marksteve

Joined 16 years ago

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107
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32
Member since
Jan 28
my public key: https://keybase.io/marksteve; my proof: https://keybase.io/marksteve/sigs/mfpEczZ_RQ9l1c9ZY44fqmSat2qWklzSoB3-uy4uMaQ
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Comment · 10 years ago
Got my weight down to its lowest since my adulthood.

Climbing helped a lot with this. In the process of getting more fit, I realized more what I want in life.

Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
Pied Piper :P But please release with a dummy name first. This is really net :D
Comment · 12 years ago
I'd be less annoyed if his version was indeed better but he just replaced the graphics and bumped the physics values. So I can't accept that his version was "more fun".

But I agree that there are things I didn't consider. And I learned a lot because of this event.

Comment · 12 years ago
It seemed to me that aside from poor timing, people upvoted it because it used flappy bird assets. I guess quality isn't the best word but I picked the phrase from a presentation I recently read and it sounded appropriate :)
Comment · 12 years ago
Yeah. Luck is a factor as well. Unfortunately, I don't have a good following so it's my best way to get attention :))
Comment · 12 years ago
I was ecstatic to see the other forks but my smile does a 360 everytime I see him getting the credit for it. But I'm happy to report that it didn't discourage me to open source the things I create: https://github.com/marksteve/val :)

Yeah. My timing was off. But I think I now have a better idea on when and how to post things here :P

I can't claim that :P There are some good clones that were genuinely created from scratch like mine.

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