Does someone know if I can find Background Blitzes on this (http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://pub6.ezboard.com/bdosuserforums) old forum?
The search option didn't gave me any proper result...
As a personal researcher on that forum, I tell you what:
a)Without a proper guide you will lose your way.
b)They are called EZ-Boards.
c)Ask me, or go ahead and trouble yourself.
If you go yourself, I may warn you that the working links are very few, and it be wiser to find topics with a deal of replies to check (more than 7) is fine. Usually topics with more than one page work, but it may also mean that a page might work and some other page might not. The EZ-Boards are mostly salvaged due to random backups and due to some AGS profiles being global to all the EZ-Board forums.
Too bad because of the stupid robot.txt, pre-Ezboard threads cannot be retrieved anymore. :(
...Wait! There weren't any competitions back at the time.
Quote from: Dualnames on Fri 09/07/2010 10:51:21
As a personal researcher on that forum, I tell you what:
a)Without a proper guide you will lose your way.
b)They are called EZ-Boards.
c)Ask me, or go ahead and trouble yourself.
Then hereby I choose option C ;)
Quote from: Gilbet V7000a on Fri 09/07/2010 10:56:51
...Wait! There weren't any competitions back at the time.
Gilbet Cheung you refer to background blitzes in specific, cause if you are, I stand corrected, but I think the term is rather new, and there were locked parts of the forum where good old blitzes and sacrifices could happen.
EDIT: Here's an old bg blitz on 2003, let's see..
I don't remember them back then. There was MAGS back then for sure. Possibly Sprite Jam?
memory is fuzzy but I'm with Gilbert. There's no EZBoard Background Blitz to be found.
EDIT: Dual, really?
Indeed MAGS exists on the EZ-Boards, I wasn't much into looking competitions, so I'll have a big look now and refresh your memory.
Let me know if you find one that 2ma2 won. :)
EDIT: Well that was easy
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=49
MAGS proof.
http://web.archive.org/web/20031206014737/pub6.ezboard.com/fdosuserforumsfrm4.showMessage?topicID=2957.topic
I've found a link on these forums that says on 10 Mar 03, that there have been lots of other blitzes, the forums actually became active near Oct 2002 or so (probably a little sooner August), and the only competition there has been proof of on the EZ-boards is MAGS.
EDIT: Some treats for you Evenwolf:
http://web.archive.org/web/20020331210036/pub6.ezboard.com/fdosuserforumsgeneraldiscussion.showMessage?topicID=596.topic
EDIT2: And original post by 2ma2:
http://dosuserforums.yuku.com/topic/514/t/September-MAGS-Who-killed-Kenny-Rogers.html
and evidence of a sprite jam on the EZ-Boards:
http://dosuserforums.yuku.com/topic/506/t/weekly-sprite-jam-June-2-8.html
and a coding competition on the EZ-Boards:
http://web.archive.org/web/20020901072254/pub6.ezboard.com/fdosuserforumsfrm4.showMessage?topicID=2836.topic
EDIT3: And at the biggest improbability a one post topic of 03, that also happened to be the last topic of AGS forums is here by m0ds:
http://web.archive.org/web/20030909035248/pub6.ezboard.com/fdosuserforumsfrm4.showMessage?topicID=3105.topic
Never anything so sad as these words: (This post is missing and can not be restored)
Thanks Dual! Those took me back. Colossal mentions a painting program he coded and I remember the day he coded it! It was awesome and he kept telling me how simple it was to do.
BTW, I made a huge mistake and revisited the 76 page "Secret of Monkey Island" thread. Just now. Phew.
I was talking about pre-Ezboard era, got it? :P
I'm waiting for m0ds to apologize. I get depressed when I'm browsing the Ez-Boards. Gilbet you're like Robin. Everybody knows you, but we all love Batman (CJ).
PS: I love you more. :D
I love the avatars and the custom titles. Why no bloody custom titles in this forum!?!?!?!!
We are not worthy because we're not in the Mittens Elite :-[ I want my 7 year member title damn it!
Wait... 7 years and no masterpiece game?! What have i been doing -_-
Quote from: Chicky on Sat 10/07/2010 12:56:40
Wait... 7 years and no masterpiece game?! What have i been doing -_-
Awwww well... :-[
SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU. WE LOVE YOU. CJ HASN'T MADE A GAME EITHER.
bUT HE'S DA MAN, NABS! HE PWN US ALL HE'S TEH ASWESPME!
p.s Sorry reading a lot of those ez-boards lately.
God, I've been here for 8 years?
CJ did make MANY games in the past, just not AGS games. :P
As far as I recall, the first background blitz was created by either OneThinkingGirl or Erica McLane and it was indeed post-EZ time.
Sprite Jam is way older, especially taken into account the live ones on the IRC-channel.
Pre-EZ was just a chain of texts posted by Gilbert and CJ, neither of which are known for their high activity in bg-blitz contests...