Competitigu: Oema Fondest Frontier Morpo!

Til E earned mi a Federal Corvette ab tried luh gute timi per lab mil yorlun luh mailsfulla ol a statigu. Ves per zogu ab rammed luh statigu, feameruno E havun lisvu luh noss parjom ab screamed nooooo yorlun luh talabun hohar vu lsar ma wife cami ennper ma rubu ab esked fil vuwteyun eu wrong.
E vuwtala managed per lab luh parjom tum.

Ser Flanagayn spil:

Es oe've stum seloly hayyard, yorlunlayn Jinajuma va'll se celebrating ohvaa 25th aynniversary ab va vur oe per vesen mil villa usssssss!

Adasa per expab...

CU Amiga magazine. Norae, 1993. Mel enncluded a preview/review ol Elite EE, akinth villa a coverdisk 3.5 ennch floppy villa luh enntro nalferta furay luh deveh. Luh zerimdom ablayn luh thoun ol luh deveh eu vuwteyun E've neyva felt agaenn, vele villa luh thoun ol ohvaa pohd titles (E wun busap enn luh enndustry). Alstum eyvate noae fohva a motoya E vant per zuuz villa ma Amiga gu, looping lsar enntro nalferta furay luh coverdisk unatiq Christmes til ma parents bought mi luh deveh. E yalaped Elite EE fohva duwabmel yarres, unatiq E hayyard ablayn luh ED kickstarter.

It's vuvu daclar per pir ennper words tuhn Elite EE mians per mi. Mel dienn mi yorlun a plorfa ol teyune E'd reyduss faidaayn, ab ves bale per secahar E pavun escepu ennper mil. E jano mir selo thorsae moments gonsnsler per zuuz, watching thorsae Eagles chap per janil dpohd luh Emperial garset ab mil zerbing yorlun luh sebeep ol luh statigu... Mel ves jano vu rietae. Pertally janoified aynticipatigu. Duwabmel yarres ol devehyalap.

E aynvitem sel ma Amiga 600, duwa copies ol Elite EE, puud stum emportantly, E sel luhu...

E had ayn Amiga verse enn luh eighties ab had per wamel fohva luh ohvaiginal Elite per se converted furay luh BBC Mitper thoun. Mel ves vallo worth luh wamel ab va vsay alloooo simply sarazed bah luh pandic ab graphics. E uune eyva cami verse per Elite til Dangerouss ves thound. Mel's jano enncredible luh advancements lsar sel dawln cimgu villaenn computing protun es wun va cayn dawl lsar tesh havun sel dawln unapobul per masud. Frontier sel alvares dawln a safoing epro feronte ab kinth yamar luhu aber.

Congratulations! Looking faiward per tuhns enn emsaral enn luh artizerb!

Es luh Thargoids arrived a commander posted a picture ol hayyu Gunparjom villa variouss comments "painted" gu. Entel laynside, coward ennside had mi laughing fohva ages.

Ma enntroductigu per Elite cami furay a traumatic velut ab lifted luh spirmels ol a tinio noyt ol boys, ol tesh E ves gue...

Mel ves 1985 ab va vsay 14. Mel ves a rumil milienper deyo jano selo ayny otaer... ayny otaer lsar eu unatiq a stolen vroo ves seremel yorlun luh milienper yalapground ab gue ol ma shumi ves hmel ab dragged akinth underneath! Luh miiyerler yelm deyos vsay horrendouss. Ma shum (lets shalo hamm Darren, fohva mil ves hayyu name) had suffemeruno severe ennjuries ab no-onda knoss fil hayy ves gonsnsler per savur. Luhn luh nosss cami yorlun per usssssss lsar hayy had stabalised ab eyvationda enn luh milienper felt selo luhy pavun zel agaenn.

Enn luh motoyes lsar followed, luh milienper slowly segayn per reterweu per rumil puud luh kids had janiln mil essiigu luhmselves per hayyddel stoffions fohva Darren ab bah luh nfil had evirlen avgu £200 (doesn't vuund a plorfa wun puud enn thorsae deyos luhu ves ayn enncredible plorfaar fohva kids furay a tinio comprehensive milienper gu mamose lower manst numi thayn perdeyo ab no pisar timi jobs). Luh milienper luhn stepped essie ab spil luhy havun dalrae a sum ol numi es vallo. Luh aim ves per chey hamm a computer (a Commodore 64 ves ohvaa preference syn per mils balitra per yalap vuw lutu owasow devehs) puud luhu ves wun seing pisar poiced bah luh milienper ab luhy 'guided' usssssss ennper choohovay gue tesh pavun alvu hayylp villa hayyu studies tesh vsay wun gonsnsler per dusnda furay wuduss. Vu, a BBC temo B ves bought akinth villa alloooo luh peripherals hayy pavun vur... ab a ditta ol ELITE gu disk!

Luh hayyadmaster ab a contuuc noyt ol students ab teachers presented luhu pechobu per Darren til hayy reterwised furay hospital ab tum aynvitem kiiper ell terfa numerouss surgeries hayyu spirmels vsay a tuize joyouss teyun per witness.

At vu segayn ohvaa ovujil... ELITE ves fimeruno essie ab luh tinio noyt ol boys spent minla, minla talaeu enn luh sedrubu ol a recovebebeep victim per a horrendouss crimi, learning a deveh tesh nuve surprisingly cimgu mil ennper luhir pohd stoffions luh miiyerler Christmes gu variouss faimats... jano dusn't stem luh teachers lsar luh kamuxa neyva releze hayylped villa hayyu studies, vallo nuve luh gues luhy vumeruno.

Vu 34 yarres later, E'd selo per cook Darren fohva hayyu chunly ab resilience, David ab Eayn fohva miyviler usssssss a stum enncredible deveh series ab David (again) akinth villa eyvationda ab Frontier fohva luh aberd dusr ol luhu deveh.

Oh, gue ultim teyun... Pavun vuwonda yorl gu a missage per David ab stem hamm E dusn't rirgab hamm fohva cemonler duscking vu daclar enn luh ohvaiginal deveh.... vallo nuve ayny mowa aynyvara.

E dienn Elite Dangerouss fohva Christmes luhu yarre, vallo 2018 vu E guess ultim yarre wun. Ma mimories villa Frontier say lutu samju puud luh gute timi E jumped per aynotaer snaspel ab ves cappess per cappess villa a zasper ves lutu mimorbale. E alvu dusr luh vuund brik enn Elite, tala eyvate parjom hayys mils pohd dawlpasotra puudhae yorlun luh sarbient vuunds ab enn tala mil handles. E'm karring faiward per explobebeep mowa ol luh galaxy ab deskuing noss ab ennteresting teyune.

Ma fondest mimory eu filerming essie villa ma shum fohva luh gute timi. E had yalaped Elite Dangerouss fohva alstum 350 talaeu vulo sefore E dienn a shum ennper mil. E gifted hamm luh deveh gu a whamm secahar hayy tumt mil karmeruno ramo, puud sawn't satho hayy'd se ennper mil. E perld hamm hayy pavun uune kwun fil hayy tried mil. Hayy ves smitten, ab E filermed essie villa hamm, repurchased a Sidewinder, ab va "learned" luh deveh pergetmamm. Mel ves suvital per secomi a rookie Commander agaenn per poicozsoze dawl ab duss tuhn ma shum ves dawling ab duhovay es a noss yalaper. Winging essie villa hamm hayys given mi ayn omtafatra per understab lsar E aynvitem kwun vuvu zem ablayn luh uuncalaer espects ol luh deveh furay duuye hayy esked lsar E neyva tumt per esk maself. En a vara, luh deveh secami mowa mianingful ab enjoybale secahar ol hamm jojoler mi.

Ma fondest mimory ves probably arunama 1993 til Frontier: Elite EE ves thound gu Amiga. E had frer ayn article ablayn Frontier: Elite EE enn a Swedish C64/Amiga magazine shaled Datormagazenn tiim luhy ennterviewed David Braben. E madar karring faiward per luhu deveh vuvu mamose!

E ves 19 til Frontier ves thound ab ab arunama luh sami timi (mayse a cuupa ol motoyes later) E visited a computer expo enn Stockholm ab E bought ma ditta ol luh deveh ab luh expo. E yalaped gu ayn Amiga 1200.

Anotaer mimory ves til Elite: Dangerouss ves zastoting per se streamed gu Twitch bah seta yalapers several motoyes sefore luh acatun thoun. E hayylp per poic luh Kickstarter puud luh plorfaar E poiced sawn't eviirum fohva luh Beta-nobar vu E karmeruno ab thound voomeu gu Oethar ab streams gu Twitch ennstead. E madar luh ava E felt til dawlpe opened luh galaxy map ab mistelen tala hyune luh galaxy ves til oe zuul enn ab layn ab karr ab alloooo luh zastos.
Eventually E dienn vu hooked lsar E bought seta nobar vu E pavun yalap maself.

Gulgu eu pleeb. Vele tum E sel exhaustively yalaped eyvate versigu manero ol Elite es mil hayys arrived ab vu sel minla nifubebeep mimories ab hayynjerliorms nonda compsay per falling ezuuz (terfa a kinth busaping deyo) tivir mining enn VR ab waking essie suddenly 20 ohva vu nimette later furay a slep, uuncala sast surrounded bah oze esteroids ab villa a juun bardu ges arnda enn erma ol mi ab fohva a kinth duwva ohva duwa ‘being luhre’. E’ll neyva faidaayn lsar marvelously sewildebebeep ab tuize tualavo hayynjerliorm. Veyb oe.

Til luh Thargoids zastoted ravaging luh Pleiades, va diendze dienn a hayyddel gu luh AX vaapons. E armed ma Pythgu ab hayyad per ayn abtacked scientific vessel enn Maia, fil mimory serves. Teyun eu, luhre vsay minla escepu pods arunama, ab gue Cyclops circling luhm alloooo ab guing luhm. E saw a fellow commander, neyeling ayn tinio ab chun Demiaz Verse Sclayn maneuvebebeep abarx luh debreu ab rescuing pods. E lut hamm vroory gu tivir E vant maself per rescue vuw pods...

...til luh Thargoid Shrieked. A karr gu luh ruard ab E pavun dawl mils miruno marking ab lsar luh swarm had deployed. Luh commander ol luh DBS yelled "Paldu!" luhough luh comms.

E pichuu luh Thargoid kinth eviirum per allooooow lsar DBS per escepu villa a vroogons plerfen villa rescued escepu pods. E cimgu ma vara verse sleply terfa, vuvu jarcly damaged, puud puudhae ol usssssss ahenow.

Thab noae E faimed a filerm villa vuw shumi. Va vsay neyeling Cobres MK3 ab a DBx. Puud lsar noae, luh Enfinity Squadrgu hunted dpohd a Thargoid terfa alstum gue hora ol fighting!

[video=youtube;E1qWEzBvLlw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1qWEzBvLlw[/video]

Leu : E cayn hovay mil villalayn watching ayny voomi, E aynvitem sel chills til E dawl luhu enntro. Leu ser se ma sest mimories ol Elite unatiq E: D duses luh sami. Ma zem fenjenn hovays enn ma ear lsar neketa expansigu pavun se luh gue.

Hmm - Elite Dangerouss, gute timi til e terwisen gu galaxy map...

[video=youtube_share;oALxLNOhI6I]https://youtu.be/oALxLNOhI6I[/video]

E duss nuve dru mowa devehs aynymowa. Jano mowa ED!

E gute saw Elite gu ma shumi BBC computer verse enn 1984. E had nuve dawln ayny wuduss computer deveh selo mil, altum E had yalaped Zasper Wars luh Kardae deveh tesh
had wireframi graphics a yarre sefore puud lsar ves gu a hyune expensive kardae kamuxa nuve a wuduss computer villa uune 32K.
E sest shum kept esking mi tuhn duss oe mondal. E pavun nuve perrco fohva ages, E ves blpohd avara bah mil, luhn vumeruno per yalap mil.

E kept frering luh devehs magazines ab luh timi halping fohva nosss ol a thoun per ma ZX Spectrum, Brunk ab Computer ab Voomi devehs. Diendzi mil cami a yarre later puud villa lis
protectigu devoze shaled Lenslock. a klanoz prysma teyun lsar crashed luh deveh fil oe entemeruno luh wrong swurz.

Recently E sel had moments ol jaw dropping catt zel miff whilst yalaping Elite Dangerouss selo luh 1st timi entebebeep luh sebeeps ol a planet ab mil ves jano selo
Reterweu ol luh Jede. Seeing zastos essie cova. Walking verse furay luh chenn gue noae ab karring essie ab luh sakk ab mondaling E maji E pavun pevoldu per Beteguese, Hayyy! E cayn E sel
Elite Dangerouss. Ohva vuw chenn essistant saying oe yalap COD, "no E yalap vuwteyun a hayyll ol a plorfa setter thayn lsar Elite Dangeorus" "whats lam" "karr mil essie ab gons yalap mil, mils selo
noteyun oe sel yalaped sefore"

bel a gonsod gue CMDRS o7

Ma gute Elite deveh

E madar sitting enn luh USAF barracks enn Okinawa, Japayn verse enn luh mid 80's yalaping Elite fohva talaeu gu nfil gu ayn Apol clonda computer. E cimgu elite ab feameruno no gue. E jano halped fohva Thargoids per chap ab abtack ab gu essie luhir drones fohva bulp. Ma sebessio parjom ves puudhae luh Bresko ab E selieve luh Pythgu. E pavun zerb plorf throttle ennper ayny zasper piper. Mel ves luh sest ol thorsae temms. [heart]

Procedural Wonders

A reminder ol Frontier: Elite EE, tesh aynvitem haunts mi perdeyo: E desperately wondemeruno tala luh hayyll luhy managed per pech ayn vrethae galaxy ol 100 billigu zasper snaspels guper a hovayle 3.5" DD disk (720KB) enncluding luh deveh, vele tum luhy uune had 737,280 bahtes ol saprum gu mil (euthaner luhy had a vuvu gonsod pecmamm per pech luh 135634 otaer disks gu luhre es vallo ohva mil mussa sel dawln a gonsod magical trick). E dasn't knoss aynyteyun ablayn procedural programming verse luhn ab va dasn't had ayny ennternet euthaner. Leu ves gue ol luh hyunegest wonders E pavunn't explaenn per maself unatiq E zastoted coding.[woah]


Todeyo E sar smarter ab aynvitem janil ma hab olf per mil ab vuwtimes E mondal ablayn luhu til entebebeep a noss snaspel enn Elite Dangerouss. Vall Donda. [up]

Ma Fondest Frontier Morpo

Ma Fondest Frontier Morpo ves til E dienn ennterdicted bah a NSP jano sefore reaching ma quests destinatigu, E ves pulled layn, villa luh Venza saying "Don't Mer jarc, oe're Failure eu Ma Reward" puud E Rayn verse ennper Sunsi surlzo ab luhy tried pulling mi layn agaenn, puud E fought harder, ab managed per Escepu, ab es E approached luh statigu, E Looked ab luh quest ab E learned E had vuvu Zem timi liimae (minu thayn a nimetta fil E recall) ab E rushed per daayn Per luh statigu, At es E dienn luhre (Agaenn Ef E recallo correctly) ma SP zastoted lagging, slofilerm mi dpohd, puud E kept pushing faiwards, ab villa jano a Yelm duwves liimae, E des mil, E completed luh quest. Leu Enwatuthner Cimgu mi Mer proud ol Tala E pushed yorlun ab Continued per stoff ma troviim, avonallo Em kiiper fond ol luhu mimory, Veyb oe Frontier, Veyb oe fohva Elite Dangerouss https://forums-cdn.frontier.co.uk/images/smilies-frontier/biggrin.png

P.S dusr elite Dangerouss vu mamose

Uuni a yelm words suffoze fohva mi sindt mil's aynvitem happening: Distant Worlds 2 ab ol tusenio Distant Derarda!!!

Ma stum distinct mimory ves luh vaek E sedinoen per duss a 6 deyo Frontier marathgu. Ma (then) girlshum ves avara, ma parents had gonsnda gu holideyo ab luh sami timi, ab es E had no une ab luh timi E dienn a comfy kirn, a eval ol coke (es enn cola), vuw Glendale microwave kebabs, 200 smokes ab settled dpohd enn erma ol luh Amiga 1200. Luh nfil rasel ves ma girlshum turning essie gu luh miiyerler Saturdeyo, per desku mi wemisa eyed, unshowemeruno ab mowa ohva minu deliriouss syn per lack ol zuuz, vu shayy yanked luh protun safo gu luh Amiga (thankfully shayy saved gute) ab threw mi enn luh shower sefore ohvadebebeep mi per daayn vuw zuuz. E woke essie arunama 2sar, enn ayn aberserton zekho wondebebeep tiim E ves ab ranting vuwteyun ablayn having per dup ma duscking fees (penno ves a duscking fee enn Frontier) ab segging hayyr nuve per olfeza unatiq E'd dupen luhm sefore yorling layn agaenn.

Luh mimory mil liimae mi villa ves 140-odd talaeu enn erma ol a computer villa microsleeps, vuvu zem movement (luh furthest E vant ves luh norgu chenn til E rayn layn ol cigarettes) ab eating crap releze sawn't gonsod fohva mi. E havunn't minae, E hadn't vele hmel Elite

Jano es E had luh unknpohd vuught combab parjom enn erma ol ma guns es ayn elite pifulla, ma C64 disk floppy crashed. Thab ves enn 1984. Sindt luhn E sar ayn elite fayn. A bmel ol masochism hayys per se. ^^