StreetlampKid
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Hello everyone. This is a strange thread, I hope this is the most appropriate place for it. Simply put, I'm hoping the community here can help me find more information about the attached image.
Some backstory: Years ago, several friends and I were looking up information on now defunct Zboards. While trying to find images of them, we found this picture of a man sitting at a computer. It is/was only found on a Chinese version of a celebrity/entertainment gossip website called FansShare in a gallery about the WoW movie and titled "Geoffrey Zboards." That's the only information we have.
The image is very dated given the CRT monitors, desk set-up, mouse, knick-knacks, etc. and it's pretty clear that he's displaying the WoW branded Zboard peripherals, but it doesn't seem to be promotional given the other copywritten character figures and general amateurness of the photo. The website on the screen is the homepage for Stratics (which is why I'm here). Using the release date of Burning Crusade and the internet archive for this website, I was able to date the picture to sometime in 2007, possibly early 2008.
I know this is weird, but my friends and I have been wondering the story behind this picture for YEARS. I'm not looking for personal information on the guy in the picture or anything like that. I'm just looking for context around the picture since it's so shrouded in mystery. There's nothing at stake here except my own sanity, I'm just hoping you all here can help us out since it's clear that he was a member at one point.
Some backstory: Years ago, several friends and I were looking up information on now defunct Zboards. While trying to find images of them, we found this picture of a man sitting at a computer. It is/was only found on a Chinese version of a celebrity/entertainment gossip website called FansShare in a gallery about the WoW movie and titled "Geoffrey Zboards." That's the only information we have.
The image is very dated given the CRT monitors, desk set-up, mouse, knick-knacks, etc. and it's pretty clear that he's displaying the WoW branded Zboard peripherals, but it doesn't seem to be promotional given the other copywritten character figures and general amateurness of the photo. The website on the screen is the homepage for Stratics (which is why I'm here). Using the release date of Burning Crusade and the internet archive for this website, I was able to date the picture to sometime in 2007, possibly early 2008.
I know this is weird, but my friends and I have been wondering the story behind this picture for YEARS. I'm not looking for personal information on the guy in the picture or anything like that. I'm just looking for context around the picture since it's so shrouded in mystery. There's nothing at stake here except my own sanity, I'm just hoping you all here can help us out since it's clear that he was a member at one point.
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