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Hi Everyone.

Not sure who remembers me still but I'm Alpha, or as I go by these days Birnabear. Been trying to temper my excitement for the CNC remakes as much as possible but it has finally all boiled up to a point and I am super excited for some more Tiberium harvesting shortly. I feel like I spent most of my formative internet days in the 00s in these forums as well as petro-gamers, so it gives me the warm and fuzzies to see it all still going. It's been a while (aside from a brief visit in 2016) but its great to see a heap of old names I recognise, as well as a heap of new ones which is good to see.

Anyway, no more rambling. Hello all!

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Hey hey, always nice to see an old member come back!

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welcome back dude

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Welcome back, Commander

 

Booo that was easily forseeable. 'Sup

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On 8/05/2020 at 5:42 PM, Cygnus X-1 said:

Welcome back, Commander

 

Booo that was easily forseeable. 'Sup

Woah. Crazy seeing you around again.

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21 hours ago, Doctor Destiny said:

Woah. Crazy seeing you around again.

These are confusing times. 

 

Had to do a bit of wizardry to unlock ye olde account, but voila! 

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2 hours ago, Cygnus X-1 said:

These are confusing times. 

 

Had to do a bit of wizardry to unlock ye olde account, but voila! 

Confusing is a good word. I mean, I'm a girl now. Among other things. lol

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On 12/05/2020 at 12:51 PM, Doctor Destiny said:

Confusing is a good word. I mean, I'm a girl now. Among other things. lol

Congrats!

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On 11/05/2020 at 9:51 PM, Doctor Destiny said:

Confusing is a good word. I mean, I'm a girl now. Among other things. lol

You've also had 37 different names on this (among other) communities. Lol. 

 

And since my last tenure, I've been 

A: homeless

B: a touring musician

C: a government stooge 

...among other things. Isn't life fun?

:wacko:

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14 hours ago, Cygnus X-1 said:

You've also had 37 different names on this (among other) communities. Lol. 

 

And since my last tenure, I've been 

A: homeless

B: a touring musician

C: a government stooge 

...among other things. Isn't life fun?

:wacko:

Actually, I've not changed my name in quite a long time. I really only go by Doctor Destiny and The Astronomer these days.

Since I've been, more or less, not around for a long time, I started gender transition, started working a full time job in 2015 and have moved from the bottom level of support to leading a department, among other responsibilities like bailing out gen tech and being the only web dev on staff. Stress from that kinda caused me a lovely psychotic break this week. So there was that too.

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I haven't been around in a long time. :santa:

 

 

11 hours ago, Doctor Destiny said:

Actually, I've not changed my name in quite a long time. I really only go by Doctor Destiny and The Astronomer these days.

 

 

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On 15/05/2020 at 10:54 AM, Cygnus X-1 said:

I haven't been around in a long time. :santa:

Fair enough but I really haven't changed names in a while. Just sticking with those two.

What else you been up to? Aside from not having a house, touring and being a stooge? o.o

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Well... I still work for GDI (pic pending)

Also got into hardcore off roading, mostly with Toyota's. I build/wrench on vehicles quite a bit, mostly for off road purposes, mostly Toyota's. 

Edit: Tried to attach a pic from my phone, said it fit within the file size limit... then it didn't. Oops.

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On 14/05/2020 at 10:55 PM, Cygnus X-1 said:

And since my last tenure, I've been 

A: homeless

B: a touring musician

C: a government stooge 

...among other things. Isn't life fun?

:wacko:

Wow quite a bit. Its fascinating touching base with old online acquaintances from a decade ago and hearing how things have been, like in this and a few other threads here. I was always planning on joining the airforce or dreaming of becoming a pilot. Ended up graduating with an Environmental Science degree, and worked more or less for the same employer for the past 9 years doing various environmental projects. Been involved in a few esports scenes, although very much as entertainment not work, and got addicted to Eve Online for a few years. Now playing soccer again and living with my long term partner. No kids yet though, but maybe someday.

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6 hours ago, Alphabear said:

Wow quite a bit. Its fascinating touching base with old online acquaintances from a decade ago and hearing how things have been, like in this and a few other threads here. I was always planning on joining the airforce or dreaming of becoming a pilot. Ended up graduating with an Environmental Science degree, and worked more or less for the same employer for the past 9 years doing various environmental projects. Been involved in a few esports scenes, although very much as entertainment not work, and got addicted to Eve Online for a few years. Now playing soccer again and living with my long term partner. No kids yet though, but maybe someday.

Indeed it is. Hey I got back into soccer too! Lol. And sand volleyball ... Damn college kids need to be put in their place. Hah

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It's great to see three veteran members coming back to this forum. In case you didn't know, both Sonic and Zee Hypnotist (aka Rabbit) retired from the forums. Still I missed them though.

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2 hours ago, PurpleGaga27 said:

It's great to see three veteran members coming back to this forum. In case you didn't know, both Sonic and Zee Hypnotist (aka Rabbit) retired from the forums. Still I missed them though.

I saw Sonic's farewell on FB many moons ago. Gave him a big ol' salute there. 

@GeneralZ still floats around once every dynasty or so...

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On 20/05/2020 at 3:15 AM, PurpleGaga27 said:

It's great to see three veteran members coming back to this forum. In case you didn't know, both Sonic and Zee Hypnotist (aka Rabbit) retired from the forums. Still I missed them though.

Yeah I saw those threads. Hopefully with the remake they might drop in to say hello

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39 minutes ago, Alphabear said:

Yeah I saw those threads. Hopefully with the remake they might drop in to say hello

True... I mean, we came back :D

 

Heard from @F15pilotX recently too

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Room for one more? ^_^

I'm still about too. I think this remaster will see a few more old faces reappearing. Hopefully, might even see a little resurgence in the community altogether. That can't be a bad thing!

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34 minutes ago, Saracen said:

Room for one more? ^_^

I'm still about too. I think this remaster will see a few more old faces reappearing. Hopefully, might even see a little resurgence in the community altogether. That can't be a bad thing!

Would be a welcome respite from the Facebook C&C groups. Those are.... Rough. Lol

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Well I haven't been here much for quite some time since being in Revora for the time being.

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12 hours ago, Saracen said:

Room for one more? ^_^

I'm still about too. I think this remaster will see a few more old faces reappearing. Hopefully, might even see a little resurgence in the community altogether. That can't be a bad thing!

Bah, you're practically new around here! :p

Who knows, we might even see @Sonicpop his head up :)

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2 hours ago, DeadEye said:

Who knows, we might even see @Sonicpop his head up :)

Plus  @Luk3us , @BioBen, and other kiwis/aussies I cannot recall.

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