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Kuma
Promising
Supreme Hero
u can type so much text in her
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posted February 11, 2003 11:50 AM |
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Civfanatics is a bit more active tho.
Bene member since day 1 there 
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People used to call me crazy, but now that I'm rich I am excentric.
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terje_the_ma...
Responsible
Supreme Hero
Disciple of Herodotus
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posted February 11, 2003 01:36 PM |
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Yeah, civfanatics are great. Espescially the alpha centauri forum.
But this is about HC.
HC is mainly the reason that I bother to play HoMM4, even though it's not a bad game. I've just gotta stay updated so I can come with reasonable posts here.
HC rules! HC forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Sometimes I think everyone's just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending to be brave is how you get brave, I don't know."
- Grenn, A Storm of Swords.
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LordLazy
Promising
Famous Hero
Wood cleaner
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posted February 11, 2003 02:15 PM |
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/catches terje_mad_wizard
HC
Well...I started on my new school...and had lots of time in front of the computer doin nothing....and since I heard of HC from somewhere...I decided to join and post carefully.......and after some time I got addicted....lol...now I even use some of my spare time from time to time
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Tagged officially as Noobegian two years ago. This typographic material is strictly copyrighted. All situations containing abuse will be brought to court.
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MightyMage
Honorable
Legendary Hero
of INSANITY and DELICIOUSNESS
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posted February 11, 2003 02:39 PM |
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I actually found HC on acident all those years back. I was looking for some info on Heroes 4 and what seemed like an editorial for Heroes 4 came up. I clicked around and came to a page that in my opinion was well designed. IT WAS AGE OF HEROES. I clicked around some more and found a discussion board with...low and behold and alter of wishes for Heroes 4. I immeadiatly joined and after awhile I ended up just coming to the tavern cuz i got bored with the alter of wishes. It's been great.
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Though I must still bow
in awe for the awesomeness that is
MightyMage. For he is all I could ever
want to be! - OhforfSake
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Lady_Milena
Honorable
Known Hero
Grannie Sweet Cheeks
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posted October 15, 2003 10:23 PM |
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Well, to put a shame on you, I've got a story to tell. And I do have a -story- to tell.
It was more than two years ago when I finally - and for good - left the 3do community. I left the politics, the deceit, the backstabbing behind my back and set my mind to be a calm, controlled, nice person online. And while I found another good community which I still frequent and am very fond of, I needed more people to talk to.
And to play H3 online. I dearly craved to learn to play better, because, despite all my posts, all my attempts, I have always been and still am, a mediocre player. It was a rare chance that I hit google that night, the September 23, and stumbled upon the HC.
I took a look around, then made a profile within 5 minutes, using my RL name.
Then I waved hi and from the first responses to that thread that I ever got, I felt this place was my home. A refuge from the RL I had, it offered me something different, something unqiue. It offered me the company of so many people I adored and cared for, people I'd never get to meet IRL. That's how I got to meet Preserver, RMS, Hexa, (later) Romana, Angelspit, Cat, my dear Shae Trielle who I think of so often even these days. And a very funny guy called Ash Nir who soon after I joined became Lith Maethor.
It was tooooooo good to be true and I was living in a dream. You know, it's not what you do, how weird people it is, how trivial and deceptive it may seem. HC was making me feel very good, made me feel happy.
From the agitated, Net-tired person I changed into a merry being. You wanted changes? There's your change.
One person, however, was especially winning my private attention. Lith Maethor. Must as I wanted to make myself reject the thought, I was falling in love with this person. Much to my dismay (understand: to make things tougher), he seemed to be sharing this feeling. I tried to run, to hide, to say to myself that I should start again, with a new name, get away and just stop it before it gets too late. Unfortunately, I botched a row of self-control rolls and instead of distancing myself from HC and Lith, I grew even the more attached to them.
HC by itself is a row of pixels on your monitor. HC, however, is not merely pixels on your monitor. HC is not a site on the Internet with a lot of useful information on it. That it is. But say it again. HEROES COMMUNITY. Heroes. What Heroes? Who are the heroes? The game that you play or the people you talk to. Heroes community. Not a website. Not pixels. A community. A community of people who breathe, eat, feel somewhere out there. People so much like you who have something in -common- with you to form a -commun-ity. It's not merely pixels on your screen. It's people who you perceive in your mind and change you in their soft, trivial and yet profound way.
It was 2 months after I had joined HC that I capitulated. I still remember spending hours and hours online looking for a wedding dress. A few days later the first wedding in HC took place. My own self as the bride, Lith Maethor as the groom.
I had changed for I had known love. Oh, I know you'd be telling me it wasn't real, that it was in my mind. Peeps, this is what love is about. A state of mind. And if that's still not enough, I may say that it all became real when I did meet Lith IRL. Later love turned to detest, detest to indifference but even now I can put my hand on my heart and say it -was- love. And if I am to put any feeling, any state of mind as a great change, love tops my ranks.
And HC is where it all started.
I'm not going to go into details of what happened when things started to fall apart, both my relationship with LM and the crisis HC was going through. Incubus/Wesley didn't contribute much to warming my feelings. It was getting too much for me. It was killing me. So I quit.
Even learning to say no: I draw the line here, changed me a lot.
And if it wasn't for HC, I probably would have learnt it anyway, grown into a better person, but it may have taken me a muuuuuch longer while. And for this, I am grateful.
It's not some cheap praise or advertisement even if it feels this way. But I do think I do owe a lot to a single click from Google on 09/23/2001 and what resulted from it. I never made it to playing MP H3 but I did make it to change beyond recognition.
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Till then,
Milena, Out. :-P
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God does not need exist to save us...
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Sir_Stiven
Honorable
Legendary Hero
banned
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posted October 16, 2003 12:58 AM |
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oh man...does all milena posts come in book format or wtf is going on? 
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Lady_Milena
Honorable
Known Hero
Grannie Sweet Cheeks
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posted October 16, 2003 06:51 AM |
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Ah, my dear Sir! *Blow a kiss to ya*
You see, there a few things.
First, as I have mentioned, ideally, I'd like to be a minister. The good parts come with the bad parts. :-P
Second, tell me after all, ddo you or do you NOT read a post to the end if you have had the guts to start it? :-P
3. I write a LOT of stuff in one post... you know, the more of it, the more sure you you do make a point somewhere among the lines. ;-) After all, if there are 1,000 words over there, at least 10 must have had the chance to sound cerebral, no? ;-)
4. I'm having an anti-spam policy. Say all that I want to say on the topic in one post. One simple click on the left and voila! :-P
Oh, wait, wait, wait.
Are you trying to TELL me you don't like books or what?
*grineeeeez*
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God does not need exist to save us...
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MightyMage
Honorable
Legendary Hero
of INSANITY and DELICIOUSNESS
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posted October 16, 2003 05:26 PM |
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Uhhh...wow. That's some post there Milena. Hmmmm. Nope I don't think I could beat that.
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Though I must still bow
in awe for the awesomeness that is
MightyMage. For he is all I could ever
want to be! - OhforfSake
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Planeswalker
Famous Hero
Chaotic Good
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posted October 17, 2003 11:47 AM |
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Ah, It was really interesting to read your post, Milena.
Cause the "faling in love" thing was sweet, and it happened to me too.... I know it sounds very strange, but what the heck....
(And you don't have to guess who I fell in love with, cause you'll never know.)
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Dingo
Responsible
Legendary Hero
God of Dark SPAM
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posted October 18, 2003 04:09 AM |
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RMS
Responsible
Legendary Hero
-ing yummy foods
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posted October 18, 2003 05:37 AM |
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Hmm, well in a broader perspective, HC was one of the places that probably eventually lead my addiction to the internet as a part time job. I'm glad I'm over it though.
Although far from the last, I'm pretty sure that this was among one of the first places I've ever really stuck with. Actually as a test of time I suppose it would come come in second place which is really nice. If it wasn't for HC perhaps I might've just ended up as another guy who just plays games all the time and use my computer for naught else. I will never know I suppose, but that's ok because I'm more or less happy. However, I always wish that I knew whatever happened to so many people that I've met...who seem to have just disappeared, even if I didn't know them very well.
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RedSoxFan3
Admirable
Legendary Hero
Fan of Red Sox
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posted November 30, 2003 01:28 AM |
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I know that HC has changed my life. Although I cannot say how it has changed. I have come to realize that this place became an obsession for me. I was at this place far too often around this time last year. I couldn't keep myself from posting here.
So I stopped going to HC for several months. It gave me enough time to realize that it was a replacement of the things that I didn't have in my life.
I didn't fit in at school. I got along with pretty much everyone, but I could relate on a level with little more than a handful of people. In fact I basically had but a few people I spent time with outside of school. These were my best friends. Friends that I will still see after I get out of high school.
I wanted to feel accepted. That is why I posted so often at HC. Now I post here because I enjoy it. My freedom of self-expression and desire to make other people happy is now my purpose of posting here. And if I want to take a break from this place I know I could.
Unfortunately, in the longrun, I realize that this place is not permanent. Most of the people I knew last year and before no longer post here actively. This place is fun on a rainy day when you don't have anyone else to spend time with. But it will never beat RL friends.
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Go Red Sox!
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Damacon_Ace
Famous Hero
Also known as Nobris Agni
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posted November 30, 2003 09:56 AM |
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HC initially changed my life when I first joined since I was hooked to it for a long while, but now it dosen't seem to make much of an impact as it did before as I find it less interesting as time went by. Now I'm only an occasional poster.
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No one knows my true nature here...
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Consis
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Of Ruby
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posted February 27, 2004 09:28 AM |
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It Has Changed Me
I'm still afraid to say the truth. I want to post here but I'm afraid to. I want to answer this thread but I'm still gathering self confidence. I don't have the courage to answer this thread yet. It may take me a week or it may take me years to finally come to grips with myself for this thread so until then I will mark this thread for me in future.
Opening up can sometimes be a brutal ordeal that many, such as myself, are unable to handle the kind of rejection in store for them. I have no fear of many things but this seems to hit too close to my truth as to why I'm here. Perhaps in the future when I have grown more as a person and gathered more strength I will be able to open myself up to the HeroesCommunity and the whole world.
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Roses Are Red And So Am I
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Peacemaker
Honorable
Supreme Hero
Peacemaker = double entendre
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posted February 27, 2004 07:57 PM |
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Consis
Could it be that you are merely experiencing a degree of fascination with sudden access to a global community, to being able to reach out to others from all over the world in a more intimiate fashion, and be more truthful using the written word, than you might feel the freedom to do with others in person?
This is the reason I am here. I have great love and affection for this forum and many of the people in it. I know what you mean about the depth of some cutting remarks in disagreement with my own thoughts, though. At first I experienced a degree of pain and rejection as well despite that people here are generally very gentle and kind with me, and can only imagine that you have experienced the same. I have come to recognize that it is all part of the freedom we are allowed in this forum, and that when using the written word to express ourselves we might tend ot be more blunt. I have become more accustomed to it, and as well have tried to recognize the times when my own words might come across to others as more hurtful than I intended them.
As for me, I feel greatly enriched by having become an accepted part of this community, and by the many friendships I have formed here. I thoroughly expect many of those associations to persist through my lifetime.
I also not only appreciate the opportunity to voice my thoughts and feelings on subjects I hold dear, but also to read and consider arguments by others with different views, and to learn and grow as much as I can from them. An enormous amount of emotional and intellectual electricity gets exchanged here, and I seem to thrive on it to almost an addictive degree myself.
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Consis
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Of Ruby
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posted February 28, 2004 03:53 AM |
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Peacemaker
Everything I've made remarks about in all of my posts are easy when they don't come so close to the real reason why I have come to call HC my home. I'd like to say but I'm afraid to. It is not so much that people will hurt my feelings. It is more that they will be honest where my heart has no shield. It is true when they say that the truth hurts. I shy away and pump myself up with "U-Da-Man" speeches directed inward. I write a few sentences and backspace my way towards a deleted post of shallow meanings. I don't have any friends that are peers for my single goal in life. My father was a person who always blamed himself for everything. He once told me that he felt like nobody paid any attention to him when he was little. He said if they had then he would probably be more confident today. I think that is an excuse. My mother simply does not care about anything but herself. Perhaps this is my lesson in humility that I, as a person, need to keep grounded in my own ethics directed at my own goals in life. I am learning. Every day teaches me to wait for the next.
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Roses Are RedAnd So Am I
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drakemaster2
Adventuring Hero
known as goshimasta
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posted March 05, 2004 10:27 AM |
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It made me different. Ever since I felt alone I decided to join HC. The first mod I met was Lich King. He was nice cuz he helped me cuz I was a newb. I like other mods too.
I like the other guys and girls too.
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You wanna dragon? Then talk to the drakemaster2
Known as Goshimasta
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regnus_khan
Responsible
Supreme Hero
[ Peacekeeper of Equilibris ]
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posted March 22, 2004 07:57 PM |
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A bit out of date, but I wish to write it...
this seems to be like a diary.
I once started to search for "WoW" in internet. I found an interesting thread which was a bit funny, a bit interesting and a bit *LONG*.
I use to check this thread every week, just to see something about homm5. I believed every proposal was true. At first, I saw VladPopescu's post. I thought it remains true only and that's the list of creatures from H5.
It was a bit of shock, so I was unhappy about that. Also, I thought the name of H5 will be "archangel's castle" since it was the first URL in google.
Anyway, I registered here just to post about H5. I used to create a proposal each day, parents were angry, the bill that we had to pay for the phone was immense (~$100 each month! loads of money here).
After few months, I finally become a true member of HC, knew the MODs: Djive, Lich_King and the laudable members I thought were at first: Marelt, Hydra and RSF. Their ideas were unusual and I remained silent about that. Though, they were perfect IMO, so I decided to think something sam as that.
Then I wasn't aware of these QPs, so I didn't matter, but afterwards, I understood that's the only thing I wish to be in HC for. I was obsessed with creating such posts, just to receive one and remove the flood-protect.
But the time past, I got the best grades at school, got some QPs and weren't obsessed anymore. Still, one thing remained: I WANTED TO REMOVE FLOOD-PROTECT ONCE AND FOR ALL. It was the only thing why I have no 5 yellow stars now.
This was a menace, so I tried to spend most of my time creating proposals. I was still obsessed with this stuff. My parents went mad as they had never been before. Though, my grades at school even got better and I lost the wish to play games such as CS, Half-Life which was said to bring ugly minds to the heads of the youngsters.
This was a plus and a minus. More money to spend, more anger from the parents.
But after quite a lot time (when I stopped playing the games), I realised that HC doesn't have any good appearance or somewhat and I left (for two weeks). Still, I went to GG and RT which I thought were better. But I was once again fooled. HC was just better. More friends, fun and threads.
Though I had so much fun in HC (and I still have it) that I can never repay HC for what it has done.
HAIL HC AND ITS MODS, ADMINS AND GREAT MEMBERS  ! CHEERS!
EDIT: Special Thanks Goes To:
Lich_King - the only lithuanian who led me on track of HC. I became a good member then.
Djive - MOD whose ideas led me to the right track of proposals.
Marelt - the only guy, who created the best proposals ever seen. I took to mind some of his ideas, which were the predecessors of my own ones.
Hydra - his QPs given gave me such a wild thanks that I decide to create even more proposals.
Hexa & Kuma - MODs who were able to moderate Library, one of the best forums here.
RSF - for letting me join Saga
Styg - who was the best opponent in the discussions. His opinions were very well organized and he haven't lost this plus yet.
Consis - for his compliments and maps he sent me by e-mail
Other MODs - which weren't as well-known, still, thanks for creating and moderating good stuff.
Other members - who were great pals to discuss with.
and... Pig - whose part of ban I've got 
ooh... I forgot:
Valeriy - who was the one to create HC
and regnus_khan - the one who is "me"
P.S. I'm not leaving, do not think like that. I'm just enlisting special thanks .
P.P.S. My plans:
Particular purpose before being a respectable, honored member (MODERATOR) was to achieve these prerequisites in the following list:
Honorable/Admirable Hero
Supreme/Legendary Hero (Maybe)
Not to try to become a MOD till June/July
And the last and most important:
Try to make HC a better community and try not to hated by other members.
Anyway, I think my place wouldn't be respected, if I was a MOD now, because I didn't have much time to make friends with other members, here on HC. When I will be more familiar with the situation of HC, I'll try to "borrow a seat next to other MODS" (ONLY IF THEY WILL LIKE TO HAVE SUCH MEMBER AS I AM)
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Dingo
Responsible
Legendary Hero
God of Dark SPAM
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posted March 22, 2004 10:48 PM |
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Quote:
After few months, I finally become a true member of HC, knew the coolest MODs: Djive, Lich_King and the coolest members I thought were at first
When I first registered I thought Lich_King was the coolest member to. He was my Hero. Then I grew a brain
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The Above Post/Thread/Idea Is CopyRighted by, The Dingo Corp.
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Consis
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Of Ruby
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posted March 22, 2004 11:12 PM |
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Edited By: Consis on 15 Jan 2005
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My Favorite Moderator At First
When I first joined I couldn't get enough of that cute little kitten with the angel wings. I checked her posts and found her to be an everlasting valentine's day mod. I really liked the unique tone of character she brought to the forums. Then all hell broke loose in ToH and all these people bashed her like there was no tomorrow. It made me sick. My favorite mod buckled under the pressured onslaught of vicious verbal protests and decided to resign from her job as moderator. So now I've moved on. My favorite mod is Pandora now.
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Roses Are RedAnd So Am I
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