Frenotx, for sure.
He ascended to the heavens and became WorldsGreatestForumDad.
I don't frequent the forums, but I still lurk. Losing player-submitted GalNet (then all local articles were wiped from the game) greatly affected how much I enjoyed Elite. I log in now and then and tool around here and there, but it's just not the same.
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At any rate, it's nice to be missed. Thanks for thinking of me. I'm still on Discord for those who know where to find me.
GalNet -a bit too dentist waiting room.
GalNet -
Your choice of new photos of Kate and William, or a brochure on the importance of Flossy.
Nice to hear again from one of the 'original commanders'.I don't frequent the forums, but I still lurk. Losing player-submitted GalNet (then all local articles were wiped from the game) greatly affected how much I enjoyed Elite. I log in now and then and tool around here and there, but it's just not the same.
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At any rate, it's nice to be missed. Thanks for thinking of me. I'm still on Discord for those who know where to find me.
The list of previous FD contributors to this forum (in approximate order of disappearance) is getting longer:
David Braben - Has an entire company to run, so can be forgiven I think.
Michael Brookes - Was moved off ED onto another project, probably not by choice.. minor forgiveness.
Mom - NO EXCUSES @Sarah Jane Avory !!! NO FORGIVENESS!!
Sandro Sammarco - Moved to another project... As above, minor forgiveness.
Edward Lewis - Resigned. Traitor. IsAJokeDon'tHate
I miss that dev (dont remember his name) who regularly shot down people and their requests.
In particular those asking for a 3rd fire button.
Rizal72
Red Wizard (crops up now and then, I think)
QorbeQ
Lord Zoltan
Wishblend
Arcanonn
All good players and contributors during the "golden age" of xeno mysteries and the initial discoveries of Unknown Artefacts, and who stuck by me when I made claimed and subsequently showed the Unknown Artefact (now Thargoid Sensor) emitted a morse signal of the nearest celestial body, against the accepted theory run by the community that any morse heard was "just background from nearby stations"[1]
Particular shoutouts to:
QorbeQ, who discovered that the length of time a UA was "Lit" for differed between different locations/systems. This was a crucial step in demonstrating the UA's emitted morse, as the timings were proportional to the number of symbols expected in a morse transmission for a given location. (e.g if a location which would be spelt with 10 morse symbols lit the UA 6 seconds, a location which would be spelt with 20 morse symbols lit it for 12 seconds).
Wishblend, who as the proud owner of a UA at the time, took recordings of various locations I requested in order to form a UA-morse "Alphabet". As a final proof, I was able to "synthesize" a UA message for an arbitrary body using the alphabet. Wishblend then recorded the UA at that location and verified the accuracy of the alphabet.
[1] Before it was changed to be a wireframe of the ship, in a morse coordinate encoding.
Good times to remember. Sometimes, Michael Brookes showed up in the forums and gave us some crumbs
Michael Brookes is missing for sure, too
Find him, and you will find the mythical horde of devs.AFAIK he still works at FD, just on other projects.