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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Marauder on November 07, 2004, 08:55:52 pm
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In my short time here at HLP, I've noticed hilarious and disturbing things, started posts or brought up or old ones (mischieviously!), and have still been in the dark about FreeSpace 2, after my disks died years ago, but anyway...
Things I've noticed so far (correct me if I'm wrong):
1. An0n is scary. :shaking:
2. Most of you people are adults who are American or European
3. All the good meetings regarding FS/FS2 are in Europe. :hopping:
4. There aren't that many musicians here.
5. Down with Derek Smart! Or did that happen already?
My questions so far:
1. Was Carl always a Shivan and Raa a Vasudan or was that a result of FreeSpace Jeopardy (which I consider one of the funniest posts ever)? :p
2. Where do you adults get all the time to all this gaming?
3. How many of you contributed to the missions on Silent Threat? You won't believe the spelling mistakes I found...:eek2:
4. I forgot, why didn't Volition produce FS3? Something to do with Interplay...? :o
Feel free to answer the questions or comment, or even better, add to the list! ;)
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1. I dunno. Haven't been here long enough.
2. Lack of sleep, in my case. 'Course, college students are supposed to keep irregular hours. (Sleep is for the WEEK. Freespace is for the WEEK ENDS.)
3. Nobody, that I know of. Otherwise the boards would have flamed them into oblivion by now.
4. See number 1.
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http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/fsdoc/
*is hurt he wasn't mentioned*
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There was a FreeSpace Jeopardy?
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News to me.
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Seriously, the Freespace Jeapardy thread needs to be archived for posterity somehow. It was frikken' hillarious.
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What's with all these people bringing up my crappy stuff? First they try to pit JAD against DEM, and now this. Are you TRYING to remind me how much I need to get a life? That's it, I'm becoming a disgruntled hermit.
At least you didn't bump the topic up again, so I'll grant you that.
EDIT: Hey, wait a minute. You WERE the one who did that!
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Mwuahahahaha...
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I'm going to get you for that...
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Hey... If I get to be a char in this, I should atleast have the right to reply to it :p
And I have less a life than you so don't worry. :p
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Hmm... well maybe. After all I did use your name without permission... fine, only Marauder dies now. :p
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I wish I had seen that back when it was new... how did I miss it?
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1. Classified.
2. Time?
3. Silent What?
4. -no comment-
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Originally posted by Marauder
1. Was Carl always a Shivan and Raa a Vasudan or was that a result of FreeSpace Jeopardy (which I consider one of the funniest posts ever)? :p
2. Where do you adults get all the time to all this gaming?
3. How many of you contributed to the missions on Silent Threat? You won't believe the spelling mistakes I found...:eek2:
4. I forgot, why didn't Volition produce FS3? Something to do with Interplay...? :o
Feel free to answer the questions or comment, or even better, add to the list! ;)
[list=1]- Carl being a Shivan goes back the days of the VBB and thus, I doubt anyone remembers why he was labelled thus. Raa became Vasudan recently. It was a painful operation similar to a face-lift, only with more hot glue.
- We are, for the most part, unemployed losers or working for companies with low job satisfaction and unsupervised internet connections.
- No idea. The people involved have probably long since moved on. I think Dark mighta had something to do with it, but I ain't at all sure.
- Interplay owned all the rights to the series and had parted company with Volition. Being dicks, they simply flat-out refused to do anything with the license/franchise.
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I was about to say that a lot of us are uni students, but it's been a while since we did a big demographic poll.
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You...m-mean...?
You didn't know you were a Vasudan, Raa? :D
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I´m surprised an0n hasn´t snatched Marauder into the dark and damp depths of NW yet...
:wtf:
If he does, be vewy scared, Marauder, be vewy vewy scaaared...
:nervous:
They eat little children there, your parents will never hear from you ever again! Muuaahaahaahaaa
:::evil laughter:::
:drevil: :drevil:
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1. An0n is scary. --More like annoying :p@an0n
2. Most of you people are adults who are American or European--But we do have a bunch of 14-17 year olds here too :)
3. All the good meetings regarding FS/FS2 are in Europe. --YES *cries*
4. There aren't that many musicians here.--Sadly, yes.
5. Down with Derek Smart! Or did that happen already?--Waaay missed it ;)
My questions so far:
1. Was Carl always a Shivan and Raa a Vasudan or was that a result of FreeSpace Jeopardy (which I consider one of the funniest posts ever)? ---As long as I can remember :)
2. Where do you adults get all the time to all this gaming?---You know, I'm gonna write the answer to this down for future reference.
3. How many of you contributed to the missions on Silent Threat? You won't believe the spelling mistakes I found...--Dunno, I do believe that all the Single missions were fan-made though.
4. I forgot, why didn't Volition produce FS3? Something to do with Interplay...? --Interplay holds the rights to the franchise, Volition doesn't. Therefore, Volition can't make a game without infringing on copywrite, and Interplay refuses to sell the rights (at least, so far).
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An0n has to act like a tough guy. As an admin you have to rule by FEAR! Respect is for the weak...:D
B.t.w. - Old guys? Hmm...makes me wonder just what the avarage age of a HLPer is...
Quick, someone open a pool!
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Originally posted by TrashMan
B.t.w. - Old guys? Hmm...makes me wonder just what the avarage age of a HLPer is...
Quick, someone open a pool!
Judging from what i´ve seen, i must be the oldest guy here... 31.
And the only reason why i have time to play FS is because my current job is polishing a seat with my butt! It´s really shiny and polished now, btw.
:p
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1. Was Carl always a Shivan and Raa a Vasudan or was that a result of FreeSpace Jeopardy (which I consider one of the funniest posts ever)?
2. Where do you adults get all the time to all this gaming?
3. How many of you contributed to the missions on Silent Threat? You won't believe the spelling mistakes I found...
4. I forgot, why didn't Volition produce FS3? Something to do with Interplay...?
1. Its ooold. really old. since the VBB. But Raa's conversion to Vasudan was fairly recent for sure.
2. Errrr.......*thinks*
Its classified level phi! you don't need to know!
*runs*
3. Read #2.
4. Read #3.
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2/ By not having any form of discernable social life
:nervous:
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Originally posted by Singh
But Raa's conversion to Vasudan was fairly recent for sure.
No. Not quite. I've been Vas for about three to four years. If you can find my old buddy Fozzy, ask him. I had set up an ooooold BBS years ago, where my title was something like 'The Vasudan' or something equally dumb...
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1) Carl's been a Shivan since the days of Tell A Story on the VBB, when he was identified as such. I forget how long Raa's been Vasudan.
Speaking of the horror that is TaS, I wonder if anyone ever bothered to archive it. (I think it started growing errors after it hit Page 64 -- not that there was anything remotely good in it after about page 25.)
2) I'm 19, but I have some time in between school and work to do some FS-ing. Yarr.
3) Heh. Silent Threat was one of the most rushed expansions ever.
4) Volition switched publishers from Interplay to THQ, but Interplay retained the rights to the Freespace franchise. And then they did nothing with it. [V] wants to make FS3, but they can't legally, unless they get THQ to buy the FS rights from the now-dying Interplay.
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I've just one question.
Raa's a Vasudan? Was there a memo or something?
On #2) I'm 26, have no life, no job, and no prospects. :(
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God you people su... *sigh*
I knew people ignored my posts... this is just proof...
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What? Who said that? :D
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Originally posted by Swamp_Thing
Judging from what i´ve seen, i must be the oldest guy here... 31.
:p
Try close to half the age of our oldest member :D If I mention this post to him he'll reply that he has socks older than you :D
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someone you know ? someone active ?
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Geezer I think.
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And here I just thought it was a call sign!
Aha Swampthing! Now I know you are one of the two other people inour age demographic, WHO is the last one?...
Useless Trivia: My name is Carl but since they already have Carl the Shivan I thought it would be stupid to have Carl the Human! (everyone automatically thinks you're Human anyway, so you only add the race suffix for non-Humans)...
:lol:
Ah yes Maruader's questions:
1.) I think so...
2.) I sleep VERY little!
3.) I had nothing to do with it.
4.) Interplay sucks...
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Geezer is older than some piles of dirt.
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older than the shivans
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Originally posted by FireCrack
older than the shivans
Older than spleens. Nothing predates spleens.
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
Geezer is older than some piles of dirt.
I've got to admit there are several hills around here that weren't there when I was a kid. But say what you like, there are definite compensations for advancing years. :) I just spent a couple of hours playing with my 2-year old granddaughter - to me, that's pure joy :D. Yeah, you don't understand now, but - if you're very lucky - you will. :nod:
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I've got to get a daughter/son first, and a wife before that. *is reminded that he has no prospects* *weeps*
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I get it, an I'm only 15. My youngest cousin couldn't form coherent words the first time I saw him, and after a 4 year period, my brother and I had to walk around with the little guy hanging onto our legs, babbling about the 2nd grade.
Kids are adorable, right up until they hit 12. Then it turns to something resembling the deepest pits of hell.
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Originally posted by Setekh
I was about to say that a lot of us are uni students, but it's been a while since we did a big demographic poll.
dont forget setekh has transformed many times... from human, to vasudan awacs, to a nice piece of angus STEAK!
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I am the third person in your age bracket. We won't go into how many times i have been "29 years old" let's just say more than twice. how do i get so much FS time? I own my business. It was either this or Golf, and since blowing shivans up is more fun than chasing a little ball all over a big field.....wait a minute.....i chase dragons and manticores all over a big ass sky....anyway...you get the point.
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Originally posted by Geezer
I've got to admit there are several hills around here that weren't there when I was a kid. But say what you like, there are definite compensations for advancing years. :) I just spent a couple of hours playing with my 2-year old granddaughter - to me, that's pure joy :D. Yeah, you don't understand now, but - if you're very lucky - you will. :nod:
Wait a second, you have a granddaughter at the age of 35/36??
Atleast that´s the date on your profile. December 31 1969?
:confused:
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Originally posted by Mad Bomber
1) Carl's been a Shivan since the days of Tell A Story on the VBB, when he was identified as such. I forget how long Raa's been Vasudan.
Speaking of the horror that is TaS, I wonder if anyone ever bothered to archive it. (I think it started growing errors after it hit Page 64 -- not that there was anything remotely good in it after about page 25.)
I love TaS...it was funy as hell... So funny that I saved it to my HDD...
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Originally posted by Swamp_Thing
Wait a second, you have a granddaughter at the age of 35/36??
Atleast that´s the date on your profile. December 31 1969?
:confused:
VB probably doesn't go back any further than that. :D
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Strange. I just checked my profile and it shows my birthdate correctly - 06/22/44.
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Says '69 when I check (hee hee, ho ho, hee hee!). Possibly that's the VBB default, not sure because birthdate doesn't appear to be held in the admin details.
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Originally posted by Marauder
1. Was Carl always a Shivan and Raa a Vasudan or was that a result of FreeSpace Jeopardy (which I consider one of the funniest posts ever)? :p
Yet again I'm forgotten as another Shivan.........yeesh..........perhaps I'll blow up a sun. That'll get your attention.....:ha: ;7
I mean, whose idea was the Official Shivan Fan Club anyway? :lol: ;7
Jeeze, I remember that.........:lol: :lol: Boy was I a pillock! :D
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Originally posted by Raa
No. Not quite. I've been Vas for about three to four years. If you can find my old buddy Fozzy, ask him. I had set up an ooooold BBS years ago, where my title was something like 'The Vasudan' or something equally dumb...
eeps. sorry bout the mistake then. looks like I stand corrected! :D
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Originally posted by TrashMan
I love TaS...it was funy as hell... So funny that I saved it to my HDD...
I must have it! My pack-ratty nature attacks again!
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Weren't you working on Shivan Swarm? If so where's your Avatar?
Are you trying to say you need more attention? Boxed lunches and forum noobs suddenly seem appealing?
Nay, stay wild and free. Shun the dangers of puesdo coexistence...
(Feel free to blow up any sun but Sol, thank you)... ;)
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Originally posted by Getter Robo G
Weren't you working on Shivan Swarm?
Uh..........nope?! :D
It's not so much needing more attention, it's that everyone always remembers Carl, and yet the rest of us Shivans are forgotten. I mean, we have five legs and a plasma weapon, how can we be ignored? :D
Oh, and Forum Noobs are very tasty when deep fried with a smidgen of worcester sauce.....:drevil:
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Originally posted by Mad Bomber
Speaking of the horror that is TaS, I wonder if anyone ever bothered to archive it. (I think it started growing errors after it hit Page 64 -- not that there was anything remotely good in it after about page 25.)
yes, I think I did a year or two ago. however, I still need to properly format it and stuff. I had forgotten all about it until now, tho. if I still have it, that is.
what we need to do is reincarnate the shivan fan club, tho.
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Originally posted by Killfrenzy
Uh..........nope?! :D
It's not so much needing more attention, it's that everyone always remembers Carl, and yet the rest of us Shivans are forgotten. I mean, we have five legs and a plasma weapon, how can we be ignored? :D
Oh, and Forum Noobs are very tasty when deep fried with a smidgen of worcester sauce.....:drevil:
:eek2:
Who are the other Shivans, then? Perhaps Carl got a lot of his popularity from the FreeSpace Jeopardy?
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Carl was popular long before FS:J. :p I would have to guess Carl was always pointed out to be a Shivan because of his old admin Avatar that had a Shivan in it, and in some version of the HLP Welcome Spiel, he got mentioned as the Shivan that crawls through the airducts.
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There were always Shivans in the ducts, but Carl was guarding the Spacecrack, dungeon porn and Shrike's goth hookers.
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And you know how hard I have tired to get to the hookers?
@#@$# carl
:lol:
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Awww Liberator, don't be sad.
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Originally posted by Marauder
Awww Liberator, don't be sad.
Oops, I was reading page one when I wrote that. But don't be sad anyways!:rolleyes:
I love the HLP smilies. Much better than the usual MSN Messenger, despite their small amount.
this is my fave----------->:hopping:
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Originally posted by kode
what we need to do is reincarnate the shivan fan club, tho.
I'm with that. Imagine, Shivans everywhere...zero gravity?
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Don't mention zero-gravity. You'll only get the perverts and SAAB fans (basically me and diamondgeezer) all riled up about Winslow and that mother****ing Alien Fighter.
Goddamn Chig bastards!
*shakes fist*
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It occurs to me that my posts now contain so many obscure in-jokes and vague metaphors that they're pretty much just jibberish to anyone but me.
PHEAR!
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Keep drinking that greek brown stuff you found, an0n. Keep on drinkin'.
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Like I said an0n, you're scary.
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Originally posted by Axem
I would have to guess Carl was always pointed out to be a Shivan because of his old admin Avatar that had a Shivan in it, and in some version of the HLP Welcome Spiel, he got mentioned as the Shivan that crawls through the airducts.
actually, it goes back long (http://web.archive.org/web/20010415031451/vbb.volition-inc.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001723.html) before that.
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Well finally, the head Shivan himself explains how he came to be.
:p
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Originally posted by kode
what we need to do is reincarnate the shivan fan club, tho.
Yeesh - are you serious? I don't mind kicking it off again, but it would need to be a heck of a lot more popular than it used to be......
If I get enough people interested, I'll set it up, but if there's next to no interest............:doubt:
Marauder: As far as I'm aware, Dr. Zer0 was 100% Shivan as well.....
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Originally posted by Carl
actually, it goes back long (http://web.archive.org/web/20010415031451/vbb.volition-inc.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001723.html) before that.
NOOOO!
We missed TAS's 5th birthday. It was like a month ago.
FU[color=23432][/color]CK!