[Styles]

I'd just like to show people how your interest can turn into something great. For me it started when I was young over at shero.rocks-hideout.com (I think that was the site). SuperHero Mod was the mod that got me interested in creating Pawn scripts. It of course went from there and I had a blast!

First off I'd just like to say thank you to Freecode, Emp`, Vittu, Teame06, jtp10181, AssKicR. You guys were really the ones I followed when Super Hero Mod was just created. There were probably others and I'm very sorry if I forgot you, it's been many years.

Of course you can't forget BILOPAN, PM, sawce and many others who actively maintain Metamod and AMXX.

This community launched me into a world of computers that I would have never known. Creating pawn scripts was just the beginning. I had a blast making my own super heroes and eventually creating plugins for individual communities. I use to look up to Hawk522 quite a lot. His programming style was very clean and consistent. This was very appealing to me and indirectly taught me naming convention.

Throughout my pawn years, I mastered PHP, HTML, CSS and slowly got into contributing to open source libraries. Then I would branched out into the wonderful world of .NET.

Following my learning of .NET (starting with 2.0) I got into MMO botting. Specifically World of Warcraft. This was by far the most fun and interesting time. I learned a ton about memory management, code caves IAT/EAT hooking as well as many other techniques. I used C# to write private software.

Eventually I got into not just programming but architecting. There is quite a lot of interesting methods on how to build decoupled systems out there.

I have now begun developing my own propitiatory platform. I have worked at many companies using the skillset I've created for myself. I find programming to be very fun and rewarding.

Thank you to this community and everyone that has helped me along the way.

[claudiuhks]

Great to hear that, you such a gold member!

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by Styles Following my learning of .NET (starting with 2.0) I got into MMO botting. Specifically World of Warcraft.

Don't let Blizzard find out.

Also, did anyone else read the title as "Thank you to AlliedMonsters" ? Must be because it's close to Halloween...

[ANTICHRISTUS]

Originally Posted by claudiuhks Great to hear that, you such a gold member!

Originally Posted by ANTICHRISTUS
Goldmember

Originally Posted by Powerlord Also, did anyone else read the title as "Thank you to AlliedMonsters" ?

[xPaw]

Originally Posted by Powerlord Also, did anyone else read the title as "Thank you to AlliedMonsters" ? Must be because it's close to Halloween...

Well, you just gave them an idea.

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by xPaw Well, you just gave them an idea.

Just like I gave them the AlliedPonies idea back in April?

[claudiuhks]

Originally Posted by Powerlord Also, did anyone else read the title as "Thank you to AlliedMonsters" ? Must be because it's close to Halloween...

Anton Szandor LaVey used to say that Halloween is one of the biggest cellebrations from the satanic calendar.

Originally Posted by ANTICHRISTUS Originally Posted by ANTICHRISTUS Goldmember

You everytime make my day better. I was looking for that song whole years without result.
You such a platinum member!

Originally Posted by Powerlord Just like I gave them the AlliedPonies idea back in April?

I disagree. I mean, AlliedPonies doesn't sound great.
I'm wondering if you're from the US.

[BAILOPAN]

Awesome! I know AlliedModders has helped, in one way or another, launched the careers of quite a few contributors - including myself. Glad to hear it has helped you too.

[ANTICHRISTUS]

Originally Posted by claudiuhks Anton Szandor LaVey used to say that Halloween is one if the biggest cellebrations from the satanic calendar.

Halloween is a pagan ritual, like many others implanted in (all) religions.

Originally Posted by claudiuhks You such a platinum member!

no, just a chaste member . (edit: to understand what I mean, you need to watch the goldmemeber movie)

[Powerlord]

Originally Posted by claudiuhks Anton Szandor LaVey used to say that Halloween is one if the biggest cellebrations from the satanic calendar.

Officially, it's one of two holidays Valve celebrates in Team Fortress 2, the other being Christmas.

The 4th annual Scream Fortress update should hit sometime next week.

They celebrated Halloween in 2009, 2010, and 2011 with new maps, cosmetic items, and achievements. The second and third Scream Fortress updates also included AI-controlled Boss characters: The Horseless Headless Horsemann who spawns every 5-7 minutes on cp_manor_event, and Monoculus who spawns every 2.5 to 3.5 minutes on koth_viaduct_event.

Originally Posted by claudiuhks I disagree. I mean, AlliedPonies doesn't sound great. I'm wondering if you're from the US.

I am from the US, yes. Anyway, in the Vs. Saxton Hale thread, I posted this on April Fools Day, and changed my avatar to some random pony image I found using Google Image Search. Later that day, everyone visiting AlliedModders got a different logo with one of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic ponies on it. Here's the logo:


Oh, and my login was forced to have that in place of the normal logo for 6 months until I finally asked that it be removed.

Side note: I was kinda parodying the developer of Vs. Saxton Hale and the Ponyspencer SourceMod plugins, who decided to change his avatar from Sonic the Hedgehog's Eggman to My Little Pony's Rainbow Dash. And make Pony references in all his plugins; Freak Fortress 2 (aka Vs. Saxton Hale 2) still has a bIsEveryponyDead bool variable in it.