Well, sort of anyway

IIRC, the first public build of QWSV (The server) is dated 13/12/96.
The client however is dated 17/12/96.

Can't quite remember exactly when both became publically available, but pretty sure it was at some point this week 10 years ago.

Edit: Checked Blues News Archive ( http://www.bluesnews.com/archives/ ) and there were news announcements made when the server became publically available on the 13th, and the client on the 17th.

happy birthday then!

like any true cult game, Q1/QW has a lot of mistery behind its release date (involving multiple theories)

weee congrats

It's kinda sad that we can't offer anything better than the current state of the community for its 10 year anniversary. :| However, times will get brighter in time for the new year with both QHLAN and Duelmania to look forward to, and maybe a few other things as well...

Long live QW!