furiosity
Email: <furiosity AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com>
I've played Rogue since the first time I accidentally discovered it in a directory for another game, sometime around 1988 or so. I saw an executable file that I didn't know about, ran it, and have since spent (cumulatively) several weeks of my life trying to defeat Trolls and Ur-Viles. I didn't discover other roguelikes until much later, and didn't play any of them until just a few years ago. I played Angband for a while, and then discovered ToME on http://angband.oook.cz/ - I figured since it's got the most character dumps, it must be interesting; so I gave it a whirl. Since then, I've authored two modules (Modules/Theme and Modules/Hobbit) and can't wait for ToME3.
I'm a writer who lives in Toronto, Canada, though I also call Budapest, Hungary home. I speak Russian, Hungarian, and English on a native level and can also understand (but not speak/write) German. I hold a B.Sc. in psychology and sometimes entertain plans to go get a Master's degree. My main obsession besides ToME and LoTR is the Harry Potter series. I'm also a catmv/editall editor at the Open Directory Project, in which I'm rather involved as well.
I have a personal Web site at http://www.zionmainframe.ca/. I also have a LiveJournal where I post fandom-related rants and fiction.
Playing ToME
(Layout stolen from MayLith and VagaBond)
Favourite races: Wood-Elves and Hobbits
Favourite classes: Archers and Thaumaturgists
Favourite Valar: Eru Iluvatar, Ulmo, and Mandos (these last two are from Theme)
Wins: none with ToME, none with Theme, one with T-Plus (Favoured High-Elf Eru Sorceror.. I'm pretty sure. I lost his chardump :()
Best character: The aforementioned winning character.
Favourite finds: The Mage Staff of Eternity (T-Plus)
Game habits:
- Slow diving, due to:
- never scumming the wilderness
- a mild passion for RPG - I imagine my characters actually going through these places, and being interested in their surroundings.
a tendency to want to clear the whole level (*waves at MayLith*)
- DitL'ing (fan fiction style, hee!)
- Playing with small levels always on
- Slow diving, due to:
Stupidest death: Failing to detect traps in the Orc Cave while playing with ironman rooms, and Calling Out an awake Azriel from a securely sealed Minor Boss vault I wasn't intending to touch.
Stupidest bad game habit: Inattentiveness! I get impatient sometime after diving Mirkwood, and it never fails to cause all sorts of near-death (or death) experiences. In chasing for immunities and high resists, I tend to forget about essential things like Free Action. Blarg.
Characters
/Barhael - Zombie Hobbit Sniper (Varda Elentari) [dead]
/Dwalin - Classical Dwarf Stonewright (war-priest of Aule) [dead]
/Thorongil - Classical Dunadan Ranger (Ulmo) [dead]
/Gildor - Classical Elf Thaumaturgist (Mandos) [dead]
/Paetrem - Zombie Wood-Elf Ranger (Manwe) [alive]
Mathoms
Just odds and ends I'm not sure where to put.
Ye Pulse of ye Liffe - everything you ever wanted to know about quylthulgs.
Chatter
Artifacts chatter - Chatter about artifacts and Pernisms.
VagaBond chatter - Chatter about Hungarians and ToME.
Wiki chatter - Chatter regarding policy on snarky comments and evolution of the wiki.
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