What do you mean you had to learn everything ASAP? lol
There's a tut showing you how to get rid of the (*.ocx) file problem, not sure it works tho. :p
Sounds nice, at least you didn't give up..
So, when I joined here, 2 years ago, I only knew how to map. I looked around.. and saw the Twilight hack and asked if I could work on it :p Leader retired, so I took over the hack.. but then I got better at mapping, and learned how to make o/ws. So I wanted to do something new, so I made a team; and started Darkstars: Nirvana, Mystery of the Depths, but it failed 'cause I'm a terrible leader, it seems... I continued working on it for 3-4 months after September. Wouldn't give up if it was fun working alone. And damn, I haven't even become a pro mapper yet -.-
Naw, I always read my VMs. What I don't read is threads*. xD
*with some exceptions