Happy Birthday to the Dead Men Walking gaming community - we're 20 years old!
Wow, where did all that time go, it seems like only yesterday that we were experimenting with beta versions of Counterstrike on dial-up modems and pioneering 'Tactical Counterstrike' for Europe. Read some more about the history of dMw here:
http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/content.php?181-History
If you have suggestions for things to add to the official history then let me know please!
Happy Birthday dMw!!
:hapbday::dmw::cheers:
1996 was the year when:
A new version of MS-DOS was released for our PC's.
The fastest consumer CPU was the Intel Pentium Processor 200 MHz.
People thought Windows 95 was a good thing.......which compared to Windows 3.1 was probably true!
John Major was Prime Minister.
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded for the discovery of fullerenes.
The Duke and Duchess of York and the Prince and Princess of Wales both complete their divorce proceedings.
Alan Shearer's £15m transfer made him the world's most expensive footballer.
England lost to Germany in the semi-final of the European Championships, on penalties of course.
The EU bans the export of British Beef following the BSE crisis.
Genetically modified food (tomato puree in this case) went on sale in the UK for the first time.
Mobile phones looked like this:
(http://www.mobilephonehistory.co.uk/lists/1996_gsm_phones.jpg)
I do believe it was the year "Hot Mail" came about too.
Happy birthday you amazing community :D its so nice to be apart of this wish i had found the community earlier tho
Happy birthday Dead Men Walking :D
Hope for many great years to come! :worship::thumbsup:
And a special thanks to the founders and all the great admins and helpers.
:hapbday::hug2::cheers::rockon:
Happy birthday dMw! :hapbday::cheers::dmw::busted:
BTW, some prehistoric chats can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20010101000000*/http://www.deadmen.co.uk
I found this from DogMeat advertising dMw for new members:
Be A Dead Man Too...
...or woman. You don't have to be a good player - average is fine, even crap is acceptable if you have the right attitude.
Right now, we don't play in any leagues, organised tables or any of that sort of stuff. Let's face it, with only two permanent players we'd get our asses kicked bigtime...
So we're recruiting. Look around the site - you'll see we're committed to CS (at least), we have our own server in Telehouse, a web server to run all the CGI thingies, Battlecom server, webmail and other funky stuff.
Seems a pity to let it all go to waste...
So join. Do it now.
And some info on the members, couple of familiar names still there and now you know their real names you can stalk them online!
DogMeat a.k.a. Barry O'Neill
Clan Founder, WebMeister, SkinMeister, GrafixMeister and crap player. Favourite selection: silencer and MP5.
Stryker a.k.a. Jonathan Spooner
Clan Second-In-Command and minor Quake deity. Proper player - practices a lot, runs around killing opponents. Favourite selection: MP5 and bandolier.
Skoda a.k.a. John Spooner
Clan Camper. Has actually been found hiding INSIDE the dishwasher in the Coventry Village map. Favourite selection: Sniper rifle and slippers.
Raver a.k.a. Rory O'Neill
Clan Infitrator. Similar to a camper, but just hides and saves ammo. Never *actually* killed anything in the whole time he's been playing AQ2. Favourite selection: MP5 and stealth slippers.
Dredd a.k.a. Leon Reid
Clan Coffee Boy. Mostly harmless until told to make coffee, then goes on a killing spree and NEVER, EVER STOPS until EVERYTHING is dead. Favourite selection: MP5 and silencer.
Magic Roundabout a.k.a Nicky D
We all have fond childhood memories of that drug inspired kiddies programme, "The Magic Roundabout". If you ever butt heads with this guy then you can those sweet childhood memories goodbye. He is vicious, he is mean and he hates cows and funny springy things.
G@mbit a.k.a Kenny McIntosh
Hotshot with the Desert Eagle, especially when the safety is off. We'll give him a rifle when he is older.
OldBloke a.k.a Terry Richards
Clan Old Bloke. He'll play on his age and talk about the war.... but don't you believe it. As soon as you think your safe he'll leap off his zimmer frame and beat you to a pulp.
TuToNiC a.k.a John Doe
Clan missfit. With a build like Beaker and a hair style like Stanly Twedle this guy has a hard time making people take him seriously. The only place he can call home is Counter Strike. In CS (smirk) he has the women,(rolf) the looks (crys) and the respect of his fellow clan... (/smirk)(/rolf)(/crys)
And the LAN is born.
https://web.archive.org/web/20020518055207/http://www.deadmen.co.uk/stories.php?story=02/02/15/6027844
Quote from: Benny;418020And the LAN is born.
https://web.archive.org/web/20020518055207/http://www.deadmen.co.uk/stories.php?story=02/02/15/6027844
Ahh, Jam LAN. Fondly remembered by all, especially the security guard who had to check that 'Gandalf Lord of Jelly' was on his visitor list :flirty:
Happy birthday to dMw, I'm so happy to have found you all, you all rock!
And I agree with this guy :roflmao:
PARAPHRASING QUOTE:
QuoteCounterstryke sucks ...
Happy birthday dMw
Wouldnt want to be anywhere else...
Wow I have only been apart of this hall of loonys for only 10 years
Where else could I get away with this kind of madness.
Congratulations dMw
Ok so the map pack wouldn't download, but here's another members page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030416013904/http://www.deadmen.co.uk/meet.html :norty:
Crap I feel old ðŸ˜
By the look of the old forum I posted a lot of ****.
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Quote from: smite;418051Crap I feel old ������
By the look of the old forum I posted a lot of ****.
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You also told people off for going off topic! Such a bully :D
If Oldie was 'old' 20 years' ago........:blink:
Quote from: Penfold;418053If Oldie was 'old' 20 years' ago........:blink:
:roflmao:
Quote from: Penfold;418053If Oldie was 'old' 20 years' ago........:blink:
:roflmao: you are so cruel!
Happy Birthday dMw. Should have kicked me years ago!!
bloody hell.. I even had hair..
https://web.archive.org/web/20031004222100/http://www.smitethee.co.uk/LAN3.htm
HA! Here's to 20 more! :cheers:
Wow 20 years! Congrats DMW and thanks to those at the helm! :birthday: :cheers:
Happy Birthday us indeedy! :)
I wonder how many groups like this are now older than some of their members?
Wow happy 20th B'day DMW!!!
Waitasec... That means the lan is 15 years old next year. Another jubilee! [emoji323] [emoji322] [emoji320] [emoji512]
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