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Robert F
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Hey all,

It's been years since I've posted or even visited this forum. I frequently visited around 2012-2015. Is there any classic users still on? Is this forum still alive like it used to be?
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Phaelax
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Classic users as in DBC? Or just old users? I'm here.
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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 20th Aug 2018 17:15
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I'm an even older user and I'm still here.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 20th Aug 2018 19:32
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That's not what your years of service sasys!
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Robert F
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Posted: 20th Aug 2018 21:29
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I had a previous account, that's why I don't have the updated years
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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 20th Aug 2018 21:49
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I think Phaelax may have been referring to me ... I was comparing my actual age to his of course .

Phaelax is right about the forum though - he has indeed haunted this wonderful place for far too long. I have no idea why.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 21st Aug 2018 12:54
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I have no idea why either. I think maybe because this forum has stayed the most consistent over the years. Every other forum I've used in the past has either vanished or just completely faded away. And yes Green, you're an old fart!
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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 22nd Aug 2018 21:16
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So, we're agreed then .
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KeithC
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2018 16:29
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Present....
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Phaelax
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2018 22:18 Edited at: 23rd Aug 2018 22:18
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Present as in



Or "present" as in Tim-othy?

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Ortu
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Posted: 24th Aug 2018 03:55
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I still check in, though I've been quiet of late
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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 24th Aug 2018 20:04
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I still hang about, I am like a bad infection, I never leave.

Quote: "I still check in, though I've been quiet of late"


Let's make some noise. Share a few beers, yell at things, that sort of things.


Quote: "That's not what your years of service sasys!"


Did you not hear? It was Green Gandalf's idea to use irrigation as a method of transporting water and helped revolutionise Mesopotamian society. The man is a genius.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 25th Aug 2018 05:18
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And here I thought that was the White Gandalf
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The Once and Future Herakles
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Posted: 25th Aug 2018 08:08
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Well, I'm not dead yet. So there's that.

I had to make a new account, but I assure you I'm still the same old Lord Herakles the Great, or whatever I called my original account. Can't remember exactly. I promise I'm not someone taking over his name as part of a clever scheme to rule the world.

I haven't posted here in forever. I've had other things going on in life. Some good stuff, some bad stuff. You know, life. I remember talking a lot about music back when I posted here semi-regularly. Anybody still here from that time?
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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 26th Aug 2018 12:14
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Quote: "Did you not hear? It was Green Gandalf's idea to use irrigation as a method of transporting water and helped revolutionise Mesopotamian society. The man is a genius."


I think you have me confused with someone else . This chap possibly:

Quote: "And here I thought that was the White Gandalf"
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JoelJ
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Posted: 29th Aug 2018 22:46
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I just signed in again just to post here. I haven't logged in for ages but I come around every now and then to see what's going on.

My name was previously "Darwin".
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Maindric
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Posted: 30th Aug 2018 02:04
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I just kicked it off again with AppGameKit tier 2 and I see this thread with people I remember reading posts from ages back (looking at you Seppuku Arts and Green Gandalf). In fact, wasn't there a PC giveaway for Green Gandalf? (I had to google after I typed it, https://forum.thegamecreators.com/thread/144577 yes you were). I remember seeing that looking at your contributions and being in admiration. I owe a lot to my drive to make games from TGC forum and what I learned here, even though all I provided were half efforts and questions.
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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 31st Aug 2018 19:58
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Quote: "(looking at you Seppuku Arts and Green Gandalf)"


-stands and tries to look innocent-

Quote: "I owe a lot to my drive to make games from TGC forum and what I learned here, even though all I provided were half efforts and questions. "


Likewise, Dark Basic was my first taste of programming and I fell in love and folks here helped me further along that path and put up with the naive teenager me. And nowadays after trying to get a job writing didn't work out, programming was an interest I was able to fall back on and I am now a real programmery type person. Which actually works out better, for a start, there's more money in it and a lot more job openings for it.
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Robert F
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My game making, model making, and everything development wise stemmed from FPS Creator. This forum brought me so much interest and new ideas.

When are all us old timers going to join together and make a great game!?
~Fps Creator since 2008~
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Phaelax
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2018 14:01
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Quote: "When are all us old timers going to join together and make a great game!?"


Probably after we're all in a retirement home and have the free time.
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Mnemonix
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2018 15:20
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Quote: "Probably after we're all in a retirement home and have the free time."


Could you imagine the level of arguing in such a conquest amongst oldbies. It would be fascinating.
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Phaelax
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NURSE! Wheel my wrinkled butt over to the lan party and get me a bag of cheetos!
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spooky
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Posted: 4th Oct 2018 16:23
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Thought I'd pop in and say hello as it's been a while.

I still can't resist browsing this forum every day or so even though I've not used DBP for years. I still have plans to finish my entry for the 2005 puzzle competition that I started but never finished!

Can't believe my account still works although it did not recognise my password so had to reset that.

I too am an old'ish fart who only has one more year until the big 50 comes around.
Boo!
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Mnemonix
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Hey spooky I remember you! OLDBIES UNITE
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Green Gandalf
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Quote: "Hey spooky I remember you! OLDBIES UNITE"


Hi Mnemonix and Spooky, I remember both of you as well.
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Antidote
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Posted: 12th Oct 2018 15:40
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Feeling sentimental and missing this place. I honestly don't know if I'll ever fully appreciate how important this community was for me.
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LBFN
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Posted: 16th Oct 2018 03:27
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I'm still around and check in from time to time. I decided not to make the transition to AppGameKit and still make games with DB Pro.



So many games to code.....so little time.
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Chris Ritchie
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Thought i would chime in and say hi , I am still around and still working on a project in dark basic pro. Good to see all the old names here.

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SpecTre
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Posted: 23rd Oct 2018 00:57
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Well I am still around and developing now with AppGameKit 2 in tier 2. Also an oldie with a few years left to the big 5 0 !
@spooky, nice to see you still around. Not sure if you remember but you helped me with a DBP kids app called Colour Splash with the fill routine along with IanM
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Dark Java Dude 64
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Posted: 10th Nov 2018 10:14 Edited at: 10th Nov 2018 10:14
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It's been so long since I've posted here with any regularity, but I still check in and see what's been posted every month or so! For somewhere around 6 or 7 years, the first tab in Chrome was always the Geek Culture board. I can't believe it's been 8 years since I joined
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Looong ago, I was on here a lot. I was really young, as you can probably see from my posts from then (I was around 14 years old around my first post). Had a lot of fun, a really good time creating "games" and just messing around with DBPro. Nowadays, I have a great job in web development, and I have all of you to thank for it. So, thank you all!
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Dazzag
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Posted: 21st Nov 2018 16:16
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I normally check here every 6 months or so. Been a long time since I fired up DBPro. Don't think it's even on this PC... Long ago I used to spend a worrying amount of my free time either programming in DBPro, or on these boards

These days, thanks to a heavy amount of work, I rarely even get to develop any games (Unity in C# being my main tool). I'm a programmer for a living (23 years this year doing this job... grief....) so at least that scratches the itch a bit...

Now someone please get me the *codes* for a red tank, with yellow tracks, and a blue missile. Too soon?....

Cheers
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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 26th Nov 2018 18:04 Edited at: 26th Nov 2018 20:30
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Gimme da codez! (Anon, TGC Forums, c. 2004).

Edit: Sorry! My timing is a bit off .

Here's a link to a copy of the original thread:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/thread/134293#msg1558321

For some reason Dazzaq's post reminded me of it . It's always a good read for those who remember the good old days

Hi Dazzag! Were you in Cyprus at one time? Edit: I see you still are ...
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Jeku
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I still look in here from time to time with my ban hammer, but haven't found anyone that's worthy of it in a long time. I guess that's a good thing
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Scorpius
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Now there's a challenge .
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Mage
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I'm still around although I have never really explored outside of Dark Basic Professional discussion more than like 4 times all these years.

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Cybermind
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I'm still here, and I've been here for quite some time now
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Green Gandalf
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Quote: "Now there's a challenge ."


Indeed it is! Even more of a challenge than posting under the correct name .
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Seppuku Arts
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I figure if anybody says "challenge accepted" it's an immediate ban, right?
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Ortu
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Isn't that giving them the win?
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Scorpius
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Challenge accepted!
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Seppuku Arts
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Jeku, you want first dibs?
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Scorpius
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I think you were the first to say the magic phrase “challenge accepted” .

So I guess that’s a good reason for passing responsibility, is it not?
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Seppuku Arts
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Well I do have a habit of digging myself in a hole.
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Green Gandalf
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Quote: "Well I do have a habit of digging myself in a hole. "


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I lurk here sometimes. I like to see what's changed and whats been happening even if it's often not much
If something compiles on the first try. Something is terribly wrong.
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Quote: "I still look in here from time to time with my ban hammer, but haven't found anyone that's worthy of it in a long time. I guess that's a good thing "


That's excellent to hear.
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Jeff Miller
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"I too am an old'ish fart who only has one more year until the big 50 comes around."
Spooky, don't walk into a mausoleum and close the door behind you just yet. I and at least one other guy who posted above are turning the big 70 this Spring.
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Hi Jeff,

Good to see you are still around . Hope you are OK.

Quote: "I and at least one other guy who posted above are turning the big 70 this Spring "


Yep, I am he .
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Jeff Miller
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Oops, then that makes at least three. I was referring to someone else.
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