Epic Introduction Thread
only one problem... I bought Portal 2 in stores in a case. And now I need the SDK for editing. But somehow Windows7 wont let me install steam :/
:O
I didn't see this thread when I posted a new thread for my intro. 
errrm... deal with my thread however you like.
And pasting it here instead...
Hello
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I've been a fan of Portal since I got it for [Insert holiday name here] in 2007 - it was the first Valve game I played actually. Portal 2 was the first ever game I preordered though I didn't do it on Steam. I bought the Orange box in 2009 (meaning I have 2 copies of Portal - it was worth it for the other stuff though). I haven't finished Portal 1 either, I'm stuck at some point after the test chambers but I'll eventually figure it out. I have finished the singleplayer mode of Portal 2 - epic!
I've been playing around with Hammer since 2008 or 2009 I think, though I haven't actually finished any maps yet, I definitely understand what I'm doing.
Generally the level of technology and graphics in games doesn't matter to me as long as the game is fun. I tend to like games best when they're different from the norm, regardless of the genre. The games I play most are Portal (obviously), Descent (a series which started in 1995 and was put on hold after 2000), Sonic the Hedgehog (though I don't have any consoles to play most of the games on 
), Spore, and TrackMania.
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The name 'Kaiaatsel' comes from a Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel I'm co-writing with my brother. Kaia is a character I concepted, a human who's abducted by a time-traveling alien and arrives in the future as something... else. I like the sound of the name a lot and so I'm using it for myself more and more - including on my steam profile.
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P.S. I had to sign up twice because the first time I didn't recieve the activation email. The account was called 'wazzazzle' and it was under the email adress 'alterfox@live.ca'. If an admin or mod could delete that duplicate account it would be appreciated.
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Don't mind the hazing. It's how we drum out all the hyper-sensitive twelve year olds. You seem like a guy who can write and have a good sense of humor. Stick around and make some maps with us. 
Hober I remember you wrote this giant blong post a few years ago about that, and that you were surprised it works so well. Glad you're still on board for it! 
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Well there we go
The name's sampo and have been alive for a little over 20 years by now.
First couple of levels i ever created were for the DOS game "Stunts" you should check it on youtube it was awesome (15 years ago)
After that when i was around 13 years old i got used to making levels in the game "Wolfenstein ET" with the program "GTK Radiant 1.4.0"
made some pretty nice levels for Trickjumping in it. that's no killing at all, just strafejump to get till the end of a lvl.
Now as Portal 1/2 maps are pretty tricky too and includes jumps and it's just lots of fun.
I decided to make levels for portal 2 also like a week ago.
Stumbled upon this forum and found out it's pretty cool here so i decided to register.
As for other things..
I like a lot of music genres but i preffer Hardstyle and Rock 
And for movies it'll be the horror ones that i like most.
Also Monster Energy drinks are the best!
Have you heard of TrackMania?
You should check that out if you liked Stunts.
That's pretty much like stunts yea just better graphics xd
The level editor of those 2 games really look like eachother too.
So yea i did play TrackMania too.
My xfire profile should say pretty much about what games i play.
http://www.xfire.com/profile/samp0
Hi, I'm Any_ILL (well, not IRL obviously).
I came here after buying portal 1 & 2 a couple of weeks before. I really liked the game (but I didn't even finish the first test chamber of the co-op part, I ldon't really like unknown teammates ^^) and couldn't wait until summer to play new maps.
That's by searching some over the internet that I discover this site. I've tested only one so far, but I hope I'll be here for a while to discover some wonderfull puzzle maps.
I'm not into high skill maps, that's why I didn't test portal prelude and went directly looking for portal 2 map. Though, I could apreciate an aerial/acrobatic map like what you can see in the trailers (I loved the part in portal 1 where you must jump from one plateform to the higher one by alterning your portals and using the momentum of an enormous jump. It was pretty easy, but so enjoyable).
Oh and while I'm at it, I'm french so sorry for the mistakes I will (and probably already have) make.