When did you find the PCKF?
- entropicdecay
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When did you find the PCKF?
Just curious when people first found the forum. Myself, I don't remember very well, but I know I lurked for quite a long time before getting an account. (I think for a while I didn't know how to get an account on a forum)
Also, what threads or things that happened do you remember most clearly? I remember for a while, the words "the", "Keen", and a few others I don't know were censored from people's posts for some reason. Does anyone else remember this?
Also, what threads or things that happened do you remember most clearly? I remember for a while, the words "the", "Keen", and a few others I don't know were censored from people's posts for some reason. Does anyone else remember this?
Well, it started one day, I was bored, and decided to play Commander Keen again after I hadn't for a few years. I took the time to decode the entire SGA alphabet, and find the secret levels in Keen 4 and 5 (I already knew about 1, and didn't have 3 or 6 yet). After finding those, I decided to look up Commander Keen cheats for some reason. And of course I found the fansites.
I lurked around some fansites, playing mods and fangames and stuff, when I noticed the PCKF in Google. Of course, I was pretty young at the time, so the thought of a forum was kinda scary to me (I don't think I even had an email or IM account at the time...). I didn't even read any topics or anything.
But then one day I decided to join.
The end.
As far as posts that I remember... Before I actually joined, all I remember ever reading was a few posts about mods (ShadowKeen and one of the Xky mods... I think), via a link on Commander Keendom.
I lurked around some fansites, playing mods and fangames and stuff, when I noticed the PCKF in Google. Of course, I was pretty young at the time, so the thought of a forum was kinda scary to me (I don't think I even had an email or IM account at the time...). I didn't even read any topics or anything.
But then one day I decided to join.
The end.
As far as posts that I remember... Before I actually joined, all I remember ever reading was a few posts about mods (ShadowKeen and one of the Xky mods... I think), via a link on Commander Keendom.
I think I've been around since 2003, I can't remember much how the story goes, but one thing is sure, I joined to be able to ask about Keen modding tools (nonexistant at that time) after first trying to search through the forums but without finding anything. Ironically at first I thought I'd just lurk and never post... I think I got my old urge to edit levels and stuff back when I somehow found out that olde Keen still seems to have a lot fan base even in 2003!
My newest mod - Commander Keen: Sunset: viewtopic.php?t=8568 | codename H.Y.E.N.A.
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- Grunt
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- Spikenexus
- Vortininja
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I found the forum some time during 2001, but lurked for a few months because I had nothing useful to add to any of the threads I'd read. I think I registered (as 'Nospike88') to reply to a thread where someone (I have a feeling it was Yorpy... Or someone with a similar username) was asking about downloading Keen sound effects.
I had four audio files of Keen sound effects, and tried to 'upload' them by giving a link to the file's location on my hard drive.
A good start, surely.
I had four audio files of Keen sound effects, and tried to 'upload' them by giving a link to the file's location on my hard drive.
A good start, surely.
- grafix
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Ah, memories. I joined up in very early 2003, having stumbled across the PCKF whilst searching for "commander keen cheats" on Google (oops ). After lurking for a week or two, I joined in on the heated debate in the "is Harry Potter satanic?" poll. (Who remembers that topic? I think I've got a saved copy lying around somewhere.) Nearly four years later, I'm still here. Something about the friendly atmosphere and gentle pace of discussion kept me coming back, I guess.