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== About Me ==
Contrary to popular opinion, I am not a troll, those fangs are from the wolf side of my family.
I am, very definitely, a lover of Wurm. When I am not playing I do like to spend a lot of time on the forums or here on the wiki, having my say and doing my best to help people get past the game's pretty steep learning curve. The first week is the worst, after that its just a joy to learn the intricacies of the game.
I play all sorts of MMO and, when I am not playing Wurm, I am probably playing the latest beta, closed or open, or just timing out in a game that requires a little less thought.
One example would be Freedom of Mankind, which I had run across inumerable times before I finally ended up playing as a result of reading a thread on the Wood Scraps forum here on Wurm. If you ever played, PI3 ftw! ;)
I am 44 and, like many scots, an extreme cynic. This probably comes across in my forum posts, though, kinda obviously, many people misinterpret my caustic nature as a nit picking one. I admit that I have very storng opinions but I am not quite as unwilling to listen to other perspectives as sometimes seems the case. I love forum discussions when you get intelligent feedback, even when I dont agree with it myself.
On the forums I most respect Othob Ribol, Urman and Spellcast. They are all very clued, intelligent posters.
Inside the game I am definitely not a grinder. I really just do whatever I feel like most of the time and I gets bits of skill here there and everwhere as I go along. I have only ever worked hard at wood cutting entirely and accidentally because, with strong carpentry skills, I was not really left with much choice. I am admittedly very proud of my meagre 60ish skill in ship building. I take a lot of happiness from seeing a new boat go into the water.
The people I most like ingame are Spellcast and the people that I met when I was in the village of Kallana Verde on MRH: Nad, Moss, Mobi, Gadget, Cali, FM, GFM. I feel a genuine bond of friendship toward these people that I have rarely ever developed in other games. I also have a strong affection for all my friends from DarkenStone, who kindly adopted me after the MRH server was closed. Batolomeaus being one of the kindest people I have met ingame, Gaffy, Rogan and Perse were hardly far behind him.
I have intense respect for the entire Wurm team, GM's and devs especially and, usually ;), also for the player base, which is definitely one of the best I have come across since I got seriously MMO active in 2003.
In real life, before illness retired me, I was wrote PHP backends, did general computer programming and a little computer related teaching and training.
I have many interests but Science Fiction, Fantasy, pen and paper role playing and computer programming have usually been the strongest. Other strong interests are the martial arts, ancient history (folklore, myth, archeology etc), psychology and anthropology, and creative writing (essays, stories, poetry).
With such a strong background in computing and other Wurm related subjects, I have an intense, almost driven, respect for Rolf and the other creators of Wurm. Long ago, while at uni, I wrote a similar FRP system and, about ten years ago I did the design for a full blown world simulator (most focus on geographical and geological stuff but some life development and migration patterns) - so I guess its not really very surprising that Rolf is a bit of a hero figure to me for bringing to fruition something that I only ever did in bits and pieces.
=== Why Did I Write That? ===
Bceause I guess I get curious about whats in the background of the players I meet and play with in Wurm. Maybe if I put myself on the line a bit, other people will tell a bit about themselves too.
If you do .. remember .. no street addresses, phone numbers, real life traceable info such as school or place of work etc.
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