Just curious, as always.
As for myself, I was browsing Wikipedia about the KQ series and found it by article jumping.
(That same night, I found out there was a demo, downloaded it, played it, and was so completely amazed I stayed up until midmorning.)
Googled "Kings Quest 9" back when I was young.
Wish I could remember, it seems so long ago... I think I may have discovered it twice actually, once when I was first looking into the KQ series a little bit and didn't know much about them, because I remember the really old white/purple site, but I also remember discovering it again a while later once I was much more into the games, and registering on the red forums. :P
I actually read it in a magazine I think quite some time ago. I want to say it was either 2002 or 2003. I remember the article was about the AGDI remake of KQ1, and they had a very brief mention of a KQIX at the end. I think the magazine was Computer Games Magazine. I've tried looking through my collection of magazines, but I can't find it anywhere.
I know I first learned about TSL during the white website phase. I didn't join the forums until the blue phase. Wow, I'm referring to the different incarnations of the site in color form... My job really HAS made me think of everything at the most basic possible level... But yes, I learned about TSL quite a long time ago. It's really been that long?
I'm pretty sure I found this site ages ago when I was looking for KQ fangames. I'm pretty sure I registered on the forums as Rosella500 too, but a while ago there was a large wipe of all accounts that had been there for years and never posted once, so that's gone.
I came back and stayed after CC posted that he was leaving the official Sierra forums for this KQIX thing. I kinda stalked him over here. XD
Both of those times, the website was in the light blue phase, I think. :P
I'm jealous of you veterans. I lurked for one year until the second C&D, then became a member.
kindofdoon : TSL veterans :: United States : Europe
Quote from: kindofdoon on September 18, 2010, 08:38:24 PM
I'm jealous of you veterans. I lurked for one year until the second C&D, then became a member.
kindofdoon : TSL veterans :: United States : Europe
Yeah, I've been around a while... Makes me want to stroke my long, white beard XB And what does that statement mean? (Yeah, I'm dumb lol)
Kindofdoon is to TSL veterans as US is to Europe, I believe.
...That said, I'm still not sure. :P
Forget what they're called, but basically it's saying kindofdoon is young compared to the older forumers like the united states is young compared to Europe.
There used to be a lot of them on the SAT. (I think they got rid of them when they redid the SAT's? Might have been something else)
Quote from: tessspoon on September 18, 2010, 08:45:19 PM
Forget what they're called, but basically it's saying kindofdoon is young compared to the older forumers like the united states is young compared to Europe.
There used to be a lot of them on the SAT. (I think they got rid of them when they redid the SAT's? Might have been something else)
Thank you for simplifying that for me.
Quote from: Rosella on September 18, 2010, 08:36:37 PM
I'm pretty sure I found this site ages ago when I was looking for KQ fangames. I'm pretty sure I registered on the forums as Rosella500 too, but a while ago there was a large wipe of all accounts that had been there for years and never posted once, so that's gone.
I came back and stayed after CC posted that he was leaving the official Sierra forums for this KQIX thing. I kinda stalked him over here. XD
Both of those times, the website was in the light blue phase, I think. :P
Yeah, you've been around for a while too, rosella. I remember you were here when I first registered. Whether you were around when I first heard about TSL I can't remember back that far in detail... I was young then lol. Like, 12 or 13 lol. I'm 19 now... Wow, my adolesence was spent on this forum... is that good or bad?
(It's called an analogy.)
Quote from: kindofdoon on September 18, 2010, 08:48:30 PM
(It's called an analogy.)
See, I told you I was dumb! I so should have known that! I know what an analogy is by the way... To a degree... College is making me second guess myself now. Cue the mental breakdown. And the twilight zone music...
What's your major/minor?
Quote from: kindofdoon on September 18, 2010, 08:52:43 PM
What's your major/minor?
Web Design and Interactive Media. But we can discuss that elsewhere. This thread is not for such discussion. Let's focus on how everyone came to find out about TSL.
It was back in 2005 I believe. I think I typed in Kings quest 9 by random, and how could I have known this would pop up...
It was today. I was bored, I noticied my King's Quest: Mask of Eternity CD Typed in King's Quest 8 in google and with various link jumps I found this site. I found it 5 minutes before the release of Episode 2.
The timing of that is still just, wow XD.
I know. That happening is so funny considering that when I find a game the peaks my interest I usually have to wait a couple years for it to release.
Quote from: Melook on September 18, 2010, 10:02:39 PM
I know. That happening is so funny considering that when I find a game the peaks my interest I usually have to wait a couple years for it to release.
I still can't get over that. I mean that is just... Uncanny. I'd give you a guiness world record if I could for that.
Hahaha. A guiness world record for that would be awesome.
I don't remember. I became a member in late 2008 but mostly lurked. I'd check on the project every few months and then leave again. I came back fully when I found out the game had been revived.
Fall 2002. Depressed college grad, jobless, living at home, fairly recently dumped & heartbroken, desperately seeks something, anything, to fill her time. She plays old computer games. Beats a few for the first time, finally! She pokes around online. She finds a website...it calls itself an unofficial King's Quest sequel. She is interested! She wanders about the site, she finds they are looking for a staff writer. "Hey," she thinks, "I'm a writer! Or at least, I want to be. And I love King's Quest. And I dreamed about writing Sierra games when I was a kid. What the hell!" She applies. Her application piece is an article about the Isle of the Sacred Mountain. They like it. They like her! She's hired! Or--accepted! Whatever, the point is, the rest is history! XD
Oh, and you'll all finally get to read the IoS article I wrote eight years in Issue 5 of the Four Winds.
I joined back in 2008 but lurked around for maybe two months before I actually joined. My sister worked as a secretary for the Agriculture department on Campus and was bored one day and just googled Kings quest 9, just to see if there was one Roberta made. Next thing I know, my phone is filled with text messages, as I was in a meeting. We found the remakes of 1,2,3 shortly there after-wards and still waiting on the 4th one.
I always felt weird being apart of the forum back then, I was super shy, and everyone was talking about the first C&D, I felt bad that I missed helping with that one, I think that is was drove me so hard when Save TSL was started. With all of these new people around, I'm starting to feel like 2008 was a life time ago when it really wasn't. Wow, how far we've come. :D
Quote from: KatieHal on September 18, 2010, 10:33:06 PM
Fall 2002. Depressed college grad, jobless, living at home, fairly recently dumped & heartbroken, desperately seeks something, anything, to fill her time. She plays old computer games. Beats a few for the first time, finally! She pokes around online. She finds a website...it calls itself an unofficial King's Quest sequel. She is interested! She wanders about the site, she finds they are looking for a staff writer. "Hey," she thinks, "I'm a writer! Or at least, I want to be. And I love King's Quest. And I dreamed about writing Sierra games when I was a kid. What the hell!" She applies. Her application piece is an article about the Isle of the Sacred Mountain. They like it. They like her! She's hired! Or--accepted! Whatever, the point is, the rest is history! XD
Oh, and you'll all finally get to read the IoS article I wrote eight years in Issue 5 of the Four Winds.
This is a really nice story. Thanks for sharing, and I can't wait to read your piece about the IoS.
Thanks doon! :) It was one of the best things to ever happen to me. Not to mention something I really, really needed at that time in my life, too!
I'm not sure how I first heard about it, but I remember seeing the website several years ago saying that the game had been hit with a Cease and Desist. Then I forgot about it entirely until a little while before Episode 1 came out.
I think I was reminded of it when browsing the Infamous Adventures forum for information about their upcoming Space Quest 2 remake.
Katie, I MUST read that article! I can't wait until my first FW piece gets published!
KQ9 Googler, since when I wrote to Sierra (UK division), they didn't answer my question about a KQ9 game.
Back in 1999, my brother and I looked up King's Quest IX online, and we found a website (can't remember their name) working on a KQIX game. I still remember the screenshot they had on their homepage. It was the ferry and dock all repaired. I remember that the graphics were sort of cartoonish and that the ferry had a bright red roof.
Anyway, I've followed KQIX for the past 11 years through the team change, two cease-and-desists, and finally till the release of the game. Needless to say, I am super-excited and totally geeking out right now !!!
(my brother kind of lost hope after the first 5 years :-\)
And, by the way, TSL team...you guys totally rock!!! I've been waiting so long for this game, and now it's finally here and it's absolutely amazing :sweetheart: Thank you so much!!! I can not even begin to imagine how much work and sacrifice you guys put into this game to make it a reality. Just know that you've made a lot of people very happy ;D
A fellow I knew from a DC board knew I was a Sierra junkie and passed the link along.
Google. I was actually looking for the King's Quest Omnipedia and just typed "King's Quest" in the search bar. Lo and behold, one of the first sites to pop up was "The Silver Lining: A fan-created sequel to King's Quest" or some such thing.
I was like, "Whaaaaaa!" and hopped on that like white on rice. I remember being a little intimidated, though, to join the forums, and registered but didn't actually post for like four months. Stupid Hailey! >:(
I'm so glad I'm here, though. This is not like a typical forum, it's like a family. :)
;D
Was looking for some old QFG games to download, saw that agd interactive was working on a QFG2 remake, they already finished KQ2+ i think, and via some links on their site came to the unofficial KQ9 forums
Quote from: KatieHal on September 18, 2010, 10:33:06 PM
Oh, and you'll all finally get to read the IoS article I wrote eight years in Issue 5 of the Four Winds.
So when does it come out?
Well, Issue 1 was Episode 1, Issue was Episode 2.... so not for a little while yet. :)
But! The Four Winds Issue 3 will begin next week!
How many installments of Issue 3 will there be?
At least 5...possibly more.
Back in yesteryear around 2004-2005 I got really interested in Let's Plays while moaning over how boring college was. (around end of year 1.) I was filled with new light and thought, oh wow this is different. I kind of like this. Eventually I made it over to a certain Let's Player by the name of LateBlt who was playing Quest for Glory at the time. It reminded me of the good old days when I used to play all these point and click adventure games. So I did a small search when I came upon Kings Quest 9. I thought huh, this looks kinda good for a fangame. Eventually the first trailer came out and gave me goosebumps. I instantly wanted to play the game.
Time passes... Cease and Desist is posted and I hold my breath hearing the team is putting together a care package. Cease and Desist lifted!!!
More time passes. I graduate with my Bachelor's in Graphic Design... Then one night in the Yugioh Abridged Chatroom. Kroze and my cousin are busy talking about something. Something which my cousin immediately alerts me to. ANOTHER CEASE AND DESIST. BY ACTIVISION? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooo... (Cue total rage fest and King's Quest Conversation.) An hour later... private message. Information is passed to me. I smile.
More time passes... Go to otakon, had fun, then I come home and watch some of LateBlt's videos. There's something there in the related vids. NO REALLY, IT IS?!!!1! YES! OMG OMG OMG! Fangasmed and played it on the first night. And sometime later was the whistle contest along with episode 2 and here I am.
I really don't remember, actually. :P
As I recall, I was in grad school and had nothing to do for an hour or two between classes, so I'd hang out in the computer lab and surf the internet. I mean, what else was I going to do? The required readings? Please! So I somehow found some of the Space Quest fan games (Replicated and the Lost Episode (which I never beat because of the game bugs and general annoyances). From there, I tried to look for other fan made games and I found the AGS site. I think that led me to (then) Tierra and KQ2+. From there I was interested in what other Kings Quest games were being made and I found IA. After that I found TSL just in time for a demo to be released. Since then I periodically checked the site and when episode 1 was released, I signed up as required and that's pretty much it. True story.
I think someone had mentioned it to me way back. After the second cease and desist, I thought that was the end for sure though. Out of the blue, I just Googled the game in August of this year and found there was Episode 1 out by that point so I was quite happy. :)
hey guys, I know this is waaaaay off topic, but I just discovered I can access the forum on my crappy old phone! Yaaaay! I am typing this message texting-style! !!! Glad I am. now I can check up on you from great distances. :pleased: