Hmm... retrospective.
Can't believe how long I've been a member of this place, although my visitations have dropped sharply (used to be daily, now maybe once every two months).
Alot has happened.
Two planes into two towers changed the face of global politics.
Chelsea FC have risen to be the juggernauts of the modern game.
Spirited Away was released.
I have been to Russia, Namibia, Majorca, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Spain and Scotland.
The Gamecube died a quiet death, but the Wii looks to be a big player.
A distant relative from the USA came over to go to a LOTR convention.
I've started two books. Ceased writing one; the other is in progress.
I lost my ability to write MIDI music. I don't know why.
I lost my ability to write poetry. I don't know why.
I have passed my GCSEs and A levels and am in Leicester University studying English.
The Bird Flu scare had me going for a while.
I am no longer a virgin.
I've built my own computer.
One of my cousins has married.
I rode my first rollercoaster.
I know how to pronounce 'paella' now.
Hitman: Blood Money is my game of the year so far.
I've walked a dog for the first time.
My Grandfather has died.
I've listened to, and become a fan of, My Morning Jacket.
I now know how to drive.
I'm a heavy player of World of Warcraft.
I've met the most wonderful girl I could hope to meet and had a 17 month relationship with her...
... and the catalyst for the post. We broke up just recently. Mutually. Amicably. Devastatingly.
Currently I'm trying my best to make sense of my life and figure out what's going on, and what I need. I've decided to try and stick to some advice from Polonius in Hamlet - a dubious character, maybe, to take advice from, but...
"To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man".
I'm hoping that 'man' includes me.
Hmm... retrospective.
What's happened to you?
Nothing much happened in the past 4 years, I went to some AGS meets, and I've done 6 weeks of university studying game design, I might do lots more weeks in future.
I've never had a girlfriend but I always knew how to pronounce paella, so that's ok.
I've only been here about a year and a half, so not many exciting things have happened to me. But I'll try...
I have...
Seen Robert Fripp perform live
Graduated from college with a Bachelor of Music in Composition
Purchased an engagement ring, which now waits to be offered
Been hired as an Accounts Payable Processor at the Home Depot Supply
Discovered and purchased a novel with my first and last names in the title
Seen Tony Levin perform live
Left Christian theism
Discovered a new species of deep sea life
Singlehandedly fought off a gang of ninjas
Conversed intelligibly with cephalopods
Designed and constructed a miniature golf course so expansive that one can stand at its center and not see its edges
Prepared and played a giant game of horseshoes by utilizing full-size trebuchets
Discovered the secrets of time travel and built a time machine
Used aforementioned time machine to plagiarize Beethoven's music before he had a chance to write it
Short sheeted the devil's bed
Eaten the sun
I just passed the two year mark here. Wow. In the two years that I've been hanging around here, I got married and had a baby girl. I bought a house in Japan. I've travelled around Asia a bit and taken two trips back to the US to visit my parents. The rest is all working, making games in my (very) limited freetime, changing diapers, and generally having a good time being a husband and father.
Hmm lets see now..
Had my heart broken.
Went from writing good music on a PS2 to writing crap music on a PC to writing good music on a PC.
Made an adventure game.
Lose count of how many times my name has appaeared in PSM3 magazine. (I'm in it almost every other issue now in some form or other!)
Start up a Jesus Jones MySpace profile. (With some of the band's blessing)
Be horrified to discover Chicago Town Pizza changed the recipe and made their delicious two in a box small pizzas just average and the base underneath now tastes stale when in the microwave. WHY MAN WHY!??!!!!!!!!!!??!!!!!!!
Learned how to make animated GIFs: (http://myspace-187.vo.llnwd.net/01345/78/13/1345713187_m.gif)
Learned how to use photoshop: (This man and (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b37/manicmatt/639a52ce.png) mix, he's not me)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b37/manicmatt/DanieltoBluedollsmall.jpg)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b37/manicmatt/petesstash.png)
QuoteSinglehandedly fought off a gang of ninjas
You stinking liar! They were nuns!
Quote from: ProgZmax on Tue 31/10/2006 13:23:16
QuoteSinglehandedly fought off a gang of ninjas
You stinking liar! They were nuns!
Nuns in wheelchairs, I recall!
Sheesh. How long have I been here? I could give a pageful of things that have happened. Only thing that didin't happen was me killing myself... yet.
EDIT: Oh well, Why not try (listing, not killing myself of course)
Hm, I joined pretty much when I got my own computer... so
-Experienced the world of free porn
-Took into stealing up to 13 gigas of great music
-Bought approximately 200 CDs and 70 LPs
-Saw Tasavallan Presidentti live at Tampere
-Saw Wigwam live at Tampere twice
-started a band with my schoolmates, did a few gigs and left when they started playing Metallica
-Experienced Metallica and have hated it since
-grew to know a lot of new bands up to 100 of them
-got interested in politics
-joined a political party and have been going to meetings ever since
-stood behind the president when she was re-elected
-wrote a comic about a guy getting drunk thinking the end of the world was coming
-finished upper secondary school
-went to Russia with my dad for an extended weekend
-learned what it feels like to be really poor
-sold my Amiga and threw over 1000 games in the trash
-worked in the garden of the hospital
-went to Ibiza to work as a tourist entertainer, didn't work out
-Attended Lapaset in -06 summer, drove to Vaasa to pick Inkoddi up, was there a day too early and spent the night drinking beer with teenagers, woke up in my car with a headache
-set up a band with my brother, made couple of songs, performed live once
-just now started a jazz band with a friend of a friend
-started playing jazz seriously
-managed to get a girlfriend and to leave her (well, she got me, so)
-cut my hair that I had let grow for 6 years
-changed my clothing style to approvable
-left my jacket on the roof of my car, got it back with my librarycard and my grandpa's watch broken... there goes several hundred euros
-replaced my PSU, my DVD-drive and my psu-fan
-got interested in computers
-went to uni this fall to study IT
-had some wonderful wonderful time on christmas with my family, listening to Jethro Tull christmas album
-had a huge crush on quite a lot of girls
-ate some black sausage
-stalked a cute blonde
-bought a fender deluxe 85W amplifier
-watched people grow up
-got my horrible acne fixed, now all I have left it scars
-fell deeply in love with a singer of a band, just heard she got engaged, so now I'm trying to get some sleep, won't work
-met some cool new people at the uni
-found out everyone hates my irc personality there
-got bloody drunk multiple times
-also drank some with sense to it
-bought a new cool jacket and got some flirting glances from girls
-tried to hit on a girl and lost her number
-started skiing regurarly with my new awesome equipment
-started rollerblading around the land
- made a 200 km bikeride with my old mates
-made this list
puhhuh. There's so much more, but I know no-one is going to read this anyway, so I'll just leave it to this, maybe a fifth of what I had in mind. Oh, and add lots of unfinished ags related stuff there.
;D
I've been here many years. A full retrospective is beyond me as I don't remember that far back.
I slided into pure-willpower aescetic abstinence for some time, was completely positivistic "IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN, WHAT YOU MEAN DOESN'T EXIST" and everything. I was -naturally- not very active on the boards during that time.
I destroyed cancer.
Wrote a lot of Heavy Metal (this up to today. I started and never stopped).
Found and made public the startling truth about life after death.
Went to school and studied making comics.
Invented the No-String Guitar.
Made some wonderful people, who in the period of 3 years became close friends, from that field.
Programmed alarm clocks to strike in different pitches, minor seconds, all at the same time. Arranged surround like in my room.
Studiously avoided women.
Maintained a collection of magical ancient hip-bones.
Discovered I don't know what this free will presupposition was, so:
slided out of pure-willpower aescetic abstinence into a period of reconfiguration.
Had my right arm cut of in an unfortunate gardening accident, had a cybernetic one grafted on.
Organized (well.. 'organised') Mittens!
Destroyed Malta.
Became a professional comic artist for a spell, made some - I think - good comics.
Attended a silent concert.
Got a cat! I love my cat!
Prevailed in various social circles due to absurd charisma.
Met a wonderful, but broken, person.
Killed her.
Had a wonderful, but broken, relationship for a while.
Killed her again.
Emerged a bit tired.
Went on an existential dream quest.
Made more comics.
Stopped a nuclear explosion with the power of denial.
Made some ags orow games which I consider good.
Attended more AGS meets.
Destroyed remaining canceroids planning retraliation.
Went to a few places abroad.
A string of dead prostitutes was discovered abroad.
Reconfiguration complete, I'm just enjoying myself.
Minorr errorrs in firrmwarre.
Featured in the big greek comic art exhibition 'babel' as well as Galera's exhibition in thesaloniki, generally, I exist in that field.
Plastic radars. A lot of them.
Lost my job on a matter of ETHICS.
Kicked a pigeon.
Making huge comic until I go to the army.
Saw a few good movies at the theater.
A string of almost-relationships or brief relationships with different people.
Absurd cases of self-mutilation.
Single-handedly defeated death.
I, on the otherhand, have accomplished nothing. And I'm enjoying every minute of it.
Helm, is Canceroids anything like Asteroids?
Long live Canceroids!
FlippyD, interesting thread - nice to see you do still feel you've come so far even if you haven't been about as much.
Over my 5 or 6 year existence here a lot has happened in my life generally, in AGS and in my life because of AGS. So it's all pretty odd but at the same time a bit of a blessing I guess :) Things mostly started for me with AGS at the age of 16, and a LOT has happened since then I can tell you. Goddamn!
- Invented, ran, enjoyed then destroyed an online ezine (AGDzine)
- Started singing about AGS & adventure games & enjoyed it as other people did too (AGS opera)
- Started taking the piss out of people on the forums through audio form (AGS shows)
- Learnt HTML skills, only to realise the best looking site I could make is the simplest HTML ever
- Made hundreds of adventure game contacts through AGS
- Started up a crazy internet meet for crazy internet people & met them (Mittens)
- Visited Sweden for the first time (Mittens)
- Visited USA for the first time (Mittens)
- Visited Greece for the first time (Mittens)
- Started to decide just to eat anything no matter what it tastes like (Mittens, spain)
- Made many a new friend through Mittens and saw lots of them again and again and again.....
- Lost all my hair through alopecia
- Watched it grow back again
- Lost it all again
- Watched it grow back aagaain
- Built up my skills as a MIDI composer
- Got sacked from 2 jobs (Virgin & Big [Gay] Oxford Computer Company)
- Made the first post about 9/11 on the forums, then spent the rest of the day on IRC debating 9/11
- Came home one day to find my cat had been put down :(
- Met, interviewed & effectively got drunk with Ron Gilbert
- Started attending ECTS and met Charles Cecil
- Added Bill Tiller to MSN & had some good chats
- Interviewed Steve Stamatadis (FotAQ)
- Interviewed David Gray (Hugo)
- Did my first commercial/paid MIDI work (Fatman)
- Thought my art skills improved but really they didn't
- Took over a project that I didn't really know where it was heading
- Got a fucking demo out to the masses after many years
- Gained industrial turf for 2 years, watched turf get torn down
- Became very knowledgeable in AGS scripting then a day after feeling absolutely confident the scripting language was changed
- Met lots of random internet girlies (hehehe)
- Met Beth
- Fell in love with Beth
- Took pictures of Beth
- Put pictures on internet
- Lost my virginity (at 18)
- Had a dodgy threesome, can't complain tho
- Learnt to drive, crashed, bought my own car
- Won 2 awards for my video making talent at college
- Became a member of staff at college for a term
- Made good friends, lost good friends
- Some friends died
- Became an extra in Midsummer Murders
- Wrote & directed my own first stage play, got high marks
- Did 3 solo's & wore a massive wig in schools Xmas musical "Grease"
- Had a speaking part in a school Xmas "musical", after many years of waiting
- Was given my very own mini-DV camera - yay goodbye hi8!
- Shot my first complete short film (Ginger 2)
- Started getting some kind of MIDI fan-base, appreciated Jannar's "m0ds ringtones" page
- Acted in a real stage play, not a school one - had a great time, was a bit too obsessed with "proper bo"
- Blew up a tunnel
- Met Meg randomly, went out with her for a year, got dumped, got depressed again
- Met Richard Branson
- Met Charlie, Huw & all my current friends from Wallyworld, got accepted into their group and have had an awesome 3 years AWAY from the internet.
- Started to hate the internet more and more, started getting pissed off at people who were cracking 4 year old internet jokes because they'd never seen/heard them before
The rest is probably un-important. But then, so is a lot of the above :)
PS, there are still some things that I'm sure will happen through my AGS life...like, going to my first proper (metal) festival, getting married, having a kid...actually, no, those last two are a bit far away. I'm still betting on the end of the world sometime before then. :P
Quote from: ProgZmax on Tue 31/10/2006 13:23:16
QuoteSinglehandedly fought off a gang of ninjas
You stinking liar!Ã, They were nuns!
Ever heard of
Nunjutsu?
Seriously, Wing Chun, man.
I stubbed my big toe once, but you don't hear ME bragging about it. >:(
Quote from: LimpingFish on Tue 31/10/2006 20:14:24
I stubbed my big toe once, but you don't hear ME bragging about it. >:(
Oh yeah? What's this then?
Quote from: LimpingFish on Tue 31/10/2006 20:14:24
I stubbed my big toe once
I...
Damnit! >:(
- Met new friends
- Wrote A LOT of music
- Got experience to writing music to computer games
- Got 2 paid contracts for writing music to computer games
- Got a second child :p (everybody knows that by now :D)
- Got a Masters in Music with distinction
- I will get a work for string orchestra performed in the 21st of February
- Won 2 music competitions
- Met with Radiant, Lemmy and Binky and Alkis21
- Uploaded my Amazingly done with great music to listen to website (http://www.nikolas-sideris.com) (:p)
- Almost reached 2000 posts here, and in only 1 1/2 year!
Not sooo much to write, but really great stuff...
I was already awesome before I joined the AGS forums.
But on a related note I have taken up ninjutsu since I have been at university.
Lots of stuff is missing, because I can't remember every single small detail.
- Decided to make the best adventure game ever.
- Realized that it's not going to happen, so started studying good game design, and eventually became better, I think.
- Learned a lot about graphics designing, eventually got a lot better at that.
- Decided to get better at composing, thanks to m0ds and Trapezoid's midis.
- Entered the first ever team challenge, eventually became the leader of the project, kinda.
- Hurt my knee in a sledding accident.
- Promised to make a soundtrack for a certain AGS game. This lead into more and more people asking me to make music for them. Someone even called me "m0ds2" once. Was one of the known music makers in the AGS community for a while.
- Assured my parents that it's actually okay to travel aboard and meet some strangers from the internet. Visited the UK.
- Released some horrible horrible games, but also learned what not to do again.
- Got fine grades at art, thanks to AGS.
- Got fine grades at English, thanks to AGS.
- Got a driving licence.
- Finished high school.
- Applied to an art and media school, but didn't get in.
- Had a neat temporary job, got paid for designing business cards and other stuff, composing music and editing video.
- Wasted 6 months in the army, total waste of time.
- Went to Greece.
- Got a job at local newspaper. Made lots of money and fell in love with photography.
- Switched guitar to bass, but not because of frustration.
- Started a music project that never got finished.
- Was mistaken for a girl.
- Applied to another art media school, and got in.
- Was called a hippie for the first time.
- Had the most hectic summer ever: met a special girl, spent a week at countryside with AGSers, had to do lots of stuff for school (stressing), lost a relative, moved out, lost another relative two days before starting studies, started studies, went to Spain to meet AGSers two days after starting my studies.
- Pretty much gave up game making because of lack of time.
- Had and still keep having amazing time in my new school.
- Was called a stoner and Jimi Hendrix by some drunk skinheads.
- Survived a snow storm while the whole city was in a chaos.
I used to be much more geeky back in the days and looking back now it feels like not much happened those days. I have definately changed from those days.
Lots has happened over the past five years, too much to mention. The highlights however:
- Surviving secondary education with moderatly poor A Levels
- Venturing down to a small campsite to meet some folks who I had previously only spoken to through the magic of ezboard and eye are sea.
- Doing the same above the next year, only in nicer surroundings with better weather. And then again in New York, Agia Anna and Benidorm! Every penny spent and every travelling mishap was worth it a hundered times over for the good times had.
- Conquoring University with a first class honours degree, an air of pride and a tear of sadness, because the real world sucks in comparison!
- Meeting the love of my life and subsequently dragging her to strange and foreign places such as Wales to see what I was really up to when I went away with these crazy internet people.
More over, I have grown up a lot over the last half-decade and continue to get ever-closer to my elusive dreams. Hopefully in another five years time I will have reached my goals, and perhaps released a couple of games along the way.
Five years really is a long time.Ã, Lots of stuff has happened to me as well, and what I remember most (in no particular order) is:
- Went to university, switched majors twice, and subsequently failed out my last semester, 4 1/2 years later.
- Made some crappy AGS games.
- Made a whole bunch of AGS Operas and a couple of AGS Shows.
- Fell foolishly in love with, and had my heart completely broken by a girl.
- Spent 2 years trying to get over said girl.
- Met some of my best friends in real life at university.
- Met some of my best friends online, and then met them in real life.
- Worked at a crappy retail store for 8 months, then got a better job.
- Travelled to Spain, Greece, the UK, Paris, Canada, New York, and several Caribbean islands.
- Realized I hated one of my friends after being roommates for 2 years.
- Turned 21, and became a borderline alcoholic.
- Lost my virginity.
- Went through 2 major hurricanes.
- Started a relatively successful series of AGS games.
I am also a vastly different person than I was in 2001.Ã, But then, since most of us have spent the last 5 years in our late teens/early 20's, it's not a surprise that we've changed a lot.
I've been here 3 years. In that time I've...
-Fallen completely in love with an awesome girl whom I'd love to spend forever with
-Started drinking
-Learned about torrents, thanks to Al_Ninio. Which is why I now have 67 gig of music in iTunes.
-Taken up bass and bought two. A Thunderbird and a roadgear.
-Started a few journalistic endeavors and learned how hard it is ( www.myspace.com/theredscarf )
-Spent too much time on the internet
-Voice acted for a game. Lots of fun, not quite as fun as stage or film acting, but fun nonetheless :)
-Talked a lot of crap on #ags
-Grown up a lot.
EDIT:
-Been in 2 plays. Partly wrote one of them.
-Started too many games I haven't finished. They are coming though.
-Lost my virginity
-Saw a bunch of bands live. DANDY WARHOLS!
-Just finished year 11
-Started a band, which I sing for as well as playing aforementioned bass. We've got a couple of originals done. We just need a friggen drummer.
-Greatly improved singing since that horrible crap I posted here a year back.
-Ventured outside a lot more and actually like the sun. I even enjoy the beach
-Made a short film
I've been here 2,5 years now. In that time, I've:
- started university, studying English Language and Culture
- dated a girl almost that entire period, though 7 months ago that ended, now we're amazingly good friends
- written and published a book
- made a set of 50 paintings, of which I've sold half
- moved 3 times, ending up in an appartment of my own
- dated another girl for 3 months, which is also over, but that's a good thing
- finished recording an album
- purchased an electric guitar, and started playing on it
- borrowed a bass guitar for a lengthy period, and I'm now proficient enough that I'm considering buying one of my own so I can give this one back
- spent new year's eve in Berlin, and shouted 3.2.1.WHOOOO! amongst millions of Germans
- been attacked a couple of times by morroccans
- saved my neighbour from being beaten up, and I have been called as a witness to testify against the guy who tried to beat him up
- found out my neighbour hates jews, of which I am one.
- got a job at the state-subsidized television stations here in the Netherlands
- worked my ass off at pixel art, and getting better slowly
- did two 24-hour comics together with a mate (one last year, one this summer)
- sang and played guitar in a bar, in front of a 50-60 people audience that didn't consist entirely of friends, which was scary as sin
- had one of my songs put on a playlist in a small club in England :)
And many more things, but most of them aren't AGS-related. Only one project currently going, and haven't worked on it much lately.. Oh well :)
Quote from: [Cameron] on Wed 01/11/2006 20:58:13
-Fallen completely in love with an awesome girl whom I'd love to spend forever with
-Started drinking
Goes hand in hand, doesn't it, mate
Went to brittens and hosted Lapaset... And that's about it :-\
And I remember Trapezoid posting on this forum.
EDIT: And lost my virginity.
EDIT2: And have 2 friends commit suicide.
In the past 5 years, I have:
-performed in seven Shakespeare plays, had lead roles in two
-run two successful drama festivals
-run two successful drama camps
-performed in various Renaissance festivals
-graduated from high school
-attended university for English and Theatre (a most useful degree, I assure you)
-written several dozen essays
-become a Doctor Who fan
-joined a choir
-learned how to lindy-hop
-made some actual real life friends
-developed some tolerance to alcohol
-had my heart broken
-moved out of my parents' house
-learned Latin
-learned how to sew
-designed costumes for several plays
-learned how to knit
-knit a scarf
-kissed several boys
-kissed a few girls
-performed in The Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast three times
-been on television
-served as treasurer for my Faculty Society.
-ran around on several roof tops where I was not supposed to be
-started a game and not finished it (all the planning's done, and the tricky coding. I'm just too lazy to do the art or music)
Yay!
In past 5 years:
- had 2 children
- been to Canada
- met CJ
- seen a big pile of salt in Sunderland
- changed jobs twice
- written about 14 games
- written about 300 modules
- been to Spain a lot
- got slightly less bad at speaking Spanish
- taught my wife to drive
In the past five years I've:
- Made some crappy AGS games
- Annoyed a lot of people
- Written crappy poems
- Written crappy stories
- Written crappy screenplays
- Annoyed some more people.
- Tricked myself into thinking I loved someone at least three times, then fallen into a slump because obviously I didn't love them and they didn't love me.
- Traveled to Germany, where I drank more than a sip of wine for my first time.
- Retained my virginity
- Lost many friends, but gained some new ones aswell
- Taken up photography, which I've become rather good at... I think.
- Learned how to make films, and made some.
- Taught myself how to make a web log, and have done so.
- Graduated high school.
- Met many talented musicians and created an album cover for one.
- Taken pictures for (semi) important/famous people
- Gone to university, where I am learning further how to make films.
- Lived on my own and got a job where I do something very important and people look up to me for it.
- Begun writing a novel and completing my first short film to have a a professionally made score and a DVD release.
- Totally lost my desire to ever create an AGS game, but still remain on the forums because it's the loveliest place on the interweb.
- And apparently, I've grown somewhat of a beard, too. (http://americangirlscouts.org/bbc.com/yabb/index.php?topic=16004.1120)
I won't be getting too personal, but here are some of my accomplishments in the 4 years I have been an AGSer:
- Got fascinated with music. Rock in particular. And musicals.
- Decided to write some music, and with the help of Petteri, I think, I got good at it, I also hopefully improved my singing, composing, playing and arranging skills during that period
- Created several games of dubious quality, which some people liked. Also helped musically for other people's released and unreleased games.
- Created an ezine, and released hm, 14 issues of it.
- Became fascinated with serious literature, Fitzgerald, Graham Greene, and Dumas being among my favourites.
- Became a fan of films noir and their derivatives.
- Learnt and realised the difference between friend and acquaintance.
- Evolved from the 'new guy' in class to the class representative, although I never really craved for the respect I got.
- Hopefully, became more mature on the internet.
- Edited, participated in reviving and wrote for the school newspaper... which turned out to be pretty bad.
Well that's what I can think of at the moment, it's quite interesting to read what you people have been up to. :)
In Just over 4 years as a registered member:
- released a demo of my 1st game as my first post
- released my first game a few weeks later
- made a mags game
- started LSL3 p&c conversion (feb 2003)
- nearly completed LSL3 (dec 2003)
- got a different job that didn't allow as much free time
- bought my own apartment (oct 2005)
- lived in my apartment for over a year now (not much dent in the mortgage)
- slept with women between the ages of 20 & 40
- LSL3 is still in production in rare small tiny bursts
- rarely post anything these days, but do read the forums regularly
- accumulated 3 nephews from my 2 sisters
In 3 years, what have I accomplished?
- Finally came back to the country of my ancestry
- Lost contact with almost everyone in my old circle of friends
- Found out how immensely difficult and weird it is to reconcile "differences" between myself and my countrymen
- Gave up trying to
- Made a first 5 room game as a test
- Started off a much bigger game with the same characters, which got me introduced to the AGS community
- Almost completed the game, then gave up on it for some reason
- Discovered that my poetry had become too "serious" to be enjoyable
- Discovered that my sketchwork had become boring
- Planned a huge RPG-like game that involved several 'races' and multi-characters
- Made a crappy MAGS game with the same characters from my original game
- Had to repeat 2 years of A' Levels due to difference in system (they do it in 2 years here!)
- Went from being an A student to being a C student
- Went through 2-3 very bland relationships (the lack of a definite figure shows just how bland)
- Made a complete, finished game which takes 5 minutes to play through
- Applied everywhere like crazy, only to find out that neither me, nor the colleges I wanted to go to had enough money (or wished to part with any on my behalf) for me to go to any college I wanted
- Was finally able to join one of the better engineering colleges here
- Lost contact with almost everyone in my old circle of friends
- Died twice in my non-nightmare dream in the same night (as opposed to waking up just before dying)
- Accumulated a lot of stories for my collection of "True Horror Stories About Education"
- Gave up trying to find a job for now after being told to my face that "I was worth nothing", and "I knew nothing"
I don't think I've accomplished much that can be seen in solid concrete "Ready-for-the-World" examples
I haven't been quite a year here yet, but all kinds of things have happened. In real life:
Girls, parties, drugs, deaths, births, work, etc.
I am beginning to doubt I will ever produce anything with AGS, but the forums have:
-inspired me to write, compose, paint
-made me laugh
-bored me out of my mind (like the internet usually does).
Helm awoke my interest in philosophy, and I have changed to a more analog person
because of that (thank you). Here is a summary of my current philosophical thoughts:
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Of the meaning of life and philosophy
I think the meaning of life is to live.
This happens among other things when I am
immersed in the moment, stop thinking and
analyzing.
Therefore, I believe philosophy should strive
to undo itself, the only time it should be
used is when thoughts are interfering with life,
holding you back.
My experiences with philosophy lead me to
appreciate the path more than the goal;
I have found it more rewarding to discover pieces
and see if they fit rather than read books
(did some wikipedia checkups now and then
to understand the general ideas).
I came to the conclusion that I prefer
the middle-ground best (example: agnosticism)
since it gives me the most flexibility when
my life-situation changes, giving me more time
outside my head instead of analyzing and
re-evaluating everything.
Carpe diem, be vigilant.
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Off-topic-ish, so sue me.
Babar, how could you have died in your dream? You must have had some presence in your dream, to see or know you were dead! So does this mean it was your body that died (twice) in the dream? Are you sure you didn't dream you were playing unreal tournament and you respawned, hence dying twice? ;)
I don't play Unreal tournament much, but I might just have got the Character-eye view of respawning:
1- I jumped infront of a truck, got smashed to smithereens.
2- There was a huge white flash that then got concentrated into a tiny point, and then black, then I was in front of the truck again.
3- I jumped on it, went to the back, and got stabbed by someone there.
4- Repeat of 2
5- Jumped on the truck, killed the stabber, and....then something.
That sounds like the game idea proposed by some geezer from the folks who made morrowind/oblivion. Maybe you read that thread where it was mentioned, and there are elements of other things that went through your mind that day. I'm purely speculating, of course.
Quote from: Timosity on Tue 07/11/2006 07:09:18
- slept with women between the ages of 20 & 40
It's really kinky to hear that sort of stuff... togheter with with how Grundislav lost his virginity. Hot stuff! :=
QuoteHelm awoke my interest in philosophy, and I have changed to a more analog person
because of that (thank you).
Oh, cool. If I was a bit of a catalyst for something nice for you, that's great.
Interesting responses.
It helps put some things in perspective, if not necessarily solve anything.
@ m0d: I'll always belong to this community, even way after I've stopped coming here. Heh - I see I'm still in the top whateveritis of posters.
Man...
See you next time, folks.
Quote from: Mr. Buckéthead on Wed 08/11/2006 17:26:46
It's really kinky to hear that sort of stuff... togheter with with how Grundislav lost his virginity. Hot stuff!Ã, :=
Ha, I just posted that as a joke, since others before had done it too.Ã, My sexual exploits are much more boring than some other posts in this thread, I can tell you!
Helm inspired me to hate myself and everything I stand for. Thanks Helm!
Intriguing.
I started the adventure of a lifetime almost three years ago, let's see what I remember.
*Traveled to many places, taken 15 flights in just under two years
*Went to three AGS meets, scared a few attendees
*Twice donated a pint of blood in a campaign to save a canceled television show
*Saw Macy Gray live three times!! (?)
*Met and hung out with the Cardigans for a few hours after the show
*Unknowingly urinated in front of the Finnish Embassy in London after a night out with spleen
*Started collecting comic books, have 200+ after one year :O
*Became vegetarian again, after failing in my teen years. Been meat free 2 years now.
*Started learning Chinese
*Tuna beard
*Voice acted for a game in a popular AGS series
*Was badly ripped off for a theatre ticket
*Seriously, I was REALLY, REALLY ripped off with that ticket....big time. I'm talking like $100 worth
*Found out Steven Seagal has his own signature energy drink, and have since averaged 1 1/2 cans per day
*Was rescued by the Spanish Red Cross
*Retained my precious purity, but have added what must be millions of square miles of coverage to my Self Gratification Belt
*Lost 2% body fat after 16 weeks of kick boxing training
*Drank grog
*Was coerced into kissing a male AGSer publicly at one of the meetups
*Joined my college's dodgeball team, but never went to any games
*Paid a Rocky Horror stage actor $1 to make out with my sister after the show
*Developed an unhealthy obsession with the music of Fiona Apple
*Had my first article published, an adventure game review
*Was recently laid off
Here's to Helm...
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*I learned that first appearances can be deceiving.
*I learned how to deal with real depression.
*I learned how to program with AGS.
*I learned (to a much lesser extent) how to program with C++.
*I met an amazing girl, fell in love, broke her heart, fought with myself for more than a year trying to forget her...and...
*A couple of weeks ago, at a dance, something within me snapped. I don't know what...but I finally felt like it was time to move on. I've since met a girl that I like a lot. And she seems to like me...somewhat... :=
*I moved out of my parents house...for three months. I lived with a family from my church, but they have 12 kids (11 of them adopted), so at that point they couldn't support me financially. I had no car, no job, no money, and no way to get any of the above.
*I learned how to write Wiki articles.
*I graduated high school.
*I got my driver's license.
*I learned how to deal with life...hehehe...it's hard to move back in with your parents when you walked out after a fight with your step-dad...moving into the room that had since been turned into a storage room.
*I cleaned my room. There's still loads of storage there, but I can deal with it now.
*I voted in my first Amerikan Elektion.
*I met an amazing group of people online who really seem to stick together. I'd like to imagine that I've become one of them...but I've never been to any of the official meetings, so I guess I don't count. But one day...I'd like to.
Quote- Became very knowledgeable in AGS scripting then a day after feeling absolutely confident the scripting language was changed.
Replace
knowledgeable with
comfortable and that's what happened to me ;)
Pete, I thought it was bad be mistaken for a twelve year old every time I turn around, but mistaken for a girl? Hilarious :=
--Snake
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I am no longer a virgin.
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Lost my virginity (at 18)
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Lost my virginity
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EDIT: And lost my virginity.
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- Retained my virginity
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Lost my virginity
"AGS. Will satisfy your sexual desires in 5 cases of 6."
I can't remember. The past few years have been a blur of sex, drugs, drinking and dialysis. Somewhere in there, I think I worked on a game.
Bt
Quote from: Snake on Thu 09/11/2006 13:04:41
Pete, I thought it was bad be mistaken for a twelve year old every time I turn around, but mistaken for a girl? Hilarious :=
I've been mistaken for a girl on three occasions. Once was by my senile great aunt.
And you promised you'd never tell about the most recent mistake... IT WAS A MISTAKE... a wonderful mistake
Quote from: MrColossal on Thu 09/11/2006 18:01:09
And you promised you'd never tell about the most recent mistake... IT WAS A MISTAKE... a wonderful mistake
if he gotta keep to that line he can tell about it if someone makes a new mistake :P
Wait a minute! You thought I was a girl? I thought you were a girl!
I was with a girlfriend walking along the beach at night a long time ago, and this dude was smoking with his friends farther out and walked up to us to I guess, try to pick us up. He was all 'heeeeeey...' and then I turned and faced him and then he was 'oh, um.'
'do you have a light?' with a lit cigarette in his hand.
That was the last time someone mistook me for a girl as far as I know.
Erenan: funny strip.
Andail: how about we tell the story when we lost our virginities to each other in mittens 2003? It was cold in the cabin...
Quote from: Helm on Thu 09/11/2006 23:30:31
Andail: how about we tell the story when we lost our virginities to each other in mittens 2003? It was cold in the cabin...
Sorry, it wasn't me, it was AGA.
And it wasn't you, it was a sheep.
Oh...
oh.
Nice thread! So far I have achieved the following:
1. Discovered AURA, one of the best albums ever
2. Started to listen to ASIA (see 1)
3. Seen a MAGNIFICENT Jethro Tull concert in Belgrade (now I can die peacefully)
4. Witnessed the break-up (or, as some people call it, RE-UNION) of ASIA and the formation of a great new band with crappy name - GPS.
5. Got extremely interested in making serious money on the Net, which resulted in many, many wasted hours and $0.28 in cash.
6. Saw a terrible movie called SILENT HILL.
7. Got a GIRLFRIEND ( :o)
8. Went to church (a few days ago)
9. Got a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science
10. Became a GREAT, GREAT, GREAT fan of CAMEL. I like them as much as Pink Floyd.
11. Got a JOB :(
12. Talked to THE BUTCHER about the great Eastern Orthodox custom of "hitting eggs" once on IRC.
13. Bought a bass guitar. Currently learning to play it.
14. Saw PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK, one of the greatest movies ever.
15. Became a rabid fan of PETER WEIR (see 14)
16. Became a fan of VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR (the band, not the machine)
etc.
Silent Hill was certainly not terrible!
1 fell in love with a girl
2 been to the funeral of one of my best friends who i knew since about 6 yrs old (i'll tell you, thats no picnic)
cant think of much else at the moment.
Wow, to recall 6 years of my life since I started visiting these forums on the 4th Febuary 2000. I think it was 2000. Anyway...
-Started making a game called The Fatman... Got through 2 rooms and discarded...
-Gave some Ideas for RotN
-Was one of the main people to oust yahtzee
-Got my second evah GF. Had sex with her. Lost virginity.
-Made dickboy, something I will never live down.
-Made Gorthor, 1st ever ags game made in winroomedit.
-Moved out of home.
-moved to another place.
-moved back into home.
-Moved back out of home.
-got a credit card and a loan
-Dated a girl for a period of 3 weeks over 1.5 months.
-Had a one night stand
-Had another one night stand
-got excessivly drunk 2 out of 7 nights a week.
-moved back home.
-worked as a manager at dominos
-Had a relationship with my bosses girlfriend
-Stopped working as a manager at dominos... i wonder why...
-Had a fuck buddy
-had sex with a 30 year old.
-lost my driving license.
-moved to london
-Met a girl
-Seduced girl with singing in kareoke.
-Had sex with girl
-Made her my girlfriend
-met spleen
-got very drunk with spleen
-moved into house in london.
-Left girl and house to live with relatives
-Lived with relatives for 2 months.
-worked in a pub.
-Spent a night on the streets of leicester.
-Decided never to spend a night on the streets in leicester again.
-Moved to Gloucester.
-worked in a hotel. Didnt like the people there
-had a one night stand.
-went to brittens.
-had another one night stand.
-moved to tetbury.
-met a lovely girl called sophie
-didnt have sex with a lovely girl called sophie
-she knew prince william
-met Tom Jones
-Became a chef
-Became an alcoholic.
-made redundant
-Got very ill after a night on tequila and salsa dancing.
-sick for a week with god knows what.
-moved to a tiny cottage with a friend.
-lived there for 5 days.
-moved to a friends place in cheltenham, stayed there for 6 weeks
-Had a one night stand on my 24th birthday
-got job in pub near silverstone
-met Nia
-discovered Nia is an alcoholic
-discovered my boss is an alcoholic
-Nia left
-Met Chris and emilie.
-Made an uncle to chris and emilie's boy, Dylan (albiet not a real uncle)
-Met Martin and Linda
-Met Antony
-Met wayne, who thinks my name is Chris.
-Met Gaelle, a sexy french girl I want to have sex with.
-Went to Spain, and Mittens
-Hurt disco's feelings on many occcasions.
-didn't see sticky vicky
-Worked a lot.
Wow, that's alot. And there is surely alot of stuff missing.
QuoteAndail: how about we tell the story when we lost our virginities to each other in mittens 2003? It was cold in the cabin...
Best not talk about 2004 then, eh Andail ;)
I'm surprised the thread title hasn't been replied too literally...
cheeky monkey mods...
Hehehe :)
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didn't see sticky vicky
Maybe next time :D
Ever since I launched Fatman I've ...
... played Star Wars Galaxies more than any one person should have.
... taken some art classes.
... started a Roger Wilco fangame.
... had my grandfather die and cause me to question life.
... sunk into many deep depressions.
... started working out and eating right, lost 40 pounds!
... rediscovered that my wife is my only true love.
... built my own computer.
... wished I was a super hero.
... realized I'm going to grow old and die someday.
... swam in the ocean for the first time.
... attempted to create several 2d action games.
... seen my brother get married.
... watched my best friend go mental and have to be hospitalized.
... got on the front page of the cleveland newspaper for dressing up as a Jedi and doing a lightsaber duel routine.
... became a border line alcoholic.
... come to accept that I'm a dork.
Well that's all I can think of at this time. I hope the new months/years are kind to all of you, and most of all I hope to someday complete another AGS game.
Four feet, seven inches, but only because I hadn't in like 8 days.
Oh wait...
Quote from: Grundislav on Thu 16/11/2006 04:43:32
Four feet, seven inches, but only because I hadn't in like 8 days.
Oh wait...
Is that measured from base or tip?
QuoteI hope to someday complete another AGS game.
I do too, you're a bit of a master! Despite your list being fairly gloomy, I hope you and Robyn are well :)
And Grundislav, you're just crude!!! But since you have such an open mind, I've organised a meet for you with TerranRich and his good buddy... :P
Quote from: m0ds on Thu 16/11/2006 23:06:01
I do too, you're a bit of a master! Despite your list being fairly gloomy, I hope you and Robyn are well :)
Yes, Me and Robin are doing great. Thanks m0ds for that inspirational comment. I got your Indy mailer. All I can say is awesome, you inspire me Mark, and Grundislav what happened to the AGS podcast?
Today I went to the shops & purchased a small animal, then I went home.
all in all today was a good day. Except for the cancer.
Quote from: Layabout on Thu 16/11/2006 01:22:30
-went to brittens.
-had another one night stand.
And to think, I believed you when you said you'd call the next day :(
Haha. nice cj!
Anyway, to update, now am the proud boyfriend of the afore mentioned sexy french girl, Gaelle. Life couldnt be much better, unless that is that we were closer in distance to eeach other. Paris is far from Silverstone...
When I first joined AGS I knew absolutely noone after I had moved into my sister's house in Austin, Texas.
-Posted on AGS and became regarded as a "nice guy who calms down arguments"
-I attended University of Texas despite doubting that I would get in
-Randomly met a guy who got me onto the sets of America's Most Wanted, 25th Hour, and a James Cameron documentary, Hustle and Flow
-Joined a foofy film club ran by a bunch of assholes at said university
-Became president of said asshole run film club
-Turned from a quiet opionated nice guy to an outspoken opionated asshole
-Regretted never making a proper game for AGS
-Attempted stand up comedy - instead became aqcuainted with alcohol
-Began writing for a sketch comedy program
-Returned home to Knoxville, Tennessee last week
-Now takes pride in being an asshole who begins online arguments
-Got an offer for an indie mini-dv feature "Power Trip" to act as the villain douche bag.
-Plan to move back to Austin, Texas
-oh, and some point in there I lost my virginity.
You forgot to mention you somehow ruined your life in the AGS whiteboard. :=