I had a similar experience, though in my case I didn't come to the series until EV:O. My ambitions to create a TC (total conversion) plugin far exceeded both my

I had a similar experience, though in my case I didn't come to the series until EV:O. My ambitions to create a TC (total conversion) plugin far exceeded both my abilities and persistence. I did have internet access and the escape-velocity.com DiscBoards (before they were merged into the ASW forums) were one of my first online communities. They were also where I first started learning HTML, in order to have a cool "signature"--I'm not sure exactly how much was allowed, but I do recall working on one that involved animated GIFs and a table to reassemble a sliced image, so I'll apologize a few decades later to anyone else that I may have annoyed with my enthusiasm.