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Schrödinger's Cat wrote:I AM LEAVING FOREVER UNTIL I RETURN IN A FEW <s>YEARS</s> MONTHS. I leave tomorrow.

FUNGAHHH DON'T BREAK THE COMMUNITY WHILE I'M GONE

K THX BYE.

MadTom wrote:Leaving.

Schrödinger's Cat wrote: FUNGAHHH DON'T BREAK THE COMMUNITY WHILE I'M GONE

DAMMIT FUNGAHHH

Leaving.

Leaving.

(post friendlified by nadir)

Hmm.

also schroedinger's cat although madtom may have left forever and ever and ever, people have started using zzt again a bit more than they used to

i released a new version of chickenwire last month

also i finished the graphics for mrwaif and sent them to dos although i don't think he replied to the email i sent him

dos, why don't you return my calls ;;

because... because there is still one board with my ugly graphics on it.

zamros wrote: Or maybe you left the ZZT community in a hissy fit 3 years ago, only to come crawling back now!

I quit 3 times already. Fucking nostalgia.

Dr. Dos wrote:because... because there is still one board with my ugly graphics on it.

WHICH ONE

I'LL KILL THE BASTARD

Welcome to Robotropolis

Before the nuclear bomb board.

but i like that board!

Did I ever formally introduce myself? I suppose I should. I've been a fan of ZZT for a few years now, but I'm still in my teens and was a bit intimidated at first when I saw that everyone else here joined in the late 60s. So for a while I contented myself with the classics. I've grown up a bit since then and decided to join the wonderful world that is z2. Well, mostly wonderful. I was weirded out by the emoticons and "Moosekia rules with an iron fist," but I liked what was going on. After my first few games died out before I really got rolling, I decided maybe I should talk to someone else and ask for ideas, and maybe that would keep me focused long enough to finish something.

I have two brothers and some friends that sometimes help me playtest my current project, PortalZZT. I also like Icehouse, Homestar Runner, OOTS, 8-bit theater, and I play dungeons and dragons with my friends when we manage to arrange a play night without someone canceling or forgetting. I'm not too good at remembering celebrities' names (or anyone's for that matter), I don't watch a lot of si-fi, and the only real programming language I know is Java(I'm assuming ZZT-OOP, Pascal, and TI-83+ Basic don't count). So, I'm sorta geeky, but I miss a lot of references.

I discovered ZZT when looking for a simpler alternative to the OHRRPGCE for making games, and recently discovered the reason for my attraction to ZZT, as well as several other hobbies: It's all about doing more with less. Designing cool games with only a handful of built-in tools? More with Less. Making pretty shapes with a loop of yarn? More with Less. Ascii art? Boondoggle? Icehouse? Harmonicas? All hobbies of mine at one point or another.

MY LIFE IS STARTING TO HAVE A MEANING, AND ZZT IS FUELING IT!!!
oh, and this means I now have an excuse to use one of those wacky emoticons.


I should probably copy this rant onto my ZUltimate profile page that I have now because I think wikis are great and I rant a lot. I'll go do that.

Also?

*ducks in case anyone was offended by the comment about ZZT-OOP.*

haha icehouse.

also the 1970's join date was a symptom of a board crash a while ago.

Icehouse, the pyramid game. Not the drug or whatever else it means.

http://www.icehousegames.org

i thought you meant the cheap beer, which made the whole "doing less with more" thing pretty funny!

Yeah, I can see how that would have sounded funny.