i found out I now suck at roping and the game that I rarely lost in Elite I also suck in that too. Gonna have to clear my schedule and start a Rocky style training montage.

anyway, back on topic:  Rob, yes, back then i think the average age of wormers was 12-18 i would say.  now if i had to guess, i would say the average age is 25-35??

I have some questions, that i always wanted to ask a real old, old schooler... guess i never thought of it when others came back, but now that you here, and im thinking of it, i would like to ask...

so, when you did quit the game, did you just totally erase it from your memory??  if you did not save the CD-rom and come across it from time to time, would you never have returned to the game/forums??

when I stopped playing I had a lot going on in my life. Like I said I was a little older than most of the players. 5 years is a big gap at that age. I was DJing a lot and I was working full time at my normal 9-5. Also new girlfriend who is now my wife. I always wondered about the community more so than the game. But I never really actively sought out forums or anything. Had I never come across my CD I probably would not have looked/found this place.

for me, i never really left the game for long, i have had many many many 1 year breaks, 2 years breaks, 3, and even maybe 4 years break, but i always had worms in the back of my mind, or kept in touch on forums... i think because i never got involved with any other games (mainly for the fear of getting addicted, and wasting too much time, as i did with worms) it was easy for me to stick around worms for so long...

I always had other shit going on in my life. From DJing and other music shit, wife, sports, and even was big into gaming on xbox until I had a kid. I even told tales of worms with a few of my friends there. But I never met anyone from worms IRL so it never stuck with me like with others. I think I was coolest with Skunk3 and Ghettohawk over the years. I talked with them a lot on aim in the middle of the night. I mean I talked on AIM with lots of people but those two stand out the most. I was just at a busy time in my life and life got in the way. Like it always does.

but i always wondered how people that spent hours and hours, and years and years on this game, could just disappear and never even google to see if any leagues are active, or try to download the game to see if Wnet is active, or even just to toss yourself around on the rope for old time sake.

I think had I played during my teens like a lot of you did. It would have stuck with me a little bit more. But I was already making moves in life. Definitely more important things going on in my life. Worms was never #1 in my life. Or even #2 or #3.

so in short, i guess the questions are:

have you ever thought of the game, without coming across the CD-rom?

have you ever had the urge to play again in the years since you been gone?

have you ever wondered if people still play, and/or old schoolers are still around?

when you did decide to search for a w:a league/forum/community... were you surprised that w:a still had an active community, and were you surprised to see so many old schoolers that you knew from back then?? or did you expect this?


these may seem like odd questions, i just really have always been curious how it could be such a big part of many peoples lives in the past, but never check back in.

I have never had the urge to play again. Although I might give it a go sometime soon. I actually told my wife about this post and she remembers me playing when we first got together. She told me to install it. MAYBE. I really didnt expect this thriving community. I figured when Team17 abandoned the games everything would just die. This was very surprising.

You were in SUSUII for sure, actually the very last topic in the archived forum is you leaving them Anubis was as active debating (trolling) forums back then as he is now

 You were also active with w0rms together with erod. You were also in a clan called Rn5. Reading the memberlist I can only recognize saltyk9 there (igotworms)

Holy shit this is amazing. Rn5 or red number 5 the cancerous ingredient in gummy worms was my first clan. Ghetto hawk was the leader and I kept in touch with that guy for a minute. It was pretty much a joke and never lasted but me and him played and talked for years. But I'm going to have to go through those links when I get home and off my phone that is awesome nice find

Nice find crazy.
My English was even more broken back then.
I think we played a bit together when I was in susuii.

Hey I remember you really well. Yes we played quite together quite a bit. I was an elite specialist. I was an okay roper. Good enough but nothing fancy.  Elite was my bread and buttter though

Haha I love my Twitter.  Lots of people from different parts of the internet through out my life all in one place. It's also easier for me to keep up since I am so busy.

I also remember you were active on the WL forums. I was pretty active there as well.

Quote from: RobOne4 on November 08, 2016, 11:47 PM

oh shit coo coo kachoo to you. I recognize all of those names. definitely have no plans of playing again. Mostly because my time is limited these days. Some years ago I went and got married. Then I went and had a kid. That kid takes up all of my free time. I used to game a lot on Live. But now I just get random texts from all my Live friends asking when I will return. Maybe one day. Maybe.

add me, my GT is irishbeatdown, havent played in ages either, want to play battlefield 1 at some point though

I'll do that next time I login. But I only have a 360. Since I rarely play I dont have the need for a One. But with Red Dead 2 dropping I might get one.