1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

Searching for a digivolution guide to Digimon World back in 2001.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

Started in the Digimon World forum in 2001, branched out into Jedi Sith sometime later. Was active in Digimon World until the other regs stopped showing up, was active in Jedi Sith right up until it died off on this very site.

Branched out to various parts of the site when GTX0 launched.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

Moonraymon (bcus Digimon), then Moonray & Redack... Then on GTX0 exclusively Redack, then swapped back to Moonray.

4. Why you left

I didn't.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

For work life: IT Support at a school with roughly 1200 students. Maintain the network, the servers, the computers, etc, etc, deal with any problems people have (forgot password, computer not working, printer not working, etc, etc, etc). It's a very varied job. Some days it can be as simple as just knocking a PC off and back on (yes) another day I might be urgently rebuilding a server that died, the next I might be installed new network switches and configuring the ports for VLANs, then I might trying to figure out how the heck the biometric catering system works while the company that installed it tries to be as secretive as possible so that we have to pay them to come out! It's a very varied job and you never really know what each day will hold which makes it more fun even if it can be stressful.

Personal Life: Saving up for a flat/apartment but never anything reasonably priced in the area because, well, rich people like to retire around here and it's a beautiful area. My main hobby is of course gaming so that's what I am up to a lot of the time, but I also read (not as much as I would like these days) or go for walks up one of the many hills in the area (because as noted it is a beautiful area).

GTX0 Life: Having stepped down as an Admin I'm just hanging around, replying to posts that interest me, making posts about stuff that interests me. Occasionally do a stream in Spectator Gaming, usually when Jo asks about a game and wants to see it but sometimes just because I feel like it.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Yes, primarily on PC but I also own a "New 3DS XL", Xbone and a Wii U. I also have emulators for some of the older consoles so I can nostalgically replay games I loved when I was younger or catch up on games I missed (like the entire Gamecube library).

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Found Mike's GT in like 1999, wanting to know how to unlock Ness or whatever in Super Smash Bros for the N64. Stuck around because the people were cool and talking to people from across the globe was a novelty. Over the years I became a reg of Sonic Heroes, Middle-earth, and Harry Potter, while jumping around between a few other forums. Modded DBZ: Budokai 2 (PS2) for a while, wrote some cringey fanfic that people liked. Still remember the day GT went down, thinking "Oh, it'll be back up later tonight". At that age, checking GT was one of the first things I'd do when getting up in the morning - so it was a pretty big deal that it never came back. Found Daniel's site randomly early on (don't remember how), and then migrated over to Xhin's with pretty much everyone else.

I think my nostalgic attachment to that site is long gone, though. It's not the reason I still post here; it's because I like the personalities I've gotten to know over the past so many years.

Nowadays I'm focused on my film course, primarily looking to get into sound design. Still play games (PC mostly), although nowhere near as much as I'd probably like to.

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..
2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here
3. What nic you originally used(if changed)
4. Why you left
5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not
6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

1. I don't remember. It was during my Freshman year.

2. Jedi Sith and RPG Chat, mainly.

3. I had many names but for RPG Chat it was Princess Cacila Elf and for Jedi Sith: Princess Padme/Nyatha Non.

4. I left to get my life back together and then came back in 2014. I don't post around GT as much as I'd like to anymore.

5. I'm a part-time student at my community college and I work part-time at the Bake Shop. Gaming isn't my main hobby since not a lot of games really interest me. Writing's my main hobby now since I'm trying to write my novel. Finding an agent is going to be tough. I don't want to settle for anything less (Like, just selling my book as an eBook), which is what writers tend to do nowadays. Like I said above, I post less because I have lost interest in GT (now that I have a dog, etc) but I check in to see how everybody is doing.

6. I still play games but not regularly. I'm actually trying to cut down on my console systems because I've been disappointed in a few games and don't want to waste anymore money. I currently own a Wii U and a PS4 and a Vita. May keep my "New" Nintendo 3DS but I'm thinking about it. I don't want my life centered around games. I want to be active (if I can be haha).

Done.

1. mike pooler days for a brief time forever ago. A while later (2003 maybe?), I was hanging with friends on the GameFAQs Pok�mon boards and someone was like "lol look at this dumb topic" and linked to something on GT. So I showed up to troll a bit, then decided to actually stick around. Became mod, was a regular until it died.

2. mainly Pok�mon Gold/Silver, Crystal, and RBY, Smash Bros, and Animal Crossing: Wild World

3. this is the only real name I've used, aside from a couple joke names and "not logging in because I'm not home" variations. Also an impersonation or two from the early days :J

4. didn't; the site died so I hung around with some GT friends on our offsite hangout, eventually GTx0 appeared and we decided to check it out

5. my sacred duty is to maintain a base level of kawaii on this webspace

6. yeah, pretty much everything but an XB1 because I have zero desire to own one

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

I discovered Gametalk (Mike's) back in 2003 with his Dragonball forum. I used to post fanfics of DBZ in that forum.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

From 2003-2004 I was a reg at the Dragonball forum. I skipped Daniel's forum, and went straight from Gametalk to gtx0.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

SSJ Sephiroth and OWA.

4. Why you left

I was too busy playing online games to care about a forum.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

Working.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Wii and PC. Wii's softmodded.

1. Mike Pooler days, was looking for tips and exploits for Knights of the Old Republic and later SHenmue 2. Kept bringing me to GT so I got familiar with and fond of the place


2. I started int he KOTOR and Shenmue 2 boards before my fr iend who I invited to the boards convinced me to head to the Anime boards where I met someone I'll never forget and who I'll probably miss for the rest of my days. went to Pointless and started hanging out there got a solid group of friends, than eventually came ot Jedi Sith but left because of bullying until Dark Mistress (one of the mods at the time) posted in one of my threads in Pointless and talked me in to coming back. SPent several years mostly hanging in Jedi Sith and later made my way to the Inuyasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale boards which had a nice little close knit community of its own that I worked my way in to.


4. Because the site went down and Mike had pretty much abandoned it.


5. Part time Day Janitor at a grocery store


6. Xbox 360 and a decent gaming PC mainly.

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk

Was looking for some Budokai 3 cheats, google directed me to gametalk. This was all late 2005-early 2006.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

Quickly found out about the KH2 forum and hung around there for the next two years. Migrated to the Brawl forum until GT died.

Made some really good friends with the users of KH2. (Javo, Kuza, KHMaster00000, Arxeza etc..) and still talk to them every once in awhile on facebook.

Made some really good friends with users of the Brawl forum (Hindenburg, Speed Bike Pro, Pirate_Ninja, MSS etc..) and still talk to some of them every single day for the last 8 years.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

I saw a picture of an eagle beside my parents desk and just put a 0 after it, so my name became eagle0.

4. Why you left

GT LEFT ME.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

When I started GT I was still an 8th grader and hadn't yet entered High School.

Now I'm a graduate student and one year away from my second degree.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Everyday!

PC
PS4
Wii U
PS3
Wii
Vita
3DS
PS2
Gamecube
Sega Genesis
N64
Gameboy Advance SP
Gameboy Color

1) June 2006, though I'm 90% sure I found a forum in a Google Search a year or so before that and passed it by. I'm pretty sure I discovered it in a Google Search, though not sure how. Just stumbled upon it really.

2, 3, 4) Good god - what forums..I started on Pokemon/Pokemon Games/Depression as Weird Occurance, Articuno Lover, and Mew Ruler. Later made my way over to depression as Yuki Eiri, Naruto Next Hokage, and several other names I doubt anyone remembers. I was around frequently enough through 2008 or 2009. I think my activity here slowed down a ton in 2010 thanks to a relationship I was in and the start of college.

5) I graduated college in 2014 with a Computer Science & Philosophy double major. I moved out of my parents' house a month later (they were moving to another state and I didn't want to go, so I got my own place :D) I went through several short-time jobs before getting my current position. I now work in NYC in a technology/finance position. Between that, my social life, my relationship, video games, and trying to make sure I don't lose too much sleep, I don't really find much time to get on here anymore, though I do occasionally lurk and post. I've been on and off the Nostalgia, Life, Pokemon, and Health forums.

6) Of course I still game :D The boyfriend and I just bought a new gaming laptop three months ago just for it. I'm also still very much into Pokemon - so I got my 3DS, of course. I still have all my old consoles and I tend to rotate them out pretty frequently - GameCube, N64, Super Nintendo, PS1, Xbox 360.

1) I think I found it when I used Google or Yahoo to look for help with some video game. I can't remember which one it was, though. Anyway, this was way back when Mike was still running it. I think it was 1998 or 1999?

2) I mostly stuck to the Axem Forum and the Dragon Warrior III forum. Might have visited a few others, though I don't remember.

3) Axem Great Water.
EDIT: I think I used QWERTYUIOASD, or something, for a few months, before finding the Axem Forum.

4) The site went down.

5) Getting my Accounting degree. I mostly just hang out in the Axem Forum, and see if anyone posts anything.

6) Not as much as I used to. I spend most of my time reading. Aside from that, I usually just play my old Gameboy Color, SNES, and PS2 games, though I have a few Xbox 360 games, and some stuff from Steam.

1. Remember very vaguely going into a gamestop as a kid and asking where I could go to get help with games like tips/guides etc. Some employee told me about the site and the rest is history. This site is the reason I am who I am and why I am where I am in life atm. Crazy to think like that!

2. Mostly a pointless scrub though I did the rpgchat for a bit too. Followed my friends to other subs like stranger and others I don't remember but pointless was my home. Joined I want to say like early 2000s- '03 maybe? that sounds about right.

3. Only ones I remember are AngelofSapphire and Tohru-HondaChan or something. Lol I had a bunch though.

4. GT Left me one day and just like that it was a wrap

5. Graduated college, moved across the country and now a full time employee in an office desk job. Living the dream..../sarcasm and no I don't post on GT. Or I guess I do, wait.

6. I play a lot of games but nothing ever sticks like it did before. Games just aren't the same quality or maybe I just realized I've changed. I dunno, maybe a bit of both...

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

It was around 2000-2001 when I first found out about GT. I was probably searching for Pokemon Advice back then. Maybe Smash.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

I posted a little in Silver/Gold/Crystal, migrated to Paper Mario where I met a good bit of friends. Axem craze started there before becoming its own forum. I used to go to the Console Wars forum a bit, but I was really young and a typical Nintendo fanboy who was triggered by the relentlessness of ?huh?, so I didn't last long.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

I guess jjkk or AND'J.. AXEM_METAL quickly became my official tag after a few nonsensical ones

4. Why you left

I guess I grew bored. *shrug* I was a teenager with typical teenager desires and experiences for a minute.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

PM Assistant for a construction company. I rarely go out anywhere or see older friends, so it's a weird point in life where I actually feel old. I post whenever something catches my eye and isn't political. I've decides to lurk those and judge silently instead.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Overwatch is the new bae. Other than that, I just play whatever I come across. Own all current gen plus PC, 3DS. I mostly play on PC.

Check my thread in pointless please. I can bring you back good memories that you had in the melee forum, shafowwalked08.

I originally found gametalk back on June 16, 2003 on a google search for Mario party 5. I was interested in finding out which mini games that were going to be in the game and how to play them. Of course it was too early then for anyone to know, but I stumbled upon this site and found it to be a nice place to chat on. I then migrated to the melee forum and realized I was way behind in the game on unlocking stages and trophies, so I worked really hard on those, and within a year I unlocked everything. I still play smash bros to this day (on the wiiu and 3ds) and was way into brawl back in 2008 when it came out and I even suggested that they play brawl's music at my high acchool's prom that year. And just like you shadowfoz08, I am a Nintendo fanboy and only own those consoles and handhelds.


Shadowfox08 and chain chomp, can you please respond to my thread in pointless calling for your attention?

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

It was probably around 2000.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

I was there for a few years. I used to Mod the Breath of Fire 3 forum. I frequented pointless a lot too I believe as well as rpg and some others. I was the guy that came up with the trick of using the ascii code to be able to post as anybody. It caused a great mess and the admins actually had to restrict the allowed characters in a name. You might not remember me.. but there's a good chance you remember that fiasco.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

I believe it was either this or Syko2300 I don't believe I ever used my nic that became my default goto: Vember.

4. Why you left

Grew bored like others and moved on.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I haven't been posting no.. this is my first in probably over a decade. I am currently in a rough situation in life trying to navigate my way through.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

I own no consoles at the moment but I do play some pc games.

I now sell women's shoes.

but are you a member of NO MA'AM

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

I was actually a frequent forumgoer at Nick.com's gaming message boards. They had moderators, and the mods had to approve each and every single post, so the system was not instantaneous. But this was back at the turn of the millennium: the thought that there actually is a message board for kids on the internet was a wild concept in and of itself.

Then, someone on those forums private messaged me and referred me to Gametalk.com. They told me it was a gaming site that they thought I might like. Nick's system was posts that were old got deleted forever, so I don't know who that person was and I'll never find out. But I didn't stumble across the site searching on Google, I was personally referred.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

Back in those days I frequented the Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door forum and the GCN Vs. Xbox Vs. PS2 forum. I loved the general gaming forum the most.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

Originally I wanted to call myself Marioman, but that name was taken. Then Marioguy was taken as well. So I added the M in-between to snag the name: Mariomguy.

4. Why you left

Uh, you know how it was!

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

Well, right now I'm a graphics technician working for a good international business that makes computer systems for golf carts. If you go to a golf course and see these boxes on the top near the roof, that's our company. And while I joined late, if you go to the newer courses you'll find a welcome screen: a composition featuring an image of the course and their logo. I made all of the new ones in the western hemisphere (we have a satellite branch handling Europe and the far East).

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Not as much as I'd like to. Hardly at all nowadays :(

But I own every Nintendo console except the two most people love: the first NES and the SNES. My SNES broke down and I was eager to use that as an excuse to get an N64, so we tossed it pretty quickly. I also have a PS3 (Little Big Planet, Ratchet and Clank, Flower, nowadays it's just a blu-ray player).

I also have an awesome gaming PC: i7-3770 4.1 Ghz, GTX 960, 12 GB RAM. I did PC game for a while when I was in college and right after. I don't want to say I lost my passion for gaming, but that whole joy about taking a console to a friend's house to play is over now. If I game at all, the most I'll do is Smash Bros. with some people here online. All my friends are in other states, so we can't local multiplayer anymore, and my best college friends have jobs/are married (they're much older than I am)/don't play anymore. One of my friends loves Fallout, but from what I understand that's not multiplayer.

I learned how to make games inside of professional game engines and 3D software, so while in the past I loved tinkering with builder games UE4 has kind of sucked the fun out of it. Making games is HARD, and a long painstaking process that really should be done by a team of at least 7 people: not just one person trying to figure out everything. If I play a game now it will probably have to be something like Mario or Smash Bros. Nothing too lengthy, perhaps why I'm weary of even getting the new Zelda game (previously I would be all for it). The only real time I have is weekends.

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk:It was way back around '01 when i found it.
2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here: I hung around the digimon forums,pokemon, and yugioh
3. What nic you originally used(if changed): Wargreymon256 (or something like that),slifer the sky dragon
4. Why you left: Never did, site went down =(
5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not: i had seen it, posted a bit then i kind of died it seemed, and i just went through my bookmarks xD. Right now im working, and playing games.
6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own? Yes i do, have PS4,Xbox 1, 3ds, and play mobile games mostly Final Fantasy Record Keeper.

side note moonray your name seems familiar

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

So I discovered the Mike's GameTalk in 2003 while perusing for tips on LoZ: Wind Waker. I remember finding it on a random google search and replied to someone asking for help on a really easy topic, so ofcourse I made some kind of snarky comment about how he should find a strategy guide. A couple days later I remembered making the comment and wanted to see if he has said anything, so I came back and he said something about how it wasn't in the strategy guides he read. So i looked it up and sure enough it wasn't in there. I decided to help him out and then I made my way to the boxcube forum.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

Mostly the boxcube forum. But I posted in the Zelda and Halo one's as well.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

Always used SnakeVenom. Now Q.

4. Why you left

Well, I never left by choice. When I joined the Army in 2007, I was unable to post regularly until summer of 2008 with all the training i was doing. Then there would be periods of time where I would be so busy I wouldn't have time to post.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not.

Married and working IT at an Electrical Company full-time, Going to college full-time and doing the national guard.

6. Do you still play games?

In between classes and if/when i get sparetime that's not filled with homework.

Mostly been playing Halo and Skyrim SE on X1. But since I have gotten Breath of the Wild on Wii U that's pretty much all I have been playing.

If so, what consoles do you own?

NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Wii, Wii U, GameBoy, GameBoy Color, GB Advance, GB Advance SP, GB Advance Micro, DS Lite, 3DS, 3DS XL, Sega Genesis, 32X, Sega CD, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, PS3 fat, PS3 Slim, PS3 super slim, PS4, PSP, XBOX, XBOX360 Elite, XBOX360 S, and XBOX ONE.

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..)

It was some time in the 2004 area, I think. I know it was during Mike's time, because his name came up every time something came crashing down. My brother and I came here with a question about Morrowind (don't remember what it was), and had a grand time chatting with folks on the Morrowind forum (at some point a bunch of us took turns writing a big story, which I still have on my computer somewhere). My bookmark still links me to the Elderscrolls forum, even though it's not on those top links anymore.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

Well, I spent most of my time on the Morrowind forum, and then started looking at other ones - mostly Pointless, but sometimes posting in Art or Depression (if I had something I thought was helpful to say). I'm wanting to say that I visited the site regularly until it went down. Then I'd look for it every three months or so. Now I come back for spurts every couple of months, but often don't bother posting.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

I mostly went by TroshLirgg, though on Pointless I used Finrod Felagund.

4. Why you left

The site kinda disappeared...

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

Well, nowadays I'm married to a lovely lady, graduated college with a degree in Technology and Applied Design, and am working building cheap wooden furniture, because apparently there's a market for it. I'm working on getting myself set up to make much nicer hardwood furniture, but it's hard to run a wood shop out of an apartment. So right now I'm learning as much as I can about running a small business.

I think I answered the other question earlier - I post here on occasion, and lurk more often.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

I do still play games, though less frequently as I'm making a solid effort of being a responsible adult. I am and have always been a PC gamer.

I was me, except when I wasn't.

I got into the game industry, and then I stopped.

I ran into Threnody awhile back, he was doing fine. That was a few years now.

Life is life.

1. Post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

I discovered GT back in the Pooler days looking for info on various N64 games. This was during a time when I was obssessed with Banjo Tooie and all the SnS mysteries surrounding (right before all the in-game code was searched). Must've been 2004-05ish?

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

Pointless, Life, (any of the 7th gen console forums), Banjo Kazooie, Smash Brothers...

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

tooie~playa through and through.

4. Why you left

Whenever the original site went down for unforeseeable maintanence (ran out of money?), I was forced to move on. Luckily I've kept in touch with many others as social media got more interesting.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

Been through hell and back with a lot of health stuff. Finally earning a degree. I never check here anymore except for the random pop-in (like right now!).

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Definitely still in sync with all retro Nintendo consoles; especially handhelds.

Nic was always The Regnant Bellicose. It was good, grammatical fun. Enjoyed it.

How and when? Probably something hedgehog related. 'Round 2003. Were those the Pooler days? No clue.

Frequented Mario vs. Sonic mostly. There were several others, but it's been waaay too long for simple recall. I probably disappeared nearby the advent of gtx0.

I left because of changing interests. Nowhere near the gamer I used to be. Sonic's had a rough ride, too!

My life... Anyone need any stamps? And I'm a raging misanthropist now, I guess. I never post anymore. Gametalk crossed my mind, and I'm leaving my mark on a whim for auld lang syne.

I do watch 'playthroughs' of games sometimes. I'm generally behind on electronics.

Over the last few days I've been lurking more often and looking on the wayback machine and got insanely nostalgic (and depressed) so I'll fill these out:

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

Found the site in the last week of 2003 back in the Mike Pooler days. I had just gotten a Gamecube for xmas and looked up info of Koopa and Purin and found out I already had them. I checked back a few more times and found the site to be filled with pretty good info to ask (I had never posted online). So I stuck around.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

Originally I posted in Star Fox Adventures (until it died a little bit later) then posted on the Super Smash Bros. Melee forum a lot. Posted in Brawl too and pointless occasionally. Almost never used the upper quicklinks except requests and complaints though I now wish that I did because it was so unexplored.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

I used "roymasta" for about a month then came up with this one. Found it pretty funny when years later there was someone named "marthmasta" running around in the Smash Bros forums.

4. Why you left

GT would go down often and I would get sad but then it would come back. But then like 2008ish in my senior year it went down forever and never came back (sad!). I don't even remember how but I think weid man had my AIM or something and messaged me about faded enigma while the old gametalk had started and GTX0 was in its early stages. Instead of posting in GTX0 I just stayed in FE for many years. After the middle of 2013 or so I got away from FE and re-found GTX0. I wish original GT stayed around a few more years because the social network boom happened a little bit later and I would like to have kept some people in contact. I have a small hole in my GT heart for those who were lost.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

Right now I am job hunting while still living with parents and my wife. We are trying to move out and get a space of our own once I secure a job somewhere. Afterwards I want to see about grad school to get my master's for social work. My GT posting has been less active but within the last year I got back into it. There's less people here and it feels somewhat sad and depressing even though there are still people I've seen here for 14 or so years. I wish there was a way to get good traffic going through here.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

I still play games just about every day. Less often than I used to because I'd rather spend time with my wife (or just not ignore her with games), but I play almost nightly for a little bit when she sleeps. I own just about every console except the switch right now, but my PS4 library is extremely little.

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..
I believe I go back to the Mike Pooler days, and I've been with every interation of the site. I still remember rediscovering GT when Daniel brought it back after like 2-3 years of it being gone, I was so happy but sad at the same time because nobody was here compared to when I found it. Speaking of that, I found GT for the first time in 2006. I honestly have no memory of how I found the site, I just remember that on my birthday in August, I got my first desktop. I was also a huge gamer so It's likely I was searching for game tips on google then found it in the search engine, I just don't know how else I would've found it.
2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here
I spent most of my time in the pointless forum back in the days where your post would disappear in a few minutes because so many people were using it. Other than that, I poked my head in on other forums (I believe there was one called middle earth, I just can't remember 100%), I checked around on my favorite games and console forums, so that's what I remember there.
3. What nic you originally used(if changed)
I started as Ver18 but I'm pretty sure I ended up using Nique204 as well.
4. Why you left
I didn't, I was here until Mike's site randomly went down. I spent much time waiting for its return with that wait screen, but it just never came back.
5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not
I'm in college and actually became a popular YouTuber. I'm working on both of those right now. I still check on GT a few times a month just to make sure its still here. Nobody else seems to be here so I don't post much.
6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?
Huge gamer, that's actually a part of my second channel. I play NBA 2K, and a variety of others like Ratchet and clank. Currently have Ps4, switch, Xbox one S, PS3, PS2, PS Vita

actually became a popular YouTuber

Name?

Look at threnody�s posting icon picture to the right, fox. Maybe he�s from so cal too.

I�ve known fox forever since 03 and we happen to live two hours apart. We�ve been best friends forever ever since and it wasn�t until 2014 when we decided to meet up, along with however who lives in so cal too. We invite people to my house, our friends mostly, and play smash and Mario kart and all other sorts of multiplayer games. I�ve also known vandy since then too but he lives too far away, but at least he and fox play Xbox a lot, hopefully they�ll play on live together sometime. I�ve also known MSS since 2003 and he has played Xbox a lot with fox and actually flew down to meet him but I wasn�t available them so I didn�t have the chance to hook up with them.

i discover gametlk when i google mike pooler
i went to many forums
i went by brandi
i left because i can
i am a lunch lady i post here still
yes. i own a ps2

ok i wont post in list format oh it to late..

Name?

Dom2k and a second channel called Dom.

"i discover gametlk when i google mike pooler"

WHy did you google Mike Pooler?

WHy did you google Mike Pooler?

the name came up in a AIM conversation.

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..
2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here
3. What nic you originally used(if changed)
4. Why you left
5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not
6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Discovered GT back in summer 2002 - I was just starting console gaming on my own and was struggling to get through a level on Sonic Adventure 2.

I started on SA2, and then followed some folks over to Pointless for a short period of time before hooking up with a group of what I would consider rogue role-players. They had "illegally" taken up residence over in the Obi-Wan (xbox) forum and were doing Star Wars roleplaying. Kept trying to kick us out of the abandoned game forum and we eventually made enough of a fuss as a community for them to give us our own forum 'Jedi Sith'. Around the same time I was RPing over in Middle-Earth.

I started under Sonic_Lover (SA2), and then Sith Kira, Jedi rebel, ~Kira~ (moderator), Kira of Mirkwood, ~Black Rider~. Some alternate names I screwed around with were Pal�n, Tiger's Eye, and other names that facilitated RP storylines.

"Left" is a strong word. The fact I'm still haunting this place speaks to that. Growing up I simply lost the time to be able to RP, which was my true love of the place.

I'm a graduate student in Macromolecular Science and Engineering, and will receive my Ph.D next summer. One of the biggest things I've done is go on to be a very active mentor to fellow graduate students, which are skills I truly feel I developed beginning here at GT. As a "master" training so many little Sith apprentices how to role-play and as a moderator making sure people played nice, I developed many strong friendships that went far beyond the forum community and often resulted in discussing real life challenges with people. This was such a unique experience that really shaped me into the person I am today. Every so often I pop my head in to see familiar faces ^_^

I'm still playing games - I'm on Xbox One under Jedirebel90 and I invite anyone to add me. I primarily play Destiny 2 right now, though even lately I'm struggling to find time for :(

1. I discovered GT around 2003...not completely sure of the year, but I had some issue with a Mario game and a friend from school told me about this site.

2. I spent most of my time hanging around a couple of Yu-Gi-Oh Gameboy/Advanced game forums while only rarely posting on other forums, until I eventually took the plunge on Jedi/Sith and got fully hooked for a couple of years.

3. The name I have now is the one I've pretty much always used, on all forums that I've visited on the internet in general (though this was the first place I used it). It was based off a code name a character used in a book I read. Aside from this, I used a few others for different RP characters, most notably The Slayer (which was passworded, so I had to use the I/l trick back then).

4. I left after a couple of years of heavy play on J/S...I don't know if there was anything specific that caused me to leave, aside from me just getting pretty involved in various high school endeavors and not having the time/interest. I also would have been tying up my parents' computer rather than having independent access, so that probably had something to do with it. Aside from that hiatus (after which I returned and again became heavily involved in J/S), I have been around pretty much constantly, with varying levels of activity. I remember the original GT going down, finding Old Gametalk and following J/S through various backup sites that we used before eventually winding up here.

5. I've been working full-time at a consulting firm for the past 4.5 years, after graduating from college with an English degree. I still check in here pretty much on a daily basis, though ever since J/S and Mafia died I hardly ever post (usually in the Entertainment and Music or Pokemon forums). So now it's more of a habit than anything else.

6. I was never much more than a casual gamer, to be honest--probably why I never got super involved here outside of Jedi/Sith. Every once in a while I pick up a game I enjoyed as a child (most often Pokemon, including the newer versions), but I don't typically have the patience for starting up entirely new games and becoming good at them anymore. I own an N64 and a Wii as well as a 3DS, but nowadays I mostly use the consoles only when friends come over and want to play Smash or something.

Personally, I was at Mike's GT in 2006 and I was a regular in Xhin's GT. Around 2010.

I just remembered this site and I wanted to visit it and wow, the changes.

but still the same.

1. Post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

I discovered the website through organic web browsing around 2004 time, so it was Mike Pooler's original Gametalk I set eyes upon. I was a loyal user from 2004-2007.


2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

Main forums I was actively posting/checking included good old Pointless, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Depression, Health etc.


3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

I used various names, most prominent being The True Oblivion and Ice_Gream_Gal - what an embarrassment lol.

4. Why you left

The website was practically dead and eventually re-branded as GTXO - the excitement and networking aspect had disappeared.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I work in the Military sector, handling data and supporting ex service members and their families in starting a new business. I also have a marketing background.

I am still in contact with moderator Lord Denida via social media.

I got banned from the Pointless forum many times for spamming.

My main circle of GT friends included the likes of Forte Lambardi, Dr_Chips, Tias, DIEKILLDIE etc, I struggle to remember everyone's usernames! :)

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Yes, I am still in my comfort zone of RPG's, particulary Square-Enix.

I own a PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 and XBOX Elite.

:)

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1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..
I guess around 2004-05 I discovered GT through my brother. Continued coming here for a long time after. Good ol' Mike's GT.
2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here
I frequented Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories for the longest time, followed by Pointless and RPG Chat.
3. What nic you originally used(if changed)
Inferno35, Dark Seth. There were probably more, I was a dumb kid always trying to start something, sometimes by use of other alias'.
4. Why you left
Mike's GT shut down. Others tried to reinvent GT, but nothing will ever truly compare to Mike's GT. Though I admire and appreciate those who tried to revive it. I created a website of my own that became somewhat popular with older GT frequents. Well, I say created but it was through the use of proboards I think? a website generator. Anyways I ran that as well as admin'd another website that was fairly popular. Kept trying to keep socializing alive with my friends from GT. Eventually everyone just got busy with their own lives, myself included.
5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not
This is probably my first time around in years. I have a career and found other things to occupy my time, I don't really use a computer much anymore despite my past. I spend my time mostly doing outdoor stuff, though I do still play video games sometimes.
6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?
I pick up a PS4 controller every now and again to play a re-release of a Final Fantasy or to play Fortnite or Destiny 2. Thats about it, honestly.

1. I stumbled upon the site whilst googling a cheat to unlock Vegito in Dragon Ball Z: Buu's fury on GBA when I was about 11 - that would have been 2004, about five years before the demise of the Pooler era.


2. I frequented Metroid Fusion (I have been trying my darndest to track down Dark_Ridley from that forum - I had him on Myspace but the trail goes cold after that. He was a great dude.) as well as Super Mario 64 ds, Buu's Fury for a time until it died down. I used the activity of that forum as a yardstick by which to gauge the activity of the whole site, so i'm sure you can imagine once I found Pointless and a few others it was an absolute revelation and I became obsessed with the forum because it actually had people. I made friends on there but wouldn't have a clue what they're doing now. I also went on the dragonball forum, tried my luck at a few others like Yoshi's Island, the Gamecube forum, but some were pretty quiet by the time I got to them.


3. originally I was known as a_chocolate but I didn't use a password, someone who went by the name of coi50 stole my username and wouldn't give it back, and I got banned by Denida for getting angry at him. That was my first experience with what is now a widely experienced level of cruelty that the internet makes it possible to carry out. After that I was chocco, el chocco, a few others, which people had started calling me anyway. Doubt anyone would remember either one so I didn't bother using them when I came back.


4. Truthfully, Mike's GT going down put a dampener on what was pretty habitual visiting on my part. I waited years for something else to come up, and didn't know about gtx0 until fairly recently, maybe five years ago. I gave gtx0 a go (evidently i still am) but it felt eerie to me that this clone site didn't have the same people. Seeing the same website but with just far less people was too much to bear when I was a teenager. I still remember Eagle and SOH but whether they'd remember me is another question altogether. I miss a lot of people from those days and it hurt to be here without them, so I just kind of let it go.
Nowadays I value the community more than ever as it is, even if I only fleetingly visit under a new username each time.


5. I'm a programmer now! I build backend systems/APIs in Ruby. I play in a couple of bands as well. Would be very curious to know what was used to build this site.


6. Recently I've gotten back from Japan (played a tour with our bandmate over there who grew up in Okayama and studied in Sydney for a year and played drums with us) and while I was there I visited three of the Super Potato stores and picked up Japanese copies of pokemon Leafgreen, Metroid: Zero Mission, Megaman Battle Network 3, Sonic Advance 2 and 3 and an OG copy of Pokemon Green. I stuck with GBA because I knew it wasn't region locked. I've been working my way through those but my reading is limited somewhat so I bought games that either featured little dialogue (sonic) or games for which i already knew the story (pokemon). So the GBA titles have experienced somewhat of a renaissance. As for current gen i've been playing fallout, master chief collection, the crash bandicoot remakes, overwatch on PC, paper mario and a heap of other stuff on my 3ds. still going strong i think.

TL:DR; wiiu, xbone, ps4, 3ds.

1. I don't remember exactly, but I think I was looking up cheats for Yu-Gi-Oh Forbidden Memories and ended up here. Can't remember who was running the site at the time.

2. At first I frequented the gaming forums like Yu-Gi-Oh, Kingdom Hearts, and Metal Gear Solid but after a month or so I discovered the role playing form and that made me stay for many years.

3. I had a few nicknames for different role plays like Kyle Riddle (for Harry Potter) and ~Inu-Yasha~ but my main account was this one.

4. I left because Hurricane Katrina destroyed my home and my computer along with it. It wasn't until a few years later that I finally bought a new one but by then I was older and my love for the site had faded.

5. I'm an adult now and doing boring adult things. A lot has changed since my days of staying up until 5 a.m chatting it up with my online friends. Unfortunately I don't post anymore, just had a case of nostalgia and wanted to check the site and smile about past memories.

6. One of things in my life that hasn't changed is my love of video games, which is still going strong. I have a PS4 and just finished up the new God of War a few days ago. Now it's back to Overwatch and Rocket League until Spyro the Dragon and Kimgdom Hearts later this year.

I used to come here like every day as a kid, back when it was just GameTalk... around 2003? I met my first digital friends here and also discovered how fun it was troll people. It's great to see the site is still alive.

These days I'm trying to improve as an artist and hopefully make a living doing that. I lost interest in today's games but I do still enjoy everything from NES to PS2.

Came into Gametalk around 2003-ish. Discovered it one day while googling cheat codes for Grand Theft Auto 3. I want to say my first post was in direct reference to GTA3 about the cheat codes but eventually strayed over to the pointless section and remained for close to a year. It was my main source of chatting interaction before I discovered other sources. However, this was my first. I do remember it fondly and am using my same nickname as I did then. I was 14 at the time so if you use the Wayback machine and see me saying stupid random stuff... that is my excuse. After 14 years I thought for sure I would have done something more with my life. I remember spending nights writing little stories and coming on here for inspiration but the writing never panned out. I am now working in the electronics department at a local Walmart. I remain to play little games, not as big as I was back then though. I play small free downloadable games through app stores and that's basically all that there is.

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

I for real don't remember how I even found the website.. Probably looking for a walkthrough or something along those lines. But it was during the days of Mike. GT was my very first forum that I joined when I was 12 or 13.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

After GT shut down I went on to AnimeLeague, I was there for nearly 12 years. I have since left AnimeLeague and am apart of Advancers and AnimeForum. Which I hope to stay on for as long or even longer than AnimeLeague.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)
Ceres Faye, ~Izumi~, Rina Warheit, and Jalala Warheit were all Usernames I used on GT although most will remember me as Izumi or Izzy. My character was a member of the Society of Mages and later that Vampire clan that I can never remember the name of.

4. Why you left

Because the site went down for maintenance and never came back.


5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I'm a mommy, and a wifey. I'm a full time stay at home Mom with a five year old and my husband and I have been together going on 9 years now. I moved on to AnimeLeague and Admined there for about three years give or take until the Owner decided I was no longer active enough to be an admin, but still active enough to be a Head Moderator so instead of causing any issues with the Owner I left. Because believe me there were a lot of issues I had with the owner of that site.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Of course!

I have:

Xbox 360

PS4 Pro

PS2

Nintendo Wii

Nintendo 3DS

Sega Genesis

PC

Ah! I remember you. I was Cacila. I don't exactly remember the Vampire's clan name either. :P

Sick! So do you find you watch movies with a focus on sound design lately?

Hey all

1. I think post Pooler but not sure when... Maybe 12 years ago..

2. Used to post five wacky facts in the depression forum every day and also post in various Final fantasy, fire emblem and golden sun forums.

3. lol I was yummyburgers until someone used and passworded my name hence why I started posting with this name..

4. I can't remember, lack of activity maybe? I think people lost interest?

5. Moved from Ireland to Australia over five years ago and nope, don't posy anymore.

6. Currently playing breath of the wild but not very often unfortunately!

Was hoping to search through old forums but there doesn't seem to be an option for it?

I recognize a few of the old names here. Been a long time!

Ho-lee-fuck, it\'s yummyburgers!

More than ten years on, I still remember your wacky facts posts.

Damn, the throwback post!

I think i joined Mike's GT back in 2002. I think I was looking for cheat codes to whatever game I was playing back then. Or maybe looking for guides for Diablo 2? I dont remember.

Started RPing on Jedi/Sith. Messed around on RP, Middle Earth, and Sports. Won the Fantasy Football league a couple of times there!

I've always gone by Aftermath. On Jedi/Sith though I was mostly Chaos and RumbleFist. Had a handful of some other characters. Dont remember my ME name. RP I was something like Dark Wizard or some shit like that.

I manage a couple of restaurants up in the Seattle area. Got a house, a wife, and a pup. I brew beer from time to time. Love to eat and drink. I'm a happy dude.

I play Clash of Clans and CLash Royale every day. I have a PS4 but I dont really fuck around with it. I'll probably cop that Spiderman game though. That shit looks dope.

I was "Sufjan" way back when. Spent most of the time on the 9/11 and Final Fantasy forums. Don't admittedly remember too much about it at this point, though.

I found GameTalk during the Mike Pooler days, sometime back in 2000/2001 when I was 11 or 12 years old. I was searching for tips/cheats for Digimon World, which somehow led me to Super Mario RPG 2 where they were basically running an underground RP fight club lol. The fight tournaments eventually evolved into full-blown roleplaying, with relationships, feuds, storylines among warring factions, and whatnot. I was pretty active for a few years, then came on a little irregularly until maybe 2006, when real life responsibilities were creeping up on me more and more. I'd check up every few years since then for nostalgia sake.

Forge is the only name I've gone by since I first posted on GT, maybe somebody might recognize me. For the time being, I do data entry work with medical records, and intend on going back to school for IT stuff. I only have a PS4, although I've hardly been playing anything.

The legacy lives on!!

Glad you remember them!

Many good hours posting them back in the day!!

How I discovered Gametalk:
I think I was around 12-ish when I first discovered GT. I had been trying to find information for Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life because I was finding Nami so difficult to woo, which of course meant that she had to be my wife.
Back then the computer was just for cereal box PC games, Word and Googling things. I had an e-mail I didn't even use and talking to strangers online was a foreign concept to me at the time.

Forums I went to and how long I was on GT:
HM: AWL initially, then mostly Pointless. I dabbled in other forums as well but normally I liked to be where I perceived the most traffic was. I was quite the (embarrassing) attention-seeker.
As for how long I was around I can't be sure...5-ish years? Give or take? I disappeared a few times.

Nickname(s):
Speculate.

Why I left:
Drama combined with mental health issues, which led me to realize that paying attention to what was actually happening around me was more important than performing in an online soap opera all the damn time. I guess I thought the people online were all I had, but it turned out that I was delightfully wrong. :) Basically I needed some IRL TLC.

What I'm doing with my life:
Working; biding my time while my lovely boyo finishes up school so we can blow this joint and move somewhere that's more small town than big city.
Also, I haven't actually looked at anything GT-related in forever, let alone posted. I'm just sick today and then remembered that this was a thing for some reason. I'll forget about it again eventually, lol.

Consoles I own:
I'm mostly a PC gamer nowadays buuut I'm not far behind in consoles and handhelds. I have the oldies of course (SNES, Nintendo 64, PS1, GBA, etc.) but I also have a 3DS, PS4 and Switch (and all that good stuff in between).
At the moment I'm playing Monster Hunter World and Stardew Valley (again, ugh, because they just had to add multiplayer). Guild Wars 2 is my go-to game if I'm ever between games though.

I believe I started in GT around '05-'06 and was around until the site CLsee for maintenance and never returned. I frequented the Console wars boards most of the time. Many many pointless arguments were had there. Honestly it made even less sense when I owned multiple systems myself! I don't seriously participate in that kind of talk anymore but still enjoy discussing gaming in general.

I stopped frequenting forums after the old site died. I finished school, finished university, my eyesight went to hell but I'm still muddling through despite difficulties.

After regularly posting on YouTube comments sections (basically forums), I decided to gibe forums another go as I was sick of the toxicity that sometimes flares up in YouTube fan circles. I looked up the old sure on The Wayback Machine and even found some of my old posts! After that I thought I'd see if there was any info on what happened to the site and well, here I am.

The 'current' platforms I play (if we're no longer counting 3DS) are Switch and PS4

Oh my god i'm just tearing up... I cant believe i found game talk again. I was wondering for many years what happened to that site i liked to be on with all the gaming people when i was young. I cant believe its kind of still here. Makes me emotional. I just found it today.

so...

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

I remember around 2006 when i was in 6th grade I was searching for video game stuff at my school library and i stumbled on the site.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

I mainly used the Tales of Symphonia forum and i was glad i found people who appreciated the game back then because it was kinda obscure.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

I was ShadowStarr back then

4. Why you left

I don't remember

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I am now 24 and am out of college and working and found GTx.0 and i feel like im reliving my childhood.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

of course I play games! I own Sega Genesis/32x/CD, Sega Saturn, Switch, Wii, Gamecube, Atari 2600, Wii U, Dreamcast, 3DSXL, New 2DSXL, DS, DS lite, PSP-3000, Ps Vita, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance SP, RetroUSB's AVS, SNES, N64, Super Analogue NT, Commodore Plus/4, Windows 7 PC, PS1, PS2 slim, PS2 Fat, PS3 Fat, PS4, Xbox and Xbox 360. I'm a serious collector now and proud to be a gamer.

Edit: Since then I added the Vectrex,Windows 10 PC, Atari Lynx, GameGear, GBA,PSVR, Oculus Quest, NeoGeo Pockey Color and Turbo Grafix 16 + Super SD System 3 to my collection.

the world would be a better place if the Tales series got more love

1. Can't recall.
2. I wandered everywhere, but I mainly hung out at the Metal Gear Solid forums.
4. I left when GT went down in '08.
5. Nothing important or amazing. Eat, sleep, work, repeat.
6. I do! PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, and PS4.

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post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

I was a regular around 16/17 years ago in my final year or two at high school. Can�t remember how I discovered it the first time to be honest!

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

I was always on the Final Fantasy VII forum, occasionally the FFIX one also but that was much quieter.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

Same as it is now.

4. Why you left

It was when the original site starting having technical issues - also coinciding with growing up and not having the same time to devote to gaming.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I am now 32 and am rediscovering a bit of my youth by replaying Final Fantasy games - thought I�d see if GT was back and here I am!

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own

When I can. PC and PS3 because I�m stuck in the dark ages. My main games have always been FF and Football Manager or EA Sports type games like FIFA, Madden NFL and the like. Never really been into many others but Broken Sword was always a favourite.

Some names I can recall from back in the day were Bahamut00001, Shotgunnova, Sephiruth... struggling now but I�m sure more will come to me in time. I wonder if my name will ring any bells with anyone? Highly doubt it after so many years but you never know! ;o)

I think I started using Gametalk in 2003. I was all about the RPG Chat, barely even bothered with anything else. The Anime forum sometimes but I was on 26.4 kbp/s Netscape internet back then and the only anime I ever watched was on cable. Couldn't play online games with that connection but boy, I could roleplay just fine. Gametalk was a gift to a poor kid like me.

I jumped around everywhere. I was Blue Phoenix for a while, joined the 'Glass Feather Battalion'. Later I RPed as Fato and got into an AIM group with evil_shadow and some others.

I've got a steady job now, a home, and I'm slowly getting back into writing and thinking about going back to school. Financial/personal troubles kept me from finishing college.

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

I discovered GameTalk around 2005 because I was like 15. I remember the name Mike Pooler and seeing Forge around RPG Chat a little but I think he left when I arrived.

I was just surfing for game stuff on google when GameTalk came up in the search and, well, one click was all it took.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

I started out in random forums, like for specific video games, and just drifted around. I remember someone calling me a "noob" and I thought they were misspelling "nob".

Now all that was just elementary stuff. The bread and butter was delivered when I wandered over to Middle-Earth and discovered something...strange. These people were writing some sort of stories and participating in them in real time. They called it "roleplay".

All it took was one thread, and one urge for me to jump in and start demanding everyone's character pay me taxes.

I surfed among Middle-Earth, RPG Chat, Jedi Sith roleplaying everywhere and rarely did I visit other forums. I was set. Met some unforgettable people who made everything better than it already was. When GameTalk closed I went to GT Restoration then GTX0.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

I originally used "weedobits" and then "Fellard Colklan" who was my Middle-Earth character. Because I roleplayed across a number of forums and used a number of characters, somewhere I settled on one character as my main name: "Gratchius".

But even then, via MSN and AIM, I used "Die Shize".

4. Why you left

Generic reasons. Got busy with life as happens when you get older, other people left who I knew, GameTalk itself closed down and nothing beats the original no matter how good the alternative. Got pulled to other roleplay sites by people who left GT. I had a very amazing friendship that emerged from GameTalk, one that kinda fell away with time and distance, so that did influence in part my decision to in turn fade away from all things GameTalk.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

Well, since leaving GameTalk, I went to two other sites for my roleplay fix, but I left those sites as well and haven't been back in some time. I no longer roleplay.

I'm a working man and with my free time I'm playing video games, watching TV or reading books if I'm not out and about.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Yeah but not as much as I used to. PS4 and PC.

Neat, I didn't know you were die shize too.

Yeah I've had so many nics (the heck's a nic?) or SNs or monikers or what have you. Probably more than the only other person I know had more which of all people was Atma/Althina/Circuizuizuiuizzin.

Die Shize is my main online name of all names though. It just stuck.

Short for nickname, iirc

I've had a bunch of names over the years too, not sure why I stuck with xhin since it wasn't even the most recent.

Also, I just realized I never filled this post out:



Mike's GT, 2001. I was searching for something related to ocarina of time when I found mike's GT. Hung around the OOT forum for a while, migrated over to the 09-11-2001 forum in 2002, became the mod of the Life forum and then also the Spirituality forum when that split off.



I've been around forever. Back in Mike's days it was mostly the special GT forums (09-11-2001/world, life, spirituality, depression, etc), along with Pointless. Here I've branched out a lot and posted in more games-related and entertainment-based forums as well.



A lot of different names.. originally it was Man_Of_The_Pika (or MOTP) or Omicron or Lambda, then I used Risua, Xhin, Shannone, Neo-Yin, finally settling on Xhin for some reason.



I'm in the unique position of being unable to leave -- as long as GT exists, I'll be around in some capacity too.



I work in the IT field, which makes sense given that I learned to program from making (and continuing to maintain) GTX0. In my downtime, I make psychedelic art, do worldbuilding, and I'm currently working on a rather ambitious game.



I lost interest in console gaming back in the gamecube/ps2 era, but I'm getting more into it now -- would like to get a switch when I have some income coming in again because the new mario and zelda games look particularly good. I also do some PC gaming, though I tend to stick with one or two games for several months rather than moving around a lot. I also have a 3DS, which I've mostly been using to play older N64/SNES/gameboy games.

Haha GameTalk certainly taught us all something. Programming, mentoring, writing...you name it.

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site).

I discovered the original GameTalk in about the fall of 2006, as I was searching for information about how to unlock Waluigi in Super Mario 64 DS (which I later found out was just a rumor, and another user on GT who was crazy good with coding literally tore the game apart to the individual strands of code and found nothing in there for Waluigi at all).

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

I mainly frequented the SM64DS forum, of course, but branched off into other Mario game forums and the Guitar Hero/Rock Band/Rhythm Games forums, especially in the early days of this site.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

Me being innocent and naive, I thought you had to register to do anything on the site, so to test things out, I made my first post using "Black Yoshi (guest)", intending to change it later...and then found that the site wouldn't actually let me change it, so the "(guest)" thing stuck until I found Daniel's GT.

4. Why you left

Same reasons everyone else did: the original GT went down, and then Daniel's site went down.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

Still here, still post on occasion, though nowhere near as much as I used to. I'm a church choir director out in the county to the west of me nowadays, I perform with four different community groups (three regularly), and I hold degrees nowadays in Music Education and Architectural-Structural Engineering. Apart from that, still looking for a day job to supplement my income and help me pay off my $40k in student loan debt from my first outing at college.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

I game religiously, and I have:

Everything Nintendo except for the Game Boy Pocket (yes, I do have a Game Boy Brick) and an NES

A PlayStation 2 and a PlayStation 4

An Xbox 360

A SEGA Master System (which I'm not even sure if it works anymore, it was my dad's and it's been sitting in our closet upstairs for twenty-plus years)

Steam

Blizzard (though I don't even use it anymore)

Twitch, which I use mainly for Minecraft (though I have other launchers for Minecraft as well: vanilla, Feed the Beast Classic, Technic)

A smattering of other games, mostly classic DOOM, that exist outside of these launchers

No love for the PS3?

More like I never had money for one, and all the games I would have played on PS3 at the time I had on PS2 and Xbox 360.

1. I was an extremely young teen who was holed up in my grandmothers house, and was surfing the internet for people discussing games. I was a little literal with my search and found gametalk. I thiiinkk the original.
2. I used Pointless and the other sister board that I forgot the name of that game a bit later. I RP'd with many many people, but had a smaller group of people who I used chat programs with. Zonic, Nails, Luna Itchuga, Linkman, Elite and a ton of others. Kirara Mist.
3. Onyx the Hedgehog. Ugh it sounds weird to even say now.
4. Got to doing growing up stuff and kinda forgot. Remembered a billion years later while talking to buds about their teenage RP experiences in a call one day. (Being today)
5. Just trying to survive, work etc. Same as everyone else who's 28+
6. I still play a ton of them on Steam on PC. And use Discord to talk to friends.

1. Mike's days! Super vague how I got started, but I'm pretty sure I had gone to GameStop a couple times and overheard people talking about GT for tips/guides etc. I was only like 10-11 maybe so I had all the time to enjoy GT.

2. Came on for cheat codes and games and stuff but immediately found my way onto Pointless as my main spot on GT. Was on Pointless consistently a good 2-3 years I think, like around 2003 maybe?

3. Only one I remember was Guy of Legend. LOL I remember all the random RPs and all the hackers and this quirky little love triangle I had bt me, appleyoshi49, and tohru-chan(?). Odd how easy all this comes to mind.

4. I didn't leave GT, GT left me :'). Never came back or even thought about GT bc life and growing up until now. Had a dream last night about GT which brought me back.

5. I'm a nurse at a big hospital. I'm about to go grad school next year to learn how to give anesthesia.

6. Games don't hit me like they did before... Or maybe adulthood changed me? Still got my XB1, a Switch, and a 3DS. Most of the games I look forward to now are just continuations of older series (like KH, Pokemon, Zelda, GTA, Elder Scrolls etc).

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site.. 

Good question. I originally found Mike's old GT when In 2000's. I was trying to figure out how to finish a level In Legend of Zelda. I have forgotten which game it was exactly.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here?

I ventured from the original fourm of Zelda I first came to towards Pointless. I visited pointless a great deal. Eventually I followed a user to a fourm called Inuyash Fedual Fairy Tale. Perhaps it was the other Inuyasha game? Other fourms I visited were Yu-gi-oh, depression, RPG, Life, amongst a few others I cannot recall off the top of my mind. I remained on Mike's GT until it died. Went to a few remakes after awhile.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed) 

I went under a few names. Depended on the fourm I visited. I had two common usernames. I prefer not to mention them.

4. Why you left - Issues with friends on GT. Added with crippling depression, mental breakdowns, moving a lot, amongst other things of course.


5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not?

I have recently come back to the site. Not to sure If I will remain for very long. Far as life? That is an interesting question. I have improved my life since I was a teenager. Found myself with the help of GT. Gathered the strength to become the person I am today. I currently have my own business doing odds an ends. Handy man business doing repairs on peoples homes. I also occasionally work on computers in my spare time for the elderly. Lastly I act as an unofficial therapist for people. I say unofficial due to not being paid for it. I help lost souls that find me to become better. Once they have found their own inner strength I leave them to their lives. Pretty straight forward.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own? 

I own a 2DS. I mainly play mobile games with pc games.

1: I came across GT when searching for info on yugioh duelist of the roses. I always recalled it being around August ‘06 but it might have been around the same time in ‘08.
2: Posted in Pointless/Duh mainly. Rarely posted in Dueling Cards. Posted a few times in Inuyasha a Feudal Fairy Tale before GT went down. Lurked in RPG Chat, e-fed, anime, and a few others. Pokemon in GTX0 (not entirely sure about that detail).
3: Joseph B. ...GT was my first experience with a forum and screen names were a foreign concept to me at the time. I shifted to Dark Knowings shortly after. Had a few other nicks but they were pointlessly edgy b/c teenager.
4: After GT went down and GTX0 took it’s place. It was rather quiet by comparison, I started to lose interest. Also got more invested in gaming with new friends. Came back briefly, don’t know when, posted in Pokemon briefly. Made one post in depression and didn’t take a second glance after creating the post. Never saw if there were any replies to my ramblings.
5: After I heard GTX0 was still around, I’ve been checking back every so often. There’s only a few familiar names nowadays but it’s still nice seeing that the site is still hanging in there as well as the people that still frequent it. In regards to IRL; well... lost my sight, so dealing with that. Was hoping I’d be farther along in life but I can’t seem to break the mold that I’ve been residing in since I first found GT. Trying to work on that one, too. =X
6: With the loss of sight, gaming has been ripped away from my list of things I can do, for the most part. I can still play the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm series due to the simplistic mechanics, though I’m not good at it. For consoles; PS4, PS3 super slim, PS2, PSP, PS Vita, GBA SP, DS, 3DS XL, WiiU, Switch. PC as well, Steam and Discord, by extension.

I was here circa 20004 on the Knights of the Old Republic and Shenmue 2 boards before my firend who went by Anime_Freek dragged me to the Anime and pointless boards I mad ea firend when Iw as thirteen who I"ll refer to as TG I am sitll looking for htis friend after we lost touch. b eyond that not sure how much more specifics you'd be looking for.

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

I think I found it while searching for help with Golden Sun in 2001. I was 9 years old at the time.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

I was here on and off for 3 or 4 years. I mainly hung out in RPG Chat and Writers, where I RPed X-Men as a dumb OC called Pyrite, KH as Leon / Squall, and other things I don’t remember. I ended up on a couple of Proboards offshoots from RPGChat, which inspired me to learn Photoshop to make bad graphics for my own Proboard. My memory’s hazy but I had some AIM friends from GT named PS2Gamedude and GCGameGirl who were brother and sister. There was another dude with a Disgaea forum I used to talk to on AIM despite not playing Disgaea. I remember I had a crush on a Kairi RPer who was around my age and I remember trying to act super cool in the RPs she was in. I also spent time in Writers where I wrote the edgiest Linkin Park-fueled poetry I could think of. I was the moderator of the Enter the Matrix GC forum for a couple of months which was like the peak of my life at that point. This was until someone realized I posted in another forum saying that I was 10 and therefore not old enough to be a moderator, haha.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

Serge Mako was the nickname I had as a moderator. I posted in RPGChat as Pyrite and some variant of Leon or Squall. I wrote in Writers as Hector7 or something.

4. Why you left

I became a teenager and decided I wanted to do more “RL“ things.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I’m 26 now. I graduated undergrad with a CS degree and worked for a FAANG tech company for 3 years as a software engineer. I’m now taking some time off working on personal projects. I don’t post on GT anymore but I check it once in a blue moon for nostalgia.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Mostly PC to play random co-op indie and FPS games with friends, but I also have a PS4 and older consoles. I’m loving the FF7 remake so far. I have no idea what the hell is going on in KH3 however, so I haven’t finished it yet. It feels like a betrayal to myself at Gametalk age.

@Leon... are you the guy who did the car door cult at RPG Chat? Cause that was hilarious.

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

Discovered Mike's GT in 2003ish. I was looking for stuff for Animal Crossing on GameCube.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

Animal Crossing, Pokemon Red/Blue, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, and Axems mostly. Off and on until 2007 I think.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

Homestar Runner, H*R, Sage of Black Chaos, Axem Magician, Axem Chaotix, Chaos Alchemist, and Loki Ragnarok once.

4. Why you left

Lost interest, among other things happening in my life.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I work full time and I'm in school for Cybersecurity. I haven't posted here in a long time, and got curious how it was doing.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

When I have time, yes. Currently going through Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization on Switch and Assassin's Creed Odyssey on PS4.

Nice!! I collect them =p

Wait...Is Mike Pooler still alive? o.O He must be as my password is still alive. I'm actually surprised I remembered it.

I started going to Gametalk in 1998. I went to all forums. I used Ragu o Ragula or Bobo. I left because it stopped. Math and computer science teacher. I still play games. Own most consoles back to Atari, do not have any xbox consoles though.

What are your favorite consoles, Ragu?

Hard to say. Started on NES playing Sesame Street 123 and Duck Hunt. SNES got me into playing RPGs: Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, Secret of Mana, 7th Saga, Final Fantasy (played NES ones but played the SNES games multiple times) and more. N64 was mainly mario kart, super smash bros and Perfect Dark (Goldeneye rip off). Most of the handhelds I owned (gameboy, gameboy pocket, gameboy color, gba, gba sp, DS, DS Lite, DS lite XL, 3DS) were mainly to just play pokemon and one or two random games here and there, again mostly rpg (except on the game gear, only had a sonic game and NBA both were trash). Sega Genesis was great for couch coop side scrollers. Played with my brother in a bunch of those games: Streets of Rage, Altered Beast, Toejam and Earl, Golden Axe, Zombies ate my neighbors etc. Gamecube I really only played backyard baseball on it. Of all the Playstations, I played with psOne the most... mainly due to having more time as I was in highschool at the time. I played my favorite RPG Wild Arms, where I got the user name from - pretty sure the only rpg I have played over 15 times. Managed to do a sub 10 hour speed run on it. I have 80+ games on PlayStation but only about 10 each on ps2-ps4. Not too impressed with wii and wii U - though the tanks game from Wii Play was fun. The Nintendo switch is a great handheld and docked console. I enjoyed BotW and played Animal Crossing for like 2 weeks straight before getting bored of it. Currently playing ring fit adventure, decent game. The last few games I have played have been on the PC through steam: Borderlands, Monster Hunter, Divinity Original Sin 2. Right now I started a Minecraft server with my students.

7th Saga is definitely a hidden gem on the snes that I never hear anyone talk about. Such a great game.

2003, became a mod Christmas 2003 with Blitzd in the Badlands forum (i see he posted 7 months ago, hi Blitzd!). I'm out of work currently (mental health issues and also the pandemic doesn't help). Don't really game too much but I play PS4 occasionally. Never got into GTXO but googling GT got me here so thought I'd say hello (if anyone reads this lol).

Howdy Sonic.

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

While in middle school a buddy was like "Hey have you been to Gametalk" was history since then. Was apart of GT since the Pooler days. Remember spending time wondering when the site would come back up.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

I largely hung around in Kingdom Hearts Forum. At some point I stayed in the Depression forum for awhile (trying to be helpful). I generally lurk in several forums now including Religion/Politics.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

Forte Lambardi - it has not changed since then.

4. Why you left

I never really left. I kind of kept going through as the GTX forums were from Daniel's forums to the actual GTX0 forums. Albeit I am less likely to post and more likely to lurk now.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I am PC tech now for small company based out of Texas (in one of the satellite office in Oklahoma. Went from small company to Dell to small company again. I do post on GT occasionally. As stated before I lurk more than post.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

I still do play games. I have a gaming PC and a Switch.

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1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk

IIRC, it was around 1999 or 2000. I was searching for game tips and stumbled on the site. I really liked the forum's Guides/Chat/etc. tabs for each forum, so I stuck around.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

Paper Mario, Axem Rangers, RPG Chat, Video Game Console Wars mostly.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

Same old nickname.

4. Why you left

I stopped caring (or trying to care) about video games when college hit. Plus, a lot of "discussions" were a mixture of long-winded personal attacks stirred with opinions presented as objective facts. ?huh? was a perfect example of typing out paragraph upon paragraph of responses to anyone and everyone, berating them at each sentence with a quote. The man was not on a mission to win an argument: he was on a mission to tear apart your soul. Video games, ladies and gentleman.

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I work for a Managed Service Provider in Louisiana. We have 100+ clients who we cater to as a 3rd party IT firm; anything from as simple as password resets or basic hardware troubleshooting, to server maintenance/configuration, even installation. Senior techs/on-site techs get their hands on the server racks, while I work remotely answering calls as a Tier I to provide support (or find the necessary route to further support if it's out of my league or role.) Trying to learn as much as I can to nab my CCNA + find a Networking role there in the future or elsewhere.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Mostly just the random PC game here and there. I sold every other console besides my Switch. I don't like using all of my time in the day completely allocated towards gaming, but it is always nice to use gaming as a medium to "hangout" with friends. Multiplayer games like Overwatch, 7 Days to Die, etc. fill that cooperative role really well for me.

Checking something for someone... just saw someone I knew once lol

Dam an appearance by Denida and Forte. Welcome back boys.

Thank you kindly. Hope things are going well for you at the moment. When I saw Denida in this post I was thinking I should probably post here too, lol.

My sympathies lol

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk

Mike's GT, looking for stuff about chests in Kingdom Hearts

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

9/11 (Aw, Masse), Spirituality, uh others I don't quite remember...? Unsure how long.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

I think I started as N00b Cybot, stayed Tek Jansen for a long time, went to Tektite Jones when Xhin first started X0 at Xhin's suggestion.

4. Why you left

Stopped working behind a desk and thus stopped having a computer in front of me. I'm back but I'mma get better at posting from my phone... This is annoying lol

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I have been working professionally as an actor for years now. Well, I was. Now the theatre doesn't exist. My day job was doing characters for a super interactive escape room/mystery room/etc business. It's dead now too.

I'm married (16 yrs together, 3 married) and we're in an unconventional little love puddle in this sweet home (which we bought Aug 1). I am the happiest I've ever been. I just made 3 yrs alcohol-free Thursday. Things are really good...if extremely difficult.

I came back here bc I saw Xhin post something on fb but it coincides with unemployment and pandemic situations.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Hahaha fux yes I do. Atari 2600 (untested for a few years now), orig Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3 (dead but soon to be replaced), PS4. Currently replaying Ni No Kuni II, just finished replaying Ni No Kuni and Tales of Zestiria. Probably gonna restart Skyrim for the 42ndish time

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk

Oh man...I discovered Gametalk while looking up info on a Digimon game (I got in an argument with Daddy TJ my first day lmao). I was probably around 13-14 and GT had been up and running for a couple years.

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

I spent a lot of time in Pointless hassling Denida. Part troublemaker/part active community member lol. I also spent a lot of time on the San Andreas forum. Honestly I jumped around to a lot of different forums. There were so many awesome groups to interact with.

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

brother retard, bro retard, bro retro, etc. (Yeah...in hindsight not the greatest name, but I truly didn't choose that name to be specifically offensive.)

4. Why you left

I started getting popular in high school and I would go out and party or hang out with friends and I kinda just slowly stopped checking GT. I tried to come back later but by then the site was on it's last legs. It was a complete mess until it finally shut down for good. :(

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I've gone from being the biggest nerd to becoming a dubstep DJ/music producer. My life use to be all about playing in clubs, and afterparties, and music festivals. God I miss music festivals! Now with Covid 19...I just sit at home and make/sell songs to other DJ's/music producers. Kinda makes me feel like i'm back in the good ole Gametalk days... except without the amazing community to be a part of.

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

Yep! I own a PS4, Xbox 1, and a Switch. Sadly, I don't find as much enjoyment in playing video games like I use to. I just want to be a kid again.

Holy shit this post refuses to die....

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk (whether it was the Mike Pooler days, Daniel's GT, or Xhin's site..

Mike pooler days....05-08???

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

star wars, pointless, rpg chat, i cant even remember the others, i was all over, i think at one point we were raiding other boards?

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

I dont even remember. Shukun/Slasherkai maybe. I modded a few dead forums. Something about maybe a team omega....It's been so long. I am almost 30 now.

4. Why you left

Some of us got banned, I made like a rpg forum called "Kuran no Yami" with like my closest GT buddies


5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I am an IT professional

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

PC master race boy

I honestly am happy this thread is still alive. Good for you guys who left and came back! I honestly looked at old archives and DO recall the old GT just a bit. I may have posted once or twice under usernames I've never even remembered though. I think Mike's version always popped up when I Googled a game or so.

Well... this has been fun. Over 15 years ago. If anyone remembers, I was the moderator of the Depression forum in Mike's GT. I decided to pop by because I was discussing Gumba with a friend and saw this in my search for it. I originally came to old GT to look for game completion hints to a Mario game for the game boy colour I think.

Well hot damn, some of you familiar faces (names?) are still alive! Hope y’all are well.

Discovery: Definitely Pooler days.
Forums: Began in Pointless and found myself in with the early Jefi/Sith crew. After we were (reasonably) exiled to our own forum, I mostly hung out with that crew (and spent a spell as moderator), though I occasionally dallied in RPG as well.
Original name: I was TK for a while before I decided to change it to Kain.
Why I Left: Hard to say, really. I suppose I hit a point in my life when I wanted to spend more time out in the real world. Not that I regret my time on GT - it was just time for change.
5. I play music and sell vodka. Despite the world coming to an end, it’s a good niche. I’m definitely not still in the community, but I had a sudden impulse to check in tonight. Glad to see there are a few of you still lurking!
6. Oh, I be gamin’... but truth be told, I’m losing my interest. Lately I find myself more geared toward tabletop games, or at least games which also come with an evening of wine and snacks.

i found gametalk sometime around 2002-2003, back when mike pooler ran it. i had been looking for help with morrowind. i mostly stayed in the morrowind forum at first, but started to branch out more into 9-11/world, pointless, spirituality, and badlands. i forget which happened first, but i became co-mod of badlands with sonic reality, and also mod or co-mod of the morrowind forum. i think catahoula girl was a co-mod too. i used the name sans peur at first in the morrowind forum and later shortened it to sans. i used eidolon's nepenthe in badlands and maybe some other forums too. i was never one of the "hackers" or "spammers" like gumba gumba or uiif or daniel (to some extent), but i did communicate with daniel outside of the site a bit and he shared his code with me that let you post html to the site. after that was discovered it started to get taken advantage of in more and more ways, until eventually the html bug was fixed i think.

i've stopped posting as much over the years because i became busy with life. first college then grad school then family and work. i still check in every now and then but i don't have the same amount of free time so posting a lot is difficult. i play more board games than video games. i was into steam a few years ago and played a bunch of puzzle games, but not so much anymore. in my (limited) free time i like to read, explore outside, work on puzzles (like crossword and logic puzzles, not jigsaw), play drums, and crack codes.

Just realized I never replied to this and it's 4am and I can't sleep so I'm about to take a trip down memory lane.

1. Like late to mid 04. I was looking up Halo 2 stuff and stumbled across the forum.

2. My history with forums I went to is a bit weird. As mentioned I stumbled across the halo 2 forum. I honestly posted once or twice then deleted this place from memory. I don't know what compelled me to search for gametalk months later but something did. Call it fate perhaps? I don't think I remember it being called GameTalk honestly and if it took more then 10 minutes to refind I'm sure I'd of given up and wouldn't of been around. So anyway, I ended up in pokemon emerald and there I interacted with users and got a feel for the user base. I made two friends at the time Purple Umbreon and *Sakura -chan* the later I still talk to. It was interacting with users and making a few friends that made me after the first spammer created post glitch I saw finally explore the quicklinks. I tried all of the forums and finally found my home in the choas that was pointless. Seeing stuff go back 2 pages in a minute and the warm welcome I got had me hooked and I made a ton of friends. I greatly miss alot of users.

3. I was some edgy shit like Dark master of demons or Dark lord abyss. Then ELITE NINJA or any (banned) variation of it. Fuck you Denida. Now just Elite.

4. I never left but at one point even before GT went down I was spending more time on another site that was full of GT users. I even modded on it. I've always found and this was especailly true between GT and daniels GTR that I get alot more involved with users without the site. When it went down I got in contact with alot more people and really reached out more. I could never truly leave because that possibility of any of the essentially countless users I liked reappearing is always going to be a thing. I might not post but I'll pop in.

5.Forklift driver/team lead in retail. We'll see I might lurk but idk how much I care to post here.

6. Xbox series X. Buying a switch with my stimi boi soon tho.

Not sure what's happened with the replies above but will put my comment in this one and hope it works

Hey Denida! Nice to see ya :). Hope things are going well.

Just saw the bit below about Garrett. I deleted social media in 2018 so stopped following his situation. Sad to hear of his passing.

Also sorry for the additional spam but forgot to say hello to Eidolons Nepenthe! Hope all's good with you man. Badlands feels like a lifetime ago

Hi, am good. You?

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Yeah, am okay thanks! Just waiting for the lockdown to end here to get back to a bit more normality. I see you've written books now, that's great :)

Yes middle of fourth lol

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Ah yes she was awesome!!! I miss our cuddles through email

@EN:
I miss your profile pic!

No idea what I did or how to delete those posts on mobile but as for TG she was awesome and everytime I listen to the opening intro for Wolf's rain it reminds me of her

I’m one of the new ones from CWBB aka Conworlds aka Worldbuilding.
None of those other questions apply to me, unless I’m mistaken.

I came across the Red Alert 2 board in early 2001 (13 y/o at the time) and learned how to type fast by spending too much time in the Pointless Section (Mike Pooler days). By 2003 I mostly stuck to the Spirituality and Philosophy board. I'd credit Xhin's posts with inspiring me to "try to become smart" of which I have succeeded. I'm currently a 32 y/o undiscovered artistic genius who cleans toilets for a living.

More impactful moments I had on this site: I remember first seeing the term introvert posted here. I remember reading an extremely harrowing anecdote from a user barely escaping being gang raped. I remember coming across TheAmazingAtheist because someone linked a video here which made me actually subscribe to someone on YouTube, beyond using it as an alternative to accessing video game music OSTs without Napster. I remember a ton of people named "Axem ____" I still don't know what that was about.

I recognize a ton of names (above) but probably didn't form any meaningful connections here. Still pretty cool how mere screen names can trigger nostalgia.

Hi, GameTalk was a big part of my life during some of my formative years (3rd-5th grade,) unfortunately I rarely stuck with a consistent name on the site but since I was really into Mario my name usually had to do with Shy Guys. Shy Ranger is the last name I remember having there. I was mostly on the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door forum. I unfortunately don't remember many names, except Enchanted Toadette who was a good friend to me and I thank her for putting up with my spazzy 5th grade self LMAO, I have no idea what ever happened to her tho. Also, seeing the name Denida brought back memories that have been dormant for, shoot, probably over 15 years now?

GameTalk just felt like such an endless expanse of interesting stuff to me as a kid, I liked looking at the chaos in pointy, watching people roleplay in Axem and Yoshi, I glanced into forums like depression which dealt with stuff I was too young to even understand and it felt like gazing into a portal to another world LOL, I'd kill to be able to view things which such a sense of wonder again. To this day when I look at old snapshots of Gametalk I still love the stylish black and blue colors, the site had a great atmosphere to it.

Now I'm 25 and a lot of the games I talked about on Gametalk when I was 8-10 are still some of my favorites. I have a great group of friends and a supportive family. I'm a lot luckier than a lot of people, but I still want to jump into a time machine to 2005 sometimes! I actually got on the forum because, if anyone knows Sonic Adventure 2, my chao died in that game and I didn't know what was going on, and I was so distraught about it that my mom search the internet for video game help forums for me, where they confirmed that yes my chao did indeed die. I actually cried and my parents bought me my favorite candy just to cheer me up, it's a sweet memory.

It's kind of a stretch but if anyone thinks they might recognize me or they haunted the Thousand-Year Door board I'd love to know!

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk

I rented Yoshi's Story from Blockbuster and got stuck, searched yahoo and found gametalk, Liked it there, but forgot the name of the site until I got Paper Mario

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

Paper Mario for a good 2 months in 2001 and then found the Spirituality forum and was there until it shut down the first time.


3. What nic you originally used(if changed)
Same as is, but some asshole was given mod privileges and stole it from me around 06


4. Why you left
the site shut down


5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not
Being disabled,all invisible disabilities to boot too.


6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

hell yeah, never stopped playing since 91. PC for single player and F2P game and PS4 for those sweet, sweet exclusives

1. post how and when you discovered Gametalk

I was 12 years old in 2004 and was searching for info on pokemon games and I stumbled into the gametalk

2. What forums you went to, and how long were you here

I was mostly in the DBZ, pointless and the roleplay forum. I hung around from 2004-2008

3. What nic you originally used(if changed)

I went by the name DarkGirlwithDragonwings for the most part

4. Why you left

I was already drifting away by high school and then one day I checked and it was down and it never came back

5. What are you doing with your life now and if you're posting in GT still or not

I work as a freelance artist now with a part time job at a kitchen on the side, I live with my partner of 11 years in a nice little apartment and no I don't really post in GT anymore, I just pop back in here every 1-3 years for nostalgia's sake

6. Do you still play games? If so, what consoles do you own?

I do all my gaming on PC now for the most part, but I still play Pokemon on the switch