Starting in January 2000, we opened a TFC map reviewing website, it wasn't for ordinary maps though, no, it was called TFX-Maps as we reviewed "The X-Files of TFC maps", which meant anything except simple CTF. We also had a few mIRC scripts at the time too, including a bot called EVA. As things went on, and we expanded our skill sets, HLRAT was created to remotely administer Half-Life servers, we discussed making a mod for Half-Life, and EVA had evolved into Mach2. By this time we had quite a close nit community, and decided to launch a "proper" web site - TFX-Soft.
We actually went through a period of trying to think up a name which would fit into TFX, but gave it up as and decided we didn't actually need to have words behind the old acronym. TFX-Soft expanded, Mach2 evolving once again into Chase, 007-TFC maps were created, and the website had some fun tests, and useful tools added to it. We gave up on our mod idea, putting out collective resources into other projects.
Eventually the community which hosted our website, MORAT, died and we were forced out into the world on our own. We set up the tfxsoft.com domain, got ourselves a new host, and developed the site further by adding more tools, games & tests, some on-line and others as downloadable applications. Chase evolved out of mIRC and into VB, and became Carrotz - a popular tool which clans used on the Quakenet IRC server.
As we all grew up, and some went off to uni, the pace slowed down to an almost stand-still, with news & updates few & far between. Carrotz eventually had to be taken off-line as it was unable to be hosted 24/7 anymore, and the site got more hits from spam bots than it did real people. Most definitely a dark time for TFX-Soft.
So, in this dark hour, where do we see the light? Well, the site is still used, mostly for email reasons, and the forum is always active around the WoF meet-up in August. We're actually waiting for TF2 to be released so that we can kick-start X-Maps again, only for a new generation. Our skills continue to expand, and you never know what might be coming over the horizon.