Avian Gamers Network

Your RL stats?

Been a long time since I saw one of these post.
There is a core of Avian members who has been on these forums for a long time now. In my case five years...!

So to start off I will first write what I was doing when I joined and what I do now.

Then - May 2002
Age:
- 16, turning 17 in August.
Occupasion:
- High School equivalent of USA (1st year of high school after 10 years of elementary - Skipped a year)
- Store clerk/shop assistant
Persona at the time:
- A poor young man who was very closed, with friends whoose number could be counted with one hand.

Now - December 2007
Age:
- 22 years young (In the mind, 15 in the morning; 22 at school; 66 going home from school; 10 when very tired)
Occupation:
- Business school student at the Computing Administration line
- Nightshift worker, bouncer and cleaningguy in one and same thing.
Persona now:
- A young man with a open personality and a bright look on life, with more friends than he can count.

Looking at it I have gone a long way since then to now.

_________________
1st Feb 2008

Then - Oct, 21, 2001
Age: 28
Occupation: Software Engineer - working with ASP and MS SQL Server (lots of web page programming).
Personal: Was 10 months into new Job. Had a little girl just a few month old at the time. Little boy just in kindergarden. Was in the process of building a new house on other side of town. Really was in the beginning phases of my career and family. Young, eager and energetic. Starting to move up the corporate ladder (but still wanting to start my own business).
Games: Looking forward to SWG. Umm, maybe Everquest (I think). Maybe Q3 or Counterstrike. Can't really remember.
And, GO DAWGS!.

Now
Age: 34 (wow)
Occupation: DBA/Accounting Manager: Same company, but moved up to manager of the DBA and Accounting department. (For crying out loud! I still want to own my own business in something).
Personal: Wow! Kids have grown up. Little girl is now in 1st grade and my son is now in 6th grade. Amazing how time flies. I'm now playing Warcraft all the time (when I have free time outside of everything else). Same wife (she puts up with all my crap ). Career is going well. I survived two rounds of massave layoffs, corporate downsizing, and offshore allocations. I now manage onshore and offshore (India) development in the DBA and Accounting departments for our Accounting software.
Games: Warcraft, that's it. I'm hooked.

And, finally, this year. GO DAWGS - LSU SUCKS

_________________
Nasiobo Aprillis
Star Wars: The Old Republic | Jedi Consular (Nasiobo)
Slicing, Scavenging and Cybertech

Then - June 28, 2002
Age: 34
Occupation: Health Care Claim Researcher
Personal: Had just started dating my wife-to-be a few months earlier, but still had tons of time to devote to the SWG forums, and Beta.
Games: Was big into Civilization, Warcraft II and Starcraft. Tried out Everquest, then realized it sucked.

Now
Age: 40 (double-wow)
Occupation: Technical Support Specialist.
Personal: Married, have a beautiful baby boy, and packed up my entire life and moved from Southern California, where I'd lived since I was bored, to Colorado. Never looking back. This place is awesome.
Games: WoW, Axis and Allies and even considering trying out SWG again if they give us another free retry.

_________________
"Loose with Dignity"
Robert
Second President, Avian Gamers

DDO - Cannith - AlistairItor - Rogue/Ranger (5/3) - Main
DDO - Cannith - Guijanitor - Paladin/Rogue (4/1)
DDO - Cannith - RicochetItor - Rogue (5)