Who goes there?
Wednesday, August 6th, 2003 - 5:20pm
As a short time lurker (since Bill Harris at www.gonegold.com mentioned this site in one of his Night Calls a while back) and newcomer to this forum, two things popped up today as I got here. Which led to a third.
First, Certis says Gamers with Jobs is growing. Great!
Second, Ridlin says hello in another tread.
These got me thinking: It would be fun to see what kind of people post/lurk here. All gamers obviously, but what else?
Just a few questions:
Age?
Family?
Job?
Gaming since?
Console or PC?
Anything else?
I'll go first - 32 years old with wife, daughter (13 months old) and second child on the way (ETA February if all goes well). I also have a dog - half irish wolfhound, half great dane. I work as an executive in the pharma industry. Been hooked since Space Invaders and own an Xbox besides a gaming PC.
Playing right now: Gothic 2 (great game!)
First it''s true GWJ is growing. Second, hi! And third, as it''s widely known I''m a thirty year old gamer expecting my first son this October. I''ve freshly graduated from college which means that as of now I call myself a freelance writer and pretend that running GWJ is a job (it''s really much more fun than that ... most of the time). I''ve pretty much been playing video games as long as memory serves me, and I''ve also got an Xbox to go with my dramatic PC addiction.
Playing now: NCAA 2004
Flight Simulator 2004
Thursday Night Raven Shield
Port Royale
Along with a few others.
"I think Elysium has the right of it" - Certis
Age? 21
Family? Single
Job? I work for Artifact Entertainment.
Gaming since? Since I could. That includes computer, console, board, and adventure gaming.
Console or PC? Both. I own every console and a killer pc rig.
For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. ~Ron Shelton, Bull Durham, 1988
I''ll toss in my .02 as well.
Age? 36
Family? Happily married 7 years. My son is turning 5 this month.
Job? Nuclear Engineer
Gaming since? Adventure, Hammurabi, Pong, etc.
Console or PC? Both a recently upgraded PC (which this forum helped a lot with...thanks again for the advice and tech support, guys!) and an Xbox.
Anything else? Yep! Welcome to the forum!
Money can't buy you happiness...but it can buy you a boat big enough to sell right up next to it!-David Lee Roth
Age: 23
Family: Single
Job: Self employed
Gaming: Since at least 1983
Console and PC: PS2 and a two-year old Alienware rig
"Men like sex, thus boobies! Oogaba!" - dejanzie
"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
how rock can be commercial-free!
'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
Age: 22
Family: Single
Job: Programmer
Gaming since: Either Atari 2600 or Zork on my Uncle''s oldschool IBM compatible. Not sure what year as time has no meaning, consoles and processor speeds are the only yardstick to measure history by.
Console or PC: PC though occasionally I flirt with my consoles to make it jealous.
Anything else: Sometimes it hurts when I pee.
"Poor Eli Nooo... *child starts crying*"
"Come on now, there's no need to make that kind of noise. It sounds awful and you'll upset other people." - Ionae from Spirit Engine 2
33
Single
Customer Relations and Tech support for an arcade manufacturer. I had a 5 year stint (artist and designer) in console development with 3 published games under my belt.
I''ve been gaming since the pong stand alone machines before 2600. I too dialed in on a modem to my fathers works mainframe to play adventure (xyzzy). I havent looked back since.
I have a moderately equiped PC and I recently traded in my PS2 for an Xbox to play Kotor, Halo and Mechassault. Well and I cant wait for True Fantasy Online.
Welcome to the GWJ boards!
Being fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster.
Fang: Why do you want to play True Fantasy Online?
For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. ~Ron Shelton, Bull Durham, 1988
Im interested in it since I like the art style. I also liked Dark Cloud 1 & 2.
Being fangoriously devoured by a gelatinous monster.
I am also a short time lurker, also since the Bill Harris column.
Age 47
Boy, do I suddenly feel old.
Single
Clerical work for a Mortgage Bank
Gaming since 1975, the old SPI one wargame every other month magazine. Played Bard''s Tale on an Apple II in 1983.
PC only, but have been tempted to purchase X-Box for Halo and KOTOR.
Just bought a new PC I don''t really need but what the ****
Playing Medival Total War and marking time until Lionheart ships.
Before this thread gets taken down that long highway of Off-Topic, I''ll pitch in.
I''m 29 and I swear I''m retiring from gaming at 30...well...at the end of 30. I''ve been married closing in on two years. My only kid is a cat. I''m an art major who has found himself doing client technical support for an ASP...shhh...don''t tell anyone. I''ve got a fair to middlin'' PC and Ein GameCuben.
What I''m playing right now. I went from a gaming valley recently back toward a peak. I''ve currently been dabbling in Tuesday Night EQ, Thursday Night RavenShield. I''m also playing through Serious Sam 2 co-op, trying out Laser Squad Nemesis. And recently an old Tribes teammate has tried to get me back into WC3. We even played some Tribes (1) for old time''s sake.
Welcome to the site and the forums!
"If you're not a stinky-stink, you're not addicted to anything!" - Reaper
Now there is a moment FILLED with nostalgia... 8)
Money can't buy you happiness...but it can buy you a boat big enough to sell right up next to it!-David Lee Roth
Age 33,
On again off again girlfriend for three years,
Work as a sugery tech,
Gamer since 1981. That''s longer than some of you have been alive.
"Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin
Age 23
Living with my girlfriend and two cats
Work as a technical project manager (whatever that means)
Gamed for as long as I can remember, had a C64 in my early years, then upgraded to a Mac and finally a P75 when they came out.
Currently have a PC rig from work for games, an iBook for light stuff, a GameCube and a Xbox I just picked up for KOTOR.
This is true in my case
*
Age- 20
Family- single
Job- I''m a student and resident advisor at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, also I have another little job working with and supervising events on campus.
Gaming since- Oh since about the time the Nintendo first came out. The first Legend of Zelda was just about the first game I played. *reminiscing
Console or PC- I''ve got just about all the main consoles except an Xbox which I think I''m going to get in the next month or so to play KOTOR and Mechassault. I also have a pretty good PC that I just upgraded recently.
Right now I''m playing...NOTHING! as I''m trying to finish up two damn independent study classes that have already come due.
Age: 25.292
Family: Single
Job: Still busy qualifying as an actuary / Work in the life insurance industry (thankfully I don''t sell anything!)
Gaming: Sometime from 1988/89
Console and PC: Just a PC. I''ve been tempted to buy a console but I don''t think I''ll actually go through with it.
Right now I''m playing Shadows of Undrentide and a little bit of Diablo 2. I still have to finish Icewind Dale 2 and Morrowind (lost 2 months worth of playtime when my HDs crashed
)
Anything else? I''m still a sucker for Half-life Deathmatch. Me and the 10 other people in the world who still play it
Swing harder! Swing harder!
-- Lilarcor, Baldur's Gate 2
Who is Bill Harris?
Xbox Live: Kooter06
Age: 26
Family: Engaged to be married in October, been living in sin for a year
Job: Marketing Dept for Everyone''s Favorite ISP
Gaming: Since Combat on 2600
Own a frankenstein PC for gaming, Xbox
C&C Generals addict, play KOTOR all other times
I generated a virtual world in the toilet bowl this morning.
-- Podunk on the PS3's mystical, magical abilities
I''m 32 and sorely in need of some sleep. Married my high-school sweet heart over nine years ago. We have a son who is turning a year old at the end of this month. Did I mention that I''m sorely in need of some sleep? Have a cat that is often referred to as ""vicious bastard.""
Work as a ""computer guy"" for a state agency (i.e. I''m poor). I''ve been gaming since I could put a quarter in the coin slot and reach the joystick and buttons. Have fond memories of spending time with my cousin transcribing pages upon pages of code from magazines into his Atari 400 to play various versions of the ""Syntax Error"" game.
I have an aging PC that just manages to run Divine Divinity (which I''m still finishing) and an X-Box.
Age: 28
Family: Married 3 years and just had a baby girl 3 weeks ago!
Job: E-commerce Mgr for Puma.com.
Gaming: Since Pong. Have: PS2, Cube, GBA, PC. Currently playing Advance Wars 2, Mario Golf, WC3, Praetorians but all will stop on Monday when Madden comes out. The Patriots are going to win about 20 superbowls over the next few months.
I''m 31
I''m married with 2 kids (Age 4 and 2 months)
I''ve been gaming since... don''t know the year. I''ve had a colecovision, a vectrex, a c-64, and one of every generation of IBM system, plus atari 2600, 7800, ps1, ps2, gameboy, and sega gamegear and nomad.
I work as an erotic dancer. Unfortunately I''m not succeeding quite as I''d hoped, so I have a day job as an office clerk. That may all change if my run for Governor of California succeeds.
I mainly play PC games. I think they''re deeper and more complex.
Currently playing Onimusha, Heroes of Might and Magic 2, Praetorians, and Medal of Honor- Allied Assault.
BTW, do any of you married gamers suffer from MGL (married gamer''s lag), where you always seem to be 6 months to a year behind in gaming, playing games that everyone else has finished and moved past? Heck, I suffer from PGL (parent gamer''s lag), playing games that are years old now. Just finished Half Life in June.
Before I get down to my stats, my question is who is Bill Harris?
Lv. 22
Status: Single
Currently working as NW/Network Administrator for small Software Developer Company...
First gaming days"… Age 7, Tetris!
Own both... Console and PC! ("…including Mac)
Addictions to Anime and Guinness!
Currently playing KOTOR...
Xbox Live: Nei HD | Playstation ID: Nei_GWJ
Bill Harris writes Night Call columns over at http://www.gonegold.com
"Poor Eli Nooo... *child starts crying*"
"Come on now, there's no need to make that kind of noise. It sounds awful and you'll upset other people." - Ionae from Spirit Engine 2
Not many surprises so far.
Age: 33 I think (carry the 1...)
Family: Married
Job: Internet security
Gaming since: Since Space Invaders and Pac-man. Owned an Atari 2600, an Atari 800, PC''s since the Compaq luggage computer that my Dad let me play King''s Quest and Wizardry on, and consoles galore. My problem is that I buy games that sit on my shelf untouched, sometimes for years. I have too many games, and nowhere near enough time. Or the alternate happens, I fixate on one game for months at a time (usually a RTS or console football game). Currently I am providing lessons to the Internet gaming community that you just shouldn''t mess with the Sooners (in NCAA 2004).
Console or PC: I''m a multi-platform kinda guy. I agree with the person who said PC''s have more depth, but sometimes I just want to kick someone''s ass in Virtua Fighter. I have several PC''s, a Cube, a PS2, and an Xbox currently attached. I have every old console going back to the SNES still working, and sometimes have to break out the Dreamcast and both sets of Maracas when friends come over (chicks dig rhythm games).
"It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem." - Malcolm Forbes
I''m 26, married (almost 2 years), work in software QA, and finally posting after lurking for a couple of months.
Been gaming since... my TI 99 (which I /think/ came before my 2600 - it was a long time ago). Started on PC games with an 8086 and never looked back, except in fond, beer-powered reminiscing moments.
Currently working with my PC and a PS2, playing Truck Dismount while waiting for Lionheart.
Oh, and I''m deadly afraid of MGL, but I normally try to pass it off as TSTPFPS (Too Stubborn To Pay Full Price Syndrome).
-Chumpy
MechaSlinky wrote:
-on L4DWelcome Chumpy! What is that Truck Dismount about?
Truck Dismount is an interesting tool for trying to ""get damaged"" haha. I like the stair one better though.
Xbox Live: Kooter06
Age: 32
Family: engaged (getting married in October of 2004)
Job: Director of Web Development for a small agency
Gaming since: Atari 2600
Console or PC? Both. I have a Pentium 4 2.0ghz, a PS2 and an Xbox with Live.
Currently playing: PlanetSide. Anybody else playing? Especially old school Ava Tarati guys? I was Harknel the whiny dwarven hunter. I''ve been playing a bunch and Mugebird (kobold shaman) is getting into it next week or so. Let me know.
Your pal,
a.
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snarlingbadger.com
I think Fang Blackbone might be the only ex-Ava Tarati (at least on this site) playing PlanetSide. I think Roaman and Felonous might be playing Star Wars Galaxies. I (Bandijia/Krushia) played the open PlanetSide beta and that was about it. Certis, Elysium (Lysion), Fang, and I, along with some forum regulars here, have been recently taking some nostaligic trips back into EQ on Tuesday nights. That''s about all I know regarding Ava Tarati folk. You were the one dressed in green with the pointy stick who died a lot, right?
"If you're not a stinky-stink, you're not addicted to anything!" - Reaper
Age? 32
Family? Married for 9 years, have our first baby on the way, well, any freaking day now! We also have a cat (mutt version) and a dog (golden retriever).
Job? Mechanical Engineer by degree, but I''m the metallurgist at a small independent laboratory. Basically performing failure analyses for all the broken stuff people bring to us.
Gaming since? 1978
Console or PC? PC all the way. That is, except for the Gamecube!
Anything else? Currently playing NCAA 2004, NWN SOU (and participate in a weekly gathering of NWN gamers for a little bit of adventuring - just got involved and I''ve had a blast doing it), and finishing up Wind Waker.
Preferred Activities: Working out (I''m a stair-stepper-aholic). Hiking, Hiking, Hiking (in the mountains, which there are none of around Baton Rouge). Skiing. I suck at it, but love doing it none-the-less.
Age 33; but thats not important...I feel much younger (until I read everyone else''s ages)
Marital status; Enagaged for 8 years but neither of us really want to get married (suits me fine I an buy my new GFX card)
Pets; 6 cats, my substitute for kids. Much as I like children, I mainly like kids because they''re all someone elses and I can hand them back when they complain....
Job; IT Sytems analyst: My companies official term for IT troubleshooter..If you can find him, and if you can pay him enough money maybe you can hire... The Kegboy! (cue A-team music)
Gaming since I got a coleco Pong console with turny knob thingies for controllers, ah the good old days ...NOT!
console or PC; Whats a console?...No but seriously I own a PS 2 but rarely use it. I am a graphics whore and hate jaggies, and plus nothing comes close to the range and variety of PC titles.
Currently playing Planetside every night but Thursdays (then I kill Certis Elysium Pyro Sway and eveyone else in a fit of murderous rage because they slighted my Raven Shield Skills)
Preffered activities: Playing games, drinking, drinking while playing games, Dirtbike riding, guitar playing, drinking, Spendong my hard earned cash in ill advised ways, and so on and so forth.
MUST...STOP ...PLAYING ....SWG! MUST GET REAL LIFE BACK AGAIN!