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| |  "Re(1):20 years flys by!" , posted Fri 24 Apr 13:17  
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The year was 2000. I often came to MMCafe for the latest news and that's when I came across this forum. Safe to say it was the first video game forum I ever frequented. Fast forward to the present day, and it is still the only online forum I go to, after so many others I frequented have come and gone.
Though I don't post here at often as I used to, it has been quite the ride and this forum has seen me through some great gaming memories. Especially during the glory days of great games like MvC2 and the Capcom vs SNK series. Now, with the slew of new fighters, new memories are being made.
During these times of the coronavirus era, I am finding myself quite nostalgic and full of gratitude for things both big and little. I hope you and your loved ones are doing well during this pandemic. As far as fighters go, I eagerly await the next Street Fighter and the next KOF. I would love a new Darkstalkers, but I don't know if I ever see that happening.
Cheers to 20 years here!
It has been a long time, hasn't it?
I feel like saying "I've been lurking for a long time" is even weirder considering I've been posting here for what feels like more than a decade!
Here's to many more years of web 1.0!
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| "Re(2):20 years flys by!" , posted Fri 24 Apr 23:54:
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We have started hiring in our company people who were manufactured after the SFC release of SF2. The last person was even released after KOF94.
Ha! While I prefer late Showa vintage humans, Heisei (1989+) releases can still be pretty cool.
Sure, everyone finds their first console generation to be the baseline. For me, SFC is standard, and even FC besides Mario 1 and 3 is a little basic. But if change the analogy from movies to music, the 1960s comparison is actually the exact reason I would recommend pre-2000 games to intelligent people: anyone with any taste will go back to the classics of music or games, and just like the foundation of modern rock/pop music is in the breakout/golden age of UK-US rock of the 1960s-1970s, the foundation of modern games is arguably the breakout/golden age of 8-bit and 16-bit Nintendo systems...and by foundation for both, I mean the first time the stuff got really good and sophisticated. (This selfishly allows me to continue ignoring Atari and Colecovision.) No one claiming to love rock music could possibly ignore the Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc., and no one claiming to be serious about video games could have skipped the most important games on FC and SFC. They don't have to be your favorites, but you can't avoid respecting their innovation and influence.
I do admit that just like with disco or punk in the 1980s, the transitional period afterwards (PS1) is much more of an...acquired taste if you weren't there at the time.
人間はいつも私を驚かせてくれる。不思議なものだな、人間という存在は．．．
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| | "Re(4):20 years flys by!" , posted Sat 25 Apr 06:24:
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One of the unexpected challenges of getting old is to avoid behaving like an old person for as long as possible.
In both the old and the young, I count intellectual laziness as the chief defect that closes one off to worthwhile experiences with both the new and the old. From what I can see, Iggy, you are maintaining admiral degrees of analytical rigor and open-mindedness. I encourage you to continue searching for the beauty in all art, even if Romancing SaGa already offers you more than you would ever dare to ask for....
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In one such fighting game discord, I recall that there was a 14 year old player from literally Siberia who found delight in a 20 year old game! Maybe there is yet hope for the children!
That is indeed heartening. I'm sure I've said this here before, but the internet actually does a heck of a job smoothing away generational differences. I can (and do) listen to any kind of music from any era, look at examples of visual art spanning centuries, and emulate games from almost any platform; I can also find volumes of information about these works that helps me place it in context (on that note, shoutout to Schmuplations) in particular).
Sure, plenty of (shitty) people practice gatekeeping. They can harass and spout garbage, but the entire goddamn internet is much too wide a goal to tend. Back in the day, you may have needed to look and act a certain way to score access to a particular experience or community. Now, for all they know, they could be sharing bootleg recordings/WonderSwan ROMS over the interwebs with a smart and curious shiba inu (dog ending strikes again)! It is a great time for anyone to seek out media and art. The problem is that there's so damn much of it....
Anyway, to conclude, I want to assure everyone here that I am neither an naive idealist, a secret millennial, or a rare breed of canine. I'm actually just procrastinating...I really need to get back to work.
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| | "Re(6):20 years flys by!" , posted Sat 25 Apr 16:03
It's quite something to fathom that the MMCafe BBS has around for 20 years. This place has been crazy, wonderful, and insanely colorful, thanks to all of its members. A great grateful thank you, to everyone, for being excellent all these years.
Throughout the years we've had many members-- those that are still with us and are active, those that are still with us at heart, and of course, those that are with us in memory. I would also like to thank those whom never became members, but still took their time to check things out here as a lurker.
If I were to be asked back in 2000 about how long the BBS or the site itself would be running, I would have completely shrugged without a clue, although plans back then were to keep things running as long as possible, at least in terms of server and BBS. That plan still holds true as of now. While MMCafe's top page is currently collecting dust, it will be interesting to see what will be holding for it in the future, fresh off the Grill.
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| | "Re(7):20 years flys by!" , posted Mon 27 Apr 11:06
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It's quite something to fathom that the MMCafe BBS has around for 20 years. This place has been crazy, wonderful, and insanely colorful, thanks to all of its members. A great grateful thank you, to everyone, for being excellent all these years.
Throughout the years we've had many members-- those that are still with us and are active, those that are still with us at heart, and of course, those that are with us in memory. I would also like to thank those whom never became members, but still took their time to check things out here as a lurker.
If I were to be asked back in 2000 about how long the BBS or the site itself would be running, I would have completely shrugged without a clue, although plans back then were to keep things running as long as possible, at least in terms of server and BBS. That plan still holds true as of now. While MMCafe's top page is currently collecting dust, it will be interesting to see what will be holding for it in the future, fresh off the Grill.
Thanks for these wonderful 20 years, Professor, and there's to another 20 more!
Since I basically live surrounded by Heisei-born people, this is one of the few places out there where I can feel adequately old but not yet out of place. And I really appreciate that.
Even if I don't post that much nowadays, the Cafe is still the site I religiously visit every single day I connect to the Internet, much like I have done since the day I surfed the net for the first time on the year of Our Lord of 1998!
A Talking about Japanese History sword in hand
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| |  "Thanks Professor!" , posted Tue 28 Apr 11:04
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It's quite something to fathom that the MMCafe BBS has around for 20 years. This place has been crazy, wonderful, and insanely colorful, thanks to all of its members. A great grateful thank you, to everyone, for being excellent all these years.
Throughout the years we've had many members-- those that are still with us and are active, those that are still with us at heart, and of course, those that are with us in memory. I would also like to thank those whom never became members, but still took their time to check things out here as a lurker.
If I were to be asked back in 2000 about how long the BBS or the site itself would be running, I would have completely shrugged without a clue, although plans back then were to keep things running as long as possible, at least in terms of server and BBS. That plan still holds true as of now. While MMCafe's top page is currently collecting dust, it will be interesting to see what will be holding for it in the future, fresh off the Grill.
I'm glad this board has kept going. Thanks Professor for that!
I can't wait to see what's in the future for the site and the BBS.
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| | "Re(1):20 years flys by!" , posted Wed 6 May 23:42
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The year was 2000. I often came to MMCafe for the latest news and that's when I came across this forum. Safe to say it was the first video game forum I ever frequented. Fast forward to the present day, and it is still the only online forum I go to, after so many others I frequented have come and gone.
Though I don't post here at often as I used to, it has been quite the ride and this forum has seen me through some great gaming memories. Especially during the glory days of great games like MvC2 and the Capcom vs SNK series. Now, with the slew of new fighters, new memories are being made.
During these times of the coronavirus era, I am finding myself quite nostalgic and full of gratitude for things both big and little. I hope you and your loved ones are doing well during this pandemic. As far as fighters go, I eagerly await the next Street Fighter and the next KOF. I would love a new Darkstalkers, but I don't know if I ever see that happening.
Cheers to 20 years here!
I forgot you joined the MMCafe board the same year I did, Eric... and for the same reasons, too! I first came here looking for news and screenshots of MvC2 and KoF 2000 (back then, it was quite hard to find screenshots and reliable information of upcoming games).
This used to be a great place to discuss any subject, from fighting games to other games and even non-gaming subjects... and surprisingly, 20 years later, it's still just as great as it was back then! And one of the best things is that, whether you're a pro player or a "noob" like I was (and like I still am), it doesn't matter; the people here will be just as welcoming and share any information or tips you may be looking for, without any condescending treatment.
Professor is probably very proud of this board. And he should be. And I thank him (and all of the people here, really) for providing such a great place to visit every day.
Maybe I'm this person right in front of you... nah probably not though.
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| | "Re(2):20 years flys by!" , posted Fri 8 May 08:33
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The year was 2000. I often came to MMCafe for the latest news and that's when I came across this forum. Safe to say it was the first video game forum I ever frequented. Fast forward to the present day, and it is still the only online forum I go to, after so many others I frequented have come and gone.
Though I don't post here at often as I used to, it has been quite the ride and this forum has seen me through some great gaming memories. Especially during the glory days of great games like MvC2 and the Capcom vs SNK series. Now, with the slew of new fighters, new memories are being made.
During these times of the coronavirus era, I am finding myself quite nostalgic and full of gratitude for things both big and little. I hope you and your loved ones are doing well during this pandemic. As far as fighters go, I eagerly await the next Street Fighter and the next KOF. I would love a new Darkstalkers, but I don't know if I ever see that happening.
Cheers to 20 years here!
I forgot you joined the MMCafe board the same year I did, Eric... and for the same reasons, too! I first came here looking for news and screenshots of MvC2 and KoF 2000 (back then, it was quite hard to find screenshots and reliable information of upcoming games).
This used to be a great place to discuss any subject, from fighting games to other games and even non-gaming subjects... and surprisingly, 20 years later, it's still just as great as it was back then! And one of the best things
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Oh wow, I didn't know you also joined in 2000! Rad!
Yes, finding good quality screenshots back then was tough. I remember even in the gaming magazines, it was usually poor quality.
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"20 years flys by!" , posted Fri 24 Apr 09:52
