Nice topic, OP, pretty smooth!
Well…. here it goes
- I’m 29ys old, and I’m goin’ to 3.0 at the 4th of July. No Kidding.
- However, I’m not from USA. I’m Brazilian.
- my name in-game is an homage to Star Fox, mainly Falco, that always says “Jeez Laweez, what is that?!”
- I played Soccer and Basketball, but never gone pro. Despite not being an american guy, I love American Football. I love the 49ers since I heard about Joe Montana.
- My favorite cartoon/anime is Trigun, but I love the old TNMT from 80’s, so much that I made my mind to name my son “Leonardo”. Well, Vash wouldn’t be bad either, but I don’t think it would make any sense.
- I have a wife and she plays GW2 more than myself, we both run a Portuguese-BR fanpage about the game on Facebook that is reaching 500 likes (yey
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- My main is Necromancer, but I almost went with Guardian. See I love Paladins since I played AD&D for the first time. But Guardian wasn’t a “paladin” for me when I started playing 2y ago… however, nowdays I play more with my guardian than my Necro, because I made him a Paladin ahaha Thanks ANET for boosting the Shield Skills recharge, btw.
- This is the only MMO that I play. It’s the only one that I really liked because it feels like a RPG. But I don’t do in-game RP.
- I play games since I was a 4-year old kid with a Master System II, Alex Kidd is unique until today. But my favorite console was the N64 and I still own and play mine.
- My fav color is green, but I like red a lot.
- I have a bromance with Hal Jordan, that kitten. And I love the secondary heroes from DC Comics, like Atom, Nightwing and Zatanna. I loved when Cyborg was included on JL, he is my favorite Titan.
- last, but not least, I’m an Social Anthropologist, and I’ve studied Religions mainly.
Have a pic of my Necromancer with my wife’s Mesmer, laughing about the “My job is better than yours” guy.
- I like to run and bike. Did my first 10k last year. I hope to do another one sometime.
Congrats on the 10K – Believe in the Run!!!!
Playing GW2 is my reward for my daily runs. So many thanks for my “carrots” – you have NO idea how much my time with both the game and many in its community have positively impacted me
I would buy more hats at the gem store to help maintain your running shoe fund, but I go through running shoes about every 6 weeks so that eats into some of my super fun time budget. 
That said, lemme see your race number from your next 10K and I’ll be sure to buy you a hat for your Charr!!
P.S. — Apparently I have a new account name. Its a mystery; not that I mind. But I’m the poster who puts dumb hats on her 14 yr old Persian cat
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Despite playing GW2 since the beginning I have never been active on the Forum until recently, so I guess there’s no better time to introduce myself than now.
- 37 year old Dutch male.
- Single for 3 years but still living with my ex-boyfriend for the moment, in a strictly platonic capacity.
- Jobsearching at the moment due to a restructuring at the company I worked, which made my job function redundant.
- I used to be an auditor and studied linguistics (with a specialty in Celtic Languages and Cultures) at the University of Utrecht.
- I have a great many interests, ranging from history (not so much modern history but the older time periods), language, culture, mythology and religion (from an academic standpoint; I consider myself an agnostic), physics, astronomy, biology, philosophy and psychology.
- I wouldn’t call myself a music lover so much as a music addict. John Miles wrote my anthem a year before I was born in the form of the epic song ‘Music’. I only differentiate between music I like and music I don’t like. It’s no use naming genres since I love almost all and I love it even more when the lines are blurred. It’s also no use to name specific artists/bands since that list wouldn’t fit on one page of this Forum.
- Used to play in a melodic death metal band in which I played the keys and wrote lyrics. We never emerged from the rehearsal room status but it was fun nonetheless. We started out calling ourselves Polluted Corpse, then changed it to Catharsis some time later. I also formed a musical duo with a very good friend of mine. I played the piano, she the violin and we both sang. We named ourselves Calacirya, from Tolkien’s “The Silmarillion”, after the mountain pass in Aman, where the Noldor city of Tirion was built.
- I am ashamed to admit I haven’t touched a piano in years, though I still sing almost daily.
- I have 3 cats (Frodo, Bilbo and Isis), all from the same litter, turning 16 in August this year. I grew up with all kinds of animals, including cats, dogs, hamsters, fish, birds, rabbits, and used to spend a fair amount of time on farms.
- I used to play a lot of pen & paper RPG, specifically Vampire: The Masquerade from White Wolf Publishing’s World of Darkness line.
- I also used to play a lot of Warhammer Fantasy, the tabletop strategy wargame. I haven’t played it in years but I still collect and paint miniatures. My favourite armies are Vampire Counts, Tomb Kings of Khemri, Dark Elves and Chaos (mostly Nurgle and Tzeentch). I am planning on starting a Lizardmen collection some time in the future. Can’t wait to go hogwild with the bright colours after painting mostly grim and dark armies.
- I started playing Guild Wars around the time Eye of the North came out. I now play Guild Wars 2 on a daily basis, ranging from merely doing my daily to hours long dungeon runs (depending on my availability).
- Contrary to many people in the game (people I came across, at least) I do not have a main character. I switch between characters regularly and if I prefer one above the others it’s because I still have maps to complete on that character (4 times world completion, and with the upcoming change will get 4 more).
- I have 12 level 80 characters (1 of each class; the doubles are Warrior, Guardian, Mesmer and Necromancer) and love playing them all. I have a level 80 Engineer but it’s the only class I still can’t get into. I let him tinker (read: waste away) in Rata Sum.
I have played several MMO’s but GW2 is by far the best and most enjoyable, and the sole cause I am not playing those other MMO’s anymore. The basic systems and accessibility of GW2 in general, the letting go of traditional MMO concepts and creating innovating/improving mechanics, that most of all makes this game superior to the others in my opinion.
- I am a huge Marvel and DC comics fan, though with a strong inclination for Marvel over DC. Marvel’s run of Transformers comics in the 80’s is what started it all for me. I’ve probably seen all comics adaptations, be they live action movies, animated movies, or TV series. Contrary to the X-Men hype that ruled the 80’s, my favourite superhero team was and always will be the Fantastic Four. I am in awe of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and can’t wait for the release of “Avengers: Age of Ultron”. ANet’s announcement of Heart of Thorns and Kevin Feige’s introduction of Marvel’s Phase 3 movie roster were the 2 events last year that made me jump out of my seat and do my completely embarrasing happy dance in the comfort of my own living room. xD
- About those Transformers, I still have a decent collection of Generation 1 action figures from the 80’s, when it was most popular and you could find them in any toy store.
There’s probably more to tell but I have a tendency to not stop talking when it comes to things I’m passionate about. So I’ll leave it at this before I take up most of the page.
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Ok so here it is
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Congrats on the 10K – Believe in the Run!!!!
Playing GW2 is my reward for my daily runs. So many thanks for my “carrots” – you have NO idea how much my time with both the game and many in its community have positively impacted me
I would buy more hats at the gem store to help maintain your running shoe fund, but I go through running shoes about every 6 weeks so that eats into some of my super fun time budget.
That said, lemme see your race number from your next 10K and I’ll be sure to buy you a hat for your Charr!!
P.S. — Apparently I have a new account name. Its a mystery; not that I mind. But I’m the poster who puts dumb hats on her 14 yr old Persian cat
If/when I do my next run I’ll post the number on my Twitter feed.
Cool thread. Here’s a list of me:
- My real first name is Robin. I wanted a Japanese sounding game name, as I like the japanese culture, so used my first name and shortened it (hence Rin). So, no I didn’t name myself after the destroyed Ascalonian city of Rin, that was just a coincedence. I was quite surprised when I first came upon that city in GW1 .
- I’m male, aged 42 (currently the answer to life, the universe and everything, though I haven’t figured out the question yet) and live in the UK (in Kent).
- I’m married and have been with my wonderful wife for 15 years (married for 13). She is not a gamer, but she accepts that I am and is very tolerant of me . For that I am truly grateful.
- My personality type is INTP (an introverted thinker).
- I’m pretty easy going and try get on with everyone as best I can. I try to be open minded and I’m a creative thinker who enjoys a good brainstorm.
- Normally I am very quiet, but when there is a topic I have a big interest in I can sometimes talk too much :P.
- Some small achievements of mine are: I’ve raced a Caterham 7 and a Lotus Elise around Brand Hatch and flown a helicopter over the white cliffs of Dover. I also achieve a 1st Dan blackbelt in Ninjitsu many years ago and had the honor of meeting Soke Masaaki Hatsumi, though I haven’t trained for many years now.
- I used to play, and still do on occasion, table top and pen&paper games, such as D&D, Rifts, Warhammer 40k. I’ve also created a few of my own rule systems and campaigns. I am currently working on a new rule system for a table top battle game.
- I have been a big fan of the Guild Wars universe since the early days of GW1 and am thorougly enjoying GW2.
- I play a Thief predominantly, though I have every profession at level 80 and I frequently play Engineer, Necromancer, Guardian, Ranger and Mesmer. Least played profession is Warrior.
- I mainly like sci-fi games, but I’m also a massive fan of fantasy. I’m hoping that one day ArenaNet will create a sci-fi Guild Wars, maybe GW3?
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I’m flashing back to the dreaded “Tell me about yourself” question from job interviews.
Awww, we’re not nearly that scary!
- I’m German with a Polish surname.
- I’ve got a lot of silblings.
- I’m pretty tall and also like playing tall characters (norn…charr… one of my favorite PC is a very small human guy though)
- I enjoy playing “female power fantasy”- like female character (IDC if they marysue, as long as they’re strong, cool and have an interesting character :I).
-I also like paying male characters in MMOs, since often they’re cooler and less annoying than all the females in chainmail bikinis…and I like scarred faces that look like the character already has been gone through a lot.
-I’ve got a rescue dog from Spain, he’s got stripes and likes gnawing on my hands
-I studied history and theology, then i worked and now I’m studying again
-I’ve got a tattoo
-I’m a little language geek…not a nerd though, because I’m not nearly as knowledgable enough for it.
-my favorite food is lasagna…and longly braised meat and vegetables.
-While I’m not a heavy Reenactor, I Iike wearing my “almost completely accurate” viking clothing on weekends (the fabric is chemically dyed and woven and it inaccurate for a common woman to wear such expensive colours, like red and deep indigo blue. I just think it looks better with blond hair than reseda yellow and birch green.)
-while being German, I prefer Vodka, Whiskey, Wine or non-alcoholic drinks (water, juice) over beer.
-I trained karate for a long time, but haven’t for a while now.
-I also play Violoncello and enjoy singing.
-I spend my nights for a big part with drawing and gaming.
-my favorite pokémon is Drowzee
-I’m a bit “special” when it comes to my hair. I like wearing elaborate braided hairstyles or copying historic hairstyles (I tried to reproduce Eirs hairstyle, but while my hair is long enough, it is definitively not thick enough for the ponytail thing at the back of her head).
-I cosplay…but not that active anymore…usually i get just 1-2 costumes done in a year and wear them for casual and fun…I don’t like competing in my hobbies. right now I’m working on a 17th century dress in the style of the late Elisabeth Stuart.
-while playing GW since prophecies(I think it was 2007 or 2008?), I’m still a noob in it . XD
-what still keeps me doing is all the exploring and talking with all NPCs.
-I’m pretty hyped about HoT right now.
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