Like Flash, I am also still alive [Archive]

coolie

08-05-2011, 06:42 PM

Been a long, long, LONG time since I've posted here.

I am still alive and kicking, believe it or not. I live in New York City, and I make my living as a freelance designer. I'm also doing comedy once a week, either stand-up, or with a troupe I'm part of.

Oh yeah, and I'm getting married in January.

Hmm...anything else?

Yes, I still love Ys.

Who's still alive around here?

king killa

08-05-2011, 08:10 PM

Hey man. Sounds like you're doing pretty damn good. I'd love to see a clip of your stand up if possible.

puduhead

08-06-2011, 01:05 AM

Hey, cool stuff man. Sounds like things are going really well for you. Congrats.

Doing stand-up. Wow. That's gotta take some balls... or a lot of liquid courage.

chiefmonkey

08-06-2011, 03:29 PM

Holy shit, son. I was just thinking about coolieranx (and/or Lobster Cowboy) DAYS AGO. I've summoned you with my mind.

InVerse

08-06-2011, 03:59 PM

What's with all you kids coming back? I wish some of the old school members would return. :(

chiefmonkey

08-06-2011, 04:59 PM

Fucking JadussD, where are you?

GeminiMan

08-06-2011, 09:11 PM

Ah, it's Lobby! Good to hear things are going well for you. And hello to everyone else as well--I can't remember if I've posted anything around here in the last year or two (or longer).

king killa

08-06-2011, 09:30 PM

Gemini! Holy shit, son. I was just thinking about GeminiMan DAYS AGO. I've summoned you with my mind.

I was looking through extremely old website folders and came across the guitar tabs folder.

Reaper man

08-08-2011, 08:11 AM

I'm here, and I'm the motherfucking forum admin. ;p

coolie

08-08-2011, 05:17 PM

Hey man. Sounds like you're doing pretty damn good. I'd love to see a clip of your stand up if possible.

I haven't had it recorded yet, but when I do, I'll post some links.

coolie

08-08-2011, 05:20 PM

Hey, cool stuff man. Sounds like things are going really well for you. Congrats.

Doing stand-up. Wow. That's gotta take some balls... or a lot of liquid courage.

I have to say, it's not as ballsy as you would think. Once you've rehearsed enough, you sort of become like a musician. Each joke is like a song, and you perform them straight through from memory.

Fla Flash

08-09-2011, 04:15 PM

Holy smoke. Sounds good, Coolie. :)

chiefmonkey

08-11-2011, 02:58 AM

Oh shit, it's 2003 in this motherfucker!!

puduhead

08-12-2011, 07:06 PM

I have to say, it's not as ballsy as you would think. Once you've rehearsed enough, you sort of become like a musician. Each joke is like a song, and you perform them straight through from memory.

I guess I might just be that big of a pussy then. :P I've passed up a few options to sing/play for open mics and the like (felt safer in the home studio or jamming at a house party of known peoples).

I have to imagine that doing sketch comedy would be the least off-putting, personally. I'm a fan of the genre (KITH being my all-time favs). What's your material like?

pipes

08-13-2011, 12:31 PM

wow! the standup is kinda random.
what started you to get into it professionally?

GeminiMan

08-16-2011, 04:30 AM

Gemini!

I was looking through extremely old website folders and came across the guitar tabs folder.

Gah, it's hard to wrap my mind around how long it's been! IRC, having a website, and all that stuff was mostly when I was in middle school. Now, undergrad is over. Mind = blown.

(wraith_)

08-16-2011, 05:53 PM

Something must be in the water.

D--

08-17-2011, 11:41 PM

What's with all you kids coming back? I wish some of the old school members would return. :(

1997, yo.

Unless |nfe or brad show up, I might be beating all of you new kids.

chiefmonkey

08-18-2011, 12:17 AM

1997? Wow, I didn't even know roms/emulators existed until 1998.

(wraith_)

08-18-2011, 12:32 AM

king killa

08-18-2011, 01:42 AM

D-boy, your the first person who came into my head when Inverse said that.

and wraith, that's pretty bad ass

D--

08-18-2011, 04:53 AM

Once upon a time, I was really into romhacking/translation and website administration (strictly as a hobbyist) These days, I'm mostly into hiking in the White Mountains (12/48 4000-footers summitted), spending time with my girlfriend (who is awesome), and working (Ack! The dreaded "job"). Unfortunately, video games have mostly fell by the wayside. I hope everyone is well!

Can't get into the hiking thing; I really have an issue with heights. However, I do a lot of biking and went on a 130 kilometer trip out to eastern Hebei Province and back last month. It was pretty cool.

I spend pretty much all my time working, which means editing text or designing for print. If I have time I go out to take pictures around town. My wife and I are pretty boring: we only really get to go out once every other month. Usually too exhausted from the jobs.

1997? Wow, I didn't even know roms/emulators existed until 1998.

I'm so old school, Zophar's Domain didn't even exist when I learned about video game system emulation. Node99 and Damaged Cybernetics all the way!

InVerse

08-18-2011, 11:05 PM

I discovered my first emulator via Usenet in the spring of '96. I discovered my first ROMs via FTP in the summer of '97. I started coming to this site in, I believe, November of '97 and I joined the staff in early '98. Prior to that, I began masturbating in approximately 1989.

king killa

08-19-2011, 12:42 AM

I began breathing in 1988. I wasn't masturbating until like 1993.

Lillymon

08-19-2011, 06:47 AM

This thread made me think we should rename Zophar's Message Domain to Zophar's Home for Oldfags (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Oldfag). :rolleyes:

D--

08-19-2011, 11:03 AM

This thread made me think we should rename Zophar's Message Domain to Zophar's Home for Oldfags (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Oldfag). :rolleyes:

YES!

king killa

08-19-2011, 12:48 PM

People who use the terms "oldfag" or "newfag" are way faggier and more likely to be transsexual than people who are refereed to by those terms.

D--

08-20-2011, 04:39 AM

People who use the terms "oldfag" or "newfag" are way faggier and more likely to be transsexual than people who are refereed to by those terms.

You are replying to Lillymon. As such, I cannot determine whether your post is stunningly ignorant or deliciously trolling.

I'm hoping for the latter.

king killa

08-20-2011, 09:43 AM

http://i.imgur.com/cTmt5.jpg

Reaper man

08-21-2011, 05:05 PM

OH GOD WAT

chiefmonkey

08-22-2011, 12:57 AM

So where are Drako_Dragon, Slein, and icenine0?

king killa

08-25-2011, 12:39 AM

So where are Drako_Dragon, Slein, and icenine0?

Still no response, they must have all died.

Also, I haven't seen Paladyn in a while.

D--

08-25-2011, 10:55 AM

I may or may not have heard from icenine0 when I email him a while ago related to Der Langrisser stuff. I never see him on Google Talk anymore.

chiefmonkey

08-26-2011, 05:10 AM

Still no response, they must have all died.

Also, I haven't seen Paladyn in a while.

That's a poor combination of sentences: Paladyn actually HAS died. :(

king killa

08-26-2011, 01:39 PM

That's a poor combination of sentences: Paladyn actually HAS died. :(

Yeah.. I know. Too soon, right?

Okay. last inappropriate joke I'll post in this thread:

Unlike Flash, Paladyn is no longer alive.
Like Flash, I also once knew Paladyn's password.

(wraith_)

09-02-2011, 11:30 AM

Yeah.. I know. Too soon, right?

Okay. last inappropriate joke I'll post in this thread:

Unlike Flash, Paladyn is no longer alive.

That's very sad to hear.

chiefmonkey

09-02-2011, 07:38 PM

Like Flash, I also once knew Paladyn's password.

Wasn't it yter4306? Or something close?

king killa

09-02-2011, 11:49 PM

> once knew

(wraith_)

09-04-2011, 03:33 PM

What happened to Paladyn? I'm just curious, he's about the same age as I. It's sad to hear that someone passed so young.

king killa

09-04-2011, 10:20 PM

Original post about it: http://www.zophar.net/forums/showthread.php?t=14242

Obituary: http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/local/obit_detail.htm?obitID=28586

D--

09-07-2011, 11:29 AM

What happened to Paladyn? I'm just curious, he's about the same age as I. It's sad to hear that someone passed so young.

Not to be an asshole, but 30 is not young.

In most of the world, someone that age is expected to be married with children and saving up money in case he doesn't die before retirement.

It says he died at home. Was it an accident, cancer or suicide? Or did he pull a Jim Henson? Those would be my primary guesses for why someone would die at home at that age.

coolie

09-19-2011, 10:54 PM

wow! the standup is kinda random.
what started you to get into it professionally?

I got into comedy a long time ago, but decided to start trying to do it professionally in 2009. Actually, more like "professionally". Showbiz is very weird for comedians. You have to give away your product FOREVER before you can start to make any money.

It's pretty much an exposure game. The more people see you, the more cred you get, the more cred you get, the more you're asked to be in shows that pay. I'm in that dark area where cred meets pay, so I still have a day job.

cbxweb

10-01-2011, 11:36 PM

Boof! Good to see the old school people are still alive..for the most part. eh, I've been lurking for years. I try to stay active but I get caught up in doing my own stand-up :P.

king killa

10-02-2011, 08:51 PM

Holy fuck.

Slein

10-15-2011, 01:52 AM

So where are Drako_Dragon, Slein, and icenine0?

I guess I'll jump on the bandwagon and announce that I, too, am not dead.

king killa

10-24-2011, 12:28 AM

9 days of inactivity. Either people care way less about Niels that than they used to, or this site's fate is as clear as Elazul's Pad's.

Reaper man

10-24-2011, 01:54 AM

9 days of inactivity. Either people care way less about Niels that than they used to, or this site's fate is as clear as Elazul's Pad's.

To be fair, I've been kinda busy lately...

king killa

10-26-2011, 03:47 AM

To be fair, even if you had posted, it wouldn't have changed my opinion.

chiefmonkey

10-29-2011, 04:50 PM

To be a fair, I am now serving funnel cakes.

CEpeep

11-05-2011, 06:17 PM

Once upon a time I was an admin here...

GeminiMan

11-09-2011, 01:58 PM

Ah, such a nostalgic thread! Makes me feel like I should be on #zophar or something.

chiefmonkey

11-12-2011, 04:06 PM

(braces for netsplit)

Dead Alien

11-13-2011, 04:41 AM

I got into comedy a long time ago, but decided to start trying to do it professionally in 2009. Actually, more like "professionally". Showbiz is very weird for comedians. You have to give away your product FOREVER before you can start to make any money.

It's pretty much an exposure game. The more people see you, the more cred you get, the more cred you get, the more you're asked to be in shows that pay. I'm in that dark area where cred meets pay, so I still have a day job.

Do you have a audio copy of your routine we can hear? :)

Quasius

12-03-2011, 04:29 AM

Uh... hi.
I actually found this because I was randomly thinking about Elazul Yagami and wondering how all the events in the middle-east had been effecting him.
I used to post waaaaay back in the day if anyone remembers (I see some familiar names here.) I was obnoxiously Republican if that jogs anyone's memory. Now I'm probably obnoxious in different ways that will look silly in another decade.
Anyway, I guess I'm checking into the "still alive" thread. Did the forums just kinda atrophy or did people migrate elsewhere?

Edit: Man... it's really weird thinking back to the people I used to talk to here. It's like remembering a lost world.