Happy Birthdy: 10th anniversary

"Stri" <geordiekid DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Nov 21, 12:30 pm, Patrick Vervoorn
<patrick.vervo... DeleteThis @NOSPAM.perihelion.demon.nl> wrote:
> In article <492565e0$0$90266$14726...@news.sunsite.dk>,
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>
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> Peter [AGHL] <plykkega... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> >"McG." skrev
>
> >> Half Life. It is still playable and still enjoyable. Right Now! TR and
> >> Quake *would* be too ...if they'd run on this rig!
>
> >Any quake servers up any more?
>
> >Check stats on steampowered
> >Players per game, eg
>
> >Cur Peak Game
> >---------------------------
> >468 783 Half-Life
>
> >As I said:
> >Which other PC game has accomplished this?
>
> Diablo II perhaps?
>
> Regards, Patrick.

Agreed. However it was Diablo 1 which I originally played online.
My first online friends were made on that game and as such still
holds a special place in the withered little nuggett that is my heart.

Still, the amount off people I've come to know through Half-life is
quite large.
It's quite sad I've lost touch with some of them actually...

Yeah. There are 3 games groups I got to know a bunch of people from. Even
spent a good deal of time with a few in real life. a.g.tombraider,
a.g.quake[x], and here, a.g.h-l.
1996 doesn't seem that long ago to me. That was when I got started with the
online game experience (quake) and in the game ng's (tombraider). I was
really hesitant to de-lurk back then. Got a couple horror stories from the
old dialup BBS days. I'm glad I did though. As great as the games can be,
it's the people that keep us coming back to the ng's month after month, year
after year.
McG.
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"Cannon Fodder" <gonfishn39.RemoveThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:43:29 -0500, "Lefty"
> <dbcampbell.RemoveThis@centurytel.net> wrote:
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>>I'd have to agree.
>>It awakened me to *global* gaming (and socializing).
>>
>>/me waves from across the water.
>>
>>Lefty [AGHL]
>>
> TWANG!!! For old times sake Cannon Fodder fires a quarrel through
> Lefys left eye on the BathroomRats map... Geeze, sure miss HLDM...
> Sure are a lot of us still hanging around....
> -
> _
> "All you health nuts are going
> to feel really stupid laying
> on your death bed dying of nothing..."

Got game! got server?
McG.
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"McG." <McCodger RemoveThis @comcast.ne> wrote in message
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> "Cannon Fodder" <gonfishn39 RemoveThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:43:29 -0500, "Lefty"
>> <dbcampbell RemoveThis @centurytel.net> wrote:
>>
>>>I'd have to agree.
>>>It awakened me to *global* gaming (and socializing).
>>>
>>>/me waves from across the water.
>>>
>>>Lefty [AGHL]
>>>
>> TWANG!!! For old times sake Cannon Fodder fires a quarrel through
>> Lefys left eye on the BathroomRats map... Geeze, sure miss HLDM...
>> Sure are a lot of us still hanging around....
>> -
>> _
>> "All you health nuts are going
>> to feel really stupid laying
>> on your death bed dying of nothing..."
>
> Got game! got server?
> McG.
>

Happy 10th HL!

BTW, haven't we been waiting 10 years for Duke Nukem Forever? If not, it
certainly seems that long


Bob
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"rjdriver" <rjdriversNOSPAM DeleteThis @cox.net> wrote in message
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> "McG." <McCodger DeleteThis @comcast.ne> wrote in message
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>> "Cannon Fodder" <gonfishn39 DeleteThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:43:29 -0500, "Lefty"
>>> <dbcampbell DeleteThis @centurytel.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I'd have to agree.
>>>>It awakened me to *global* gaming (and socializing).
>>>>
>>>>/me waves from across the water.
>>>>
>>>>Lefty [AGHL]
>>>>
>>> TWANG!!! For old times sake Cannon Fodder fires a quarrel through
>>> Lefys left eye on the BathroomRats map... Geeze, sure miss HLDM...
>>> Sure are a lot of us still hanging around....
>>> -
>>> _
>>> "All you health nuts are going
>>> to feel really stupid laying
>>> on your death bed dying of nothing..."
>>
>> Got game! got server?
>> McG.
>>
>
> Happy 10th HL!
>
> BTW, haven't we been waiting 10 years for Duke Nukem Forever? If not, it
> certainly seems that long
>
>
> Bob
>
Yep, at LEAST 10 years!
McG.
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rjdriver wrote:
> "McG." <McCodger.DeleteThis@comcast.ne> wrote in message
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>> "Cannon Fodder" <gonfishn39.DeleteThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:43:29 -0500, "Lefty"
>>> <dbcampbell.DeleteThis@centurytel.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd have to agree.
>>>> It awakened me to *global* gaming (and socializing).
>>>>
>>>> /me waves from across the water.
>>>>
>>>> Lefty [AGHL]
>>>>
>>> TWANG!!! For old times sake Cannon Fodder fires a quarrel through
>>> Lefys left eye on the BathroomRats map... Geeze, sure miss HLDM...
>>> Sure are a lot of us still hanging around....
>>> -
>>> _
>>> "All you health nuts are going
>>> to feel really stupid laying
>>> on your death bed dying of nothing..."
>> Got game! got server?
>> McG.
>>
>
> Happy 10th HL!


Echoed!


> BTW, haven't we been waiting 10 years for Duke Nukem Forever? If not, it
> certainly seems that long


Longer. It was apparently announced in April 1997. Whatever happens
now it is going to disappoint.
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"Cannon Fodder" <gonfishn39.DeleteThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:43:29 -0500, "Lefty"
> <dbcampbell.DeleteThis@centurytel.net> wrote:
>
>>I'd have to agree.
>>It awakened me to *global* gaming (and socializing).
>>
>>/me waves from across the water.
>>
>>Lefty [AGHL]
>>
> TWANG!!! For old times sake Cannon Fodder fires a quarrel through
> Lefys left eye on the BathroomRats map... Geeze, sure miss HLDM...
> Sure are a lot of us still hanging around....
> -


LOL, fine shooting mister.
Rats maps are the way to DM, that's for sure.

Lefty [AGHL]
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"Stri" <geordiekid.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Nov 21, 5:43 pm, "Lefty" <dbcampb....RemoveThis@centurytel.net> wrote:
> I'd have to agree.
> It awakened me to *global* gaming (and socializing).
>
> /me waves from across the water.
>
> Lefty [AGHL]
>
> "Neil Jones" <n....RemoveThis@designumbrella.com> wrote >> Three cheers for Gordon!
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> > Seconded. Without doubt the biggest change in my gaming life.
> > but it was HL that introduced me to the online
> > community, and provided the focus for friendships which have definitely
> > enriched my life... unforseen consequences indeed
>
> > Cheers
>
> > ___
> > Neil
> > aka HighVis
>
> > --

Hey Lefty!

Hey Scott, good to hear you are still within the realm.

Lefty [AGHL]
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Peter [AGHL] wrote:
> http://store.steampowered.com/news/2039/
> 10 years, which other PC game has accomplished this?
>
> Congratultions from Denmark

Wow, is it 10 years already? Sure doesn't feel like I was 14 when I
opened up my shiny new Voodoo and started playing... (scary that, eh?)

There's one other game that *has* accomplished just that... Starcraft!
Released in 1998 as well, and it's still one of the larger online games
out there, probably more so than HL, although possibly not CS...

Civilian_Target
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