The Last Homely House
General => Council of Cobra => Topic started by: DáinIronfoot on July 02, 2008, 08:37:54 AM
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Been a while since we did one of these, and we've had some new members since then--and some changes in the lives of our forum veterans, I'm sure--so it's that time again. Time for...introductions! :mrgreen:
Tell us about yourself! You can post as much or as little info as you like. I'll break the ice....
What's your name, boy?
J. Ryan Evans, good sir. But fellow World Wide Interweb users know me best as Dáin Ironfoot or, 'round other parts, as "Seawolf".
You a boy or a girl?
Male.
How ooh-old are you?
I'll be 28 in a week. Yikes.
Where you from?
Maryland. Lived here all my life, though I was born in Texas.
You got a job, you bum?
I'm a government slave with the DLA. Hoping to become slightly less of a slave with the NSA in a few months, though. :up:
Married? Dating?
Yes, married for two years. :) If anyone wants the full story on how we met and all, let me know. It's a story and a half.
You got kids?
We will have our first in less than four months...a girl. I'm excited, yet terrified. :o
How long you been here?
I arrived at CobraCards in January of 2007. (I know, feels like a lot longer, doesn't it?) But that was after a year and a half long gap away from the LOTR TCG community, before which I'd been a longstanding member of Decipher's boards.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
A post at Decipher's boards, actually, after I came back from aforementioned absense. I think it was Menace64's fault, so blame him.
How long you been playing card games?
I played a tiny bit of Magic: The Gathering...jeez, back when it first hit the shelves, I guess. A friend of mine was into it and let me borrow some of his cards to play. Then I got into Star Trek CCG during its early life with a couple of my cousins (and my uncle, funny enough)...I guess that was back in high school, 1995 or 1996-ish. Highlight of that was finding the origial Jean-Luc Picard in a booster pack. :P Played a little Star Wars CCG around that same time, but never really got into it. Fell out of card games in college, until poking around for new ST CCG stuff one day in 2002 and stumbling across Decipher's website and LOTR TCG. I was hooked...though as a typical penniless college student, I didn't really have the funds to buy much, so I just followed it for a while until finally joining the Decipher forums in...2005, was it? Maybe 2004. Can't remember now. :roll: Anyway, still didn't play it yet, but followed it very closely and got into DCing (which I became most "famous" for in the forums), calling myself a "student of the game". Fell out of DCing and the forums for a while before finding CC around Christmas of '06, and then went full bore back at the game. FINALLY bought some cards and started playing last fall. Loved it even more ever since.
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
I have a tendency to ramble, for those who have been living under a rock and not noticed until now. :roll:
What else do you do with your time?
Just finished a master's degree after two long years, so since that began...not much. :P But I enjoy spending time walking or playing games with my wife, playing with my dog, bowling, bouldering (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouldering) (though I gotta get back in shape to do that effectively again :-\), target shooting, reading (MAN, have I missed that...got a number of books to catch up on), watching various films and a couple TV shows (Lost and Mythbusters, mostly), fantasy sports (usually competing against my wife 8-)), watching sports (at the parks/stadiums, if I can), and of course, making LOTR TCG dream cards. :mrgreen: It's kind of my "thing" around here.
Anything else?
Uh...I like seafood?
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
Sure. Here are a few:
(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.antiochforever.com%2Ffiles%2Fmembers%2FSeawolf%2FLuckyAvatar.PNG&hash=ee4257f3892b89c76392737865c25e6cecc88f95)
A now-famous avatar I used to have, and still use on MSN Messenger. Yes, the gun is real, and yes, it's mine. :twisted:
The rest are big, so I'll just do links....
- My wife and I. (http://www.antiochforever.com/files/members/Seawolf/Wedding/WeddingPics_files/image019.jpg) Guess what event THIS was?
- Swing dancing at said event. (http://www.antiochforever.com/files/members/Seawolf/Wedding/WeddingPics_files/image025.jpg) Yeah...don't ask me to do a whole lot of that now. I've probably forgotten more than I learned. :roll:
- Me and my then-future bride at Medieval Times. (http://www.antiochforever.com/files/members/Seawolf/RyanJen-MedievelTimes.bmp)
- Christmas in New York! (http://www.antiochforever.com/files/members/Seawolf/RyanJen-NYChristmasTree.bmp) Yes, really!
- At a ballgame with my wife's sister. (http://www.antiochforever.com/files/members/Seawolf/RyanJenJulia-CamdenYards.bmp) True story...I was interested in that sister in high school, and we actually went to prom my junior year. Life turns out so funny sometimes. :D
- Our daughter. (http://www.antiochforever.com/files/members/Seawolf/BabyEvans/BabyGirlEvansprofile.jpg) Hopefully I'll be able to post some clearer pictures when she's, you know, out of the womb. ;)
Okay, that's enough. You can all return to your normal lives...AFTER you post about yourself! :mrgreen: Again, as much or as little as you like. I don't expect everyone's going to want to post their pictures, for example, but at least telling us how you got into card games and this little community of ours would be nice.
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What's your name, boy?
Mark Barlow.
You a boy or a girl?
Neither. I'm a man, man.
How ooh-old are you?
The ripe old age of 20.
Where you from?
Born in Texas, raised in Kansas.
You got a job, you bum?
Two, actually. I'm working at a local private school as a teaching assistant and I've got a part-time night job at an amusement park.
Married? Dating?
I'd like to be married but I'm not.
You got kids?
Not yet.
How long you been here?
Uhh... I believe I showed up in like April of 2006 or something close to that.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
I think someone told me to come here on Decipher. And yes, Dain, it was my fault.
How long you been playing card games?
Since '99, I reckon. I believe that's when Pokemon hit America like the plague and the accompanying TCG reeled me in. I played that for a few months before making the difficult transition into SWCCG (at this time I was only 10 years old or so). I stuck to that one for the next few years, up until its demise in 2002. Luckily, LotR exploded then and I found a new Decipher-made game to sink my teeth into. From then on I've tried just about every viable card game on the market and I've started playing Warhammer 40,000 and Star Wars miniatures.
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
I can't think of anything witty to say.
What else do you do with your time?
This summer my time is at a premium. Working two jobs leaves me with little chance for leizure activities. But my goal is to build up enough savings so that I can afford to live on my own (finally) in the fall. I'll have to get a 'normal' full-time job so that I'll have the time I need to sit down and begin writing. I hope to be a published author.
Anything else?
I get sick when I eat cake, cupcakes, pancakes, waffles, and anything before 10:30.
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv163%2Fedibleapeman%2FUntitled2-1.jpg&hash=48f2b781a6f0d66de9015784f7a8e28de45465bc) My brain, circa early this year. There's something going wrong inside that's left me without most of my short-term memory. No one really knows what's happening.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/edibleapeman/me2.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/edibleapeman/me2.jpg) Bigger picture. Probably the coolest picture taken of me to-date.
(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv163%2Fedibleapeman%2FIMG_5845.jpg&hash=c5199ecf5e953ed2e629227904ecdc8cfda0d97c) An older picture of me back from high school, sporting my Austrian hat and flannel. I love the way I used to dress.
(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv163%2Fedibleapeman%2FBobaB.jpg&hash=99a668b3e9bc4dc546d2408d647f8a4ed66aec03) Pretty cool, huh?
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Heheh. I didn't expect anyone else to follow my self-deprecating questions, but I guess that DOES make it funnier. :D
Stupid work firewalls. Can't see the pics...I'll have to check again tonight. Speaking of Australian hats, though, I have a fedora I used to wear a lot...and still pull out from time to time. I'll have to see if I can rustle up a picture later.
A good start. :) Anyone else?
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I'll post mine soon, but just a word to say...
Feel free to attach pictures if you don't have image hosting. :)
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He's wearing an Austrian hat, not Australian.
We Aussies do confuse you Americans ;D
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He's wearing an Austrian hat, not Australian.
We Aussies do confuse you Americans ;D
Yes, that's right! That's an Austrian Hat! ;-)
I am surprised that anyone knows that Austria exists... ;-)
I should post myself too...
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He's wearing an Austrian hat, not Australian.
We Aussies do confuse you Americans ;D
Yes, that's right! That's an Austrian Hat! ;-)
I am surprised that anyone knows that Austria exists... ;-)
Blarg! I usually tease other people for making that mistake, actually. :-[
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What's your name, boy?
Heije Wubs....sir
You a boy or a girl?
I'm manly boy
How ooh-old are you?
I am 26 years
Where you from?
Grijpskerk, Groningen, The Netherlands
You got a job, you bum?
I am a history teacher...sir
Married? Dating?
I'm married to Didi for almost 5 years now
You got kids?
Not yet.
How long you been here?
April 2007
And how'd you find us, anyway?
I do not know, CC has a will of his own and found me..I guess
How long you been playing card games?
Too long, if you ask my wife. I say only since 2002 I guess. Two Towers was about to be launched....It was nice, walking in to the gameshop, seeing the displays and wondering what it was...well, I know by now
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
no you didn't
What else do you do with your time?
I am rebuilding a house at the moment. Me and my wife bought a ruin last year and we're trying to make it into a palace..the call me Lord of the Promising Palace...occasionally
Anything else?
I love to read, to play other games, play sports, watch sports, basketball and football are my two favourites...Love to cook and love eating even more
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
maybe later, for now I have to fetch my wife from her work!
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What's your name, boy?
Rob Borkent. aka Borky, borky9, the Borkinator.
You a boy or a girl?
Male.
How ooh-old are you?
I'm 38. I'm not old. But I'm older than I've been, and now I'm even older. And now I'm even older. And now I'm even older.
Where you from?
Born in Adelaide, Australia. Moved to Denver, Colorado, US, when I was 26, lived there for 8 years. Moved to Alabama in Nov '03, been here ever since.
You got a job, you bum?
Yes, this bum has a job as a programmer for a brokerage firm.
Married? Dating?
Yes, married for 11 wonderful years to Candi. I too have a good story about how I met my wife.
You got kids?
3. Twin boys Sam and Gus who are 6 and 1 baby boy Luke who is 16 months.
How long you been here?
since sometime in May, I think.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
cccorniv told me about it.
How long you been playing card games?
Started about 2 years ago. Took a long break when 3rd child was born, just started back up again a few months ago.
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
My life story isn't freaky.
What else do you do with your time?
Mostly I spend time with the family. I love to read, mostly nothing but Sci-Fi really.
Anything else?
I like most geeky things, watching tv, sports especially soccer (football) - Arsenal!!! I have coached my boys in their under-6 teams twice - a lot of fun.
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
My wife's blog is where we keep in touch with my family in Oz, pics and videos and blurbs, you can find it here (http://3littlebees.blogspot.com). Feel free to leave comments, my wife would love it :)
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What's your name, boy?
Christopher Columbus Cornelius IV, hence the CCCORNIV
You a boy or a girl?
Male.
How ooh-old are you?
I'll be 38 in a month.
Where you from?
I'm originally from Bayou La Batre, Alabama, I moved to the Birmingham area in January of 1991.
You got a job, you bum?
Like Ulmo/Borky I'm a programmer at a stock brokerage firm.
Married? Dating?
I've been married to my wife Mandy for almost 11 years. Our annivesary is two weeks from now.
You got kids?
No, but we have to dogs which we treat like kids.
How long you been here?
Since the middle of May.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
After I couldn't get to Cobra Cards or LOTRTCG.FANHQ anymore. I scoured the net for a decent forum. I had bookmarked the lotrtcggdb page a while back. I finally noticed the link to this forum. :up:
How long you been playing card games?
It's funny. I am a huge Conan and Robert E. Howard fan. The Conan TCG was coming out and I decided to order it from Potomac Distributions website. I had to order at least $125 in order to place an order and I was $8 short. I ordered the LOTR 2-player starter to finish off my order and that was a little over two years ago and we haven't played the Conan TCG yet.
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
That would make a good movie, at least during the 20-22 year old part of my life.
What else do you do with your time?
I'm a big sports fan, mainly college football, NFL football, auto racing, basketball and soccer in that order. Baseball, hockey and golf could cease to exist today and I could care less. I enjoy watching movies and a little tv and that's about it.
Anything else?
I use to swear I could smell red-headed freckly people. My wife has witnessed the power. I'd make a sour face and declare "I smell a freckly person!" We'd then turn a corner or walk down the next aisle and there they would be. It's not any person with freckles it had to be really red headed and really freckly. I could sniff them out though for whatever reason. I've seemed to have lost this power about seven years ago, it's been a long while since I've smelled the particular smell that freckly people put off. I use to think that there was a purpose for me having this power, but alas the only purpose was for me to tell someone about it and for them to think I was weird. Useless power.
Picture?
You are NOT ready for that!!
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Haha, Dain you look just like I imagined you to. :hey:
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What's your name, boy?
Funny. You ask "What's your name, boy?" before determining gender....
You a boy or a girl?
Male
How ooh-old are you?
18, now
Where you from?
New Mexico, originally. Moved to Kansas around '96, and now move back and forth from North Dakota every summer.
You got a job, you bum?
If you wanna call it a job....
In fact, one of my co-workers and I were just talking about how to respond to questions like this.
I aid in the genetic modification, production, and data collection of hybrid corn.
AKA, I wander around a cornfield weeding, stapling paper bags to the corn, and counting cornstalks. (Well, there's more to it than that, but it's pretty boring.)
Married? Dating?
No, and no. I have so far managed to avoid any... romantic entanglements.
You got kids?
Nope
How long you been here?
Pretty much since Kralik created the place. I joined the old D forums back right before Reflections was released, then joined CC right before Treachery and Deceit was released.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
CC died a long, slow death. Kralik created this place, and I was on the CC e-mail list that was bouncing around as we sought a new home.
How long you been playing card games?
Well, I learned to play Solitaire on the computer about ten years ago.... :P
Been playing LotR since Fellowship.
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' impatience!
What else do you do with your time?
Read, write.... I'm about 2/3 through writing a sci-fi trilogy, and a friend of mine is having his first trilogy of novels published, coming out either late this year or start of next year.
Oh, and I weed cornfields.
Anything else?
I like seafood, too!
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
Actually, they say that 1 picture = 1000 words. Therefore 1000 words = 1 picture. At 340 words, this post constitutes just over 1/3 of a picture.
EDIT: Alright, now that I have access to my camera again, I give you pictures of the most beautiful thing I've ever seen... and it's a one thousand year old boat. NOLINKTrust me, it looks better in person. The layout of the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo is just such that you cannot get a good picture of the whole ship. Plus, the lighting was terrible.
(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg104.imageshack.us%2Fimg104%2F5835%2F1000815gc2.jpg&hash=76219b80fbf2e3006f3b5300c55aee4da5d857ec)
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Alright, NK and friends: your discussion split off, because it looks like it could sorta choke out the normal 'formulaic' flow for this thread.
...if that makes any sense.
Alright. Back to your big plans here:
http://lotrtcgdb.com/forums/index.php?topic=423.0
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We are just trying to keep the mods busy :up:.
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What's your name, boy?
Felipe R. Musco, aka FM, Armageddon, The Witch King or The Living Vampire across the net.
You a boy or a girl?
Surely a boy!
How ooh-old are you?
23 now, and I already miss being 18...
Where you from?
Rio de Janeiro, but now I live in Florianópolis, which is an island in the south region of Brasil.
You got a job, you bum?
I work for the State, in the capital's Courthouse, and I "officially" graduate from Law School in about 3 weeks, then I start studying for 3 more years, at least, to become a State Judge.
Married? Dating?
Had a girlfriend for the last 5 years, and we were planning on getting married next year. However, she wanted to leave the country, and I wanted to stay, so even though we loved each other very much, we decided that we should go our separate ways, so no one has to sacrifice their career for the other. It sucks, but hey, I love her that much.
You got kids?
No, and I don't think I'll ever have, now. Can't picture me having kids with a different girl.
How long you been here?
Joined Cobra Cards in 2006, I guess, and have been here ever since.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
Transfered here after CC crashed.
How long you been playing card games?
I learned playing Magic:the Gathering back in 2001, but I already knew how to play Pokémon before that, I believe since 1999, although I never really played. In December 2001, I switched to Lord of the Rings, and played from Fellowship of the Ring (actually, Realms of the Elf-Lords had just come out) until The Return of the King. Then, taxes became too high and the game got too expensive to play, so I stopped playing altogether in 2003. Got back to TCGs in 2006, but now playing Magic, and I've won a few tournaments since then, but nothing too big, since college took me quite some effort. I intend to qualify to the 2009 nationals, though. Or at least play a GP.
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
What can I say? I've got a great life, I like to share it!
What else do you do with your time?
I read a lot, listen to music (love music), I'm planning on starting keyboard lessons again so I can play in my friend's band. I also read a lot of articles on MtG so I can always be aware of what's going on with the game, and I'm a Dungeons & Dragons DM, so I have to read a LOT of Rulebooks, prepare plots, create characters, schedule our sessions, and I also create a lot of Magic Items, Spells, Classes and Prestige Classes not in the books, which is pretty time-consuming on its own. I play soccer at least twice a week, and basketball at least once, and I've been planning to get back to playing tennis once a week as well.
In sports, I've officially played Indoor Soccer as both striker and goalkeeper; Soccer as SB, OMF or FW and goalkeeper; played tennis; played basketball as both PG and SG; sailed; rowed; and swam. Sports are great! I like watching sports on TV, mostly the NBA, NFL , UEFA CHampion's League, Brazilian Championship (root for Flamengo), and a bunch of sitcoms. And I'm also a movie freak, I watch a lot of those.
BTW, I'm "kind" of an insomniac, so I only have to sleep, like, 4 hours a day, so that's where I get all this time.
Anything else?
I can cook sushi?
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
I do, if anyone is interested, feel free to look me up at orkut.com.
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I'm planning on starting keyboard lessons again so I can play in my friend's band.
Ah, keyboard is such a wonderfully flexible instrument... I love piano, pipe organ, electric keyboard, et cetera. Well, except for the really crummy old primitive electric keyboards.
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I might have a knack for it, they say some of that stuff runsin the family. My mother played piano when she was young, and she was very poor, so she couldn't afford a piano, so she played in class, and when she was at home, she used a piece of chalk and drew the keys on the dinner table, and practiced listening the sound in her head.
My father still plays nowadays, he plays 3 keyboards at once, and he can play pretty much any song you request, including backgrounds, he's a good musician.
So yeah, who knows, I might actually be good at it, we'll have to wait and see.
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What's your name, boy?
Stephen Richard Ford. lem0nhead all over the internet though, sometimes shortened to lem by xbox friends who are lazy and d&d gamers who are the same.
You a boy or a girl?
Neither me am man.
How ooh-old are you?
24
Where you from?
Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire (thats my county which is similar to states in usa) from England.
You got a job, you bum?
Im a laboratory supervisor, specialising in analysing samples by inductively coupled plasma optical emssion spectroscopy for a scientific testing and research company. Sounds better than it is believe me. I just squirt liquid samples from various external companies into a hulking great spectrometer and report the results I get. O and i supervise the chemistry area which is 100% female which makes life very tricky.
Married? Dating?
Wed for just over a year now, to my wonderful wife Kathryn (but everyone calls her Kate).
You got kids?
We lost our first child a couple of months into the pregnancy about 2-3 months ago. We will try again though if we can.
How long you been here?
April 2007 marked the coming of the lem0n to CC. Migration over to here was natural. How else was i gonna waste my 8.30-4.30 day at work?
And how'd you find us, anyway?
Probably Decipher boards, cant really remember. I didnt get invited i just sort of stumbled in and set up shop.
How long you been playing card games?
First game was AVP ccg in 1997 when i was 13 roughly then star wars ccg until about 2001. I started LOTR TCG when MoM was out so ive pretty much been in it since the start. I have also tried yu-gi-oh and pokemon and harry potter none of which were any good really so stuck to lotr til the end.
What else do you do with your time?
Football (soccer to you mental yanks) is my life. Supporting, watching, playing; its all good. Im obsessed with halo 3 multiplayer on my xbox and gears of war, cant wait for number 2 in november. But i have a ps2 as well as a 360 and actively game on both of them. I also play D&D friday nights which is great fun. Apart from those hobbies the rest of my time goes on my wife/family. Any minute im not visiting my family or playing on xbox live with mates im spending time with Kate. I like going out for food with friends of mine and often with kate and our mutual friends. I also read a lot, mainly adventure/fantasy books with the good old recipe of magic, swords castles good versus evil etc....
Anything else?
Pizza/pasta/indian/chinese food rocks! Im 6 foot tall, weigh roughly 12 stone. I live in a semi detached house in a quiet cul de sac which will be great if we have kids and i drive a toyota celica (which i love beating people in). O and i also hate needles. Cant stand injections or worse..... *shudder* blood tests. I refuse to have them for fear of an acute case of death.
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
http://www.geocities.com/lemonhead_4d/0433432423422.JPG (File is just under 1mb)
That was on May 19th 2007, and yes thats my anniversary date its not a fancy dress party. I am slightly more filled out than the scrawny #$&*@! on that picture, i was 10 stone 6/7 pounds there. Marriage made me happy and i eat more and its sits nicely round my middle providing me with a small bit of podge!
Here are a couple from a carribean race night at a local horse racing circuit a few weeks ago.
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I guess you can tell which one is me, but just in case I have the red flower garland on and matching shirt! My wife is far left next to my sister.
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And there's me again on the right looking surprised as i think i actually won something on that race, and for once my horse didnt die/fall over/run off.
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rather large pic...:D
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What's your name, boy?
Michael Howard Brown
You a boy or a girl?
Boy
How ooh-old are you?
I am a frsh faced 19 year old desperately still trying to cling on to my childhood.
Where you from?
Well Bedfordshire in England originally then I lived in Oregon USA for four years in my early teens (my dads family is American although he actually doesn't call himself that now as he has lived in England now for longer than he did in America having moved here when he was 20, but that is neither here nor there.) Since I moved back from the US at 14 I haved lived in Surrey which is the county next to London here in merry old England.
You got a job, you bum?
Well I finished school last summer and this year I have worked for a local church as a gap youth and kids worker. In September I will be going to University to do a degree in Scriptwriting for Film and Television.
Married? Dating?
Sadly no. It seems that all the girls I fall for always just want to be my friend.
You got kids?
Nope
How long you been here?
Well I originally joined CC in the summer of 2006 but wasn't really active in the community until about a year later. Before that I had been a regular on the decipher boards where I went by the name of KingMike.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
Someone advertised CC on the Decipher boards and i found myself intrigued.
How long you been playing card games?
My first card game was pokemon when I was 8 or 9. Then in 1999 my friends and I started collecting the young Jedi game based on The Phantom Menace. This of course introduced us to Decipher and so when Fellowship of the Ring came out (by which time Young Jedi was firmly dead) we jumped on that and haven't looked back since (man it's actually been a really long time thinking about it).
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
You good sir are a man of little patience.
What else do you do with your time?
I play and collect Star Wars Miniatures as well as LOTR (great game by the way if you haven't tried it). Other than that I do quite a lot of writing, mostly fanfics but also my own stuff. I play football (soccer), basketball and golf. I love to do anything performance realted such as acting, singing and dancing and of course i am involved in lots o church stuff.
Anything else?
Not really.
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
Err well I'm not too sure how to do this so I'll just put links to pics of me on facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=450339&op=3&o=all&view=all&subj=585609817&id=669941626
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1647953&op=4&o=all&view=all&subj=585609817&id=631105111
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=86073&op=4&o=all&view=all&subj=585609817&id=660321344
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=88792&op=5&o=all&view=all&subj=585609817&id=505142545
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You're KingMike? Didn't realize that.
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Yeah man that was a really long time ago. You used to enter my DC contests on the big D boards. Good times.
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What's your name, boy?
Nicholas Barden. I go by Nick as well.
You a boy or a girl?
Male.
How ooh-old are you?
17 in 1 month.
Where you from?
Kansas since 1st grade. Before that? South Dakota, New Hampshire and Omaha. That's a lot of trauma to put a toddler through, and as many of you can tell, I haven't quite recovered.
You got a job, you bum?
Landscaping, at least, I hope I still have that job after busting up my rib recently.
Married? Dating?
Check back in, oh, 2-3 years.
You got kids?
I should hope not. See previous point.
How long you been here?
Forever. Okay, actually since December '05. I lurked around for several months before that, though, didn't join until I realized I could make money writing articles.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
Googling in order to get an edge over everyone else in my player group.
How long you been playing card games?
Since the start of my NCFCA career, August, 2005 I was introduced to LotR TCG by AgentDrake and some other friends. MtG, end of 2006.
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
Hence why I didn't give it.
What else do you do with your time?
Eat, sleep, work and computer.
Anything else?
I make a mean flaming teriyaki kebab.
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
SoP should. I got lots of pics recently after going to camp, but most of them are posing with other people, so I shouldn't post any.
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I don't know where I stuck the one that won me the scariest pic contest...
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What's your name, boy?
Jordan Sparks, TheJord was my 6th form (a pre-university form of college in the UK) alter ego
You a boy or a girl?
Boy
How ooh-old are you?
I just turned 23, I share a birthday with Dain
Where you from?
I was born in Chester, Cheshire, England but have lived for the majority of my life in Wales. I now live in a small Welsh town called Llanfairfechan... I will spell it phonetically later.
You got a job, you bum?
I am a Team Leader for Tesco, a supermarket in the UK.
Married? Dating?
Just celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary on the 29th of June. Explanation to be givenn later
You got kids?
No
How long you been here?
I joined CC in November 2006 mainly to buy cards, and then I discovered the community and fell in love
And how'd you find us, anyway?
I was annoyed with Universal Cards being slow and expensive... Google'd
How long you been playing card games?
LOTR is my first card game. Warhammer is my main hobby since about 1997. I have started with Magic as LOTR has petered out.
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
You wouldnt want to hear it...
What else do you do with your time?
Warhammer and my car take up most of my time. The wife, cat and house take the rest.
Anything else?
I served a 2 year mission for my Church in Vancouver Canada, which is where my wife is from. Teaching people about my Church was my main priority, always ;D I went back for her when I was released.
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
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Yer link dont work jordy!
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Added that little un for ya
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How ooh-old are you?
I just turned 23, I share a birthday with Dain
Well then, happy belated birthday! That now makes THREE people I know born on that day.
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You got a job, you bum?
I am a Team Leader for Tesco, a supermarket in the UK.
You work for the evil coporate giant which will soon have all of the Uk in it's iron grip. But then I suppose every little does help.
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I shop at Tesco. Whats wrong with it? It sells food stuffs and things that are tasty i like to eat. Im so confused! ???
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The next world war will be not between nations, but corporations. Wal Mart and Tesco will be in a titanic struggle....
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What's your name, boy?
Alexandrea Young, but most people call me Aly. Or Shieldmaiden. Or "Hey you!" It depends on the circumstances. Oh, and I'm a girl (see next question).
You a boy or a girl?
Girl (see question above)
How ooh-old are you?
Yeesh, you had to ask, didn't you? I'm going to be 37 in a week, old fogie that I am.
Where you from?
I was born and raised in California. In my adult life, I have lived in North Dakota and Minnesota (with brief stints in Texas and Illinois while I was in the Air Force). Then I went back to California. Now I live in Scotland. I've been here since 2001, and I don't think I'll be going back to the States, except to visit.
You got a job, you bum?
You're right, I am a bum. :mrgreen: I'm a full time mother. :P
Married? Dating?
I've been married since 2001.
You got kids?
Have I got kids, you ask? Wow, have I got kids! Do you want one? You can have one, if you want! :D There's my step-son Kyle (15), daughter Desiree (15), daughter Carrie (soon to be 12), and my little nutter of a son, Keiran (3).
How long you been here?
Since the 7th of May, 2007
And how'd you find us, anyway?
I had just started out with LotR tcg, and I wanted to know more, so I went to Decipher's boards. It didn't seem too lively. Then I spotted a post (I can't remember the poster's name) that was titled something like, "These Boards Are Dead..." and the post itself said, "but these ones aren't." Then the link to Cobra Cards was provided. I clicked it, and the rest is history!
How long you been playing card games?
LotR is the first tcg I've ever played, and I started that in May 2007. I collected Young Jedi in 2001, but I never played it. And I sold all of my YJ cards so that I could move to Scotland. :(
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
Ehm, yes you did! ;D
What else do you do with your time?
I love to go geocaching, which is an international hobby. People hide plastic boxes filled with little toys and games and whatnot, then they post the coordinates of the hidden boxes online. Other people go out to find the boxes using their GPS units. It's loads of fun for the family (well, except for teenagers, who think it's boring, lol).
I also like to go horseback riding, but I don't get to do that very often, due to financial reasons (always spending money on cards and kids, lol).
Anything else?
I thought you didn't want to hear my life story? lol
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
I don't have many of myself because I'm usually the one taking the pictures. But here are a few. The first two are me and the wee man while geocaching. The third is all of my kids playing like they're helping a fake fisherman haul one in (we found this guy while geocaching, lol).
(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb18.webshots.com%2F17233%2F2329987990046301053S425x425Q85.jpg&hash=fcb838523af878939a74dded4f9f019fe600231e) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2329987990046301053QceDzu)
(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb54.webshots.com%2F22197%2F2007622320046301053S425x425Q85.jpg&hash=085b4ceebc20abce61572d46930e06e44854651c) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2007622320046301053YOBYtJ)
(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finlinethumb32.webshots.com%2F42911%2F2995470280046301053S425x425Q85.jpg&hash=9bb75ac68e9103498f82ef1ce16543f1387a8a82) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2995470280046301053cMNiSX)
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What's your name, boy?
I AM EL.
Or Anthony Bednarz. To some, just Bednarz. NEVER CALL ME TONY.
You a boy or a girl?
I'm a man.
How ooh-old are you?
16
Where you from?
Indiana. CORN.
You got a job, you bum?
NOPE! ;D
Married? Dating?
Girlfriend of about 1 1/2 years.
You got kids?
Uh.... no.
How long you been here?
I've been a CC lad since some June '06. I migrated over to TLHH quite recently.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
A friend suggested Cobra as a good place to buy, and I went to the forums searching for deck advice and such.
Dain harassed me into coming to TLHH. The rascal.
How long you been playing card games?
Since I was like, 6. With freakin' POKEMON. I played SWCCG until it died. I also had a brief stint playing "the Y-Word." Don't hold it against me. I've been a LotR man since Towers, and in MtG since... Planar Chaos? I can't remember so well.
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
Well, you're getting it. AND YOU WILL LIKE IT.
What else do you do with your time?
Uh, there's something in life besides LOTR? ???
Anything else?
I sometimes make AMV's and I'm attempting to play guitar.
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
I don't have any pictures taken within the last... 6 months. But I'll try and fish some up anyway.
(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi157.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft61%2Felf_lvr%2FME.jpg&hash=08cce4e8c2ca44b66987d0d088f1bf36b456a198)
And this one.
(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi157.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft61%2Felf_lvr%2FJesusHolidaySC.jpg&hash=d8bfe36b9bafcbb0d1f261812230d9c69bf7fcef)
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Married? Dating?
Girlfriend of about 1 1/2 years.
You mean her age, right? ;)
Just kidding. Since we have so many newcomers, thought I'd resurrect this thread, so... BUMP!
Perhaps this should be stickied?
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I did not sticky this thread, but I will claim that I did.
...
There. I stickied this thread.
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I stickied it. Right after unstickying it.
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Not that people are really posting in it anyway...
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And since it seems to be the case, it's now unstickied.
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What's your name, boy?
I'd rather not. I've given enough personal info around here. ;)
I will say though that my identity on the rest of the web is 'Vrakos'.
You a boy or a girl?
I'm a boy.
How ooh-old are you?
I'm 14. Only 4 more years... :hey:
Where you from?
Maryland. Born here and lived all my life here.
You got a job, you bum?
Nope! ;D Not with high school I don't. I'm homeschooled though, and I finish school relatively early each morning.
Married? Dating?
No. I'm not going to even consider either until I'm finished with college.
You got kids?
I should hope not! :o
How long you been here?
I joined CC in August of 2006 and didn't come here until this September. One day CC was there... and then it was gone.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
Centurion's cousin. He shopped at CC all the time and by word of mouth I learned about it.
How long you been playing card games?
I remember playing the Y-word with my cousin back when I was 5, and lets see, I started playing LOTR TCG after I saw some kids playing it in a corner during a church potluck. I think I that was sometime around the release of set 6. :-k
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
Behold, Captain Obvious. :roll:
What else do you do with your time?
Play with my dog, play SdA with Centurion, practice piano, play video games, and, let me think, school! :D
Anything else?
I took fencing class for a year.
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
Not at the moment.
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What's your name, boy?
Charles Jordan.
You a boy or a girl?
Male.
How ooh-old are you?
15.
Where you from?
Virginia.
You got a job, you bum?
Not at the moment, but I'm looking.
Married? Dating?
No to the former, and the latter is still in limbo.
You got kids?
No.
How long you been here?
Joined Cobra Cards on January 10 of 2006.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
A cousin told me about it.
How long you been playing card games?
Since May 2005.
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
Well you got it! :P
What else do you do with your time?
Surf the Internet, listen to music, watch television, read, hunt, fish....
Anything else?
Halo and Ogame.
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
Nah.
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Whoa... I always imagined AP to be in his 40's.
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What's your name, boy?
Nathan Russell
You a boy or a girl?
Male.
How ooh-old are you?
26
Where you from?
Oregon.
You got a job, you bum?
I work as a security guard, and I've held that job for almost 5 years so far.
Married? Dating?
I got married a little over 3 weeks ago.
You got kids?
Not yet, but my wife and I want to have some in a few years after she goes back to school.
How long you been here?
I don't recall when I joined Cobra Cards, but it was when the Riddle game was active.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
I followd a link on Decipher's forums.
How long you been playing card games?
Since the Dagobah expansion for the Star Wars CCG came out. That was in either 1997 or 1998.
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
Be careful what you wish for.
What else do you do with your time?
Spend quality time with my wife, surf the Internet, play on my Xbox 360, bike riding.
Anything else?
What else could you want?
Yeah yeah, that's great. Got any pictures to share?
(https://lotrtcgwiki.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fphotos-ak-snc1%2Fv349%2F48%2F51%2F720391220%2Fn720391220_2015057_8298.jpg&hash=917c022e5649d07636aeeb8f29c8e629608d9764)
This picture was taken on the 4th of July. This is my soon-to-be-wife (actually, I hadn't even proposed to her at that point; that came 2 weeks later) holding my newborn nephew, Parker. He was only a week old.
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for a second I was like...wait,....you said she hadn't been pregnant ;)
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Lol, nope, she's not pregnant. We can barely afford to pay for all of our things, so adding a little one to the mix would be quite a hardship.
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yeah I just saw the kid and was like...wait...wth?
than I finished reading...
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Excuse SoP, he's a bit slow...
Well....you should know that.
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Excuse SoP, he's a bit slow...
Well....you should know that.
Hilarious! Have a :gp: man, and Merry Christmas. ;D
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Name: Dan B. Vore
Age: 22, just about 23
From: Oregon born and Raised.
Occupation: nothing right now. But I hope to be studying business and Chinese here soon.
Spouse: working on it? haha
Time on TLHH: a few weeks, haha, but I used to be active on the D-Boards and CobraBoards
How did I get here: J-Dizzy
How long have I played CCGs: since pokemon about 97-98, but got into STCCG and decipher games ever since.
Other Hobbies: ummm, I speak Spanish, that’s a hobbie…my music collection is around 17,000, I spend a good time listening to it, and I play trombone.
Favorite Sports Teams: Pittsburg Steeler (Football) Pittsburg Penguins (Hockey) Chicago Cubs (Baseball) and Oregon Ducks (College football)
Favorite Drink: Mate (a tea from Argintina)
Favorite Films:
Princess Bride, Better Off Dead
Picture:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1198859&id=687925144&op=5&view=global&subj=501928127
Just me while on my mission in Mexico
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=78245&id=501928127&op=8&view=global&subj=501928127
Me and My Prosthetic Leg one Halloween while playing Settles of Catan
Anything else?: nope
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U cant link to facebook, you need to be friends with that person, logged in and even then im not sure itll let you.
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Name: Paul Osborne
Age: 18
From: Born in SoCal, live in southern Washington
Occupation: Student
Dating: I'll keep you posted
Time on TLHH: don't really remember at the moment, perhaps someone else would
How did I get here: Funny story there, I was a founding mentor for Fight Klub (worthless game BTW), and on the forums they had a link to this one, so I quit Fight Klub and hung out here instead :P
How long have I played CCGs: Off and on with cousins since probably '01, never owned any cards till release of shadows for LotR
Other Hobbies: Reading, School
Favorite Drink: Water
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What's your name, boy?
Kenddrick
You a boy or a girl?
Male.
How ooh-old are you?
I'll be 20 in June.
Where you from?
Singapore, lived in the UK for a while and now back in Singapore.
You got a job, you bum?
Studying and working as a tutor, football coach...list goes on.
Married? Dating?
Just ended a relationship of 3 years.
You got kids?
No.
How long you been here?
Since July 09.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
Searching LotR: TCG sites/forums.
How long you been playing card games?
Since Magic: The Gathering in 2004.
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
?
What else do you do with your time?
Playing football(soccer). Spending time with my gf (till we broke up 3 weeks ago)
Anything else?
Ask me.
Picture?
With the ex gf. Haven't taken any pictures of my own self.
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/44790_433045751669_502611669_5022247_445018_n.jpg
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Name: James Barnes
Age: 31
Location: Houston, TX for the last 9 years; I grew up and went to college in Pennsylvania
Family: I'm married and I have a 4.5 month old son
Job: I'm a high school math teacher
Card game history: I played SWCCG from the beginning to the end, then took 5 years off to play LOTR, and then started playing SWCCG again with virtual cards (I even designed 2 virtual cards from winning TX events). I have played LOTR from the beginning, but I really don't like much that Decipher did after Black Rider.
Favorite Format: Movie Block
How did I get here: I used to lurk on Cobra Cards and then I lurked on LHH for a while. I finally joined LHH when I sold all my Hunters block sets on eBay and wanted to advertise. I have slowly become more active with posting in the trade forums and I finally downloaded GCCG today.
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What's your name, boy?
Gustaf Olson
You a boy or a girl?
Male.
How ooh-old are you?
31
Where you from?
Alaska
You got a job, you bum?
I am a D.A.... yea, like Law & Order but for realz.
Married? Dating?
Married
You got kids?
1 daughter. 22 months.
How long you been here?
joined in 08 or 07 but was deactivated because i quit playing LotR when Decipher/Worlds Apart/Sony decided to kill their servers.
And how'd you find us, anyway?
Decipher/Worlds Apart forums back in the day
How long you been playing card games?
Since Overpower 1996. In Fact I still play Overpower and Battletech (Put out by Wizards) via other online programs. I have decks built and a clost full of cards: Overpower, Battletech, and LotR. I used to play Vs when it was worth $$$ but sold all my players sets and foils in 2005 (still when the game was worth $$$)
Jeez, I didn't ask for your freakin' life story!
Only my CCG story...
What else do you do with your time?
I cross-country ski.
Anything else?
I only have GCCG decks built for fellowship block. I played competitivly through Origins of 2004 via the Decipher ELO rankings etc. but I really only enjoyed the flavor of the fellowship block format.
Pictures?
HOw About a Video?
http://www.ktuu.com/videobeta/d72881c5-38fe-404f-8f73-7b558420b582/News/VIDEO-Seetot-guilty-of-second-degree-murder (http://www.ktuu.com/videobeta/d72881c5-38fe-404f-8f73-7b558420b582/News/VIDEO-Seetot-guilty-of-second-degree-murder)
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Tough line of work CoS
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Tough line of work CoS
Thanks TheJord. I have been at it since 2004. Although tough, each job presents its own challenges. Although mine is one I can truly feel that the community I live in is a little bit safer because of what I have been able to accomplish during the day. It makes pillowing my head a little bit easier at night.
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What's your name, boy?
Kaan Kural
You a boy or a girl?
Male.
How ooh-old are you?
37... Ancient yes..
Where you from?
Istanbul/Turkey
You got a job, you bum?
Yes. I am a sports journalist. Mainly basketball. I am a beat writer in a newspaper and also do commentary for NBA and Euroleague games on TV. I write about Formula 1 too...
Married? Dating?
Yes, married for 5 years.
You got kids?
Not yet but my wife is due in 4 months
How long you been here?
3 months
And how'd you find us, anyway?
Well I used to play the game back in 2003-04. Then forgot about it. Last December while I was going thorough stuff I found my old cards. Around 8000 of them. I remembered how much fun I had. But there was noone to play with anymore. So I went online... Google and this is really the LAST homely house...
How long you been playing card games?
I played a tiny bit of Magic, Blue moon, Star Wars, Marvel and other stuff. None of them quite appealed to me. I played a lot of Magic in Microprose computer game though. LOTR is the only game I really got hung on.
What else do you do with your time?
Watch sports, read a lot. Travel. All linked to work actually. I read a lot for my work. Travel a lot for my work. And watch sports which is my work. A good occupation indeed.
Other than work related I enjoy reading fiction, watching documentaries and playing computer games. For the past 3 months all I play is LOTR on gccg though.
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How cool....I envy you for your job...well, parts of your job though. Watching NBA for a living, man, that sounds bad ;)