Five years old!! That’s right, Razer Blueprints just had its fifth birthday.  As is tradition in birthdays and anniversaries, it is time to reflect on how we got here, where we are today and where we hope to go in the future:

Half a decade ago, Buzztiger was not too happy with his game. His headshot count per-round had dropped lower than my bank account balance after paying next semester’s tuition! Determined to fix whatever had caused this, Buzztiger thought that his mouse, the legendary Razer Boomslang 2000 - which he bought from a German retailer for a ridiculous price - might need some serious cleaning. After all, it had been working so well for him in the past. He decided to put his hard earned mechanical engineering skills to work and after dissecting the mouse, removing the dirt he found, he thought about publishing his newfound wisdom on the internet for everyone else to read who may be having the same issues. After some emails between Buzz and Razerguy, working out any permission concerns, the site was launched.

Little did we know back then that with the help of Darkpeanut, Vana and other team mates that RBP would become what it is today: The #1 Razer fan site on the internet. Slowly but surely the community grew. Even while Razer seemingly went dormant, people kept coming to the forums. I myself (LEX05) found these forums back in late 2003 in search of anyone willing to sell their Boomslang 2000. I did find someone willing to sell their used First Edition model (and got it for a very good price I might add). Similarly for the rest of the community, most of the conversation still revolved around the ageing Boomslang series (and Boomer offshoots).

Razer knew that having a fan site to spread the news had its advantages, so before anyone even knew the mouse existed, RBP had a preview sample. As soon as the NDA had expired, a preview article went up. A few months later the Razer Diamondback was announced. Similarly with the Viper, Razer Blueprints was the first on the scene with more info garnered from the preproduction sample available. The Diamondback was viewed very favorable by many reviewers across the web and hype for the mouse quickly increased. As the final version made it to stores, the RBP community really started to grow. As problems came up, the community took it upon themselves to discover what was wrong, how to fix it and find out whether Razer was aware of the problem and able to fix it. With a newfound presence in the minds of many gamers, Razer was back on it's feet and continued to develop gaming devices spreading to additional market sectors as mouse pads, headsets and speakers.