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first met Maybelle at the original msn classic Chips
board in June , 1996. She had already completed all the
levels and posted that she was beginning to go back over
some of the levels to increase her time on them. She
posted this asking if any of us had any tips that may
help her in this endeavor. Well... what a novel idea! As
a result of that post, individual members started posting
their scores on various levels. and so the quest began, and now you know why Maybelle is the Charter Chipster's Firestarter. That first post of hers about working on bringing up her total score is really what brought us all together in a joint effort. We became a real family out here in Cyberspace, and we all have Mombelle to thank for that. Now , I'll let Maybelle tell it the way she saw it . ;-) After successfully raising two daughters, exploring most every corner of the world, devoting a due share of my time and energy towards good and charitable deeds and taking my pursuit of jazz piano to the limits of my ability, I said, "Hmm, what now?" My brother had the answer.,as he hauled his old computer to my house and said , "Here Sis, this will keep you busy!" That was 2 years ago and like anyone who is reading this, I was drawn in like a magnet! As I comfortably stroll through the sixth decade of life, I now find myself mulling over the complexities of e-mail, the internet, MSN, software, and hardware while most of my RL friends are fretting over where to go for lunch today! I wouldn't have missed any of this for the world! The nicest surprise for me was the opportunity to meet such special new friends! As I sampled through the Best of Entertainment Pack games, Chip's Challenge became my immediate favorite. Upon completion, I sought out kindred souls on the internet. It was a hot July night in 1996 here in California , I mustered up my courage and dared to reveal my humble Chip's Challenge score on the old Windows Entertainment Pack board, with the prophetic challenge "Can anyone beat my score and if so, how?" I held my breath and waited ...and waited...nothing but silence! Then out of nowhere, came the reply from LimoJohn, " I have been chasing your score for 2 weeks now!" What joy..another Chips aficionado heard from! The next question was, "Do you suppose a total score of 6,000,000 points is possible?" Our wise Far Thinker, LimoJohn, pondered and calculated the possibilities. As we started comparing various level scores, daring Christina chimed in that she would like to jump in too! Kathy, Alice and Barbara joined the fray, and soon our brave little band of MSN Charter Chipsters was pulling together to the summit. Kathy began to diligently track our scores, producing a monthly scorecard and Alice, got so inspired, she set her talents to producing the now famous Chip's Plus web site! With the recent and welcome addition of our two new speedsters extraordinaire, Ruben and Kevin, we feel more confident than ever that the summit is at last in sight! It is my belief that a large part of our dedication to this Quest is due to the shared comraderie and friendship and just plain respect for one another that has developed over the past two years. It's been said by some nay-sayers that 6,000,000 points is an impossible goal! We choose to think otherwise. Our Alice, Keeper of the Flame as well as The Scribe of the Tribe , put it this way in answer to one of those non-believers: The Quest is not for such as he, So lacking in humility That he would dare to call us fools For gamely breaking all the rules And playing on, when others quit, Because we've got the sense and wit To take the game to awesome heights Undreamed by those with lower sights. We're Charter Chipsters, through and through What he can't think of, we will do! ~~~~~~~ And LimoJohn says, "Success comes in cans, not can'ts. In virtually every opportunity or situation you encounter, it is illogical, unreasonable and irrational to use the word can't. Only a fool would underestimate the can do of this group." ((((((((((MSN CHARTER CHIPSTERS))))))))))
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