I Met Charlie Wiederhold! "(Former 3DR, current Gearbox employee)"
#1 Posted 30 September 2006 - 10:53 AM
It is Friday the September 29th of 2006--a crummy day to say the least. Going by the same shit different day philosophy, I go to school, come home, and start my online routine. Little do I know that I am in for a treat...
"I've been in LA this entire week," says Charlie Wiederhold, on ICQ, as I try hard to hold back from responding with an amateur "OMFG" type of reply. I happen to live in Los Angeles, and saw this as the perfect opportunity to meet the man himself.
I invited Charlie over to my apartment and we enjoyed some rum while engaging in a conversation about all there is to know in regards to the game industry--or at least a good big chunk of it. Oh, and he was kind enough to sign my 3D Realms games, which totally ****ing ruled.
It makes me sorry that I may not see Charlie for a while, but meeting him definitely opened some new gateways in my life. I probably learned more in my six or seven "live" hours with Charlie than I will ever learn this whole school year--at least by my own standards. Come to think of it, tonight was probably the highlight of 2006 for me. Thank you Charlie!
Images:
http://www.duke4.org...ff/charlie1.jpg
http://www.duke4.org...ff/charlie2.jpg
http://www.duke4.org...ff/charlie3.jpg
PS. I was so anxious to make this post, but I was waiting for my brother to upload the pictures he took of us with his camera. It was incredibly frustrating, because I felt I couldn't share this awesome experience without attaching the images to my post. Luckily, the images were e-mailed to me on time.
#2 Posted 30 September 2006 - 10:56 AM
#3 Posted 30 September 2006 - 11:19 AM
Yatta, on Sep 30 2006, 10:53 AM, said:
Um, today is Saturday , September 30th, 2006, so if YESTERDY was Sunday, OMG, we've gone into a TIME WARP!!!!! TIME IS MOVING BACKWARDS!!!!!!!
Sorry, couldn't resist
That's way cool Yatta. You are now the envy of the forums
#5 Posted 30 September 2006 - 12:31 PM
ZaphodB, on Sep 30 2006, 12:19 PM, said:
Sorry, couldn't resist
That's way cool Yatta. You are now the envy of the forums
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Fixed and fixed.
But you never know... it COULD have beeen a time warp.
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#12 Posted 07 September 2014 - 07:03 PM
This post has been edited by Wieder: 08 September 2014 - 05:34 AM
#13 Posted 08 September 2014 - 09:31 AM
Watch out for Yatta in the night. He will diddle.
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#16 Posted 08 September 2014 - 11:58 AM
Wieder, on 07 September 2014 - 07:03 PM, said:
I've been looking forward to this all month. I can't wait!
It's hard to believe it's been 8 years since the original post in this thread.
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#18 Posted 08 September 2014 - 02:51 PM
Commando Nukem, on 08 September 2014 - 09:31 AM, said:
Exploding with rage would have been understood.
I hoped the humor value of the past 8 years in context was worth the risk. At that point 75% of my life as a dev had been spent not shipping anything. I honestly didn't realize so many of ya'll were still in middle or high school in 2006. You've been permanently in your early 20s in my mind for the past decade or so, heh.
Happy to no longer wear baseball caps all the time.
That room hasn't changed much at all! Those books in the upper left are still in the exact same position.
This post has been edited by Wieder: 09 September 2014 - 06:19 AM
#19 Posted 09 September 2014 - 04:46 AM
Yatta, on 08 September 2014 - 12:10 PM, said:
Wish you were here!
i like the ass poster on the wall
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#25 Posted 09 September 2014 - 04:06 PM
IGSRJARMY, on 09 September 2014 - 01:28 PM, said:
A dude who likes to be friends with people who share common interests such as sounding gay at each other.
/hug for decoy prize box...
#28 Posted 09 September 2014 - 10:31 PM
IGSRJARMY, on 09 September 2014 - 01:28 PM, said:
This made me lol. Even if you're trolling.