What was your first QotW post?
I popped my cherry with this one back in 2006

Should be interesting to see what the other /questions veterans first posted...

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EDIT: added links to several FUCKING LOADS OF regular posters' inaugural missives, as it's a pain in the arse finding your first post unless you know the secret method (which I've also added as a reply)
( chart cat has an itch, Mon 27 Apr 2009, 17:13, 21 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I'M a veteran.
4+ years anyway. I feel veteran like.

www.b3ta.com/questions/ignorance/post21093/

This is actually my second post but the first was pish.
( djtrialprice, Mon 27 Apr 2009, 17:49, Reply)

Hmmm...
Maybe this one, for me:
www.b3ta.com/questions/deadbodies/post124649

Can't work out a quick way of finding out.

EDIT: I was way off:
www.b3ta.com/questions/desperatetimes/post99566
( Cawl, Mon 27 Apr 2009, 18:27, Reply)

I registered my account just so I could create my first post
(which is here). I could not think of what to call myself so I asked myself: "What sort of person would do something like that?". And hence the origin of my username.

BTW: Another QOTW popped up that allowed me to post an expanded version of my first post.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 27 Apr 2009, 19:53, Reply)

Apologies for the swear but
fuck me.
That was a hardcore post that man.
Wasn't expecting that at all.
I suppose it's tragedies like that which make us better people.
Plus I'm sure she would've been happy you were enjoying yourself :). Mums are the most unselfish people ever.
(TheColonel, Mon 27 Apr 2009, 21:01, Reply)

mr cat
I share colonel69's thoughts. I couldn't quite pen them as eloquently as he could though.

(*snap* - I'm also a bit of an STP monkey too)
( djtrialprice, Mon 27 Apr 2009, 22:33, Reply)

@Kaol, DJTP & Spakka
All great first posts!

@the colonel: yeah, it was quite tough writing it. Glad I did though.
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 2:56, Reply)

It is kind of tricky to find your oldest post
So allow me to sprinkle a smattering here for your delectation:

In no particular order (I'm just skimming through old questions and looking for names)

Legless

Davros' Granddad

Ancrenne

scaryduck

chthonic

rob

The Resident Loon

Chickenlady

PJM

Devil_In_Tights

spimf

rachelswipe

happylittletulip

Boss Keloid

Vipros

K2k6

bazmorningstar

Enzyme

Che Grimsdale

workboresme

powervator

Madam Marlboro

beckyjsbx

Maladicta

pooflake

crackhouseceilidhband

frankspencer

Lunar Jim

Humpty Dumpty was Pushed

stusut79

No3l

and of course, how could I leave out...

spankyhanky
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 3:16, Reply)

How to find your first post
Click on your username and go to the bottom of your profile page

Click on '[read all their answers]'

Scroll to the bottom of that page and click on 'more results »'

The URL in your browser's address bar will now look something like this:

b3ta.com/users/searchposts.php?id=29335&board=qotw&start=10

Modify the last few digits to a larger number, say 1000:

b3ta.com/users/searchposts.php?id=29335&board=qotw&start=1000

If you get a page of results, increase it again, say to 2000. If not, decrease it, say to 500.

By a process of trial and error, you will eventually land on the page containing your first post.

Happy hunting! ;)
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 3:52, Reply)

Things I have learned doing this post
1) Kaol has posted way more than anyone else
2) About half the posters made a 'length' joke on their first post. Me included.
3) Nearly everyone has posted more times than all the QotW mods combined.
4) Finding things like this on b3ta is a pain in the arse
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 3:59, Reply)

this was mine
www.b3ta.com/questions/pickyeaters/post73953

I am quite proud that I didn't make a length joke!
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 28 Apr 2009, 7:32, Reply)

@VC: Length jokes
They can be funny sometimes, other times they're a bit tiresome. Is it just a b3ta meme? I've never seen it on other sites...
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 7:47, Reply)

man
mine sucks!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 8:26, Reply)

Here we go
This was my first, sorry it's shit

But I always regard this post as being when I actually 'arrived' if you know what I mean
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 8:49, Reply)

@AA
A touching story, I remember it from the first time round :)
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 9:18, Reply)

.
Cheers :D
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 9:19, Reply)

Oh god...
...mine was fucking awful.

Was it really so long ago?
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 28 Apr 2009, 9:58, Reply)

@PJM
It is what it is, man! Suck it up :)

(I didn't think it was that bad btw)
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 10:03, Reply)

Oh dear.

Oh dear, oh dear.

www.b3ta.com/questions/diyfashion/post60421
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 10:24, Reply)

@wgw
Quality first post action :)
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 10:26, Reply)

Awh wookiee!
I like it!
( Cawl, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 10:28, Reply)

Interesting to see
the development of individual styles over the months / years.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 28 Apr 2009, 10:51, Reply)