Posted by Gonk on September 08, 1998 at 20:01:07:
Heh, oh well, I've got time to kill so I'll tell a little something: How I found this wonderful site we all call Massassi.
Well it was about March 17 '98, I had finally beaten JK after almost two days of straight playing. I also had gotten MotS for my B-Day (March 14), so I decided to play that too.
Around the 3rd or 4th level of MotS I decided to try my hand at level editing. I DLed JED (I think it was .5), and ran it. I was totally lost, I didn't understand a thing and couldn't do anything.
So I went back to Jediknight.net (the first JK site I found), and looked for the link to DarkJedi.com (since I forgot the URL :P). I finally came back and posted a message on the message board about how to get started. (I forget what name I used, but it wasn't Gonk =)
I checked back the next day, but no one responded. So I gave up on JED. Deleted it, and DLed FB. I opened that up, and was even more confused. I tried everything, but I couldn't figure it out. I deleted that too. Finally about 2 weeks later I DLed JED again (after .51 came out).
I asked around the DJ.com board and got a few responses. I finally learned how to insert new things. WOOHOO =) Well I made my first "level". All it was was 3 boxes that had a door thing placed between each. (The first room was a cantina. :P They weren't even adjoined. =)
Well I kept asking about stuff on DJ.com, and then came a post by someone named BrianL. (It was about this time I picked up my current handle.) He seemed to know a TON about JK level editing. I responded and he E-Mailed me. (I was still on AOL. AUUGGGHHHH :P)I still remember that message:
"I just started up a site about purely JK level editing. Please come by and check it out. :)" Then he gave me the URL (http://www.jedinights.com/massassi) Well the first few times I misspelled Massassi, and thus couldn't find the site. =) Then I checked the spelling, loaded the site, and I was in heaven.
Here was EVERYTHING I was having trouble with, the basics, to adjoining, to ramps, to buildings, all here in one spot. I was estatic. I IMMEDIATELY bookmarked the site and returned the next day. I started to DL tutorials etc. Now I see the site as huge as it is, everyone basically knows 4 sites now, JK.net, JN.com, DJ.com, and Massassi.
I haven't met an editor who hasn't been to this site. I remember when the counter hit 5,000 hits (about a month after the site started.). I remember it all basically. This site has grown to be one of the largest and most prominent in the JK community. I've loved it since it started, and I continue to today. I hope it will continue for many tomorrows.
So congrats Massassi on the GREAT sucess. And for your "Best Editing Site" award at Darkness Falls. Keep up the good work, you really do help the JK community.
Gonk
(P.S.- This board is where I first figured out how to make new enemies using MP skins. Without Massassi there'd be NO enemy packs. THE WORLD WOULD BE IN CHAOS =)