Tell us a bit about yourself

oltman said:
This introspection is actually a lot harder than I thought it would be!

I am a gamer. I am a gaming agnostic, and will play on any platform out there. I am, however, limited to PC, XBOX One, and Android as other platforms are limited by my budget.

I love any game that is story driven. Life is Strange, Walking Dead etc nearly had me in tears. I also am playing PUBG way more than I think I should. I think that is my multiplayer fill, and prefer single player games generally. I also like games like Mass Effect, Fortnite, Fallout. I also love discovering indie gems like Astroneer, Breach and Clear, Door Kickers and FEZ. Just about the only games I dont play are horror games. No thank you sir!

I am a father with two girls, 5 and 2, and they are already starting to play games themselves. We also LOVE My Little Pony. My favourite is Pinky Pie! What a whack job! We like camping in the garden and am saving up for a proper camping trailer to go camping with in the bush.

I am a movie buff. I dont get to go to the cinema as much as I used to, but now that Ballito has it's onw Nu-Metro I try to make it a monthly thing. I also use that as my date night and score points with my wife.

I am a geek at heart. I have too many toys that need a wall socket, gathering dust. My Raspberry Pi at least is working well.

I try my hand at photography, specifically storms, and have taken some really awesome lighting shots!

I am a sleek athlete (wahaha!!!). I love road running, but have been restricted this year by illness and other factors not mentioning here. I have big plans for 2018 though! My 5km PB in the Dolphin Coast Strider Time Trial is 19:55, set in December last year.

Finally, my day job is in construction project management, but with a 15 year Microsoft and virtualization background. There are remarkable similarities! Anyway, as such I love doing 3d Sketchup designs and who knows, maybe one day design my own house from scratch!

PS: If this is too long, I apologise!
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Any publishers out there? This feels like it needs to get into a book! :wtf: Sorry!
 
I hate this I never know what to say:

I love any and all Joss Whedon. Best is still Firefly, Serenity and then Dollhouse, Buffy, Angel . . . .

Im not a star wars/star trek fan - I like them both equally but if forced to chose it will be Firefly

I consider my vaping a hobby, I love reading, but havent got time of late.

Tv shows movies are all good, anime is not my thing at all and I cannot stand it at all.

I love cooking and have to avoid places like kitchen junky and yuppiechef - especially since yuppie opened a store near me.

Gaming is and always will be important,. currently back in GW2, hate people who changes games weekly - I try to stick it out and finish what I start.

Huge F1 fan as you all know, not so much a team person as a Vettel, Ricciardo, Kimi fan

Also a collector of plushies - dont have much currently I had to give away most of mine to make space for pc stuff
 
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Tell us a bit about yourself. What are your hobbies? What interests you? What are your favourite kind of games? Should your Secret Santa know anything about you?

Ok here goes....

I'm probably one of the oldest gamers on the forum with my interest in gaming starting with a ZX81 followed by a ZX Spectrum :) - Google that if you must.

My modern day gaming roots really got going with Battlefield 2 where I spent hours online as part of the WarGeeks clan. Since then and thankfully my gaming taste has broadend with my favourite genre being RTS (The Company of Heroes series is my favourite of all time) followed by RPG (The Witcher series being my favourite).

My gaming time is sadly limited now as life gets busier - being a husband and father to 2 young boys age 6 & 8. My eldest has started showing a keen interest in gaming and really loves FPS, my youngest is a Minecraft fan.

My other passions are Mountainbiking (I'm probably 10kgs overweight and 10 months under trained but we are getting there), reading and fountain pens. I love brightly coloured socks (especially Happy Socks) and have a constant craving for any chocolate especially Lindt (the red, white or blue balls).
 
What up losers. I guess we can leave out the part where I say I’m addicted to games since we are on a gaming forum.

I don’t really have hobbies. Because I’m lazy and I’m stoned most of the time. So sitting on the couch or the desk with some games seems like the perfect fit to me. I game on the pc, the ps4 and the switch.

I love reading. Mostly fantasy/sci fi stuff. Few favourite authors are David Eddings, Robin Hobb and Carl Hiaasen. Favourite series of books has to be the Belgariad from Eddings and Harry Potter of course.

Other then that not much going on in my life.





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What are your hobbies / interests?
I like gaming, tech and anime mainly. Multiplayer and co-op games rank high on my list. Recently I've become interested in creating Youtube videos with some friends, still trying to get the hang of video editing but it's a work in progress - I can link the channel if anyone is keen on checking it out and providing some feedback.

Current addicted to CS GO, Profile linked here to see my other genres and favourites. Overcooked was far more fun than I anticipated (Finished it with a friend hence the low play time on my account).

Anime?
One piece
Food wars
Attack on Titan
One punch Man
Come to mind among many many others.

Should your Secret Santa know anything about you?
Not that I can think of - ask if needed.
 
Hobbies / interests?


On most days i do all things league of legends when it comes to gaming, if im not playing that with friends i jam some random games GTA ,Mass effect, some FPS games. Currently playing nier: Automata really enjoying that game.

On the other side not a massive nerd i think but love my Sci-Fi stuffs and anime fan of note at least a new anime watched every week.
collector of figurines and props mostly anime related at the moment depends what i find in the shops or online.
 
Representing the lurkers, I spend more time reading forums than posting.

I come from the Atari, Spectrum, Commodore and arcade generation. My love for games definitely dates back to coin operated arcade games and I still have masses of nostalgia for arcades and the fun, social aspect they offered that online gaming only partially reproduces.

Preferred platform is PC and preferred genre is FPS (Moha, COD, PUBG, Far Cry, etc.) and strategy (AoE) but I also have an old PS2 where my favourites are SSX3, racing and two player fighting games. I look forward to playing some PS2 games with my son as he gets older.

Family and thereafter work take priority, so I don't have as much gaming time as I'd like but I do manage to find time and there are a large number of us older gamers.

Day job is co-owner of a software dev company in a specific niche. My day-to-day used to be programming web & winforms in c# but now I do more management, marketing and customer liaison.

Likes and hobbies include shooting (rifles and hand guns and I'm a dedicated sport shooter), travel, tv shows & movies, rugby & cricket and stock and fund investing. The latter, hopefully the path to financial freedom and dumping the day job :)

So, the usual, but true advice to the youngsters: start investing early, even if it's very little. Find out about Allan Gray, Coronation, Sygnia, etc. and invest directly via their platforms, don't use a broker if you don't have to.
 
A bit late to the party but here goes. (Still in Thailand so getting onto the laptop hasn't really been a priority)

Hobbies include gaming (obviously), squash, researching religions and the occasional wood working project. Currently (when at home), I'm also going to gym for 2 hours a day, although that is not so much a hobby, but rather trying to catch up on my Vitality points for the year.

I like games with a good story and some form of action. Also love tower defense games. I do tend to get bored quite easily, especially with FPS games. A FPS must be really good to keep my interest (i.e. Wolfenstein or Bioshock Infinite worked well). Lately I've also been more interested in co-op games that I can play with my wife but other than that, I don't care much for multiplayer.

Movies and series wise I do like my science fiction, action, comedy and superheroes. While I like Star Trek (especially the new movies), I've never found an interest in Starwars. Fantasy and horror movies also don't really appeal to me, but there are always exceptions.

I do not like watching sport. Bores me instantly. I'd rather do sport than watch.

I also own part of a company that does software development. I started programming back in school: Clipper / dBase, C++, Turbo Pascal... and then dropped everything when I discovered Visual Basic 3. I was still in standard 6 (grade 8) and was the only language I had in my possession that I can develop Windows things with. So sadly I stuck with VB though to version 6, then converted to vb.net and finally started switching to C#. The switch from vb.net to C# was very easy though. Took me a day to operate at the same speed as I did in vb.

Oh, and we're also planning to start with kids this coming year so I guess my gaming time is going to take a knock soon.
 
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