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World of Warcraft is what started my interest in programming. I was 6 when it came out, and when private servers started popping up I became interested in how t
by hhh 3y ago
World of Warcraft is what started my interest in programming. I was 6 when it came out, and when private servers started popping up I became interested in how to make my own npcs, and that’s how I picked up Lua.
I still have a lot of posts on the forum for that stuff (MMOwned), and one of the people that helped me learn then still posts semi-actively.
Compiling my own private server core was how I learned about compiling things, SVN, and how to apply patches (there was a bug related to mage’s fireball, can’t remember what it was.)
- behnamoh 3y ago> I still have a lot of posts on the forum for that stuff (MMOwned), and one of the people that helped me learn then still posts semi-actively. Man, whenever I am reminded of the old forums I can't help but get nostalgic. Nowadays, it's like a good piece of the internet is replaced with dopamine-inducing social media apps and gated forums (e.g., Reddit). I don't know why I still hang out here on HN, maybe mainly because it reminds me of the old forums...
- _lvbh 3y agoI do wish more of the younger generation would be willing to hang out on forums/irc/etc. I would not install Facebook even if it cost me friends
- DeathArrow 3y agoNewer generation is on TikTok, not Facebook.
- Buttons840 3y agoHN threads die to quickly though. For the true old-forum feel we need fewer users with focused interest and threads that last for weeks.
- hprotagonist 3y agothreads can go for multiple years, if you do it right
- behnamoh 3y agohe's right tho — lack of notifs on HN means you won't know about replies to your comments or new comments in fav threads.
- aspenmayer 3y agoTell HN: HN Replies is email notifications for comment replies, maintained by Dan Grossman. https://hnreplies.com/ https://hnreplies.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dangrossman https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dangrossman
- DeathArrow 3y agoYou can make a browser add-on or use a script to keep you in the loop.
- maxbond 3y agoWhich is to say, always reply within two weeks. Does anyone know of a thread on HN that survived multiple months?
- Buttons840 3y agoAlso, old forums didn't organize comments in tree structures, they were just flat chronological comments. This is technically inferior, but it helped keep everyone more focused on a single thread, as it were.
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