Not sure if this is the right area on forum, but I just wanted to drop everyone a line to say hello.

Due to major upheavals in my personal life, it's been  almost 2 full years since I did anything FF-related, but I recently decided to lurk around a bit, so I logged in and took a look around. I appreciate the flurry of PMs I suddenly got from people who must have noticed this :).

Can't promise I will contribute anything new to FF, but I have kept my site running and am actually looking at a few things.

It does take time to catch up with 2 years of progress, so I'm in student mode right now , but we'll see... I'm a fast learner. :)

Cheers (and special thanks to tommyman for dragging me back, even a little :) )

Never got a chance to meet you. You left a few weeks before I joined (that was back when i was jfig92). But I'd still like to welcome you back :D.

There is plenty to catch up on, I was gone for 7 months and fell horribly behind. But I'm sure someone will catch you up on things.

EDIT: I'll try to be helpful

Gammapatrol is gone
Unfluffybunny is now freedom asylum
FFX is now located  at http://ffx.freedomforceforever.com/

welcome back, sir alex.

We had a surprise party planned...but now you know about it, so it was canceled. *shrugs*. Anyways, it's good to have you back whether you're contributing or just posting from time to time. Just having your site around and still fully functional is a great thing considering how many people still use it and the lack of FF sites as of now (and some are still closing).

Just to catch you up a bit:

1. Tons of meshes and skins have come out
2. Volsung made a bunch of timmverse meshes and revenant provided awesome skins as has C6
3. I kinda went mod crazy and some of your mods gave me quite a few ideas.
4. m25 made a bunch of awesome tools such as herotodat
5. FFX got an update
6. Nifskope - 'nuff said.
7. Ezscript and some people are finally making use of it and providing more content for the community.

Yeah, alot has happened. Good luck catching up. :P

Its great to hear from you again Alex, I'm glad (hope) everything has been well.  Even though there has been nothing new on your side I think I can speek for the community when I say that we REALLY appreciate keeping your site alive for us all this time to stop in now and then and grab some much needed material.

Take care, hope to see ya around.

(believe it or not, you are the person whom originally showed me how to install skins/meshes way back in .......2002!)

Alex,

     Really great to see that you're at least lurking again!  You don't know me from a hole in the wall, but I've been lurking about since the early days with FF.  Always deeply appreciated your efforts, and still do!  Welcome back.

DEATH

Alright!  I'm really beginning to think that we've got a second renaissance of FF going here.  Haha, welcome back Alex, and let me add my thanks to those of the others for keeping your site running, it's been a huge help to me as I've been working on my projects.  Whether you contribute or not, join in the community, we're glad to have you back!

Welcome back Alex.

Big A is back! YAY!!!!! :thumbup:

Welcome home Alex!  ;)

Wow, it's like a legend has returned!

When I first got into FF your site was the starting point for my adventures expanding the game, and when I recently returned (after a loooong absence) it was where I rekindled my interest in the community.

Welcome back!

Couldn't have said it better myself Manfred!

Welcome back alex

So great to see you again Alex!

Welcome back to the fold Alex!  Always good to see the old stagers return.  And don't feel under any pressure to follow up on your output from before (although it'd be mighty nice...), its just good to hear from you.

welcome back alex, hope you stay about

Welcome back! Hope all's well.

There are lots of interesting developments to investigate on the FF front. Nifscope has completely revolutionized hexing, M25's EZScript has done the same for scripting. Prevosionary has been cranking out mods, Benton Gray has taken on the small task of modelling the entire DC universe, there's been a major new version of FFX, etc. etc.

And if you decide to lurk instead of join in, that's fine too. (You'll be in good company--Dr. Mike dropped a line a few weeks ago indicating he's still checking up on us every so often.)

Welcome back, Alex!

Good to see you man!

Holy moley!
Hi, Alex!
Long time no see.
Hopefully things are quieting down for you.
Cheers,
YL

Thanks to all for the greetings.

I've been looking things over and have three things in the works for now. Stay tuned.

Ooh, that sounds exciting.  Even if you weren't working on something, though, it IS great to have you back.

You think?

I have no idea how in the hell that message ended up over here while I was int he Films, TV and such forum posting on Who Wants to be A Superhero... season 2.

-Scratches head-

Uh...

WELCOME BACK Abenavides!  I'm still jealous of that very hip and pulp avatar.

RTT

Welcome back, Alex!!! :D

Welcome back Alex!  Your Freedom Fortress was also one of my headquarters for FF add-ons since I first got into the game.  And it's still a great source of inspiration!

Right on! Welcome back Alex! Despite my low post count, I am an old-timer, was on the original Official Forums as Capt. Action. And yes, I still have your site on my Favorites. :thumbup:

Quote from: RTTingle on July 21, 2007, 11:24:16 AM
You think?

I have no idea how in the hell that message ended up over here while I was int he Films, TV and such forum posting on Who Wants to be A Superhero... season 2.

-Scratches head-

Uh...

WELCOME BACK Abenavides!  I'm still jealous of that very hip and pulp avatar.

RTT

Lol, I deleted my response right after you deleted yours...uh...yeah never mind :P

Welcome back Alex!   :)

And there's an update at the Fortress! (really!)

Hopefully more to come ...

Alex is back? I thought I saw you here awhile ago, lol.
I don't come here that much anymore, but it sure is good to see you here again. I'm still waiting for your new hero files  :P

Welcome back, Alex!  :thumbup:

Thanks to one and all for the kind hellos.
It's nice to see so many old friends and hear from some new faces.

I don't think I'm 100% up to speed yet, but I am working on several new (for me) fronts.
Hope to have another new thing-a-ma-jig for you all this weekend.