I was nine years old and living in California, watching reboot and the starship troopers cartoon and playing handball (wallball) and game gear while children in Japan were hospitalized for seizures while watching Pokemon.
16 years ago. was 20, married, child one was here, child two was on the way, and was in the midst of writing my first fantasy novel. Was just starting to get into muds around that time, Strange I only started playing IRE this year after being away from muds for 6 years.
On this day 16 years ago I was probably cheering my heart out for Charmander as he did his darnedest to try to take down Onix. Kids these days have it easy with all their fire starters being /fighting.
Edit: And don't even get me started on Misty's Pokemon
I was 12 and had recently discovered the internet as a place where a treasure trove of bookworms, geeks, and the 1990's equivalent of the Browncoat existed.
16 years ago. was 20, married, child one was here, child two was on the way, and was in the midst of writing my first fantasy novel. Was just starting to get into muds around that time, Strange I only started playing IRE this year after being away from muds for 6 years.
What did you write? Can we read it?
E: The average age so far is approx 10.3 + 16. The mode is 9 + 16.
Sixteen years ago I was 7 of age. I managed to shrug off all my health issues, pneumonia, meningitis, hepatitis, mild episodes of heart on lung failure. I would go into 'stasis' for days, not being able to talk or move, just blinking to communicate with my parents. When I turned seven, everything seemed to turn to normal. Been up and kicking, got my college degree in finances, about to move with my girlfriend in the capital city of my country. Things are going well.
Uh...16 years ago? I think I was 8, which would put me in middle-of-nowhere Arizona, trying to avoid stepping on anymore rattlesnakes or aggravating anymore javelinas.
All this talk of poke'mon makes me miss my yellow version where I had every single 151 legit, then I found out the hard way that cartriges back then had limited battery life for saves
All this talk of poke'mon makes me miss my yellow version where I had every single 151 legit, then I found out the hard way that cartriges back then had limited battery life for saves
We should totally battle. Any gen, any tier, anytime.
16 years ago, I was living and breathing Diablo, I still get shivers when people talk about how Archbishop Lazarus led them into a trap (It doesn't come up in conversation as much as I'd like, but oh man, that one time it did I was like Shenzi when Banzai says Mufasa).
About a year later, and one discworld mud character under my belt, I had joined up with Achaea as the gloriously named SHADOWPANTHER.
Some years later, after I'd learnt loads about RP and being a valuable member of the community I made Tekken, the king of the iron fist monk.
To this day, regardless what class I am if I kill you, I'm imagining Brians fisherman's uppercut as the finisher.
Age five, second grade, busy playing Playstation games without a memory card, which, in retrospect, was probably what made me patient with games, seeing as I had to start over with every game every time I played.
I still had strict limits of 30 minutes of TV or video games per day, too, and was just about to graduate to Starcraft.
7. Dealing pokemon cards at school. Oh, and Street Fighter and this racing game called Burning Road. Being called squirrel, and looking ridiculous in cowboy outfits during school picture days (thanks mom!).
7. Dealing pokemon cards at school. Oh, and Street Fighter and this racing game called Burning Road. Being called squirrel, and looking ridiculous in cowboy outfits during school picture days (thanks mom!).
Sixteen years ago I was 16. I played DragonRealms at the time and played it since it came out. I got banned from there for selling plats. A few years later, I was looking for a new mud to play and Imperian landed me with IRE. Growing up in the mid 90s, it was easy to be a script kid - mudding was the next, legal step.
Sixteen years ago I was 16. I played DragonRealms at the time and played it since it came out. I got banned from there for selling plats. A few years later, I was looking for a new mud to play and Imperian landed me with IRE. Growing up in the mid 90s, it was easy to be a script kid - mudding was the next, legal step.
Oddly enough, heard about DR from my gf's parents. They used to play it every hour of the day until her mom died in a car accident. They said it was one of the better muds supposedly.
At twelve I left Indiana for Kansas, had the end of a bunch of friendships as well as a two years long doomed crush I had on an exchange student that was living in the house who was eight years older than me and when I ended up in a new place without any friends for the third time in three years I started in on online message boards.
<div>Message #2062 Sent By: (imperian) Received On: 1/20/2018/2:59</div><div>"Antioch has filed a bounty against you. Reason: Raiding Antioch and stealing Bina, being a right</div><div>ass, and not belonging anywhere near Antioch till he grows up."</div>
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Oh Porygon episode....
‘Every sword’s a weight to carry. Men don’t see that when they pick ’em up. But they get heavier with time.”
I still had strict limits of 30 minutes of TV or video games per day, too, and was just about to graduate to Starcraft.
And pokemon. What kid didn't play pokemon?
Post, damn you, post!