts listed here. Please include your NSider name so I can give you credit here (unless you want to be included in the "et al" group). Since it will take a while for updates to be posted, please bear with me as it may take like a week before I upload the changes here. With that said, here's the Brief History of the NSider.

In 1993, the Internet was finally opened up to the public. Nintendo of America (NOA) created an online group on AOL called the Loudhouse. With the motto of "Play it Loud" (which was also the slogan for the SNES), the Loudhouse had regular chat & bulletin boards... It was a great start for the online group as Cat & Muku, as well as a few others, were the first to join. In 1994, NOA created Camp Hyrule, a week-long end-of-summer bash online for the Loudhousers who registered, as it was restricted to about 2,000 users.

In 1996, NOA has decided to move the Loudhouse off AOL & onto it's own website. Now with access for everybody, membership was greatly increased as Pelord, ImaWario & myself (TStodden) were now able to participate with other users. The web version of the Loudhouse only had the Bulletin Board & Message Center, but chat was added early 1997. Camp Hyrule was also moved to the web that summer as well.

In the Fall of 1997, Nintendo's website rebuilt & the Loudhouse was then transformed into the NSider. All the members of the Loudhouse were grandfathered into the new NSider with it's new interface. Everything was good until problems appeared with the bulletin board, which was eventually shut down in the Spring of 1999. With only chat & the message center operating, users choose to run their own board, which ran in harmony until April, 2000 where an administrative slip cause the board to collaspe underneath itself. This was only a warning sign of things to come. In March of 2001, some unrulely users in the chat room just happened to act up while the administrative officials were monitoring the chat system. Due to the user's actions, the officials decided to shut the chat room down in May of 2001 when the site was redesigned & the old member database was deleted. With the exception of Camp Hyrule, it seemed that the NSider was dying as there was no way for members to contact each other on Nintendo's site.

In Fall of 2002, NOA reopened the doors of the NSider with the addition of a new chat system. However, there was a membership requirement. In order to register with the new NSider, users now had to be a subscriber to Nintendo Power magazine. With this requirement, the administrator would now have an address to go with the user as well as forcing users to buy a subscription to access the chat room. With this requirement, some of the older users refused to subscribe & never returned to the NSider.

In Spring of 2003, NOA created a Bulletin Board for the Zelda Forums & quickly became the adopted board for the NSider as it did not require the requirement that the chat room had. With the creation of the board, some of the former users have returned to the NSider as they now had a place to communicate with each other. It wasn't until the January of 2004 when the Zelda Forums were closed & the Nintendo Forums were opened. With the opening of the Nintendo Forums, the NSider was returned to it's former glory as the registration restriction was therefore removed.




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		The Brief History of the NSider by TStodden, et. al. Please note that the accounts of the NSider is a group effort to show us where the members have been in the past. If there's any missing or incorrect information, please e-mail me at TStodden.geo@yahoo.com with the subject "NSider History Ammendum" & I'll make sure that the changes are made to the accounts listed here. Please include your NSider name so I can give you credit here (unless you want to be included in the "et al" group). Since it will take a while for updates to be posted, please bear with me as it may take like a week before I upload the changes here. With that said, here's the Brief History of the NSider. In 1993, the Internet was finally opened up to the public. Nintendo of America (NOA) created an online group on AOL called the Loudhouse. With the motto of "Play it Loud" (which was also the slogan for the SNES), the Loudhouse had regular chat & bulletin boards... It was a great start for the online group as Cat & Muku, as well as a few others, were the first to join. In 1994, NOA created Camp Hyrule, a week-long end-of-summer bash online for the Loudhousers who registered, as it was restricted to about 2,000 users. In 1996, NOA has decided to move the Loudhouse off AOL & onto it's own website. Now with access for everybody, membership was greatly increased as Pelord, ImaWario & myself (TStodden) were now able to participate with other users. The web version of the Loudhouse only had the Bulletin Board & Message Center, but chat was added early 1997. Camp Hyrule was also moved to the web that summer as well. In the Fall of 1997, Nintendo's website rebuilt & the Loudhouse was then transformed into the NSider. All the members of the Loudhouse were grandfathered into the new NSider with it's new interface. Everything was good until problems appeared with the bulletin board, which was eventually shut down in the Spring of 1999. With only chat & the message center operating, users choose to run their own board, which ran in harmony until April, 2000 where an administrative slip cause the board to collaspe underneath itself. This was only a warning sign of things to come. In March of 2001, some unrulely users in the chat room just happened to act up while the administrative officials were monitoring the chat system. Due to the user's actions, the officials decided to shut the chat room down in May of 2001 when the site was redesigned & the old member database was deleted. With the exception of Camp Hyrule, it seemed that the NSider was dying as there was no way for members to contact each other on Nintendo's site. In Fall of 2002, NOA reopened the doors of the NSider with the addition of a new chat system. However, there was a membership requirement. In order to register with the new NSider, users now had to be a subscriber to Nintendo Power magazine. With this requirement, the administrator would now have an address to go with the user as well as forcing users to buy a subscription to access the chat room. With this requirement, some of the older users refused to subscribe & never returned to the NSider. In Spring of 2003, NOA created a Bulletin Board for the Zelda Forums & quickly became the adopted board for the NSider as it did not require the requirement that the chat room had. With the creation of the board, some of the former users have returned to the NSider as they now had a place to communicate with each other. It wasn't until the January of 2004 when the Zelda Forums were closed & the Nintendo Forums were opened. With the opening of the Nintendo Forums, the NSider was returned to it's former glory as the registration restriction was therefore removed. Since then, the NSider has remained a community bonded by a love for Nintendo.


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