Thank you and well done!

myst.RAVEN · Post by **myst.RAVEN** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:48 pm

This isn't a suggestion, but I put it here because I expect this is where the devs look most often

The original Elite was formative in my early gaming days, and stands out as possibly the most influential and significant game I ever played. I was overcome by nostalgia for it a couple of days ago (brought on by a Freelancer mod which pays homage to Elite with a sector inspired by it), and found Oolite. I can't tell you how much this made my day!

So, in short - thanks to everyone who has worked to make this, and I look forward to exploring the expansions and what-not

Best regards

Post by **another_commander** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:19 pm

Moved to Discussion. Welcome and don't worry, we look at all forums

myst.RAVEN · Post by **myst.RAVEN** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:22 pm

Apparently so - that was quick!
I'm blown away by how active this forum is - it warms my heart that there are so many fans of a timeless classic

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 1:59 pm

Welcome myst.RAVEN, as you will notice, that although we're mostly Central European Time/GMT there's almost always somebody on the forum - I've been here for almost 4yrs and 4000+ posts and it still amazes me how quickly some stuff gets answered.

Oolite is the best community forum I ever had the pleasure of being involved with.

Oh, and as is traditional: "Welcome to the friendliest board this side of Riedquat"(tm)

myst.RAVEN · Post by **myst.RAVEN** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:07 pm

Thanks for the welcome (to you and everyone else who has already proven the traditional greeting true!)

Here in South Africa, we're at GMT+2, so I guess I'm lucky enough to be in the busy times

Commander Smivs · Post by **Smivs** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:17 pm

DaddyHoggy wrote:
Welcome myst.RAVEN, as you will notice, that although we're mostly Central European Time/GMT there's almost always somebody on the forum - I've been here for almost 4yrs and 4000+ posts and it still amazes me how quickly some stuff gets answered.

Oolite is the best community forum I ever had the pleasure of being involved with.

Seconded, and again, welcome.
It's true that answers can come pretty quickly, and I think this is for three reasons.
1) As DaddyHoggy said, this is by far the friendliest forum around, and you'll always find good advice and help here.
2) Also although most members seem to be European-ish, we have members as far afield as Australia (which makes you quite local!), and as we seem to cover most time-zones there's usually someone on the forum at any given time.
3) And if that's not enough, half of us seem to be insomniacs! It's only a few days ago I was swapping messages well after midnight with an Oolite friend, JazHaz, who like me lives here in the UK