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I was going to wait until I actually GET a job, but whatever. Andrew/ Stelek is gone so here is a little mini-drama-shot-in-the-arm.

I never introduced myself. My name is Scott. I am 30 years old, a computer programmer by trade. I also have academicy things I work on, on the side, and I am reasonably respected by professors in my province. I write letters to the editor, things like that.

I am a gamer, one of the ones that likes to play games to figure them out.

I started with an Atari 2600, Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf Game Books, which I still have. I wrote some rules for multi-player. Later on I got Hero Quest and played it for a bit around the same time I would go to whatever friend had a NES/ Genesis whatever. I also played Golden Axe etc at the 7 Eleven.

Somewhere along the line I got a 286 which was successively upgraded. I am a connoisseur of Hero's Quest (Quest for Glory) and other Sierra games, SSI Gold Box games, Ultima, ... Wing Commander ... I finished X-Wing and TIE Fighter. Etc, etc, etc. Civilization. Probably pretty standard fare around here. I am a hardcore fan of Fallout and Starcraft and I would like to meet Warren Spector someday. I would be interested in meeting people who code or have coded Angband variants, which I used to play.

What else happened. Went to school, had jobs and girlfriends. Somewhere along the line there was a tech recession and I took a couple years to play MMOs and 40k (a couple people I knew played, and I had always wanted to) while practicing my math, I wonder why nobody wants to hire me although that should change soon after learning the new web stuff.

I am a pretty hard core science fiction fan, moving is a chore. I don't know alot of the weird stuff from the 60's and 70's but everything earlier and older I am familiar with. As in books as in the Hugo and Nebula awards.

That's it I guess. I don't expect to have kids in the near future and I hope to hit some tournaments within the next few years. If that means moving to California, then so be it XD.

I am fond of this community, I am a DCM for a reason. I should have my own hobby blog up soon although it will just be for my own stuff.



Oh, and I play Eldar, Lizardmen, Legion of Everblight, Chaos/ Guard, Inquistion/ Guard and of course the Spaze Marinez!!!!

If people are still reading this, regarding the name. I just liked it because it is unique. "Everybody loves Tacobake." "Tacobake is a North American delicacy." In retrospect I could have used abcd### but meh. I also tend to be somewhat ... uh ... challenging (in a modest sort of way), so I wanted something friendly. You know, as opposed to "MY NAME IS BOSS_SALVAGE AND I AM GOING TO EAT YOU!!!!!!!'

I am on other sites, I got banned from Kotaku for being fun, for example.

Welcome to dakka!!!

What's your favorite Color?

HFN

Nice intro.

Since your name is Tacobake, do you have an irrational fear of hungry stoners?

Or do you have a rational fear of them? Discuss.

And I fear no one .