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  1. Knuckle liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in Talk   
    This site will always be running.  Forever...
  2. SilverAlchemic liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in Talk   
    This site will always be running.  Forever...
  3. Teto liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in Hyrule.net's Scribe   
    Further and further but never away,
    once near my heart forever you'll stay.
  4. pheonix561 liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in What is your most recent purchase?   
    Wheels for a table in my kitchen lol. So fancy!
  5. Teto liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in What is your most recent purchase?   
    Wheels for a table in my kitchen lol. So fancy!
  6. SilverAlchemic liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in What is your most recent purchase?   
    Wheels for a table in my kitchen lol. So fancy!
  7. Shadowknight liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in What is your most recent purchase?   
    Wheels for a table in my kitchen lol. So fancy!
  8. Knuckle liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in What is your most recent purchase?   
    Wheels for a table in my kitchen lol. So fancy!
  9. Adr990 liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in Hyrule.net's Scribe   
    Further and further but never away,
    once near my heart forever you'll stay.
  10. CidaShipiniZH liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in It's been a bad week   
    How has yours been?
  11. Knuckle liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in It's been a bad week   
    better for me now that I'm here too
  12. pheonix561 liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in It's been a bad week   
    better for me now that I'm here too
  13. SilverAlchemic liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in It's been a bad week   
    better for me now that I'm here too
  14. Sahaqiel liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in Memorable #Zelda moments/quotes   
    I need to find my logs & quotes files...
  15. Tatl Tael Link liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in Fan Fiction Forum RULES - Read Before Posting!   
    Fan Fiction Forum Rules:

    1. Create a new thread for Fan Fiction stories. Don't post two different stories in one thread.
    2. Threads should be stories/fan fiction ONLY. Don't post new threads to discuss anything, chat, etc. You can use other forums or the stickied Fan Fiction Discussion thread.
    3. Be respectful towards everyone. Offer constructive criticism. If you don't like something, explain why. Don't just say "it sucks!". Also remember that writers here are of all ages and have various levels of experience. Don't be a jerk! This place is for fun!
    4. If a story isn't safe for children, please warn in the Topic Title and at the very beginning of your post.
    5. Any story can be put here. It doesn't have to be Zelda related.
    6. Individual parts or chapters to your story should be placed in the thread where the first part of your story is. Do not post new chapters as new threads.
    7. Double posting in your thread to bump it to the first page of the forum is against the rules. Double posting is fine if you are posting new parts to your fiction, but otherwise is not allowed.
    8. Your thread must have content to it. If there is no fan fiction, then the thread is not allowed.

    Please refrain from one-sentence/one-word replies saying how much you like the Fan Fiction. Explain why you like it.
    Please try to use spellcheck through means of Microsoft Word, Mozilla Firefox, or something similar.
    Please make sure your Fan Fiction makes legible sense to the readers. Which means proper punctuation and the like.
  16. T1g liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in Dark One sent me a thing and he's crazy   
    This makes me so happy to see.
  17. Dark_One liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in Dark One sent me a thing and he's crazy   
    This makes me so happy to see.
  18. Padraig! liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in Dark One sent me a thing and he's crazy   
    This makes me so happy to see.
  19. Sahaqiel liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in AMA - I'm Dustin, Hyrule.net found... Ask me anything!   
    Very hard question... I've thought on it a bit and still unable to answer any better than saying something like friends/family/my cat. All physical belonging are pretty dispensable compared to anything else.  If I am limited to picking a material item then I'd likely say my laptop as it allows me to connect with online friends such as you Saha.

    I'm partially colorblind so I see a few less colors or can differentiate from them less... but I like blues a lot. I'd say this blue is my favorite. I'm going to paint my room in my attic that I'm building this color: 

    More than you could imagine. I remember when you first showed up in the chat years and years ago. Nevar forget.

    I don't think he's necessarily a menace or came just to cause trouble.  I think when questioned about his name he became obtuse which only aided in escalating the issue.  I can understand both sides of the controversy with his name.  I'm insanely anti-censorship though.  What I WISHED would have happened would be something like him being approached and explained why his name might bother people and him responding with an understanding that while that wasn't his purpose that by changing his name everyone could move on happier.  Since that wasn't the case things got messy.  I'm not saying him not wanting to change his name was wrong, but that it certainly did make things more difficult.  I think he then became obtuse and difficultly passive agressive which Saha reacted strongly too. I haven't seen what he's done since then.  Anyone that remembers me from the earlier days here knows that I'd fight like hell to defend free speech here even if offensive.  I still think that's important.  While free speech should be allowed in my opinion, I don't think that necessarily means it's a <i>good idea</i> to always exercise it to the fullest. In short, freedom of speech is important but just try not to be an asshole because that just makes the world shitty for all of us...

     
    I really liked Zelda and saw that a lot of other people liked Zelda too.  I found the #zelda chatroom and a lot of people started going there and I discovered the hyrule.net domain was available.  I made the site and put up a forum.  It really became a home for me and over the years I literally made hundreds of friends and met people from all around the world from all walks of life.  Rich, poor, straight, gay, Christian, atheist, people with crazy fetishes, old people, young people, children, teens, very strange people, people with anger issues, drug problems, depression, etc. Most of the in depth relationships occurred on chat. I loved everyone I met.  It kind of ruined me for in real life interactions though because I always felt people more 'real' online and more 'themselves'.  When interacting online people were less afraid to show their true colors and be vulnerable with sharing themselves.  Many people told me things that I don't think they would in person due to fear of rejection / repurcussions.  I feel I really got to know a lot of people in real true ways.  I found out things about many people still here today.  I love them for it because they shared a bit of themselves with me.  I got to hear people's stories and it provided me with a great deal of empathy for humans and all the troubles everyone has in life.  I found out that everybody suffers, everybody wants to love, and everybody is fucked up in one to many ways.  We all are trying in our own way too.  I met many assholes / trolls and when I got to personally know many of them I got to see the real person behind the troll mask and saw wonderful people.  I will forever cherish those relationships and getting to know those people.  I find it hard to hate anyone even if they act like terrible people because I see what's beneath all of that through my past experiences with others like them.
     
    You can kind of say that I was selfish... I made hyrule.net because I couldn't find the community that _I_ wanted to be a part of so I made my own community.  It grew well beyond me of course and around the time I went off to college I got busy with non-internet things, made friends offline, and drifted away from it because I felt like internet relationships were less real to me than in-person ones.  I later realized that wasn't actually the case.  They weren't less real, just different.  I really liked the in person relationships though as there's something special about seeing the person you're interacting with, laughing together, exploring the world, and building experiences in person.  But that doesn't make the online interactions any less real.  I kind of feel like I've met a balance now in life having had more of both types of relationships and interactions.  Until college the majority of my friendships were online-based so I felt I had missed out on that aspect of life for a while.  I really cherish this place now though and hope to never leave it again and hope it continues on indefinitely.  I absolutely love that I was able to create a place / community that allowed others to become friends.  I kind of feel like that's my greatest accomplishment in life: creating a place for friendships to be made... if I die having done that I feel like I did something worthwhile for sure...

    I don't know much about dancing and I can't really dance... I mean I guess I can fake basic dancing like if I was at prom or something but nothing fancy.  I like cats so if a cat was dancing I'd probably enjoy it.

    That might could be cool. Tell me more about yourself! I love exploring.  I also see you like Adventure Time!!!! I love it...
     
    I've had proposals to hang out before IRL in the past but didn't end up taking people up on it mostly because I was like 20 and it was a 12-13yo boys wanting to hang out and I didn't want to get arrested... Granted we'd still probably have had fun playing games or hiking or something but older guys meeting up with kids makes people assume it's something shady going on which is a darn shame for everyone involved.  I understand the issues with it, especially with strangers online but I do feel a little sad for kids these days at least for people that aren't so much strangers because adults can't really even talk to kids without people questioning their motives.  Kids really need adult relationships & role models and parents are busier than ever to spend time with their kids.

    I'd let you if I could! I'd love to be you! Also, I miss you.
  20. pheonix561 liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in AMA - I'm Dustin, Hyrule.net found... Ask me anything!   
    Very hard question... I've thought on it a bit and still unable to answer any better than saying something like friends/family/my cat. All physical belonging are pretty dispensable compared to anything else.  If I am limited to picking a material item then I'd likely say my laptop as it allows me to connect with online friends such as you Saha.

    I'm partially colorblind so I see a few less colors or can differentiate from them less... but I like blues a lot. I'd say this blue is my favorite. I'm going to paint my room in my attic that I'm building this color: 

    More than you could imagine. I remember when you first showed up in the chat years and years ago. Nevar forget.

    I don't think he's necessarily a menace or came just to cause trouble.  I think when questioned about his name he became obtuse which only aided in escalating the issue.  I can understand both sides of the controversy with his name.  I'm insanely anti-censorship though.  What I WISHED would have happened would be something like him being approached and explained why his name might bother people and him responding with an understanding that while that wasn't his purpose that by changing his name everyone could move on happier.  Since that wasn't the case things got messy.  I'm not saying him not wanting to change his name was wrong, but that it certainly did make things more difficult.  I think he then became obtuse and difficultly passive agressive which Saha reacted strongly too. I haven't seen what he's done since then.  Anyone that remembers me from the earlier days here knows that I'd fight like hell to defend free speech here even if offensive.  I still think that's important.  While free speech should be allowed in my opinion, I don't think that necessarily means it's a <i>good idea</i> to always exercise it to the fullest. In short, freedom of speech is important but just try not to be an asshole because that just makes the world shitty for all of us...

     
    I really liked Zelda and saw that a lot of other people liked Zelda too.  I found the #zelda chatroom and a lot of people started going there and I discovered the hyrule.net domain was available.  I made the site and put up a forum.  It really became a home for me and over the years I literally made hundreds of friends and met people from all around the world from all walks of life.  Rich, poor, straight, gay, Christian, atheist, people with crazy fetishes, old people, young people, children, teens, very strange people, people with anger issues, drug problems, depression, etc. Most of the in depth relationships occurred on chat. I loved everyone I met.  It kind of ruined me for in real life interactions though because I always felt people more 'real' online and more 'themselves'.  When interacting online people were less afraid to show their true colors and be vulnerable with sharing themselves.  Many people told me things that I don't think they would in person due to fear of rejection / repurcussions.  I feel I really got to know a lot of people in real true ways.  I found out things about many people still here today.  I love them for it because they shared a bit of themselves with me.  I got to hear people's stories and it provided me with a great deal of empathy for humans and all the troubles everyone has in life.  I found out that everybody suffers, everybody wants to love, and everybody is fucked up in one to many ways.  We all are trying in our own way too.  I met many assholes / trolls and when I got to personally know many of them I got to see the real person behind the troll mask and saw wonderful people.  I will forever cherish those relationships and getting to know those people.  I find it hard to hate anyone even if they act like terrible people because I see what's beneath all of that through my past experiences with others like them.
     
    You can kind of say that I was selfish... I made hyrule.net because I couldn't find the community that _I_ wanted to be a part of so I made my own community.  It grew well beyond me of course and around the time I went off to college I got busy with non-internet things, made friends offline, and drifted away from it because I felt like internet relationships were less real to me than in-person ones.  I later realized that wasn't actually the case.  They weren't less real, just different.  I really liked the in person relationships though as there's something special about seeing the person you're interacting with, laughing together, exploring the world, and building experiences in person.  But that doesn't make the online interactions any less real.  I kind of feel like I've met a balance now in life having had more of both types of relationships and interactions.  Until college the majority of my friendships were online-based so I felt I had missed out on that aspect of life for a while.  I really cherish this place now though and hope to never leave it again and hope it continues on indefinitely.  I absolutely love that I was able to create a place / community that allowed others to become friends.  I kind of feel like that's my greatest accomplishment in life: creating a place for friendships to be made... if I die having done that I feel like I did something worthwhile for sure...

    I don't know much about dancing and I can't really dance... I mean I guess I can fake basic dancing like if I was at prom or something but nothing fancy.  I like cats so if a cat was dancing I'd probably enjoy it.

    That might could be cool. Tell me more about yourself! I love exploring.  I also see you like Adventure Time!!!! I love it...
     
    I've had proposals to hang out before IRL in the past but didn't end up taking people up on it mostly because I was like 20 and it was a 12-13yo boys wanting to hang out and I didn't want to get arrested... Granted we'd still probably have had fun playing games or hiking or something but older guys meeting up with kids makes people assume it's something shady going on which is a darn shame for everyone involved.  I understand the issues with it, especially with strangers online but I do feel a little sad for kids these days at least for people that aren't so much strangers because adults can't really even talk to kids without people questioning their motives.  Kids really need adult relationships & role models and parents are busier than ever to spend time with their kids.

    I'd let you if I could! I'd love to be you! Also, I miss you.
  21. Sayubie liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in zeldanig: an archive   
    wut wut in the butt.
     
    Zeldanig, you may not have intended to be offensive with your name but some people obviously are going to take offense.  It would be pretty cool if "nigger" or similarities were not associated with the negativity and hate that came to be associated with them.  Sadly we do not live in this world because assholes like to use words to convey an idea of hatred and spreading of pain.  The word isn't the problem, it's the ideas that have been tied to them.  This is very unfortunate but that is our inheritence from our shitty forefathers.  We need to keep that in mind with what we do now as we will be leaving things for the young people of the future such as yourself and your kids some day.  Be cool.  Please just relax and pick another cool name that you feel at home with. Even if you disagree with Saha I hope you can see that he has good intentions and really cares about this place and is trying to do his best to keep this a good place.
     
    Keep Calm and Carry On
  22. pheonix561 liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in AMA - I'm Dustin, Hyrule.net found... Ask me anything!   
     I wasn't until you came along.
     
     
     
    Graduated college (Computer Engineering), friends came and went, got a good job & created a multi-million dollar piece of software (working for a company of course so I only got a small fraction of that pie) at an amazingly fun company (for a while I described it to friends as like the hyrule.net chat; yeah, it's was intense and crazy!), went on work trips around the country, went to SXSW, met famous tech people such as people from Google, Dropbox.com, Static.com, hung out with some guys that host ebay.com, etc.  Now I work from home a lot, got a house & put in security cameras all around it to keep shady people away, partook of grass in vast quantities for a while, made a weather website http://precipitationstation.com/ , explored around walking 30+ miles in search of a cave -- when my friend and I were just about to give up we sat down to rest and saw something weird in the distance: the cave! As soon as we exited the cave I encountered a rock slide then immediately upset a bee nest and got stung and ran for my life ... I spent much of my younger years hanging out mostly on Hyrule.net so I kind of binged in experiencing the "real" world.  After sampling both, I feel that I got to know people in a 'real' way more online as people are more free to be themselves.  I greatly enjoyed those special moments when I really got to know people really well in person as well though.  I wish I could take my online relationships and port them into real life hanging out.  Going on adventures is super fun.  I discovered I enjoy hiking around exploring, much like Link.  I enjoy it most friend friends though.  Currently none of my IRL friends enjoy outdoors though unfortunately which is a shame. I need to find some people that like that stuff since Spring is almost here!  So yeah, nothing too extravagant, at least to me. Living the dream I suppose.
  23. pheonix561 liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in zeldanig: an archive   
    wut wut in the butt.
     
    Zeldanig, you may not have intended to be offensive with your name but some people obviously are going to take offense.  It would be pretty cool if "nigger" or similarities were not associated with the negativity and hate that came to be associated with them.  Sadly we do not live in this world because assholes like to use words to convey an idea of hatred and spreading of pain.  The word isn't the problem, it's the ideas that have been tied to them.  This is very unfortunate but that is our inheritence from our shitty forefathers.  We need to keep that in mind with what we do now as we will be leaving things for the young people of the future such as yourself and your kids some day.  Be cool.  Please just relax and pick another cool name that you feel at home with. Even if you disagree with Saha I hope you can see that he has good intentions and really cares about this place and is trying to do his best to keep this a good place.
     
    Keep Calm and Carry On
  24. Cascade liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in zeldanig: an archive   
    wut wut in the butt.
     
    Zeldanig, you may not have intended to be offensive with your name but some people obviously are going to take offense.  It would be pretty cool if "nigger" or similarities were not associated with the negativity and hate that came to be associated with them.  Sadly we do not live in this world because assholes like to use words to convey an idea of hatred and spreading of pain.  The word isn't the problem, it's the ideas that have been tied to them.  This is very unfortunate but that is our inheritence from our shitty forefathers.  We need to keep that in mind with what we do now as we will be leaving things for the young people of the future such as yourself and your kids some day.  Be cool.  Please just relax and pick another cool name that you feel at home with. Even if you disagree with Saha I hope you can see that he has good intentions and really cares about this place and is trying to do his best to keep this a good place.
     
    Keep Calm and Carry On
  25. Sahaqiel liked a post in a topic by Du5t1n in AMA - I'm Dustin, Hyrule.net found... Ask me anything!   
     I wasn't until you came along.
     
     
     
    Graduated college (Computer Engineering), friends came and went, got a good job & created a multi-million dollar piece of software (working for a company of course so I only got a small fraction of that pie) at an amazingly fun company (for a while I described it to friends as like the hyrule.net chat; yeah, it's was intense and crazy!), went on work trips around the country, went to SXSW, met famous tech people such as people from Google, Dropbox.com, Static.com, hung out with some guys that host ebay.com, etc.  Now I work from home a lot, got a house & put in security cameras all around it to keep shady people away, partook of grass in vast quantities for a while, made a weather website http://precipitationstation.com/ , explored around walking 30+ miles in search of a cave -- when my friend and I were just about to give up we sat down to rest and saw something weird in the distance: the cave! As soon as we exited the cave I encountered a rock slide then immediately upset a bee nest and got stung and ran for my life ... I spent much of my younger years hanging out mostly on Hyrule.net so I kind of binged in experiencing the "real" world.  After sampling both, I feel that I got to know people in a 'real' way more online as people are more free to be themselves.  I greatly enjoyed those special moments when I really got to know people really well in person as well though.  I wish I could take my online relationships and port them into real life hanging out.  Going on adventures is super fun.  I discovered I enjoy hiking around exploring, much like Link.  I enjoy it most friend friends though.  Currently none of my IRL friends enjoy outdoors though unfortunately which is a shame. I need to find some people that like that stuff since Spring is almost here!  So yeah, nothing too extravagant, at least to me. Living the dream I suppose.