I'm a hardcore gamer and a clockpunk wannabe. I'm in my first year as a full-time student at a local community college, currently majoring in "Sociology". My interests include gadgets & contraptions, computers, the Internet & its culture, the paranormal, philosophy, and (of course) video games.

I am agnostic. but I obey the Kosher laws (I justify the extra hassle with Pascal's wager).

In regards to my philosophy, I consider few things more worthy of respect than logic, reason, understanding, knowledge, wisdom, and thought. In my opinion, the noblest undertaking is to attempt to understand how something works (especially the things you normally take for granted).

Once I have a more thorough understanding of computers, I hope to secure a job as a computer diagnostician. Despite being extensively unknowledgeable (and acutely aware of it), I am usually able to diagnose and solve most of the sporadic problems that my gaming rig suffers..

I'm a member of The Lan Life, a small, loose association of gamers physically based in south-east Kansas. The Lan Life is essentially the successor to The League of Elite Fraggers. The [LEF] hosted twenty-four hour LAN parties every month or so, but since the clan has virtually disbanded these have ceased as of late. If all goes well, {TLL} will get them restarted soon. We hope to have a clan page on FPSBanana (whenever Rityus gets around to adding it), at which point I will add a link to it here.

Although I am, for the most part, generally unbiased towards any particular genres of game, First-Person Shooters and Strategy games tend to be my favorites; I am usually less inclined to play conventional RPGs than most gaming genres due to flaws in their basic game mechanics.

My gaming rig had been out of commission until recently, so I'd been playing a lot of games that didn't tax my laptop (especially TBS games) — I've even gone so far as to purchase membership on FunOrb, a website owned and operated by Jagex software that regularly releases and updates various high-quality Java-based games (my favorite of which would probably be Arcanists [most likely because of its close resemblance to the Worms series] or Steel Sentinels [because the mecha customization reminds me of Earth 2150]).

My gaming rig is now up and running again. Although a bit dated, it still runs TF2 well enough. Now if only I could acquire a bit more RAM...

When I'm not busy with school or gaming, I split my time between just generally screwing around (virtual or otherwise), odd jobs and/or projects (again, virtual or otherwise), scripting, and/or keeping tabs on a myriad of sites including (but not limited to): 8-Bit Theater [sprite webcomic], Cheer Up, Emo Kid [webcomic], Ctrl-Alt-Del [gaming webcomic], Erfworld [fantasy webcomic], Intelligence Silliness [TF2 webcomic], The Lan Life [clan website], MantaEngie's site [gaming blog] and Forum [gaming forum] (and their Steam chat), Nerf NOW!! [gaming webcomic], Order of the Stick [D&D webcomic], Penny Arcade [gaming webcomic], Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [webcomic], the official TF2 blog, Übercharged's site [TF2 articles] and Forum [gaming forum] (as well as their Steam chat), VG Cats [gaming webcomic], XKCD [webcomic], Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series [parody], Zero Punctuation [game reviews], as well as lightly scanning and responding to new FPSB submissions in the TF2 section.
(Of the sites I listed, I've labeled any that are not self-explanatory with a terse description [in brackets] next to them for your convenience.)

I'm nearly always willing to talk, and I try and make myself as easy to contact as possible. If I'm online, I'm nearly always on MantaEngie's Steam chat or occasionally Übercharged's Steam chat — of course, you can also contact me on MSN or Steam (or via e-mail). I'd appreciate if you let me know who you are and on which site you stumbled across me, since most of my profiles on various sites redirect to this one. You can also use FPSB to PM me or simply post in my profile. Once we've met, feel free to add me on MSN or me on your Steam friendslist.