Le Thu, 07 Jan 2016 02:00:20 -0800, cran berry a écrit :
> Maybe I should start a new thread. What do the Dragons mean to you?
I don't know.
It's been so long.
To me it's an excuse to go back to Usenet, because for some
reason I am really into retrocomputing and I try to keep Facebook to
family and friends I lost contact with interaction. I absolutely can't
post on the UDIC Facebook Group because, last time I checked, it was set
on public meaning any post you do there appears on all your contact
list's feedback. Also, some of the stuff there is sometimes downright
embarassing.
Let's see what UDIC did to me :
-It served as a catalyst to my most embarassing internet moments, most of
which will stay forever thanks to newsgroups archiving. Thank god,
they've been relayed to the biggest depths of search engines.
-It fueled my interest in nerdy computer games and in finally being able
to write in a somewhat decent english.
-It was the motor of my first real gaming disappointment, Ultima IX,
which I came to see as the years went by as "something that wasn't so
bad".
-It was the root of my biggest "game" project ever which ended up dying
because of procrastination, too much ambition, and general incompetence.
And yet, the overall feeling is pretty good. I keep coming back
to it, like a magnet. I'm shocked to see UltimaCodex being updated with
such regularity and to see things so much alive in the Ultima world. I'm
shocked everytime I check in there and I see new posts.
So I guess that's what's UDIC to me ; a part of my teenage years
and of my growing up in the world that still somehow exists, survive, in
the Internet years. I definitely am not a fan of Ultima the way I was in
the past, although I've decided to play through the whole series. I did
the Apple II versions of Akalabeth, Ultima I, and Ultima II and I grew
bored while starting Ultima III. I should give it some more thought,
considering it's after this one that the series start to get really
exciting.
Moa Dragon