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SaLoT
03-23-2011, 03:43 PM
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Name: Edward Jackson
Age: 32
Lives in: Johnston City,Illinois
Favorite Games:Quake,Unreal,Counter Strike 1.5, 007, Halo 1 ( Pc ) H2,H3,HR,
Hobbies: Jogging, lifting,Computers,Movies,Forging,Gaming

Well like many people i have a poor since of direction when it comes to thought out post or even trying to post a little about my self, but i give it a shot. I am 32 years of age ( Proud of it ) and hail from Aurora, IL and now live in Jc. I graduated school back in 97 and went to college and got my 2 year in CPT.
Now after that pretty much was a blurr, so i will fast forward to 2007. I pick up halo 3 night it drop and played a month or so until foundry came out. I then proceeded to forge till all hours of the night, i lived and breathed Halo as much as someone would football or any other passion. Now my first map i ever did was called Refinery and was the first ever MLG featured map, so that were it all began. After the feature i was known for how clean my maps were and for the fusion glitch, i posted and got featured also on. Now even if i wasn't the first or was the first it was fun. Well now we will skip a few weeks ahead to Forge the Foundry Contest!! ( You old dog Forgers know whats up here ) Thsi was the time to make a name for my self in the Gaming scene. I created so many maps for this contest and sadly i came runner up. Thou i did finish Onslaught in time, but failed to submit it in time.
Now skip back a week, this is were i meet Nexn Co Creator of Onslaught and Creator of Lockdown. I seen he made a great Chill out remake, so i ask him one day " Hey Nexn i got a great idea for a map you want to help? " Nexn: show me what you got on your mind. Now after that it was history. Me and him forge the first version of Onslaught that got played on V4 in meadowland in 08', but after that he took a break and i kept improving on Onslaught with the help of the community and feedback from MLG and thats how Onslaught become and what you played on in 08-09.

But in that time frame i became seriously ill and was diagnose with cancer and fought it for a year and was cleared in 09. But soon after that i hit back into forging and kept producing maps and made some good friends and some enemy's along the way. But in 2010 i was diagnose with bladder and Colon cancer and it was scary, i became depressed and started having anxiety and panic attacks non stop. I started therapy and quit smoking ( I Know EWW ) and with the help of friends and Mr. Joe Fries with his detailed diet he was nice enough to write up for me, i have beaten cancer once again!!! SO thanks to all that supported me threw my ruff times.

Now to the present, yes this shall be the conclusion of my post:p I am 32 and i get crap for it, but it comes with the territories. And i can act like a child sometimes and foolish, but at the end of the day i am a good guy. So at this time i like to thanks TLN community for being so generous and open arms to make me feel at home. And to Mr.P for being there when i need someone to talk to, Thanks for answering my Pm and responding so fast!!! Also like to thank Joe Fries once again for all he has done, you might not thinks its much, but it help out a lot!!! Now i would also like to shout out to Inexist aka crumpet aka small and sexy aka Chris and also to Underground for being the kid that complains about anything and i do many anything lol :p Big shout to Matt aka Nitro for his respect and friendship of ours.

Now on a last note i would like to apologize to luke for how i acted and i am sorry if i upset you in anyway. Also sorry for upseting Gym with the sig and making more drama on the forums.

Well thats me in a nut shell so if you ever have a problem and need someone to talk to hit me up, Stay classy TLN!!!!!

chris_cr33p
03-23-2011, 03:47 PM
good to meet you

s4mu3l_034
03-23-2011, 04:08 PM
Well, welcome! Enjoy your stay ;)

SixSon
03-23-2011, 04:11 PM
Good read.

Chopz
03-23-2011, 04:11 PM
Well said Salot. Onslaught flag is in my top3 favorite game types of all time so keep up the good work and stay healthy!

shrEd Gein
03-23-2011, 04:22 PM
Eddy! Awesome write up bro.

SullyVan
03-23-2011, 04:35 PM
Great read salot!

Lefthanded
03-23-2011, 04:41 PM
Congrats on beating Cancer :)

Luke
03-23-2011, 05:00 PM
I accept your apology, i would also like to apoligize for everything i said. Hopefully we can put it past us.

Zilla
03-23-2011, 05:12 PM
good read, and it takes a big man to say sorry.

MidKnight
03-23-2011, 05:44 PM
the guy behind my monitor is just a guy who goes to high school and loves to play halo reach

N!TRO
03-23-2011, 06:53 PM
Aww... So how bout that forge world request?

Haha thanks for being a great mentor dude :)

vesslux
03-23-2011, 08:12 PM
Welcome to the wonderful community that is...TLN!

Briimstone
03-23-2011, 08:18 PM
Nice to meet you, great read, and great story!

KRILLIN
03-23-2011, 09:56 PM
Nice read Salot. Congrats on beating a terrible disease yet again. Good luck this year with your maps. I hope to see some of them on the circuit. You deserve it.

MidKnight
03-23-2011, 11:55 PM
the man behind the monitor is screaming callouts at the monitor lol

NoNSeNsE
03-24-2011, 12:25 AM
Nice read! Glad to hear to kept fighting to beat your cancer. Keep forging, we need some better maps!!!!!

Mr P
03-24-2011, 01:26 AM
I Know You !!

SaLoT
03-24-2011, 09:44 AM
I Know You !!

You better :)

@Krillen I hope to get a few maps in Paranoid ( Updated version of Redemption ) and Onslaught. But when you have free room hit me up with a F/R

@Nitro No problem bro, you like a brother to me and i always got ya bacK

ZeroCool
03-24-2011, 09:47 AM
Very good read, Onslaught was my objective game in h3 (next to pit flag) and i hope to play more maps that you have created for Reach. And congrats on beating cancer, that couldn't have been easy.

TLN Darkside
03-24-2011, 10:09 AM
Really good read. Onslaught was my favorite in H3 aside from Pit CTF as my brother noted above :) And who cares about age, were all going to get there and still game and new 15 year olds will make fun of us all then, lol. And grats on being cleared of cancer, I hope it stays that way for you.

xMortyZx
03-24-2011, 02:01 PM
From one 32 year old gamer to another...Thanks for what you do. Good stuff Salot. I kinda feel like I'm writing to a celebrity here..:)

SaLoT
03-24-2011, 03:17 PM
From one 32 year old gamer to another...Thanks for what you do. Good stuff Salot. I kinda feel like I'm writing to a celebrity here..:)
Don't even think that way.. I am only person same as you.

Hit me up with a F/R so i can play with someone my age so i dont feel to out of place.

xMortyZx
03-25-2011, 10:28 AM
Stop being modest Salot!! You know you're the man!!! I'll send a FR to you this evening and we can get some games in. I also have a map I worked on for a month that I sent to N!TRO. Wouldn't mind if you took a look at it either.

Bleuprint
03-25-2011, 10:52 AM
Really good write-up man and you've been through a lot. This post really shows your overall maturity and we all act like kids sometimes (me, more often than not and I'm 31 btw) ...

I'm glad i'm getting to know you more, you're definitely a cool guy and are honest and that's hard to find lately.

SaLoT
04-04-2011, 10:30 PM
Really good write-up man and you've been through a lot. This post really shows your overall maturity and we all act like kids sometimes (me, more often than not and I'm 31 btw) ...

I'm glad i'm getting to know you more, you're definitely a cool guy and are honest and that's hard to find lately.

Sorry i have not replied in this thread do to projects. Anyway thanks for the replies

mrkillboy
04-05-2011, 06:42 AM
Nice read.

icy.
04-05-2011, 10:56 AM
I was hoping for a picture. Thanks for the misleading title. D: Good read though. Welcome. :] <3

SaLoT
04-08-2011, 07:41 AM
I was hoping for a picture. Thanks for the misleading title. D: Good read though. Welcome. :] <3
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There for anyone wanted to know what i look like.

icy.
04-08-2011, 07:32 PM
normalllllll. :] and cute. <3

Duke
04-12-2011, 06:20 PM
Good read! Congrats on beating cancer. Wow.