TOG - The Older Gamers

Cadder · 27th January 2007, 03:00 AM

Greetings and Salutations.

Please allow me to introduce myself, I am the original entity known as Cadder - Cad by name, CAD by trade, cad by nature.

I've been a gamer since.. ooh.. since I first picked up an atari 2600 joystick at about age ten.. that was roughly 30 years ago this year. Puberty, a career in CAD drafting and IS Engineering, a marriage, a divorce, the present happier relationship and 4 kids later, I'm still trying to find the time to indulge in arranging pixels on the screen in an enjoyable manner.

Yes, that means I'm old enough to remember Space Invaders, Asteroids, Leisure Suit Larry (Huge 80's Sierra fan. Completed all the Larries and SQs) and Infocom's Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy when text adventures were still exciting.

My gaming interests are many and varied, from the collection of favourite old classics on the MAME box that I never quite finished building the cabinet for (1942 and Galaxian rock!), to GTA:San Andreas that I finished last year (No, I didn't get anywhere near 100%, but I did complete the story missions...) to Lego Star Wars with the kids, and a bunch of other stuff in between.

As for competitive games, I very much enjoyed head-to-head F1GP and Doom2, spending many a sleepless night shooting the living crap out of my neighbor (we had a custom-made laplink cable between the two houses...) and multiple time champ of Rise of the Triads (if anyone remembers it?) office lunchtime LAN challenge series, through to Descent and Quake.
I created several Doom2 Levels that were distributed about the etherways from one BBS to another that proved fairly popular at the time (about 12 years ago)..

But that was many moons ago and before I had access to this newfangled "internet" thing.

Not quite sure what happened.. real life (and IRC and eBay) kinda got in the way a bit for 10 years.

Then, after finding out that coworkers in two different offices on different sides of the country were TOG members and them both recommending I join, here I am. (Cutitup and XCEL8-2-50+ to namedrop)

Now.. apart from downloading Skulltag the other night to rekindle my love for Doom2, (Hey, I was one of the dozen or so people that actually paid money to see the movie) I'm not really au-fait with any of the more recent online internet-based games... therefore would be more than happy to have some recommended to me by your good selves and fellow members.
(I'm also itching to try out Skulltag against real human opponents...)

So, having read in great detail the AUP, the FAQ, the WTF and the DCM, and been completely unable to find any law against joining and lurking for a while until I discover (or rediscover) an appropriate (or inappropriate) game (or six) to sink my teeth into, I'm now patiently waiting with bated breath to be accepted as a TOG. Or a Togger. Or a TOGophile. or whatever (what is the correct nomenclature?).

My other interests include web dev, adding to my already-burgeoning DVD collection, movies in general (particularly Sci Fi of almost any kind) my kids of course, bagging out my ex wife, and good quality scotch.
Being an IS engineer, I also have a collection of computers on a home LAN, each named after SciFi robots/computers.

Cheers, thanks for reading my drivel, and regards,

Cadder.

Cpl_Matz · 27th January 2007, 03:14 AM

Strewth, thats gotta be one of of the longest apps I've seen.

All relevant points appear to be covered so Welcome to TOG.

Once your TOGGERISED drop into the Steam Room if you fancy a bit of CSS DODS or RO action

beowulf2947 · 27th January 2007, 03:23 AM

Welcome to TOG Cadder! You should fit in fine around here. Sit by for a bit, an admin should be along shortly to anoint you with the green TOG stick and make it official. BTW, the most popular games here at TOG are WoW, BF2142, BF2, Guild Wars and Eve. Being an SF fan, you might take a liking to Eve. We also have a pretty active groups playing just about any other game, ranging from Unreal Tournament to Rfactor. Just stop by any forum, have a look around and say hi. You will find plenty of people to help you out or just give you a frank opinion of the game.
See you in the forums.

Bor@c · 27th January 2007, 03:40 AM

Welcome to TOG! Please stop by the COD division forums, check in with the peeps there, and find out what COD is all about and what the really really dark side of TOG is playing. JK. You will be more than welcome to stop by and say hello. Once again welcome.

Jakob_Pavlov · 27th January 2007, 04:50 AM

Great first post mate!!

Seems like you'll fit right in!

Just sit tight for a little while....an Admin will be along soon enough to give you a proper whacking with the TOGstick.......then explore and enjoy mate!

See ya around the forums,
Jakob

CannonFodda · 27th January 2007, 11:22 AM

Welcome to TOG, your application has been reviewed and approved.

You will now have full access to all parts of the TOG website
• All TOG member only forums
• All member only areas of the website
Undoubtedly you want to get started and the best place to start is to visit the main forum for the game in which you are interested, have a read of the sticky posts and other threads that catch your attention.

Introduce yourself and ask any further questions you may have.
You will find other TOG members most helpful if you take the time to ask any questions you may have.

The social heart of TOG can be found in “The Lounge Room”, where any topic is being discussed and debated. If you want to know the other TOG members across the whole of TOG visit the Lounge Room.
Want to know when the next real life get together is of TOG members, again the lounge room is the place to be.

We sincerely hope that you enjoy TOG for as long as you choose too, feel free to spread the message to your friends and family who enjoy gaming and don’t forget to have fun yourself!

All the best!

The Older Gamers!

XCEL8-2-50+ · 27th January 2007, 12:54 PM

See Cad i told you it was easy to get into TOG, hey guys don't mind him he is really very good at systems and PC's we should actually keep him locked in the Lab and then we could study him as a root rat, now Cad were is that 5 cent bribe you offered