QAPete returns from his dormant state, providing this open letter to the BeyondUnreal community concerning the state of the site and himself in 2005, and a peek into what lies ahead in 2006.
An Open Letter to BU
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Dude, It's good to have you back.
Reading that letter makes me realise just how much work goes into running this site.
I too would like to extend my thanks to yourself, the QABoys, Mrs. QA, Raptor, Hal, MalHavoc and all the other team members that make the site possible.
Reading that letter makes me realise just how much work goes into running this site.
I too would like to extend my thanks to yourself, the QABoys, Mrs. QA, Raptor, Hal, MalHavoc and all the other team members that make the site possible.
Good to see the site won't be dissapearing any time soon Pere, it is together with the hosted sites, the best Unreal related site on the net.
I an understand why you stopped playing UT2003/4 though! Looks prettier yeah but the fun factor just aint there.
Good luck Pete with your job and real life, Happy Christmas bud!
I an understand why you stopped playing UT2003/4 though! Looks prettier yeah but the fun factor just aint there.
Good luck Pete with your job and real life, Happy Christmas bud!
welcome back pete, good to see you again.
Hal and Raptor have really done one hell of a standup job keeping this place alive while you were away. When raptor has nothing to do but BU he's dangerous, the PSP and WAP versions of BU show that
Hal and Raptor have really done one hell of a standup job keeping this place alive while you were away. When raptor has nothing to do but BU he's dangerous, the PSP and WAP versions of BU show that
I hadn't realised the amount of work and dedication that has gone into all of this and it gives me a new appreciation of this site
Welcome back and well done to all the people who have kept this site running, IMO this is the primary website for the Unreal community and I hope it stays that way for a long time to come.
Welcome back and well done to all the people who have kept this site running, IMO this is the primary website for the Unreal community and I hope it stays that way for a long time to come.
Thank you then, to all that make BU possible and for all of the work that you BU troopers do in the background which we never realise actually happens.
I'm so glad that there will be a BU site in 2006.
This site has always been the best site out there and will continue to be, with you guys running things.
Keep in good health !
me
BU
I'm so glad that there will be a BU site in 2006.
This site has always been the best site out there and will continue to be, with you guys running things.
Keep in good health !
me
BU
Great to see you again Pete! Have a nice Christmas, and let's have a great 2006.
Just wanted to give some additional props to hal, for all the hard work he's done lately. He has refused to let BU slip from it's rankings as a premier web site. :tup:
Just wanted to give some additional props to hal, for all the hard work he's done lately. He has refused to let BU slip from it's rankings as a premier web site. :tup:
i love BU and i am glad to see it thriving. i honestly dont know where i would go for my unreal news fix without this place... Pete keep up the good work and dont despair. UT2007 will breath new life into the game as we all hope and you better be grateful when it comes out
For some reason this piece by you Pete was rather emotional for me. Call me odd, but I really love this place. It's my start up page when I double click on my FireFox Icon. And as stated before, I honestly don't know what I would do if BU.com went down. I mean, it may be sad, but BU.com is apart of my life that I will NEVER forget. I'm sure some of the other members feel the same way too. I love Beyond Unreal. While I have also pretty much lost intrest in UT2004 (still play UT thou) I love the community that you - Pete, RaptoR, Hal, MalHavoc, and the rest of the newer additions to theh BU staff - have built and put together.
I am going to start to try to donate money to the site to help in any way I can. Is there even any other site out there that comes close to BU.com? I don't think there is. You guys have built an empire, a very well respected empire. I love being apart of this community, and I love the fact that I have made friends here (atleast I like to think I have made friends here).
Every morning before I go to work, and every afternoon when I get home from work, BU.com is the FIRST thing I do. I don't even shower until I have gone through the news and forums.
All in all, I love this place. I will do my best to keep it a good place aswell. If BU.com ever needs something from me, then I will be there to help her out.
Thanks again Pete, and everyone else here at BU.com for making this the best place on the web.
I am going to start to try to donate money to the site to help in any way I can. Is there even any other site out there that comes close to BU.com? I don't think there is. You guys have built an empire, a very well respected empire. I love being apart of this community, and I love the fact that I have made friends here (atleast I like to think I have made friends here).
Every morning before I go to work, and every afternoon when I get home from work, BU.com is the FIRST thing I do. I don't even shower until I have gone through the news and forums.
All in all, I love this place. I will do my best to keep it a good place aswell. If BU.com ever needs something from me, then I will be there to help her out.
Thanks again Pete, and everyone else here at BU.com for making this the best place on the web.
Ok, I'll post here because of Jackals nice post.
Couldn't have said it better =) It'd also miss Beyondunreal a hell of a lot, would it dissapear out of our online lives. To be honest, it's the fansite I frequent most. Heh, and the forums as well.
It's the best fansite I've run into, so far. Tomorrow I'm celebrating my five year stay and I still can't believe it 0_0
I just need to come back for more and more of BU goodness, eh ^_^
Ain't no other site which has this effect on me, sacre bleu.
BeyondUnreal has proven it's worth throughout the years. I still remember the kickoff as if it was yesterday Amazing how much the site has grown since then.
... Thaaaat's taking it a liiiitle too far ;-) Shower first!
Anyway, so you needed a break Pete that's perectly understandable. When I registered to this place I was about to become a maniacal UT player. I was discovering the Unreal universe, and ..Puf/BUF fed me a lot of information.
A LOT. And I'm glad I can use this knowledge to help out newbies.
Through the years the interest fades, that's natural. At one point you just NEED a break. This year, around june, I quit playing Unreal. Because I had played the game waaay too many times. It took me six months to launch it again, and it saddened (a bit) me that I hadn't forgotten the slightest details hehe...
But it felt great. I also cut down on playing Unreal Tournament. To this day I still play the game, but to a much lesser extent... but that's good. It keeps the interest in the game alive. I hope I'm making sense here.
And as for UT2003/4.... hmm, it just never felt the same. Though, I've only played the UT2004 demo for a while SO I'm pretty much a UT2004 newbie. But I never felt the urge to go out and buy the game.
I hope UT2007 brings back this feeling: "I MUST have this new game!"
Feeling hyped.. for a good reason.
Same here. All of you guys at the staff, I can do nothing but commend you on your efforts. Thanks for making BU a great site. Thanks for keeping it so incredibly interesting, and giving meaning to the "you'll only leave in a pinebox" phrase ;-)
I wish I could do something in return though, Pete. I've been here for five years now, and I'd love to help you guys out. If necessary. I wouldn't mind providing news to the unreal fans. Most of the times I can quickly find/retrieve what people are looking for. I try and keep an eye on how the Unreal universe evolves...
It's late now, and I'm probably sounding a bit silly...
But honestly, I'd love to help BU become, and remain, an unforgetable experience for Unreal fans all over the globe.
Oh, heh, and welcome back Qapete =)
jackal_the_xmp said:
Couldn't have said it better =) It'd also miss Beyondunreal a hell of a lot, would it dissapear out of our online lives. To be honest, it's the fansite I frequent most. Heh, and the forums as well.
It's the best fansite I've run into, so far. Tomorrow I'm celebrating my five year stay and I still can't believe it 0_0
I just need to come back for more and more of BU goodness, eh ^_^
Ain't no other site which has this effect on me, sacre bleu.
BeyondUnreal has proven it's worth throughout the years. I still remember the kickoff as if it was yesterday
Amazing how much the site has grown since then.Jackal_xmp_the said:
... Thaaaat's taking it a liiiitle too far ;-) Shower first!
Anyway, so you needed a break Pete that's perectly understandable. When I registered to this place I was about to become a maniacal UT player. I was discovering the Unreal universe, and ..Puf/BUF fed me a lot of information.
A LOT. And I'm glad I can use this knowledge to help out newbies.
Through the years the interest fades, that's natural. At one point you just NEED a break. This year, around june, I quit playing Unreal. Because I had played the game waaay too many times. It took me six months to launch it again, and it saddened (a bit) me that I hadn't forgotten the slightest details hehe...
But it felt great. I also cut down on playing Unreal Tournament. To this day I still play the game, but to a much lesser extent... but that's good. It keeps the interest in the game alive. I hope I'm making sense here.
And as for UT2003/4.... hmm, it just never felt the same. Though, I've only played the UT2004 demo for a while SO I'm pretty much a UT2004 newbie. But I never felt the urge to go out and buy the game.
I hope UT2007 brings back this feeling: "I MUST have this new game!"
Feeling hyped.. for a good reason.
Jackal said:
Same here. All of you guys at the staff, I can do nothing but commend you on your efforts. Thanks for making BU a great site. Thanks for keeping it so incredibly interesting, and giving meaning to the "you'll only leave in a pinebox" phrase ;-)
I wish I could do something in return though, Pete. I've been here for five years now, and I'd love to help you guys out. If necessary. I wouldn't mind providing news to the unreal fans. Most of the times I can quickly find/retrieve what people are looking for. I try and keep an eye on how the Unreal universe evolves...
It's late now, and I'm probably sounding a bit silly...
But honestly, I'd love to help BU become, and remain, an unforgetable experience for Unreal fans all over the globe.
Oh, heh, and welcome back Qapete =)
I was really wondering where you had been Pete, now I know.
We all appreciate everything you've done and continue to do for us, you make it possible for me to say that today.
We all appreciate everything you've done and continue to do for us, you make it possible for me to say that today.
Hey there!
I'm totally with you... the new UTs looked great, but they didn't feel as great as the original did :-/
Aaaand Guild Wars IS great One of my characters is Perseus Asmodis, if you ever feel like it, contact me ingame
Thanks for your past and future dedication to the site. It's really very much appreciated!
I'm totally with you... the new UTs looked great, but they didn't feel as great as the original did :-/
Aaaand Guild Wars IS great
One of my characters is Perseus Asmodis, if you ever feel like it, contact me ingame Thanks for your past and future dedication to the site. It's really very much appreciated!
Nice one Pete. Glad to see you back. I'm glad because I have contributed to this site, and I do not want to see it go down. I don't post much, but its my first Unreal community I joined. It was PlanetUnreal back then, but I stuck you guys.
I need to get a BU decal. Do you guys even have any?
I want to put it on my board, like I did with Unreal Decal, have a pic here, was Pic of day, over at PU:HERE
I need to get a BU decal. Do you guys even have any?
I want to put it on my board, like I did with Unreal Decal, have a pic here, was Pic of day, over at PU:HERE
Hi Pete! Too bad you lost interest in UT, but it's great to know you'll still be around.
No BeyondGuildWars?
QA Pete is a name that I have always associated with Unreal. Having been around for so long, so many games have come and gone, with UT2k4 still kicking...
I feel your pain. Real Life, family, this weird kind of wall that is UT. Glad you found Dawn of War, BIG Grinz!... have you tried Winter Assault?
I am really happy you have GW and are enjoying it. Graphics are awesome, though I wish there was more you could do to personalize the look of the character, but the wife and kids and I all had many good nights exploring the PvE, and then the PvP aspects. Much fun. Rangers rule.
Beyond Unreal is what it is all about, man. This community and what BU represents is what keeps me gaming. I cannot imagine another Unreal game without QA Pete. So glad you are still around, and VERY glad your head is ok
Congrats to Hal and Raptor, you all make an awesome team. CliffyB should be buying you all several rounds of drinks.
I feel your pain. Real Life, family, this weird kind of wall that is UT. Glad you found Dawn of War, BIG Grinz!... have you tried Winter Assault?
I am really happy you have GW and are enjoying it. Graphics are awesome, though I wish there was more you could do to personalize the look of the character, but the wife and kids and I all had many good nights exploring the PvE, and then the PvP aspects. Much fun. Rangers rule.
Beyond Unreal is what it is all about, man. This community and what BU represents is what keeps me gaming. I cannot imagine another Unreal game without QA Pete. So glad you are still around, and VERY glad your head is ok
Congrats to Hal and Raptor, you all make an awesome team. CliffyB should be buying you all several rounds of drinks.
Thanks very much, everyone. Jackal's comments are particularly eerie to me. You see, when I think of this community, I think about guys like Jackal, and by the looks of our logs, there are a lot of them. Some of them come to our forums all the time. Some use UnrealWiki. Some are skin demons, frequenting SaD's excellent Skin City. Some just stop by, like clockwork, checking out the main page for the latest news. The list of things people do here goes on and on...
...but the fact remains that a LOT of people keep coming back, and it is in providing a quality service to THESE people where I have let everyone down for over a year. I don't want this to get all mushy and ****, but I really like you folks. A lot. It's true, I sacrificed a lot to help build this community, more than I'll talk about publically. So have many of the folks on the BU staff. You know what? It was worth it, and thankfully my family still loves me after seven years of involvement from Nali City on PU to Site Director of PU to owner/operator of BU.
There are a lot of strong bonds that develop when you have an online community such as ours. I am not immune to that effect. So, no matter what I feel about the game, the difficulties we have running the site, the frustrations of dealing with this 'dead time' for Unreal news and events, I ultimately feel that this 'family' of mine needs me, I need it as well, and for 18 months I've let people down, both visitors to the site and my own BU staff. So, for that alone, I'm going to do my best to help get the ship righted and sailing in the right direction again.
In the beginning, we pledged to do this BU thing for the community we had been fortunate to develop over the course of the years. Nothing has changed in that regard. We're going right back at it, coming strong, hacking and slashing at any challenges that come our way. We may not be able to compete with the 'corporate might' of IGN, Gamespy, 1up.com, etc., but we can STILL be the one last bastion of non-commercial Unreal gaming goodness that is run by the Unreal community, for the Unreal community. You deserve nothing less.
Pete
-BeyondUnreal
...but the fact remains that a LOT of people keep coming back, and it is in providing a quality service to THESE people where I have let everyone down for over a year. I don't want this to get all mushy and ****, but I really like you folks. A lot. It's true, I sacrificed a lot to help build this community, more than I'll talk about publically. So have many of the folks on the BU staff. You know what? It was worth it, and thankfully my family still loves me after seven years of involvement from Nali City on PU to Site Director of PU to owner/operator of BU.
There are a lot of strong bonds that develop when you have an online community such as ours. I am not immune to that effect. So, no matter what I feel about the game, the difficulties we have running the site, the frustrations of dealing with this 'dead time' for Unreal news and events, I ultimately feel that this 'family' of mine needs me, I need it as well, and for 18 months I've let people down, both visitors to the site and my own BU staff. So, for that alone, I'm going to do my best to help get the ship righted and sailing in the right direction again.
In the beginning, we pledged to do this BU thing for the community we had been fortunate to develop over the course of the years. Nothing has changed in that regard. We're going right back at it, coming strong, hacking and slashing at any challenges that come our way. We may not be able to compete with the 'corporate might' of IGN, Gamespy, 1up.com, etc., but we can STILL be the one last bastion of non-commercial Unreal gaming goodness that is run by the Unreal community, for the Unreal community. You deserve nothing less.
Pete
-BeyondUnreal
The Jackal-XMP said:
Beyond Unreal, NaliCity, Insite... QaPete, Hal.. The gamers, The mappers, The authors, friends, sworn enemies, girls that are actually boys and boys that act like girls.. its all possible on BU
I learned my first steps in ued here, and since last year the first companies start to contact me for jobs.
Ive learned so much from BU and the people that make BU their home that I can only thank you, and hope to see BU become 10 years of age and older
QApete and all who make it possible, Thanks for BU
You are loved!
I learned my first steps in ued here, and since last year the first companies start to contact me for jobs.
Ive learned so much from BU and the people that make BU their home that I can only thank you, and hope to see BU become 10 years of age and older
QApete and all who make it possible, Thanks for BU
You are loved!
If this site were to disappear I believe a part of me would too.
The days that I don't visit are few and far between.
Just remember to keep it FUN---double thumbies-up to the whole crew!!
The days that I don't visit are few and far between.
Just remember to keep it FUN---double thumbies-up to the whole crew!!