From a dark basement in Canada...

[Yeomans]

I decided that I probably should make one of these hello posts, but I don't really know what to say..

I'm Dan, and my last name is my username. I'm a huge spacecraft junkie and I'm a little way too addicted to Orbiter Spaceflight Simulator. When I heard of Kerbal Space Program, I was immediately in love. One issue I had always had with Orbiter (probably the only issue) was that I couldn't make my own spacecraft unless I wanted to get myself neck deep in .cfg files and complicated models (which is fine, but I'm a bit lazy and someone can do it better), so when I saw the ship creation system in Kerbal, I was extremely happy. In Orbiter, you will find me piloting delta gliders and old-fashioned stage rockets (usually historical) to exotic destinations in space. But in Kerbal, I can create my own space race, my own timeline, which I'm really enjoying.

Aside from Spaceflight Simulators, I really enjoy Anime and Manga, and play several other video games. I also play music, particularly I'm a bassist in a band and I sing.

As far as Kerbal goes, I design many different spacecraft. I'm always trying to design new spacecraft (alot of them crazy, I'm a mad scientist you see), and I like to fly interesting scenarios and plan elaborate space missions. I almost started to design a mission insignia when I realized "okay, I'm going a BIT too far".

But yeah, that's me, so, yeah, hello.

[sal_vager]

Hi Dan Yeomans, welcome to the KSP community

I'm sure you'll fit right in here, there are many people who came to KSP from Orbiter, in fact the lead developer at Squad, Felipe Falanghe, loves Orbiter as well, and credits the Orbiter community in KSP

Edited September 9, 2012 by sal_vager

[Yeomans]

Hi Dan Yeomans, welcome to the KSP community

I'm sure you'll fit right in here, there are many people who came to KSP from Orbiter, in fact the lead developer at Squad, Felipe Falanghe, loves Orbiter as well, and credits the Orbiter community in KSP

That's awesome! I really enjoy these spaceflight sims because of the certain kind of satisfaction you get from running a successful mission.

[sal_vager]

Oh yeah, that feeling is amazing, back before KSP had the ability to save you'd be on edge whenever you had to land or do anything risky, as a failure meant you had to try again from the beginning.

Persistence is too good to do without though, but I leave those F5 and F9 keys alone

[Yeomans]

Oh yeah, that feeling is amazing, back before KSP had the ability to save you'd be on edge whenever you had to land or do anything risky, as a failure meant you had to try again from the beginning.

Persistence is too good to do without though, but I leave those F5 and F9 keys alone

I always forget the autosave even exists, just because I usually do my missions in one sitting, I feel like I'm cheating when I use Autosave

[JackAz]

Welcome, i'm also a new player, after only 5 minutes of KSP gameplay i fell in love , probably as everyone else ! I hope you'll find everything you need on the forum, really good and helpful community.

[Hillstache]

I got too used to playing before saves and persistence as well so I tend to ignore quicksave. My own internal rule is to suffer whatever consequences my mistakes cause, and attempt to deal with the cleanup. That's led to amazing Mun rescues and some of the most fun and learning I've got out of the game.

Also, welcome from a fellow Canadian!

[Capt'n Skunky]

Happy Launching!

Arrr!

Capt'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager