IIRC we were #58 when I started. Glad to help in pushing us towards the top 50.
Extremeoverclocking stats started back then to track the Top 2000 teams worldwide, and it was in December or January that we finally hit #2000.
Looking at old threads we would be leaping 20 - 50 teams per week, and it was fun flying up the charts so fast.
At about #700 we started to slow down, but we kept adding enough new folders to keep our momentum going. At about #100 we slowed to a crawl, passing maybe one team per week.
If you take out the new PS3 teams that started last year, we would be somewhere around #40. The Free Republic folders only has a half dozen PS3s cranking out points for us, verses hundreds and thousands for some of the gaming teams.
We have done quite well, I should say, considering how scattered we all are and the influence of certain political jihads that have flamed our board. We must have three dozen folders that have been with us from early on.