Getting to know your fellow BGDFers OR I stole this from BGG

I'm a software engineer; I work a regular day job and in the evenings I write and sell my own software (for Macintosh computers) on the Internet. My major hobby is performing 1920's-era jazz on cornet and trombone. I'm also a fencer, though not a very good one yet -- check back with me in ten years or so on that. :) And in my copious free times, there are the games...

I am a Structural Engineer by day, and a crime fighting Superhero by night. As the latter I protect mankind from the dasterdly deeds of DrMayhem and his band of thugs and hoods. As the former I protect mankind from the dasterdly deeds of Dr Contractor and his band of Lazy Laborers.

- Seth

As for me? I do stuff to pay the bills and then other stuff I actually enjoy doing the rest of the time; usually writing and solving puzzles - I'm playing* in several ARGs which take up far too much time.
(*and writing my second small-scale one atm.)

By day, I am a logistics guy in a hospital in the operating wing. A week later (or some weeks later) I am the very same at night, or afternoon-and-evening or early-morn-till-noon, then again during weekends.

The job consists of getting everything where it is supposed to be in time... So I'm running around (often litterally running) in a green outfit on green plastic clogs, a green hairnet/hat and a green muzzle-mask with a beeper and up to three 'dects' (= mobile radio-phones that do not interfere with medical machinery).

Things I carry around include: dope (lots of dope), blood and plasma (deepfrost, that plasma...), instruments that are weird, instruments that are downright scary, lots of stuff that is used in construction (of houses and things like that...), information (lots of information, but I try to give lots of that away through the dects...) and of course more and other stuff...

People often say that the beauty of people is hidden inside. Let me get that straight, I see a lot of insides of people, and most of them are NOT beautiful!

Cheese!

PS:

Excellent costume! As good as the one from Gogolsky's undercover teddy bear's. ;P

Due to the the hacking problems the forum suffered recently, my previous post on this thread dissapeared, so here I go again: I'm a graphic and web designer working at home since the birht of my daughter Catalina, currently twelve years old (Take that, Seth! Now try to repeat your joke about 12 y.o. births).

I'm usually quite busy, but that may be due to my tendency to post to this forums, read a book, watch some TV and go to the grocery store when I'm supposed to be working. So I tend to work when I'm supposed to be sleeping, and sleep when I just can't help it. I have managed to lenghten the day to well above 30 hours, but then the week misteriously shortens to only 5 or six days, and day become dark and nights sunny. I'll keep you posted if I manage to solve those tiny details. It's just a question of time, I 'm sure.

When I'm not glued to my PC I try to play tennis (with variable degrees of success), and as I mentioned in my lost post, my first attempt at creating a game (in recent times, I had a couple games created in my youth, but lost the rules) was a tennis game that actually feels like real tennis, and I failed miserably (the game actually had some merit in realism and simulation, but was toooooooooo slooooooooowwwwwwwwww).

Seo

By day (or night, whenever they tell me too) I teach avionics for fighter aircraft for the USAF near Wichita Falls Texas. Trying to teach up to 8 new airman at a time how to operate radios and landing systems for the A-10, sometimes it's fun, other times, not so much. As for free time I like to spend time with my wife of 13 years, walk our 3 dogs, ride my bike (not nearly as much as I should) read all kinds of books, and watch movies (although I am VERY picky about those, I can't stand alot of the movies Hollowood puts out) When I get the itch (small case of OCD the wife tells me) I design games, sometimes for a week at a shot in every spare moment, other times I just tinker a few days at a shot. I have 5 plus years left in the AF, only a few months left in Texas, then I have to figure out what I want to do when I grow up, now that is when life might get interesting.......

Aric

Seo wrote

Now wait, I never said she was my cousin!!!! =)

Aric

Hmmm. Interesting. Im an application support specialist by day (read: tech support). I like to spend time with my wife and two small children. Besides 'designing' and playing games, I like to play tennis, basketball, and volleyball as well as watch good movies. Oh and I also run this website!

;^)

-Darke

Compared to the rest of you so far, I'm pretty lazy! I also have a wife and 2 kids who I'm fairly sure are mine. Keeping their social life going means less free time, but you have to enjoy them while they're still young. I always thought the old folks that said "time flies" were full of it, but when I realize my 'babies' are already a teen and a pre-teen, I see the wisdom of those words!

Besides growing and raising my own gamers, I play World of Warcraft waaayyyy too much. I'm a book printer by trade - working with publishers to get their books through our plant on time, and with ALL the words in them HONEST! And most, if not all, of them are RIGHT SIDE UP too!

Can't think of a boardgame that would match - so I guess I'll take the easy way out and say the Warcraft boardgames....

Shrike

Do you mean the A-10 thunderbolt II, the most cool looking bomber that can hold more weapons than you can possibly imagine? Wow, so cool!

Kreitler

Are you working for "Retro Studio" (the makers of Metroid Prime)? Or is there many other video game companies in Austin, Texas.

I used to work in a interactive science musem untill an injury (permanant and ongoing complications from a dislocated shoulder) forced me to leave and will stop me from holding down a job (sucks). In my spare time (lots as I am out of work) I design board games and computer games. I also am a Home Theater nut and have a very nice setup (but it could be better if I had the money :D ).

I'm a martial arts instructor
working on a few big MA projects to come, currently
operating at Team Tabmoc in San Antonio, Tx.

As for the big MA projects, getting ready to create a program
for police & military.

not just teaching I'm also surrounded by excellent instructors
& we are all learning from each other,
I keep my foot wet in traditional martial arts as well as
sport martial arts and also tactical defense as well.

Just attended a knife fighting tactics class today & I'm super sore now :)

I am a mathematics undergraduate, studying hard for my Numerical Anaylisis, Probability, Quantum Physics, History of Jazz, and Philosophy classes.

I am also a private Math Tutor, mostly specializing in Pre-Calculus & Calculus.

Any time I have left is pretty much designing and playing board games, card games, computer games, role-playing games, etc. Toning up my computer programming skills. Reading books, magazines, newspapers, and anything else I can read that I find interesting. Working on some of my Knot Theory ideas, and surfing the web.

I am a mechanical engineer who designs paper feed mechanisms (and recently, vertical marketing applications) for color laser printers. A printer I worked on recently won PC Magazine's editor's choice award.

When I am not working, I enjoy playing disc golf and various other recreational sports (soccer and ultimate frisbee, primarily). As a first-time buyer, I am quickly learning the joys of home ownership. Soon, I hope to build a fence able to contain a hyperactive weimaraner puppy. I also enjoy the competitive side of gaming and am looking to use game design as a creative outlet.