Hello Atomicans,

I thought I'd make a quick thread over here to introduce myself and hopefully meet some familiar faces from other community boards I have been a part of in the past (PCPP and OCAU). First of all, for those of you who don't know my real name, I am Matt Wilson, the ex-Tech Editor of PC PowerPlay magazine and home-brew enthusiast. Many of you may have seen my handle playing games like Heroes of Nerwerth, Countrer Strike: Source, Battlefield: BC2 and 3, along with dozens of others over the years.

For anyone here who didn't read PC PowerPlay at my time there (I assume most of you(Don't worry I'm not easy to offend)), I was working there for just short of two years, and worked pretty hard to improve their Tech Section from something people just skimmed through, to something similar to the Atomic of old. Adding new ideas, articles and stories to the mix, as well as some air and water-cooled overclocking (and the odd bit of LN2). Hopefully I have a chance to do some bigger and better things over here at Haymarket Media, as they have given me responsibilities for both Atomic and PC & Tech Authority.

I'm excited to get started over here on both magazines, as well as have a very active prescence on both the forums and website of Atomic. Anyone who knows me from PC PowerPlay will know I was active on the forums most days, and extremely approachable, so please guys, if you have any questions, queries or dramas, don't hesitate to PM me or reply to threads as I am usually pretty quick to get back to you.

For anyone who wants to load up a game of BF3 or HoN with me, my handle on both is Unco_Tomato so feel free to add me.

See you on the Forums,

Cheers!

Welcome to Atomic.
Prepare to deal with the bitching of man children. A lot of it.

I was (am?) also an old school PCPPer so I am sure you'll fit in, cause everyone loves me here!
You'll have to kick off a thread in GR about homebrew, I've been doing it for a while too and I know there are a few others around the place.


Welcome to the fold :)

And now, Matt - you are a GOD!

Abuse the power nicely :)

Welcome!!!

and +1 for a Homebrew thread!

*bows before new God*

All hail the MIGHTY unco_tomato

Very nice... Welcome aboard mate, Your input will no doubt be very much appreciated by all! :)

Welcome to the team, yo! Great to have another techhead on the mag :D


Ah, that explains why my message inbox is suddenly 114% full :P

Thanks guys,

I'll look into adding a new "Home-Brew + Craft Beer" thread tonight. Starting with a few recipes I enjoy, along with my top 50 (in no particular order) rated beers from the UK, AU and USA that I think every beer enthusiast should try. Who knows, if the legal side of it works out, I may be able to supply our next LAN even with some Atomic labeled brews! (assuming all those attending are 18+)

You'll fit in here just fine, Mr Tomato. Just fine.

Fresh bloodWelcome!

I wonder who has taken over at PCPP then...Use to have a subscription to them which ended a while back now I'm just surfing the forums here mainly.

Welcome, have fun with it and don't get too offended by the trolls, hahaa...

See, I told you PCPP was shit.

How you doin'? ;)

e: must be something in the air. We just got a new tech journalist on staff too! :)

Just noticed unco_tomato is a serf A GOD THAT IS A SERF WHAT IS THIS BLASPHEMY!

I think you have the ability to change that seeing as you are a God...The forums may become rather catastrophic with a new God making modifications...Oh noes...

I wonder if this comes across as trolling to some people, if so oops...

Sorry Singularity, hopefully my PC more than justifies the title of GOD.



At the moment no one has taken over. I think they will try to fill the gaping hole with more games reviews, and the occasional freelance tech article.

mmmm.. Craft Beer..

Welcome..

Resident grain homebrewer, and presently halfway through a custom case for myself (COUGH.. Missus..)

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Well it bests my current PC so it must justify the title! Or does it? O.O Don't worry I'm on a ride of delusion or is it reality, anyway you might discover that in The Green Room...

Welcome, this is the place on the net you were warned about, quake with fear.

Shouldn't that be "I'm not easily offended"?

Just trying to help :P

Oh, Welcome!

Greetings, sunshine :-) There's nothing like a little fresh blood (no strikethrough from me, I'm not as polite as .:Cyb3rGlitch:.! :-p ), so welcome to the madhouse and please enjoy your stay :-)

Oh, and i'm also going to be your greatest critic...


But sometimes i do occasionally give out compliments too. Sometimes when they're deserved.



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Hello unco_tomato and welcome!

Parallel to Atomic (unfortunately with a hiatus... circumstances!), I've been a long-time reader of PCPP (I still miss Snippets) so it's great to see you here.

Now gaming-wise, did you ever play DoD? I seem to remember an unco_tomato on one of the old servers, waaaayyyyyyyy before Source (like when Squidy and I used to play and torture that poor cow).

Lol i do buy an issue of PC Powerplay from time to time. Welcome aboard.

Unco_Tomato is what sold me. :P

Welcome to the dark side, unca :p

Too much LICD for you.

Hi Unco!, and hi Atomic forumers.
I followed Unco here from the PCPP forums, where we he's very highly regarded (even after we all found out he was leaving).
Please take care of him for us :)

Seriously, the dude's really approachable, and I think he gets off on helping people solve their issue at great length.
We've all learnt a lot from him and he really improved PCPP to the point where tech became my favourite section.

Enough arse kissing, good luck Unco.
I'll hang around here a bit now and continue to annoy you with my petty problems :P

Are we we poaching forum users now? ;P
Hope you stick around Mick.

And welcome aboard Unco. Look forward to seeing your work.

Hey we could use them especially in the tech section.

Yes, I did used to play DoD, on both Original and Source.

Thanks for the praise Mick, it's always nice to have loyal minions readers. Hopefully you stick around here for a bit, it really does have a better forum for Tech than PCPP. Nothing wrong with hanging out on both forums ;)

Here's your avatar with transparancy, because it was easy and I was bored :P

http://i.imgur.com/hatQc.png

Ah, Day of Defeat... those were the days... of... defeat...

I'll be over there.

Marvellous! There's only one thing I'll say: have fun.

That, and Tripel Karmeliet, Kwak, Delirium Tremens, Chimay Bleue, Achel Blond, Westmalle Tripel, Rochefort 8. If your homebrew approaches any of those, I'll be there in a shot ;)

Oooh, Can I come? DOD rocked my world from the time I was 17 to the time I was 19, was so shattered when we had to adopt steam after WON went down :'(

Thanks for the avatar Justin, I would have done it eventually. Or maybe not....




Seem to like some of the heavier Trappist / Belgian / French / styles eh? I'm more of a Pale / Dark ale man myself, though I am also known to enjoy the odd Hefeweizen / Saison if the mood is right. I'll get my favorites up tonight if I can drag myself away from drinking them for long enough.

Sounds like it's time for a cultural exchange. Beertomica engage!

haha, I'm sure I remember you on the old haunts a couple of times! I was Bodie_CI5 (or Carpouzo initially... a play on SPR's Carpazo, which when rendered to my version means watermelon in Greek. Don't know why I'm sharing this lol)

Yeah, Mick, hang around, I'm, surprise, surprise, Bodie_CI5 on PCPP, and had tried to lead the Bring Back Snippets campaign. But it was shot down. Distressing stuff.




hmm, wouldn't mind giving her another whirl, but I never really got into it with Source. Classic DoD, Thunder map - the map that ruled them all. What was your handle on there? Did I mention I was Bodie_CI5??






Yep, WON was the best. Do you guys remember 'Daddycool'? Think he was banned from the GameArena servers lol. Top bloke though. Then there was Mister_IRA, 12incha and Nirvana. Timberwolf I think went on to join the ADF. Dr Jones was the Optus admin IIRC?? What was your handle in the game, Nuke? Did I mention I was Bodie_CI5??


grrr, stop it! me and my stupid name :x haha

Yeah, I intend to. This forum definitely seems more populated. I like the PCPP tech forum, but its very quiet these days. Only a few stalwarts keep it going really.
I dont mind Atomic, and already buy PC and Tech Authority, so it's not much of a transition.
I'm right into my tech these days, so new sources of help/info are always welcome.

I was nuclear_winter at first, then I joined [FnL^] and changed my name to NukeJockey, so much of my time in WON and indeed DOD itself I was [FnL^NukeJockey].

Welcome!













Read the FAQ. Ignore Takoma.


:P

And don't feed the trolls?



Welcome to the forums.
I'll friend you on HON. Do you play much?

one's a statement, one's a challenge.
I think.

Welcome to the Atomic.

Welcome!
Good To see you, hopefully this is another step forward in helping atomic thrive

Yes, I play 2-3 nights per week if that counts as regular.

I'm not in an active clan though, so I generally end up flying solo and getting stomped by 5-man teams with proper hero picks. Meanwhile my team roles 4 agility carries and I almost give up before the round even begins.

I don't play as often, but have similar experiences sometimes.
If you stay away from casual mode, I find it's a little better. Gradually building up a friend list of people I play with.

I'm loving Artesia atm, TBH.
I've played two games with bombadier/artesia.

Welcome to Atomic - I've read all the magazines mentioned, but subscribe only to Atomic. I love it.

*Sent friend request on BF3*

*grumble*

Must be getting senile in my old age...

hey mate, saw your name popping up around the place and was wondering who you were. taken me a few days to notice this thread.
welcome and all that. :)

Oh wow - I remember them, quite a blast from the past! I don't know if I remember seeing your name, though (blame it on my old age!). That was the one thing I never achieved, getting into a clan, and both my brother and I were really good players; but I think my temper back then may have had something to do with it.

*whistles blissfully, in an aloof manner

Hello there....

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