I met David Braben... a year ago. ;)

Nagual · Jul 6, 2015

I've never met anyone. They have all met me.

Sysmon · Jul 6, 2015

EAGLE 5 said:
No we were in a group and some smart aleck (not in our group we were USAF cadets after all and being proper) asked if he believed in aliens. Looked at the guy smiled but never said anything.

When I resided in the US I was officially called an alien. You are welcome to believe in me if you want to. I have since left, though.

S

cmdr awesome · Jul 6, 2015

It's hard to express the admiration I hold for Mr B without running out of superlatives.

EAGLE 5 · Jul 6, 2015

Sysmon said:
When I resided in the US I was officially called an alien. You are welcome to believe in me if you want to. I have since left, though.

S

+rep on the humor however the real exchange that took place was priceless and I am fortunate to have caught it.

JeffRyan · Jul 6, 2015

Jason S said:
Seriously best not to idealize anyone.

Days are still good

Oh I completely disagree. Heroes inspire us. It's sad that few can live up to it. But that's not the point. I have my heroes, fictional and real. And although some have let me down, some haven't and won't (will you Drew?). And a large part of the person I am (especially the good parts) are down to trying to emulate my heroes. Whether it's Sam Beckett putting right what once went wrong or my Dad who despite a hard life at times is the role model of a father and if I manage to emulate him even half as well, my boy should turn out all right.

I see your point, but I respectfully disagree.

EAGLE 5 · Jul 6, 2015

cmdr awesome said:
It's hard to express the admiration I hold for Mr B without running out of superlatives.

Start with your screen name and avatar.

Jason S · Jul 6, 2015

JeffRyan said:
Oh I completely disagree. Heroes inspire us. It's sad that few can live up to it. But that's not the point. I have my heroes, fictional and real. And although some have let me down, some haven't and won't (will you Drew?). And a large part of the person I am (especially the good parts) are down to trying to emulate my heroes. Whether it's Sam Beckett putting right what once went wrong or my Dad who despite a hard life at times is the role model of a father and if I manage to emulate him even half as well, my boy should turn out all right.

I see your point, but I respectfully disagree.

There is a difference between being inspired by others and taking advice to idealizing others. Perhaps the difference is just scale, but it is an important difference.

Flimley · Jul 6, 2015

I met the man who made Captain Pugwash.......Great days indeed.

Araviel · Jul 6, 2015

Jason S said:
There is a difference between being inspired by others and taking advice to idealizing others. Perhaps the difference is just scale, but it is an important difference.

perhaps its not a healthy thing to blindly idolize anyone at a grown up age, but boy am i glad that i had my childhood heroes.

Flimley · Jul 6, 2015

Araviel said:
perhaps its not a healthy thing to blindly idolize anyone at a grown up age, but boy am i glad that i had my childhood heroes.

Did you like Captain Pugwash too

Araviel · Jul 6, 2015

Flimley said:
Did you like Captain Pugwash too

no, im probably a little to young, born in 1981.
and im not sure if Pugwash made it to sweden either.

Flimley · Jul 6, 2015

That's a real shame. It's life enriching stuff.
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Deadlock989 · Jul 6, 2015

Can people please name-drop some more, it makes riveting reading

SlackR · Jul 7, 2015

drew said:
I refer the honourable gentleman to the Elite: Reclamation FAQ...

Cheers,

Drew.

Bah same old rhetoric as the answer you gave me a year ago!

I strongly suggest that Frontier pull their finger out and give these talented authors the goahead to write sequels! What possible reason could there be to not allow them?

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I met mickey mouse once at Disnelyland. My sister said it wasnt the real Mickey, but she had no proof!

Patrick_68000 · Jul 7, 2015

drew said:
I met David Braben... a year ago.

It was the first encounter

drew · Jul 7, 2015

V3teran said:
Drew how do i get access to your book, i was a backer on KS...?

PM sent.

Ben Ryder · Jul 7, 2015

I met Braben in a Python in the early hours of play this morning.

drew · Jul 7, 2015

JeffRyan said:
And although some have let me down, some haven't and won't (will you Drew?).

I will do my very best.

There's little I can currently do for Elite: Dangerous, but my story telling continues with my latest SF book, and I promise to maintain the quality, fun and adventure you'd expect from one of my novels.

Cheers,

Drew.

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SlackR said:
Bah same old rhetoric as the answer you gave me a year ago! I strongly suggest that Frontier pull their finger out and give these talented authors the goahead to write sequels! What possible reason could there be to not allow them?

I can't disagree with you in the slightest! Unfortunately the decision is out of my hands.

<Sings in a loud voice>Subtle hints are here again!</Sings in a loud voice>

Cheers,

Drew.

who? · Jul 7, 2015

Deadlock989 said:
Can people please name-drop some more, it makes riveting reading

My brother knows Karl Marx.
He met him eating mushrooms in the People's Park.
He said "What do you think about my manifesto?"
"I like your manifesto. I'll put it to the testo".

Parmo · Jul 7, 2015

Ben Ryder said:
I met Braben in a Python in the early hours of play this morning.

I met a station wall in a Viper and became rather intimate with it. A very hard character; the relationship was very short lived.