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1. Approximate age
I'm ~34.6
2. Career/profession/trade
Lead software engineer for a small hardware company that does high speed, real time analog data acquisition and playback systems.
3. Civil status
I'm married to the most beautiful girl in the Universe. We've been married for three years and together for about 11 years. One cat. One snake. No children.
4. Geographic location/nation of origin/ethnicity
I was born just outside of Chicago and lived there until I was 7, when we moved to Southern California. I've been here ever since.
5. Political leaning
Leftish.
6. How you stumbled upon Alla's, now Zam (a stupid name).
I played SWG back in 2005 and came here for game info. I eventually became one that makes love to Moogles and continued coming here. I stayed for the chips and dip.

Apparently it's better to be single as a Welfare Queen (unless you're just going to divorce for the child support).

Oh, please. You're much hotter than Jane Kaczmarek.

1. Approximate age
I'm 21.
2. Career/profession/trade
Music Education/ Vocal technique/performance double Major @ NMSU.
3. Civil status
Roommate that enjoys being choked, and a handful of colorful late night stands.
4. Geographic location/nation of origin/ethnicity
Originally from Augusta, GA. I hate golf. Moved to Ohio for young love, moved to NYC to make it big. Working too many jobs to have any sort of time for auditions and was about to move back home for a degree. A bunch of old friends were out here for engineering/working at Los Alamos, so I decided to try out west.
5. Political leaning
Wishing the Dems would learn a new trick besides roll over (for the Republicans)
6. How you stumbled upon Alla's, now Zam (a stupid name).

Used to play Ffxi as an beastmaster. Had part of my TARUBSTCHEF name surgically removed via Danalog (very gentle with his blade) after I quit, and I've been making gay shenanigans in the OOT and every so often in the asylum ever since.


Edited, Jan 20th 2010 4:39pm by Tarub

1. Approximate age

40ish...

2. Career/profession/trade

Staff IT Engineer at a large telecommunications company.

3. Civil status

Single.

4. Geographic location/nation of origin/ethnicity

Lived in Southern California most of my life. Mostly Irish/German/Polish ancestry with a long history in the US.

5. Political leaning

Conservative. Duh!

6. How you stumbled upon Alla's, now Zam (a stupid name).

Believe it or not, I clicked on a link from the original Sony/Verant EQ site. Alla's used to be a semi-official site supporting the game (I'm sure until they tried to impose their iron will on Alla or something). I posted on the original board before there was any sort of registration required. Then I stopped posting for about a year after registration was required (cause I just couldn't be bothered). Then I registered under the same name I'd been posting under before. At some point, Illia created his beastiary thingie, which used yet another account login. At some point, I wanted to post something about some EQ critter, so I created a login in that system. Years later, they revamped the boards and implemented Illia's system as the standard for the whole site and transferred over existing account names from the old board to the new. That's why I have such a low account number. Oddly, I ran into some weird java problem loading the pages in the old Illia thingie and never did post that important information...

Haven't played EQ in ages, but I stick around to post in the off topic areas for fun. I do still play some online games, but none of them have forums on this site, so whatever...

I'm so with you on that right now, DSD. Apparently, my oldest one is going to be Francis tonight and my middle one has been Reese lately.

1. Approximate age
38
2. Career/profession/trade
Worked as a social worker in the court system for many years but now am a full time student in a doctorate program at Bryn Mawr and I do a bit of therapy at a feminist mental health center.
3. Civil status
Single. Broke up w/ needy girl right before I came to Philly. Didn't mention that to anyone on the OOT. :P
4. Geographic location/nation of origin/ethnicity
Currently live outside of Philadelphia (on the Main Line). Born in Canada, brought up in Maine. Half Sicilian and half Irish/Scottish/French.
5. Political leaning
Liberal/Quasi-socialist
6. How you stumbled upon Alla's, now Zam (a stupid name).
I was looking for quest info about FFXI.



Edited, Jan 20th 2010 8:35pm by Annabella

Approximate age: 51 y. o. grandma

Career/profession/trade: Disable welfare Mental case who once dream of being a starving artist.

Civil status Divorce, Not looking at getting married again until America joins the rest of the Civilize world in having National Health Care. Not some sell out plan that keeps the Insurance companies telling people to pay them or die. Been with Jonwin for almost 10 years now and as long as I can get Medicaid, don't feel need to lose what soc. Security I have as an Divorcee when I turn 65. Plus there is the Lack of Nationa Health Care thing I mention. My girls are now grown and taken off the market also, but in 20 years I their children will be looking for fellow computer gamers to partner with. .

[b]Geographic location/nation of origin/ethnicity: Born in Chicago to parents who kept looking for nicer places to live and work. Dad changed careers few times when turn out mom was allergic to steel mills and was getting into politics to escape from us kids. Both Family are a mix of recent Irish and earlier German, English and French looking for freedom to practice the religion of their choice, or worked for those who were. Direct descendant of Miles Standish, John Arden and Priscilla Mullins.

Political leaning: Radical Liberal, who toned down a lot since her childhood of wishing she could go protest the war like her big brother and sisters. Parents were disappointed they didn't make the Nixon Enemies list, though there friends did. Someday one of us, will ask to see the FBI has a file on the family. Fear is that somehow we didn't draw enough notice to ourselves, even when my Uncle almost got caught hanging a large banner outside of Groton Navy Sub yards.

How you stumbled upon Alla's: I was directed here by some old guild mates from SSI's Goldbox game, Neverwinter Nights on AOL when I started to play EQ back in 2000. I started to check out the old forum and got into a few polictica threads during the election year and been coming here to see what the far right nuts would say next ever since. Kas, if you reading this let TP know I'm still alive but find the politics on their boards have gotten too far on the Right for me to be comfortable.

Must be my turn

1. Approximate age
30
2. Career/profession/trade
My degree is in Security and Intel studies, but I currently work in IT. Lots of software compliance, lots of hands on with workstation and server hardware, other things as suits the day.
My other job is evil forum admin on some gaming website somewhere in the intertubes.
3. Civil status
Still Single. But I have a house now! So yeah. that.
4. Geographic location/nation of origin/ethnicity
Born and raised in Vancouver, WA. 3rd generation Sweedish Imigrant on my Mom's side, Dad's side is basically english and welsh with a bit of scottish thrown in for variety (clan Mcnabb for that portion of it.) That side of the family is particularily in to geneology, and as that particular line ties heavily into the English Royal Family, they've apperently traced it back to around the year 0ish. It basically goes somethign like "king of england, king of england, queen of england, duke of something, king od something, abdicated with a serving wench, and it's been downhill evern since!" (also related to Franklin Pierce)
5. Political leaning
Republican with occasional bouts of liberalism on some issues, and military dictatorship leanings on others.
6. How you stumbled upon Alla's, now Zam (a stupid name).
I was looking for information on the quest for Everquest 1 Ranger thorny Vine armor. My first post was actually from an account called "Kaolian from Bertoxxulous" which was the server I played on. My exact starting date is kind of a guess because the origional account was lost in the great UBB disaster of 2002.

1. Approximate age
26
2. Career/profession/trade
IT Student, Information Security and Computer Forensics.
3. Civil status
Married
4. Geographic location/nation of origin/ethnicity
Born and raised in Illinois, spent a year in Northern and Southern Texas, three years in Northern Utah, currently living in Honolulu. Typical American, primarily Norwegian, Irish, Scots Irish and French. Bohemian and Native American are a few of the others mixed in along the line.
5. Political leaning
.....
6. How you stumbled upon Alla's, now Zam (a stupid name).
Started on the EQ forum in '04, bounced to a few other games over the years and mainly lurk around the site when I'm bored.

I don't know. But I suggest you folks rent Geiger counters, and take them around your house, your work, and the places you shop/hang out at.

1. Approximate age
27

2. Career/profession/trade
I work nights at a hotel. I'm the guy who throws printers at locusts, though they really only pay me for being the only one here who knows how to work most of computer system's functions.

3. Civil status
Hetero in a relationship, just passed our 6 year mark a few weeks ago.

4. Geographic location/nation of origin/ethnicity
New Mexico, US. I'm half hispanic(great grandparents are from Mexico), half whitey of some kind of European descent(want to say Scottish, though it could be Irish...I can never remember which).

5. Political leaning
I tend towards some borderline fascist ideals in some ways, but for the most part, if I had to pick from the two major US parties, I'm a Republican. In truth, I'm conservative on the issues I care most about and fairly liberal on issues that don't worry me much.

6. How you stumbled upon Alla's, now Zam (a stupid name).
I was googling info on WoW and this was one of the sites I first came across. I decided to stay here originally for the insightful discussion I saw taking place on the WoW Mage Boards here, but now it's really just a place I come to in order to kill time.

Edited, Jan 21st 2010 1:35am by Poldaran