How you've grown over your CC life

[jleonnn]

I've been looking through some of my very old ratings and games and I realised just how much I've changed as a person. Having been on CC for 8 years, I think it's really cool how it's sort of a record or a time capsule and you catch glimpses of your (very embarrassing) younger self through your interactions with other players.

I think the worst part is that I joined the site when I was 10 (in 2009). My goodness I was absolutely clueless and immature and bratty and attention seeking LOL. I still have some ways to go but I cringe everytime I look at some of my old posts on the forum or my game chats.

Look at this excerpt from the game chat from Game Game 5128762:

2009-06-22 13:58:41 - jleonnn: gl all
2009-06-22 13:58:51 - jleonnn: ps. if this taked to long, I hafta go
2009-06-22 14:00:43 - ETPsych: so go, we will gladly take your points
2009-06-22 14:01:16 - ETPsych: take your time Johnoa
2009-06-22 14:02:47 - jleonnn: very funny
2009-06-22 14:03:19 - ETPsych: I have all night
2009-06-22 14:05:19 - jleonnn: I have 1 1/2 hours
2009-06-22 14:05:33 - jleonnn: will you take your turn?!
2009-06-22 14:06:21 - ETPsych: what?
2009-06-22 14:07:04 - jleonnn: TAKE YOUR TURN!!!
2009-06-22 14:07:21 - ETPsych: sorry, no speak english
2009-06-22 14:08:32 - jleonnn: ????
2009-06-22 14:08:48 - jleonnn: sorry, was tping in chinese
2009-06-22 14:11:42 - ETPsych: sorry, no understand chinese

Game Game 4022979 PantherSig put it pretty nicely
2009-01-14 19:06:38 - jleonnn: hi!
2009-01-15 15:34:07 - jimb: hi
2009-01-18 23:14:00 - PantherSig: blue, do you know how to play this game

I have no idea what they must have been thinking

Do you guys think you have changed a lot since you first started playing?

[Extreme Ways]

Same goes for me! I joined in 2006, when I was 10 too. My English was terrible and I uhm, didn't enjoy people playing freestyle properly. I changed a ton over the years and picked some strategy up in the progress (as well as being somewhat proficient in English, lol).

[Silly Knig-it]

Perspective: When I was 10, a computer that could do a small part of what your phone can do, would fill an entire city block. My first personal computer at age 24 had 54k on board memory and 2 - 128k, 5 1/4" floppy (yes really floppy) disk drives and cost me the better part of $2000 then. The first computer I actually got to operate/play on used a tape with holes punched to program it.

The idea of a site to play games on was not even a glimmer.

I am jealous.

[Lord Arioch]

Iwas 15 when i forst had contact with a Vic64 ... with a tape recorder ... still vote Sid Meiers Pirates as the best game EVER

[owenshooter]

the black jesus has spoken...-Jésus noir

[TeeGee]

Perspective: When I was 10, a computer that could do a small part of what your phone can do, would fill an entire city block. My first personal computer at age 24 had 54k on board memory and 2 - 128k, 5 1/4" floppy (yes really floppy) disk drives and cost me the better part of $2000 then. The first computer I actually got to operate/play on used a tape with holes punched to program it.

The idea of a site to play games on was not even a glimmer.

I am jealous.

Very first computer I was introduced to

a Vax11/780
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX-11

It is now a museum piece

I spent 3 weeks teaching it to add single digit numbers, however it crashed when we introduced negative numbers

[ConfederateSS]

-----------1st to post...Then to have my posts use...more...and...more.......Dots...SMILES....... ... MR.MOODY ...Hey look EW...2 out of the last 3 posters(...)...EVERYONE IS ConfederateSS dotting... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)... ...To be the voice of the regular joes...The BSR...To keep and eye on the High Command...To see the regular joe(public pool)(casual player)... isn't over shadowed by the Clans and tourneys...

[Symmetry]

-----------1st to post...Then to have my posts use...more...and...more.......Dots...SMILES....... ... MR.MOODY ...Hey look EW...2 out of the last 3 posters(...)...EVERYONE IS ConfederateSS dotting... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)... ...To be the voice of the regular joes...The BSR...To keep and eye on the High Command...To see the regular joe(public pool)(casual player)... isn't over shadowed by the Clans and tourneys...

Your first post was:

Well my fisrt post is a shot over the BOW..All we've done is awakened a sleeping giant.I went back and forth with this topic about freedom.I told qwert I'll defend free speech and self expression anywhere anytime.I've seen alot of Devils and 666's out there in C.C.Land.Hitler would say something like no moment for discussion.Hitler burned books to erase people from history.Your starting to sound like him.I could have put a waving Stars and Bars up,but that's tacky.I love a picture of my 2 lucky charms instead.I play alot of people Israel,most never say a thing.But I tell them,I'm just one who knows History,and who likes the Generals of THE SOUTH and Germany..Some of the best war minds ever.Lee,Rommel,Jackson,Manstein,Stewart,Kesselring,etc..It's the winners of wars who writes the History books..One man's hero,is another man's butcher.No,I wouldn't pick Hitler(1.because I'm from Prussian nobility,Hitler hated us to.2.Hitler was no strategist.Not a tactician like Napoleon.But Hitler was a leader of an Army.A true history lesson..game 12035159.game chat..I told qwert Hitler tries to take over Europe he is a bad man.Stalin does it it's o.k..The USA does it(Manifest Destiny)it's o.k..Qwert defended Stalin(he nener hurt my people,Hitler hurt my people).Come.on..By the time Stalin left this world he was 10 times the monster Hitler was.Qwert said The USA doesn't know suffering.I told him the U.S.Goverment succeeded,where Hitler failed.To wipe out a race of people,in the name of MANIFEST DESTINY(God's will to go from the Atlantic to Pacific and own everything inbetween.)The USA wiped out the Indians(N.Amer.)way of life,country,religion and all.Hebrews still have a country and a religion.

I don't think you've grown.

[Hooch]

Iwas 15 when i forst had contact with a Vic64 ... with a tape recorder ... still vote Sid Meiers Pirates as the best game EVER

I agree
do you?

[ConfederateSS]

-------Hey look it's my shadow...Roy G. Biv....Who is still a loser troll like he was 10 years ago...
-------Yes look...I don't like hitler..........Or more true facts...The U.S. Government succeeded in mass genocide and manifest destiny......Something hitler and the nazis tried to do,but failed to do....ROY G. BIV...Might want to start shadowing anything involving THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THOSE WHO FLAUNT IT...like the stars and stripes...If such things offend him... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)... ...........SELENA/SOFIA............Know the rule........you got to get hot to play real...KOOL.... .....man those two can roll sixes all day long.....I also like Julius Caesar, Sun Tzu, Napoleon ,Alexander ,Hannibal and so many more...Might be because the were strategic geniuses . Or maybe because they had a don't ask ,don't tell policy...Everyone was welcome to die for Glory on the field of battle...Or just dying to be conquered... ....I guess that makes me a Centurion Imperial guardsman who likes eating Greek food with chop sticks ,while riding on top of an elephant...

[jusplay4fun]

We all change; some grow well, some grow less, and a few even regress. Where are you? What are you becoming, as you grow and change? And how will you be remembered, once you do leave?

As a teacher, I once heard it said: you will mostly remember two kinds of students: the really good ones and then the ones who were a pain (or PITA). For some, that distinction is rather clear.

[MagnusGreeol]

- I started in 2011, I was an already grown 42 year old guy, But still a kid at heart ")

- CC has taught me much, It taught me to look at everything from all angles, To make decisions from those angles and be truthful even if it didn't benefit me. I've learned to be more strategic in RL, The way one would examine a turn on a map to decide what's best, and not make hasty decisions.

-Conquer Club is about war, In war you must be strategic and diplomatic in order to succeed, And a good attitude goes along way when building alliances/friends. Well,,,the same goes for real life, And the true friendships I've made here over the past 6 years will stay with me 4ever.

- I've said this before, That it's too bad more people (NR) and others, Don't understand the dynamics of CC, And how this is trully a society in itself where one can come to interact with all the personalities CC has to offer, Even CC villains are persona's that gives this place a real feel, Cuz let's face it, There is good/bad and ugly everywhere, Why would a global site be any different.

- CC has made my life and the way I live it better, The friends I've made here are real, And being in a clan has strengthened those real friendships to a point where I wouldn't want without.

- Best of luck always to everyone, In Life & W∆R! ")

- Sincerely

-\M∆GNUSGREEOL/-♎

[Symmetry]

-------Hey look it's my shadow...Roy G. Biv....Who is still a loser troll like he was 10 years ago...
-------Yes look...I don't like hitler..........Or more true facts...The U.S. Government succeeded in mass genocide and manifest destiny......Something hitler and the nazis tried to do,but failed to do....ROY G. BIV...Might want to start shadowing anything involving THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THOSE WHO FLAUNT IT...like the stars and stripes...If such things offend him... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)... ...........SELENA/SOFIA............Know the rule........you got to get hot to play real...KOOL.... .....man those two can roll sixes all day long.....I also like Julius Caesar, Sun Tzu, Napoleon ,Alexander ,Hannibal and so many more...Might be because the were strategic geniuses . Or maybe because they had a don't ask ,don't tell policy...Everyone was welcome to die for Glory on the field of battle...Or just dying to be conquered... ....I guess that makes me a Centurion Imperial guardsman who likes eating Greek food with chop sticks ,while riding on top of an elephant...

If anything, you've degenerated.

[ronsizzle]

im way over cc, i have been for a while. i think most people are over cc. that is why we never play anymore. in fact, im over this thread...

[mrswdk]

I have grown from merely thinking that China was superior to America, to watching America disintegrate and now knowing that China is superior to America. It''s been a good few years.

[MagnusGreeol]

I have grown from merely thinking that China was superior to America, to watching America disintegrate and now knowing that China is superior to America. It''s been a good few years.

- No one is better than anyone, If a 600 mile asteroid hit "our" planet, how would your "superior" China survive?

- " We're better than you" attitude would disintegrate with àll the rest of the planet, so much for superiority hmmm?

[BoganGod]

MicroB, Com64, all worthy parts of my life. Remember the days when Atari tried to make computers as well as pin ball arcade machines.
I've filled two passports in the time I've been playing CC.
Lost my furniture once, would have lost my sanity if I had stuck around and listened to her drone on about politics at the bank(went through a stage of extreme self loathing where I cohabited with bankers and/or chartered accountants).
Bought my first house, sold my first house.
Started my first business.
Seen phones grow smaller and more powerful.
Stopped drinking
Stopped smoking
Stopped working as a bouncer and getting into frequent fights
Accepted that I can't belt up every bigot that deserves it, ain't no one got time for dat.

[mrswdk]

I have grown from merely thinking that China was superior to America, to watching America disintegrate and now knowing that China is superior to America. It''s been a good few years.

- No one is better than anyone, If a 600 mile asteroid hit "our" planet, how would your "superior" China survive?

In the 0.0016% chance that such an asteroid were to decimate the Earth then yes, China would be hit just the same as everyone else. Similarly, if 1,000,000,000 dinosaurs burst out of the Grand Canyon and rampaged around the Earth eating every human in sight, China would likely fare no better than anyone else. Ditto the Death Star arriving and blowing up the planet, a black hole appearing inside the Earth and sucking the whole planet inside, or any James Bond mega villains successfully pulling off their diabolical plans to destroy humanity.

However, in the real world China kicks and will continue to kick ass. All hail! ^0^

[MagnusGreeol]

I have grown from merely thinking that China was superior to America, to watching America disintegrate and now knowing that China is superior to America. It''s been a good few years.

- No one is better than anyone, If a 600 mile asteroid hit "our" planet, how would your "superior" China survive?

In the 0.0016% chance that such an asteroid were to decimate the Earth then yes, China would be hit just the same as everyone else. Similarly, if 1,000,000,000 dinosaurs burst out of the Grand Canyon and rampaged around the Earth eating every human in sight, China would likely fare no better than anyone else. Ditto the Death Star arriving and blowing up the planet, a black hole appearing inside the Earth and sucking the whole planet inside, or any James Bond mega villains successfully pulling off their diabolical plans to destroy humanity.

However, in the real world China kicks and will continue to kick ass. All hail! ^0^

- In the real world, China and all its people are stuck like the rest of us on this floating marble in space, China is superior only to itself and its people, Over in America we don't feel your superiority, It's like your racing against yourself and the audience is made up of 500 million 5 foot tall black straight hair fans. In America we feed our dogs on the floor and we sit in chairs at a table, In China you all eat dogs while sitting on the floor, What do you people have against chairs?