Dropping by to say hello

[XxCaLiBuR1]

And maybe I'll stay a while. Thanks to JTom for helping me find this sight. DISCLAIMER: I'm going through some stuff that has made me real emotional and worrisome. I remember the solace the old MBs brought me when I was younger, hence this post. t's funny what nostalgia can do to a man.

For those of you who remember, and I doubt very many of you will, I used to post on the old FFVII and FFVIII MBs at AOL Video Games way back in the day, ca. 1997-2001. I went through many SNs, most memoraly XxCaLiBuR1, Masamune41 and Rune Scythe. I was considered a regular, I guess, but was too young to really shed any light on topics of importance (I was 12-15 during my limited tenure).

Certain memories stand out in my mind, and names. I'll never forget Retrogames, Jedimattkb, Aeris, Lucid Flow, Ahmednator, Kalm Traveler, JTom2Cold, Acid Rose and all the others. Things like Dr. Yuya creating a SIG TESTING GROUNDS at one of those horrible, ghost town-ish MBs (what game was it again?), the FF glossary and that weird text based RPG (Legend of the... damnI forgot the rest ) with all the regs in it--I will take these moments from my childhood with me forever.

I'm 20 now, a junior at NYU, and a staffer at frank151 and Maxim Magazine. Things change so quickly, and I just wanted to stop by and pay homage to those of you who helped develop this advanced cerebrum I possess today . I was always a listener back then, absorbing all the "meaningless banter" the other dudes dispensed daily--I must have read over 20,000 words a day--so I'd appreciate it if anyone actually sat through this and read all of it. Signing off, I just wanted to say, "THANKS!"

[Square Mog]

Hello. I'm sure you don't know who I am, but I guess I can welcome you here just as well as anyone else. As far as your DISCLAIMER goes, pretty much everyone here has an open ear, although some are better at helping others with their problems than the rest (I tend to suck at it).

Oh, and by the way, I am, in fact, God.*

And Batman.*

And I'm always completely honest.*

*I tend to make things up. And exaggerate.

[Ash (Ducking Hardcore Mix)]

I'm not sure if I remember you or not (the names "Masamune41" and "Rune Scythe" seem to ring a few bells), but either way, welcome back. ^_^ I was LightRanma back on AOL, so if you know/remember me, then hi.

Nice to have you here, in any case.

[Retro]

Ah, I remember you... and now for the update.

Certain memories stand out in my mind, and names. I'll never forget Retrogames

Boo. Retro went to a small community college and has been working retail off and on for the last couple years. He's got some silly dream of being a game designer, but nobody takes him seriously. AIM is RetrogamesDX, but he's barely on. Got sucked into World of Warcraft and his own silly game designs, poor dote.

Jedimattkb

Went to Tulane for a year, then University of Toledo. I'm fairly certain he's doing post-graduate work in the wonderful world of Law. He still has the JediMattKB AIM address if you want to talk to him, though I dunno that he's ever on.

Aeris

Last I heard, she was at University of Arkansas, but that was... 1999? Nobody kept up with Aer-head.

Lucid Flow

Last time I talked to the Flowmaster, I think he was working at Fox Interactive. That was years ago too. He still has the same AIM address, but I almost never see him on and he doesn't reply to anybody, as near as I can tell.

Ahmednator

Last we heard from Ahmed, he was actually visiting his homeland of Iraq. That was 98 or 99, I'm sorry to say we didn't put Homing Devices on these people.

Kalm Traveler

Sadly, no one has heard from the Kalm Traveler since the FF7 boards. Last anyone heard, he was going in for a Bone Marrow transplant. Alas, no one knows what happened, or at least not that I heard. Anyone know anything more?

JTom2Cold

AH! One we did track! JTom2Cold posts here at FFCX under the name Très Aléatoire!, but we still call him Jommi.

Acid Rose

Acid Rose (Meg) graduated from the University of Delaware with a Degree in History Education (at least, that's what it was last I heard), and was working in the Social Security offices in Wilmington. She used to be on AIM a lot, but no more. Haven't heard from here since Mid-December.

Things like Dr. Yuya creating a SIG TESTING GROUNDS at one of those horrible, ghost town-ish MBs (what game was it again?)

I may be mistaken, but I believe it was the Fighting Force board... a horrible Eidos game.

the FF glossary

Check out mark's Dictionary Quest; many of the ancient words are kept, most notably Noron... It feels good to type that after so long

Some people you didn't mention still sort of hang out; EinsteinJT is now Abob Lyndsae (that's his AIM SN too), Ragnarok0116 posts here all the time. Wrenny hasn't posted here in a while but she's on AIM (under the SN "We Hope It's Mud"... yes, that's really it, no don't ask why, it's gross). A few other people you may remember, may not remember, etc. If any names come to mind, ask and I'll see what I can remember... I'm sorry to say my memory from that period is pretty swiss-cheesed. Quantum Leaping does that ;D

Alright, I'm done, time for bed. Welcome back, don't disappear.

[Mark]

Jommi IM'd me after you talked to him. I do actually remember you from back then; I posted as MarkMat581.

I finished DQ back in 2003. Ended up with 8 of them, plus two expansion stories, one written by Sephiroth5 and the other written by Sbrewlf. I'm pretty sure The Archive (link in sig) is working properly, but I can't ever be sure, as my ISP is flaking out recently.

Anyway, welcome back.

[Mole]

Hola! I remember you as Masamune41 and Rune Scythe. I posted as Foremole 1 and Laid Back Down.

[Galahad]

Hello, XxCaLiBur. Welcome to the board. I was only on the old AOL board for a short time, and I barely posted as well. I went by the name of IllogicGalahad. But anyways, wanted to say hi and welcome and such.

[Nick10512]

Hey, welcome back. Retro's post reminded me of the end of Sandlot, haha. It is crazy how long it's been, I was most involved in FFCX (mostly CCC) back when I started middle school! Now I can only sit at college, visit this board & reminisce of the good old days... Not that middle school was good, by all means, but FFCX made those few years really g. I think I remember you as Rune Scythe, good to have you back.

[Ash (Ducking Hardcore Mix)]

OH MY GOD it's Nick.

Why don't you actually post, dude?

[Nick10512]

Haha, I do, or have been under the name Reze. I made a post like hey, I'm Nick10512 back when I first joined this board but I don't think many people realized, lol. So today I decided to change my name- the talk of old times got me thinking that if anyone oldschool shows up, they (might) recognize me now.

[LocuraNiner]

XxCaLiBuR1 said:

that weird text based RPG (Legend of the... damnI forgot the rest ) with all the regs in it--I will take these moments from my childhood with me forever.

Ah, yes, Legends of the Great Deletion by good ol' SykusStar. I still wish I had that game. I also wish Sykus came by frequently.

Anywho, I don't remember much about you, but I do recognize the SNs. I'm NinerPratt X, BTW. Welcome. Stay for a while. Pledge your allegiance to insanity, or whatever it was I used to say.

[DrYuya]

I was shocked w/ another post here that mentioned something along the lines of some of us meeting ten years ago. I can't belive it's really been that long.

[FlyTB20C]

DrYuya said:

I was shocked w/ another post here that mentioned something along the lines of some of us meeting ten years ago. I can't belive it's really been that long.

It has been a hell of a long. I wasn't at that particular board, but The2Best/ICouldBeatYouUp/whatever-he's-going-as-right-now/Chris and I were at FFVIID1 forever... it's been fun.

[Jom]

Hey, welcome back!

[XxCaLiBuR1]

Très said:

Hey, welcome back!

Tu parles Francais? J'habitais a Paris il y a dix mois pendant cinq mois. Paris me manque! Baiser sa mere, il n'y a rien d'ascii a mon laptop!