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Omnimaga => News => Topic started by: DJ Omnimaga on July 03, 2011, 07:12:28 pm
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I know I am 24 hours too early, but I felt like posting this now, in case I didn't feel like doing so tomorrow. Some of you might know, while others might not, but on July 4th 2011, I will have been into calculator-related things for a decade. In a few months, Omnimaga will also turn 10, although it only first appeared online 7 years ago.
During this decade, I have released several calculator RPGs, such as the Illusiat, The Reign of Legends, Reuben Quest and Mana Force series, and a few other games such as Metroid II: Evolution, Zelda: Dark Link Quest and xLIB xLIB Revolution. The bulk of my releases happened from 2001 to 2005, although a few more games came out here and there during the few years afterward. I also devoted a lot of time into creating a TI discussion forums where we put emphasis on friendliness and calculator games development. For most of the time, I was usually the most active poster around here as well, despite having slowly lost interest into programming after 2005.
Despite having run into some TI community problems over the years and almost saw the community die in 2007-08, I still enjoyed my time contributing here and other websites, and I still like calculators and a lot of people in the TI community. Even after a decade of varied kind of activity and contributions for the TI community, I remained around for an higher-than-average amount of time (most people usually leave the TI community after three years, if not less).
However, since the end of December 2010 and especially April 2011, you probably noticed that my posting activity on the forums, along with my activity on IRC, has decreased considerably. Sometimes I can be several days in a row without posting anywhere, and a lot of the new forum and site additions were severly delayed, a lot of the site tasks now being relayed to other staff. Due to certain life circumstances that most staff knew since late 2009 and early 2010, but that eventually the rest of the forum members will have a summary of, I am afraid that now I'm running my last few miles as contributor here. When I feel like writing the other post that is supposed to come with this news article (the other post will be located in the spam section), you will know what lead to this, although certain staff members or regulars knew since over a year ago now. Nothing of this was caused by the TI community, nor anything over the Internet.
For now I will most likely be around for a while, continuing maintaining the three Omnimaga 2011 contests, and during the second half of July, I will have one final activity upsurge on the forums, but afterward I do not know what will happen. Lately, I noticed I have started to slowly lose interest towards calculator stuff, so it is clear that my activity will only continue to diminish in the near future, to the point where eventually I will hardly post anymore. The latter could happen very soon, like it could maybe take a year. Also, this means that my plan to return to Manager for two months during Summer may be compromised now, so Juju may have to perform the site updates.
I would have loved to continue contributing as much as I used to in 2010, but my body and mind don't follow. This is why we have planned things with the staff so in the future, the team keeps being renewed when people leaves, to ensure the continuation of the website for the next years.
This might come as a surprise to the forum members who are not aware of my issues, since between November 2009 and today I rarely talked anymore about my personal life stuff or how I am, but some other people might have started to see this coming, if they regularly checked my posting statistics. For the other people, this should explain why I suddently stopped keeping up with project updates on a regular basis anymore a few months ago.
On July 4th 2001, around 6 PM, I still remember buying that TI-83 Plus at Radio-Shack, then immediately devoting days into TI-BASIC learning, using the big manual that came with the device. Regardless of how long I remain active around here, I am happy that I could remain around for so long, and I want to thank everyone who helped me go through hard times to allow me to stick around for so long. Initially, this almost all ended last Christmas and prior that, during my last year birthday, but finally, friends allowed me to continue at least one more year.
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Ten years ... wow.
On July 4th 2001, around 6 PM, I still remember buying that TI-83 Plus at Radio-Shack, then immediately devoting days into TI-BASIC learning, using the big manual that came with the device.
Did you ever think back then that that calculator would leave such a big impact on your life and the calculator community? :D
I understand when random things start interfering with something that must have been a hugely enjoyable part of your life. Hope you can still stick around with us for a while yet :)
No pressure. Take it easy. You've done a lot for the community already.
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Well, that calc didn't that much, since the SE I got afterward was used for the most part (until I got tired of OS 1.13 crashes during ROL1 dev), then its link port died, but it still lead me to lots of programming and TI community experiences.
I'M kinda sad most night, since Nov 09, though, knowing that this time is coming...
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Happy anniversary, that was awesome you managed to be around for 10 years, which is higher than most people in the community. No wonder you currently have over +1000 respect. So good luck with the future, I hope you'll still be around for years...
Thank you for all this DJ Omnimaga. You deserved it.
Regardless of how long I remain active around here, I am happy that I could remain around for so long, and I want to thank everyone who helped me go through hard times to allow me to stick around for so long. Initially, this almost all ended last Christmas and prior that, during my last year birthday, but finally, friends allowed me to continue at least one more year.
That's because we love you, DJ.
-- Juju
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We love you DJ. I hope you stay around for a lot longer then you expect :)
Your life has truly been epic an noble in starting Omnimaga, you deserve the respect ratings and many more!
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Ten years. O.O
You've truly been an inspiration to everyone here. I hope you manage to stick around as long as possible. Happy anniversary man.
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Wow, ten years. *.*
Happy anniversary, and congrats on everything you've done.
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DJ, you are a truly valuable asset to the TI community. Not only do you have many impressive project releases, but also you have helped create one of the greatest TI communities to allow other's projects to flourish as well as your own. When you started in the calculator community, I doubt I knew graphing calculators even existed. I, along with the entire community, truly thank you for your endless contributions! :)
I wish you the best of luck with all that may happen in your future! :)
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You've done so much for this community, I thank you for everything you've done.
In fact, it was your Illusiat games, specifically Illusiat 11, that inspired me to seriously program in TI-BASIC, which led to my discovery of my love of programming.
I wish you luck in whatever you decide to do in the future, and hope you can stick around for a while longer.
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I know I am a newer member, but as soon as joined I saw that you were an amazing person. Looking in downloads section at your games, I am amazed at what you achieved. It is really this site that inspired me in the world of programing. For that, I thank you and wish you farewell.
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:'(
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We all hope you stick around as much as possible, DJ.
But 10 years is much more than most people spend with calculators. You've been an inspiration, an example and a hero to all of us, and we are glad to know you :D
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please dont go DJ_Omnimaga :'( :'( :'( :'(, you created my favorite website :D
stay as long as you can and way longer O.O
I will be sad to see you go away but please come back time to time to see how omnimaga is going
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Man, I'm tearing up a little...*sniff*
DJ, I know I haven't been around here for all that long, but already I feel like Omnimaga is my home. I've met so many awesome people, shared so many stories, and learned so much: not just about calculators or about coding, but about responsibility, friendship, loyalty: even myself.
I know I sound sappy right now, but I'll wrap it up so you can go back to being amazing:
I love Omnimaga.
Thanks for making it.
:)
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Ten years--wow. Ten years ago, I was a six-year-old in a hospital with a teal gameboy color from my dad.
I feel like I just got to know the awesome, awesome DJ, and now he's being torn away. I <3 U DJ
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Ten years--wow. Ten years ago, I was a six-year-old in a hospital with a teal gameboy color from my dad.
I feel like I just got to know the awesome, awesome DJ, and now he's being torn away. I <3 U DJ
That's unusual. Exactly ten years ago my dad gave me a teal gameboy color, but instead of being in a hospital bed I was on a flight. Anyways it's been a hell of a time with you DJ. I remember you welcoming me into Omnimaga after my first post announcing that I got a Prizm. Then in the months following I was promoted to ARS and then CoT by you. I thank you for not just providing the best calc forum ever and helping me succeed here, but mainly for being such an honest reliable friend that I will always miss :'(
Edit: lucky post 777 *.*
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Wow, 10 years. Happy anniversary, DJ.
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What about that is unusual?
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DJ_O, you are awesome. I wish you good luck with your life. :)
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I still remember the TI-82 I picked up and learned to program 7 years ago. Wow, I feel old too....
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It'll be 5 years ago for me, I got my 83+ on my birthday (which is somewhat before school begins) and immediately started to try every single feature of it, eventually learned TI-BASIC by myself.
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2 years ago I got an 84SE for school. I remember trying to find the menu of commands for programming. :P
Good luck in life DJ! Hope you can stay for as long as possible. ;)
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I remember when I first got my calc as well..like 18 months ago
I didn't buy it or anything but I found it where my older sister had abandoned it in the hallway as she moved out.
I think the first thing I entered into the program editor was HI WHAT IS THIS without quotes or anything :P Calc's the first thing I've programmed btw.
then I found the ti website, then calcg, spent a week or two in the tutorials at TIBD (didn't learn much), and through calcg ticalc.
Axe feature happened and I came here, lurked a lurked a week or two, then registered. Been here ever since.
These are some great forums DJ, and hope you can stick around as long as you can :D
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It'll be 5 years ago for me, I got my 83+ on my birthday (which is somewhat before school begins) and immediately started to try every single feature of it, eventually learned TI-BASIC by myself.
Wow, same for me. I must have gotten my calc at around the same time, too.
Long time, and DJ's had them for ten O.O
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Wow, compared to you guys, I'm still a n00b. I got my nspire just over two years ago. I decided on an nspire because I looked at the hardware specs and thought "oh cool, I can run Linux on it" :P, not knowing how far away that was from happening. With ndless, though, Linux is now much closer. :) I remember messing around with TI-BASIC on the 84+ emulator, before ndless was around, and getting frustrated by the limited capabilities of nspire basic. Then, I came across the nspire hacking thread on United-TI, and followed it for a while, and then I must've clicked a link that took me here :D
I hope you can still stick around for a while DJ, and knowing you it will happen. With things like Axe, Ndless, and Lua to carry us into the next decade, you can feel reassured that the community isn't going to die out.
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I've been programming since Sept of '09, which is when I got my calc. I floundered around for a bit, and then I went through TIBD's tutorials, and then, last February, I got Axe, and came here.
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Wow, compared to you guys, I'm still a n00b. I got my nspire just over two years ago.
I'm an ultra-n00b: I got my first graphing calculator (the nspire cas) for school in august of 2010!
I think I first got here when googling "nspire lua games" in april.
I idled around for about a month before I finally joined here.
I've only been programming since February, and I can't even begin to imagine being able to do it for 10 years. That's just incredible.
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I'm almost ready to cry IRL. I love you, and the community you've created. I love Omnimaga, it's not just because of the awesome games I can get and talk about, it's the nicest community I've ever been in. Ok, my nose is tingling and my eyes are stinging (I'm gonna cry :'() and I really don't want to you go! I wish you the best of luck, DJ_O, in all of your troubles and all of your hardships. I'm too sad to say anything else. :'(
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Don't worry, hopefully I can stay around for a bit. I just don't know how active I will be except for the last two weeks of this month. My worry is that days where I do not post might become more and more frequent. As you noticed in June, often I wasn't even the top poster and sometimes, I wasn't even in the list.
@Deep Thought actually I only had my 83+ since 2001. In Feb 2002 I got a 83+SE, my bro got a 83+ in Nov 2001 which I own since 2008, but besides that, all my other calcs were bough between march 2007 and january 2011.
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Wow, compared to you guys, I'm still a n00b. I got my nspire just over two years ago.
I'm an ultra-n00b: I got my first graphing calculator (the nspire cas) for school in august of 2010!
I think I first got here when googling "nspire lua games" in april.
I idled around for about a month before I finally joined here.
I've only been programming since February, and I can't even begin to imagine being able to do it for 10 years. That's just incredible.
The amount of time you've spent with your calculator has little to do with whether or not you're a n00b.
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We should make a list for calc programming age! I'll go do that now...
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huh?
you mean like when people got their calcs or something?
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Thank you for all of your contributions to the TI community, DJ. I hope all goes well with you. :)
I hope you are able to stay and continue to share your friendliness, unity, caring and kindness.
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huh?
you mean like when people got their calcs or something?
Yep, I made the topic. You posted in it. Woot.
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Thank you so much for the community you've created by putting forth the values that you hold close rather than by floundering at the hands of others who don't run sites to the same extent as you do, DJ. It is because of you that Omnimaga is the nicest, and thus most active, calc forum anywhere. We owe it to you that we have such a wonderful and thriving community. Thanks.
And, on a personal note, thank you for interesting me in RPG programming. Though I know I've never released a finished RPG yet, I have at least two in the works and much of the inspiration in them is from you. I still stand by my claim that Illusiat 13 is my favorite calc-game of all time. You made that, and that lead to me first talking to you on TIBD, shortly before you left there. Soon after I came to Omnimaga because it was more active, and found you again. You're an awesome person, DJ. Thank you for the countless conversations, the limitless contributions, and for creating this site. Thank you for everything. I hope to see you online in the future, and I hope that everything goes well with you irl. Good luck! :)
-ztrumpet
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What a fascinating story DJ O, who could imagine (as Deep Thought said) that buying a TI-83+ on some random day would turn out to be the key to making hundreds of people happy (like me) with a fantastic community you founded. I understand you're not so interested in calc-stuff anymore, but you are still one of the most experienced TI Calculators User around here.
I have more things to say about this but I can only do so tomorrow.
Thanks DJ and good luck with whatever you dedicate your life to now :)
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Thanks guys. It makes me happy that some of my work like the site made people happy. I kinda wish I would get the will to continue contributing like I did before, as it was fun.
On a slightly better note in the past few months I had a slight regain in interest for making music.
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Even if you aren't staying much longer, you've come a long way and controlled a site where people meet. People who can talk and be entertaining or people who can break the security of a 90MHz calculation powerhouse. I wasn't active for my first year (or however long I was dead), but I got to see some pretty interesting people and things. I hope the site won't collapse without you.
"Maybe you'll find someone else to help you"
-GLaDOS
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Thanks guys. It makes me happy that some of my work like the site made people happy. I kinda wish I would get the will to continue contributing like I did before, as it was fun.
On a slightly better note in the past few months I had a slight regain in interest for making music.
Not to mention #omnimaga and #omnimaga-spam.
You missed the IRC wedding, btw
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Thanks guys. It makes me happy that some of my work like the site made people happy. I kinda wish I would get the will to continue contributing like I did before, as it was fun.
On a slightly better note in the past few months I had a slight regain in interest for making music.
Yeah your songs are awesomeness.
The thing is, I don't particularly need you to code or to work on projects, I'd like you to, but I know you won't. This is because what you've done so far has made my life (believe me this is a community I'll never forget). I've always liked programming, but I never had projects. TI Calculators gave me dozens of projects and ideas to work on both for computers and calculators.
The experience I gained here at Omnimaga coding and socializing will forever help me in life (both social and coding, again).
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Here's a graph about DJ_O's decreasing activity. You can see the beginning of the current version of Omnimaga (2008-2009), its growth (beginning of 2010), highs and lows, a peak in the end of 2010 (one heck of a posting spree in October 2010) and finally DJ's decrease in 2011.
The red dots is the daily total without the spam sections, the blue ones includes the spam sections, the pink line is a 7 days moving average and the black ones are a 30 day moving average (with and without spam).