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Oct 28 2018, 10:40 am

Buzzyboy

Hi everyone,

It has been a long time since I've last looked at BYOND.
Took a little while to recover my account but I'm very interested to see how it has progressed.

Then: It was 2001, I was young and wanted to make games but had never dealt with a programming language before. Me and my brother discovered BYOND and started getting to work building as many things and learning as much as we could. It was a magical time and ultimately lead me to where I am now. I was even the purchaser of the LAST copy of the physical BYOND's Blue Book (I wonder if I could find it?)

Now: I'm a senior software engineer for a very successful software company in San Diego, CA. I haven't done much game programming since then. It has been mostly web based development but it is something I fell in love with.

Are Dan and Tom still around? Who's still around from the old days? Rollcall!

Thanks,
Cody

Oct 28 2018, 11:02 am
Flick	Dan has been gone forever. Tom left a few years ago and Lummox took over. Still a few folks around from back then, though not many... Go class of 2001! ;)

Oct 28 2018, 11:11 am

In response to Flick

Buzzyboy

Flick wrote:

Dan has been gone forever. Tom left a few years ago and Lummox took over. Still a few folks around from back then, though not many... Go class of 2001! ;)

Yeah, I tried opening up Dream Maker and immediately saw a bunch of improvements I would like to make: highlighting, package manager support (similar to NPM or Nuget). Not to mention the site hasn't really changed in quite some time.

Oct 28 2018, 11:36 pm
Doohl	Remember Duelmaster409? That's me. Hi, been a while. If you have Discord, hop on the BYOND discord sometime. We've probably got a bunch of familiar faces over there, including The Lumm himself (who is now the sole operator of byond as mentioned by Flick) EDIT: a link ( https://discord.gg/DxgxeXj )

Oct 29 2018, 3:31 pm
Rod5	Well for one I'm still-- Byond's Gang$ta

Oct 29 2018, 3:53 pm
Nadrew	Howdy howdy, I definitely remember you and your brother (Hanns, right?)

Oct 29 2018, 9:09 pm In response to Nadrew
Buzzyboy	Nadrew wrote: Howdy howdy, I definitely remember you and your brother (Hanns, right?) Yes, although I'm unsure if my brother still pays any attention to BYOND or not.

Oct 30 2018, 2:02 pm In response to Rod5
Hiead	Rod5 wrote: I'm still-- Byond's Gang$ta Cringe.

Oct 30 2018, 8:18 pm In response to Hiead
Ter13	Hiead wrote: Rod5 wrote: I'm still-- Byond's Gang$ta Cringe. I dunno if you got the memo, but the hivemind here likes BYOND's Gang$$$ta. He's intentionally, unintentionally, ironically, and unironically hilarious. Get on board, citizen. Pick up that can.

Oct 30 2018, 8:33 pm
Rod5	You heard em, get on board >:D. Been here 11 years, not leaving anytime soon. Byond's Gang$$$ta

Oct 30 2018, 8:34 pm In response to Rod5
GreatPirateEra	Rod5 wrote: You heard em, get on board >:D Byond's Gang$$$ta You've got more money all of a sudden?

Oct 31 2018, 2:54 pm In response to GreatPirateEra
Rod5	GreatPirateEra wrote: Rod5 wrote: You heard em, get on board >:D Byond's Gang$$$ta You've got more money all of a sudden? According to ter13, I been stacking to the moon

Oct 31 2018, 8:12 pm In response to Doohl
Popisfizzy	Doohl wrote: Remember Duelmaster409? That's me. Lmao, I had no idea

Nov 2 2018, 10:37 am In response to Rod5
Orange55	Rod5 wrote: According to ter13, I been stacking to the moon Fun Fax. The height of a stack of 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) one dollar bills measures 67,866 miles. This would reach more than one fourth the way from the earth to the moon. Therefore, Rod5 is a trillionare and one of the most successful people on the planet.

Nov 2 2018, 8:53 pm

In response to Doohl

Buzzyboy

Doohl wrote:

Remember Duelmaster409? That's me.

Hi, been a while. If you have Discord, hop on the BYOND discord sometime. We've probably got a bunch of familiar faces over there, including The Lumm himself (who is now the sole operator of byond as mentioned by Flick)

EDIT: a link ( https://discord.gg/DxgxeXj )

I do remember you! I joined the Discord but haven't said hello in there yet. Still unsure of how I feel of the state of BYOND. It's like my childhood is conflicted.