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Dingo
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God of Dark SPAM
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posted March 23, 2004 12:54 AM |
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RSF is probably my favorite MOD also.
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Asmodean
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Heroine at the weekend.
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posted March 23, 2004 03:00 AM |
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I joined HC cos I was initially looking to buy the (now) rare WOW expansion and I thought the site might sell it. It didn't, but I started to look at the Altar of Wishes and thought - OMG these people are as obsessive as I am! So I started with a few altars post, and a few in Other Side. Two days later I had my first QP and I never looked back. Now I spend an hour or two b4 bed each night surfing the forums and replying in my favorite threads.
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To err is human, to arr is pirate.
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Lich_King
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Supreme Hero
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posted April 07, 2004 10:43 AM |
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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
LOL.. when I first saw Dingo flooding Lands, I knew, that I'll like him a lot...
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Sir_Stiven
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Legendary Hero
banned
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posted April 07, 2004 01:53 PM |
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When I first registered I thought Lich_King was the coolest member to. He was my Hero. Then I grew a brain
really? i for one hasnt seen any proof of that though
i dont know why tosser_khan decided to make this some worship our mods thread but as it seems to be now ive make my contribution aswell.
And the best mod here....are yet to be found
nah seriously, right now i dont have a favourite moderator. I like some mods because of some of their good sides..like RSF enthusiasm or djives ambition for this place.
But i wouldnt call any of them any favourite of mine, as far as im concerned the best moderator so far is the guy i started off by calling n00bgrim hehe
Ivo was easy to discuss things with, was open minded and he spoke his mind aswell... for that he will always have my respect here.
Because even if he keeps making these no sense posts now i know he has a high potential atleast hehe
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vicu
Tavern Dweller
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posted April 07, 2004 03:42 PM |
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i've been hanging around for only a few days and the positive effect is that i've learned quite few things, but there is also a negative effect - i haven't done much work in past few days... and i suppose that if my boss cought me it would change my life dramatically...
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Nidhgrin
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Famous Hero
baking cookies from stardust
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posted April 08, 2004 01:50 AM |
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EDIT: More on topic, more comprehensible and I guess a tick more personal aswell. I guess this might explain some of my oddish posts during the past year. My apologies to those who wrote nice replies to my -as it actually was- goodbye post. Looks as if you're not rid of me yet 
When I first arrived at HC I was a wreck. Battered and bruised because of some events that had given me such a blow I merely lived my life as it came and expected nothing from it, unsure if I needed to be happy or sad about the fact I was still alive. I fled in playing videogames, roleplaying and keeping my mind busy by combining working and studying so I never really had to think about myself, about my life, or where I was going.
Late 2002 I received a letter from the past, a letter setting me free. A letter answering a question that had haunted my thoughts every day, for years. Confusion followed, but since I needed to focus most of my energy on writing my thesis and studying for my final exams, I dragged myself forth. After graduating, time stopped and I fell in a deep dark hole because suddenly I had space and time to think and reflect.
Adding to my confusion, I fell badly in love with a woman who was almost just as much on the run as I was. Focussing all my attention on her left my mind off thinking and reflecting about things that really should have gotten my attention. I can't blame her for breaking up, in her place I'd have felt suffocated too. I can't forgive her for the way she did though. Cold, hard and emotionless. It felt like crashing full speed into solid rock.
2004 has been a year in hell. I call it a midlife crisis because that's what it was, and is, for as much as I'd like to let myself believe it's not over yet. Last year I have spent questioning just about everything in my life. I'm not sure there's a rational explanation for it, but even though I cannot label the bad feeling I had, everything in my life felt wrong. It's not like I have changed day and night, though some people say I have. I have only started to think about some things I did not think about before, and now think about some things I took just for granted in the past.
Everything is more complicated and more difficult, but by going through it more attentively and intensely I guess it makes life more worthwile. I've stopped doing many things I've put energy into during the past few years and I have lost friends. Nevertheless, during the past few months I have felt better than I have felt in a very long time. I feel I'm on the right track now, or at least heading towards it, and that gives me a wonderful feeling of peace.
To come back to the heroes community, I have a strange feeling of nostalgy every time I come to visit. This place and its members meant a lot to me and still do. It has been a refuge I couldn't find anywhere else, which I found when I needed it most. And though online people are but letters on a computer screen I have met some people here that I call friends and who have become real people to me.
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Consis
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Of Ruby
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posted April 08, 2004 03:37 AM |
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Nidhgrin
Well, I have to say good luck in your travels. I'm rather opposite from you. I experienced life first and then found myself drawn here to the Community of Heroes. I can't say that I know you much but I can say that I have read many of your posts. In general, I've found you to be an inciteful and considerate poster who commonly fights for the underdog, as it were. I've also noticed your generous contributions to the suicide thread. For that, I thank you. Your incitefulness and consideration may have helped more people than you will ever know. As a person I can't say much, but as a fellow poster I can say that I will miss your thoughts and ideas. I think it's a necessary thing to go out and adventure through as many obstacles as you can find. Always remember, though, you leave these forums with good friends and welcoming ears to your ever considerate directions of thought-provoking creativity. You're a good chap. If life gets rough and you can't seem to find anyone else to talk to, come and chat for a spell. I'll be just as glad to hear from you then as I do now.
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Svarog
Honorable
Supreme Hero
statue-loving necrophiliac
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posted April 09, 2004 01:12 PM |
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Edited By: Svarog on 9 Apr 2004
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Though I recognize myself in the group of memebers you say "you've never seen before", I read a lot of your past posts and have great respect for you (though i don't agree with your tough stance on violence. ). You are the one of few persons who I have come in contact with personally and have influenced my beleifs and philosphy in a very positive way. Cause I'm a really stubborn person and it takes quite an effort to put something in my mind, if i don't agree with it. You've been like a book to me. And I havent even spoke a word with you. Thank you for that.
I see your recent way of thinking and I support you 100%. Perhaps some day I'll join you in your quest.
I hope I'll see you around from time to time. Respect.
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The meek shall inherit the earth, but NOT its mineral rights.
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pandora
Honorable
Legendary Hero
The Chosen One
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posted January 24, 2005 05:06 PM |
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While I can't really say that being a member of HC has changed my life, I can say that it has added to it
I first joined HC in 2001 and that was as a 'ToHer' I posted exclusively in the Tournament of Honour section and only with regards to matters about HoMM or ToH.
Eventually I found my way to the Tavern of the Rising Sun, and discovered it was a pretty fun place to read. I existed there mainly as a lurker for quite some time, but eventually I started to post once in a while. I recieved a bit of a "n00bish" welcome in the Tavern, lol It seemed that quite a few members looked at me as only a ToHer (there was a lack of love between ToH and Tavern at this time) and people generally made me feel like they didn't care what I had to say. Still, I posted once in a while thanks to some encouraging IM's from the great people that made up the tavern back then. After a while I became 'accepted' and posted fairly frequently, and as my interest in HoMM waned, my posting moved away from ToH almost entirely.
I came to really care about a lot of the members here, and really looked forward to seeing what everyone had to say from day to day. I also came to really appreciate the fact that HC has been here for so long, in spite of the tragedy that was HoMM4
SapphireRavyn and RSF are the two people responsible for me becoming a mod - (they constantly poked at me until I caved ) I was really unsure if I could make the commitment and give the time it would take to be successful as a moderator here. I decided tho, that I have been here so long already that it seems unimaginable to me that i will not continue to visit and be a part of this Community as long as it stands - so why not do my part to make it better whenever possible?
So in short (I've you've skipped everything else I wrote and jumped straight to here - good for you! haha)
Heroes Community has brought me friends that I would never have had the good fortune of knowing without it. It has given me a way to see the world through other people's eyes, and learn things I may never have otherwise known. And it has given me the opportunity to be a part of something that i think really means something
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"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
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KittenAngel
Supreme Hero
Lee's wifey
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posted February 05, 2005 01:33 PM |
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HC changed mylife, cause it made me realize i didn't have one, and urged me to get one which after 27 years I have one! With a good paying job and a new car and my daughter!
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Never wear anything that panics
the cat.
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Conan
Responsible
Supreme Hero
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posted February 05, 2005 03:37 PM |
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Edited By: Conan on 5 Feb 2005
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I don't know if it has changed my life, but it sure gave me alot. I sure like to spend time here, and enjoy what everyone has to say. I learn a great deal about alot more than Heroes.
At first, it was all about Heroes. I basically lived in the Library. I was learning so much about H3 that I had to tell my best friend that I played hotseat with until we got so drunk we'd attack huge stacks and get killed. But that's another story.
So I told Jebus how all those crazy new tactics like "using a might hero" ??? Who would of thought. I was quite the n00b indeed. Soon Jebus joined and we stuck around the library together, while we where both at work. We told ourselves that we should of known about this site a long time ago, back when we where in University and I'd go to his place to play hotseat all night. Maybe it's a good thing I didn't know about it cause I'm not sure I would've gotten my degree!
Then Léo came in. He is also one of our friends but he works with Jebus. He was just learning how to play H3 at the time. So there we were, the 3 of us having fun in the library.
I had never been in the Tavern yet, and that place actually frightened me a bit. I thought it to be where all the "cool kids" hung out. So when we decided to create the Noob tourney, I found out about the Tavern. Started reading in there and actually had more to say there than in the library.
it was a really good experience to meet new people and exchange new ideas. To that effect I created the "philosophy and a glass of beer" thread. I wanted to go deep. Deep into multicultural knowledge. It blew me away. I even got to know my buddy Léo better than I knew him in RL!!! Now, I find I see him in a new light. I know him better. So in a way, HC has let me know my own friends better - figures.
But it also changed my perspective on other cultures and thoughts. I learned to discuss with people from other countries and loved it. I read Consis' posts with interest and even IM'd him to let him know that I really enjoyed reading his posts. I made friends with Sir_Stiven, believe it or not. I chat with him on MSN and I learn about Sweden. He and I also keep playing online and he's still teaching me about H3. He turned out to be a real nice guy. I read Svarog's posts and smile everytime. I love Shiva's posts and view on life. I helped out Tigris and other Noobs (at the time) and now we have a great relationship and I must give him credit for alot of the work in the Library ToC. I enjoy Angelito's patience and mature ways. i learn a great deal from this German. Last but not least, I got to know some fellow Canadians! Rage is another great guy that I get along with and helped out around HC and then there's Pandora. She's got to be the mod I get along with the most as she's so easy to talk to. She has my trust and respect. There is still so many people on HC that I haven't talked to and wish I had a chance to meet. It will happen, but I just haven't found something usefull to post in their discussions.
HC is still changing me as I speak and I hope it won't stop. It's a wealth of knowledge and multiculturalism and I love it. Being curious by nature, I love to learn what everyone brings in.
Perhaps I'll update this later with how else it has changed me, but until then, I wish to thank all of you.
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Your life as it has been is over. From this time forward, you will service.... us. - Star Trek TNG
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Consis
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Of Ruby
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posted February 06, 2005 08:01 AM |
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Nidhgrin,
I am so glad to hear that you've found new strength in your life. You are a very brilliant-minded person. I was sad to hear that you were going away. I could not stop you so my heart and mind simply depressed a little. But it seems you want to stay and I am happy that you do. You have a beautiful mind and I enjoy your thoughts when you post them.
Pandora,
I think we have some time ahead of us here at Heroes Community. You're a great person with an unmatched jovial personality. I do so look forward to walking the path that HC takes us as we move ahead into the future. It's a good feeling to know such good people will be there along the way to help when needed.
Conan,
I wish you, Leo_Lion, and Jebus lived further west. I live in Portland, Oregon which is not far from the Western U.S./Western Canadian border. We could have some really great times talking and playing Heroes together.
This thread of yours, it sounds good and I will join it when I have the time.
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Roses Are RedAnd So Am I
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kookastar
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Legendary Hero
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posted January 15, 2007 06:41 AM |
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This is a great thread
Like Consis, I don't think I am willing to share all the ways finding this place has changed my life.
Let's just say the spam effect is definately an awesome stress release and may have helped to relieve more destructive stress release activities
Also the people and the intellectual and creative stimulation has replaced the zoning out in front of the TV considering we only have 4 stations
I feel like I have found part of myself again here, and it has given me an opportunity to meet people that I would never have been able to meet.
I have even met Iris in RL 
This place is exactly as it is named.
It is a heroes community
We are a community of people that interact and at times support each other, or listen, or become punching bags for others. And we are {on the whole} heroes {awwwww}
I still have a RL that I live each day {I know it looks like I am here 24/7, but I am Mting - swear }, but HC is now a part of that routine.
Thanks for all the  's 's 's, and 
oh and even the dodgy  's
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Vlaad
Admirable
Legendary Hero
ghost of the past
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posted January 15, 2007 03:07 PM |
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This place is exactly as it is named.
It is a heroes community
We are a community of people that interact and at times support each other, or listen, or become punching bags for others. And we are {on the whole} heroes {awwwww}
According to an urban legend, Heroes is short for Heroes of Might and Magic. 
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kookastar
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Legendary Hero
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posted January 15, 2007 08:56 PM |
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Yeah sSpeaking of which, as the only other person on the planet that plays it, you still owe me a game of H4
So which members are the heroes of might, and which are magic? I have a few suspicions in this regard...
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homam
Known Hero
Sailor of the open seas
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posted March 29, 2007 09:24 PM |
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well HC it did change me in a way.Now i 'm spending much more time in front of my laptop than i was before i registered in HC
that's the change 
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I think we aren't in Kansas anymore Toto
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MightyMage
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Legendary Hero
of INSANITY and DELICIOUSNESS
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posted March 29, 2007 11:24 PM |
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I have even met Iris in RL
Really? Well gee whiz, what a coincidence.
I don't remember what I said on the first page of this thread because I'm too lazy to move the mouse and click but I can add to it (and perhaps change the name of the thread). I guess when I said how has HC changed your life, those words may have been a bit strong. I now cannot quite think of how my life has changed due to HC but I can think of what has been added or altered. When I dropped out of College (a dumb move) due to money issues, I basically stopped working with computer graphics which was a passion of mine. Lately I've been using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash quite a bit and I guess making funny pics to post in the wastelands and elsewhere kinda got me back itno it. I re-discovered why I loved computer graphics.
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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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Consis
Honorable
Legendary Hero
Of Ruby
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posted March 30, 2007 04:34 AM |
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Edited by Consis at 04:37, 30 Mar 2007.
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I'm Ready
I think I'm ready to admit how Heroes Community has changed my real life. I didn't want to admit when I first began posting here in this place. It was here that I began my writing career. It originated here. I made mistake after mistake and continued to edit and proof-read each and every post I've been making ever since. That is a very good habit. Proof-reading your own material several times over can help you in your studies and research especially if they relate to (English Literature). Even today I still come here for the best responses to my writing. I have been to other places and written many many letters to people and friends. Yet it is here among even the most insignificant spam response that I find the greatest insight on the things I write. That's why I've always welcomed spam in all my threads. When people feel comfortable to respond as they please (within reason of the rules) then you might be pleasantly surprised more often than not. I know I certainly have been on many occasions!
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Roses Are RedAnd So Am I
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pandora
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Legendary Hero
The Chosen One
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posted January 10, 2008 10:06 PM |
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~~~ Bump ~~~~
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"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
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antipaladin
Promising
Legendary Hero
of Ooohs and Aaahs
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posted January 10, 2008 10:14 PM |
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This place is exactly as it is named.
It is a heroes community
We are a community of people that interact and at times support each other, or listen, or become punching bags for others. And we are {on the whole} heroes {awwwww}
According to an urban legend, Heroes is short for Heroes of Might and Magic.
The urban legand says the Heros oF might and magic are actually part of another system, Might and Magic games,that apeard before and died before,with the birth of H4,the death of 10 years work gone to floids.
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