Post by ONYX on Jan 19, 2010 21:13:03 GMT -5
The following Written text in this post is a simple Autobiography AND the hardships (LOL) set into perspective by the person who was feeling them Firsthand.
I guess I have never much experianced in the internet. Hell, when I first joined I didn't even know what OMG meant. or LOL. But now I use them over 0.4% Of the time. I went by many names in all my times here.
I guess you could call me many names. I had names that were shaped by my own personality. And then I had names that made absolutely no sense. Eltoneyes, Whiteeyes, Constantine, Beyond Possible, Nike, Tiger, Blair, Pernexion, and many others.
I spent my first life changing events of Dan Ball in the game itself. My first upload. Oh the memories. The problem was everyone was making first uploads. Or atleast most. Not like today where every post is a first upload. The entire overall quality is garbage.
Now that I look back on it. My first upload was garbage. But to me back then. It was the greatest thing I had made yet. It started a saga of many lasers I'd make in the future.
And I still do, as a hobby. My ... gah I can't even
remember its name. But I remember every detail. When I first started I saw how krappy other first uploads were. And then I saw Blueeyes's Lasers and SLR Drift's lasers.
It was then at that moment I set a small goal.
I wanted to by the end. Reach or go farther in the skill of making those uploads that them people made. The exhaust Laser or whatever it's called. Heh. Well I started. And I tried. I spent 3 hours on that upload. All in the same night. Trying to think what'd give me more votes. It was still krap. But for a first upload. I thought it was phenomenal. I posted it and couldn't imagine or comprehend any thought of getting anything above 50. Back then the users were little to few. After uploading I got over 300 Votes. And it was never deleted. It still is there. Collecting virtual dust why forgotten in all memory.
Well I don't even look at it so who am I to judge others for forgetting my old uploads. I could bet money that people that voted for that upload. At least ninety percent. Have all quit Dan Ball. In fact, I'd bet Dan Balls on it.
Another intresting problem most users had was uploading. Never had a problem with it. At the time I went to the comments frequently. Everyone had the exact same questions. Or most of em anyways. How do I upload. They'd argue with the answerers. I just uploaded once and wala. It was there. I memorized the time... 9:15 PM Ea. I kept that In my head for a while. In fact. Forever. I have not forgotten it. I uploaded once at 10:00 AM EA. But that was the... area laser I think. That one ended up over 600 votes. That was my 3rd Upload.
In fact it was one of the highest rated plain lasers I ever uploaded.
I actually threw A Contest at my 3rd upload. Aerodude, modernly called Epsilon. I have not kept with his name. He may have quit by now. But he became a very active member in his prime. He entered my contest and won. He made his COW LASER. Which is still uploaded. Its old now though. He may have reuploaded it though. Anyways I made him a Prize Laser. Area Laser. I mispelled the name.
At that point a Saw Bobby Soo Poo Post a comment of an offical site. Or unoffical at that time. The Unoffical Dan Ball Forum. I went there. The first place I started posting was Request an Element. I didn't even register. After A long Page Conversation with a member named Sand Master. He persuaded me into Joining. This was long ago. Back before Listo barely resetted the board. He has resetted it a few times though. At least by now. I think I requested something like a... Wow I can't even remember. It was something cheesy and overrated. But, I don't mind my subconcious stupidity. Even nowadays... Well Enough of me dissing myself.
Well, Once I joined a usually stayed on Chat. We had Java Chat back them. It was much more entertaining and fun than the current Chatango Chat. But I guess I'm alone when I state that opinion. I guess no one else thinks so. Well, by now its most likely outdated. So I may not prefer it now. Just seemed livelier.
Another thing I noticed was the skin. It was quite plain. But it was so plain that the site loaded much faster. Nowadays the only thing stopping me from posting more is the immense time it takes to operate between pages. I loved the skin and wished they kept it.
I met many users. At the time. Pizzaman had no avatar. He changed his name to Rift Shortly after I joined. The good days of posting was much more entertaining than now. Beleive it or not I remember seeing up to 40 users a day on. It was jaw dropping how inactive the place has gone. A good comment afvertising would be great.
At this time, You may be wondering how I heard of Dan Ball. Actually I played it several years back. But got bored. Maybe because I was much younger. I have no idea. 9... But then when I hit 10 or 11. It was advertised on Not Doppler. A site I rarely went to ever. But the DUST Game got me hooked. Still Have no idea why they ever called it DUST.
My first day I scored well above 70 posts. Maybe even 100. I have of course slowed down recently. But back then I'd stay on for hours upon hours. Which I cannot even stand now.
I hardly had any hobbies back then except Martial Arts.
Back then when I first joined. Listo had another acount.
Ghost. I guess I'm not an Elder Member or anything. But hey I've seen somethings in this place.
At one point Listo Left. I have no idea when. This may have been after or before Molopoy's first invasion. No idea.
I was "banned" for over a year. I will admit. At some point I may have used a proxy. Or a few... Well In any extent. Ignoring all hate posts on that. Please... I posted mostly if at all on Request an Element. I simply did that mostly. One idea I did was to put the Elements of the Periodic Table on the Power Game. I know how much immense work that must take but hey it was cool.
Another thing was going on then, Someone. Though I have forgotten. Maybe Viros or Vacon. Had been keeping a list of elements. Not that I read it mostly. It was pitch black with colorful letters. But you could tell most of the elements were terrible Ideas. If I remember correctly, I also remember back then how damn laggy the proxxy server was.
Then I remember. Before I was banned. Listo put in the Chatango Chat. Or something somewhere or another. I used to chat there a lot. I got banned more than I can count on my two hands... and my feet. For diverse reasons too. But I will not mention them. Those that were there can recall If need be.
I remember after constant proxy use. Which I only used twice I may add. Something unusually rare happened. My guest acount became unbanned. I guess a staff may have removed my IP and ACOUNT ban. I still Couldn't log in or create another acount. Maybe because of my recent influx in the chat messaging. It wasn't like I was a babbling spamming idiot. Though I may have been just as bad.
After A while I offered to be unbanned after A Year of my original banishment. Which didn't last. My banishment was fair. But my unbanishment was also fair. Afterwards I glorified and basked in happiness. Okay maybe not that insane.
But then something unusual happened. All Staff acounts were banned. They say it was done by a hacker or staff member at that point. But we knew it was done by someone being a "secret or hidden" user. After A while it was revealed to be molonoploy,...monoply...molopoy. I have no idea. I can never spell it and most others can't too. Well Shit. I wasn't around for one of these tide turning events. I placed the blame On a few after doing minimul research. I still can't beleive its molopoy. I mean. A 10 year old staff deleter. Doesn't fit. Kind of like an Amnish Hacker. Meh
Well, Thats all I have to say about old history.
I don't think I did a bad job. Most if not all things were quite accurate. And most things were said in order. MOST I may add. Some things were out of place because I had a few too many and my thoughts were
scrambbled. (BIG JOKE for those who do not understand)
Well I hope those who read liked it...
From, Jordan
I guess I have never much experianced in the internet. Hell, when I first joined I didn't even know what OMG meant. or LOL. But now I use them over 0.4% Of the time. I went by many names in all my times here.
I guess you could call me many names. I had names that were shaped by my own personality. And then I had names that made absolutely no sense. Eltoneyes, Whiteeyes, Constantine, Beyond Possible, Nike, Tiger, Blair, Pernexion, and many others.
I spent my first life changing events of Dan Ball in the game itself. My first upload. Oh the memories. The problem was everyone was making first uploads. Or atleast most. Not like today where every post is a first upload. The entire overall quality is garbage.
Now that I look back on it. My first upload was garbage. But to me back then. It was the greatest thing I had made yet. It started a saga of many lasers I'd make in the future.
And I still do, as a hobby. My ... gah I can't even
remember its name. But I remember every detail. When I first started I saw how krappy other first uploads were. And then I saw Blueeyes's Lasers and SLR Drift's lasers.
It was then at that moment I set a small goal.
I wanted to by the end. Reach or go farther in the skill of making those uploads that them people made. The exhaust Laser or whatever it's called. Heh. Well I started. And I tried. I spent 3 hours on that upload. All in the same night. Trying to think what'd give me more votes. It was still krap. But for a first upload. I thought it was phenomenal. I posted it and couldn't imagine or comprehend any thought of getting anything above 50. Back then the users were little to few. After uploading I got over 300 Votes. And it was never deleted. It still is there. Collecting virtual dust why forgotten in all memory.
Well I don't even look at it so who am I to judge others for forgetting my old uploads. I could bet money that people that voted for that upload. At least ninety percent. Have all quit Dan Ball. In fact, I'd bet Dan Balls on it.
Another intresting problem most users had was uploading. Never had a problem with it. At the time I went to the comments frequently. Everyone had the exact same questions. Or most of em anyways. How do I upload. They'd argue with the answerers. I just uploaded once and wala. It was there. I memorized the time... 9:15 PM Ea. I kept that In my head for a while. In fact. Forever. I have not forgotten it. I uploaded once at 10:00 AM EA. But that was the... area laser I think. That one ended up over 600 votes. That was my 3rd Upload.
In fact it was one of the highest rated plain lasers I ever uploaded.
I actually threw A Contest at my 3rd upload. Aerodude, modernly called Epsilon. I have not kept with his name. He may have quit by now. But he became a very active member in his prime. He entered my contest and won. He made his COW LASER. Which is still uploaded. Its old now though. He may have reuploaded it though. Anyways I made him a Prize Laser. Area Laser. I mispelled the name.
At that point a Saw Bobby Soo Poo Post a comment of an offical site. Or unoffical at that time. The Unoffical Dan Ball Forum. I went there. The first place I started posting was Request an Element. I didn't even register. After A long Page Conversation with a member named Sand Master. He persuaded me into Joining. This was long ago. Back before Listo barely resetted the board. He has resetted it a few times though. At least by now. I think I requested something like a... Wow I can't even remember. It was something cheesy and overrated. But, I don't mind my subconcious stupidity. Even nowadays... Well Enough of me dissing myself.
Well, Once I joined a usually stayed on Chat. We had Java Chat back them. It was much more entertaining and fun than the current Chatango Chat. But I guess I'm alone when I state that opinion. I guess no one else thinks so. Well, by now its most likely outdated. So I may not prefer it now. Just seemed livelier.
Another thing I noticed was the skin. It was quite plain. But it was so plain that the site loaded much faster. Nowadays the only thing stopping me from posting more is the immense time it takes to operate between pages. I loved the skin and wished they kept it.
I met many users. At the time. Pizzaman had no avatar. He changed his name to Rift Shortly after I joined. The good days of posting was much more entertaining than now. Beleive it or not I remember seeing up to 40 users a day on. It was jaw dropping how inactive the place has gone. A good comment afvertising would be great.
At this time, You may be wondering how I heard of Dan Ball. Actually I played it several years back. But got bored. Maybe because I was much younger. I have no idea. 9... But then when I hit 10 or 11. It was advertised on Not Doppler. A site I rarely went to ever. But the DUST Game got me hooked. Still Have no idea why they ever called it DUST.
My first day I scored well above 70 posts. Maybe even 100. I have of course slowed down recently. But back then I'd stay on for hours upon hours. Which I cannot even stand now.
I hardly had any hobbies back then except Martial Arts.
Back then when I first joined. Listo had another acount.
Ghost. I guess I'm not an Elder Member or anything. But hey I've seen somethings in this place.
At one point Listo Left. I have no idea when. This may have been after or before Molopoy's first invasion. No idea.
I was "banned" for over a year. I will admit. At some point I may have used a proxy. Or a few... Well In any extent. Ignoring all hate posts on that. Please... I posted mostly if at all on Request an Element. I simply did that mostly. One idea I did was to put the Elements of the Periodic Table on the Power Game. I know how much immense work that must take but hey it was cool.
Another thing was going on then, Someone. Though I have forgotten. Maybe Viros or Vacon. Had been keeping a list of elements. Not that I read it mostly. It was pitch black with colorful letters. But you could tell most of the elements were terrible Ideas. If I remember correctly, I also remember back then how damn laggy the proxxy server was.
Then I remember. Before I was banned. Listo put in the Chatango Chat. Or something somewhere or another. I used to chat there a lot. I got banned more than I can count on my two hands... and my feet. For diverse reasons too. But I will not mention them. Those that were there can recall If need be.
I remember after constant proxy use. Which I only used twice I may add. Something unusually rare happened. My guest acount became unbanned. I guess a staff may have removed my IP and ACOUNT ban. I still Couldn't log in or create another acount. Maybe because of my recent influx in the chat messaging. It wasn't like I was a babbling spamming idiot. Though I may have been just as bad.
After A while I offered to be unbanned after A Year of my original banishment. Which didn't last. My banishment was fair. But my unbanishment was also fair. Afterwards I glorified and basked in happiness. Okay maybe not that insane.
But then something unusual happened. All Staff acounts were banned. They say it was done by a hacker or staff member at that point. But we knew it was done by someone being a "secret or hidden" user. After A while it was revealed to be molonoploy,...monoply...molopoy. I have no idea. I can never spell it and most others can't too. Well Shit. I wasn't around for one of these tide turning events. I placed the blame On a few after doing minimul research. I still can't beleive its molopoy. I mean. A 10 year old staff deleter. Doesn't fit. Kind of like an Amnish Hacker. Meh
Well, Thats all I have to say about old history.
I don't think I did a bad job. Most if not all things were quite accurate. And most things were said in order. MOST I may add. Some things were out of place because I had a few too many and my thoughts were
scrambbled. (BIG JOKE for those who do not understand)
Well I hope those who read liked it...
From, Jordan
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