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Sardaukar
Admiral
Raven Warriors
Joined: October 08, 2002
Posts: 1656
|  Posted: 2004-10-08 15:25
Well, I missed my first one, so I might as well make a big deal out of this one.
Jon's
wooth.
Ah. Two years, more than I've ever spent in an online group. I can say that they have been spectacular- I joined just before the 1.480 patch, and subscribed four days afterwards, so I was able to be around during some interesting times, it seemed. I remember my first outing into the MV, following these strange fleets like GDI and something called the GTN, and spent some time shuttling my frigate to the gate on sublights because I hadn't figured out the J key yet, only O... I remember fooling around trying to figure out why my ship kept on running out of energy and why people had to spend time 'modding'...
And then, my first crossing of the gate. It was so wondrous, the game: the beauty of the ships, the specular light effects, the sounds... And then I saw this gem of a world, Gefjon, and spent half an hour admiring it and the colorful effects it's anchor planet played on my hull. Then, combat. Real, strategic, combat. I was following this cool guy named TheEvilGriffin who was a member of that nifty 'GTN' fleet. I followed his incredibly huge station in my little basic supply ship into a trifactional fleet engagement. My screen was stuttering at sub 0.01 FPS, but I didn't care. It was glorious. Afterwards, I toyed around some more, and befriended folks like Flipper, Barthezzz, and Space Ghost, who welcomed me into their fleet like I was a member of the family. Oh, those little battles were great fun. We'd usually be huddled around Kahless' station in our group of a Dreadnaught, cruisers, and Destroyers, maybe a transport or two. One time we led this cloak and dagger mission to a backsystem (for you new kiddos, the MV used to look like a triangle with the rearmost systems called backsystems), our only escort a lone destroyer. We split our forces to get through more quietly, and I got lost and exited a gate face to face with- lo and behold- this fearsome Assault Cruiser. I was dead before I knew the name of my attacker, but the news spread that we were expected. I rejoined the fleet later, where we were huddled in deepspace in Kapteyns star hiding from a S&D fleet. We never really succeeded, but the wondrous new planets and stars I saw, and that Nebula!. It was all so exciting.
As time progressed, I moved on up in the ranks, saw the eventual doom of GDI, and moved to the ICC to work with them for awhile. Not that the UGTO was no fun- I'll never forget our two-or-three-hour hold of Lalande against wave after wave of Leviathan Fleet attackers, Trunks' incredible defense... I had just played the ICC first and wanted to return to those sexy frigates. I joined this cheesy and hilarious fleet called the S.W, and had the time of my DS-career there, it was great fun. After S.W went inactive for awhile, I hiked over to the ominous Agents fleet, where I spent time among some of DS's best, but that too went inactive. The rest of my time in DS wasn't nearly as spectacular- Evil was GREAT, but the K'luth ships and combat style never clicked with me- so I now stop this rambling.
So here I am, still a Vice Admiral, in an inactive fleet with some of my best DS friends, and I haven't been in the MV months. I hope these short memories can evoke some reminders of your own great starts, that feeling of "Wow, this is... huge" when you fly in the MV for the first time...
It has been an incredible two years, meeting new friends (and losing some) and I look forward to another year, and another, and another as long as these hallowed servers till function.
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Demorian
Fleet Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: October 06, 2001
Posts: 3406
From: Charlotte, North Carolina
| Posted: 2004-10-08 18:33
Sar, it's been a pleasure to have you here with us and I can very safely say that DarkSpace wouldn't be the same for me if you weren't around. Thanks for being cool and stickin around with us... I hope you're here for a hell of a lot longer 
-Dem
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BackSlash
Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2004-10-08 18:45
Glad to still have you around Sar...DS wouldnt be the same without the green text monster running around  .
Heres to you!
2 years!
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Starfist
Chief Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 22, 2003
Posts: 574
| Posted: 2004-10-09 00:46
congratz on your 2 years Sar.Mine will be coming up in a few months.
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Hellza - Dark Master
Fleet Admiral
Praetorian Wolves
Joined: June 06, 2004
Posts: 498
| Posted: 2005-11-08 04:14
i am abit late, but happy 2 years
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BackSlash
Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2005-11-08 08:37
You're over a YEAR LATE...
Sard hit his THREE year ani..
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Hellza - master
Cadet
Joined: February 24, 2004
Posts: 556
| Posted: 2005-11-08 08:56
i did say i was abit late 
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After burn
Cadet
Joined: August 20, 2005
Posts: 29
| Posted: 2005-11-08 09:34
Hey cheers to you man!
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Sardaukar
Admiral
Raven Warriors
Joined: October 08, 2002
Posts: 1656
| Posted: 2005-11-08 14:30
ROFLMAO! I saw this in the Latest Topics, and thought "Hey, someone's two year is coming up? Ah crap! I missed my three-year!"... and then I see the topic contents...
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James Bum007
Grand Admiral
Pitch Black
Joined: April 23, 2003
Posts: 480
From: Queens, New York
| Posted: 2005-11-08 15:56
If you joined October 8, 2002 it should be 3 years unless things have changed lately.
Congratz anyways 
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Coeus {NCX-Charger}
Admiral, I can't read,
Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: February 16, 2004
Posts: 3635
From: South Philly
| Posted: 2005-11-08 17:34
Grats
Coming up on my 2nd aniversary soon
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Crim
Fleet Admiral
Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: March 16, 2003
Posts: 1336
| Posted: 2005-11-08 17:42
Gratz sard! lol, and gratz on the dem post there..Doesnt seem like much, but now he never talks 
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KanaDIEn ^_^
Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 20, 2004
Posts: 294
| Posted: 2005-11-10 04:12
if you add up all my time i'm around my 2nd year as well
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DOM700 [-IMO-]
Fleet Admiral
Joined: July 26, 2001
Posts: 3175
From: Eckental, Germany, Sol-System
| Posted: 2005-11-10 13:51
Noob
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