"Say Hi" thread...

[Dabzy]

Have you just signed up, want to say hello? Give a bit of a background on yourself or let us know your X user from another programming website.

If so, then, post away!

Dabz

Forum registration capture answers:

Q1: trophy
Q2: ketchup

[Dabzy]

I'll start... Everyone knows me as Dabz, even family, and I only really get called my proper name Michael or Mick when a) Someone wants something, or b)I'm getting bollocked!

I'm from the North-East of England, in a county called Durham.

I've been programming since I was, what, 9 years old, and still rubbish at it, lol, started on an Amstrad CPC, programming dropped off the radar when I hit the teen years, but revived when my brother bought a Tiny laptop (Don't even go there) and I discovered BlitzBasic on PC Floormats cover disc.

And well, I've build a few things for iOS and sold them for beers tokens, I've been chased off the Android store by Atari because I dare'd use a word in my games title, which the title was called "Asteroid Dodge"... How very naughty of me eh? Knobs

So, there we go, quick summary of moi!

Over to you!

Dabz

[Baggey]

Okay, My Name Lee aka Baggey.

I Discovered programming at roughly the same age, and had a passion for chess.

Im in Cornwall. I have also lived in France.

I took a break when i discovered Girl's  A long break.

I now follow my passion of Emulating systems. Ive yet to write a complete game. But for some reason keep getting drawn to systems. For me it's a form of invention and adult lego.

I have other Emulators in progress which i haven't show cased Yet.


I treat people how i expect to be treated with Respect! I know that dosen't always happen.

Kind Regards Baggey

[Chalky]

Chalky here (Ian). Started programming in 1985 after dropping out of music college and buying a Yamaha CX5M. I actually bought it for its musical capabilities but discovered MSX Basic and taught myself to program - which led to a 16+ year career as a programmer (RGB400 on 2 AS/400s).

Been a professional musician since 2002 but still program (VB6 and BlitzMax) in my spare time.

[Dabzy]

Hey up Chalky!

Pleased you could join us me auld fruit! 

Dabz

[Unseen Ghost]

Hello everyone,

I signed up using my old user name from the AppGameKit forums on TheGameCreators website.

Looking forward to being a part of this community.

[Baggey]

Chalky here (Ian). Started programming in 1985 after dropping out of music college and buying a Yamaha CX5M. I actually bought it for its musical capabilities but discovered MSX Basic and taught myself to program - which led to a 16+ year career as a programmer (RGB400 on 2 AS/400s).

Been a professional musician since 2002 but still program (VB6 and BlitzMax) in my spare time.

Glad to hear your a BlitzMaxer! 

[Dabzy]

Hello everyone,

I signed up using my old user name from the AppGameKit forums on TheGameCreators website.

Looking forward to being a part of this community.

Welcome to Syntaxboom!

Here, if you werent unseen I wouldnt of seen you there! hehehe

Dabz

[WilliamOfBaskerville]

Hi everyone,

I got into the world of computers back in 1984 with a Commodore 64. Great times with those 8-bit machines! In 1986 I moved on to a Commodore 128, and eventually got an Amiga 500 in 1989. I still do some hobby programming every now and then. Right now, I'm trying to develop a BASIC interpreter. I work in the software industry, but not as a developer—I'm in application support for an ERP system.

[Dabzy]

Welcome Willian!

Bit of string theory eh... Amazing when doing such a thing you realise plain old strings can give the mind a good run out, like one giant puzzle!

Good luck with the project, and let us know how you get on!

Dabz

[Hardcoal]

I still cant see MidiMaster.. he probably didnt pass the Signing up Test 

[Dabzy]

I still cant see MidiMaster.. he probably didnt pass the Signing up Test 

 

Dabz

[Naughty Alien]

.eeeeelllooo there.. 

[Dabzy]

Hey up there Naughty Alien, welcome to the party marra...

The buffet is over there, drinks are over there, the punch is rocket fuel mind so be careful on that, oh, and the lass who's minging drunk singing badly, yeah, the one using Alexa as a microphone, we have no idea where she came from.

Enjoy!



Dabz

[therevills]

G'day from down under!


I'm Steve, been a Blitz coder since the Amiga days, but similar to Dabz started my programming journey on the greatest 8bit computer there was - the Amstrad CPC 464!

I grew up in Sheffield UK, studied there at Sheffield Hallam Uni, got a degree in software engineering, then moved over to Australia to be with Kylie the love of my life 

Now I've been in the "proper" IT industry for 20 years and currently an Integration Architect.

For a hobby Kylie and myself formed our little indie game company "The Revills Games"  where we were inspired by Jake Birkett from Grey Alien Games to start it up.

I've been playing games since the Amstrad days (Roland on the Ropes, Robocop), moving to the Amiga 600 (SWOS, Elite 2:Frontier, CM2) and then to PC. Love playing Nintendo games Mario/Kart etc.

Recently I've converted Kylie to playing VR games so now we play a lot of co-op games together on the Meta Quest 3.

Cheers to Dabz for setting this site up 

Thanks,
Steve