Well, I've been a PuFer/BuFer since the early days and I still spend at least 3 hours a week pounding through the sub pen in November searching for the hidden redeemer.
This is by far the heart of the "level-headed" casual Unreal Community. It's the only place where any skill of player is welcome. All around friendly. It's been painful to be here when the "haters" really started to surface with the release of UT2003 and it's gotten worse, but when you see threads close and users get banned here it's in the spirit of keeping BuF the "friendly" corner of the community, not to SILENCE THE CRITICS.
Hal and Brizz are simply two of the most loyal supporters that this franchise has had for keeping gaming casual and fun. Certainly I enjoyed the outright lunacy of the ProU forums and others over the years when playing "competitively" but this place has always felt like my gaming "home." Even when I'm not actively posting or playing regularly, BuF is always in the surf hit list when the machine gets booted up. Besides the "official" Epic forums, this is the only community that's still active in my favorites any more.
I measure eras in my life by when Hal changes his avatar.
