PlaneShift
Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: Phinehas on October 30, 2006, 07:24:06 am
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I shouldn't start threads, I know this from past experience, however, I've started perhaps a whole five threads in the last two years... maybe. Therefore I find myself justified.
The "return" of Efflixi and his consequential posting of a pic in the Faces Behind the Players thread started a thought trend in my mind. We're growing old together. The first picture I saw of Efflixi he was a very small fifteen-year old, I believe. Now he's not. When I first met Annah, he was seventeen and still in school. When I first joined I had turned 18 recently and was just finishing up high school. Now look where we're at. Sure, the passage of three years isn't that big in the long run, but it's still interesting to see how people have developed. The other week I commented to Cyl on how much his English has improved since I knew him. So has his roleplaying. People have come and gone, become developers or gm's, become pillars of the community, or decided that they needed to spend more time in real life. Peaople have gotten jobs or started college, finished school... or not. All this time, we meet here fairly regularly, hanging out. It's really interesting to think about.
Yes, this is an "oldbie" thread. So sue me.
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Don't feel bad, you are all spring chickens to me. ;)
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Don't feel bad, you are all spring chickens to me. ;)
This is not about merely counting the years. This is about sharing a spiritual journey with another soul.
Personally, I reserve such language for real life relationships, but Phinehas's experiences are perfectly valid because they're his.
Edit: You were probably just reacting to the use of the word "oldbie". It's just slang for a person who has been around the PS project for a long time, it's not an indicator of age.
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I wouldn't know about a spiritual journey so much, at least that's not what I equated it with in my mind, but I suppose you could call it that. You're right however, that this isn't about who is how old...
As for reserving such language for real life relationships, it's not that I feel so deeply connected with my PS friends that they're better than real life friends, but the fact of the matter is that out of ALL the friends I've had in the last three years my PS friends are the ONLY friends I'm still in touch with. I move all the time, and I just moved again recently, so I have no friends irl. Literally. Therefore I have more time to spend thinking about my PS friends.
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It was a joke, people. In the words of the ancient philosophers Led Zepplin "Does anyone remember laughter?"
Now those guys are old, the ones that are left...
If you don't find things to laugh about the next 60 years are going to be horrible.
More in the philosophical vein, three years out of twenty-one is a big deal it is one seventh of your life. It is somewhat different for me as the same period is one sixteenth of my life. It seems that the longer you live the shorter time is or rather the quicker time elapses. I have always thought that it is because each hour that passes is a smaller fraction of the whole of experience you have had. It is a marginal effect and it creeps up on you.
In a way you are luckier now than we were way back when because there was no internet, if we didn't like the people around us we didn't have much choice. Now you can make immediate connections with people far away.
Ahh Enough rambling. I'm becoming one of them. BOF. Who'da thunkit.
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Depends on your definition of connection.
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True enough, the internet is fraught with dangers I never had to deal with. There is no real evidence that picture with you and the two young ladies was actually you or that they were actually there, not that I am disputing either of those two things. It is just an example. But you can videochat and interact and if you are lucky you can make connections that will stand you in good stead. Someday a job may take you to a city and there will be a friendly face there. You never know.
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I think the problem with the internet is that it's too safe, not that it's too dangerous. People do things on the internet that they would never do in the "real world" - human interactions here have different rules and consequences, and I think people are philosophically protected and isolated from one another here in such a way that makes these interactions less meaningful, more temporary and disposable, and overall more "safe". Safety is the danger.
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Although I have been here for a while, I don't think I've gone through a spiritual journey with anyone. I've never really tested anyone's personality, only their patience. :D Alot of people have changed, and through 3 years in a world where physical is a 32 bit rendition of a cat lady, it's hard to imagine other human beings in this universe changing as a dynamic force. Maybe I've just never paid attention due to my MOSTLY reclusive nature. I will say that I don't regret spending 3 years here. It's been a nice community, even if it is the only real community I've ever cared to join.
I don't know if I've changed, but reading past posts, my diction certainly has. Sometimes I wonder if people see me for who I think I truly am, or if they still see little n00bl37 Kixie (or Whemy for those initiated into my insanity) spamming the chat channel, giving moderators grey hairs. All of it doesn't really matter though. Time changes everything, and after realizing this you begin to realize that this community is just stop on a big railway of life.
Here's to not hitting any bovine on the way!
~Kixie
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/me smacks Zanzi and Bilbous around for doing this every time he starts a thread and thanks Kixie for the contribution to the topic.
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It is interesting to watch people change and see their opinions sometimes completely do a 180 over time. Especially since most people around here are in a "growing up" stage. It's easy to see what they were/what they've become in a short time. It's also interesting to watch yourself, some of my first posts have been pointed out to me and I'm surprised to find my name in the upper-left hand corner.
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I've been to sketchy and Irratic to feel any of this, I've only looked up to people, or helped those who asked nicely.
nothin' else to say really
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@Kiern: Yeah, I was looking at some of my earlier posts a few weeks ago, and was laughing at some of the things I said. I was pretty cheeky, but I guess I haven't changed in that area.
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I'd simply sugeest Karyuu gets tough and starts mass deleting everything not pertaining to the subject being talked about rather than lock a perfectly good topic.
And speaking of looking at old posts and how they have changed, and since we mentioned Karyuu, lets play "look at what her very first post was". Becuase we can:
This was done in something like 15 minutes in my art history class, when I decided not to pay attention, in my Planeshift-obsessed mode. Which has now become permanent. It\'s a silly little sketch, but once finals are over (next week) I\'m going to start making some serious art :D Because I\'m inspired... and such. Markers = fun.
(http://www.artarchive.org/artist/Karyuu/crystal-obsessed.jpg)
Ah, isn't that piccy teh cutest!
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I'd simply sugeest Karyuu gets tough and starts mass deleting everything not pertaining to the subject being talked about rather than lock a perfectly good topic.
Done. I keep hoping people moderate themselves and keep finding myself wrong.
I've read through too many post histories when I had the time - you find some interesting gems (Kiva's changes are especially amusing). But these things are rarely apparent from within the box.
I came in here feeling like a n00b, and I think I'll leave just the same (http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6632/grinby0.gif)
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Thanks Karyuu.
You're not a n00b as far as I'm concerned. You're 14 days "older" than me. :)
I'm afraid to look and see what my first post was...
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No way! Weren't you around for like 10 billion years before I came along?
Holy crap (http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9773/veeeene9.gif)
We can be like... sisters.
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It is interesting to watch people change and see their opinions sometimes completely do a 180 over time.
Hehe.. I've done that a lot over the past year and a half.. Actually, last day of october.. Wow, it'll be two years this january.. Scary.
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No way! Weren't you around for like 10 billion years before I came along?
Holy crap (http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9773/veeeene9.gif)
We can be like... sisters.
Those are ROBES, NOT a DRESS!
:P
You seriously didn't know you got here first?
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Karyuu, I've noticed this particular phenomenon first hand as well. It's interesting how quickly a view of someone can change after reading something as trivial as a registration date. I've often compared my posts as such, "Well I'm only 3 months older than this guy, and the differences between us are 'x', yet there's someone who is 2 years older than me that still acts like 'x-3'."
I guess we all just progress at different rates, at least as communication goes in a community. Some are much quicker to get their points across, and are subsequent to being more popular, while others may stay on the fringes of society for a couple of years and still be considered a newb. Internets is a strange place ::|
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I just judge people based on what they post. *shrug*
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I just judge people based on what they post. *shrug*
lol, I try not to judge the person, rather only the content.
But hey we all get carried away at times.
And i'm not sure what to call myself, i can't say noob, but i'm definetly not a veteran. Any words you guys can think of?
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Hehe... I vividly remember that crazy crystal lady Enki :D (laughed my ass off, because it kinda fit that time's Karyuu quite well :P)
Digging in the depth of the forums, I (re-)discovered my first posting here:
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=7017.msg76251#msg76251
And I'm happy to see it's not entirely stupid ;)
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awww cuute ^^
I remember back in January when I joined... my best psfriend teraukey and me met in the sewers and I learned him how to cast spells, that was the start of a great friendship where we were both noobies and knew nothing about rp'ing, only a bit about what it was and no idea this was a real rp'ing game. Now we're watching each other finish examns and such.
another person I've witnessed getting married ^^ and how his 13 year old brother came to stay with him.
edit: ROFFLE Uyaem xD
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Pogo, I did that in january this year, when I discovered the date I actually started playing.. My post was a pretty generic newbie question XP
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=13958.msg158577#msg158577
Ah, good times.. Before I knew or cared about RP.. I was still playing runescape back then o.O
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How do you find your first post?
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1) DaTruth's Profile (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=25067)
2) Show the last posts of this person. (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=25067;sa=showPosts)
3) Click on last page (as of now, that's 27) (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=25067;sa=showPosts;start=390)
4) Very last post on that page is your first. (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=23891.msg264241#msg264241)
(Those are step by step link instructions btw, in case they don't look like links to you. (depends on what theme you are using)
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Man... you people are making me feel old >.>
the only person who posted here that was here before me was kiern
*gets out some sunglasses and a walking stick and starts yelling at the kids today*
also for fun...
yea mine too i have the same repliy dont know whas happenig it just says \"cannot create player entity please contact tec support\"please tell me whats happening???
my engrish is veery good!
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http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=23891.msg264241#msg264241
Found my first post \\o//, Go utorrent lol.
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@Seperot: Not only do you feel old. But you *are* old...in PS timeline at least. ;)
Aside the 1337-ness and respect you earn with grey hairs (if not on your head, at least in the eyes of others), there is also a time when you realise that a new generation has grown up. A generation that you saw running between you legs, that you fed when they were ba-/new-bies. It's when they start talking with wisdom that you realise how old you are. :)
Not only do we spend time IC together, from annoying newbies to rambling oldbies. But if we shared some OOC personal friendship, it's weird to see how our lives have changed over time. Zanzibar was right (he should stop doing that, I'll get used to it) to remind us that we seldom see/know the real person behind the internet prism. There are only a few I was close enough to say I really knew them. All of them changed and too many departed. :'(
It's a luck the oldest posts are not always made on the first day or on the same account. Moderators would be asked to remove them just in case they could be bumped.
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Well well well, Phin is a little nostalgic.
Indeed, I have that feeling myself, that I'm growing old together with some people around here. I remember I was just a kiddo when I first "made contact" with PlaneShift, and the game was in its early stages. That, if it could have been called a game, being more "on the paper".
I think one of the first persons I've ever talked was Washi, Paul Shane for who knows. He was a member of the PR dep. at that time. It happened on IRC, in a channel which I believe it hardly had 5-7 people online. That was in the end of the glorious year 2001.
I was playing Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption then, online I mean. It also was the time when Black Order, maybe a common name, but a damn common name for which I stayed several hours on my sofa to "make it". It was a clan for Vampire, soon becoming one for PS. It did write history here, and it sure "shaped" me since it was created. I have so many memories related to the Black Order and PlaneShift, it's funny you know. 'Ehh, it became a way of life. A few weeks ago I found some papers with some information about it, and it sure put a smile on my face.
I was mesmerized by the thought I could help a project such as PS, and I did, in a way. I became a member of the PR dep. and after little time, with FireStorm's departure, I also became the leader of the department. This was in the year 2002. I say it once again, I was a kiddo, a kiddo who started working in the games development area. I put the word "working" in italics, because mostly I didn't do that, it was more "playing", I was having fun I believe. But I thank this project because it made me eager to learn more about this industry, it made me eager to create, to work in this domain. And I am. Later this summer, Ankh Entertainment S.R.L. (www.ankhent.com) turned into reality, it's the games development company I own together with two of my friends.
I've met so many people in here, some left, others came, or simply people who stayed here no matter what. It's the only community, which can be called a community. And that will never change, no matter who will be here. I've also met people who turned out to be very good friends, and not just in PlaneShift. Phinehas is an example, he did help me many times regarding some events of my personal life, he made me open my eyes sometimes, or simply he was just there to listen to me when I needed someone.
Don't know, I'm the kind of person who stays a lot outdoors, I go in clubs/discos every weekend, different kind of trips and everything, I have a relative large circle of friends, a girlfriend who I love, uhh, but I never forgot to check PS from time to time. Speaking of my girlfriend, some of you might know her, Cherry (Alina). I always tried to "drag" the ones dear to me in here, and sometimes I succeeded.
I checked my first post in here, I kinda laugh hehe.
Hi.
I want to say that a new clan of Plane Shift had been formed - Black Order - (actually has about 2 months..but now everyone can join - Black Order is the 7th clan of PlaneShift...). The address is
www.black-order.go.ro
And from that simple English I had, I turned out into this: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/30201467/
I was in high school in the end of 2001, now I'm a student of one of the most famous Universities in Romania, studying Public Relations and Communication. This, after I dropped the last two Universities I was attending to. I like the way things went, and 2006 sure was unique for me.
I have many moments, important to me, related to PS as well. I remember when I had the eye surgeries, god, it sure were some of my dark moments. It's really hard to forget let's say Mogura, who then actually kept my informed via my mobile phone about how things are in here, she was asking me how I'm feeling and stuff. Nice uhh?
Phin you were right, I don't need to keep for myself some things. On the 12th of December I'll have an eye surgery again at the right eye, cataract. It was formed due to the last intervention, it's logical in a way. I feel I wanna' scream sometimes, but mehh, looking forward to pass this as well, I have the "right" people near me. Oh well, I wanted you to know so some of you won't shout "he's gone again!", the operation will keep me away from the pc for a while. Smile.
:)
What can I say more, I'd like sometime in the future to have a meeting with some of the members of this community. For me, they're friends. I never kept a border between "real life" and people from here. And I suggest you to do the same, that's the way things should be. PlaneShift "shaped" me in a way, and I'm glad for that. And I hope you realize I'm not referring to the game here. PS is more than just that game "where you walk and kill a monster". Phin, Induane, Val, Jekkar, Kiern, Aelya, Grono, Sep and many many others showed me that.
I guess I've already said too much, so I'll come to an end.
Farewell, and see ya next year, and the next one after the next year and so on! And if I forgot something to say, don't worry, it's somewhere hidden in my mind.
:innocent:
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Fishy. One of my first posts with this account(had an older before, called "Belark") was this...
Ummm, i made a picture of a Broonin. Guessi thought ?t was a good idea and the idea gave me new inspiration Smiley
Well, here it is:)
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f78/Belark/Broonin2.jpg
I had a bit of a problem with shadows. Maybe it\'s not enough or too many of\'em but someone encouraged me to send it so here it is:) In last minute i forgot the arms but i guess the branches on its trunk are those. Might put\'em there if you want me to. This Broonin is sort of wakening up after winter or is just going to sleep on a huge boulder, judging by that the young Broonin can fit it with roots and all. Pretty good place to lap sunshine while keeping distance from lumberjacks Smiley
Well, i guess i\'m done critisizing this enourmous picture, and i guess this belongs in the fan art section Sad [DOH!]
[I\'m Belark BTW, this is my school alias]
. . . .>.>
/me is grabbed by his throat just when he turns to leave the room
Uh, yeah, i've been meeting alot of great people, some I have grown attached to, some've joined the devs, i've had alot of tips and stuff to see on these forums, helping me with my artsing, i'm really happy to be here and is going, i've spent alot of time on this forum, ok, at least before, i've been busy helping people with the KCP which is apparently set on ice until further notice, apparently. I've had alot of support and fun with this community, a real greatr community actually, forums have gone haywire but we've stayed intact under the guidance of our mods, Devs saying hello like most Dev's don't, discussing with the community, getting it to contribute, lifting up new artist to WTB's, this sure is a community of success.
I salute you!
/me sneaks out the backdoor
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Zanzibar was right (he should stop doing that, I'll get used to it)
If you haven't gotten used to it by now, then you never will.
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My first post.
hi i currently have the game running in mandriva, xp ans xandros but i have run into a problem with fedora core 4. the error message i am getting is : error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file
can anyone tell me which package i need?
i did a \"yum install libstdc++\" and that did not seem to solve the problem.
all in all though good job on the installer
I did finally get it to work. And I no longer use FC4.
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Well, my first post is a surprisingly literate entry in the Wish List:
on: January 22, 2004, 02:48:37 PM
I wish there could be a freer combat system. Most mmorpgs are heavily based around combat. Wouldn\'t it be nice to be able to use different weapons however we wanted, instead of standing there watching little numbers while we hit the monster, then the monster hits us, then we hit the monster etc. I wish we could use the mouse or keys to actually swipe or stab, or aim. They would only have to be very general, but it would infinitely improve the freedom of the game. Just think, if you saw someone else struggling, you could just whip out a bow, aim, and place a few arrows in the foul beast\'s head. This would also enable you to fight more than one enemy at a time. None of this would have to change experience levels, or weapon stats or anything, it would just involve the player so much more in the combat.
Three minutes later... the horror begins.
on: January 22, 2004, 03:21:26 PM
Lol, that was cruel! Very cruel! I like it!
Anyway, like Sangwa, a lot of the people here have meant a lot to me. I can think of numerous times when Annah would cheer me up when I was depressed because I take everything too seriously. I appreciate the people I meet here. I would put in a list of names, but I don't think I could remember everyone, and would hate to leave someone out.
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it was all me realy phin... you dont have to care about anyone else >.>
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Oh yes. I have such fond memories of you doing some awful godmod RP at the forums at the bbb. :P
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godmod? naa i am a god.. so i was just roleplaying naturally :P
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I came 5 days ago, everyone seems nice (or at least silent) to me,
Ok, if you need a huge world (I know it\'s a demo but one town isn\'t enough) you could distribute a simple map editor. Then take map submissions and add the best ones.
Just an idea...
Not too many people from my "generation" continue to meander about here. Though I find it hard to believe it has only been three years. I've always been me though
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First posts? What?
December 04, 2004
so...whats up with people always rolling dice? i mean what does it do and how do you do it?
Yeah... I am ashamed. I was once a newbie!! *gasp*
Though I probably still am too.
I fail to feel the whole growing old together thing as much as Phinny here, but in a few years I'm sure.
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Two years ago, today... a new moon came into this land.
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Before you wave your magic wand and set me afire, let me say that I spent the last three hours Searching the forum and reading posts on the subjects I wish to expand upon.
First, portals and instant transportation. The fear that this will ruin PS is well founded. However, players may have the need or wish to get to their destination quickly. So here is my solution: Draw inspiration From Robert thJordan?s ?The Eye of the World? (a must read book) and create a form of the Ways.
Imagine this... The sting of an assassin?s Shendar Beetle poisons a wealthy merchant?s daughter and she has only hours to live. In desperation, he calls on the aid of your group of heroes to find the only known cure , a four days journey away in the far off Cliffs of Asuran. It looks hopeless. BUT WAIT!! There is still the Ways! Asuran is only a half-hour away by the Ways. You know, however, that as the distances are compressed, so too are the dangers. ...
[ Click the quote's link to see the full thing. -Monk]
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heh xD My first posts have such bad spelling.. like 'u' instead of 'you' :P I was a n00b spellzor. However I still agree with a fair bit of the content.
*shakes his ban stick around a bit*
I wonder at what point I evolved o.0 *checks posts*
I miss the Cabali days :| Back when the forums were alive with schemes and plots and flame fests and elitists and rejection of every new guild which threatened.
"In the guilds forum alone, there are:
A total of 17 Cabal based threads,
Containing a total of 2022 posts." xD The guild got banned from having forum threads because we were so popular :P
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I miss the Cabali days :| Back when the forums were alive with schemes and plots and flame fests and elitists and rejection of every new guild which threatened.
I miss those days too. We could bring them back, but I'm going to need a little backup. It's rather hard being elitist and rejectionist all by your lonesome, although, to my credit, I'm doing a dandy job.
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heh xD My first posts have such bad spelling.. like 'u' instead of 'you' :P I was a n00b spellzor. However I still agree with a fair bit of the content.
*shakes his ban stick around a bit*
I wonder at what point I evolved o.0 *checks posts*
I miss the Cabali days :| Back when the forums were alive with schemes and plots and flame fests and elitists and rejection of every new guild which threatened.
"In the guilds forum alone, there are:
A total of 17 Cabal based threads,
Containing a total of 2022 posts." xD The guild got banned from having forum threads because we were so popular :P
hehe I just saw some of your old posts, you weres saying lol awfully often xD
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Well, I know im not an Oldbie but I also dont consider myself a newbie anymore. So,here comes my 1st post:
my favourite thing is the fact it supports resuming failed downloads, great for ppl (like me) with a connection that has a tendency to drop out at the most inconvenient of times
that was about a decent direct download server, just thought it was cool at the time ;)
Well, ive not known many of the people who come here who arnt members of a guild that ive been with. But, on the whole your a nice bunch and I wonder if I and you will be here in 3 years time.