Newbies + Welcoming + Introductory Thread!

[Scribbler]

YAAAAY all right, here we go! This is the all-in-one New to the Neighborhood thread, to give people a wading pool when they're getting used to the forum.

If you're new, come here and say hi! Tell us a bit about yourself, what your interests are, so forth.

To start things off:



Hello to everyone, I'm Scribbler!

I'm 21 years old, and I live on the West Coast. I enjoy writing, drawing, video games, comics, foreign languages, political sciences, philosophy, and plenty more. I also like to act, but I don't get so many opportunities for that.

My favorite author is Lois McMaster Bujold, and my top five favorite webcomics are: Dresden Codak, Order of the Stick and Erfworld, Looking for Group, and Dominic Deegan. There are plenty more I enjoy besides that, and maybe I'll make a link page for them someday, but that's good for now.

The last video game I finished playing was "FFVII: Crisis Core", and before that, "Assassin's Creed". I'm playing a lot of "Rock Band II" right now, trying to practice doing the guitar and singing simultaneously. The last book I finished reading was Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", and I'm looking forward to reading "The Prince" by Nicollo Machiavelli as soon as I can.

The Scribblery is pretty much what's going on in my life now; I'm gearing up to take a bunch of science classes to finish the requirements for my Associate's degree at a local community college, after which I'm trying to decide what degree to pursue for my Bachelor's. I've been penning Ephemera for the past month or so, and am looking forward to continuing it and other projects as time and inspiration allows.

Pleasure to meet you all!

[mondo]

I guess I'll start by following the format you used in your post, roughly.

My name is Michael, and I'm 20, almost 21. I live in North Carolina, just working and living day to day.

I play a good few video games in my spare time. Mainly World of Warcraft, I also enjoy Final Fantasy, the Diablo series, Guitar Hero and Rockband, lots of Mario titles, and random other things that are able to hold my attention for longer than an hour at a time.

I read a lot, as well, the latest additions to my mental library being the Twilight Saga. I also just finished Merrick, again, by Anne Rice, and I just started re-reading Eragon.

I've been an art major and a culinary arts major, but I don't have degrees in either. I'd really like to go back to school, but I have no idea for what yet, so I haven't.

I really, really enjoyed the first installment of Ephemera, but I suppose that discussion there should be in the actual discussion forum, so I'll cut it short.

Great to meet you, Scribbler.

[Scribbler]

Welcome to the forum, Mondo!

Out of curiosity: What instrument do you like in Rock Band, and which version do you play? Got any favorite songs? I'm addicted to "Nine in the Afternoon" and "That's What You Get" right now. xD I've got Azrael and [another character that's going to appear in the next installment] set up in my band on guitar and vocals respectively, mostly because Azrael looks like such a damn ridiculous hobo on stage that I can't resist. |D

[var]

Hello, world!

Supposedly the Scribbler already knows a decent amount about who I am. Lets just see if she has figured it out yet.

I just turned 17 less than a month ago. I live on the West Coast in a place that definitely needs more rain. I also enjoy writing, drawing, video games, comics, foreign languages (even though learning English was somewhat traumatizing), and philosophy. Amongst far too many other things.

My favorite book is constantly fluctuating. Right now it's fluttering somewhere between Howl's Moving Castle and 千年一叹.

The latest video game to consume a significant chunk of my time is Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Which came with far too many tales of weird shenanigans to fit onto this post. Before that I spent hours getting killed in Final Fantasy XII (I'm slow >_< ) and happily trampling armies (quite possibly my own) in Dynasty Warriors -- I'm not actually sure which one. I just recently got a copy of Twilight Princess from my friend; this will start taking its toll on my schedule in the near future, I predict.

I'm mostly wasting time right now as a second semester highschool senior while waiting on acceptance letters. I've been trying to get a few personal projects out to the world -- or at least sorted out while I still have the time. It mostly involves concept art and writing, two things I'm not exactly known to be efficient at.

I found this place via the Scribbler's AIM status and will start reading as soon as there are no homework I'm pretending to be doing. Should be soon, I have break next week. Being reasonably familiar with the Scribbler's writing, I must say I can't wait.

This place deserves more life. <3

[Scribbler]

Welcome, var! (If I had to make a guess... the senior comment leads me to believe, Silverah? XD)

... And wtf, why does it say I'm working for "my I disagreeociate's" in my first post? ' *runs to fix the default censoring settings, which apparently are programmed to replace "my ass" with "I disagree"... what the hell, Proboards*

[var]

I guess I can't really blame you, since this particular nickname came /after/ we stopped talking to each other on a regular basis via Gaia. XD Better luck next time.

Wth, indeed. o 3o Reminds me of the silly MapleStory censors that wouldn't let people type "assassins" and so people were forced to refer to the job as "sins" instead.

[Scribbler]

AAAAGH darn it, let's see... (This is seriously gonna drive me insane if I can't guess it....) Would it be Evermore, then? (Damn it, I never realized how many Gaia friends I have that are in the senior age group!)

And oh geez, that's terrible! |D You really think it wouldn't be so hard to at least put in a list of exceptions, especially for a program the size of Maplestory... but uh, at least it adds to the atmosphere? Sorta?