How have you changed in the past year?

CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">Life without the NS forums?!</div>Well, how has life been without the NS forums for you guys, over the past year? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" /> I know that I've changed a lot. My life isn't all that different, unfortunately, but <b>I</b> am.
<ul><li>I've changed a lot, mentally. Grown quite a bit. I'm probably still an immature little jerk, though. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" /></li><li>Started getting out more. I go for long walks pretty often. The last really big walk I took was a six mile one.</li><li>I go to the library fairly regularly, now. Even though I don't spend a whole lot of time reading books, because the lure of the computer is too strong.</li><li>I've hardly been playing games at all, lately. Mostly Battlefield 2 and Zen of Sudoku.</li><li>I'm still learning Visual Basic.NET (Which I started right before the forums went down). I'm getting pretty good at it, now. But I still haven't finished any significant projects. :/ I've got a slightly buggy tabbed Notepad replacement worked out, though! I might move over to C# eventually, because that's the more popular of the two. But I think I might die without the "My" namespace. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" /></li></ul>
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  • coriscoris Join Date: 2003-07-08 Member: 18034Members, Constellation
    Ok so you're basiclly saying that you got slimmer and more of a nerd? (more time at the library, .NET) <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I've become more mature, I'd like to think, but I know I haven't, really.
    <ul><li>I've had 2 relationships since. Both failed, but now I'm best friends with both of them.</li><li>I've discovered the beauty of more diverse musical choices- I'm listening to just about everything now.</li><li>I've become more open sexually, and care less about whether people call me a homosexual or whatever. I'm straight, sure, but whats so wrong with not being it(this is not meant to start a topic).</li><li>I've played the hell out of WoW. I'm involved in one of the worlds most succesful Guild Consortiums(aka, a collection of many small guilds that raid as a single entity, with a fully established loot system). Its definately a ton of fun, and were even starting BWL this week(We've completed MC, ZG, AQ20, and of course Ony).</li><li>I've gotten a lot more into interface designing, mostly thanks to WoW- I'm even on the dev team to a UI mod for WoW, called "MyRoleplay". Expect a much easier to use one soon!</li><li>I've graduated high school, and begun community college- and its looking like I'll be going to my final college this year, as well, the good ol' Digipen. I'll be sure to come back as often as possible though.</li></ul>
  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited July 2006
    <ul><li>ive completed my first year in college</li><li>started learning java</li><li>play games less</li><li>ive been told that im more compassionate</li><li>ive become decent at mapping for source. ive yet to finish a map but the parts of maps that i have finished look pretty nifty in my opinion.</li></ul>
    (after reading and seeing that i sound like hella sad nerd i added the following)
    <ul><li>beefed up</li><li>gotten all de ladiez</li><li>killed a man by throwing a live bear at him</li></ul>
  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1563199:date=Jul 18 2006, 03:47 PM:name=coris)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(coris @ Jul 18 2006, 03:47 PM) [snapback]1563199[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Ok so you're basiclly saying that you got slimmer and more of a nerd? (more time at the library, .NET) <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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    Yes. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
  • JimmehJimmeh Join Date: 2003-08-24 Member: 20173Members, Constellation
    edited July 2006
    Not at all, really.

    Slightly more mature though.

    EDIT-

    Oddly enough, my mate did a song about <a href="http://rapidshare.de/files/26257835/TRUE_STORY.rar.html" target="_blank">me over the past year.</a>
  • KungFuDiscoMonkeyKungFuDiscoMonkey Creator of ns_altair 日本福岡県 Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14555Members, NS1 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos
    edited July 2006
    <ul><li>Stopped Mapping</li><li>Finished Junior Year of Univeristy</li><li>Started working on the 3rd version of my CMS</li><li>Started working on a web based adventure game</li><li>Learned more Linux</li></ul>
    Of course I didn't really lose the forums. /me ducks
  • coriscoris Join Date: 2003-07-08 Member: 18034Members, Constellation
    <ul><li>I finished the Gymnasium (secondary education in Sweden, that you attend to before uni)</li><li>Work more with webdesign and development</li><li>Doesn't play as many games (only TA)</li><li>I'm even more cool nowdays.</li></ul>
  • tigersmithtigersmith Join Date: 2004-11-11 Member: 32749Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Supporter
    WoW says it all for me. When I get off my PSP Web Browser ill tell you more
  • UnCriticalUnCritical Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 73Members, Constellation
    I havent changed much, gonna go travelling, for like...i dunno 3 year <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" /> and also bought a mac.

    Those are the two big things.

    Quiet year....
  • uk_jauk_ja Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11245Members, Constellation
    I am the same mean old bastard I was before, just a little bit older.
  • ByekaByeka Name changed from Freak83 Toronto Join Date: 2003-03-13 Member: 14484Members, Constellation
    - Completed first year of university at Ryerson University in Toronto
    - Joined AIESEC (global student run internship program) which has changed my life a lot for the better
    - Became addicted to WoW
    - Got my friends to learn some instruments so we can start a band
    - Been to 2 national conferences with AIESEC across Canada for a week... tons of fun
    - Done more stuff with AIESEC
    - More stuff with AIESEC

    In short... YAY FOR AIESEC!
  • X_StickmanX_Stickman Not good enough for a custom title. Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15533Members, Constellation
    <ul><li>Went out with a girl I was pining after for ages</li><li>Broke up with girl I was pining after for ages</li><li>Finished college</li><li>Found some inspiration and finally sorted out all my uni stuff</li><li>Lost a good friend of many years. She's not dead or anything, she just stopped talking to me with no explanation. Annoying.</li><li>Parents finally broke up (well, they're still both here, but they live in seperate rooms and my mom's moving into another flat in about 10 days)</li><li>Started going out more with friends, and discovered that the world isn't as scary as I thought</li><li>Got mugged</li><li>Re-Evaluated my new-vision of the non-dangerous world</li><li>Don't go out as much any more</li><li>As a result of previously going out more, made some cool friends, people whom I was only knew casually before</li><li> Wondered when forums were coming back</li></ul>
  • reasareasa Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8010Members, Constellation
    edited July 2006
    + Removed dead baby pile from garage
    - Went to jail for putting aforementioned pile out on the curb for Tuesday garbage pickup
    + Got laid once or twice
    - Bragged about getting laid on internet thus actually regaining my virginity
    + Finally got Israel to fight Lebanon, for personal amusement, with clever usage of smoke and mirrors
    - Indirectly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent people
    + Started working out
    - Stopped working out
    + Ate and slept
    - Got addicted to Ambien and started doing both at the same time
    + Judged wet T-shirt contest
    - Got banned from biker bar for throwing up on wet T-shirt contestants.
    + Discovered cure for AIDS
    - Got nervous and used only prototype of cure on myself
    + Found out NS forums are back online
    - Already started making stupid, offensive posts
  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    -Finished and shipped my first professional game "Incrediball: The Seven Sapphires" for <a href="http://www.sandlotgames.com" target="_blank">Sandlot Games</a>
    -Worked at Valve a lot. Got hired full time instead of just contracting.
    -Went to Slamdance (same time place as Sundance, just further down the street) to show off Narbacular Drop.
    -Went to GDC '06 as an IGF student showcase winner for Narbacular Drop. Got interviewed for GameHead while I was there but my tivo decided to grab "Mind of Mencia" instead of GameHead the day it was on, so I still haven't even seen it.
    -Bought a house with my brother. No more hour long daily commutes for me.
    -Played a hell of a lot of Day of Defeat: Source while getting paid for it. Broke some maps with my mad phat MG skills, which in turn got some of my favorite spots exposed to a convenient sniper window.
    -Checked the forums at least 4 times a week to see if they were up or if there was any news.
    -Met Charlie Cleveland(Flayra) and Garry Newman(from Garry's Mod) in person, that was pretty nifty.

    That's about it. Pretty much a year of <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    <ul><li>I practiced my artistic skills. (Mostly at work, as I was bored)</li><li>I provoked my managers into making a rule that people can't draw while working...</li><li>I took up reading books.</li><li>I provoked my managers into making a rule saying people can't read while working.</li><li>I started looking for a new job.</li><li>I failed.</li><li>I decided I should go to school.</li><li>I did nothing about it...</li></ul>
    Now I'm sort of kind of doing something about it though...
  • GrayDuckGrayDuck Join Date: 2003-05-08 Member: 16134Members, Constellation
    <ul><li>Had a baby!</li></ul> That is all that has changed <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
  • ANeMANeM Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16267Members, Constellation
    edited September 2006
    <ul><li>Got addicted to WOW.</li><li>Had a falling out with my best friend. Never managed to fix that.</li><li>Lost the rest of my friends due to falling out with best friend.</li><li>Gave up drawing and pretty much all forms of artistic output I was interested in.</li><li>Got held back a year in school due to non-attendance.</li><li>decided I'd fly across the country and attend the wedding of a family friend</li><li>The Plane left the next morning. Yeah. It was a pretty impulsive decision =P</li><li>Got back into school!</li><li>Made new friends!</li><li>Dyed my hair purple for a while</li><li>Quit WOW</li><li>Continued my streak of non-attendance to school and got kicked out.</li><li>Somehow managed to pass?!</li><li>Sat around dumbfounded about the whole thing for a couple weeks</li><li>Started talking to an old friend who I haven't talked to in a long time (though not the friend I had the falling out with)</li><li>Discovered the meaning of life and wrote a book detailing it. Burned the book shortly thereafter.</li></ul>Choles-notes of ANeMs post:
    Emoemocutcutcut.
    zomgWOW.
    Underachivement solves problems.
    Actual change? None.

    September 24- UPDATEUU<ul><li>Had falling out with old friend who I started talking to again after a long time. Yep, I makes people hates me.</li><li>Started talking to the old friend who I had had a falling out with previous to the falling out concerning the previously mentioned friend. Confused yet?</li><li>Ate a cake</li></ul>Choles-notes of ANeMs update:
    I'm fat and eat cake.
  • RokiyoRokiyo A.K.A. .::FeX::. Revenge Join Date: 2002-10-10 Member: 1471Members, Constellation
    Hmm... I sunk a year into WoW, finished my first year at university (sheesh, seems to be a common theme here), got myself a girlfriend and moved into my 2nd student flat. Fun fun...
  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    edited July 2006
    two words: <a href="http://www.eve-online.com/" target="_blank">Eve-Online</a>
    oh god, i probably have a string of 404s below this post
    edit: links updated \o/
  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1563336:date=Jul 18 2006, 11:02 PM:name=T_h_e_m)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(T_h_e_m @ Jul 18 2006, 11:02 PM) [snapback]1563336[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    -Finished and shipped my first professional game "Incrediball: The Seven Sapphires" for <a href="http://www.sandlotgames.com" target="_blank">Sandlot Games</a>
    -Worked at Valve a lot. Got hired full time instead of just contracting.
    -Went to Slamdance (same time place as Sundance, just further down the street) to show off Narbacular Drop.
    -Went to GDC '06 as an IGF student showcase winner for Narbacular Drop. Got interviewed for GameHead while I was there but my tivo decided to grab "Mind of Mencia" instead of GameHead the day it was on, so I still haven't even seen it.
    -Bought a house with my brother. No more hour long daily commutes for me.
    -Played a hell of a lot of Day of Defeat: Source while getting paid for it. Broke some maps with my mad phat MG skills, which in turn got some of my favorite spots exposed to a convenient sniper window.
    -Checked the forums at least 4 times a week to see if they were up or if there was any news.
    -Met Charlie Cleveland(Flayra) and Garry Newman(from Garry's Mod) in person, that was pretty nifty.

    That's about it. Pretty much a year of <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
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    I envy you. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />

    <!--quoteo(post=1563368:date=Jul 19 2006, 01:48 AM:name=GrayDuck)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(GrayDuck @ Jul 19 2006, 01:48 AM) [snapback]1563368[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><ul><li>Had a baby!</li></ul> That is all that has changed <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
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    Nice! Congratulations. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
  • ConfusedConfused Wait. What? Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12904Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Subnautica Playtester
    For Me,

    * Quit my job for a Web development job in a small company
    * Watched said company flounder.
    * Currently Looking for a new job
    * Played eons of EVE-Online.
    * Played A Lot Of Day Of Defeat: Source.


    I'm sure I did something else. But, that's all that comes to mind right now.
  • pieceofsoappieceofsoap Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9535Members, Constellation
    Good god, the NS Forums live! (At least, for the time being)

    Its good to see you guys again, and what a time its been. In the interrim, Ive:<ul><li>Dropped out of College</li><li>Become a French Chef</li><li>Helped a former Shroomer to start, and maintain a restraunt in the town with the highest restraunt per population in the nation</li><li>Moved several times</li><li>Traveled the world</li><li>Hung out with various minions of the Game industry</li><li>Lived with a 14 year old girl (Not THAT kind of relationship, before you ask, and god that was wierd)</li><li>Dropped a man in one punch</li><li>Actually been encouraged by my employer to drink on the job <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":0" border="0" alt="wow.gif" /> </li><li>Gotten addicted to an MMO</li><li>And Im sure the list goes on</li></ul>
    Its good the see our little corner of the internet is alive and kicking again!
  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    pieceofsoap wins...
  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1563537:date=Jul 19 2006, 01:34 PM:name=pieceofsoap)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(pieceofsoap @ Jul 19 2006, 01:34 PM) [snapback]1563537[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
    Good god, the NS Forums live! (At least, for the time being)

    Its good to see you guys again, and what a time its been. In the interrim, Ive:<ul><li>Dropped out of College</li><li>Become a French Chef</li><li>Helped a former Shroomer to start, and maintain a restraunt in the town with the highest restraunt per population in the nation</li><li>Moved several times</li><li>Traveled the world</li><li>Hung out with various minions of the Game industry</li><li>Lived with a 14 year old girl (Not THAT kind of relationship, before you ask, and god that was wierd)</li><li>Dropped a man in one punch</li><li>Actually been encouraged by my employer to drink on the job <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wow.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":0" border="0" alt="wow.gif" /> </li><li>Gotten addicted to an MMO</li><li>And Im sure the list goes on</li></ul>Its good the see our little corner of the internet is alive and kicking again!
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    Wait...is all of that true? The french chef? The shroomer restaurant? You lived with a 14 year old girl and DIDN'T date her? This is all just so...so wierd!
  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    edited July 2006
    - i'm a sophomore now, i play ts / quake3 (http://xen.mserle.net/hwt.rar), i got into wrestling, i hate ns in all forms except for the forums :<
    oh and look at my pr0 post count o;
  • pieceofsoappieceofsoap Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9535Members, Constellation
    Actually yes, its all true...

    Add to that, Ive made Crepes without eggs, been dragged in to work at 3:00 AM to make help said former shroomer make puff pastry, and then had the cops called on us because the people in the apartment upstairs thought we were beating someone to death (This was before I even got paid to work there, mind you), I turned 21 (w00) and Im sure theres other things that Im still forgetting. Its been an... interesting time
  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    soap wins one (1) internet
  • pieceofsoappieceofsoap Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9535Members, Constellation
    ITS YOU!

    So, other than those server difficulties you ran into with BM.org, hows things?
  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    starting school (uni) in one month, i'll have to somehow balance classes, a possible job, eve-online and constantly f5ing on these boards
    since the forums went down i managed to graduate from highschool, stage two hostile takeovers and scuttle a radio station.
    i also set up a win2k3s server to serve up some imageboards (static pages generated via perl), this took several days. the server host went south and then i got to do it all over again under freebsd (much <3 to iggy, who can't read this, for helping), this took not more than four hours. if monse is alive he's probably going to want to kill me but i will never touch win2k3 server again. EVAR.
    i'd link to the boards but i'm pretty sure the rules are still enforced...
  • CoolCookieCooksCoolCookieCooks Pretty Girl Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16446Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    Erm...
    <ul><li>grew my hair even more</li><li>finished first year of college</li><li>worked on II (insects infestation) for a bit</li><li>got a macbook pro which has now broken >_<</li></ul>
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