Is there an archive for Bethesda's forums? I can't find posts older than 2009 on most sub-forums.

Someone on here has the holy grail of the oldy tyme threads of hilarity. I'm sure they will be along soon to share their treasure of goodness.

Not that I'm aware of.

Impressive. But not what I'm interested in.

I was afraid that was the case.

http://bgsfthreads.wordpress.com/. This include the infamous Superthread (Stupid Things You Used To Believe), as well as the immortal Vinegar Ra )AKA: Strange Symbol).

Another way to view some old threads is using http://web.archive.org/web/20040903021454/http://www.elderscrolls.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php. You need to fiddle around with it to see some threads, but most won't work (But some do!). Newer threads after 2008 won't load.

I was wondering if that may work. Thanks for the suggestion!

It will not work with the current version of the forums, due to the robots.txt.