HAY GUYS

I first discovered Gamingforce probably back in 2004 which means I've been on the fringes of the community for about 5 years. I'm not sure if I ever really found my way into the heart of things though. In fact... I'm pretty sure I didn't.

You notice how some new members come along and then a while afterwards nobody can imagine GFF without them? If I were to mention Bernard Black or Temari, I'm sure you'd have to agree.

I didn't do that. I've made the acquaintance of some really good people, but I don't think I've made my mark on the community as a whole. Probably partly because I never seem to know what to not take seriously, and partly because my participation is too sporadic.

So... I'm going to re-introduce myself here and make a renewed effort to make friends. It seems like the journals are where pretty much everything happens, and of late I've got into commenting a fair bit... but I don't make many entries. A while back when I picked up the new consoles I made some entries about them (which are pretty lolworthy reading now) but nothing much else.

I'm Soluzar. I'm in my thirties, and I'm going nowhere fast in life. I'm happy with that though, being largely unambitious. I have enough of what I need and a decent quantity of what I want. I have a long-term relationship of over three-years standing and gaming is practically my religion.

I play pretty much anything and everything except the really popular FPS titles. That's partly due to the prejudice that I don't care for the 'modern warfare' setting. By that I don't mean as in 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare', I mean... anything with a WWII, Vietnam, realistic combat feel to it. I like sci-fi FPS, or ones which aren't all military in style, though. I especially loved Max Payne.

I also love JRPGs, including the ones that most people think are incredibly boring. By that I mean titles developed by Gust, or Nippon Ichi software, and others like them. I'm not going to attempt to justify that taste, because I'm not interested in persuading you to enjoy them as well. If you're not a fan, I don't care.

I have a huge backlog and spend most of my spare time playing in order to keep my head above water as far as new releases are concerned. The last thing I want is for the pile to increase beyond all control so that I'll never play these games. I'm a compulsive buyer, although I do tend to wait for good prices on all but a handful of games.

I'm also a major geek in other ways. I spent my teenage years playing D&D and learning to program in C. I'm not very good at programming, but I get by. I've been learning PHP lately, with a view to maybe doing something with it. I've got a ton of interesting projects in mind, but damned if I'll ever get any of 'em done.

I love sci-fi, both old and new, quality and cheesy. I just went on a major Doctor Who shopping spree, buying up some DVDs of the older stuff. The new stuff leaves me cold. Other than that my last acquisitions in the genre were some movies and such related to B5, and the last couple of seasons of Star Trek Voyager.

I like animu, but I hardly ever buy anything new or even find the time to watch fanshrubs. It's something I sometimes watch with my girlfriend, but I don't really have the time to fit it in without sacrificing game time.

I'm slightly crazy, and I've got the papers to prove it. I suffer from excess anxiety and panic attacks. Or rather I would if I didn't take some sanity pills once a day. I try really hard to not forget the sanity pills, since it makes me feel like crap. Physically, that is. The side effects of missing a dose kick in far sooner than the anxiety.

I like to think I'm a nice person, although I don't have the papers to prove that, unfortunately. I'm probably more pleasant on the internet than in real life sometimes, because I get grouchy and just want to be alone a lot of the time.

I wouldn't go so far as to call myself anti-social, but I'm only sociable when the right mood is upon me. Once it has departed, so will I. It seems like I need my solitude a lot more than when I was younger.

Anyway. That's a very long entry. If you were interested enough to read all that, please leave a comment. You can either be friendly or a total asshat. I won't be too offended, I know it's not possible to be buddies with everyone. Like I'd even want to.