I've been reading VGChartz for a while, and I like this place, so I decided to sign up. I predict that with the recent news of NPD cowering into their bunker, that there will be a lot of new VGChartz members very shortly.

So this thread will be a nice thread to welcome the new members! (like me :)

I searched for a thread like this but I could not find it. So my apologies if one already exists. Actually I think a new welcome thread each month would be a great idea. I tried doing this over at my other forum, but apparently I was the only one who cared to welcome the newbies, so I eventually dropped it. But I think this could work here since the members seem nicer.

So, to the point. Hello I am Quaid. Some of you may know me from PVC. I'm 30 years old and I've been playing games since I was 3. I have had almost every single console released in the USA, except for 3DO, NeoGeo, Saturn, PS1, PS3, PSP, and Wii. My all-time favorites are TurboGrafx and NES. My current favorite is the Wii. I don't have one myself, but I play at my friends house whenever i can :)

I am an oldschool gamer who believes that gameplay is king above all else. Currently since I am short on cash, I have been going through my backlog of console and PC games, and reliving the classics. My current favorite game is Unreal Tournament (the original).

All other newbies, tell us about yourself!

hello...wait patiently and Montana Hatchet will come in here and tell you how sexy he is....and that he has new God-status as a moderator.

Hello. I once was new as well here. Now I am cool.

And definitely watch out for anyone from Austria posting on here.

Hello ... seems that Austria is a quite popular Country after that " Bingo " thread

I know this probably isn't the right thread to be asking in but are there still many people playing UT?  I used to play a lot on Six Feet Under and Haley's Hothouse years ago and I still think Face is one of the greatest maps ever created :)

Hi all I'm Duke Of Darkness. And I'm 15 years old and I have played games since I touched the NES controller but I did't get any other consoles unntil last gen so I have been a PC gamer with my favorite game StarCraft other games I have on my favorite list are Final Fantasy VI, Legend Of Zelda OoT my current consoles are Wii last gen consoles are Gamecube, Xbox, PlayStation 2 and I had a Dreamcast but my brother took it.

Currently I'm working on getting a PS3 and 360.
Please don't think I'm spoiled I work hard for getting all the consoles with a Playstation 3 this November and a 360 early next year, either way I hate people that judge a game before having played it. And I also hate people that dis old classics such as Street Fighter 2 or FFVI.

Anyway Hi

 Well there isn't what I would call "a lot" of players, but I don't really have any problem finding a good match during "normal" hours. Usually from 2am - 8am there is not much action, but the rest of the day there is a decent amount of players. Most of the remaining players are VERY VERY good, so I have fun even with just a few opponents. I only play deathmatch, but most players actually play CTF. Friday and Saturday, there is usually about 3000 players online. There are still a few servers that only play Face :)

greetings...