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Eraser
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PostPosted: 06-03-2017 12:43 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I registered my account here in December 2000. It's June 2016 now, which means it's 16 and a half year ago since I registered. This month marks the point where the portion of my life with Q3W is bigger than the portion of my life without.

In the meantime I finished college, had 3 different full-time jobs, met my girlfriend, bought a house and had 3 children. Q3W has been there all along.

And yet, the only one of you I can be sure of to be real is Don Carlos :)
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SoM
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PostPosted: 06-03-2017 12:55 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


we're just figments of your imagination, so i say you're fucked in the head and should be locked in a room with geoff.

unless ur a moran



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seremtan
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PostPosted: 06-03-2017 01:22 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


it's actually June 2017 :dts:
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MKJ
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PostPosted: 06-03-2017 02:04 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


There's noone named Don Carlos here.. :confused: :dts:
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PostPosted: 06-03-2017 02:29 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


We're all old. :(



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PhoeniX
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PostPosted: 06-03-2017 02:32 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Hmm I knew we'd all be registered here forever but I'd never really thought about it like that.. 17 years.. that's a long time.

I wish it were 2000 again :/.
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xer0s
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PostPosted: 06-03-2017 02:42 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Eraser, I'm pretty much at the same point. I've been more of a part of this than I haven't. Many, many things in my life have changed, but Q3W has been a constant.
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PostPosted: 06-03-2017 02:43 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I often think about q3w and its influence on my life :)
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Eraser wrote:
In the meantime I finished college, had 3 different full-time jobs, met my girlfriend, bought a house and had 3 children. Q3W has been there all along.

And yet, the only one of you I can be sure of to be real is Don Carlos :)


Eraser's Ladder.
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PostPosted: 06-03-2017 02:45 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


i am totally real eraser!

i'll pm you !



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PostPosted: 06-03-2017 03:32 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


ey it's true, i touched plaine andd he was warm n squishey :sponge: :drool:
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SoM
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PostPosted: 06-03-2017 03:35 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


seremtan wrote:
it's actually June 2017 :dts:


Eraser
time travel ?



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PostPosted: 06-03-2017 06:24 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


It would have to be another 18 years for it to be more than half my life here.
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Don Carlos
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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 01:51 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Eraser wrote:
And yet, the only one of you I can be sure of to be real is Don Carlos :)


:D

Yeah I've been a member here over half of my life too. Those I've had the pleasure of meeting (That I can remember);

Eraser
Ryoki
Doombrain
Turby
Coriolis
CyriC
Mik0rs
Yeadle
Peicemaker

Those I knew and got to sign up;

Memphis
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phantasmagoria
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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 04:15 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I genuinely think I'd be at a different point in my life if I hadn't signed up to q3w. Especially during the peak traffic days, chatting to some of the id guys and high skilled modders in level editing at the same time doing my GCSEs. That kind of exposure makes a difference at that formative age. I think my original sign up was in 2000. I guess I've past the half way point too in that case.

Lubs



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Don Carlos
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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 06:23 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm adding you to the list of people I have met from this forum, Phant.

I will buy you an entire pint... :up:
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PhoeniX
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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 07:47 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


phantasmagoria wrote:
I genuinely think I'd be at a different point in my life if I hadn't signed up to q3w. Especially during the peak traffic days, chatting to some of the id guys and high skilled modders in level editing at the same time doing my GCSEs. That kind of exposure makes a difference at that formative age. I think my original sign up was in 2000. I guess I've past the half way point too in that case.

Lubs


Hmm on reflection I think I'm the same. I used to be interested in programming and remember looking at people like Inolen, JazzD etc who were I think all younger than me yet extremely talented for their age, and obviously the older guys like Coriolis too. I think they were a good inspiration to actually go out there and improve my skills and end up getting a CS degree :up:.
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Eraser
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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 07:57 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I guess it seemed like a good idea back then :shrug:
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Eraser
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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 08:03 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


phantasmagoria wrote:
I genuinely think I'd be at a different point in my life if I hadn't signed up to q3w. Especially during the peak traffic days, chatting to some of the id guys and high skilled modders in level editing at the same time doing my GCSEs. That kind of exposure makes a difference at that formative age. I think my original sign up was in 2000. I guess I've past the half way point too in that case.

Lubs

Q3W changed me mostly in the way that I learned to not give a fuck about what people think of me or how they perceive me. On the forums, I used to get upset sometimes when getting trolled by some R&R regulars. In real life, I'd always worry about what other people thought about me. Learning to cope with the harsh environment Q3W could be from time to time actually helped me get a little more hardened in real life. I guess simply growing up out of puberty did most of the work there but Q3W was a catalyst in that.
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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 08:09 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


because Q3W turned some of us into man



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Don Carlos
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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 09:47 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Memphis wrote:
Don Carlos wrote:
got to sign up;

Memphis


am all your bleedin' fault. what've you got to say for yourself? :|


You're welcome, Q3W...youre welcome
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mrd
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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 12:29 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Been here since November or December of '99 under a different user name... back when Q3Test came out. Almost 18 fucking years :olo: Crazy to think this place is still kickin'!
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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 12:31 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


phantasmagoria wrote:
I genuinely think I'd be at a different point in my life if I hadn't signed up to q3w. Especially during the peak traffic days, chatting to some of the id guys and high skilled modders in level editing at the same time doing my GCSEs. That kind of exposure makes a difference at that formative age. I think my original sign up was in 2000. I guess I've past the half way point too in that case.

Lubs


Back in the heyday, level editing & programming forums were bustling places! Learned lots there. Still kinda miss it but I just can't be arsed to sit in front of a computer for that long anymore. Guitar playing stole my heart :owned:
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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 01:17 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Eraser wrote:
Q3W changed me mostly in the way that I learned to not give a fuck about what people think of me or how they perceive me. On the forums, I used to get upset sometimes when getting trolled by some R&R regulars. In real life, I'd always worry about what other people thought about me. Learning to cope with the harsh environment Q3W could be from time to time actually helped me get a little more hardened in real life. I guess simply growing up out of puberty did most of the work there but Q3W was a catalyst in that.

Same here. The most valuable lesson I ever learned on the internet I learned here: don't feed the trolls.



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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 05:57 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I met some of you. You're all ugly. Except PuFF, he's mansome.



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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 07:57 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Bunch of morons around here... Pathetic...
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PostPosted: 06-04-2017 08:15 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Got to say you guys have been a constant in my life too, I'm glad to have known the fine folk of Q3W



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PostPosted: 06-05-2017 08:02 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Been here since Dec 99. Banned once, even deleted my account. I guess I'm technically avoiding a ban right now...
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PostPosted: 06-05-2017 08:24 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Doombrain wrote:
I often think about q3w and its influence on my life :)


What. A. Fag...
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phantasmagoria
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PostPosted: 06-05-2017 11:47 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Don Carlos wrote:
an entire pint...


whoa, steady on there!



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PostPosted: 06-05-2017 12:41 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'll get you a pint too.
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PostPosted: 06-05-2017 12:50 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Pretty much all the Q3Wers I've met have been fairly normal and I'd probably have a drink with everyone else too.

Except maybe gwamps, I don't hang out with fatties.
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PostPosted: 06-05-2017 12:54 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm sure it's not beyond our means to organise a small q3w gathering in London at some point.



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PostPosted: 06-05-2017 12:59 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


ITS NOT SAFE IN LONDON
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Yeah fuck that :|

Dutch0land might be a better option.
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