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Richard Davey
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2004 10:04 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2004 10:06
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Hi all,

In a strange bought of nostalgia I have spent the past few hours going through all of my back-up CDs and restoring all of the DarkBASIC web sites onto my hard drive. I have all site designs from September 2000 (and onwards), all of the news files / content that we ever placed on the site going right back to the very start (August 1999) and every single forum post ever made. I have even found the original UBB installation and all files / user accounts, then all of the Phorum ones.

It's quite a massive amount of stuff, some of it extremely funny Photos of Lee and Rick walking around E3, the "cut out and make your own DB pyramid", the pics from the "24 hour game making" day for PC Gamer, newspaper clippings, a weird AVI of Lee eating the camera while muttering something about cookies (don't ask) and plenty more.

I did resurrect all of this for a reason however and fully intend to build it into the new release of the TGC web site. For now I am attaching a screen grab of the old old old forums. Perhaps the pyramid thing too Notice some of the forum topics that are still going on today ("db community game", "uv mapping help", etc) and some of the old names too! Interesting, TDK Man was the only moderator back then - kudos dude!

Cheers,

Rich

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yay
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2004 10:10 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2004 10:13
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Here is the "make your own DB pyramid" file for those that asked me for it on MSN Original news item follows:

Make your own Dark Basic pyramid model! 27th September 2000

Dark Basic Software Ltd is proud to announce the FREE DIY Dark Basic Pyramid model kit! Simply download the following JPEG file and follow these easy instructions:

1. Cut around the dotted lines using some scissors.
2. Fold the edges of the pyramid and the white tabs.
3. Paste some paper glue into the areas labeled 'Glue'
4. Stick all the tabs together

You should end up with something looking like this:



Now place the pyramid on top of your PCs monitor. Hopefully it will encourage you and bring you creative ideas!

Mini-Compo

Here's a mini-compo for you all Print-out the pyramid, make it and post a photograph of it in the most amusing place you can. The winner can have any one of the current DBPro plugins free (your choice, if you don't have DBPro, you get that too).

Cheers,

Rich

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Omg, yes! I will make billions now.

P.S: Notice Asheron and LamptonWorm on the old forums ;D
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Nice!
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Ah, wicked.

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It will be on my computer with pride!

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"Dark 4rum" - You guys were so lame.


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It may mean Dark 40% rum.

Edit

or, 40% Dark rum.

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My download is my piramid...

Here's my forums www.andrewtamalunas.proboards28.com . Please join!

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lol, nice one

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yep, looks a bit bent :/ Mine is in MINT condition
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I’ll work on mine tomorrow, when the neighbours are less likely to have a tantrum.

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Posted: 22nd Nov 2004 11:45 Edited at: 22nd Nov 2004 11:52
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Heh, just noticed the old DB compiled exe icon next to the URL
Edit: or maybe i'm seeing things.... who knows

I'll have to print out that pyramid later and pwn a picture.


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Quote: "Make your own Dark Basic pyramid model! 27th September 2000"



/me trembles with glee^_^ Thanks a bunch

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Made my model!


Egypt if you squint really hard.


Pyramid meeting some old friends.

Now contemplating taking pyramid for whirlwind tour of London's landmarks this weekend! Need to make a collapsable version though as current one doesn't really fit in my pocket.

Boo!
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wow I hope that model's for school or something...

If not then I say you need to get out more often

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As I dont have a camera anymore, you'll just have to imagine it on top of the guinea-pigs head...

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Cool

Wonder what I was posting about, Darkweb 3deditor.. blimey ?!

Looking forward to more retro madness.
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Quote: "wow I hope that model's for school or something...
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LOL! I'm 35 years old! Just took a quick break from work.

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lol spooky - love it!

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see I thought you were an oldbie... seems people are still making those things aye? But I still say you need to get out more often

*This coming from the guy who just recently requested the db pyramid from rich a couple weeks ago*

Btw, I like the little dude hauling the camel on the left^_^

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Whoah! The pyramid is back! I think mine got squashed by my old monitor

Nice to see thing haven't changed. Asheron making an rpg. Peple still mystified by runtime error 10.

Shame alot of the pople have gone now - only LamptonWorm and Magellan around now.

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Hey I was there back then^_^

And Asheron's hosting the US Convention..

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what do you thinks?

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And where is the free 3D model of the pyramid ?


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Hmmmm, on top of a tourist or....salotaped to this laptop screen or....made wrong...

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Quote: "Hey I was there back then^_^"


Sorry

Quote: "And Asheron's hosting the US Convention.."


He/She isn't on these forums though - they stick to llrgt I think.

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Quote: " And where is the free 3D model of the pyramid ?"
are you refering to my picture? or where to get the model

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Wow, This is proof I have way too much free time on my hands, [ - well I don't but it prooves I don't do the more important stuff ]

Here It is, The DarkBASIC Lamp:

[Edited it out - Decided it would waste TGC's bandwith, Click the download or view button below!]

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mine makes a cute little mouse hat

[edit - by the way, how do you make the view button appear?]

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lol...

(try using in uncapped letters .jpg next time)

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When does the competition end, as your post didn't say?

Also the prizes, when you say 'The winner can have any one of the current DBPro plugins free' does this include all plugins listed http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?f=enhance? [ie. BlueGUI also up for grabs]?

And my third and final question, any limit on how many times we can enter?
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Jeez, too many questions - I'll answer them when, and only when, you actually post a photo.

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Um, I have posted a photo Look up a bit, or do a find for DarkBASIC Lamp.
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Ok...i worked a lot because i really want another copy of dbpro (i lost the old cd). Here's mine: (click View or Download)

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Quote: "Here's a mini-compo for you all Print-out the pyramid, make it and post a photograph of it in the most amusing place you can. The winner can have any one of the current DBPro plugins free (your choice, if you don't have DBPro, you get that too)."



How did I miss that?? I thought it was part of the news bit:S I better get to work! Now spooky's model makes sense^_^

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Okay, here's mine. I call it 'Discovery of the pyramids' . In the way of clarification, it's all one photo except the sky.



Oh yeah, and Rich, can we submit more than one ?

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that's sad

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Someone just glued their pyramid together wrong

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printers out of ink

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think "Blair Witch Project"

lagmaster - http://www.lagmaster.net was alive! http://www.dbforums.co.uk/ - was another db forum!

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I bring you the first DarkBASIC pyramid maze!



Boo!
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i did it in <1min... still pretty good though... i have the ability to predict how the creator of the maze would have designed it so dont worry


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I did it in about 20 seconds....

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@ mouse are you talking to me?

new pic.

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I've printed and cutted it, now to find me some glue!

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I think mouse was talking about lag, saying he was 'sour grapes' because he couldn't make his
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hey guys, welcome to Egypt:

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That fits quite well as well

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