Weird thing, was browsing the net and came across a 12 year old thread on rllmuk talking about ntsc-uk. Specifically it was about the massive amount of banning's that took place, but reading through it all and seeing those familiar usernames brought back some stellar memories.
Most wont know me here I expect but some might, so just thought I would check in and see what's been going on and maybe share some memories of those days which really were golden looking back.
Random things I recall:
- where else to kick off than starting the website itself along with rep and camps after Gameplay forum ceased to be. I basically knew next to nothing about web design but got myself a hookie version of Dreamweaver and pretty much copied the much-lauded Japanese website MagicBox, frames and all. Uploaded it all into One-and-One and it threw up a niche website that grew solidly over time.
- further to that, years later met Inertia who was a TOP guy and spent hours building a new database driven website for us with his ridiculous talents and never once asking for anything in return. He went on to create the amazing Aeon skins we see on XBMC and so on.
- managing to blag our way into the Nintendo show in London where we were amongst the first to get hands on the Gamecube, amazing day
- being sent an exclusive interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, a God to many of us back then
- hosting three (at least?) forum get-togethers in my two bedroom flat in Watford, probably around 25-30 gamers there for around 24 hours, set up multiple TVs and consoles. I used to have photos of these, wonder where they are now!
- talking JRMacumber the guy from America out of giving Halo a 10 because everyone felt he was over-praising it (no-one had played it at that stage), with time gone by I felt bad about this one as its a total 10, just as he said it was.
- being in awe of Saurian and his incredible gaming ability, watching him dissect Psyvariar was something else. Met him a few times too, really great guy and cool as f*ck to boot!
- being the Edge 'website of the month'
- Rep's insistence that The Bouncer was a GREAT game despite everything pointing to the contrary
- the care and attention given to the reviews, there was some great writers there and I believe some went on to work in games journalism also.
- the elitism was at times of the highest order, ntsc-uk was at times a harsh place to step a foot into if you were a PAL gamer
- conversely, I consider it to be the best source for anyone at the time who was looking to import games, with members who would truly go out of their way to help newcomers, I am thinking of people in particular like Brats and so on
Forgive my ramblings, its half my lifetime away now and I figured where better to post them than the site to which took on the baton from ntsc-uk
Maybe others would like to share those memories too.
Most wont know me here I expect but some might, so just thought I would check in and see what's been going on and maybe share some memories of those days which really were golden looking back.
Random things I recall:
- where else to kick off than starting the website itself along with rep and camps after Gameplay forum ceased to be. I basically knew next to nothing about web design but got myself a hookie version of Dreamweaver and pretty much copied the much-lauded Japanese website MagicBox, frames and all. Uploaded it all into One-and-One and it threw up a niche website that grew solidly over time.
- further to that, years later met Inertia who was a TOP guy and spent hours building a new database driven website for us with his ridiculous talents and never once asking for anything in return. He went on to create the amazing Aeon skins we see on XBMC and so on.
- managing to blag our way into the Nintendo show in London where we were amongst the first to get hands on the Gamecube, amazing day
- being sent an exclusive interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, a God to many of us back then
- hosting three (at least?) forum get-togethers in my two bedroom flat in Watford, probably around 25-30 gamers there for around 24 hours, set up multiple TVs and consoles. I used to have photos of these, wonder where they are now!
- talking JRMacumber the guy from America out of giving Halo a 10 because everyone felt he was over-praising it (no-one had played it at that stage), with time gone by I felt bad about this one as its a total 10, just as he said it was.
- being in awe of Saurian and his incredible gaming ability, watching him dissect Psyvariar was something else. Met him a few times too, really great guy and cool as f*ck to boot!
- being the Edge 'website of the month'
- Rep's insistence that The Bouncer was a GREAT game despite everything pointing to the contrary
- the care and attention given to the reviews, there was some great writers there and I believe some went on to work in games journalism also.
- the elitism was at times of the highest order, ntsc-uk was at times a harsh place to step a foot into if you were a PAL gamer
- conversely, I consider it to be the best source for anyone at the time who was looking to import games, with members who would truly go out of their way to help newcomers, I am thinking of people in particular like Brats and so on
Forgive my ramblings, its half my lifetime away now and I figured where better to post them than the site to which took on the baton from ntsc-uk
Maybe others would like to share those memories too.
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