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J0SH
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posted 01-07-2005 05:10 PM
    
Back in the Quake2 days when I was trying to recruit for my clan I found myself here. I instantly became hooked on the tech center. major events i can remember
-getting the registered UBB
-creation of the lounge
-railgun
-wedding
-lockdown of the lounge
-unlockdown of the lounge
-migration to f3d
-f3d becomes myanimeart.com
-exerybody returns to q3a -------------------- I am.
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AcidWarp
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posted 01-07-2005 11:04 PM
Cause a friend who lived down the street from me, named TheKiller, told me to.Then came F3D, IncognitoX, and back here again. And still IncognitoX. -------------------- “I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” --Dr. Stephen Hawking.
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RoGuEBiTcH
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posted 01-08-2005 10:57 AM
I found Quake2.com's Outpost back in April of '98. I was a senior in HS, and I played Q2 on a p166 with 32MB and a Rendition Verite 2200 (4MB 1st generation card). It got about 22fps at 640x480. Not bad for $80, considering the eminent 8MB Voodoo2 was set to retail at over $200. I had already played QuakeWorld for a year or so, and Q2 for a few months.I didn't become a frequent poster until I went away to college. Having a shiny new P2-300 (still with the V2200) and a 10mbps LAN was not the healthiest thing for my studies. UMass Dartmouth would often have 2 or 3 8+ player Quake2 games. Man, that was the shit. I can remember getting out of class, coming back to my dorm room with RoGuEJeFe, Q2ing until dinner, coming back, and Quaking again until 2 or 3am. It never got old..we never got tired of it. ((Wierd. I can play Quake for all of 20 minutes these days, and I'm bored out of my skull.)) Anyway, I migrated to F3D when everyone else did..actually I think I lagged behind a little. It was never the same, tho. Factor in QMass.net somewhere around '99-02. I definitely post a lot less than I used to, but this place will always feel like home to me.
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LordVader
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posted 01-08-2005 06:00 PM
Can't remember the exact date, but it was somewhere in '97. I was buying a modem for $20 from a friend, and wanted to know if it was anygood. Posted in the Tech Center (which was by FAR the most popular place to be...the lounge didn't exist). Question was answered by Drako and Jarlaxle. Soon the Tech Center became filled with non-technical issues, so we all started posting in the Outpost. Then we realized we weren't even talking about Quake-related stuff, so we created the Lounge. I said it a long time ago, and I'll say it again: RB is the one who really created this place. Before he came along, we were just a bunch of guys reading quake-tips, and answering questions about hardware. RB is the one who created a family by dragging us into quake servers, and just making this place more personal. (Thanks, RB)
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AcidWarp
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posted 01-10-2005 03:52 AM
lol@Redlemons.I bet it's probably because id software has a tendency to use the bare minimum spec machine for testing. -------------------- “I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” --Dr. Stephen Hawking.
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Cacophonous
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posted 01-10-2005 08:49 AM
Why do you come here ?
And why, why do you hang around ?
I’m so sorry, oh ...
I’m so sorry, oh, oh ...Why do you come here
When you know it makes things hard for me ?
When you know, oh
Why do you come ?
Why do you telephone ? ahur...
And why, why send me silly notes ?
I’m so sorry
I’m so sorry, oh ... Why do you come here
When you know it makes things hard for me ?
When you know, oh
Why do you come ?
It was because
Everything that I did
I wrote it down
On the wall You had to sneak into my room
’just’ to read my diary
Oh, it was just to see, just to see
(all the things you knew I’d written about you...)
And oh so many illustrations
Oh, but
I’m so very sickened
Oh, I am so sickened now Still, it was a good lay, good lay
It was a good lay, good lay
It was a good lay, good lay
Ah ...
Still, it was a good lay, good lay
It was a good lay, good lay
It was a good lay, good lay
A good lay, ah ...
Oh, it was a good lay
It was a good lay
It was a good lay
Oh, it was a good lay
Good lay, good lay
Oh
Oh, it was a good lay, good lay
Oh, it was a good lay, good lay
It was a good lay, good lay
Good lay, oh Thankyou. -------------------- ...
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GFKiller
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posted 01-10-2005 04:28 PM
Used to hang around Undernet on IRC in the #quake channel. Became an op of the #quake2 channel. One of the fellow OPs, NetGuy recommended me to this site (he was involved at the time with site updates).Began answering questions on the shitty BB. Became overly frustrated with the name spoofing of the shitty BB. Begged Blitz (Q2.com Admin) for a solution. Became moderator of the BB. Convinved Blitz to convert to UBB and reap all the benefits. Created Quake2.com UBB (the one we all know and love). Carried Quake2.com through Q3Arena.com. Created the Lounge after the influx of ll4m4s. Realized how I was blocking out potentially great members and building ego's of existing members, and unlocked the Lounge. Realized the mistake I made by unlocking the Lounge and regretted it since. Realized it ain't worth regretting and I should remember the times for what they were and not hide from inevitability, change. Wishes people didn't take it as hard as they did. I basically stood at the helm and watched the rise and fall of this BB. Met a lot of great people, but definetely cannot take all of the credit. If it weren't for cornerstones such as jond, RB, Drako, this place would still be nothing. I thank you all for the memories and hope they continue (which I believe they are). I still find this place to be the home of lost souls looking for good friends.
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Cacophonous
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posted 01-10-2005 09:37 PM
Reality is fascinated by dumb people? lol@thecrotchbeacon fuze, hell yeah! -------------------- ...
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Reality
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posted 01-10-2005 09:39 PM
Some dumb people just have a certain way about them ya know.What I mean is they may not be smart by some standard but they have interesting personalities. They might be unique. That's the ticket. Please don't get offended, Cac. I'm not talking about you or anything.  [ 01-10-2005: Message edited by: Reality ] -------------------- I once had a Quantum Car, but every time I looked at the speedometer, I'd get lost. - Heisenberg
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Fuze
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posted 01-11-2005 03:05 AM
*crotch sensors tingling*Thank you Chris. =)
Your signal has been recieved. I came here because of the people.
I laughed my bag off at the korben****** thread, and waited before posting. It seemed if I bought a voodoo card I would get layed, solve world famine, have a pet turtle named "rex" and be loved by old men who built sailboats.
Well I thank all the senior sailboat builders.
I came for help with CD's in Q2...you know, the levels that drove you nutz until you found the keys. Come to think of it,,,those were the Cac and Steph wedding disks! =) I must say that I STILL am learning about all of you. I was mind fuckkked when redlemons icq'd me about models he was working on...I still have a model somewhere in my archives. A midevial dude. I no longer icq but I cannot forget Xanthan, you sent a beacon to my crotch. Even my wife unit loved it when I was chatting with the X man. She figured we both needed help. =) I hate mentioning names, because everyone is dear. (yes all of you fagz!) I had the honor of meeting Acid Warp, The Killer, FS,WillyT, Stranger, Smohq, Lizard Boy, Jerry CUda, Quad Bait, OW, Chaos, Weed Man, Rhogue Islander, Captain, Molly, and Intrinsic. I wish I could meet everyone here IRL. I think meeting Willy was the coolest...he was the guy who helped me find the CD key in Q2. And seeing the Nova of perpetual bad exhaust was the capper. Great pizza Willy! Reading the posts of GFK brings it all back to life. Thanks for being there all the time. You do matter. Lets do Xanthan for the fun of it. =) Let us not forget ScoobyDoo...he rocks. How about Melvin? He needed a date with his own sister. Why did anyone come here? Hammertown? It was sweet. I am not robin williams but I secretly wish to enter Outriders workplace and tell him about an over the top policy I want to take out for a 26 week old block of cheese in my fridge. He wouldn't do it, but I have the secretary over the desk willing to do whatever it takes. She likes to please all.
=) RoGuEBiTcH, Jay....I am still your bitch.
I will be a =R= till they lay dirt on my weenie. I am.
OMG!
*signal being recieved* Xanthan wants me to stop being so sentimental. I must obey. -------------------- Wanker Extrodinare
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RoGuEBiTcH
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posted 01-11-2005 09:45 AM
Tea Bagger's gottawoody? Get the fuck out...how did I miss this? Just like Jonathan Harris, I always thought TB was another Cac alias.Fuze, I still have that picture of you next to your slain moose, it fucking kills me. I can't even tell you how many "wtf?"s I get when people are browsing my image collection, tho.. Fuze is my daddy. LV, you gotta be the nicest guy around here..I'm shocked and flattered you remember it that way. I think I just happened to be here at the right time, and some of you found some of my antics amusing for whatever reason. And this forum only became personal because guys like you and Oicu812 answered posts when we were confused and concerned.. The "Amy and Ecstasy" thread comes to mind.. Xan, Scoob, Ian, ..all the RoGuE's for sure, I'm very glad to have gotten to know you. My girlfriend sometimes asks me who I'm talking to when I yak with you guys. I tried to explain that you are my Quake friends from 5 years ago..she doesn't get it. Jondster and outrider, thanks for constantly making fun of me. I really don't mind it, you guys crack me up, and I look up to you both probably more than I should. Cac, you're a smart guy and you entertain me. I wish I were half the stud you are. Cyborg, you fuck - I know if we ever hung out, we'd probably want to punch each other in the balls, but I appreciate your presence and unrelenting antagonism. Max, I think you're the first guy I ever talked to here. It's retarded that we've not yet met up for a beer..I appologize. GFK, my buddy, thanks for stickin around. You truly are the foundation of this board. Shower time, late for work. Edited, spelled Cy's name wrong [ 01-11-2005: Message edited by: RoGuEBiTcH ]
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jondster
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posted 01-11-2005 10:08 AM
RB - Looking up to me is it's own penalty.I never met anyone here I can honestly say I didn't like (Railgun didn't count - never "met" him), but just a few I could use slightly smaller regular doses of ... How did I stumble on this place ? I remember it seems I was goofing off at work, not contacting customers and clients. Had this big-ass Gateway 166Mhz machine with 24 megs of RAM. Had just installed Q2 at home to supplant getting bored on Doom2, and figured something like this at work on a slow day may fit the bill. Quite frankly, the game played for shit on this box (duh), but still bored, I figured I'd try MP. Never done that before. Got my ass handed to me (still do) but figured it was probably cause I needed to bone up on the tactics of the game to counter the less-than-ample performance aspect of my equipment. So I went web searching. The first site I found had a similar name but wasn't this one. I took some tips and went back and played. I guess I still had some questions so I went back to the site. I couldn't find it, getting this one instead. Now here's where it gets quintessinal: I was scrolling through the posts, many of which were the normal stuff UNTIL I ran into a post regarding synaptic some-such bullshit or another by some clown that turned out to be Cy .... I responded to his post with one of my own that was composed of 50% quasi-valid opinion and 50% bovine fecal matter. At any rate, it sounded good enough to get some other responses ... And away we went. Tell me it's not 8 years later ... -------------------- No Sig
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Cyborg6
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posted 01-12-2005 02:19 AM
"Cyborg, you fuck - I know if we ever hung out, we'd probably want to punch each other in the balls, but I appreciate your presence and unrelenting antagonism."You love me!!! You really do!!!  I live next door to JaY, kinda scary eh? I am actually not a dick in real life and have zero enemies. Those who I bump into during my travels each day always remember me and greet me with a smile. Come to think of it, they are smiling at my lil' son Henry, oh well.  HA!!!
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FS
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posted 01-18-2005 11:03 AM
All hail Fj00z!I came here cause F3D sunk and TK caught me drifting with the wreckage. Never came here before that, which seems to be rather rare. We need to organize a global get-together at some point. In the meanwhile, I'd most like to meet Xanner and Cacmeister at some point, very cool people. Ellen too . People that I've met so far are Markus, Brian, Jamie, Nathan and Tom - cheers! -------------------- quote:
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Wow, I can't believe I'm agreeing with FS on this one
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Cacophonous
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posted 01-18-2005 03:18 PM
I would like to meet FS and maybe have a cookout with his friends. Maybe get lucky with some cute Finnish girl. It would be great to meet Chris too. Have him take a really great photo of me. Post it here and have people say things like, "you really are handsome". I would love to smoke some super-skunk with Outrider and play some games on his LAN. Check out his hot wife. Listen to some good tunes. Maybe meet up with Jondster at that funky colored Mexican restaurant by his house. Drink a few scotches and shoot the shit. Play some 8-ball. Maybe then head over to Texas and have Dev take to a restaurant that serves the hottest food this side of the equator. We could discuss Snag and what we are going to do about him. Head over to Canada and party with headstone, Acidwarp, dAm and the rest of the guys from that way. Have sex with a moose. I would like to meet Jay, Cyborg(s), josh and the others from the East coast. Maybe drink some rainwater from a plastic barrel. I would like to get wasted on half a Zima with Willy (the Lounge’s second biggest stud) and meet up with the other guys from California. Check out the world’s most beautiful women. Take Serengeti out for an all you can eat serenmagetti dinner. Go swimming with Doublefresh’s younger brother. (wait I’ve already done that) or go riding on the hood of his jeep at speeds over 100MPH on the beach. Make some guy pretend to be the real-life Tea Bagger and watch him have sex with my wife. Roadie a show with Scooby at the Majestic Theatre. Take him to Hot Tamales titty bar and show him how to date strippers. Dress up in sparkle silver space suit with a transparent pentagram helmet and take a trip to Qwghlm to eat pop tarts with Wintermute and discuss why Xithera's rapture by the Pure Spirits of the Netherworld is futile because the Mirror of Mist was broken in chapter 13 and something-something about super-blue. Go sailing with LordVader. Conquer some third world country and name it Isle of the Lounge. Visit Redlemons and give him an empty box wrapped as a beautiful Christmas gift. We would then discuss something about the true meaning of Christmas. Drink an entire bottle of Absinthe with Mad Max and his wife. Maybe get lucky with one of them. See a giant green fairy. Kill myself softly with his song. Who did I miss? [ 01-18-2005: Message edited by: Cacophonous ] -------------------- ...
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