The Ur-Quan Masters Discussion Forum

Alrighty then. In the last few weeks we've had a LOT of new people coming aboard, and posting like maniacs. Seeing as there are so many new and old members around suddenly, I thought It'd be fun to create this topic where we all introduce ourselves just a little bit. or it might not, I guess I'll see how fast this subject disappears off the chart...

So, what I'd like you to tell is simply:

1.What kind of poster you are
2. Best moment in SC2
3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
4. One hobby
5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
6. A fun fact about yourselves.
7. Anything else that feels valid and important

I'll go first...

1. I'm a manic and periodic poster, meaning at some stages I'll post like crazy, and then at other's there will be several days during which I only write a reply or two.

2. When I set sails intop Androsynth space to try to talk my distant cousins into allying with me. I was flying on full combat alert, prepared to be hailed by a battlegroup of merciless Guardians at any time, expecting instant death. And this strange race appears, there are no androsynth, not even any traces!! that was spooky... Of course, once I found the homeplanet it got worse...

3. At the moment a series about a detectuive called Charlie Parker, the latest one called "The White Road", written by John Connolly.

4.I rather like cooking actually. Being a student I mostly just make something quick, but every now and then a few of us get together and cook something cool.

5. I am a student, aiming to become a diploma engineer in process technology.

6. I can twist my right hand into a claw, just like Jim Carrey. Only mines scarier...

7. that's pretty much it. I also come up with fascinating Xenophobic topics, so I thought I'd make an exception woith this one.

Haha.. I bet this would catch on..
I was just watching my post count (1 more for Smell Controller!) so I thought I'd check out this Lukipela and his poll.. who would post a poll!? bah!

I'll do my best though :P

1. Well, those who've read my posts would see that I did my homework on SC history, and in many cases I find myself going "..actually, he said she said that they and here -quote follows-, so there!" ;) Lately I'm hard into finals so I usually just post crap =)

2. Well, I'm sure I could find a better one, but the first thing that came to my head was when I was almost beaten with low crew and fuel, in the old PC version, and I had to sell my last lander, and whooops! I pressed twice..  hehehhe =)

3. Well there's this fantasy series by Roger Zelazny about the city of Amber.. check it out (recommended!!) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0380809060/qid=1049831958/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_3_4/202-8302668-7599007). And The Hobbit was good ;)

4. Creating theories and testing them on people. I guess that's why I don't have anyone to test it on lately..

5. Accomplished Physicist +/- science philosophy. In a few years when you ignite your flying car from Back to the Future 2, you'll know who to thank  ;D

6. A fun fact about me?.. I'm not fun. hehe. err!

7. Don't look directly into the sun. Or an unprotected UV lamp!. Oh, and don't trust girls! EVER!

:)

comon people, don't leave me and Lukipela all alone here!


EDIT: *Smell* Controller! YESSSSSS!   ::)

1.What kind of poster you are
Regular. IIRC, #2 in raw count. Yikes... If you want me on your wall, you should use sticky-tack or tape rather than a nail. They hurt.

2. Best moment in SC2
Sending the Pkunk home... again...

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
... where to start? Lord of the Rings, Ender's Game, Snow Crash (barring the ending)... if you consider that it has been published in books, the webcomic Sluggy Freelance...

4. One hobby
I make stained glass. I'm also writing a fantasy novel, and it's coming together. Not writing fast enough to make a living at it (1 book per 7 years? ouch).
Also, I make stained glass
(forgive me, two hobbies!)

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
Physicist. Currently working as a programmer.

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
I can finish the Kessel run in under 5 parsecs. Umm, I mean, I like Swimming, and competed in high school, swimming very distance of race -- 50 yard, 100 yard, 200 yard, and 500 yard.

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
My motto is, "As I would not be a slave, so would I not be a master"  --Abraham Lincoln
Yeah, there goes my marauding Kohr-Ah image...
Alternately,
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. -- Bertrand Russell


btw...
Don't trust girls? Are you 12 or something? It's don't trust WOMEN!
;) no, just kidding.

1. Hehehe, The only reason I really post is to try and stump the SC geniuses. You know who you are.  ;D Actually, I probably post to try and answer questions as best I can. (same reason most of us are here)

2. When you ask the Slylandro about their "glowy things", or I do like it when Zex screws himself over by releasing the animal.

3.Flatlands.

4. I'm a musician, play drums for a local band, we got 4 albums out, and have some stuff online. We might get a contract, but it's only small-time.

5. Well, not really sure. I want to get some sort of video degree and i think my father wants me to get a degree in physics, but thats about it.

6. I have every Beatles album ever made, including a rare vinyl with them as Rory and the Hurricanes playing in Liverpool. And, also, as a baby i was 26 inches long!! :o :o :o

7. I'm 14

Well, here goes...  I pity whoever reads these boring facts about my life.   ;)

1. What kind of poster you are - I post because I can...  I can because I post.  Actually, I'm just another fan of the series and I just wanted to find some people who loved the new UQM remake.  I also like to argue and piss people off...  So sue me.   ;D

2. Best moment in SC2 - Finally learning why the Melnrome's bridge background turns purple!  Oh wait...

3. Favourite book ever (one or several) - Probably The Quiet American by Graham Greene.  It was just recently made into a movie starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser.  It's the ultimate Vietnam novel.

4. One hobby - Uhm...  long walks on the beach.  Oh, I thought it said turn-ons.  Uhm, I like to ski.

5. What you are/want to become in the real world. - I want to become a rich, powerful lawyer.  That way I can criticize people and yell without getting in trouble.

6. A fun fact about yourselves. - Well, my selves are quite unique, one of my personalities enjoying fine wine and french bouquets, the other fancying pro wrestling and pork grinds.

7. Anything else that feels valid and important - I'm highly controversial... and I wouldn't have it any other way.

1. I post about a dozen times every two or three days, first answering the newest ones, then working backwards from the older posts down to the newer ones. I'm about three quarters done at this point.

2. Being just barely blasted into oblivion by the fifth and final Ur-Quan in a fleet, and cursing irritably at the conquering Ur-Quan with one crew member--- only to see them collide with a planet during the victory ditty.

3. Lots of books, really. My favorite aren't sci-fi actually, they're sweet romances. I guess Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey is pretty good, though I really like Earth Song by Catherine Coulter as well.

4. Hobby? I like writing poetry... and short stories. Does that count?

5. Well, I used to be a computer science major at UCLA, but I dropped out when I realized coding made me vomit. Erm... I'm not sure what I want to be yet. I'm good at a lot of things, like counseling, computers, accounting, biology...and according to my English professors I'm good at writing. But as for what I want to be? It's still beyond me. *sigh*

6. I'm a study in opposites and unpredictability. I'm a Gemini and I don't put any stock in Zodiac signs. I'm a complete geek girl but I also hate math. I'm a computer potato but I've a black belt in a martial art and I look like a damned goth. I love reading books but I hate having to set aside time to read. I have a really bland sense of humor but I love joking around. I love my friends dearly but I hate getting close to anyone. I can't sing without practically shattering mirrors, but I love to sing. I can't take a compliment about my appearance but I'm always obsessed with how I look. I'm obsessed with angels but I'm also told that I'm obsessed with the concept of being evil. About a million other things as well, actually!

7. I hate talking about controversial issues, and that's why I haven't made a single commentry in the thread regarding the war. I don't mind people holding their own opinions about things, or even unpleasant opinions about me, but I prefer being able to talk with people who won't let their opinions about people get in the way of treating others with respect. I have a notoriously short temper (I should've been a bloody redhead) so there are times when if you're particularly out for my blood you'll be able to get my goat so to speak, but I also calm down rather fast as well.

1) I post when I have something to say.

2) Best moment would have to be reshaping the Thraddash culture... "I have it!  Culture 20!"

3) Lord of the Rings trilogy

4) Roleplaying Games!

5) Computer programmer and/or lawyer

6) I was born with black hair.  Then it all fell out and grew back in platinum blond.  It has slowly darkened all my life.

7) fnord.

What kind of poster you are

I tend to post a few times a day on any of the topics that I really want to talk about (I'm a total melee junkie) or, failing that, somehow get my attention.

Added: As of now, I almost never post on UQM anymore. I'm clear on pretty much everything about the game now and don't plan on playing it again until these remixes are done. I lurk here occasionally and post once in a blue moon.

2. Best moment in SC2

My first encounter with the Orz. I was just laughing my ass off at how strange they were. Later, a sort of respect for them came over me the first time I flew the Nemesis.

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)

Spot, baby.

4. One hobby

Just like Omni Sama, I'm also very fond of skiing.

5. What you are/want to become in the real world

I'm a high school student with many vague ideas but no real goals about what I what I want to do with my life. Points of interest: human psychology, cooking, gaming, anime, military, and all things humorous. There's probably more I can't remember at the moment.

6. A fun fact about yourselves

Unlike some people, I don't feel the need to pretend I am/actually be a physicist. And, ah, I like animals.

7. Anything else that feels valid and important

I'm incredibly pesimistic and sometimes malicious. In spite of that, I consider myself to be a fairly secure and happy person.

"Never trust girls" is far too global a statement. Females, like us males, come in all different mind-sets. A common mistake made by guys is to assume every pretty girl is kind and considerate by default. If you avoid this mistake, you should be relatively safe. In addition, never use pick-up lines.

1.What kind of poster you are
I post rarely.  But I read almost everything as long as it interests me.
2. Best moment in SC2
Hmm.  Probably my first time on a Ruby World.  Got lucky enough to find one without hotspots or earthquakes but a LOT of exotics.  Hell yeah!
3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
Currently, Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong.  Overall, I could probably name a dozen... authors.  I like David Eddings, Tolkien (Silmarillion is actually digestable the second time!), Salvatore (I only have 4 of his, but he's written a bunch), and a buncha others.
Censored: I did read Nine Princes in Amber when my brother recommended it to me but I don't have the money for the whole Amber set.  Maybe I can borrow it from my brother.
4. One hobby
Reading's always fun.  Oh, and of course computer games.  I occasionally ski, but this has been a crappy year :/
5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
Well, I'm a High School senior with 20 some odd days to choose where to go to school.  I'm thinking I'll go where my brother goes but I'm gonna visit the possible ones soon.
6. A fun fact about yourselves.
Uhh... Fun?  I drink only generic pop, except when brands can't be avoided.
7. Anything else that feels valid and important
Frungy sounds like it's really fun.

even though ive been around a while i seldom post unless im moved to do so. this includes helping any one who posts with thoes "i dont know how to do this?" questions. most of the time no one answers them so i take up the challenge or lack of.
the best moment of sc2 that really brought a smile to my face, was brining to bare a chmmr avatar laser broad side a ur quan dreadnaut. watch as his ship goes up in flames. ;D
the best book ive ever read would have to be "the stand" by stephen king. it was very hard to put down. i recommend this to any one who likes the "end of the world" storeies.
one hobby-one word-games-easy ;)
i am a 29 year old millwright in training. i guess youd say im one of the guys in a space suit welding up the holes in the precursor ship. (if this story was real, that is)
lets just skip the facts
i hate being told im too old for games. though sometimes looking at this forum i feel that may be... NO im not too old, period. if i wanted to be an ass about my age i suppose i could say i played this game while most of you were chasing the ice cream truck down the street. but im not an ass and age doesnt matter. i play, i have fun, i share, enough said~DEFIANT

1) What kind of poster you are
I only post when I feel I have something relevent to add to the conversation. Most of the time I just lurk.

2) Best moments in SC2
Well there was this one specific moment. It took place right after I started up the game and ended right after the closing credits.

3) Favorite authors/books
Anything Tolkien (including all the stuff that had to be published by Christopher Tolkien), Terry Pratchett (my girlfriend got me into the Discworld series and I'm currently on book 14), Stephen King, and Mark Twain. I've read some Dickens, Shakespeare, and some Jules Verne (but not much). Books I recall enjoying include River God, Serpent in the Sky, Millennium Rising, The Samurai's Wife, Sherlocke Holmes stories, and too many others to go into. =)

4) Hobbies
Reading, writing, and arithmetic. Yes I actually enjoy mathematics, I'm hopeless. But gaming, philosophizing, and a subtle charisma keep me from being too dreary.

5) What you want to be
Hell, I dunno! I've always wanted to be a writer, but I have such an affinity for mathematics. I've had people tell me I'd make a good mortician. I'm still trying to figure out if they're kidding...

6) A fun fact
I spend far too much time sitting in front of the computer.

7) Other relevent info
I, like nearly every person here, await the day that the true SC3 is made.

1.What kind of poster you are

The kind of poster who disappears for days at a time and usually only comes here when the other two boards I'm on are slow.

2. Best moment in SC2

Fwiffo!

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)

Too hard to choose. Hitchhiker's Guide would probably be the obvious answer.

4. One hobby

Gaming! ... lots of it!

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.

I'm a history major, with plans to be a history teacher at some point.

6. A fun fact about yourselves.

I spend way too much time doing everything BUT homework. Like right now.. I should be reading something..

7. Anything else that feels valid and important

FRUNGY! THE (valid and important) SPORT OF KINGS!

What kind of poster you are - Mostly a lurker, but I've been around since the beginning, so thats why I have a decent amount of posts  ;D  All of the "What ifs" and "Lets Analyze every detail of the game to death" topics don't really interest me that much.  Not just related to Star Control, but I'm also like this with movies, books, TV Shows, other games, etc.  Its just the way I am and saves time for more watching/playing  ;)

Best moment in SC2 - Spending hours trying to escape from hordes of Kzer-Za and Kohr-Ah Ur-Quan deep in their space. :P

Favourite book ever - a tough one, I'm not much on reading

One hobby - I play Classic Battletech board game with friends  in real life.  I paint the miniatures and all that.  Here's another hobby... I'm a big fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff, Angel.  Was a huge fan of Firefly until FOX cancelled it.  I'm still bitter about that!

What you are/want to become in the real world. - Systems Developer/Programmer Analyst/Consultant/Technical Architect/Systems Integrator in the real world.   Have you seen these shows on the Discovery Channel and History Channel where people travel around the world telling us how things work or telling us the history of things?  I think thats my dream job.  In fact, I'd love to know how the guy that does "Hands on History" got that gig???

A fun fact about yourselves - Oh I don't know... I still love the Transformers from when I was a kid.  My car is RED and I have an Autobot window sticker in my back window.  My license plate says "SDESWPE".  I'm still a dork, yes  :P

Anything else that feels valid and important - I'll go to my grave waiting for another Star Control game if one never happens.  Thats the REAL reason I'm still around :)  I really don't know what would happen if TFB put out another Star Control game and it rocked.  My life might be complete then  ;)

1.What kind of poster you are
I have no Idea;  probably a little bit like Cliff Claven would be if he were a StarControl fan.

2. Best moment in SC2
Finally talking with the Chenjesu on Procyon, and finding out what their plans were.  I really wanted to get some Broodhomes for my fleet, but was willing to compromise. ;)

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
Flying Dutch - Dry British humor (humour), like Douglas Adams, applied to the story of the Flying Dutchman

4. One hobby
Programming

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
*nix systems administrator, inventor, Emperor of Earth (wait, you said real world, right?).

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
Oh, I'm a pepper.

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
He's a pepper. She's a pepper.
We're a pepper. Wouldn't you like to be a
pepper too?

Well, so far so good! i'm missing quite a few names here still though... and seeing as Primat keeps bumbing stuff to the top, my dear topic has fallen off the chart. whatever shall I do?? ??? Oh wait, I just did ;D

Btw, like your books ya'll. Most of it I've read, but there are certainly some things in there I want to try...

Well, since you broke the sequence, I guess I'm entitled to answer to Death_999 =)



Women? nah dude, women are old.. if they're still under 28 or so we still call 'em girls here ;) or more precisely - b... oh wait, Kohr-Ah Primat is a girl, no?
hehe sorry  ::)

*stares blearily* No worries, Censored. You're entitled to think what you want of a gender.
I don't particularly trust men myself.

1.What kind of poster you are:
New. To this board at list, I guess I just moved here from the pretty dead TW board, probably after everyone else did the same...
When I'm into it, I post like made and a lot. We'll see how interesting this place would be, hopefully it would.

2. Best moment in SC2:
Hmm... There were lots of parts that I liked... umm... when Tanaka return to the starbase with all his kids, when the Yehat joined me, when the Yehat and Pkunk sent help before the last battle, and when I've found the Arilou.
Another moment that really effected me is when I've met the Yehat for the first time. I was REALLY happy to find my allies and their strong terminators, and it got me really upset when I've found out that they betrayed me.

3. Favorite book ever (one or several):
The Wheel of Time, Ender's game, Death gate, Dragon Lace, Hyperion.

4. One hobby:
I like Transformers a lot, read TF comics and watching episodes, I hope it counts.
I also enjoy having ideas for a SC2 sequel, which is why I joined the TW team - to write a plot for the new game.

5. What you are/want to become in the real world:
I have no idea... My directions include advertising, programming, and writing... I really have no idea.

6. A fun fact about yourselves:
I see Chad wrote that he like Transformers in this field, but it would be unfair if I'll fill to fields with the same thing, right?
Oh, I know what might qualify- I use Word's Spell-Checker on every post I write, and people still complain about my English. I guess I just can't deal with all those times, In Hebrew there are only 3...

7. Anything else that feels valid and important:
At the spirit of warning that goes around here, I'll say this:
Beware of *THEM*!!!

1.What kind of poster you are
Dont post too much, mainly because the thing I wanted to say, was said, before I could say it... frustrating.

2. Best moment in SC2
Discovering Quasi-Space. My face looked like:  :o

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
Ahh hell... almost every T. Pratchett book, Dune, A Clockwork Orange, Nostradamus Ate My Hampster, Expiration Date (not sure if that's the english title)

4. One hobby
Nothing that really counts as a hobby... they come and go. Right now it would be programming.

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
President of Jamiaca or any kind of ruler of any tropical island

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
I look like Jesus Chryst

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
Nope

1.What kind of poster you are
  The kind who comes here whenever he remembers that there's a forum about the awesomest game ever.

2. Best moment in SC2
  When I was playing for the first time in years, and accidentally found found the quasispace portal right at the beginning of the game.

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
  Hmm.  It'd probably be easier to name which books I don't like.  I guess right now it would be the Harry Potter books.  The Ender series is also great.  My friend just told me there's a new Ender book that I'm going to have to look into.

4. One hobby
  Reading.

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
  I'm a student in computer engineering right now.  I want to create a new operating system that is more secure and easier to use than anything we have now, then flush Macrodiarrhea down the toilet.

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
  I have a blonde spot in the midst of all my brown hair.

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
  SC2 rocks!  It's so awesome that it is now opensource.  

1.Depends on the thread...

2. Watching the reaction of the Druuge representative after doing the Burvix Caster for Fuel trick on him.

3. Arcadia by Tom Stoppard  ( a play). Mad Men and Specialists by Wole Soyinka.  Short stories by Lu Xun.

4. Basketball.

5. Soon to be former teacher.  Entering law school next fall.
6.  well...  I am living in the Middle East right now.
7.  I have a question:  Do game companies need lawyers?

1.What kind of poster you are New...but I'd like to think I'm insane enough to add a bit of humor to the board
2. Best moment in SC2 The entire game? No, that's too cheap of an answer...how bout when you finish the game and all the races say all the crazy stuff. Or, finding the Slylandro for the first time (PC version...long ago).
3. Favourite book ever (one or several) Hitchhiker's Guide
4. One hobby Competition nose-picking...er...
5. What you are/want to become in the real world. Packaging Designer
6. A fun fact about yourselves. I have a baby daughter
7. Anything else that feels valid and important The Pkunk rule!!!

So, what I'd like you to tell is simply:

1.What kind of poster you are -  I'm the check-in-every-day-maybe-twice-and-post-on-whatever-I-see-relevant type.
2. Best moment in SC2 - One Fwiffo, 8 assorted Ur-Quan surrounding the SaMatra. Nuf said.
3. Favourite book ever (one or several) - Hmm, relevant to this crowd, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
4. One hobby - Boy, between becomming a daddy (in october. Yay) and going to school my hobby fountian has all but dried up. However, I'm kinda into animation and drawing. Edit - Oh, and I do balloon animals. (Hmm, I wonder if I could make a balloon animal picture. Hmmm.)
5. What you are/want to become in the real world. - Math Teacher.
6. A fun fact about yourselves. - Gonna be a daddy in October. Programmed a videogame years ago that now kinda sucks, but it was fun at the time. Edit - Also, I'm a really good balloon guy.
7. Anything else that feels valid and important - Did I mention I'm going to be a Daddy?

1.What kind of poster you are.
Check the site daily, make posts if I feel I can contribute to the thread, which is rarely ;-)

2. Best moment in SC2
Coming up with nicknames for some of the alien races,such as "Fish n' Chips" for the Umgah and "Farmer's Blow" for the Supox.

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
Read? ME? HAHAHAHAHA!! Nice one!

4. One hobby
Make crappy electronic music at home.

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
Independently wealthy and living in a cabin on a lake in the woods.

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
One of the folks on the music remixing project. Did the Arilou song.

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
Pisces. Not looking for females.

Well, letsee here.

1. Im a terrible lurker, only posting a couple times every 2-3 weeks. I'm a busy lil Androsynth!

2. Turning the Vindicator into a Spathi-Like ship. Full thrust/turn jets, 1 tail Hellbore, 3 trackers, 3 dynamos, 3 shivans, one storage bey and the rest in hi-eff fuel and crew pods makes for some interesting fights, try it. Favorite IN-game moment: Listening to the Ilwrath cater to my every whim as I impersonate Dogar and Kazon. Either that or blowing the living hell out of the Orz after I steal the Taalo device and get a little too curious about my culture vanishing from the face of the known universe.  >:(

3. Favorite book has got to be Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. If you haven't read it, DO SO.

4. I'm a terminal Quake addict, Prozac Custom Team Fortress to be exact (sol.net rules!)

5. Well, I'm gainfully employed in a drug store right now (8 bucks an hour to stock is nice) and I want to become a network security guru. Either that or discover Dimentional Fatigue for real (Orz not included.) Can you imagine the possibilities? No more evil oil companies! YAY!

6. Well, I was born, raised, and still am in Shorin-Ryu Matsumura Kempo Karate. I've been actively training for about a decade now.

7. Hm. Well, to bolster Luki's and my own lowered morale due to the fate of our race, ANDROSYNTH RULE! *Slaps a bumper-sticker on his Guardian that says, "Beautify Quasi-Space: Kill an Orz"* What else...hmmm... Good to see all you people, and to see that there's such a large fanbase. Not much else.

HI
1.I AM A FRIENDLY POSTER
2.KILLING ARILOU
3.DONT READ
4.TEASING CAMELS
5.A PIMP MASTER
6.I'M FRIENDLY AND I LOVE EATING SHEEP! THEY ARE SO DELICIOUS!(I RECOMMEND RIBS)
7.I LOVE YOU ALL

Ex-lurker. I post only when I feel I have something interesting to say.


Accidentally discovering by brute force how to get an alliance with the Thraddash. :D


Hmm... Maybe the Rama series (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/382/paperback/ref=pd_dp_series/102-4686397-5425728) by Arthur C. Clarke.


Programming, preferably games and multimedia. Any other programming is too much like work.


Working on my M.Sc. thesis in Computer Science. I should be working right now, not posting here. :)


I occasionally remix old computer game music. I'd try something from SC2, but I don't feel I have anything to add to the originals or remixes; they're just too good!


A few years ago, I worked on a game similar to UQM. It was never finished due to lack of resources; half the team disappeared and the rest are busy studying.

Hmm... After all this I don't think there's any point in trying to hide my identity on this board. ;)

Lurker mostly, rarly every post, but usally when I do its not some silly one liner.
'LOL me too!' *roll eyes*



Using the precusor bomb.  I travel all over space meet many new races, make a bunch of new friends, new enemies, fought and killed hundreds of ships, to be killed by that age old question "What does this button do?"




That implys I read.  I'm not a big reading person.



Anything electronic. =)



Am: Student
To Become: Let me know if you think of something. =)



Humm, I can solve the rubics cube in about 1.5 minutes.  I got a 0.0 GPA one semester at college.  Only person I know to get in an accident on my road test.  Car pulled out in front, I hit him, totaled both our cars and sent my instructor to the hospital.



Humm. I can't think of anything.

1.What kind of poster you are
Here, uh not much, we'll assume we're talking about TW as well.  Lurker mostly, somewhat helpful, somewhat of a "cheerleader," lol.  I check TW daily.  I've taken a more "meta" approach to these projects, working on my own with the editor and treating TW as one solid mass with CVS, as opposed to getting into the nitty-gritty details.  Very long winded in any case :)

2. Best moment in SC2
(WARNING: SPOILER) When trademaster Reddish talks about ancient history, only to reveal that the historical facts are actually current events, and that the main character has a role in all of it.  This was the moment when everything in the game came together.  

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
Douglas Adams.  lol O'Reilly book and textbooks, that's all I seem to read these days :)

4. One hobby
Reading gaming articles.  I think I've read every article on Gamasutra in the past year.

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
5 year plan: Game programmer, working on AAA games that break genres (almost a contradiction these days :(  )
30 year plan: Lead programmer on something I'm passionate about.  Owner of my own company.  Having a really cool watch that's more functional than attractive.

6. A fun fact about yourselves. [sic -- consider "yourself"]
I'm disturbingly focussed on getting into the gaming industry.  Hmm... fun...  I ascended in NetHack for the first time in November.  I tend to put everything into terms of NetHack or D&D, much to the shagrin of some of my friends who have never played either :)  I was a cheerleader in high school.  I also played football, but not at the same time.  I play three types of brass instruments (all musical, none of which involves the knuckles directly... you know, brass knuckles?).  

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
I spell colour with a U.  Why is it that every API spells things using amercian english?  I used to #define Colour Color to use international spelling as a rule in high school.  I have taken a martial art called Seikido, which combines Aikido and Tae Kwon Do.

Thread resurrected once more. Hallelujah!

EDIT: In tribute to a_s_b on the SC2 foums, I'll reply to guesst's answer above his. Stop your whining, it's good for your morale fibre to get to know your fellow forumgoers.  ;)

This thread is becoming more annoying than the pkunk in melee.

Since it's been kicked to the top, I may as well post as well.

1.What kind of poster you are
This being my first post in the two or three months I've been visiting, I'd be classified as a lurker. In the board I administrate (currently down) I'm a bit more of a frequent poster. Suppose I should start here sometime.
2. Best moment in SC2
Making only two whole mining runs in an entire run of the single player game, then running around on the collected hoarde of RU/credits to complete quests without mining again.
3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
The Hitchhiker series is really good, though I've never read the last book. Should get back to that again.
4. One hobby
Just one? Yeesh...freaking Androsynth and thier limitations. I shall stick to my Human tendancies and defy my former (or future?) slave. Programming (html, perl, php), music composition, random doodlings, map/mod making, and other random and miscellaneous unrelated things. Nyah.
5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
Wait, um. Real...world? You mean there's something out there besides the internet? Must be boring.
6. A fun fact about yourselves.
Myselves? Now I have to answer for multiple personalities? You Androsynth, I swear. First it's one of this, then several of that. Meh.
7. Anything else that feels valid and important
What feels valid and important? Dunno. I administrate a yabb not too different from this one. Until our host went down I was trying to ressurect an RP forum. And so on...

WARNING: Statements of a deragatory nature made by me toward the Androsynth should not be taken seriously. I don't want to have to hide under a table from Lukipela after my first post.

1.I post when i have to, or when i like to think i have too.
2. When the spathi were so cowardly they slave shielded themselves
3. lord of the flys.
4. i play the bassoon
5. prolly a musician (though getting paid to play starcon would be nice)
6. i dunno. playing the bassoon seems pretty strange.

1.I'm a poster without time... I do not reply as much as I'd like to, or you deserve ...
2. Best moment in SC2 : Reuniting the Yehat
3. Favourite book ever : Lord of the Rings
4. Hobby : Cars, emulation, retrogaming
5. I'm a Security analyst
6. I think I've played "International Karate +" more than anyone... I still play it nowadays  ;)
7. I'm a Star Control Addict

1.What kind of poster you are
Mostly intermittent, and generally lurking, I'm an emigrant from the desolation that was once the TW boards.  I'm also "kinda" new to the whole bulletin board concept, so I don't usually post unless I have something useful to say... Then again, sometimes I have talkative streaks...  :P

2. Best moment in SC2
When exploring for the source of the Melnorme probes, I got pretty frustrated that I couldn't find anything interesting in the system... Then, on a whim, I decided to check out the gas giant...  ;D

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
I'm currently a fan of George Martin's series, A Song of Fire and Ice, the last book being "A Storm of Swords".  David Brin's Uplift Series is great, though I think the second book, "Startide Rising" is the best one.  Btw, each book is more-or-less self contained.  Terry Pratchett's wit is fantastic.  I don't really have a "favorite"  ;)

4. One hobby
Lots of hobbies, but there is often downtime before revisiting.  Um, let's say, calligraphy.

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
I'm a "Biological Science Technician".  Sounds dry, right?  I'm trying to change careers and become a teacher.

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
SC2 got me very interested in PC music, especially since I had a PC speaker at the time and the music blew me a way!

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
I like good food?

EDIT- fixed grammatical errors

1.What kind of poster you are -
 I've just started here, but I guess I post when I really feel the  need to say something, I like reading more

2. Best moment in SC2
You might guess it with my name, any moment with the Yehat and their music is great. It's also fun making the Thraddash your bitch

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
I have several. The first love was Call of the Wild, by Jack London. Still is my favorite. A far second is Dune competing with Douglas Adams' books

4. One hobby
I study Chinese, as a hobby, and hope to become fluent in it one day(it's tough) if you know Chinese I'd appreciate help practicing

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
I will begin studying next year, chemistry. I hope to move into biology later on.

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
I enjoy beer, especially Guinness, and can flip together an impressive number of those bottom thingies in pubs

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
I enjoy this site, especially to know there are people who feel like me about this game, and its disappointing sequel.

Btw, I posted a message titled the groombridge project, and I hope you guys get around to reading it

1. far into the furtive/hateful domain...er...manic/sporadic... a flurry then off for weeks then back for another round.

2. in the credits where you see tanaka describe what he's been up to.

3. Cronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

4.Video games, wel duh! ...actually find the way to push the game to its extent, like in masters of orion 2 playing with subterainean race and conquering all but one small planet and terraforming all to gaea then see how many people are in my empire. or fastest win, or most money, I think you get the idea.

5. I am a computer tech, currently studing for my ccna.

6. I am double jointed in all finger except my pinkies... producing a sight, I expect like Jim carrey's though I've never seen it, and slide my glasses down to my nose and do a pretty good impression of the "help i've fallen and cat get up" lady... usually with some pretty good improv of the line.

7. I tend to play more stratagy based games though tactical is also enjoyable. Stratagy usually has poor story lines to it though. I have often dreamt of the be all and end all game... IMG (interlocking game modules, stolen from Rules of Engagement II) with mods for explore/rpg (starcon2), stratagic empire (MOO2), tactical combat (previously hypermelee, now Star Fleet Command 2), space shooter (Privateer II), marine shooter (Half-life, etc), and personally being no good half-life, etc...Marine tactical (Breach 3)

Rules of engagement 2 and breach 3 are from Impressions (long prior to sierra buy out. story lines arn't very big, but roe2 interface was best concept i've ever seen in my 17+ year of gameplay. and IGM is a concept i've never seen outside of the roe2 manual. BTW I'm absolutely that roe2 is abandonware, called impressions for a replacement copy around the time of the buy out, and spoke with one of the programmers... He told me that all impressions copywrights, and materials are owned by sierra now, and they likely will not produce replacements for roe2 even if I offer money. A call 2 months later confirmed it... customer support: "rules of what? We don't make that game." actual quote. further explanation of impressions products and buyout got me no further then a manager saying we won't be further support any impressions products produced prior to the buy out. I expect they wanted a few programmers, or an engine code, or somsuch, and used a blanket contract. pity. If any body has a working copy plz e-mail me.

Mike Guthrie
Wile E. Coyote
io74@mailandnews.com

Life is a journey... Another flat tire!?!

Holy crap! Reading 6. I see many similiarities... I don't know whether to fall in love, or run for my life.

Mike Guthrie
Wile E. Coyote
io74@mailandnews.com

Life is a journey...was that a cop I passed at 90?

P.S. why is Wiley my hero? He may get his butt kicked constantly, but i've never seen him fail to get back up.

1: I am a 'When I have time or trouble' poster.

2: Buying the 3DO version the day it was released in mint condition, in game - when the chmrr are created in a flash, making me think 'we' actually have a chance of defeating the baddies!

3: Ender's Game, Idiots guide to water polo

4: Water Polo

5: Starship captain, NX-01 Enterprise

6: I hate time travel!

7: We will find the Xindi Weapon!

1: I don't fully understand the question, but I am a long-time fan of Star Control 2 and I think it is the best game ever. I first played it in 1992, I think. If my count is accurate, I have completed it eight times.

2: The best moment was when I found out that Ur-Guan Masters (0.2) existed - I installed it - and I found out it works. I was able to play Star Control 2 again! After all those years!

3: Orson Scott Card - Ender (I also like Harry Potter very much)

4: soccer (I'm a goalkeeper)

5: a policeman

6: I'm 205cm tall and in the army at the moment (224 days left, that's the funny part)

7: I've made dozens of people try and love Star Control 2.

1.What kind of poster you are
2. Best moment in SC2
3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
4. One hobby
5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
6. A fun fact about yourselves.
7. Anything else that feels valid and important

Answer to 1) Me? I tend to go to hibernation at some times after posting ~50 messages and then start a mad freaking zombie massacre posting frenzy and get to 900 messages in 5 months ... well it happened on mtgnews.com :D

Answer to 2) Hmm, let's see ... probably seeing them Zoq-Fot-Piks arguing at the end credits. Boy I like that. Oh and don't forget the Ur-Quan! "Mary had a little lamb..."

Answer to 3) Favorite book? I rarely read, so I have to say R.A. Salvatores Ice Scepter (1st part) or whatever it was. It was neat.

Answer to 4) Hobby? MTG! Yay! There's nothing more to say.

Answer to 5) Uh, geez, this one's hard. Let's say a telecommunications engineer of sorts. Yeah.

Answer to 6) I can make ugly/stupid faces. I confess.

Answer to 7) Pie.

Guess who's back... It's the introduction thread! Woohooo!

While this topic is up again I might as well post.

1.What kind of poster you are
One that will post way to much and then slow down to way to little.

2. Best moment in SC2
Tricking my friend  into thinking the VUX limpets were really lost crew. (You can guess what ship he was!)

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
I guess Lord of the Rings

4. One hobby
Civil Air Patrol

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
Computer Programmer

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
I like building airplane models.

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
A dog who willl bark very loudly and scary like,  but will run as soon as someone gets close.  

1.What kind of poster you are

Dunno - yet, I'm new face here so let's see how it goes :)

2. Best moment in SC2

I always enjoy talking with Spathi and especially making alliance with them has always been my favourite

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
I read a lot! Hitchiker's guide to galaxy, historical novels (like Sinuhe by Mika Waltari and I Claudius (can't remember the writer)), major fantacy books (tolkien, eddings, salvatore, robert jordan, terry brooks, weiss&hickham,...) and I like privet detective stories

4. One hobby
I do draw quite a lot

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
I'm lousy engineer and want to become better artist :)

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
My husband nags that I spend too much time with my PC (which is almost always) - I mean it is usually other way round - dunno if that was a really fun fact :)

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
can't think of anything.....

Well, Almost a year in this forum... It is about time that I will post in this thread....

Anyway,

1. Pretty one? ;)
2. When I was a kid and I told the koar-ah "hold!What are you doing is wrong! why are you doing it to us?" and they stopped being violent. I thought I won the game, but as you know: I didn't.
3. All "Harry Potter " books. I could finish one of them in a night, but it isn't fun, is it?
4. Blowing and shooting people over the net in TO.
5. I want to be a normal person with a quiet life, no need fame or being rich.
6. I am always red for some reason. Maybe it is because I was drinking yammy red juices instead of water until I was 14.
7. I am proud to be Israeli, no matter what happened or what will.

1.What kind of poster you are
Not very often. I don't often find topics that interest me too much. I know, I know, I should make some then. However, I've played UQM through a few times and don't have many technical or background questions.
Besides, questions are often answered by one of the fantastic four pretty quickly...

2. Best moment in SC2
Beating the Thraddish into submission comes to mind.

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
Wow, that's a though one. I think that "Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas" by Tom Robbins is fantastic (anything by Tom Robbins is terrific). David Eddings books are pretty good too. "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula Le Guin is great.

4. One hobby
Programming. Why just one?

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
I'd like to combine by computer skills with teaching.

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
Myselves? Both of me? Well, we like to go for long walks by
ourselves. ;)

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
I feel valid and important. How's that?
I've spent some time going over UQM code, finding ways to change ship stats, change which races get which ships, etc.

Post as many hobbies as you like.

Or, betetr yet, after introducing your self here, skeedaddle over here (http://uqm.stack.nl/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=offtopic;action=display;num=1072607611;start=0#0) and tell us about your hobbies. This thread is strictly a one hobby thread, sorry ;)

1.What kind of poster you are

Sporadic at best, though I suspect that will change once UQM 0.4 is released.

2. Best moment in SC2

Running out of fuel 0.6 hyperspace units from Sol, after having played for 6 hours straight without saving, cursing long and loud thinking I'd have to restart, and having the Melnorme come along and save me.

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)

Aye carumba, where to start?  Probably my first year Biophysics textbook (yeah, I'm a nerd, so shoot me), or Sherlock Holmes.

4. One hobby

Gymnastics.  Seriously.

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.

I'm a programmer in the Real World (tm), working for these guys: http://www.nemmco.com.au.

6. A fun fact about yourselves.

I haven't cooked a meal in over 7 months, and the local pizza shop recognises me by voice over the phone.

7. Anything else that feels valid and important

er, I'm a volunteer with the local emergency services, and a private in the Army Reserves.  And I still haven't figured out the rules of cricket.

Maybe I should reanimate this thread in luki's absence,  BTW: the way if u see me in any online games I used The alias MikeSoAwesome.

1.What kind of poster you are  

Erratic, show up every 12 hours of so.  Or when DJ pushes me (it's more like we push each other.

2. Best moment in SC2  

When I finally got It running in Win 95 in 1995.

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)  

I'd have to say "Caves On Mars" (Uncertain if it's on or of) great book read it bout' 10 years ago.

4. One hobby

I bowl nuf' said

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.  

Computer Programmer/Networking.  A plan yet to be reached.

6. A fun fact about yourselves.  

I'm kind of an asshole watch "John Clese in How To Irritate People" u will get the idea.

7. Anything else that feels valid and important  
Despite what many might think I'm not 10 years old maybe I played SC2 when i was 10, but I'm Actually going on 20 and listen to Led Zeppelin own all their albums (CD's) and learned no one knows how to spell it.

1.What kind of poster you are

A new one.

2. Best moment in SC2

Content to Hover: "Uh-oh."

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)

The Marvelous Land of Oz

4. One hobby

I build boats.  (And sail them.)

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.

I'm a computer geek.  (Obviously.)

6. A fun fact about yourselves.

I've figured out a loophole for legal same-sex marriage in Ohio.

7. Anything else that feels valid and important

I just discovered "uqm" for Gentoo Linux, never having played SC1 or SC2 back in the day.  Is TFB planning to open the SC1 code, too?  If not, perhaps the UQM code could be used to remake it after 1.0 is finished?

Well, I should try this too...

1.What kind of poster you are :
I post occasionally, I have my posting waves, when they die off I stop visiting the forums I frequent and then remember them some day and resume posting.

2.Best moment in SC2:
Well, there are two of them, the first is the first time in Quasispace with the awesome PC music. It is still one of my favourites.
The second was my first meeting with the Orz. They made the game fun for me being wacky but dangerous.

3. Favourite book ever (one or several):
Definitley: Donnerjack by Zelazny and Lindskold. Yes, that Zelazny. It's so good I reread it every two months.

4. One hobby :
Cooking.

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
I will become a software engineer. I wish to be a part of a team writing a great game such as SC2 or Baldur's Gate II.

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
I used to tell people the brand names of the cars I saw when I was 1.5 years old. Now I can't tell most of them.

7.Anything else that feels valid and important
I loved SC2 because it was the first game that played music (and good music) through my PC speaker.

Sweet. I like to sail, but haven't been able to do that much recently...




care to elaborate?



IIRC, the SC1 code is lost to the sands of time. There have been ideas and debates on how to get a SC1-like full game set up, and someone set about beginning to implement it. I would like to hear how that is going...

HALLELUJAH!!!

Would you care to guess which thread has once more been resurrected from the dead? Yes, it's been quite a while, and there's plenty of new folks around. Seeing as the thread is a wee bit on the dusty side, I'm hereby declaring the thread open for reposts, if there has been significant changes in your life. For added fun, quote your old post and edit in the new answers!

1.What kind of poster you are
Moderate, I don't post that much lol

2. Best moment in SC2
Meeting and talking with the Thraddash. I love those guys.

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, or the Malazan Book of the Fallen series (prolly book 3, Memories of Ice)

4. One hobby
Hmm, hobby...I guess cooking...or rather experimenting in the kitchen

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
Im a student, with aspirations in research science. But we'll see lol

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
I love ska music!

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
Um.....I like cookies. But not any with raisons. So help me god if I find a raison in my cookie!!

1. EXTREME!!! 900 posts in 4 months!!! That's 7 posts a day for you math-haters!
I even got PM-ed by meep-eep who said:
And I'm slowly dropping at 3 posts a day.

I also like using sockpuppets, like Galvennmeister.
And using a ridiculous birth day for my profile.

2. When I found out about the Slylandro. It was after I had finished the game and I was exploring around to see if I had missed something.
Also, when I found the VUX Beast - you know, I had tried using the translation of Linch-Nas-Ploh to no avail... until I realized that Linch comes from Lyncis, and checked every planet in Lyncis. I found a strange looking creature and hunted it, with no hope of it being the Beast... when I got a lander message!!! HURRAH!!!

3. I really like the Dune series (in a gradient, the first book the most and the last ones the least).

4. I could say that I'm learning 3D modeling, in the hopes that I will someday make videos at least as good as Slylendro.

5. I'd like to become a biophysicist.

6. I'm always in one of the extremes.

7. Umm... I'M A VAMPIRE!!!

Huh. I probably missed the 2004 ressurection of this thread by a couple of months at most, I know I started posting here (and first discovered UQM) just after 0.4 was released. I guess I never went back to look.

1: I check daily, most often during some downtime at work (thank goodness this is one of the few sites that the stupid web filter didn't catch). I post when I feel I have something relevant to add (or just feel like posting, anyway). It's probably also worth mentioning that certain topics will consistently make me pop blood vessels after a short amount of time; I've been trying to avoid posting in them.

2: Finding Fwiffo for the first time. Boy, was I ever pissed when he slaughtered all those crew! But once I got to talking with him, he just made me laugh, and I didn't have the heart to atmoize him. Best decision I made during that first playthrough, perhaps, though I wasn't good enough with Eluders to keep him alive for the entire game like I do now.

Incidentally, I found him so amusing, that I ended up randomly quoting his dialog for a couple of weeks, wherever I felt I could work it into a conversation, often to people who had no idea what I was referencing. Good times. 8)

3: Anything by Terry Pratchett, because I couldn't choose a single favorite one of his books even if forced. I'm very fond of select works by many other authors, but Pratchett is the only one I read and thoroughly enjoy consistently.

4: I guess you could say that gaming is my main hobby, in all its myriad forms (PC, console, handheld, board, tabletop, pen & paper RPGs, card, etc. etc. etc.). I've amassed quite a collection over the years (primarily because I'm reluctant to sell or toss any of it; you never know when you'll want to pick those old game up again!).

5: Biochemist, Oligonucleotide synthesis. I've been working about 5 1/2 years now.

6: I never outgrew my love of Transformers from when I was a wee lad (much like several others on this forum, looking back). I still have boxes of the toys dating back as far as the early 80's, and I'll be headed to BotCon later this month. Alternator Skids guards the top of my dresser, and a reissue Optimus Prime signed by Peter Cullen sits on one of my other shelves (this will be relevant only if you're a fan of the cartoon, too).

7: I like using parentheses when I type, and find occasion to work them in frequently (could you tell?). I'm also rather fond of the semicolon; even if I may not be using it correctly, it makes me happy to throw one in on occasion as well. 8)

1.What kind of poster you are
I consider myself to be fairly frequest, if not as frequent as others. To be honest I dont add a lot tof value to dialogue outside of melee tournaments


2. Best moment in SC2
Finding the Slylandro - how cool!


3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
Er, obviously not original choices but hard to go past Hitchhiker's and LOTR

4. One hobby
I play Ultimate Frisbee!

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
Currently  a mindless government drone. Would like to save the world instead. I intend to run for God in the next election

6. A fun fact about yourself.
I have double jointed thumbs and elbows. Also used to play guitar ina  band, seems a long time ago now...


7. Anything else that feels valid and important
As well as working fulltime, I'm studying part time too - Geography post-graduate. This means I have no life.

Luki

You can't scare me with this Gestapo crap. I know my rights. I want my phone call.

Golly, just fill in the darn thing you nincompoop.

Alright adolf, don't get your leiderhosen in a knot, I wouldn't want my papers to be out of order.


1. The kind that Haunts your Darkest Nightmares.

2. The part where I drop the black egg on elan.

3. What, you don't have wikipedia in finland?

4. 3D artistry for freeware game projects. The Haunting of your Darkest Nightmares is more of a side hobby.

5. I am a computer virus, I can't exist there anyway. Or can I not exist as a computer virus? Whichever way my shrink said.

6. I don't eat terrestrial vertebrates like humans. Coincidentally I have a court order against approaching within 200 meters of a public pool or water access.

7. As a defense mechanism, I sometimes slip into a coma if asked to fill out a questionaire about myssssssssssss

Oh wow, it's weird reading posts I've written years ago. I was so much more friendly back then.

Yea, you were (except on political threads) and I was as well. Maybe we're going through a quarter life crisis or something.

1.What kind of poster you are
I mostly lurk. If I feel I have something useful to contribute that hasn’t been said yet, I’ll chime in. Otherwise, I’m content to read the various postings.

2. Best moment in SC2
Imitating Dogar and Kazon for the first time and getting the Ilwrath to say silly things like ‘dwe’ and ‘yuubuu’.

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
The Gap Cycle – Stephen R. Donaldson
Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
London Fields, Success, & The Rachael Papers – Martin Amis

4. One hobby
Aside from gaming? Hmm, well I really enjoy good live music. Especially the local variety played by some of the garage/punk bands in the area.

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
Nerf herder.

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
My neighbor’s kids think I look like Harry Potter.

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
Looking back, it’s really only by pure chance I got into this game. For reasons unknown to me to this day, one of my buddy’s grandparents decided to buy him a copy of the PC version of Star Control (maybe around 1990?). My local buddies all totally loved the game and we would play it to death whenever we went to his house. Then one day I saw Star Control II in a display case at the mall and couldn’t believe my eyes. My friend bought it a week or so later and we were blown away. The rest is history. (I was a Mac user back then, so I never had SC2 on my own PC until I found UQM 0.2.)

I will think of you in a completely new light when we melee

Maybe I should also join violating this thread's well earned rest.

1. What kind of poster you are
I am a lurker, I don't post... Ummm... Expect rarely

2. Best moment in SC2
Arilou at the ending credits and the starting cinematic & music.
Music was stunning, I had to watch that cinematic few times, whoa.

3. Favourite book ever (one or several)
Way too hard to choose. But here are some:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, several of Weis&Hickman Dragonlance books, Hyperion series. Alastair Reynolds scifi books.

4. One hobby
Coding, I suppose. I also like to read a lot.

5. What you are/want to become in the real world.
I work as a programmer in a large mobile phone company, though I'd like to code something more interesting. So maybe I'll start my own company someday.

6. A fun fact about yourselves.
In almost every picture that is taken of me, I look like I was photoshopped badly into that pic.

7. Anything else that feels valid and important
I wonder if this community could create "true" SC3, I'd be even joining. Though getting the background story is difficult, because everyone has hes/hers own ideas of it. And that also affects every part of gameplay.

New member, old fan...

I've lurked here on occasion, and finally decided to take the plunge.  So anyway...

Howdy all...