The People Behind the Characters

[karajix101]

So I've seen lots of topics like these in other forums, and I saw we didn't have one, so I guess I'll start one. I'm curious about you all outside of our characters, I want to know what you like to do, what you do for fun when you aren't on the computer, and what you guys look like.

You don't have to post a picture of yourself, strictly up to you.

I'll start.

My real name is Tyler. I live in Florida. My favorite color is purple. I like to play Baseball. I play on my high-school team. I'm the second baseman, and my batting average is .273. I also enjoy skateboarding, texting, and girls. For fun, I like hanging out with my friends, and going to the mall, listening to music, and going to the movies. My favorite kind of music is rock, preferably heavy metal. My favorite band? Probably Thousand Foot Krutch or Disturbed. And my favorite brand of clothing? Probably DC, or Quiksilver. Favorite place to shop? Tillys. I play guitar, and I hope to be in a band one day. I love to watch college football. My favorite football team is the Alabama Crimson Tide. My favorite Baseball team is the Atlanta Braves. This is a picture of me:




I'll post more pictures later, I need find some more first.

[endcraft]

I was going to make a thread like this, but you got to it first. >_<

No pictures at the moment, unfortunately. Maybe I'll take a picture or two later, but I just got a shitty haircut and I'm waiting for it all to grow back.

About me? I turned Fifteen this May, and live in Mooooooohio (Ohio, >_>). Boring place, almost nothing to do around town. Crappy cinema, below average skating rink, isolated to begin with. I love art, movies, music, and literature itself. However, I'm not skilled in making any of those things. Except maybe art, but that's only with sharpies n' such and it's always surreal, abstract stuff. I like all types of movies. Almost all types of music, not including Country or any variations of it of course. As for art, I'm a big fan of the greats like Van Gogh, Surat, Davinci, etc. However, I'm very fond of ukiyo e paintings and of course surreal and abstract are always good.

More personally, my friends are everything to me. I don't see how I would live without them. Most of the time we find ourselves walking around town, chilling out at the local coffee shop, or causing trouble at the local theater. When I'm not with them, I'm probably with other people. I'm kind of a people person, and usually end up spread thin when it comes to daily plans and who I'm spending my time with. And if I'm not with other people, I'm playing video games like Neverwinter Nights, Mass Effect, Medal of Honor or... well, anything really.

Also, I love piercings and tattoos. Always have. I pierced my septum, but we weren't allowed to have anything other than ear piercings in school, and my parents would have been pissed if they found out, so I just kind of let that heal up.

And I might get into skateboarding this summer. Don't know yet, but I have a few skater pals including one of my very fabulous partners in crime.

Oh, and uh... fun facts, I'm currently on probation, and have frequent rehab sessions throughout the month of June. Oh, what joy. I'm going to leave a few things out of the story, but might as well tell it.

Some friends and I got a little get together going on, and were hanging out. Well, considering the mood we were in and what numb skulls we are, we decided to go meet some girls in town. One of my friends slid across the hood of a car, and keyed it. I pissed on said car. Then the neighbors of said car's owners called the cops, and well you know the rest. Only got busted for curfew. Don't know how I'm so lucky, honestly. And that's why you get to see me on so frequently this summer (yay!).

[Avvy]

Well, I'll hop on board.

I'm Avvy, and I feel old right now reading the two intros above me. I was born in 1983.

I'm currently unemployed (if only NWN paid heh?) so I do a lot of volunteer stuff like hosting SoS and work for other games I play.

I love NWN, reading, drawing, sewing, photography, crafting, and LARPing.

LARPing. Well, it's Live Action Roleplay. No not that stuff in the bedroom! Roughly once a month I dress up as a fantasy character and run around in the woods for a weekend with my friends. It sounds a bit geeky, and it is, but it's a lot of fun to submerge myself into another world. It's a great way to disconnect from your real life troubles. I even just got an In Game promotion that I've been trying to get for two years, so I'm very happy.

I'm not the biggest people person. I love my friends, and would happily visit with them, but I don't like big parties or the club scene. I would rather do the small intimate thing.

[gatalis]

I suppose I can respond to this...

Well, my real name is Ryan, I'm 17 (I'll be legal in approx 4 months), I live in the good old state of Colorado (California's little sibling with mountains), and I take the saying "Genius and Insanity are two sides of the same coin" to heart because I tend to show both depending on the day. It really gets out of hand occasionally and I end up confusing everyone... Surprisingly though, my grades don't always reflect it... I'm sitting on a 3.6 cumulative right now and a 28 on my ACT... (It would've been a 30 if not for that damned English portion being so vague with its directions!)



Right, pictures!


This is that dang cat I'm always telling yah about IG who steps on my keyboard, wants to cuddle during serious moments, and bites my hand when I ignore her.

and...

A picture of me right before Homecoming wearing my sister's fiance's authentic European top hat from when he visited England and Germany.


Right, probably going to freak a lot of people out with the revelation that I'm a guy... Anyways!


I tend to like most things really. I'm a giant choir nerd (Bass leader for our Chambers Choir), I like to make lists and build things, I'm definetly a math nerd and love to solve problems involving numbers... Love to read, -love- exercising... Now mind you I hate competitive sports but I love to exercise.


Ohh, I'm also planning to go into Airforce ROTC while getting my engineering degree since I want to give back to the world without the political BS, and I feel Airforce is the way to go.


On a more personal note I suppose, my dad's been out of the house for over 4 years now, and I haven't gone to his house overnight since last summer. So... I live in an estrogen ocean! (Mother, two older sisters, little sister, and little brother.) It's a bit stressful lately, since with my no longer going over there my mom's filing for full custody and they're going to court in August. (Of course if my dad wins the case, I have to go over there for overnights for two months basically before I'm no longer legally required to go over.)


Umm... Lets see, what else... I have a bit of an ego, so I subconsciously have a tendency to challenge authority. It's not because I want to necesarily, I just get the urge to. When I become self-aware that I'm doing so I typically back off, but otherwise I can be a pain in the ass without even realizing it... (<3 the DMs for putting up with it!)


I'm a horrible artist when drawing by hand. This is probably one of my better works to put it in perspective:




That reminds me...

I've played on Balor's SoS, Fox's SoS, and Avvy's SoS (and gotta say Avvy is the best Admin SoS has ever had.) I ended up quitting Balor's SoS under the basis of him being an asshole and me being a whiny little shit.



A picture as proof: (and the character who made it impossible for me to play a druid on SoS due to BS that took place)




EDIT: Ohh right, I'm also a huge movie critic so don't ask my opinion of movies!

[xkcdapostle]

We already knew Gatalis, our extensive research and the private investigator we have managed to work this out before you announced it. Unfortunately for our Private Investigator; this meant we would not fund a trip over to the US to gather physical evidence and photographic evidence of said truth. (Especially as you already posted a photo on here...)

By "we", I refer to the BBA's (Bardo's Business Acquisitions) Marketing Department. Our private investigator is Balls, there is a reason his nickname is Sherlock on the server...

You may call me Ishmael, (Or James, Sam, or maybe even Steven; I can't quite decide). I am a university student in the UK reading Computer Science. Many of my pursuits and hobbies are academic, scripting for this server is among them. I am usually inclined to discussing Mathematical ideas, Star Wars, or the behaviour of a system with certain rules (a diplomatic way of saying "trying to see how one could exploit a system"). Though I did do some Hiking along the Coastal paths and tend to enjoy riding my Bicycle:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GugsCdLHm-Q

I do admit the Hiking was only for a couple of days for each hike, it wasn't much, about 20 miles along the Pembrokeshire coast. A couple more days would've been good for one of them since most of it was roads due to the area along the coast being used for Artillery exercises...

As you can tell I am too enthusiastic about what I study, combined with a dry sense of humour you must regrettably find a way to block my messages; else suffer jokes about Programming, Math, Language and perhaps (the elusive quantity that is) Love. (Through XKCD! Here you go! xkcd.com/685/ )

[BALLS OF STEEL]

My name is Rory and I dont take anything seriously, especially not myself. So if I offend you, it would be better to just ignore it as I am never serious about it.

I am to be a student at university, however I dont regester untill september. I am 20 years old.

I dont like a genre of music particularly, merely choosing specific songs that I like. These can range from 80's pop to beethoven.

I am an avid reader, and I have read and enjoyed such works as Sir A.C Doyle, H.P Lovecraft and Jane Austen for their intrigue, spookiness and humour respectivly.


Vanity thy name is Ghosteh
I need a shave.


I also enjoy scripting, though not to the level of proficiency held by Anus Smeljenki. Maths, programming and language interest me as well, which is probably why I find him more sufferable than most.

I also enjoy web design, as strange as that may sound. Coding in HTML 4.01 and CSS can be relaxing.

And finally, my taste in movies strays into the terrible genre of 80s Action. Especially Arnold Swartzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.

Edit : My love for winding people up has made me very curious as to what is actually happening in Gatalis' last picture, if you could be so kind as to elaborate I would be grateful (You can PM me if you dont want to say it in the public forum)

[gatalis]

Ohh, they basically backed my half-elf druid into the corner and told me I had to tell them a story or they'd kill her, so she of course decided to tell one... And then people started shouting story time and a big ol group gathered round.

A couple days previously one of the DM's characters with 54 STR decided to play dodgeball using my dwarf as the ball, so thinking quickly since I was making up a story, I told a tale about how it was elves Vs. orcs in a "dodge dwarf" match and how the elves kept cheating so the orc's goblin friends started slinging bullets at the elves when they weren't looking... Or something along those lines.

EDIT: This wasn't the BS that took place, this was just a picture, just to clarify XD

[073090]

I grew my hair out since the old forums.



I am a senior in college studying graphic design with a mass media and communications minor. I am from Texas and I'll be 22 next month.

On my days off, I play various games, work out, spend time with my "wife" (Dr.Thor) in our apartment, read, torrent TV shows, and swim. I am laid back and fairly reclusive.

As a secular humanist, I have no religion or ideology, nor profound political stance for that matter. I generally disagree with the right-wing fundies more than anyone else.

My taste in music and movies is unique and varied, so I take it as it comes. Some of the major genres of music are Deadmau5, Daft Punk, some Dubstep, Justice, Sonata Arctica, Blind Guardian, and Muse.

As far as NWN goes, I played since the beginning, and I am proficient at building and scripting.

I'm not keen on self-exaltation, so I'll cut off there.

[Taric]

Well, Not saying I don't trust you guys, I just don't trust the internet, so here's what i'm posting
I play D&D 3.5 every week(No computers involved)
I sing in a choir
I enjoy sci-fi, and games such as Skyrim and Fallout, and NWN ofc
I also greatly enjoy horseback riding

[endcraft]

karajix, I swear I've seen you somewhere. Which is weird considering you live in you live in Florida and I live in Ohio.

What the Hell did I post before that? (To anyone who caught it...)

[073090]

Ghost makes me moist.

[BALLS OF STEEL]

we both know that dr thor isnt your /real/ wife, darling

[zdarkshadowz]

My name is Shane, I live in New Zealand. If you want to see my face you'll have to add me on MSN.
I'm 21, still living at home but I managed to get a job about three months back so I'm just seeing how much money is going in and out of my bank before I decide if I can afford to move out. Currently working at Resene Automotive and Light Industrial, helping ship out stock to the other branches across New Zealand (though sometimes I accidentally forget to send out a couple things with their orders, but it's easily fixed, still learning,) tinting paint for customers, and trying to make sure the new program that our boss got before he left on a vacation doesn't make our other employess break down and cry.

I started playing online in 2005, and when I got NWN it wasn't until about 2009 before I started playing with the toolset and teaching myself how to script. It's kinda cool what things I can do with it now. (just ask anyone who i've given a copy of my ModTEST module too lol.) I play all sorts of random games, but when I find a game I stick with it until I either finish it or something kicks me out. A weird sort of dedication bordering on obsessive, and probably because I haven't found a girl to distract me yet.

I also have bad habits of talking. Too much. So i'll stop myself here.

[melongrenade]

This is me just relaxing.



And this is for a special admirer, Autoskrilla.

[osric]

I'm hideous, though I might put a good pic up if I can find one...