Thanks for the compliment, I'm really desperate to keep some stability in my life atm..
How are you feeling about your compulsory military service? I'm happy you're going to uni, what do you plan to study?
It's great to hear that you still like to do something creative as a hobby :)
I've done a lot of other stuff since leaving game development too.. I worked on runescape bots and private servers with great enjoyment (becoming a well-respected member of their communities for a short period of time lol) and I saw the darker side of scripting with ddos wars played out weekly between communities.. I also learned encryption techniques, hosting servers and using SVN's to work on one project with many different team members..
My proudest moments included using programs for a purpose they were never intended for.. I made many macro's which created random patterns in MS-Paint at a very fast speed using a random tool and colour lol..
I also made a guitar-tab writer which would also randomly generate music.. The best part about that, was that I got to write the rules it obeyed (the rules of how to play music), although my musical knowledge was fairly limited, I managed to write in an interpreter for chords (putting chords which sound good in a certain order, eg. Play either a B# or A after a C#) and also a "solo" simulator, which would move around the fretboard in a random way while staying in key with a certain scale (the blues scale was what I tested with)
I'm sorry I do ramble on a little bit.. Anway, I've also been out of contact with a lot of people from way back.. I speak to Rm2k3kid sometimes, and I heard from DM31 a few years back (He stopped making pokemon games and started trying to do scrolling shooters but I only heard from him that one time sadly).. Avatar still seems very active but he's much more into the art side of the community I think.. I don't really speak to him because he's a very busy person and I don't want to take up his time..
Anyway I'd better stop there, i've given you more than enough to read :p
I'll have to work on my summarizing skills lol..