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Offline Galemp

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on: September 26, 2002, 10:45:33 pm
Just decided to browse the 3D ship gallery on Freespace2.com, and guess what? MetaStream has been bought by somebody and the format isn't supported anymore. I also decided to look at the community links; a futile exercise in nostalgia...
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Offline vadar_1

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Reply #1 on: September 26, 2002, 10:47:24 pm
Metastream has been gone for almost a year now... did you notice the UBB wasn't there anymore either??
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Offline an0n

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Reply #2 on: September 26, 2002, 10:48:47 pm
Are there ANY on the link list that're still active?
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Offline demon442

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Reply #3 on: September 26, 2002, 10:50:26 pm
I say that we email :v: and ask them to take the site down or something.
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Offline Kamikaze

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Reply #4 on: September 26, 2002, 10:56:28 pm
or refashion it so it directs people to the last bits of the FS community.. here and Vwatch :)
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Offline CP5670

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Reply #5 on: September 26, 2002, 11:17:23 pm
wow...Descent Chronicles and Ross 128; that was quite a while ago...
 

Offline Kamikaze

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Reply #6 on: September 26, 2002, 11:29:37 pm
/me has nostalgic memories of both

Descent Chronicles was actually my favorite FS/FS2 fansite back then.... :) (and I check planetfreespace and ross 128 basically every day)
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Offline Su-tehp

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Reply #7 on: September 26, 2002, 11:46:07 pm
Are we here at HLP the last of a dying breed? Geez, I'm starting to feel like a dinosaur after the meteor hit...

It's enough to make me want to stick my head in a tar pit...
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Offline vadar_1

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Reply #8 on: September 26, 2002, 11:55:21 pm
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Originally posted by Su-tehp
It's enough to make me want to stick my head in a tar pit...


don't worry, we won't try to stop you. In fact... we encouage you... I was told its always healthy to encourage people with their goals.
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Offline Knight Templar

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Reply #9 on: September 27, 2002, 12:00:25 am
Ross128 was bassically the Pre- HLP right? or was it different  in some way?
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Offline Knight Templar

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Reply #10 on: September 27, 2002, 12:01:07 am
oh and yeah, goals are great. I want to be a lion when i grow up :ha:
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Offline Su-tehp

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Reply #11 on: September 27, 2002, 12:48:38 am
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Originally posted by vadar_1


don't worry, we won't try to stop you. In fact... we encouage you... I was told its always healthy to encourage people with their goals.


Ha, comma, ha, comma, ha... :rolleyes:
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Offline Fineus

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Reply #12 on: September 27, 2002, 02:11:42 am
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
Ross128 was bassically the Pre- HLP right? or was it different  in some way?

Sort of... we had all kinds of unique stuff that nobody else had come up with at the time. However it wasn't really a branded "mod dedicated" FS site, it was just a FS Site. Perhaps the largest part of the mods section was my offshoot - Ikeya. Loads of backgrounds and nebulas and stuff.

That was back in the day when only a few people knew how to mod FS... good times. HLP is much larger though.
 

Offline Stunaep

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Reply #13 on: September 27, 2002, 11:01:47 am
well, for a low-selling 3year-old game we have a rather large community, do we not?
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Offline Corhellion

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Reply #14 on: September 27, 2002, 11:12:22 am
We're prolly the biggest FS/FS2 forum/website on the net.

and it's a pity that FS2.com is down :(...maybe :v: is just making room for a FS3.com ;7

Hmmm....that'd be wicked...

*dreams about FS3 and what it might look like*

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Offline Stargazer_2098

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Reply #15 on: September 27, 2002, 11:27:25 am
Soon, we might need a webpage named "Bring Back Freespace!"
:wink:


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Offline JC Denton

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Reply #16 on: September 27, 2002, 11:30:17 am
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Originally posted by Corhellion
maybe :v: is just making room for a FS3.com ;7

Hmmm....that'd be wicked...

*dreams about FS3 and what it might look like*

Keep dreaming kid.  There's a 99.99925% chance it ain't ever gonna happen.
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Offline Stealth

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Reply #17 on: September 27, 2002, 12:27:36 pm
FS2.com should have a VolitionWatch link... since Volitionwatch still gets updated

and we're going to get a kick-ass website in a few weeks :)
 

Offline Ace

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Reply #18 on: September 27, 2002, 05:09:24 pm
Descent Chronicles was back in the day. Jeez I remember being at R128 when it started and then switching over to PFS way back when.

Really, R128/Ground FreeSpace to me seem like the soul-cousins to HLP when it started. Current HLP is much more like Descent Chronicles was except DC IMHO had a much more snazzy look to it.
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Offline CP5670

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Reply #19 on: September 27, 2002, 05:40:08 pm
DC was famous for its mission archive though, right? I think that this archive is now at VW...
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