lawl. I have seen many topics like that on ALL kinds of forums about any kind of project (from programming to painting and modding games....) and I find them HILARIOUS
What i find most fun of that kind of threads is that the guy who writes them seems to think that creating a MMORPG is some sort of black magic which is reserved only to a few, and that they will learn it if they ask politely
Niko's description on team site says it was founded in 2002. But don't know if that was the year he started or the year of the first release (maybe both?).