I just realized...

[Eraser]

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

[SoM]

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

[seremtan]

it's actually June 2017

[MKJ]

There's noone named Don Carlos here..

[Transient]

We're all old.

[PhoeniX]

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 :/.

[xer0s]

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.

[Doombrain]

I often think about q3w and its influence on my life

[Ferrao10]

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.

[plained]

i am totally real eraser!

i'll pm you !

[Captain]

ey it's true, i touched plaine andd he was warm n squishey :sponge:

[SoM]

it's actually June 2017

Eraser
time travel ?

[Scourge]

It would have to be another 18 years for it to be more than half my life here.

[Don Carlos]

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

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
Chunk

[phantasmagoria]

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

[Don Carlos]

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

I will buy you an entire pint...

[PhoeniX]

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 .

[Eraser]

I guess it seemed like a good idea back then

[Eraser]

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.

[SoM]

because Q3W turned some of us into man

[Don Carlos]

got to sign up;

Memphis

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

You're welcome, Q3W...youre welcome

[mrd]

Been here since November or December of '99 under a different user name... back when Q3Test came out. Almost 18 fucking years Crazy to think this place is still kickin'!

[mrd]

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

[Transient]

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.

[obsidian]

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