Official "Hello, World! (I'm new!)" thread

[OmegaGDS]

So, hi guys... I guess since this is my first post, I will tell you all a little about myself.

My name is Cameron, i'm 16, soon to be 17...
I have been programming for a little while now...
I program mostly in Java (which i am taking classes at school in), but I prefer C++.
I am an aspiring game developer, and yeah... thats about all I can think of...

Oh yeah, i'm a night owl, its 4:30 in the morning right now for me ( i guess i make my best code in the wee hours of the morning ).

Also, anything graphical I do sucks...

Just wanted to introduce myself so, Hi!

[nardi11011]

So yeah, hi.

I make games, I guess. I don't actually FINISH games, because I just always fail to keep my attention to one thing. Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever really finished a game. I guess I'm just more of a theoretical learner. Also if you're really interested in programming just learning new things should be enough to keep you motivated. So I started programming doing Wii homebrew in C like a MAN and then started to wonder why I couldn't group these functions and variables together some way, learned about OOP and moved to C++. Then I started to wonder why I had to (de)allocate memory manually, write all these useless Get/Set functions and could do anything I wanted, except anything that had to do with the code itself. So I found C#, loved it, got spoiled by it, and now I dislike writing anything else. Yeah.

Did I mention this all started less than one year ago? Guess I learn pretty fast as well.

So I use C# pretty much exclusively. I also really like XNA as an Xbox framework but I REALLY dislike XNA as a PC framework. I hate "ZOMG .NET IS SLOOWW" people and "ZOMG .NET IS EVIL BEACAUSE IT'S MICRO$OFT (NOTE THE DOLLAR SIGN WHICH IMPLIES THAT THEY ARE A COMPANY THAT WANTS TO MAKE MONEY UNLIKE THE GOVERNMENT AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS)" people. I also hate Macs, but I think OSX is pretty nice. I pretty much dislike Apple anyway, and Objective-C is the 2nd most afwul modern language I have every seen (after anything XML related (XAML in particular (I also like parentheses (wheee it's like i'm writing lisp!)))). The iPad sucks as well (pun kind of intended?).

So yeah, that's the story of my life. Story of my liiiiiife~

I also dislike weeaboos that overuse the ~ suffix.

[OmegaGDS]

Rofltaco (<= getting that baby some use), you don't like mac or microsoft... slim pickin's


P.s. someone tell me why the spell check on here doesn't mind me putting mac in lowercase, but it doesn't recognize microsoft?

[eatcomics]

Rofltaco (<= getting that baby some use), you don't like mac or microsoft... slim pickin's


P.s. someone tell me why the spell check on here doesn't mind me putting mac in lowercase, but it doesn't recognize microsoft?

mac n' cheese? and go rofltaco, I feel so glad that somebody picked that up, its something I came up with while chatting in IRC one day, and then I stopped using it...

[OmegaGDS]

Rofltaco (<= getting that baby some use), you don't like mac or microsoft... slim pickin's


P.s. someone tell me why the spell check on here doesn't mind me putting mac in lowercase, but it doesn't recognize microsoft?

mac n' cheese? and go rofltaco, I feel so glad that somebody picked that up, its something I came up with while chatting in IRC one day, and then I stopped using it...

Yes, unfortunately it won't get out of my head. Rofltaco will now be used by me for the rest of my life

[eatcomics]

YES! my mission is accomplished. And an official hello!

[OmegaGDS]

I don't think anyone uses this thread anymore

[eatcomics]

New members do when there is a boom... and... I do...

[OmegaGDS]

New members do when there is a boom... and... I do...

rofltaco

I guess I'll stay here too :D

[ZachO]

Hello World,

I'm Zach I'm 12 (Sunday I'll be 13) and I'm pretty knew to the forums but I've been watching the AiGD series from the beginning and it inspired me to learn to program (Which I'm starting this summer do to school). My aunt is also a computer programmer and she has also had a lot of influence on me. I want this to be my career when I'm older and hope advice from you guys will help me learn to program.

Later,
Zach

[OmegaGDS]

Hello World,

I'm Zach I'm 12 (Sunday I'll be 13) and I'm pretty knew to the forums but I've been watching the AiGD series from the beginning and it inspired me to learn to program (Which I'm starting this summer do to school). My aunt is also a computer programmer and she has also had a lot of influence on me. I want this to be my career when I'm older and hope advice from you guys will help me learn to program.

Later,
Zach

Nice to meet you ZachO, welcome to the forums.

[Svendy]

Hey all.
well I've always been bad at introducing myself, but here it goes...
I'm 17, live in Denmark, I'm a student at the local Higher Technical Examination program with maths/physics as majors, and a ton of other subjects, such as electrical engineering, chemistry etc.
I have been teaching myself C++ for a a year or 2 now; currently diving into the win32 and DirectX9 APIs. i also have some experience with python and web design as I've been a tech admin at a once pretty big CSS community

I first saw the dev videos 2 years ago i think, and i didn't come around these forums until now. It kept, and still does, me inspired to learn, for this i must thank you!
I don't know what else i can say... I'm pleased to meet you!

[GeezerUK]

Well hello there to all.. found out about this project through stumbling across the Elysian Shadows videos on 'YouTube'

i tend to hang around in the IRC channel so porbs say hi to most of you at some point...

I am currently a student game developer with www.train2game.com and studying for my Diploma from www.TIGA.org the UK industry bodie in hope of one day working in the mainstream games industry...

Right time for the stats..
Username used mostly everywhere: GeezerUK
Real Name: Brett Holt
D.O.B: 25/May/1983 (26)
Location: near Bristol in South UK, http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... m&t=h&z=11

My Personal Website: www.ManorUK.co.uk

MSN Messenger: brett101[at]live.co.uk
IRC: #ManorUK on Quakenet Network (irc.quakenet.org)


Taken from my website: http://silentrecon.co.uk/manoruk.co.uk/?page_id=2

Brett Holt is a student videogame programmer with an MSc. in MCDST – Desktop Support Technician and MCSE – Systems Engineer.

Working as a Network Support Technician at Multiplay.co.uk for their huge VideoGame LAN Events and also as lead project developer at Flat-Out Network Ltd, a game server hosting provider.

While still in high school, Brett Holt knew that he wanted to get into the interactive entertainment field after getting his first computer and seeing the theatrical release of “Tron” – which remains a favorite of his to this day. He immersed himself in the arcade scene where he spent endless hours pouring through all things gaming related including magazines, books, etc.

AGE: 26 (25/May/1983)
Diplomas: MCSE, MCDST, TIGA Diploma currently training.
Website: www.manoruk.co.uk

On that note i hope to chat to some of you at some point

[lotios611]

YES! my mission is accomplished. And an official hello!

I also use rofltaco A LOT. Your mission is doubly accomplished.

[eatcomics]

YES! my mission is accomplished. And an official hello!

I also use rofltaco A LOT. Your mission is doubly accomplished.

YES!

And welcome two new guys :D