Welcome! Now Who Are You?, The Intro Thread

The obligatory introduction thread! Without further ado, here's some questions, so that we may all blackmail you with your answers.

How did you find us?
How did you choose your username?
What's your avatar?

How old are you?
Where do you live?
Do you cry single tears?

Who are your favorite authors?
What are your favorite movies?
What type of music do you listen to?
What are your favorite colors?
What is your personal motto?

What is your weapon of choice?
Anything else you'd like to add?

How did you find AS? BQ.
How did you choose your username? It's just a bit of an obsession.
What's your avatar? Focus...?

How old are you? 108.
Where do you live? California.
Do you cry single tears? Nope. I cry gushy emo tears.

Who are your favorite authors? Urgh, too many to name.
What are your favorite movies? Urgh, too many to name.
What type of music do you listen to? Rock. Indie, alternative... Whatever Silent throws my way.
What are your favorite colors? Orange, grey, and green. Oh, and for the hell of it, pink.
What is your personal motto? I dunno. Most of you would expect me to say something like, "If you're not flirting, then you're not doing it right." So, I'll leave it as that.

What is your weapon of choice? Erm, hugs. And looks that can kill.
Anything else you'd like to add? Not really. *blows bubbles*

How did you find AS? Neopets. *dodges rocks* It was a long time ago!
How did you choose your username? I think was angry and I typed in random letters. It's stuck ever since.
What's your avatar? I think it's some reading from a Doppler machine. I just thought it looked cool.

How old are you? Younger than Stakey. That's all you need to know.
Where do you live? Florida.
Do you cry single tears? Only when I listen to K. Fed rap.

Who are your favorite authors? Oh wow... there are just way too many.
What are your favorite movies? Same as that last one...
What type of music do you listen to? Everything ever.
What are your favorite colors? Purple and black.
What is your personal motto? I say "Oy vey" a lot. I guess my personal motto would be "Don't touch that, for the sake of all things holy."

What is your weapon of choice? Anti-freeze and radiation. I like to be subtle.
Anything else you'd like to add? Yes. Please do not use the word "squirt" around me. Oh, and click that link in my signature and I'll love you forever.

This post has been edited by Kikil on Jan 14 2007, 08:50 AM

How did you find AS? imdb
How did you choose your username? Er, my parents gave it to me?
What's your avatar? Whatever it is at the moment.

How old are you? I don't understand the question.
Where do you live? In a wonderful land of gumdrops and candy canes.
Do you cry single tears? Only when stabbed.

Who are your favorite authors? I'll say I like them all so that no one feels bad.
What are your favorite movies? Good ones.
What type of music do you listen to? Whatever will drown out the voices inside my head.
What are your favorite colors? Purple and black.
What is your personal motto? I'll procrastinate tomorrow.

What is your weapon of choice? My cane has yet to let me down....
Anything else you'd like to add? I'll get back to you on that one.

How did you find AS? Wikipedia
How did you choose your username? LotR fan
What's your avatar? The Darth

How old are you? 16
Where do you live? US
Do you cry single tears? Everyday

Who are your favorite authors? Tolkien, Pratchett, Gaiman, Orwell... so many
What are your favorite movies? Again, many. The Princess Bride is probably my all-time favorite movie, but terribly made movies that I can laugh about are always good.
What type of music do you listen to? Alternative mostly, but a little bit of everything
What are your favorite colors? Burnt orange
What is your personal motto? Dunno that I have one. I've got different mottos for different situations.

What is your weapon of choice? Icicle!
Anything else you'd like to add? I'm way too indecisive for questions like this.

How did you find AS? - Through Wikipedia
How did you choose your username? - I made it five and a half years ago for Neopets. I wanted to combine dragons with thunder 'cause Riachu was my favorite Poke'mon.
What's your avatar? - It's one of the unicorns from the Charlie video. I chose it because it's the only icon I have which wouldn't look horrible if resized down to 75x75.

How old are you? - 18
Where do you live? - Pittsburgh
Do you cry single tears? - When walking along A-Walk to get from class to class. It's cold up here on the Bluff. Makes my eyes water.

Who are your favorite authors? - Gail Carson Levine, Kenneth Oppel, Joseph Heller, Terry Pratchett, Madeleine L'Engle, Neal Shusterman
What are your favorite movies? - Anastasia
What type of music do you listen to? - Show tunes, Nightwish, Beach Boys, and Spice Girls >_>
What are your favorite colors? - Blue
What is your personal motto? - "The Temple of Kraden - We Kill Because We Care"

What is your weapon of choice? - My exorcism plank
Anything else you'd like to add? - College student studyin acting and game design. I write fan fiction and love musical theatre. I administrate at two game-related boards, and I absolutely love to read.

How did you find A-S?

Once, while discussing Arya on a sci fi and fantasy board, someone randomly popped in and said, "You're all idiots! Go to www.anti-shurtugal.com and get a bloody clue." I was curious so I did, and then I was hooked, because the website backed up and explained all the doubts I had.

How did you choose your user name?

I love Brienne from A Song of Ice and Fire, just because I can identify with her personality so much - well, and Sansa's personality in some ways too...it's the whole idealistic, naive thing...

Where do you live?

The UK.

Do you cry single tears?

Only at the sight of an Eragon poster/TV commercial/Paolini interview.

Who are your favorite authors?

*bites back ravings* George R. R. Martin (surprise, surprise), Mark Twain, Pavan K. Varma, Arundhati Roy, Malcolm Gladwell, J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, and Christopher Paolini.

...

That was a joke.

What are your favorite movies?

The Lord of the Rings, The English Patient, V for Vendetta, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Bridge Jones' Diary, Hitch, and The Lion King.

What type of music do you listen to?

It depends on my mood, but I listen to everything except country and heavy metal. Lately I've been obsessed with the Pirates of the Carribean soundtrack and the song 'We Belong' from Talladega Nights. Yeah, they really go together.

What are your favorite colors?

Pink. I love wearing pink. Yes, I'm a pretty girly-girl sometimes.

What is your personal motto?

Don't have one.

What is your weapon of choice?

In the absence of my sword Oathkeeper, I'd say my pomeranian. He's lethal.

Anything else you'd like to add? I have a penchant for pervy jokes, so beware. But don't beware too much, because I'm actually a good girl *halo glows*

EDIT: Hiya, Dracobolt! Good to see you! And Warthorde, I spy you.

This post has been edited by Brienne on Sep 5 2009, 09:41 PM

How did you find AS? A friend gave me the link...
How did you choose your username? Long story.
What's your avatar? My avatar would be Quill the Dragon. He enjoys long walks in the desert sands and enchiladas.

How old are you? Too old for the tooth fairy, too young to vote.
Where do you live? Western USA
Do you cry single tears? ....occasionally....

Who are your favorite authors? JRR Tolkien, Alexandre Dumas,Guy Gavriel Kay, Katherine Kurtz (she's so awesome.)
What are your favorite movies? The Prestige, LoTR, The Princess Bride
What type of music do you listen to? Classical and orchestrated soundtracks
What are your favorite colors? Blue and orange.
What is your personal motto? Your best is good one time only, after that you'd better have improved.

What is your weapon of choice? "Big" words--my enemy can't understand the insult until I'm safely away
Anything else you'd like to add? Erm.... follow the yellow brick road?

*hums My New Philosophy from YAGMCB*

Is it your theme song?

This post has been edited by Bubbles on Jan 17 2007, 10:26 PM

"How did you find AS"
Well, I searched in the internet for a starting date for a movie. Then I stumbelled over some pink and yellow colored site which had an anti-Eragon essay, where a link was to the Anti-Shurtugal Site. Wanted to find out more and got stuck here since then.


"How did you choose you username"
Simple, Mike's my real name. Although it created some confusion on the old boards, since there seems to be another, well known Mike on some other board.


"What's your Avatar"
It's from a game called "Conker's Bad Fur Day", one of the strangest games ever. All who know it also know who exactly my Avatar is, for all others it is rather self explanatory.



"How old are you?"
I'm becoming 21 this march.


"Where do you live"
Regensburg, near Munich (where the October Festival is), in Bavaria, Germany, Europe, Planet Earth


"Do you cry single tears"
I seldom cry.


"What are your favourite authors?"
There are many:
Stephen King (read almost anything by him)
Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time)
Sergej Lukianenko (Nightwatch, Daywatch, Twilightwatch)
Frank Schätzing (Swarm)
Tad Williams (War of Flowers, Otherland)
Lovecraft (Call of Cthulhu and stuff)
Terry Pratchet (read every single Discworld book except the latest ones)
and so on...


"Movies"
There're too many good movies out there:
The Green Mile
Spiderman
Starwars
Lost in Translation
nah forget it, there just too many


"Music"
Anything except country music and bands who don't sing/write music by themselves.


"Favourite Colors"
This is hard, since I am red green blind:
Any color will do.


"Personal Motto"
If you try hard enough you can achieve almost anything


"Weapon of Choice"
Dunno, if I'd live in some medieval/phantasy time, maybe a Longbow.
In the modern World...an army of gene manipulated Superhamtser...with Bazooka ears. Alternatively a satelite death ray


"Anything else you like to add"
Not much. Most people here may know me from the old boards. Hope you forgive my clumsy english.

*hums My New Philosophy from YAGMCB*

Is it your theme song?

hehe, yeah I guess. I swear, Charles Schultz is one of my heroes. Just for being so cool.

If you don't know who I am I'd be hurt. Very hurt.

How did you find AS?

From the Wikipedia article on Eragon, which I was looking up when the book was recomended to me.

How did you choose your username?

The name LennyLen comes from an incident that happened almost exactly 10 years ago. A friend of mine and I were at a party and we decided that we would take some acid and go clubbing in town. So we took it, and jumped on our bikes and headed off to town. We just go to the outskirts when the chain on my bike (which I'd cobbled together from 2 chains) snapped and got tangled in the gears. So we abandoned it in some bushes behind a building and I jogged the rest of the way in.

So, six or so hours later and we decide to go home. I decided I'd try one more time to get the chain free of the gears so I can walk it home and walked back to where we dumped the bike. I discover that my bike (which is red) is gone and that there's a blue bike there. But I'm aware that I took some acid so I decide I'm just seeing red as blue somehow, and go to get the bike.

That's when I discover that in fact it IS a blue bike. But it's still my bike. Somebody hade come along, and painted the bike blue with acrylic paint. They'd then added white and yellow dots and stripes. Above all that, the chain had been replaced with a brand new one. The only clue as to what had happened was one word painted on to the rear mudguard - LennyLen.

So I started using it online in the hope that I one day attract the attention of whoever did it, and also to remind me that the world we live in is a very crazy place.

What's your avatar?

It's from one of my favourite Calvin and Hobbes strips.



How old are you?

I'm almost 2⁵.

Where do you live?

Spreydon, Christchurch, New Zealand.



Do you cry single tears?

Yes, but many in quick sucession.

Who are your favorite authors?

Philip K Dick, Robert Heinlein, Tad Williams, Paul J McCauley, A A Attanasio, Terry Pratchett, Greg Bear.

What are your favorite movies?

Apocalypse Now, Blade Runer, Easy Rider, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

What type of music do you listen to?

Anything excecpt for country and western or yodeling.

What are your favorite colors?

Green, Purple, Blue.

What is your personal motto?

I'd rather know a little about everything than everything about a little.

What is your weapon of choice?

My +69 Serrated Polished Longsword.

Anything else you'd like to add?

It wasn't me.

Eh? Who's this?!

*rings intruder alert*

*hums My New Philosophy from YAGMCB*

Is it your theme song?

hehe, yeah I guess. I swear, Charles Schultz is one of my heroes. Just for being so cool.

Yeah, he's pretty damn awesome.

Psh... you freaking infested my mind. I couldn't forget you if I tried. And all the heavy breathing you do...

This post has been edited by Bubbles on Jan 18 2007, 10:33 PM

You mean you've been at it with Calfy? I'm hurt, dear.

Bubs, you know the closet is a three-person deal.
Have you been sneaking some?

Yeah, particularly when Hackie would rather sleep than pay attention to her.

*sighs*

I was referring to over the phone, dear. You know I wouldn't do that to you.

But rest assured, I have been tempted. *points at Xanga*

And I haven't seen you for... *counts on fingers* 2 DAYS! How do you expect me to get my fix if you're not there to give it to me?!

Well, it could be worse. When Silent called me, I bet she heard my dog licking himself and was too polite to say so.

How did you find AS?

Wikipedia.

How did you choose your username?

Erm... Apollonia is the feminization of Apollo, the god of prophecy (hence the "Foresayer" I typically tack on there). Also, it was the name of my MC's name when I joined ASF.

What's your avatar?

Erm... I don't have one right now, because I can't get one from my own files. *glares* I do have a rather nice sig.

How old are you?

Too old for Stakey, not old enough for beer.

Where do you live?

Small shack in Nevada. I kid, I kid. South Carolina.

Do you cry single tears?

Only when you pinch me.

Who are your favorite authors?

Adams, Gaiman, Pratchett, Wodehouse, Vonnegut, anyone who makes me laugh.

What are your favorite movies?

Little Miss Sunshine, The Matador, The Producers (musical), again, anything that makes me laugh.

What type of music do you listen to?

Bands that make blippy noises.

What are your favorite colors?

Purple. I love this skin so much.

What is your personal motto?

Before you insult someone, walk a mile in their shoes. Then, you're a mile away, and you have their shoes.

What is your weapon of choice?

My wit, of course. Actually, my nightstick.

Anything else you'd like to add?

It was totally lenny.

How did you find AS? I was on BQ where the some Asers constantly talked about Inheritance. I was curious to see what Eragon was about. I read it and knew I had to come here
How did you choose your username? I was in a bravo company in the army of the 1st of the 102d Armor, hence bravo1102
What's your avatar? Dear, sweet, lovable, little Searsha the Claw, the main character in my WIP. <edit> Groucho Marx, my alter ego and my "real life" nickname.

How old are you? Old enough to know better and too young to care. You're never too old to rock-n-roll if you're too young to die. Otherwise I can't say, it changes every year.
Where do you live? In a house in hell. Otherwise known as New Jersey.
Do you cry single tears? Sometimes at sad movies, other times they come and come and come. I'm one of those sensitive 1980's guys.

Who are your favorite authors? Vonnegut, Bernard Cornwell, Tolstoy, John Keegan, Erik Flint, Harry Turtledove
What are your favorite movies? Kelly's Heroes, The Magic Christian, bad SF and horror movies
What type of music do you listen to? Nowadays mostly Classical. You could call me a retired head-banger.
What are your favorite colors? Red and blue
What is your personal motto? The only thing someone should take seriously is the fact that nothing is to be taken seriously. Samuel Butler, Victorian Satirist (who I share a birthday with) Armor rules!

What is your weapon of choice? An M1A1 Abrams main battle tank.
Anything else you'd like to add? Historian, graphic artist, former teacher and all around pain-in-the-ass. Otherwise one heck of a nice guy.

This post has been edited by bravo1102 on May 8 2007, 09:28 AM

You can't forget the fact that you corrupt and flirt with minors on the weekends!

Shhh, not in a public forum! *kicks Bubbles*

You can't forget the fact that you corrupt and flirt with minors on the weekends!

I'm a teacher, I've been corrupting youth for a long time. It's part of the job description.

*kicks herself, too*

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Damn it! Never bribe someone to keep their mouth shut.

How did you find AS?

I'm fairly certain it was a Google search for young writers, then a kind of winding Internet road...

How did you choose your username?

Ahaha. Well. I used to be Nessa, on the other boards. But due to a slight arse-up involving the shift key and the password I intended to have, I am now fingolfin. Not that I mind. He rocked. But yes, this is Nessa.

What's your avatar?

Don't have one yet. Will be Izzard.

How old are you?

Old enough to be shamelessly elitist when it comes to my fellow Brits. You all rock, by the way.

Where do you live?

Under your bed. No, really.

Do you cry single tears?

Oh, upon many a day do I shed a single tear for the English language.

Who are your favorite authors?

Woah, WAY too many to list. If I have to choose a few, David Eddings, Frederick Forsyth and D. H. Lawrence. ( Sons and Lovers)

What are your favorite movies?

Lord of the Rings, for those of you that haven't guessed. Other than that, Gladiator (SHADOWS AND DUST, MAXIMUS!) and Miss Congeniality. ^^;

What type of music do you listen to?

Most anything except Franz Ferdinand and death metal.

What are your favorite colors?

Indigo and silver

What is your personal motto?

Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

What is your weapon of choice?

My sword. That's right, I live under your bed, and I have a sword. Try sleeping now.

Anything else you'd like to add?

You there! CAKE OR DEATH?

Ex-cellent. Soon there will be roaming gangs of Izzard fans, terrorizing Dog-Eared with pamphlets about the difference between executive transvestites and weirdo transvestites.

I think the proper Dog-Eared answer to that should be, "Either way, how much?"

How did you find AS? The owner is my second personality.
How did you choose your username? Because it sounds violent.
What's your avatar? Glinda, of course!

How old are you? My business.
Where do you live? Utah, for the moment.
Do you cry single tears? Only when I bleed inside.

Who are your favorite authors? Gregory Maguire, Harlan Coben, Alexander Dumas
What are your favorite movies? StarWars, The Others, Flight of the Phoenix, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
What type of music do you listen to? Metal, rock, showtunes
What are your favorite colors? Silver, purple, black.
What is your personal motto? Viva la vie bohem.

What is your weapon of choice? This:



Anything else you'd like to add? No, that should do it.

Damn it! Never bribe someone to keep their mouth shut.

You just didn't pay me enough.

Hi, there! OK, so I haven't lived in England since I was three months old... I have the passport!

It just dawned on me that I didn't do this.

How did you find AS? Through Ivy's Eragon article.
How did you choose your username? I like viruses, but I figured "HIVhorde" wouldn't be politically correct.
What's your avatar? An executive transvestite.

How old are you? Old enough to be called "ma'am". Shaddup.
Where do you live? I don't live, I reside.
Do you cry single tears? Only if my other eye is swollen shut. Which it never is.

Who are your favorite authors? Mikhail Bulgakov, Terry Pratchett, and Clive Barker.
What are your favorite movies? Fargo, The Company of Wolves, Harold and Maude, Mystery Men...
What type of music do you listen to? Metal, but I dabble in a bit of everything.
What are your favorite colors? Black, red and shades of grey.
What is your personal motto? Eating plants doesn't mean you're nice, it just means you have a different prey.

What is your weapon of choice? Used to be knives, but they're rapidly being replaced by my rattan sticks.
Anything else you'd like to add? It wasn't me. Really.

How did you find AS?
-It was in a box of Lucky Charms.

How did you choose your username?
- Randomly. "Jierda theirra kalfis" stood out for me, because of my apparently cavemanistic tendencies. Calfbreaker for short, to complement Hackslayer.

What's your avatar?
-Sousuke Sagara from Full Metal Panic.

How old are you?
-Old enough to be engaged legally, young enough to still get the comment, "Aren't you a little too young?"

Where do you live?
-In an igloo up north.

Do you cry single tears?
-Sometimes, when I'm alone at night in bed with my teddy.

Who are your favorite authors?
-Guy Gavriel Kay, Ursula K. Le Guin, Sean Stewart, Jack London, a bunch of minor others

What are your favorite movies?
-The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, The Village

What type of music do you listen to?
-Mostly soft and alternative rock, also random things Silver throws at me, anything that sounds okay

What are your favorite colors?
-Blue, grey, brown

What is your personal motto?
-[insert witty comment about honesty and courage here]

What is your weapon of choice?
-A dog to chase and subdue the opponent, an itak to lop his head off. (Or a bolo I think in English).

Anything else you'd like to add?
-Mrrrmrr?

How did you find AS?
I heard about it on IF. After getting totally fed up with the immaturity of its members and staff, I decided to join AS.

How did you choose your username?
It has to do with my name. 'nuff said.

What's your avatar?
Hm, I haven't got around to that yet.

How old are you?
Just turned 19

Where do you live?
San Diego ftw.

Do you cry single tears?
Real men don't cry.

Who are your favorite authors?
Hm, probably Orwell, Huxley, Tolkien and Rowling.

What are your favorite movies?
I have too many. I love epic movies like LOTR and Braveheart though.

What type of music do you listen to?
Mostly classic rock, classical, progressive rock and a bit of metal.

What are your favorite colors?
Black!

What is your personal motto?
I don't have one

What is your weapon of choice?
When I go medieval, a sword. Other times, I prefer to use le infamous red brick also known as Eldest.

Anything else you'd like to add?
I play WoW. Yay!

How did you find AS? From Hackslayer's writing forum
How did you choose your username? Random gnome name generator
What's your avatar? Galadriel

How old are you? 19
Where do you live? The U.S.
Do you cry single tears? Uh...

Who are your favorite authors? Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Yann Martel, H.G. Wells, C.S. Lewis, Mary Shelley, Carson McCullers
What are your favorite movies? The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Star Wars (I'm not big on movies)
What type of music do you listen to? Evanescence, Within Temptation, "relaxation" music, Celtic
What are your favorite colors? Blues, pinks, silvers, and purples
What is your personal motto? I don't have one.

What is your weapon of choice? KFC biscuits
Anything else you'd like to add? No.

This post has been edited by Lindpen on Jan 31 2007, 01:21 PM

How did you find AS? IMDb, when Hackslayer et al. still roamed like the buffalos of yore.
How did you choose your username? My actual name, one 'n' makes it unique enough to be considered for an internet handle.
What's your avatar? At the moment, some picture I stole off the interwebs and a quotation from Shakespeare that I actually stole from my t-shirt that I bought in New Zealand.

How old are you? 21.
Where do you live? England.
Do you cry single tears? No, fullblown sobs. When I cry, I cry.

Who are your favorite authors? Brian Jacques, KA Applegate, Marcus Sedgwick, JK Rowling, Alesandr Solzhenitsyn, Tom Holt, William Nicholson, Garry Kilworth and more that don't immediately spring to mind.
What are your favorite movies? Unbreakable, Serenity, Star Wars, Pan's Labyrinth
What type of music do you listen to? Rock/Indie -- ranges from the likes of The Chemistry Experiment to Five For Fighting to Missy Higgins.
What are your favorite colors? Blue and purple.
What is your personal motto? I don't have one.

What is your weapon of choice? A stale scone.
Anything else you'd like to add? Not particularly.

We come up with ALL the good quotes. Even if they come from Shakespeare

edit:

Oh, and Dwarven scones?

This post has been edited by LennyLen on Jan 31 2007, 05:00 PM

We come up with ALL the good quotes. Even if they come from Shakespeare

edit:

Oh, and Dwarven scones?

And you do hilarious t-shirts about kiwis, too.

Nah, it's a reference to Redwall (what else does one expect from me?) from The Bellmaker when Bowly uses Mariel and Dandin's old stale scones to beat up rats. I found Bowly annoying, but his use of stale scones hilarious.