Shattered worlds eh… well, i guess thats where i’ll start my adventure, maybe i can even make it 10 minutes before i get blowed up for the first time ;D here we go!

This is actually the first day i’ve been back on here in awhile too, got really busy with those ever pesky real life issues… mostly job hunting and trying to sort out my schedule… havent touched freelancer in about a month… hoping to find some time this week to actually log on to a server for the first time and putz around… perhaps ill see one of the many people who have posted here… recommendations for certain mods would be appreciated, im going to try to compile a list of good ones that are popularly used, as i noticed there are quite a number of mods out there, and instead of individually trying the hundreds out, id like to find a small few to rotate around, help is appreciated. Thank for all the kind words and knowledge thus far folks.

Greetings, i have read over a bit of your website and your ideas intrigue me, i wish to subscribe to your weekly newsletter and/or get a hold of one of you for more information and such.

Information on me can be found here: http://the-starport.net/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=1832.0
this is my noobish intro on this board… Hope to hear from you.

Do you guys claim pages over here? i dunno, we do on my wiffle messageboard… and i havent learned better yet so, Page 2 for 1864 Baseball!

First Order of Business: Admission
I am a noob to not only this board, but also to the game itself. Weight removed from chest, insert sigh of relief here.

Second Order of Business: Personal Intro
My name is Matt, i live in the barren wasteland known as Minnesota. Contrary to popular belief, there is in fact an area of civilization up here, full of culture, history and entertainment. This area is Minneapolis - St. Paul, more commonly referred to as the Twin Cities, or “The Cities” if you live in North Dakota, South Dakota or Iowa, where there is even less civilization than in MN. This is where i reside, in a nice suburb about 5 minutes south of the Mall Of America. I am 23 years of age, i am an avid gamer, and i play in the nations best competitive organized Wiffleball league. I have an extremely overactive sense of humor, and i vary my stylings from sarcastic to absudly random, whatever gets a laugh.

Order of Business the Third: Freelancer Experience.
I recently borrowed it from a friend of mine because i got the red ring of death on my 360, i burned myself out on EVE Online(anyone who plays, look me up – Magnus Cahn) by playing it for about 8 hours a day for two weeks straight and needed a change of pace and a fresh mix of games. I borrowed 4 games all of which of the older variety, and Freelancer is the only one that i was able to successfully play. I began my first game of single player and found that i am actually quite terrible at the game… i got blowed-up a number of times on the mission involving escorting a convoy to a station through an ice field by way of beacons. For some reason, i then decided to try to explore if there was any multiplayer going on, but i found no servers in the list, so i went to the microsoft homepage and found the announcement that the servers were taken offline. I figured i was probably going to then be limited to single player, so i figured id look for a fan site to see what i could find. I stumbled upon this site, and i am very shocked that the game is not only still alive, but seems to be continuing to have a very healthy career.

Final Order of Business: Intent.
My purpose here is that i would not only like to find a way to not suck at the same, but also to find some folks to play it with thru multiplayer and whatnot. I am currently terrible, ive said it before, but i just want to make that crystal clear. I noticed that there are mods that are to explain why i couldnt find any compatible servers, i guess i should probably find one of those to download. With those mods, i imagine im quite far behind in terms of knowledgeability regarding the ships, weaponry, and whatnot… but i am a quick study.

So to you, the masses of The Starport Forums, i present myself as a pile of scrap metal with the desire to be built into a competent Freelancer, and then enjoy the game for quite some time to come as part of my regular mix of games. I have a Headset with Microphone and Skype for those that use it, and am also familiar with teamspeak and ventrilo… I am up at all sorts of odd hours right now, because im unemployed and job hunting, and i almost always carry my positive attitude with me whenever i play. I await the highly varying responses i’m undoubtedly going to get.

Cheers,
Gusto