And I don't just mean epic in length, although I suppose I do my share to keep that end up (hi appolose). 

I mean threads that were so incredibly good (or bad) that they loom large in the memories of participants, or at least produce an "Oh yeah, that was great!" when recollected. 

I was going through my bookmarks (which are legion) and it seemed to me that the first 20,000 threads on the site were thick with these.  Sure, I have roughly similar numbers from more recent times, but they just don't seem ... as epic. 

Below, I've tried to include a few real highlights, while avoiding stuff that I care about way more than other people (even the ones who were there).

Page numbers assume 50 posts per page. 
ALSO PLEASE DO NOT NECRO THESE THREADS UNLESS YOU HAVE A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD REASON.

Can anyone who was there forget the deathless thread title "Nintendomination at an end?"

Can there BE a thread more epic than RolStoppable's first TRol post?  ("I have lost faith in the Wii and its future")
(At least I'm pretty sure it's his first, based on all the "no way this is really Rol" comments)

CrazzyMan's magnum opus:  "PS2 2001 sales numbers vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =)"
and:  "ALL marioboys bought SMG and Wii? Or speculations made on SMG and SMS sales"
(Unfortunately, he just got permabanned (or for a year anyway), so you'll have to scroll down to posts where people quoted CrazzyMan to see what he said without sifting through his Post History.)

Then there were a few threads about the infamous iSuppli report ("iSuppli's console sales numbers and forecasts (or "WTF, is this for real?")")



And what kind of "epic VGChartz threads" list could be complete without something from johnlucas? 
"4.1 — Nintendo's number to remember"
(No, he doesn't mean "4.1 Nintendo consoles per human being in Japan", he means "4.1 million per month in calendar year 2008", which was almost double what VGC now reports, IIRC.) 

I'll leave you with a picture NJ5 made.  I don't remember offhand when and where exactly he made it -- but I'm sure those of us who were around at the time can remember exactly why. 



WHY DON'T THEY JUST PRESS THE BUTTON?

Its called nostalgia. Most online communities develop an unhealthy amount of it eventually. I'm sure someone new here will think the same in a years time or two.

we just lost alot of the oldtimers as i like to call em

Oh my god what a horrible poster I was back then, heck what a horrible poster everyone was back then! Every person would attack the other for saying the simplist of thing, all I said was "The ps3 is more costly than everything else" and everyone attacks me like a pack of wolves!

Too many people are trying to be Rol.

And failing.

check out all my threads their all epic

A lot of old timers have left and been replaced with people talking about what dental floss people use.

The standard has slipped, though I expect it'll get better around October.

wy you son of a mother, invent your own theories

You obviously missed this one Final-Fan

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=81388&page=1

I wish this was aimd for me though sadly I was only here since NOV of last year :/