Those that have been here ages remember people like MeanManInOz, JesusFreak, Revelator, Veritech, RowanSeymour, MadProf and many others. Those were the days.

Anybody feel the same? Think this place has changed a lot? Is it better or worse then it used to be?

--D-SIPL

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I dont like siggys. They are to hard to think up :(

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Vita sine Ieso est mors.
Life without Jesus is death.
Enter The Circle

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I just think in the old days the topics were more to the point and had some fun as well. Cheify's threads were legendary... class.

Its just debates now and it's really boring...

--D-SIPL

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If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that suggests you tried

Maybe there could be like riddles for prizes of some sort, riddles are fun, like a weekly riddle, woop.

Or this little virtual village, where like, your number of posts or contributions allows you to get a better house/equipment, there wouldn't be too many people online at a time, so it'd be cool, so instead of just clicking on stuff (well you could choose between normal/rpg site menu) you could like walk up to different little buildings, oh oh then the village could change based on the season, well you know how like Google's home page changes when it's Christmas and whatnot.

And there could be little sub-missions or something, like 'your character will look cooler if you submit a mini-game' or something, well maybe not a seperate house for everyone, cause that'd be like baaaaaaaaaaaah big city that'd take like 10 minutes to walk through, unless each block had a little teleport deal.

It's a lot of work noodootaboot it, but would that not be the coolest damn thing ever? Hehe and there'd be sand on the ground, so you could see where the most popular areas were and stuff (footprints). And lil pets that you could earn for completing those sub-missions I was talking about, they'd just follow you around I guess.

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Vita sine Ieso est mors.
=Life without Jesus is death.

Sciuri non sunt boni edere.
=Squirrels are not good to eat.

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Vita sine Ieso est mors.
=Life without Jesus is death.

Sciuri non sunt boni edere.
=Squirrels are not good to eat.

Hey I actually like the virtual village idea, that would be pretty cool.

It seems that the main thing missing is talk about coding! And games development techniques. I'm sure there are people here who use Rendering Engines like, Ogre or Irrlicht, or game engines like Torque or 3D GameStudio. And 3D languages, such as BlitzMax, Blitz3D, or *cough* DarkBasicPro. Or even those with time on hand who like desiging their own game engines from scratch. With C++ and DX\OpenGL Perhaps we could make use of the codebase more often with these languages? Maybe there could be community projects?

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I wanna die
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Your Life to me
So that I might live

[This message has been edited by brandon (edited February 08, 2005).]

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Originally posted by brandon:
Yeah I think that the debating is kinda boring myself, and I've never heard of anyone being saved because of a debate. But still, God can work through anything.

Hey I actually like the virtual village idea, that would be pretty cool.

It seems that the main thing missing is talk about coding! And games development techniques. I'm sure there are people here who use Rendering Engines like, Ogre or Irrlicht, or game engines like Torque or 3D GameStudio. And 3D languages, such as BlitzMax, Blitz3D, or *cough* DarkBasicPro. Or even those with time on hand who like desiging their own game engines from scratch. With C++ and DX\OpenGL Perhaps we could make use of the codebase more often with these languages? Maybe there could be community projects?

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A community project would be good, just not sure whether we have the expertise here anymore.

--D-SIPL

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but your God made their Devil, they are basically owned by your God,

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basically.. your saying.. make an RP section of Christian coders.
(looks at post count) I'd pwn you all! except mack.

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Perhaps I'll post more of my personal work here -- I've mainly been learning C# development lately, maybe I'll post a small SDL game I made with that.

--clint

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http://www.includingjudas.com/christiangame.html

My e-mail address: JFPeople@hotmail.com

[This message has been edited by HeardTheWord (edited February 08, 2005).]

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I would appreciate someone else that could read/write an article to help out. Is anyone else interested in helping me?

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I am. My email is in my profile. Let me know.

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Originally posted by D-SIPL:
A community project would be good, just not sure whether we have the expertise here anymore.

--D-SIPL

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Not to mention that most of the "expertise" is busy with their own projects.

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I am. My email is in my profile. Let me know.

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Sent you an e-mail. Thanks for the interest!

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Not to mention that most of the "expertise" is busy with their own projects.

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True.

--D-SIPL

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I know how to code, I'll be slowly learning C++, java, visual basic (hopefully) through the next 4 months so I know my stuff. Cheese found his way here through a google search and managed to bring me and others into the loop (Who remembers zimmer_kole?). I'd probably be a more positive contribution to a site that seems to run well (No conflict between its top users). But most of my stuff isn't well fitted into "Christian" and not like I really wanna label my work with that since I don't follow the faith.

Gotta say though, that Cheese managed to start a topic that has gotten more attention than most boards all together. Gotta respect that don't ya?

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Originally posted by CapnStank:
Hmmm not sure how welcome I really am here but here's my 2 cents.

I know how to code, I'll be slowly learning C++, java, visual basic (hopefully) through the next 4 months so I know my stuff. Cheese found his way here through a google search and managed to bring me and others into the loop (Who remembers zimmer_kole?). I'd probably be a more positive contribution to a site that seems to run well (No conflict between its top users). But most of my stuff isn't well fitted into "Christian" and not like I really wanna label my work with that since I don't follow the faith.

Gotta say though, that Cheese managed to start a topic that has gotten more attention than most boards all together. Gotta respect that don't ya?

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Your learning 3 languages in the next 4 months, phew good luck. Thats gonna be hard (not impossible). I remember when I was learning Java for the first time (4 years ago now) i found that enough for me. I'm 20 now with Java and Python under my belt, I know enough C++ to write some basic apps (map editor being the most useful) but not that great.

That was a pretty long thread. Not the longest but pretty long.

--D-SIPL

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"One World. One Web. One Program." -Microsoft promotional advertisement
"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!" -Adolf Hitler

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proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia

www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs

--D-SIPL

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"One World. One Web. One Program." -Microsoft promotional advertisement
"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!" -Adolf Hitler

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proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia

www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs

--D-SIPL

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"One World. One Web. One Program." -Microsoft promotional advertisement
"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!" -Adolf Hitler

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I dont like siggys. They are to hard to think up

[This message has been edited by goop2 (edited February 10, 2005).]

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Know:
-C (except for pointers and advanced file i/o)
-Python (really easy once you know C)
-Game maker, although I really don't credit it as a REAL language since its restricted to game maker exclusively

Learning:
-C++ (middle of learning it in class already, yeah I'm way far ahead compaired to the rest)

Going to learn:
-Java - sometime before june, part of my Computer Science 30 class
-Visual Basic (hopefully) - if we get through java we'll hit this up... my friend who took the class last year said they never got to it, but I got a smaller class which means quicker progress.

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Jesus is f'ing metal!

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-Chels

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W.o.G.

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I wanna die
And let You give
Your Life to me
So that I might live

[This message has been edited by brandon (edited February 13, 2005).]

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Jesus is f'ing metal!

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- Python
- Java
- enough C++ to write a 2d map editor and various other tools.

Learning
- 3d Modelling grrrr...

--D-SIPL

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"One World. One Web. One Program." -Microsoft promotional advertisement
"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!" -Adolf Hitler

Can understand others, such as
Delphi
Java

Most of my work is done in C variants though.

--clint

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Soterion Studios

I've been 'learning the trade' for a while, trying to improve my coding and graphics as I go. I'm making remakes of old console/computer/arcade games as a fun way to learn good coding techniques. When I reach a level of satisfaction in my own techniques, I will hopefully move onto Christian/educational production, but I'm not there yet.
I do have a few games that I've done on my site, www.spacialfx.com, which are fun I believe, and hopefully each one is more polished than the last
Is CCN serving a purpose for me? Not at the moment, but all things go through their 'dry' or 'valley' times. You'll see

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proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia

www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs

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Originally posted by bennythebear:
man, what happened??? i read a topic from back in 2001 about heavy metal Christian music, it had actual depth, people serious about God. i'm not saying people that post now aren't but i really liked that post. i believe mack started it. i think mack, at least back then, has a simlar view on certain things that i do. such as death would be better than this life, in that it takes us to eternal life with Christ, where there is no sin, no death, no suffering, and no satan! ahhh...that's gonna be the life, nothing but God...

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I remember that post. I like life as it is right now personally, it means i can tell be people about Christ, and receive more rewards when i finally do 'kick the bucket'

--D-SIPL

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"One World. One Web. One Program." -Microsoft promotional advertisement
"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!" -Adolf Hitler

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proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia

www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs

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I dont like siggys. They are to hard to think up :(