Sometimes when it's quiet.. you can still hear the....somewhat haunted past.
It might just be me, but I'm kind of embarrassed of the way I behaved ages ago. Maybe it had something to do with my age, maybe I wrote in code or something. Anyway, it's embarrassing to look back, as late as 2005. I hope you didn't get the wrong impression of me back then, but I don't blaim you if you did :P
Well, now I'm not only wiser. I got older too. I still haven't grown a mustache, though.
When I don't think about my embarrassing behavior, I still remember a lot of the old people. I've seen some of you around here somewhere, just haven't gotten myself far enough for a hello :)
So my question to the old AGSers is..
Are you embarrassed of what you were then, when you were writing on the forum?
And to new AGSers, honestly, learn from my mistakes :)
Behave and respect others. Then you can look back in 10 years and be proud of what you did write back then and still proud of what you write :)
I came around in 2007, so I haven't been around for too long, but I know exactly how you feel.
I still consider myself somewhat of a newcomer. I've never really been too social around here, or anywhere in my life. But it seems I tried too hard or something a few years back. I still cringe when I look back at my first posts. Hell, I cringe when I look at my most recent posts, lol. I guess, what I'm trying to say is that I'm ashamed of my behavior over the years.
It's tough being new. Sometimes looking back on things we've said or done can make us cringe, but it's not worth agonizing over. Learn from the past and look to the future is what I say.
Yeah, well, maybe it's a good being embarrassed by it. That means I've changed for the better :)
Finally I'll be able to put out a game I promised 9 years ago :)
It's definitely good if the change is for the better, and it inspires you to release the game. I want to play it, now, so you better release it! :D
I've been told a lot of my problem is in my head, lol. For instance, me looking back at
your posts, I don't see anything wrong. But my posts are unbearable to look at. (I can't hardly believe I'm writing this one, haha).
Nevertheless, I think it is good to be embarrassed by it, but not obsessive like I've been. :-[
On a lighter note,
Quote from: jannar85 on Wed 16/01/2013 00:41:04
I still haven't grown a mustache, though.
I can grow one, but it's very funny looking, and it doesn't connect with the rest of my facial hair! :D
Yeah, there was some idiocy I'm embarassed about. But I was just 14 years old when I started using AGS in 2004 and at the age of 15-16 I became an active community member. So I'm gonna pin all the blame on puberty. I think overall I behaved ok but I wasn't quite used to interacting with people through an internet forum so I think there were some awkward moments. I think the most embarassing thing for me now is remembering how I whined about people not letting me attend Mittens at the age of 15. That was dumb of me.
'LOL HI GUYZ IM MAKIN anthr game ITS GONNA b the best, who wants it?!?!@?!@'
^ me ten years ago, not a lot has changed.
Quote from: Chicky on Fri 18/01/2013 10:39:38
'LOL HI GUYZ IM MAKIN anthr game ITS GONNA b the best, who wants it?!?!@?!@'
^ me ten years ago, not a lot has changed.
Get on Herman Toothrot's Quest.
A friend told me once that I should write down everything about myself that I was angry of, regretted, wanted to change etc. And then imagine my 8 year old self. and then imagine my present self scolding my 8 year old self for all those things. And then see if it felt fair. His point was that people are to hard on them self.
After I'd done it and felt like I wanted to cry he told me to imagine my 8 year old self telling my present self that it was allright.
I don't usually believe in this sort of crap, but that actually made me feel a bit better. Specially in situations when I felt I was making an ass of myself.
Quote from: Armageddon on Fri 18/01/2013 11:51:44
Quote from: Chicky on Fri 18/01/2013 10:39:38
'LOL HI GUYZ IM MAKIN anthr game ITS GONNA b the best, who wants it?!?!@?!@'
^ me ten years ago, not a lot has changed.
Get on Herman Toothrot's Quest.
I've actually been working on finishing one of my first AGS projects, so maybe i can finally give something back. I've invested many man hours, so it's going to be pretty face melting awesome. After this, WHO KNOWS!
I'm embarrassed by some of the things I write now!
I hope nobody remembers 2003 or 2004 haha. I was one annoying 14-year-old. Then I left the AGS forums until mid 2005 because I spend 6-7 months in the States and when I came back I had luckily matured quite a bit.
I totally remember you, mamarulez! :P
And now, since I've cornered you, I need to ask you...are you a machine?!
You joined 2 months after me, some 9 years ago and 3 months ago, and since then, you've spent a year and 3 months online on the AGS forums.
Do you stalk the forums all day? Over a ninth of your last 9 years has been here!
I'd call you lifeless or something, but I have 320 days of my last 9 years online on AGS forums, and I'm jealous :D (not to mention of your contributions to AGS).
Yeah, about that...It seems I'm still stuck in my embarrassing past
Haha, dang, Babar! Yeah, I noticed I'm like way ahead on everybody else on online time on this forum. It's because I have it open in a tab all day and refresh it fairly regularly. Don't post that much though usually. Not quite sure how the forum software calculates online time!
Apparently this (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=2204.msg26481#msg26481) is how it works. So if you check the forums every so often, but regularly, it logs you as having been online constantly for the time inbetween.
Huh, looks like I'm much better than everybody else at clicking those blue cups!
Or I just have even less of a life than everybody else? :p
I feel I grown just a bit, not much though. Sometimes, especially on IRC, I can be the same ignorant little air-head I was back in '01. And no facial hair growth for me either... well, SOME, but I still look 16 and always get carded for tobacco products :(
Ever since I was laid off from my holiday job, I've been thinking about my past. It makes me worry every day and night that I won't find a new job, that they won't want to hire me if they found out. Nothing illegal, just some idiotic stuff I said online. Really dumb stuff from 6-7 years ago. It's making me ultra paranoid right now, which doesn't help considering I'm already a nervous person.
Hey, you couldn't have been any worse than I was when I joined... :tongue:
The vast majority of all posts I have made on this site are from between the ages of 9 and 13. It's like some perfect vortex of awful embarrassment. I haven't posted much since then.
One of the very first threads I made (I am certain I was 9 years old) was in General Discussion and had extremely graphic images of spiderbites in this giant, giant resolution. Just the day before my dad had shown me the pictures, to tell me to look out for that kind of spider. The images made me start crying they upset me so much. Naturally I uploaded them the very next day to warn everyone on the internet and my favorite new forum!! Every response was some iteration of "What the fuck?!" and AGA immediately sent me a message telling me to never do that again or I'd be banned. I was horrified and basically felt like I was walking on eggshells forever after that, because I was a dumb child.
Ooh, for instance, I remember someone who had just registered making a post in Adventure-related about how most AGS games were shit, and he had this long apparently nuanced argument because it warranted discussion. And I posted something like "I'm surprised this guy hasn't been banned yet." because I guess I thought people were banned for doing things people dislike. I can't seem to find the thread. CJ quoted my reply and said "Why would we ban him, Bluke?" and I immediately either edited my original post apologizing or made some aimless apology reply just apologizing profusely for saying that. I literally thought I could be banned for suggesting someone could be banned for saying something disagreeable. I think it's kind of funny now, but, man. I don't think I should have been on here, haha. Stressful for a dumb baby kid.
I don't wanna sound patronising, but... you poor thing. :sad:
I shouldn't laugh, but that really has me chuckling. Fear me, the baby scarer.
Nice to see both AGA and Snake is still here :) Then I won't feel all alone :)
What you need is a Universal Delete. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6PmA1jxMkE