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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on January 19, 2002, 09:23:00 am
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I was recently browsing GameSpot for Freespace 2 related articles, and I started re-reading the review (//"http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2538608,00.html"). Of course they massively praised the game, but then something caught my eye!
Excerpt from the GameSpot Freespace 2 review:
You can find plenty of games to join on the free Parallax Online servers, which also maintain comprehensive pilot statistics records. (Volition actually threw a couple of the pilots who had racked up the most impressive records with Descent: Freespace into one FreeSpace 2 campaign mission.)
I went to my FS2 Ship List, which also lists personas that are mentioned in-game, to see who it could be referring to. At first I thought it was probably the 2 SOC wingmen who get named in the 2nd SOC loop - Xinny and Zero. But then my eye caught an entry above them - Lieutenant Commander Christopher Snipes. Instntly my mind jumped back a few months to an ICQ conversation I had had with Snipes:
Sandwich 6/3/2001 7:22 PM
so where'd you get your nic?
Raa Tor'h 6/3/2001 7:23 PM
my nic? I used to play on PXo in fs1 with sniper997, end lazy peeps kept calling me snipes, so I called myself that...
He played FS1 on PXO... called himself Snipes... Anyone else drawing the same conclusion?! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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!!! He hacked into Volitions computers and changed the FS2 missions to include him as an SOC pilot !!!
That conclusion?
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Originally posted by an0n:
!!! He hacked into Volitions computers and changed the FS2 missions to include him as an SOC pilot !!!
That conclusion?
Ummm.... not quite. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
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"He who laughs last thinks slowest."
"Just becase you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."
"To err is human; to really screw up you need a computer."
Creator of the Sandvich Bar ("http://www.geocities.com/sandvich/index.html"), the CapShip Turret Upgrade, the Complete FS2 Ship List and the System Backgrounds List (all available from the site)
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Wow, interesting theory
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or Commander Snipes' first name is Christopher.
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What is the "real" snipes' first name? (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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Originally posted by CP5670:
What is the "real" snipes' first name? (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
It's not Christopher - but he never used his real name on PXO. Only Snipes.
Did anyone here play PXO back then? Were there players by the names of Xinny or Zero? Cause they only showed up in one mission - Snipes became quite a figurehead... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
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America, stand assured that Israel truly understands what you are going through.
Know how to use Rhino3D? Want to put your ships into Freespace 2? You've come to the right place ("http://www.geocities.com/sandvich/fs2/rhino_fs2/")!
"He who laughs last thinks slowest."
"Just becase you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."
"To err is human; to really screw up you need a computer."
Creator of the Sandvich Bar ("http://www.geocities.com/sandvich/index.html"), the CapShip Turret Upgrade, the Complete FS2 Ship List and the System Backgrounds List (all available from the site)
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Originally posted by sandwich:
blabber yatta, stuff, stuff blabba
At first I thought it was probably the 2 SOC wingmen who get named in the 2nd SOC loop - Xinny and Zero. But then my eye caught an entry above them - Lieutenant Commander Christopher Snipes. Instntly my mind jumped back a few months to an ICQ conversation I had had with Snipes:
"Sandwich 6/3/2001 7:22 PM
so where'd you get your nic?
Raa Tor'h 6/3/2001 7:23 PM
my nic? I used to play on PXo in fs1 with sniper997, end lazy peeps kept calling me snipes, so I called myself that..."
mummbla yattar spatta...
Well in that case Setekh must be a VIP (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Originally posted by sandwich:
Were there players by the names of Xinny or Zero?
pxo.net
FS1 rankings
1.Admiral Xinny
2.Admiral Zero
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Originally posted by Blue Lion:
pxo.net
FS1 rankings
1.Admiral Xinny
2.Admiral Zero
Darn - there goes my theory... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
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America, stand assured that Israel truly understands what you are going through.
Know how to use Rhino3D? Want to put your ships into Freespace 2? You've come to the right place ("http://www.geocities.com/sandvich/fs2/rhino_fs2/")!
"He who laughs last thinks slowest."
"Just becase you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."
"To err is human; to really screw up you need a computer."
Creator of the Sandvich Bar ("http://www.geocities.com/sandvich/index.html"), the CapShip Turret Upgrade, the Complete FS2 Ship List and the System Backgrounds List (all available from the site)
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So which PXO player was called Alpha One (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)
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Originally posted by Dr.Zer0:
Well in that case Setekh must be a VIP (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Either that, or someone they decided to give a very cruel fate. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Originally posted by Setekh:
Either that, or someone they decided to give a very cruel fate. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
*cough*Interplay*cough*
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Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes):
My powerful brain in unraveling the myseries of the universe.
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Head Campaign Manager in Knossos Campaign ("http://www.vidavision.com/entertainment/drzer0/index.html")
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"You have been overloaded with knowlage my young friend" - untouchable
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"When you mess with a doctor, you mess with dark powers" - The Brak show
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Ion bars do not imprison me!
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Originally posted by Setekh:
Either that, or someone they decided to give a very cruel fate. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Yeah, really, what kinda weirdo wants to have an AWACs named after him
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