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I’ve been gaming since I was about 5 years old. I think the first game I ever played was Final Fantasy for the NES. My dad was always playing it, so that’s how I got started on it. My favorite genre also happens to be RPGs. I’m not sure if FF influenced this or not, but I ended up enjoying them the most out of any genre. I play everything though.
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I first started online gaming with a game called, Worms Armageddon. It’s one of my favorite multiplayer games ever and I played it for years. After I got bored of that, I moved onto a game called, Graal. It’s like The Legend of Zelda, but online. Played that for years till I got bored of it. Met a lot of people on there and played various MMOs and other things until finally moving onto Kongregate. Been here since 2008.
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I’m a modest, easygoing type of person. I consider myself “casually hardcore” when it comes to games. For Kongregate, I define that as, I try to get all the badges here, but I usually only try a few times for games I dislike. If there is a game that is a combination of very difficult and very boring (Tarnation for example), I don’t really mind just skipping the badge(s). I just can’t force myself to play some games I dislike for a badge. Opposite of that though, If I do enjoy the game, I will play it till I get the badge. Zunderfury for example, took over a week of me trying to get the impossible badge for it. I enjoyed it though, so I didn’t mind.
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I used to have some badge statistics on my profile of how I was doing with my badge hunting progress. Think the best I ever got it down to was 3 or 4 missing badges out of everything. It was a nice way to show my progress and have some personal motivation for myself to try and get them all. I ended up deleting it after a while though. The main reason was, a hacking program became really popular on Kongregate. Lots of people started having all the badges all of a sudden and I would say 95% of them did it using that. This made me feel like my badge progress thing on my profile was pointless, so I deleted it.
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This is also the reason I quit participating in Kongregate tournaments. They were a lot of fun when they first started out and there was rarely anyone called out for hacking. Then it just steadily progressed from there and I ended up not participating in them anymore, because they weren’t enjoyable for me. My favorite one that I did participate in though, was The Gauntlet. It had the best scoring/ranking system out of the tournaments and even split everyone into groups. That was a lot of fun and I would at least consider joining one if they had something similar to The Gauntlet.
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Outside of gaming, I do a few other things. I watch Anime. My favorite TV shows are 24 and House. I also enjoy playing most sports, with basketball being my favorite to play and watch. I also like reading a lot, with the Harry Potter series being my favorite books. This kind of relates to gaming, but I play DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) a lot. It’s a great way to exercise and it’s really fun.
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Some notable dates for me:
7-29-08 I reached the top 25 All-time leaderboard (I was only level 42!)
9-23-09 I reached the max level on Kongregate (65)
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Other websites
I have my own Youtube Channel. It’s mainly about Shmups.
I watch a lot of Anime. Click here to see my Anime profile of everything I’ve seen & the ratings I gave them
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Tournaments
I’ve participated in a lot of tournaments & leagues in various games. Won quite a few also.
Kongregate
Winner of the Kongreatest competition
Winner of the K.O.N.G. competition
Halo: Combat Evolved
I was ranked 4th in my state
Goldeneye 64
My team came in 2nd place and won a $25 gift card
Donkey Kong Country
Came in 1st place and won a free game
Super Mario Bros
Came in 1st place and only won a certificate for it
Mario Kart 64
Probably the thing I’m most proud of (gaming related). Beat the world record time for Frappe Snowland (according to Nintendo Power). They sent me some Mario Kart related merchandise for it.
Worms Armageddon Won lots of leagues and ended up going 50 wins and 0 losses for one of the seasons.
Graal
Was voted the best player on the server a few times and set the most event wins in a month record. It was around 420 wins.
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My top 10 favorite video games of all-time
(#10) Grand Theft Auto IV
(#9) Suikoden 2
(#8) Dragon Quest VIII
(#7) Tales of Symphonia
(#6) Halo 3
(#5) Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals
(#4) Chrono Trigger
(#3) Xenosaga Episode 3: Also Sprach Zarathustra
(#2) Final Fantasy X
(#1) Super Smash Bros. Brawl
My top 5 favorite PC games
(#5) N
(#4) Diablo 2
(#3) Borderlands
(#2) Morrowind
(#1) Ragnarok Online
My top 10 favorite Shmups
(#10) Imperishable Night
(#9) Progear
(#8) Eden’s Aegis
(#7) Radiant Silvergun
(#6) Kamui
(#5) Ibara
(#4) ESPGaluda
(#3) Ikaruga
(#2) DoDonPachi
(#1) DoDonPachi Dai-Oujou
My top 10 favorite Kongregate games
(#10) Anti-Idle: The Game
(#9) DJManiax
(#8) Dino Run
(#7) GemCraft chapter 0
(#6) Bloons Tower Defense 4
(#5) Bullseye Interstellar Marines
(#4) Tyrant
(#3) Frantic 2
(#2) Epic Battle Fantasy 3
(#1) MARDEK RPG: Chapter 3
My top 10 favorite Anime
(#10) Skip Beat
(#9) Black Lagoon
(#8) Berserk
(#7) Monster
(#6) Death Note
(#5) Nana
(#4) Hajime no Ippo
(#3) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
(#2) Code Geass
(#1) Clannad: After Story
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