OT: How old are you ?

[Lemmy]

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Originally posted by mac5732:
Here we go again, need update,

LemmyM your slipping here my good man
you gotta slow down on that night life, ha,ha

just some ideas mac

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to tell you the truth, i haven't really been active on this forum for a while, i had a 2 week vacation and have a crappy modem, so i didn't get on-line that much.

i wonder if the new people still read every post??

[mac5732]

Happy Birthday "Puke"

Lemmy- I only use a 56K, no dsl or cable, that's why I don't play much on-line stuff, it wouldn't be fair to other players with faster connections.. I know what you mean about modems, Some day I'll get my wife to go along with getting one or the other, between my 3 kids and myself bugging her, sooner or later we'll get one of them...hope you enjoyed your vacation...

I don't think new people go back and read all the old Posts but I think they scan thru say the Last 20-30 days and read the interesting ones.

I find this one of the more interesting topics and a good post.

just some ideas mac


[This message has been edited by mac5732 (edited 07 November 2001).]

[Lemmy]

and it's back again
for all the new people who got tempted by the new forum look

[mac5732]

LemmyM, good to see this thread back, tks LemmyM,
one of the more interesting ones.

just some ideas mac

[dogscoff]

*bump*

Thought I'd bring this one to the top of the pile to give some of the noobs a chance to introduce themselves.

[Spyder]

Well, I'm not a noob, but this is the first time I've seen this thread

I am 44 and work as a VMS Systems Administrator with EDS in Ralieigh, NC. I am currently interviewing with Cerner in Kansas City and may move there soon

I spent 8 years in the Marines where I worked on the Hawk Missile system (yeah, the ones that Oliver North was selling). I attended many colleges over the years, real life kept interfering with my schoLastic pursuits, but, most notable were Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Tyler, and Sam Houston State University.

I was introduced to gaming in the USMC and have been playing ever since. My first roleplaying game was Merc, and my favorite was The Morrow Project...both are long out of print

My all-time favorite game of any sort is Civilization, the board game. It is also out of print, but I hear rumblings that the company that bought Avalon Hill is going to re-release it

My first strategy computer game was Empire, and I've been playing them ever since. Some of my favorite Computer games (other than Everquest, which I talk about below) have been: Empire, MOO, MOO II, The Perfect General (no better game for mano-a-mano, armor tactics), Global Conquest (Dan Bunten), XCom, Civilization II, The Bard's Tale, the original Pool of Radiance series by SSI (don't waste your money on the new one), Drakkar (early MMORPG) and all of the Sim games...gotta love them Sims.

EverQuest deserves special mention because I've never played any game as long as I have this one, except for Drakkar. My wife and I have been playing Everquest since the final phase of the Beta test. Soon after the game went live, we founded our guild, The Chosen Few, on The Rathe server (http://pub10.ezboard.com/bthechosenfew2416). We are currently on the Zebuxuruk server, and, We are one of the oldest guilds in EverQuest on any server.

My wife discovered SE IV in a magazine review (CGW, I think) Last year around December sometime and showed it to me...we ordered it right away

[ 19 December 2001: Message edited by: Spyder ]

[Mark Walton]

Might as well introduce myself too.

My kewl board nickname is Mark Walton, but my real name is Deathlord Zxk'ulll.

I am 32 years old and currently unemployed following a &!+(# of a year. (really)
Just to make myself look even more impressive, I am single and live at home.

At present I am expanding my knowledge of C++, and OOP in general, studying toward an OU degree (if they ever process my application for next year... grrrrrrr...)

I am a keen mucker-abouter-with of games. If I can't actually mod a game, I'll probably just set up a website telling the developers their jobs (for instance, my quest engine etc pages for Ultima Online when I was masquerading as Coral of Minoc, for reasons too dull to explain to you here)
See my other Posts and you will see what I mean - I'm always trying to change something or push the system to breaking point.

When I am not ruining computer games, I spend my time ruining board games, or inventing new ones, or just coming up with neat rules and ideas which I will collect into a game later.

My goal in life is to become a pro programmer, and make games. Or, do something amazing with an AI which will impress everyone.
Basically I just need to get a job, though. Or, make a new game which people will buy a lot of. But the only idea I have had recently is "copy SE4" so I need to generate some new ideas.