Who You Really Are

Name: Julie
Nickname: Jemong
Nationality:British
Age:33
Picture:
(works xmas lunch 2008)
https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img259/111/200610040022id3.jpg (me at work)
https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img68/5748/20070104irelandmay20070ci4.jpg (me & Vex at a wedding in ireland)
two of my 4 tattoos.

Birthplace: Warrington (N.W. England)
Current abode: same
Work: Scientist
Hobbies (besides gaming): Long distance walking, reading, listening to music

What last made you laugh? Stuff going on in WoW
What last made you cry? can't remember
What book did you last read? God of Clocks by Alan Campbell
What song did you last listen to? something on Radio1
What did you last buy? Cider and catfood
What is your mobile phone ringtone? 'Beat it' by fall out boy
What did you do last weekend? played WoW, went out for dinner a couple of times.

Edit: updated 18/09/09

Name: Malin
Nickname: My name is too short and simple for people to bother giving me a nickname
Nationality: Swedish
Age:22 (well, in a few days)
Picture: [img]https://2img.net/h/i37.photobucket.com/albums/e89/Aldriona/Bild8-1.jpg[/img]

Birthplace: Linköping, Sweden
Current abode: Visby, Sweden
Work: I'm a student, I don't work I study Game Design & Graphics
Hobbies (besides gaming): All kind of rp, really. larp, tabletop, wow. I also draw/paint a lot and enjoy sewing clothes.

What last made you laugh? Oh, I don't know. Some joke someone said, I believe
What last made you cry? I'm not writing about that here =P
What book did you last read? Stardust by Neil Gaiman
What song did you last listen to? Oxhorn Brand Medley XD (http://www.wegame.com/watch/An_Oxhorn_Brand_Medley/)
What did you last buy? A new charger-thingy for my cell phone, since I lost my old one
What is your mobile phone ringtone? Some that came with the phone and sounds kinda nice
What did you do last weekend? Played Wow and wrote on my final paper for school

I'll do the same way Ryleen did, and won't open a new thread for myself.

Name: Ernő Vincze (yeah, pretty nasty to pronounce for a non-hungarian)
Nickname: Örni (pronounced like "Ernie")
Nationality: Hungarian
Age: 22 (reached 23 since then)
Picture:


Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Current abode: the very same
Work: I'm a student, studying biology (gonna be a scientist like Vypra/Julie, although more a birdwatching kind)
Hobbies (besides gaming): Playing at a theatre club (theatre and RP are pretty similar), drawing, sudoku and similar puzzles, going out to the nature

What last made you laugh: The Simpson Movie (I've just seen it)
What last made you cry: Exam panic (OMG I learned nothing, I wil fail, waaaa! - and I didn't fail)
What book did you last read: If schoolbooks don't count, then a play written by a friend, if that doesn't count either, then I think it was Last Chance to See from Douglas Adams
What song did you last listen to: Eye of the Tiger, by Survivor
What did you last buy: Ticket for the public transport
What is your mobile ringtone: Some silly calypso
What did you do last weekend: Tried to study for my exams, trolled my guild's forum.

Okay, I'll do the same. Bound to do it sooner or later anyway . . .

Name: Nick
Nickname: too embarrassing to list here
Nationality: British
Age: 42 (which is the answer to life, the universe and everything . . .)
Picture:

Birthplace: Colchester, Essex (about 100km north-east of London)
Current abode: London
Work: Consultant Electrical Engineer
Hobbies (besides gaming): motorcycling, cooking, swimming, eating out

What last made you laugh: chatting at work with the person who plays Tanuuka
What last made you cry: sad songs on my iPod
What book did you last read: 'Making Money' by Terry Pratchett (I think)
What song did you last listen to: Sky Blue and Black, by Jackson Browne
What did you last buy: Spaghetti bolognese at a cafe for lunch
What is your mobile ringtone: A single beep (I work in a large open-plan office, and musical ring-tones are SOOO annoying)
What did you do last weekend: Played Warcraft, added to my guild forum, went swimming and met a friend for drinks and dinner in the city

Name: Adam
Nickname: Wouldn't you like to know
Nationality:British ruled...but prefer to be called Irish >.>
Age: 20 (why is everyone else so old?)
Picute: Ha Ha

Birthplace: Belfast
Current abode: Nice county place in Ballyclare
Work: Customer disservices
Hobbies (besides gaming): Traveling, cooking and some other stuff

What last made you laugh? Chat on vent last night
What last made you cry? The above did...with laughter >.>
What book did you last read? Does course books count?
What song did you last listen to? Last man standing- Hammerfall
What did you last buy? New Computer
What is your mobile phone ringtone? The default annoying nokia one
What did you do last weekend? worked -.-

Name: Sarah.
Nickname: Technically, my character names are nicknames, I guess. So Deyy is most common.
Nationality: English, and about as patriotic as a turnip.
Age: 26
Picture:
Birthplace: Princess Alexandra Hospital, maternity ward, or thereabouts.
Current abode: Just down the road from said Hospital, near the Harlow Train station. P.S, I hate Essex.
Work: None, due to various social problems including - but not limited to: Aspergers, Depression, panic attacks, crippling shyness, fear of crowds, oh, and being a transexual.
Hobbies (besides gaming): Writing, reading, listening to music, illustrating, watching cartoons.

What last made you laugh? My dad's really bad impressions of Family Guy characters.
What last made you cry? A particuarly unpleasent dream the other night.
What book did you last read? Last book was 'Artemis Fowl and the The Time Paradox' by Eoin Colfer, last story was 'Flash Crowd' By Larry Niven.
What song did you last listen to? Not sure, some random song on my iPod.
What did you last buy? some shoes for my sister.
What is your mobile phone ringtone? I have no idea.
What did you do last weekend? Played WoW, listened to music, and watched cartoons. 'Same as it ever was, same as it ever was. Same as it ever was, same as it ever was...'

Edit: Just some updating, because I'm a pedant. And no, I can't cut down a rubber-tree plant.

Name: Casper Kinder.
Nickname: "Spöke" also "Asshat".
Nationality: Swedish.
Age: 16.
Picture: https://2img.net/h/i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk274/Oyhomas/Picture266.jpg 'ELLO!

Birthplace: Skanör... lol.
Current abode: Still here!
Work: I R student.
Hobbies (besides gaming): Walks, reading books, watching movies.... doing homework...?

What last made you laugh? Ventrilo.
What last made you cry? SECWET!
What book did you last read? The Last Legion.
What song did you last listen to? Decadence - Disturbed.
What did you last buy? A... robe...
What is your mobile phone ringtone? The most annoying I could find.
What did you do last weekend? Kek my pants.
(Edit: Piccie.)

Updated 3.2.09

Name: Unnur Helga - Yes, you may try to pronounce it but you will fail.
Nickname: Krummi/Maz/Ljóska - and many others
Nationality:Icelandic
Age:24
Picture: http://www.fisis.is/uploaded/UnnurHelgaMoller.jpg

Birthplace: Akureyri - N Iceland
Current abode: Salzburg, Austria! The prettyest place in the world!
Work: Professional Glassbraker and failed writer/gamer. Party animal.
Hobbies (besides gaming): Theatrical arts, reading, ballroom dancing, languages, Salsa Dancing with other drunk opera singers...

What last made you laugh?: A tickle fight with my husband
What last made you cry?: Have not cried in a long while...likely last time was in December when my friend dince childhood died.
What book did you last read?: Cornelia Funke's Tintenhertz - on book two in series, and in German! Hooyah!
What song did you last listen to?: Árni úr Járni on the Icelandic Kiddie Radio Channel (sometimes...one gets enough of classics)
What did you last buy? A large bottle of sulfuric acid (I had reasons)
What is your mobile phone ringtone? Some lame tone made by Nokia
What did you do last weekend? Went on a cabin trip with husband to celebrate homecoming.

Name: James
Nickname: SubDOg (gaming tag that stuck sad I know)
Nationality: English
Age:23
Picture: https://2img.net/h/i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm156/inquisitor_pink/boooo.jpg
https://2img.net/h/i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm156/inquisitor_pink/boooo.jpg (me trying on with guild mate tokken...His misses didn't seem to mind)

Birthplace: Swindon, England
Current abode: Bristol, England
Work: Manager of Laser Quest Bristol, applied for uni coming september in Manchester
Hobbies (besides gaming): Drinking, Dancing, Messing around, comics, interweb

What last made you laugh? somethingaweful.com
What last made you cry? Nearly taking my big toenail off on a stool
What book did you last read? Catcher in the rye
What song did you last listen to? Tech 9 & Twiztid
What did you last buy? An apple
What is your mobile phone ringtone? Preset nokia text beep
What did you do last weekend? Went to a rave * spent saturday in bed/ on wow * sunday work

Name: Paul Watkinson
Nickname: Blondie, Kendrick, Al
Nationality:English
Age:31 (sadly, but I believe you are as old as the woman you feel, which puts me back down to 23!)
Picture: Hell no, why scare people?

Birthplace: Ormskirk (N.W. England)
Current abode: Cardiff (Wales)
Work: Project/Change Support Agent
Hobbies (besides gaming): LARP, Tabletop RP, Gym, Swimming, Iaijitsu (Japanese sword fighting, Kendo is for pansies who need the armour!), Writing, drawing, leather working, LARP weapon/Prop making, amateur diplomacy ...

What last made you laugh? Stupidity ... The day we stop laughing at the stupid is the day we start harvesting them for food.
What last made you cry? People who have no respect for others.
What book did you last read? Stolen, by Kelly Armstrong
What song did you last listen to? Is listening to 'The Poet and the Pendulum' by Nightwish right now.
What did you last buy? A Timeout chocolate bar, ... what?? So I'm a chocoholic!
What is your mobile phone ringtone? Rage against the Machine's Imperial March for special people, the Muppets them for some very 'special' people and Zombienation for all else.
What did you do last weekend? Gym, WoW, Drinking, abit more WoW and a lot of silliness.

Name: Ilian Iliev
Nickname: Iliusha , Ilie , Julian, Ilio (in fact those are no nicknames ,people just don't know how to pronounce my name it seems...)
Nationality: Bulgarian
Age: 17
Picture: You wish

Birthplace: Sofia , Bulgaria
Current abode: Moldova , Chisinau
Work: Here and there, nothing specific.
Hobbies (besides gaming): Ehm...gaming?


What last made you laugh? Cant remember
What last made you cry? Real man never cry! Oh well i was making dinner and i cut onions...
What book did you last read? The young lions
What song did you last listen to? AC/DC -TNT
What did you last buy? Something to eat but cant remember what...
What is your mobile phone ringtone? The normal nokia one
What did you do last weekend? Working, cleaning up the mess at home and i was going out.

Name: Bob
Nickname: um...itchy (ask no questions and I'll tell no lies)
Nationality:Irish (born in Dublin, fastest way to piss me off is to call me British)
Age:24
Picture: sigh...
https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img77/5982/n5815723997635782216zp2.jpg
https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img258/1415/n5815723996759324258wh0.jpg

Birthplace: Dublin
Current abode: South Africa
Work: Medical Practioner
Hobbies (besides gaming): My fiance, my cats, reading, my fiance, pen and pencil role-play games

What last made you laugh? Various things make me laugh, prolly a funny wow comment
What last made you cry? hmm...cant remember
What book did you last read? Terry Pratchett - Making Money
What song did you last listen to? whatever is in my playlist or on the radio
What did you last buy? Groceries
What is your mobile phone ringtone? O.o My fiance handles that state of affairs
What did you do last weekend? played wow, worked out a story, played with the cats, took my favourite woman in the world out for dinner

Guess ill add me to get to know you lot

Name: Peter
Nickname: erm, Morney, Morn, Pete *shrug* had a fair few in school
Nationality:English
Age:21
Picture: Me at a place called Go Ape

Birthplace: England - Telford
Current abode: England - Birmingham
Work: Personal assistent
Hobbies (besides gaming): Anything physical, food,

What last made you laugh? Hmm hard to think about it, proberly me at the dinner table making silly remarks and being a clown
What last made you cry? Proberly getting heart broken
What book did you last read? Cant remember
What song did you last listen to? Whatever is on the radio now
What did you last buy? Some food from germany to try them out
What is your mobile phone ringtone? Some song cant remember
What did you do last weekend? Played wow - started RP. Hung out with family and some freinds

Name: Gemma Williams
Nickname: Midgetgem
Nationality:British
Age:25
Picture: - im on the right

Birthplace: Yorkshire
Current abode: as above
Work: Geologist
Hobbies (besides gaming): Painting, Snowboarding, Sleeping

What last made you laugh? the blow-job tree
What last made you cry? Some drama llama brought on some tears at the weekend
What book did you last read? Currently reading A Year in the Merde
What song did you last listen to? Celebrate, Madonna on radio 2 right now
What did you last buy? Recycle bin
What is your mobile phone ringtone? Its on complete silent since I'm really pissed off with any ring tone
What did you do last weekend? played WoW, went into Leeds, went to Ikea, spent time with my sis

Name: Bettina
Nickname: Tina, Hobbit (don't ask about that one...)
Nationality: German
Age:23
Picture: nope =P

Birthplace: Aachen (near the border of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany: vla!)
Current abode: Salzgitter, the biggest small town there is
Work: Student
Hobbies (besides gaming): drawing, cooking, baking, making sweets :3

What last made you laugh? "That's nice, Rrak."
What last made you cry? Some upset with university.
What book did you last read? "Elfen Ritter", but I'm not done with it yet (fantasy novel).
What song did you last listen to? Something my fiancee put up, but that I don't know the name of.
What did you last buy? Olives for my brother.
What is your mobile phone ringtone? I don't own a mobile.
What did you do last weekend? Played WoW, cooked up a feast and got frustrated at stochastics.

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Name: Antonius Mansfeld
Nickname: Tony, Tiny and of course Leaf, Lorne and Adora, but mostly Tony.
Nationality: Swedish
Age: 24 years, halfway to 25. *shivers*
Picture:
Not yet, but sit tight - it will come. You can find old ones on the official SSL realm forums, but there's mostly butts there.

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden.
Current abode: Same.
Work: Economy assistant, in charge of invoicing.
Hobbies (besides gaming): Traveling, and weight lifting (but not lately because of the traveling expenses).

What last made you laugh? Talking to a friend.
What last made you cry? I don't cry. ;P
What book did you last read? Haven't found any time to sit down and read a book.
What song did you last listen to? No idea.
What did you last buy? A drawing.
What is your mobile phone ringtone? Self made.
What did you do last weekend? Celebrated midsummer with some friends and a guild member from The Exiles as wel as meeting a second guild member of The Exiles.

Name: Claire
Nickname: Ping
Nationality: British/Canadian
Age: 36
Picture: https://2img.net/h/i30.photobucket.com/albums/c303/MzPing/Snapshot_20080830_5.jpg
( Updated pic 08/09/08 )

Birthplace: Hertfordshire
Current abode: Essex
Work: Web Developer
Hobbies (besides gaming): motorcycling, rugby, writing, storm chasing, LARPing, shooting airsoft guns. RRRAAARRR!!

What last made you laugh: Reading an email about a bloke who tasered himself (again).
What last made you cry: Crying's for wimps!! *cough*
What book did you last read: The one I'm writing.
What song did you last listen to: 'Halo' by SOiL
What did you last buy: chargrilled chicken salad from Tesco.
What is your mobile ringtone: What can best be described as a small imp snoring.
What did you do last weekend: Played Warcraft (I really should get myself a life but I like Warcraft too much xD ).

Name: Petra
Nickname: Bleaky, Raven
Nationality: Portuguese
Age: 18
Picture: (I look bad in all pics i have)
Birthplace: Leiria (portugal)
Work: Poker player XD (aka none)
Hobbies (besides gaming): Bird watching, duck feeding... drawing... watch anime...

What last made you laugh? Harry Potter's tralala movie on youtube XD
What last made you cry? My best friend's jealously over other friends
What book did you last read? World of the Living... by Nicci French
What song did you last listen to? Kumiko Noma - Lilium (Elfen Lied opening theme )
What did you last buy? Candies...
What is your mobile phone ringtone? Temple of love - Sisters of Mercy
What did you do last weekend? Played wow and watched yaoi...

Name: Nick Ryan
Nickname:
Nationality: British-Irish
Age: Touching (barely) my fourth decade
Picture: (me on the right, my friend Andy on the left)



Birthplace: UK
Current abode: UK
Work: Freelance journalist; also an author and (very) occasional TV producer
Hobbies (besides gaming): Not enough, but I guess reading, swimming, yoga and about to go back to Tai Chi. And travelling of course.

What last made you laugh? My son.
What last made you cry? Probably my son
What book did you last read? The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks
What song did you last listen to? Some Muse stuff over the weekend; usually I tune into internet radio stations during the day
What did you last buy? Blimey, this is all getting rather teenage ain't it? ... Shopping I imagine
What is your mobile phone ringtone? Do people really care about this sort of stuff??
What did you do last weekend? Family stuff. Watched Wimbledon and British Grand Prix. Went ganking rogues, on my warlock, in WoW.

Following Vypra's example:

Name: Renato Silva
Nickname: Arctic00negative
Nationality: Portuguese
Age: 18
Picture: https://2img.net/r/ihimizer/img246/768/arcttttfd7.jpg


Birthplace: Hospital
Work: Student
Hobbies (besides gaming): Run, street football, eat, sleep.


What last made you laugh? My Voidwalker's sacrifice

What last made you cry? I'm too evil to cry

What book did you last read? Summonings: Vol2 - Summoning Blond Succubus

What song did you last listen to? Vino vino

What did you last buy? Cookies

What is your mobile phone ringtone? David Vendetta - Bleeding Heart

What did you do last weekend? Sleep, eat, WoW, nightlife

Thought I'd pipe up here as well

Name: James
Nickname: Umb / Umbrael (gamer handle that people got to know me by at University, and it stuck. Grown quite fond of it)
Characters: Lithaella, Arithidrimme, Tahlakash, Fendornu, Syraneth, Umbrator (the original!)
Nationality: Very English
Age: 21
Picture: Later... if I can find one that doesn't make me look too hopeless

Birthplace : Salisbury
Current Abode: Lincoln
Work: Between the end of Uni and getting a job... so... Freelance Bum?
Hobbies: Loooots of gaming, Roleplaying, foruming, webcomics, and other wonderful computer-based nerdiness. Love watching decent anime series, read a fair bit, and hang out with equally nerdy friends for general geeky fun. Also working through the whole of Starge SG-1 at the moment with my housemates (it rocks on an HD projector, trust me). Also rediscovering my love of Star Trek recently...

What last made you laugh: My Uncle and his rude jokes at a family gathering
What last made you cry: Stress coming from various sources hitting particularly hard at the same time.
What book did you last read: The Sundering (part of the War of the Ancients trilogy... yes, a Warcraft book. I love 'em)
What song did you last listen to: "God Knows" from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (used it as a track in Audiosurf)
What did you last buy: Money spent on something other than rent, food and WoW? I... genuinely can't remember. Ooh, ooh, I know! I bought a Wispa bar!
What is your mobile phone ringtone: The chorus of "Live to Win" by Paul Stanley. For those of you that have seen the WoW episode of South Park, it's the epic music playing during the montage sequence as they're levelling up by grinding boars
What did you do last weekend: Crashed at my aunt and uncle's house while waiting for my parents to come collect me; saved me an unpleasantly long train journey and got to spend time with family; double win!

Got bored and updated this.. *Shrug* Eh, why not.

Name: Rutger Bos
Nickname: Bosman
Nationality: Dutch
Age: 16
Picture: I just took the last photo of myself I could find. I have a talent to not to show up at pictures, so it is an older one, about half a year. The only thing that's really changed is that my hair's a few inches longer.
https://2img.net/h/i35.photobucket.com/albums/d180/Rodyle/PICT0049.jpg

Birthplace : Harderwijk
Current Abode: Harderwijk
Work: I do stuff in a local supermarket
Hobbies: Gaming(mostly RPG and RTS), reading, watching animé, RPing, playing (electric) guitar, karate, watching a good movie/series and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting at the moment.

What last made you laugh: Some random jokes in a monty python episode
What last made you cry: Gods, I can't really remember... I guess I cry too little.
What book did you last read: I think it was 'Thud', by Terry Pratchet.
What song did you last listen to: Currently listening to "Spell of the Gypsies" by Buckethead.
What did you last buy?: two Pink Floyd Cd's
What is your mobile phone ringtone: Don't have one.
What did you do last weekend: I played WoW, I wrote some stuff, I played guitar, I trolled some forums and I think that's about it.

EDIT: Removed img tags not to fuck up the layout of the site.

Name: Marius
Nickname: Quintilius - The QUINT!
Nationality: Norwegian
Age: 23

Picture: Me with a wig: https://2img.net/h/i179.photobucket.com/albums/w284/mostler/klovn.jpg

Me with a sig: https://2img.net/h/i179.photobucket.com/albums/w284/mostler/ajii.jpg

Me with a hat: https://2img.net/h/i179.photobucket.com/albums/w284/mostler/haton.jpg

Me with no clothes on (lol): https://2img.net/h/i179.photobucket.com/albums/w284/mostler/superrawr.jpg

Birthplace : Hønefoss, Norway

Current Abode: Trondheim, Norway

Work: Acting and theatre studies at the university of Trondheim

Hobbies: Theatre and acting. Love theatreports and impro. Books and comics. Some gaming. Enjoy roleplaying though not pen and paper. Drinking beer in the sun and being out on the ocean.

What last made you laugh: My friends story about when he turkeyslapped (dick-slap ) a random girl on a beach in Thailand.

What last made you cry: Probably one year ago when my ex said "lol, fuck off. I r shaggin other men"

What book did you last read: Uh, cant remember. Probably God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

What song did you last listen to: Cemetery gates by Pantera

What did you last buy: Clothes, hotdog and some newspapers.

What is your mobile phone ringtone: "Hercules Theme" By Hercules Love Affair

What did you do last weekend: Work!

Name: Emil Fröjd (Means Joy in english)
Nickname: N/a
Nationality:Swedish
Age:30
Picture: About 5kg(11 pounds) ago.


Birthplace: Västerås Sweden about 100 km west of Stockholm
Current abode: Visby
Work: Studying 3d-grafics for film
Hobbies (besides gaming): Mostly gaming of different kind like boardgames, pen and paper rpg, larp, miniture games. I also watch a lot fo movies.

What last made you laugh? stuff on /lfrp
What last made you cry? A movie
What book did you last read? Let the right one get in.
What song did you last listen to? My playlist probebly some Original Sound Track from some movie
What did you last buy? Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on DVD
What is your mobile phone ringtone? Some basic
What did you do last weekend? Went on a date and was with the girl I dated.