anyone out there still or is it all just spam bots?

[Mmm_Beefy]

Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)

[BB]

On 3/30/2013 2:21 AM, Mmm_Beefy wrote:
> Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)
>
Sorry to see none of the old pros like Mmm_Beefy have responded to this
post. I guess time marches on.....damn.

[Bruno, Copenhagen - Denmark]

On 30-03-2013 07:21, Mmm_Beefy wrote:
> Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)
>

Grettings - {AGUT}Cool.dk here :-)

I'm thinking about UT once in a while, but it is getting further and
further apart. Glad to know I'm not the only one that can be nostalgic.

Maybe I should find out if I can get UT to run in 2560x1440 on Windows 8
just to see if I can still find my way round the maps.

Are you still playing?

[sean...@gmail.com]

if only I still had a gaming rig...

[Yassine Bouallag]

Le 30/03/2013 07:21, Mmm_Beefy a écrit :
> Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)
>

Well...there is not much people left, but at least it's not "completely"
dead.

I hope I could play with you guys someday.
(You'll probably laugh at me because I'm not that skilled, but well. :) )

[kait...@gmail.com]

On Saturday, March 30, 2013 6:21:11 AM UTC, Mmm_Beefy wrote:
> Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)

i remember mmm_Beefy...i think.,, so long ago now :-(

i think my tag was kaito_1000 :-)

[petey]

Was getting ready to fire up a game of ut99 dm-hallsofgiansextreme with Nali
Weapons 3 mod myself right now. :-)

[gopostal]

On Friday, March 29, 2013 11:21:11 PM UTC-7, Mmm_Beefy wrote:
> Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)

{AGUT}gopostal reporting in :)

I still post in the forums and help new modders coming on board but cancer really fucked me up badly a little over a year ago.

I speak from time to time with Flash, though it's been a while. He's still somewhat active too. Meltdown runs a nice photography site and is doing great, travels all over and looks good doing it. Most of the other guys are long gone.

If Tut or his friends ever happens to read this I'd love it if you contacted me. You hosted the fragfest results webpages (remember those?) and I'd like to bring them back for old times sake if you still kept copies. My mail is agutgopostal at hotmail.

Would you guys be interested in me setting a webpage up? Something like altgamesunrealtournament.com ?

[petey]

gopostal wrote:

> On Friday, March 29, 2013 11:21:11 PM UTC-7, Mmm_Beefy wrote:
>> Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)
>
> {AGUT}gopostal reporting in :)
>
> I still post in the forums and help new modders coming on board but cancer
> really fucked me up badly a little over a year ago.

Not really a member of the old AGUT clique (more of a forum reader here),
but I just went through a bout of follicular thyroid cancer myself about two
years back.

Have felt like garbage since then. Hope things are much better on your end.

[gopostal]

On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 3:16:12 PM UTC-7, petey wrote:
>Hope things are much better on your end.

In truth it really worked me over. This was me before:
http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a517/agutgopostal/be8c28c8-77f9-43a6-b2c7-e3ef08941e80_zpsc97e3ee1.jpg
and this is me currently:
http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a517/agutgopostal/IMG_20140506_155652_zps3f5b6ed4.jpg
Hell of a change in a just a year, huh?

It was throat cancer spread into the lymphatic system, stage 4, treatment was brutal. I know what you mean about feeling rough. I dropped over 100 pounds, lost all my teeth to radiation damage as well as most of my taste.

The part that pisses me off is that I was never a smoker. Apparently you can get this from certain sexual indiscretions (google Michael Douglas, same story). I've been married for almost 20 years and now my teenage choices decide to come back to haunt lol. I should have been smarter way back then.

[petey]

Wow, that is quite rough. :-(

In my case it wasn't so bad. Thankfully, the thyroid cancer I had (even
though it had managed to metastasize into my lungs and ribcage already)
seems to have responded to the radioactive Iodine-131 therapy and thyroid
lobe removal surgery (neck had to be cut open again one month later after
right lobe was removed & biopsied and found to be positive) I had to endure
(I was apparently iodine avid). The only negatives about having thyroid
cancers is that they are unusually tenacious (you think you are cured from
them (clear gamma camera body scans, no thyroid gland anymore) and in one to
20 years later some thyroid gland cells that managed to escape into the body
somewhere can spontaneously start to regenerate themselves again.

Plus, another negative to having advanced thyroid cancer is they like to
keep your TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone (that your pituitary gland puts
out)) suppressed with levothyroxine (synthetic T-4 thyroid hormone). Only
problem with that is that some people (apparently I am one of them) don't
respond well to being highly suppressed like that.

Not a smoker either (used to dip Copenhagen snuff), but they say that
probably doesn't have anything to do with developing it. Not to belittle
the ordeal you had to endure, I could only wish that my cancer issues were
due to sexual indiscretions (all the suck of having cancer, with none of the
fun ;-) ).

[gopostal]

Oi vey...I know what it feels like to live under the constant threat. It can be pretty hard sometimes. You start to have irrational thoughts about normal pains (a bad stomach ache is now something that causes you to worry). I've talked to a bunch of survivors and they all say you get back to living life but it never gets far from your mind.

My thyroid took a huge hit from the radiation but it's struggled to maintain just above the threshold to put me on synthroid. It gets a little flaky sometimes so I totally understand what it feels like to be in your shoes. That little bastard has a profound effect on your daily life and you don't realize it until it's not working right.

Your explanation about the cancer spread is exactly why I elected to have such a massive amount of surgery before treatment. I had all the lymph nodes removed from my neck as well as pretty much everything not vital. The cancer had already spread so I wanted minimal chance that any little bits get left behind. This cancer is a stone killer and your first swing at it has the best chance of putting it in check. The surgery was life-altering but carried the best risk-reward profile. (Yes, I did plot this on a spreadsheet.)

And trust me, it's better to not have a reason than have to stand in front of your teenage daughter and explain to people that your cancer came from cunnilingus. It's super embarrassing but it needs to be discussed so kids know the danger. I honestly had no idea.

Give me a yell if you ever want to chat off-board. I talk funny now, a little bit slurry like I'm mildly drinking, but I always enjoyed talking UT with people. BTW, there's been some real interest and revival at ut99.org if any of you guys want to hang out on a forum. You can read everything without registering.

[voyager529]

On 3/30/2013 2:21:07 AM, Mmm_Beefy wrote:
> Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)
>

Still here, and not a spam bot. Looking forward to the first public release
of the new Unreal Tournament. I'm also looking forward to seeing how the new
business model pans out for Epic.

Joey

[Matt Franks]

On Saturday, 30 March 2013 06:21:11 UTC, Mmm_Beefy wrote:
> Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)

Well, this is a blast from the past. I was just feeling nostalgic about UT and googled the old AGUT newsgroup I used to hang out in and lo and behold, I find you guys; people I remember from about 14 years ago.

Mmm_Beefy, Go Postal et al.

Memories!

{AGUT}-=Matt=-

[Matt Franks]

On Saturday, 30 March 2013 06:21:11 UTC, Mmm_Beefy wrote:
> Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)

Remember Mr K? Wonder what happened to him...

He felt like a father figure to me. ;-)

[gopostal]

I thought I found him a couple of months ago at Hitman's server. Wasn't him though :( I loved that guy, fantastic photographer.

[iwilkin...@gmail.com]

On Saturday, 30 March 2013 06:21:11 UTC, Mmm_Beefy wrote:
> Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)

Looks like I did the same as you guys after reading an article about Unreal Tournament on Kotaku.com.

{AGUT}Freakdoom here... Been a long, long time my friends.

[shin...@gmail.com]

Was always a lurker. Have been recently coming back and scouring over my old posts from this group and that.

[hybrid...@gmail.com]

On Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 6:21:11 AM UTC, Mmm_Beefy wrote:
> Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)

*creaks door open and peers in to the dusty gloom*

Yeah yeah, "Mr K" here... or rather "Drunken Doc" as it is nowadays. I figured it was time to put that narky SOB to sleep, and take on another persona.

Y'can find me on Twitch (/drunken_doc) or pm me via Steam.

*closes door again*

[Olly]

On 2013-03-30 06:21:11 +0000, Mmm_Beefy said:

> Mmm_Beefy here... hello?:)

Yes, still playing here every weekend =) Mainly UT2004, but also UT99 too.

Olly.

[Vitek Mart]

Same, just poping around sometimes.