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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ashrak on July 09, 2004, 07:10:53 am

Title: A Pledge
Post by: Ashrak on July 09, 2004, 07:10:53 am
Seeing as VW is closeing down i started to remembre many other good FS sites dieing off .... so i decided to take a pledge .... to never ever let HLP be closed down ... this place isj ust so great it should be seen in a museum by our childrens childrens children :)
Title: A Pledge
Post by: vyper on July 09, 2004, 07:17:31 am
2062:

Daddy, why did that man with a zero in his name call you a ****tard?
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Ashrak on July 09, 2004, 07:38:46 am
Quote
Originally posted by vyper
2062:

Daddy, why did that man with a zero in his name call you a ****tard?



:lol: :lol: :yes:
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Styxx on July 09, 2004, 08:29:03 am
(an old one, but I hope it's still a good one):


Excerpt from documentary aired at Interstellar Information Web, subsection of the Interstellar Wide Web, at January 7th, 2201:



Documentary starts, showing images of computers, people browsing the net, etc.

It was two hundred years ago, the day when mankind's evolution began. On january 7th, 2001, the first version of the Hard Light Productions website was brought online, a shy beginning for that which would become the greatest of all human societies. Since the very first days, enlightenment filled those web boards, a shining beacon of sanity and peace floating ominously above the sea of insanity and despair that was the world wide web. For the first months it strived, it grew, gaining members and knowledge, arts and science flourishing as the young community built strength. It's first anniversary was celebrated with much rejoicing, but even in their wildest dreams the creators and members of the Hard Light community could not have imagined what would become of it.

Five years passed, and the originally small band of players, artists and modders that created the site was still growing. Thousands of new members joined every month, and peace and prosperity still reigned. It was then that the revolution began. With a network of thousands, if not millions, of contacts all around the world, Hard Light Productions began it's march. Funded by several private companies and government agencies, among them Exys Connectivity and Opticnerve, HLP launched a massive campaign, reaching the farthest corners of the Earth, breaking cultural, historical and ethnic barriers, bringing not only modders and artists together - but bringing mankind together. It was seven years after that that the first physical Hard Light settlement was founded. Named "Arcadia", this settlement soon grew to envelop an area large enough to be considered a country, and soon enough it would be able to reclaim it's independence - on the first completely peaceful independence agreement in Earth's history, Arcadia was recognized as a sovereign nation, covering an area of over five million square kilometers in South America. It's first prime minister, Edward Woo, created and maintained peaceful and mutual beneficial relations with most nations of the world, and the community grew even more. But the march wasn't over yet.

Each day more and more people adhered to the Hard Light Productions phylosophy - that of peaceful cooperation, of benign competitiveness. Arcadia was no longer enough to hold all the newcomers, and soon other nations pledged their alliance and support, becoming not only protectorates, but integral parts of the ultimate dream. After a few decades it was the nation with largest surface area and population, at the same time being the single country with no poverty or illiteracy. A land of friendly and wise people it was, indeed. Extreme intustrial and scientific productivity boosted it's place among Earth's powers, and it became the first true superpower in history not reach such status without the use of force or military buildup. Democracy at it's best ensured great living conditions for those who worked, and a strong education system ensured that everyone knew their part to keep the society running.

The most notable fact of Hard Light Productions history, though, happened almost a century after it's original creation. In march 2098, the last of the world's nations, the United States of America, wilfully joined Arcadia, and Earth was finally united. The original humble objective of HLP's creators had grown into mankind's greatest achievment, as a world of hard-workers, scientists and artists could finally rejoice with peace and prosperity guaranteed. Arcadia strived ever since, reaching for the stars, the depths of the seas, and the most obscure reaches of the human min...


Voice fades out, the video now shows a sight from deep space, as a massive ship painted in blue passes by, surrounded by swarms of smaller vessels. On it's surface, a word can be clearly read, written in letters almost forty meters tall: Galatea
Title: A Pledge
Post by: an0n on July 09, 2004, 08:38:20 am
Quote
Originally posted by vyper
2062:

Daddy, why did that man with a zero in his name call you a ****tard?
:blah:
Title: A Pledge
Post by: an0n on July 09, 2004, 08:39:46 am
And personally, I think HLP will go the way of SkyNet.
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Setekh on July 09, 2004, 08:47:44 am
*wipes a tear from the eye*

Yeah, we'll be around for a while. :)
Title: A Pledge
Post by: an0n on July 09, 2004, 09:05:29 am
's there a HLP banner in the GS rotation yet?
Title: A Pledge
Post by: diamondgeezer on July 09, 2004, 09:08:27 am
HLP = Internet

Ph34r it
Title: A Pledge
Post by: vyper on July 09, 2004, 09:21:43 am
Quote
Originally posted by an0n
:blah:


You know I love you really... ;7
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Setekh on July 09, 2004, 09:26:06 am
Quote
Originally posted by an0n
's there a HLP banner in the GS rotation yet?


There's supposed to be. The GS fellows said they put it in for us. But you've never seen it, have you? Neither have we. :p
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Zeronet on July 09, 2004, 09:30:59 am
I keep seeing ads for illegal drugs though :confused:
Title: A Pledge
Post by: an0n on July 09, 2004, 09:33:33 am
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh
There's supposed to be. The GS fellows said they put it in for us. But you've never seen it, have you? Neither have we. :p
They probably got it hooked up so it doesn't show on the HLP rotation.
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Setekh on July 09, 2004, 09:35:13 am
We've covered that base, don't worry. We've tried it for hours on other sites, no luck. :no:
Title: A Pledge
Post by: an0n on July 09, 2004, 09:41:48 am
Go harass GS then.

Make vague threats about Al Qaeda and tartar sauce. That'll show 'em who's boss.
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Bobboau on July 09, 2004, 10:15:28 am
Quote
Originally posted by Styxx
(an old one, but I hope it's still a good one):

Excerpt from documentary aired at Interstellar Information Web, subsection of the Interstellar Wide Web, at January 7th, 2201:

Documentary starts, showing images of computers, people browsing the net, etc.

It was two hundred years ago, ...[/i]


that's how we'll write it anyway. :D
thermonuclear conquest here we come!
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Setekh on July 09, 2004, 10:17:06 am
Quote
Originally posted by an0n
Go harass GS then.


Has it dawned on you yet that we've done everything you've thought of already? :)
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Moonsword on July 09, 2004, 10:24:03 am
*laughs at entire thread*

We're a peaceful, loving community?

Someone's been smoking the stuff those banner ads are selling, or they've managed to avoid reading political threads...
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Gloriano on July 09, 2004, 10:41:48 am
Styxx: that was nice reading :yes:



Quote
Originally posted by Moonsword
*laughs at entire thread*

We're a peaceful, loving community?


Yes, I believe we are peaceful comminity mostly I gotta say some of those political threads are out of hands
but overall we are Peaceful comminity:)
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Ghostavo on July 09, 2004, 10:46:06 am
So beautiful.... *cries*

*applies for HLP's office*
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Styxx on July 09, 2004, 11:06:04 am
Quote
Originally posted by Moonsword
*laughs at entire thread*

We're a peaceful, loving community?

Someone's been smoking the stuff those banner ads are selling, or they've managed to avoid reading political threads...


You don't really check any other internet forums, do you? :p
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Thorn on July 09, 2004, 11:22:00 am
Quote
Originally posted by Moonsword
*laughs at entire thread*

We're a peaceful, loving community?

Someone's been smoking the stuff those banner ads are selling, or they've managed to avoid reading political threads...


www.warpstorm.com

go there.. you'll change your tune real fast...
Title: A Pledge
Post by: an0n on July 09, 2004, 11:22:56 am
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh
Has it dawned on you yet that we've done everything you've thought of already? :)
You're such a ****ing liar.

If you'd tried everything I've thought of, France would be a gigantic crater (just for ****s and giggles) and GS HQ would be burning to the ground while flying monkeys dropped rocks on the fleeing employees.
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Black Wolf on July 09, 2004, 11:33:56 am
I'm not so sure about peaceful, but I'm absolutely convinced that "Sanity" is out of place.
Title: A Pledge
Post by: jdjtcagle on July 09, 2004, 12:18:39 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Moonsword
*laughs at entire thread*

We're a peaceful, loving community?

Someone's been smoking the stuff those banner ads are selling, or they've managed to avoid reading political threads...


:rolleyes:  Click on it, there not selling anything...
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Ashrak on July 09, 2004, 01:42:25 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Styxx
(an old one, but I hope it's still a good one):


Excerpt from documentary aired at Interstellar Information Web, subsection of the Interstellar Wide Web, at January 7th, 2201:



Documentary starts, showing images of computers, people browsing the net, etc.

It was two hundred years ago, the day when mankind's evolution began. On january 7th, 2001, the first version of the Hard Light Productions website was brought online, a shy beginning for that which would become the greatest of all human societies. Since the very first days, enlightenment filled those web boards, a shining beacon of sanity and peace floating ominously above the sea of insanity and despair that was the world wide web. For the first months it strived, it grew, gaining members and knowledge, arts and science flourishing as the young community built strength. It's first anniversary was celebrated with much rejoicing, but even in their wildest dreams the creators and members of the Hard Light community could not have imagined what would become of it.

Five years passed, and the originally small band of players, artists and modders that created the site was still growing. Thousands of new members joined every month, and peace and prosperity still reigned. It was then that the revolution began. With a network of thousands, if not millions, of contacts all around the world, Hard Light Productions began it's march. Funded by several private companies and government agencies, among them Exys Connectivity and Opticnerve, HLP launched a massive campaign, reaching the farthest corners of the Earth, breaking cultural, historical and ethnic barriers, bringing not only modders and artists together - but bringing mankind together. It was seven years after that that the first physical Hard Light settlement was founded. Named "Arcadia", this settlement soon grew to envelop an area large enough to be considered a country, and soon enough it would be able to reclaim it's independence - on the first completely peaceful independence agreement in Earth's history, Arcadia was recognized as a sovereign nation, covering an area of over five million square kilometers in South America. It's first prime minister, Edward Woo, created and maintained peaceful and mutual beneficial relations with most nations of the world, and the community grew even more. But the march wasn't over yet.

Each day more and more people adhered to the Hard Light Productions phylosophy - that of peaceful cooperation, of benign competitiveness. Arcadia was no longer enough to hold all the newcomers, and soon other nations pledged their alliance and support, becoming not only protectorates, but integral parts of the ultimate dream. After a few decades it was the nation with largest surface area and population, at the same time being the single country with no poverty or illiteracy. A land of friendly and wise people it was, indeed. Extreme intustrial and scientific productivity boosted it's place among Earth's powers, and it became the first true superpower in history not reach such status without the use of force or military buildup. Democracy at it's best ensured great living conditions for those who worked, and a strong education system ensured that everyone knew their part to keep the society running.

The most notable fact of Hard Light Productions history, though, happened almost a century after it's original creation. In march 2098, the last of the world's nations, the United States of America, wilfully joined Arcadia, and Earth was finally united. The original humble objective of HLP's creators had grown into mankind's greatest achievment, as a world of hard-workers, scientists and artists could finally rejoice with peace and prosperity guaranteed. Arcadia strived ever since, reaching for the stars, the depths of the seas, and the most obscure reaches of the human min...


Voice fades out, the video now shows a sight from deep space, as a massive ship painted in blue passes by, surrounded by swarms of smaller vessels. On it's surface, a word can be clearly read, written in letters almost forty meters tall: Galatea



:eek2: :eek2: i think im in love *crys*
Title: A Pledge
Post by: an0n on July 09, 2004, 01:55:10 pm
You're too late. Styxx is already Shrike's *****.
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Knight Templar on July 09, 2004, 02:28:24 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh

Yeah, we'll be around for a while. :)


[q]Originally posted by an0n
's there a HLP banner in the GS rotation yet?[/q]

:lol:
Title: A Pledge
Post by: Setekh on July 10, 2004, 12:12:42 am
Quote
Originally posted by an0n
If you'd tried everything I've thought of, France would be a gigantic crater (just for ****s and giggles) and GS HQ would be burning to the ground while flying monkeys dropped rocks on the fleeing employees.


What do you mean, would be?

No, seriously though, we have everything under control. Thanks for the reminder though, we really ought to talk with them on this a bit more.