Thanks all for the warm welcome. I would have replied earlier if I had my email setting set to instant email for replies.
Anywho, I have read all the required material at this point. The FAQ, UAP, and all other stickies in this forum area.
Just to give a little more background on my gaming...My first console was an Intellivision. Then a Colecovision ADAM, NES (I was the first in my grade school to beat Super Mario Bros.), etc. I had friends with C-64's and 128's, Apple II c's, etc. Some of my favorite games from back then were The Bard's Tale series, King's Quest (I still prefer the typing out of what you wanted to do than the point and click), and The Might and Magic series.
I got my first computer at age 17. An Intel 486-DX50 with a whopping 4MB of ram and a 1MB video card...Amazing! This was when the Pentium 60 was just coming out. Some of my favs from back then were DOOM, Rise Of The Triad, Betryal At Krondor (still one of the best RPGs to date), Magic Carpet, System Shock, C&C, UFO: Enemy Unknown, and Myst. Yes MYST. The game that made me buy a CD-ROM. Not just any CD-ROM but a Plextor 4x SCSII with 1MB of Cache. Price, $400...What was I thinking. So, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I hope to be joining a lot of you guys in some friendly games of TF2 as well as BF2 possibly.