Well, the first time I ever ran into XI was about that time to.... I was looking for the best pings in the available servers on CoD 4 for me in the caribbean, with very poor internet at that time, and being addicted to multiplayer games by Half Life 2 Deathmatch..
The first time I saw an XI server, I was impressed by the quality of the game-playing, and especially of the people that were playing there. Just felt instantly at home, no fuck you's, assholes, and no guys with testoserone problems, just fine people, helpfull, always in for a laugh...
Remember first of all JohnnyDos, who helped me out on a technical problem with such helpfulness that astonished me at that time, being quite a beginner in Internetgaming. I do remember Bohica very well, as well as BigMeanDean, both very active on the Acemod server, and I remembered the arrival of Angel, with the first regular female voice in the server... Bohica went sooooo smooth and gentle on hearing that voice.... ;=)
I was very glad to see BigMeanDean on XI after some time, and I think, just as him, that this is still the best place to be part of.. Thanks