Oh man this topic is nostalgic. When I first saw GW, I didn't like it, preferred some other website. Then I realized the resources were sweet, and the tutorials helped me. After a while I joined the forums as Master Mog, a dumb 12-13 year old who typed like what you would expect a 13 year old would type like, got owned by SafariGoku for being stupid, and posted a lot about RM2K. I remember posting a lot in a topic about PSO, along with Kezay, NickWillNotBe (or will he?), and deluge.
The admins at the time were Bart, Mori, Faust, DP, Mr. Y and Pyrate. Those are the originals that I remember.
GW pretty much made me a lot more elitist, to the point where I can't stand a lot of other forums because people are too stupid to even be tolerated.