You know a game is special when you still talk to the people you played it with on a regular basis almost 10 years later
adding to that though: Magic, Clayfighter, Mack, skatevid2, and Mr Nelson up there^ aka UJusGotAdopted were some of the first people i really seshed with. so many OG Hoodlum pool seshes at 4 AM, even Cuz and scott blackwood would join the fun. btw, Cuz still owes me a copy of the last Tiger Woods game. Told me he'd send it to me if I beat his score lol. it's crazy to think though how many friendships were made and how many hours were spent laughing/connecting with people across the country who you'd probably never meet. I was lucky enough to meet Magic SEVEN years ago when I was on a trip to California. he witnessed me skate the Santa Monica Triple and the 14 at the highschool. skatevid2 and I have stayed at eachothers houses on multiple occasions and became good friends through skate. i love the internet
bonus friends i made playing this game: hitmanx123, ogrer, Doctor Q Who (i can thank him for my new gpu), ablindkid66, opie jacob, lbb (jake blue, aka Chris Cole NBD contest winner) kushkrashboom, uhhhh there was some guy named TheGhost301 who lied about who he really was, oh and does anyone else remember Cip? Cip4296 or something. that guy was a dick if i remember correctly, but there's also a legendary recording of him talking about karate kicking a toddler or something lol. man the kids table days were a trip