Caedwyr Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Speaking of which, does lunched mean to be taken out to lunch? Seems like a nice thing to do for a mod release. Link to comment
Domi Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Yeah, yeah, keep laughing... one day when I am dead, and modding is considered an artform, my efforts will finally be acknowledged. She, they would say, was not diverted by mockery and typos... Link to comment
jcompton Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Speaking of which, does lunched mean to be taken out to lunch? Seems like a nice thing to do for a mod release. How very naive of you. 2002 - "TAKE YOU OUT TO LUNCH" first used as a threat. Link to comment
Baronius Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 BW forum is created Excuse me, but it's not just a forum. Link to comment
lennon Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Domi's history (sadly) doesn't document the creation of Baldurdash and its heros, including one of mine, Manveru and the fan based Jaheira fix. Come'on those of you who were around, help her out!! There are clearly others who should be mentioned. -- Dave Link to comment
Domi Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 I thought that Baldurdash was adequately covered by 'first fan made fixes'... Link to comment
Kish Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 O, and that Ascension thinggy... when did it come out? Late 2001. Link to comment
cirerrek Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 A lot of early scripting got hashed out at a variety of yahoo groups BGScripts followed by BWScripts spinoffs from that being IEEAIS and eventually IEModders I think there was a scripting webring before even all of that. IIRC, JCs teamwork scripts were the first set of 3rd party Party AI scripts published scripts for any IE game (BG1:TOTSC specifically). No idea on the dates. Link to comment
Domi Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 1998 - A YEAR OF THE GATE This year started it all, with BioWARE releasing its first game made in IE and licencing IE BG1 is released TeamBG established ? BGScripts (?) yahoo group (followed by BWScripts, IEEAIS and IE Modders) 1999 - A YEAR OF INFINITY The modding community sort of emerges... BG1ToSC is released. (?) first fan made fixes are released (Baldurdash?) (?) TeamBG suit utilities (CRE editor, BAM Workshop, IEEP) BGFFHP (later IEFFHP) 2000 - A YEAR OF SHADOWS BG2SoA, the sequel to BG1 becomes a widely popular CRPG Comapny of 8, Planar Sphere Expansion, DSoSC, TDD is released (?) CoM forums established FWP forums are established IEFFHP (earlier BGFFHP) IESDP established (earlier known as: BGFFHP/IEFFHP) 2001 A YEAR OF THE THRONE OF BLOOD BG2ToB released Near Infinity Editor IDU dialogue editor WeiDU dialogue editor, Solaufein released FWP hosts Kelsey Arnel’s Nalia Romance released Ascension released 2002 A YEAR OF NPCs IDW dialogue editor FWStudios is established as a separate site from FWP Mods stop being a rarity, rather a staple and lots of modded NPCs are in works and released (Tashia, Kelsey and later Chloe, other romances) Blucher's Expanded Thief Stronghold released Tashia Romance released (?) DLTCEP is started in order to create a Total conversion from BG2 to Dragon Lance world and promotes creation of DLTCEP tool (?) BP is started as the first attempt to make dialogue.tlk overwriting mods compatible with WeiDU mods. 2003 - A YEAR OF RETURNS This year brings a rekindled interest in BG1 modding due to mods that allowed using BG2 IE variant with BG1 Blacksheep forums created G3 forums created TUTU is created and released as the first successful application of Weimer's WeiMORPH BGT is made publically available IE editing and modding becomes accessible to novice coders with little to no programming experience 2004 - A YEAR OF MANY CHANGES Generally marked by dissent and disagreement in the modding community, but the community survives and is increasingly productive PPG created and FWP and FWS are merged into FW Icelus' full mod list takes a shape of a database, inheriting the structure from the earlier TeamBG's one The concept of "Quicky" mods emerges TeamBG is hacked and closed down as a result BW forum is created Link to comment
Domi Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Guys, someone OUGHT to know when NI came along - I looked at the site, and there is no date of first release anywhere handy Link to comment
jcompton Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Generally marked by dissent and disagreement in the modding community, but the community survives and is increasingly productive You know, I think this overstates things quite a bit, both on an absolute level and when compared to all the LUNCH-TAKING angst of 2002, or the way that one could log onto TeamBG in 2001 and be greeted by a pages-long rant about Prilla. I'd say that one person being called a fucking this or a fucking that pales by comparison. Link to comment
Domi Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 A split of a major board and demise of another one I think qualifies. By 2004, at least to my eye, the 'big three' were Team, FWP and FWS. In 2004, Team ceased to exist, FW underwent majour reform and FWS ceased to exist. By the contrast, in 2001 Team continued its existence, and a new board emerged. Emergence of a new board is not such a rare event. Small boards pop up and sink all the time, but only a few grow into rather large communities. Link to comment
jcompton Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 A split of a major board and demise of another one I think qualifies. It's a matter of interpretation, I suppose. Admittedly, I forgot amusing episodes like forum administrators deleting their own accounts as a sign of protest multiple times. As for TeamBG's demise being related to acrimony and strife and all that, Ken was actually pretty personable (comparatively speaking) during his brief return last year and even if you buy the "vicious hacker" story, it seems pretty clear that it would have been a random act, not somebody Out To Get TeamBG. I still think it creates a more hostile atmosphere when administrators are running extended rants on their front pages than having to read between the lines and figure out why a bunch of mod URLs no longer lead anyplace. But it's your history. Link to comment
jester Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 The creation of Lost Hollows is still missing! 2004 or something! A major player by the year 2105. I think it would not be totally unplausible (albeit a sorry fact nevertheless) for somebody to call it quits on a project. It is not damaging to your reputation to just say that you lost any impetus to work on that project/plattform/society (well perhaps not society ). After all most people spend a lot of time for little praise and naught in cash. I seldom care for explanations that do not offer new options. If all is lost due to a HDD crash or a camel, so be it. On the other hand you might argue that even though some provide the plattform the forum as a whole is a community endeavour of all the patrons. So some questions should be answered after all. I am right now experiencing this with the SPOON collective and it is somewhat sad. Link to comment
Domi Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 I am generally listing boards that host released mods... Link to comment
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