Hello Everyone from a Kerbalite

[Gary_P]

So this is my very first post in this forum. My name is Gary and I'm from South Carolina. I am not a native from this area, and I don't have an accent. We just moved from south Jersey. I'm a software engineer so I hope I'll fit in. I'm a PC'er but I like Mac too.

As for my hobbies, I've been in 3d modeling and game design for the last 25 years.

Anyways, I've been messing with KSP for about 3 days now and I'm totally hooked. I saw this game on Steam while looking for my Skyrim stuff, (Skyrim rocks to mod) but thought it looked lame, so I did some digging and read the forums here, then went back and downloaded the demo.

After playing the demo until after midnight, I got up the next morning and bought it off Steam.

Steam doesn't do this game justice at all. You can't get a feel for what the game is really about until you watch a few you tube movies (Scott Manley) on how cool it really is, oh and I had to visit the forums.

It's not just another shoot-em-up, or a kids game, it's a relaxing real life thinking game and I'm loving it!

I've recommended it to a few friends that may get it.

I have a few questions that I'll not post here because this is a hello world thread. So hello to all! I hope to learn and help others.

See you around!

~Gary

[Guest]

Welcome!

(I currently reside in South Carolina, myself.)

[Specialist290]

Welcome to the forums!

I'm glad to hear that your initial impression of the game didn't discourage you from trying it out. A lot of the visual aspects probably are designed to make the game more appealing to a younger crowd, but there's plenty of fun and challenge for players of all ages. KSP is deceptively easy to learn, but quite hard to master -- which is just the way I, for one, like it (although I don't claim to have mastered it by any measure myself!).

If you need any help with a particular mission, or if you just want to learn more about how to make your rockets perform better than they are now, take a look at some of the tutorials and other resources that have been collected in the Drawing Board (link in my sig). The people in the How To section of the forums will also be more than happy to answer any questions you may have about vehicle design and space travel.

Happy landings!

[bellino]

Welcome to the KSP forums!

South Carolina FTW!

[Capt'n Skunky]

Happy Launching!

Arrr!

Capt'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager