Your very first LF2 steps

[MH-Razen]

Well, later on, I discovered this website called "LF-Empire", and I liked that somebody really did that work and explained every keyword that occurs in the dat-files (I think, because we had dial-up at that time, I extracted everything relating to DC into a Document that is still on my computer so that I don't have to go online everytime)

And I hated that noone explained everything and so I wanted to be the one since I wasn't bad in DC - and I think it's still the reason why LFE got so succesful...

gosh, that got a long essay, longer than I wanted it to be. To everybody who truly read down to here: congratulations!!!

I did: really interesting, like these stories...

Now to mine, will see, think it'll be longer, too (and waiting for Marshalls )

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Ok my first experience with LF2 was in school, too. Our school internet connection in sixth or seventh grade or so didnt work (not sure, a long time ago for me) and soon a game called Little FIghter 2 appeared. Actually later I realised it was 1.71 I liked playing it since I had to spend a lot of time in school and was kinda good in it. EVen if I found out about special attacks kinda late...
THen the internet worked again and the game was not interesting anymore - and it was deleted from the computers from admins...

Then a long time with nothing

Then one day maybe a year or even more later the internet didnt work again and soon another game called Little Fighter 2 came up again - the 1.9 version, liked palying it, was great and fought several other guys through school network and searched for new characters. FOund some on Cheat-Sites like cheats.de or so and added it but was disappointed, went on with searching and then found this site called Robotical World.
I studied several tuts there and already managed the basics. My first thread in the forums was about how to open the mainfile cause I wanted to edit some kind of source code and the first answer was I should use a data changer cause they thought I was a total-newb or so asking for basics - answer from handpoker was that I asked for something differetn, maybe the only time when handpoker was friendly
Well, posted there and started gaining knowledge about DC - I wanted to master every area and so I started with easiest - backgrounds. I analysed every tag since I didnt find any tut about this yet and could find out almost everything I think and made a tutorial about this. At this time I made my first background Easter Island and I corrected the colour Bug in 1.9 with StageBgMode.
While I mastered this I went on to stages, studied them the same way and wrote another tutorial, made random criminal...

Then I went on with attacks and character data, coded some more backgrounds, made my character UFO and was a very active member in RW community. Learned a lot from Great Data CHangers like BRad and DarkLord at this time. Then I also started creating my own website because I wanted to share the knowledge I had. 24th July 2004 was the date when the Official Homepage of MH-LF2 went online:
http://www.lf-empire.de/images/lfe_versi..._index.jpg
Kinda a flop, but it was my first try. Just read a html book before and did what I could TIme passed, I learned more, made some backgrounds, website was growing. Then one day I got the greatest compliment since I'm in LF2 "Business" from DarkLord - it was forum game where you have to tell something ab out the poster before you and he told:
"MH-LF2 is a data changer who has been catching up to my DC skills that I worry not to be the no 1 anymore!"
This was such an awesome day for me, cause DarkLord always the god of DC for me. But actually my website growed more and more, I spend days writing tutorials and searching for webhosts who were good enough for my website, cause the visitor comfort way most important for me. I couldn't accept if a user was conrontaded with endless popups and so. First january 2005 I opened Little Fighter - EMPIRE, well, it was nothing more then a name - had the choice between LFE and Little FIghter Universe, but empire simply sounded better and I just found on crappy site who already had this name . I worried that they'll claim this as "their" name, now other sites with this name get
bad rep, lol.
Whatever, I spend more and more time working on my website, found Evil SOnidow as helper for some work, but had less time for coding. Other DCers rised, expecially YinYin in english network, Mgccl where you never knowed how good he is, and surely Windmill, but I guess he's a total freak since he finds out stuff like this (well, still an god-like coder).
Then someday Robotical World crashed and since this was not first time I decided not to join again, just joined the officials and cared about my website, was enough for me. Also decided to give own forums a try, but the first try was really bad, got a few users after a month or so, not active at all. Wanted to stop it but ethix was the one who motivated me to give the thing a second chance. Well, thanks ethix...

Well, after Windmill published his GJP LF2 I decided to show I've still skills in DC and started Kingdom LF2 and Targaros - Targaros took over two years, Kingdom LF2 will probably never be finished. I think of what I should make with first stage since it was a lot of work... But actually I realised I never feel like coding full projects. I like it a lot more to think of complex problems and solve them. Itr/kind 8 helps me in most of the cases

Now the status quo: LF2 changed my live. During army I could stand up in the morning and think - hey, everything is sh*t here, but you've a great website which helps a lot people all over in the world to have fun, that's cool is it? So do your job here
ANd since I always fixed on quality a lot I didn't end up like reality desu did - a spammer place in my opinion, sure more members, more activity, more downloads, but lower quality. ONce I downloaded 50 characters and submitted two to LFE, but had to test all...

Whatever, that's my lil story, maybe I'm a bit off-topic, but might still interest some guys. Would suggest to sticky this thread anyways - if more people answer here it could be really interesting. Especially if Marshall replys here - think he have longest LF2 Story from us all

(and actually at the end of this article I realise I could write a lot more, but dont do it since I doubt anybody will read even this here )

You're so wrong, I read it through ~BlPh