In the month of December, 2002 those that were known as Ndeal and Moerder were on PixelLAB and both had mentioned Pixelation. So I saw what it was all about, was intimidated and ran away. I returned and joined and was a complete asshole in February 2003. Maybe it was January. After the initial backlash I started to find my place in the community.
I wasn't even a newbie, newb or even worthy of the title noob. I was as retarded as they come, a flat out n00b. I even remember my first post in the serious critique forum, as it was called back then, general and serious critique. Must've been after the first infamous shut down of Pixelation. A guy had posted what I apparently thought was a rather sorry attempt at some sort of samurai/knight combination and I made a list of a lot that I figured was wrong with it. A lot of it didn't even have to do with pixel level details, but stylistic things that were way out of line for me to say
needed to be corrected. I must've been an angry person back then. It didn't help that the thread was four months old and on something like page three of the forum.
Elfwood
*shudder*
Rox ought to do something new
No doubt. When was the last time Rox made something? A year?
Forever? You're slacking, Rox.