Damn... I remember initially finding this site when I was 9 years old back in 2005. Obviously I didn't sign up till 2011 when the site re-exploded because of SSX 2012.
I actually found this site by clicking on a link to a really old thread about the SSX snowboard game you could buy and it's really strange that we're celebrating all this because I found a photo earlier this week of me on said snowboard that I had been searching about when I first found merq.
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showIf I would have told 9 year old me that I'd end up in the credits of my favourite game series mostly due to Gravitude bar... well... i probably wouldn't have listened because I was too busy playing SSX
Honestly, to get sentimental, I really owe this website a lot! Thanks to this website and its close relationship with EA/Batty I focused more on designing than I ever had before. I was at a cross-roads of what to study and what career to aim for and if it wasn't for the board designing and involvement with SSX 2012 I may have chased something else instead. Now I'm applying to university for an Illustration course so one day I can design for games like I did here and things are looking good
There are some awesome people on this board that really make this forum unique. The sense of community is incredible! Even though there isn't much going on at the moment there are still people talking and checking in which is pretty damn cool. I haven't been here since the start but I damn sure feel like part of the merq family! This prize pool is great and I can't wait for these shiny new GA award graphics from maverick
Also, LMAO at that trophy, its hillariously awesome and well deserved!
Thank you Gondee, thank you Merq and thank you Batty!