The nostalgia thread

[calundra]

Is it time for me to name and shame the name changers? I've made a short list.

Bunny = Zypher
Cristiana = calundra (just in case you didn't know already)
Dhrogo = (a well known player, but not sure if they mind)
Eppo = iceblink
GiladPellaeon = keysersoze (I think he was inactive most of the game though)
Jaqulin = Josephine5 (also inactive most of the game)
MidgetGem = DarthBrooks
Morgoth = JackBlackIV
Roronoa = PIE (good to chat in Tara's, what happened at the end?)
Runt = Wakko
Scipio = Legion
spacehamster = Bruu/Scyza
Stixy = TIMMEH
Vowdslipere = SpiderWolve

[JackBlackIV]

@Aftermath, aww thanks
@SpiderWolve, you got here from Utopia too? Never knew that!
@all, what, Scipio was Legion and Eppo was iceblink? wtf! I was Morgoth

Now for the questionnaire; I've gotten me some help from http://manual.tvsadmin.com/index.php?title=JackBlackIV:

1. What was your first beta?
4c

2. Who was your first LC?
I really have no idea. I do remember vividly shooting at Chopper in a repper though, and being afraid of returned fire

3. Who was your favourite LC?
Without a doubt. Katie. WhyKT for LC!!!

4. How did you find to the game?
Got invited by Dark_Zero, some guy in my Utopia kingdom, and got hooked within 2 ticks

5. Who's your favourite TVS person of all time? (no offense to the rest )
That's tough, there's so many (from now and from before), I really couldn't choose. But if I had to, it'd be Llotyhy, because we became friends in real life in 2001/2002, and through him I eventually met my current girlfriend

6. What's your favourite TVS nickname of all time?
Crazygirl. Easy one there. Spent quite some time chatting with her, had a really fun time, and her name describes it all. Even met her and her sister in Amsterdam, and yes, crazygirl

7. Do you still remember playing without sleep tick and autopilot?
Hell yeah. Kind of refused to use autopilot when I discovered it, but in the end, it's kind of nice. Sleep tick too, even though it's actually designed for pussies

8. Do you still remember scantowers?
Yeah, although that wasn't my most active time, I think. Was a lot of flying around and having no idea what I was doing, but it was fun

9. Do you still remember how you had to make sure the LC's ship didn't get destroyed?
Yup. Glad that was removed though.

10. What was your first nickname?
JackBlackIV

11. What is your favourite taunt?
Probably "hahaha, that tickles!"

12. And finally... show us your favourite TVS avatar if you still have it somewhere! (I really miss avatars, why were they removed?)
Alas, don't have it anymore. Would be 811th TNT though

[Scyza]

Ah, thanks for the list cal!

[David]

1. What was your first beta?
Beta 1

2. Who was your first LC?
That's a test for the old memory, and the memory has failed.

3. Who was your favourite LC?
Been too many good ones to name just one. Morgana, Chopper, Whykt, Legion to name a few. And of course it was always good fun to have Wingee as your LC.

4. How did you find to the game?
Someone I was playing Ultima Online with(Morgana) told me about it.

5. Who's your favourite TVS person of all time? (no offense to the rest )
That has to be holly........just kidding(only the really old timers will remember him). It's hard to pick just one again, but I'd have to go with the one who introduced me to the game, Morgana. Had some great times fighting either with or against her.

6. What's your favourite TVS nickname of all time?
That's another tough one, cause I can't remember half of them. I'll go with Mr. Fwibble

7. Do you still remember playing without sleep tick and autopilot?
I do. I didn't get much sleep in the early games. Now I get too much sleep that the sleep ticks and autopilot can't stop me from getting killed.

8. Do you still remember scantowers?
Yep, I loved them. Was a great place as a fighter early in the game picking off the bombers in a high damage sector.

9. Do you still remember how you had to make sure the LC's ship didn't get destroyed?
I do. Something to make LC'ing even more fun back then.

10. What was your first nickname?
The same boring one I use now.

11. What is your favourite taunt?
Ni!

12. And finally... show us your favourite TVS avatar if you still have it somewhere! (I really miss avatars, why were they removed?)
Think there were a few decent ones from being in Legions squads over the years, but don't have them anymore.

[Batax]

1. What was your first beta?
dont remember...

2. Who was your first LC?
scubasteve as bors (any1 remember which beta?) --> 5th beta?

3. Who was your favourite LC?
dont know. i once played a beta with so many LC changes... very low approval rating (is it the longest 1k ticks?)

4. How did you find to the game?
accidentally, i guess. long time ago

5. Who's your favourite TVS person of all time? (no offense to the rest )
mostly, all of them

6. What's your favourite TVS nickname of all time?
KiaMat (strange, i cant use that name anymore)

7. Do you still remember playing without sleep tick and autopilot?
yup

8. Do you still remember scantowers?
Yup

9. Do you still remember how you had to make sure the LC's ship didn't get destroyed?
why? LC's death wont lose scans anymore, right:

10. What was your first nickname?
KiaMaT... (and few others)

11. What is your favourite taunt?
rarely use it

12. And finally... show us your favourite TVS avatar if you still have it somewhere! (I really miss avatars, why were they removed?)
i have none

[iceblink]

1. What was your first beta?
Yes thank you for making me feel old

2. Who was your first LC?
can't remember, i was too busy getting bunnied by Scartissue

3. Who was your favourite LC?
Scartissue

4. How did you find to the game?
Through a forum on the search for extra-terrestrial life... long story

5. Who's your favourite TVS person of all time? (no offense to the rest )
Lethal2Trash

6. What's your favourite TVS nickname of all time?
rpirw because it shows intelligence and yet its so obvious

7. Do you still remember playing without sleep tick and autopilot?
Yes it was fun... but nowadays i really need my 8 hrs of sleep!

8. Do you still remember scantowers?
I've heard old people talk of them, but i'm glad technology advanced so we don't need them anymore

9. Do you still remember how you had to make sure the LC's ship didn't get destroyed?
Sounds like that would suck like an octopus on a glass window

10. What was your first nickname?
iceblink

11. What is your favourite taunt?


12. And finally... show us your favourite TVS avatar if you still have it somewhere! (I really miss avatars, why were they removed?)
You want to get back to trying to stuff things in a 29x29 gif file? Oh horror!
I don't have a favorite, but here are some of them (some of these were created by me, but i'm not a Gimp genius as you can see):
(don't remember what it stands for... Ajaxian A.... ? )
Green Lizards (not sure if this was ever used)
K... ? (don't think this was ever used)
Tibran Elite
Tibs 'R' Us
virus (actually invented by Freddy if i recall correctly, but i ripped him off cause i wanted a kril version)
Yellow Dragons (not created by me)
Y...? (again, not sure if this was ever used)

[ecvej]

1. What was your first beta?
4c

2. Who was your first LC?
Hexxia and Peter ran the legion that game

3. Who was your favourite LC?
Chopper for effort level

4. How did you find to the game?
Used to live with VoxDei

5. Who's your favourite TVS person of all time? (no offense to the rest )
DarkRaven, iceblink, calundra, Anakin

6. What's your favourite TVS nickname of all time?
<still thinking on this one>

7. Do you still remember playing without sleep tick and autopilot?
The good old days

8. Do you still remember scantowers?
Good for frantics.

9. Do you still remember how you had to make sure the LC's ship didn't get destroyed?
The really good old days.

10. What was your first nickname?
I'm not a name changing multi like the rest of you

11. What is your favourite taunt?
Where is your cloak button now ?

12. And finally... show us your favourite TVS avatar if you still have it somewhere!
I have all of them http://www.tvsadmin.com/pilotimages/

[3ch3]

Lol, found a spare 15 minutes and went through all 2272 names on that list.
I found only 5 that were mine:

Dionysus
EcheLoN
Guuss
Christina
Hindsight

I guess I never uploaded a pilot image for my other 83 accounts

[Batax]

thanks, i also found some

paulhtg
freelance or freelancer? i remember someone said its a call for hookers in his town so i stop using that nickname

btw, what is that "last modified" means? i think i have played this game earlier than that date.

[Boris]

1. What was your first beta?
4c, I think.

2. Who was your first LC?
SittingDuck

3. Who was your favourite LC?
Legion

4. How did you find to the game?
Colleague

5. Who's your favourite TVS person of all time? (no offense to the rest )
Maybe Legion, maybe Squid-Boy, maybe any number of others. Dodgy question, obviously...

6. What's your favourite TVS nickname of all time?
Errrm, Boris? The others are too complicated & I can't remember them all, though some have made me LOL...

7. Do you still remember playing without sleep tick and autopilot?
What are these strange things of which you speak?

8. Do you still remember scantowers?
Alas, yes.

9. Do you still remember how you had to make sure the LC's ship didn't get destroyed?
Alas, alas, yes.

10. What was your first nickname?
Boris

11. What is your favourite taunt?
Depends on the circumstances...

12. And finally... show us your favourite TVS avatar if you still have it somewhere! (I really miss avatars, why were they removed?)
I can't do graphics - see "Help" Topic. But my favourite was the "Stomper" logo - a Monty Python foot descending on an enemy ship! Squiddy's work, I seem to remember...? Humorous yet mortally threatening, I always thought

B.