Hi....oh, pwew, today I wrote a looooong introduction of myself, titled "Edging ahead", into the RSI-board. So please accept my apologies for c&p herein:
"I am edging into this universe by Chris Roberts, which every day and every hour becomes apparently bigger than it seems to be four weeks ago.
The point is: I've pledged SC at beginning February - 2016! (*gosh!* Don't touch it - its an Alien which tries to infiltrate the long-established SC community!)
And yet, I probably was one of the old school Wing Commander/Privateer nerds who yelled most loudly "YES, BABY - WELCOME BACK!!" at the time, Chris Roberts announced to realize his vision, his game "Star Citizen". So, why haven't I joined the backer community from the beginning? To be honest: I don't play MMOs; kind afraid of them. Therefore, I hung within this kind of interspace between "boy, this is soooo cool" and "ah, f*ck MMO, I am not interested" (but I read, not to say: studied *every* news of/about SC).
Time passed on and suddenly news came up, that Chris' gonna split up Squadron42 and Star Citizen. It took a few days and some finger nails (*audience scream!!*) before I formulized my final thought: "Bugger MMO - where's my credit card?"...and paid for the entry game package, together with a 315P. Seemed to be a good choice for me, a small ship with both, some weapons, small cargo hold; a tiny little puppy to do some exploration loops through the verse. Well, to anticipate the end: I still own the 315P - and a Connie Aquila. And I for sure plan to buy a Freelancer MAX. And Chris knows what else (I just ordered the small monthly "centurion" subscription) ...
And whats about the "edging" I mentioned at the beginning of this post? Well, the first time I started the launcher and the SC application, I was kind of disappointed. I ran through this "city" (forgot the name either), visited the hangar, fought some dog fights - that was all. A few days later, I found a german - oh, I am from Germany, I didn't mentioned this, did I? - SC community. By reading some "SC threads for starters" I began to realize that I just scratched the surface of SC. Next step was to find out how to order a ship on Port Olisar (see? Remember that name!) and cruise through space. Back in the SC community I learned that there are a few missions which can be absolved. Done this also, check. Few days, a ship purchase and some upgrades later (damn you, Chris, you atom-bombed my wallet!) as well as some space gasps later (O2 can do!) gained by some want-to-be-pirates who blew me into the space, I slowly came to the conclusion that travelling alone in space seems not the best of all ideas. I asked the german SC community how to get into a SC-group and became an answer like "...just go to my RSI and there you are". Did that, check. But ftw I didn't even know that there exists kind of a whole world of groups, companies, syndicates etc. And furtheron, that there is an own RSI-community... ... ...and thats what I call "edging" ;-)
So, well, yes, I am a newbie but oldschool, beyond 40 years old (unfortunately nearly deaf on one ear - life has left first traces) and on the search of news, hints, tips, communication, kind of common gameplay on casual basis and an organization where I can join in.
Hopefully you had fun reading my introduction. Have a nice day!
Kind regards
Sam
P.S.: edging *ahead* - because I had my first PC in 1989 and played Wing Commander 1 in EGA-graphics :-))
"
So, yeah, well - hope to see you around or drink and fly or whatever, having fun and so on. Have a good time, godspeed and a nice evening!
"I am edging into this universe by Chris Roberts, which every day and every hour becomes apparently bigger than it seems to be four weeks ago.
The point is: I've pledged SC at beginning February - 2016! (*gosh!* Don't touch it - its an Alien which tries to infiltrate the long-established SC community!)
And yet, I probably was one of the old school Wing Commander/Privateer nerds who yelled most loudly "YES, BABY - WELCOME BACK!!" at the time, Chris Roberts announced to realize his vision, his game "Star Citizen". So, why haven't I joined the backer community from the beginning? To be honest: I don't play MMOs; kind afraid of them. Therefore, I hung within this kind of interspace between "boy, this is soooo cool" and "ah, f*ck MMO, I am not interested" (but I read, not to say: studied *every* news of/about SC).
Time passed on and suddenly news came up, that Chris' gonna split up Squadron42 and Star Citizen. It took a few days and some finger nails (*audience scream!!*) before I formulized my final thought: "Bugger MMO - where's my credit card?"...and paid for the entry game package, together with a 315P. Seemed to be a good choice for me, a small ship with both, some weapons, small cargo hold; a tiny little puppy to do some exploration loops through the verse. Well, to anticipate the end: I still own the 315P - and a Connie Aquila. And I for sure plan to buy a Freelancer MAX. And Chris knows what else (I just ordered the small monthly "centurion" subscription) ...
And whats about the "edging" I mentioned at the beginning of this post? Well, the first time I started the launcher and the SC application, I was kind of disappointed. I ran through this "city" (forgot the name either), visited the hangar, fought some dog fights - that was all. A few days later, I found a german - oh, I am from Germany, I didn't mentioned this, did I? - SC community. By reading some "SC threads for starters" I began to realize that I just scratched the surface of SC. Next step was to find out how to order a ship on Port Olisar (see? Remember that name!) and cruise through space. Back in the SC community I learned that there are a few missions which can be absolved. Done this also, check. Few days, a ship purchase and some upgrades later (damn you, Chris, you atom-bombed my wallet!) as well as some space gasps later (O2 can do!) gained by some want-to-be-pirates who blew me into the space, I slowly came to the conclusion that travelling alone in space seems not the best of all ideas. I asked the german SC community how to get into a SC-group and became an answer like "...just go to my RSI and there you are". Did that, check. But ftw I didn't even know that there exists kind of a whole world of groups, companies, syndicates etc. And furtheron, that there is an own RSI-community... ... ...and thats what I call "edging" ;-)
So, well, yes, I am a newbie but oldschool, beyond 40 years old (unfortunately nearly deaf on one ear - life has left first traces) and on the search of news, hints, tips, communication, kind of common gameplay on casual basis and an organization where I can join in.
Hopefully you had fun reading my introduction. Have a nice day!
Kind regards
Sam
P.S.: edging *ahead* - because I had my first PC in 1989 and played Wing Commander 1 in EGA-graphics :-))
"
So, yeah, well - hope to see you around or drink and fly or whatever, having fun and so on. Have a good time, godspeed and a nice evening!
