omg i can't beleive this thing is still going!!!

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:30 am

ok ... so i played D1 on Kali back in the day ... reconnecting every 15 minutes faithfully for about 6 months ... until D2 came out and i finally shelled out my $20 for Kali registration ... and became obsessed... joined the {DMC} ... played for spurts of when i got home from school... to when i went back to school the next day ... sometimes just skipping the whole school part to play and play and play!!! now after many years of obsession with the game... around the time D3 came out and my hardware couldn't quite keep up ... and i just didn't have the time .. i fell away ... although i finally got broadband and was still on the net constantly ... my focus shifted... i became pretty involved with SoF2 ... but looked back fondly on my Descent memories... just never getting back to it (especially since by then i thought the whole community was gone). i met other people who played SoF2 and other games i was into who used to be d2 fanatics as well... and still never looked back on it. Now ... so many years later I am getting back into a lot of things from long ago. I am running linux on most of my machines now (dual booting xp of course ... can't cut the windows cord completlely ... im a gamer at heart) and found an old Descent 3 Loki installer ... and thought... what the gabbagabbahey. In my search for D2 level ports that I used to be into, hoping to get some friends over to lan and scare them silly with the 360 degree death... i found that the descent community is apparently STILL ALIVE!!! Imagine my surprise to see that this board is still well used! Now all i can say is WOW!! Of course i am actively searching through my old papers and emails and things to find my Kali registration... (they said it's LIFETIME right?) and reinstall that through cedega and check out the old descent channel (i read here that apparently some of the old skool gamers still hang out there...) one can only hope....

why am i posting this? i dunno ... im just sorta all reminiscant of those many hours i spent in the mines ... piloting my Pyro and trying to keep my pilot's rank climbing ever higher and higher (how many did i end up going through ???) but since i have spoken to many people over the years recalling those days without anyone really understanding the draw... i thought here of all places someone might identify and understand...

if nothing else.. thanks for bringing back those memories for me (says a 25 year old guy ... as if on his death bed remembering the big band era and shipping off to WWII)

peace

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:45 am

holy crap... so many ellipses... so hard to read...

...greetings... . .... . .. . ..

roid · Post by **roid** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:51 am

gudday phile. it's always nice to see semi-new faces around.

Troop · Post by **Troop** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:53 am

i'm new kinda

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:49 am

You know.... sometimes I wonder if I'm considered oldskool yet.

roid · Post by **roid** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:31 am

*gives cake to all newcommers*

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:41 am

Hey, gimmecake!! IWANNACAKE!! It's my B-Day Next Tuesday :\

roid · Post by **roid** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:26 am

Have a cookie... No, with obesity and type 2 diabeties running
rampant you should be eating VEGETABLES!!!

NUM!NUM!NUM!NUM!NUM!!!

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:58 am

Manah Manah!!

(I've been around in one form or another since May, 1999 or so, and I'm by no means "Old School")

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:56 am

Hey I remember you. Good to see you again.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:02 am

Descanting since the beginning but didn't make my online appearance til Dec 98.

will_kill · Post by **will_kill** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:26 am

Hi!

Welcome Back...

pretty soon they'll all realize, "there's no place like home, there's no place like home"

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:08 pm

lol .............. ellipses are my friends when im tired!!! thanks all, its good to be here now. i don't know if i can be considered old skool, i wonder if there is a space between old skool and n00b, something like: "weathered". old skool seems like those people i remember were around when i started, the ones that beat the snot out of me and taught me everything i knew / know. all i can say is that started with the descent ONLINE people back in early 1996, but have been playing since Feb. of 1995 (the first descent came out 5 days after my birthday, i bought it for myself as a birthday present). so i think that if nothing else, I am a weathered, aged, descent player. (even if i never got all that good at it

)

to everyone here, thanks for the offers of food: cookies , cake , fruit and veggies. mmmm. much appreciated.

you'll see me around now.

(happy coming birthday []V[]essenjah)

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:14 pm

What, no beer!!!

Not a party yet .....

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:46 pm

Capm wrote:Hey I remember you. Good to see you again.

wow ... i would hope you remember me ... you were the one that brought me into the midnight squadron ... even though it wasn't for long.

(course i suppose you brought a lot of people in initially)

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:33 pm

Welcome back man! Beers are in the fridge, but the nuts are all over the place.

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:00 pm

lol your writing

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:55 pm

Hello stranger. Would love to game with you someday.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:12 pm

Vindicator wrote:holy crap... so many ellipses... so hard to read...

...greetings... . .... . .. . ..

Yes. Dot dot dot says "I am very lazy" and "I can't be bothered actually constructing sentences in full."

In certain circumstances it is warranted, but they are few, and far between.

Money! · Post by **Money!** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:15 pm

Mobius wrote:
Vindicator wrote:holy crap... so many ellipses... so hard to read...

...greetings... . .... . .. . ..
Yes. Dot dot dot says "I am very lazy" and "I can't be bothered actually constructing sentences in full."

In certain circumstances it is warranted, but they are few, and far between.

Meet ★■◆●. ^^^

And hey, I'm Money. I classify as Noob. Hopefully we can play sometime.

CritterB · Post by **CritterB** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:17 pm

Hey there fyrephlie. Good to see you again. I remember every time I typed your name I had to check that I had your right spelling.

I just hang on around and post as I haven't played D3 in ages. But you know what, I still have it on my hard drive as I just can't get myself to remove it. How sad is that?

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:46 pm

Hey CritterB long time no see!!! yeah people still just don't get the firefly thing, but hey, most people just give up and call me fyre...

of course back then, my pilot name had to be fyrephli (stupid 8 character limits...)

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:47 pm

i am going to ★■◆● break your . key

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:48 pm

(not really)

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:34 am

Vertigo 99 wrote:i am going to mother****ing break your . key

no need............. it will wear out on its own soon enough .....................

(i already apologized for writing this while i was so tired

)

will_kill · Post by **will_kill** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:53 pm

fyrephlie....I think h(vertigo)e.. was referring to.....Mobi..us..and. his... tRol l. po st..

BTW, wuts yer pilotz handle?

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:32 pm

no, i was referring to fyre.

i want to break mobi's entire computer.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:14 pm

Mobius wrote:
Vindicator wrote:holy crap... so many ellipses... so hard to read...

...greetings... . .... . .. . ..
Yes. Dot dot dot says "I am very lazy" and "I can't be bothered actually constructing sentences in full."

In certain circumstances it is warranted, but they are few, and far between.

The grammar Nazi strikes again ...

Firefly,

in case you're still interested in D2: I am currently porting D2X-W32 (OpenGL port of D2) to Linux.

Darkside Heartless · Post by **Darkside Heartless** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:46 pm

Vertigo 99 wrote:i want to break mobi's entire computer.

I think that's pretty much public opinion

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:35 pm

Well of course I remember you. I remember all the members (altho thats getting harder and harder these days.. gettin old ya know har har) And, Once MS, always MS, remember?

Drop by and say hi to everyone, we're playing other games these days now too. http://www.midnightsquadron.com

Don't feel bad CritterB, I can't bring myself to remove it either. LOL

Actually, I hopped in and started playing a single-player mission the other day, started on level 4.. you know, its been years since I played that level, and I forgot about the trains... and I about crapped my pants when they abruptly reminded me of their existance....

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:05 am

/me spies America's Army on the site of the MS. i was just thinking the other day that i should see who all still plays that. been sitting on 37 honor for a while now....

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:47 am

Mobius wrote:
Vindicator wrote:holy crap... so many ellipses... so hard to read...

...greetings... . .... . .. . ..
Yes. Dot dot dot says "I am very lazy" and "I can't be bothered actually constructing sentences in full."

In certain circumstances it is warranted, but they are few, and far between.

i would like to point out something very obvious: this is a forum. if i were to be truly concerned about solid writing fundementals, perhaps you might be happy. however, because this will not be on your desk before class starts, i'm not going to worry too much more about it. so what if im lazy, its a forum.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:00 am

fyrephlie wrote:
Mobius wrote:
Vindicator wrote:holy crap... so many ellipses... so hard to read...

...greetings... . .... . .. . ..
Yes. Dot dot dot says "I am very lazy" and "I can't be bothered actually constructing sentences in full."

In certain circumstances it is warranted, but they are few, and far between.
i would like to point out something very obvious: this is a forum. if i were to be truly concerned about solid writing fundementals, perhaps you might be happy. however, because this will not be on your desk before class starts, i'm not going to worry too much more about it. so what if im lazy, its a forum.

You could just say what the rest of us say:

STFU Mobius!

Nobody takes him seriously any more. It's only a matter of time until he gets himself banned, because he gets warned pretty regularly to stop bugging people about their spelling, grammar, etc.

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 3:00 am

You can't ban mobius. It would be the end of an era.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:49 am

x2. Not a reason for a ban. Let him. We need someone to pull a joke on from time to time.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:17 pm

is it wrong to forget who some people are because you've been around so long?

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:19 pm

There are those of us that still remember our {DMC} roots well. Nice to see an old familiar face from time to time around here

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:25 pm

There are still some DMC members hanging out on Kali. Vinyl springs to mind.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 1:43 am

I think more veterans have come back in the past month or two than in the year or two prior to this.

Suncho · Post by **Suncho** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:20 am

Mobius wrote: Yes. Dot dot dot says "I am very lazy" and "I can't be bothered actually constructing sentences in full."

In certain circumstances it is warranted, but they are few, and far between.

Holy shut the hell up, Mobius! Your horrible grammar is even more grating than his. Why? It's annoying because you run around like a lunatic (jackass?) professing to know how to speak the English language better than the average Joe. News flash, Mobius: YOU CAN'T. SO, FOR THE SAKE OF THE IPU, SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!

FYI, the following is a corrected version of your post. Read it and learn.

Mobius (if he knew how to speak English) wrote: Yes. "Dot dot dot" says, "I am very lazy," and "I can't be bothered to actually construct full sentences."

Certain circumstances warrant the use of ellipses. However, these circumstances are few and far between.

Please also note that "can't be bothered to" and "few and far between" are both extremely overused cliches. Their use lowers the grade of an English paper at any respectable university.

I left in the cliches because... well... to make anything that comes out of your mouth sound like well-formed English, it would have to be completely rewritten. Thems the breaks, Mobius.