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[Zen Shooter01]

I'm thirty four years old, Caucasian, 6'5"/1.95m, brown hair, blue eyes, 235 pounds/107 kg.

I'm originally from northeast Ohio, United States, and I spend a lot of time there, for business and family reasons. I live in Orlando, Florida, half an hour from Disney World. I'm a militant atheist and a cheerful polyamorist. I'm a great second amendment advocate - all free men own guns. I'm a businessman, and I'm a writer. I'm editing the upcoming comic Earth Liberation Force for Across The Pond Studios, and my novel, Sojourns On Mars, is available at podiobooks.com as well as on the Kindle.

I started RPGs when I was fourteen, with D&D 2nd ed. I started Shadowrun when the basic book was blue, and was all there was.

[GreyBrother]

Hamburg, Germany.
I do Tech-Support.
I collect weapons.
I like to know how to destroy things and people.
I like to know how to make stuff go boom or all melty and stuff.
I do not think that those are a particularly bad combination at all.

Awww aren't you a cute little fella? I really can imagine how'd you look in real life (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Ravor]

Divorced father of three daughters. (Yeah, I've got primary custody.)

Born and raised in rural Wyoming, and if I have my way I'll die here. (My daughters are the Sixth Generation with the same mailing address, and the fifth to grow up on the family homestead.)

I make my money as an indepent contractor. (No, there isn't any money in Ranching, that's just an excerise in killing time, aka hobby.)

[Critias]

31 (32 next month), white fella, originally from California but a happy Kentucky transplant for most of my life (and planning to head to Texas in the next few years, so my wife can be back around her zillions of nieces and nephews and such). I've been gaming for about two-thirds of my time on this rock, I practice a mixture of JKD and Kali, shoot pistols and rifles, and have created my own martial art (not really) called "Dog Wrasslin'" from tromping around on the floor with my pups (one of which is about 90 pounds and has no idea of that fact).

In January I dropped a bunch of what I was juggling and went back to school full time to wrap up my degree. Since then, I've learned that college comes much easier to someone with some life experience and maturity (who's paying for tuition out of their own pocket, and as such shows up to class), and managed to get shanghaied into being an officer in Phi Alpha Theta, the international Honors History society, on campus.

I do freelance writing for a bunch of RPGs and wargames (no Shadowrun, yet), and I'm currently looking at a few publishing options for my novel. Most of my mundane jobs have been, well, mundane. Clerical temp, gas station register guy on overnights, and eight years or so working a cubicle at DHL.

[ShaunClinton]

I'm a Scottish male, living in glorious Glasgow. I studied Biochemistry at Glasgow University and now manage a lab where we manufacture synthetic DNA. I'm just about to start studying again, doing an MBA at Strathclyde Uni and have now been happily married for 2 years.

I can't claim too many special skills and my only language is English! However I make short films for a hobby (and a time consuming one at that) and generally like doing creative stuff. I'm passionately anti-religous and love debate about that and other subjects.

I've been roleplaying since I was 7 (started with WEG's Ghostbusters) and playing SR since someone showed me Shadowtech 16-17 years ago (still one of my favourite books!) I've played a couple of times but have generally been the GM for a number of long running campaigns (and a few shorter ones) across the various systems. I've recently finished up a seven year SR3 campaign and I'm looking forward to starting afresh with SR4.

As well as SR I've played D&D (which I generally hate but I played in one enjoyable campaign using 3rd edition), WEG Star Wars, WFRP 1st and 2nd editions (probably the most fun I've had roleplaying!), Dark Heresey, Mutants and Masterminds, Conspiracy X (total crap), Cybergeneration, Rifts, MERP and HERO System (starting with Champions before moving onto 5th edition - probably my favourite system!)

Shadowrun has always been the dominant game for me as it has a great combination of rules and setting, probably my second favourite in each and thus my overall favourite game! I've had a lot of awesome times playing it and look forward to many more.

As for Dumpshock I've been here on and off since the late nineties when I was at uni - over the years I've had a few different handles and every so often I get bored of the same arguments cropping up, at which point I vanish for a while before returning to see the old arguments trotted out in a slightly different format!

[Apathy]

I'm a 42 year old white male living in northern Virginia, US. I build/support financial analysis software for a long distance phone company. Before that I was a materials testing guy for a civil engineering company, and before that I was an armor officer in US Army. Married, no kids, with a dog and a cat.

I'm agnostic, a moral relativist, and an animal lover. Politically I think of myself as independant/moderate with libertarian leanings. Hobbies include martial arts (muay thai, brazillian jiu jitsu, and wrestling), drawing, and computer games. I've played SR off and on since about '92, and been on Dumpshock since about '04. Currently trying to learn Turkish in my free time.

[Alexand]

I'm about to be 30 in a month.

I'm of what I would describe as the 'mutt' race (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) let's just say I would pass NAN's "one drop" test to be a Sioux citizen, but at the same time I could pass the same test for at least a dozen other countries too.

I am currently living in Kentucky, USA, and making my living as a Landscaper & Groundskeeper. I have in the past been a waiter, a masseuse, a farmer, a writer, a poet, and a $100 an hour computer hardware specialist. I was born in San Fransisco, and I've lived in over a dozen different states over the course of my life. I've also spent a year in western Europe.

My hobbies are numerous and include collecting and playing RPGs of all types, Aikido, Karate, Politics, and Religious studies just to name a few.

I currently live with my GF in a polyamourous (sic) relationship. (much to the dismay of conservatives whom constantly surround me in this state)

I have collected Shadowrun since it came out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif)


Oh. And I have a basement storage room for when the apocalypse comes and zombies roam the earth. Just in case. Srsly.

[Bignaffer]

I am 32 years old and married with two kids living in Austin, Texas, USA. I work as a network technician for AT&T.

i started gaming about 20 years ago with AD&D and have played every edition of D&D, all White Wolf/WOD games, extensive knowledge/experience with Rifts but i dont play anymore cuz i couldnt stand the rules system, and of course shadowrun.

hobbies include: spending time with my family, playing video games on my PS3 or Wii, reading all kinds of gaming books, Shooting guns, working out.

[JTNLANGE]

I guess it is my turn.

I am a 38 yr old white male born and raised in Milwaukee,WI. I have been playing RPG's since I was 10. My older cousin got me into D&D. Now I play mostly SR with a smattering of a few others. I have a beautiful wife Janeen(36)and 2 great kids Nik(11) and Sydnee(7). The oldest is into SR which is great. I am a CSR for an Intermodal transportation company.
I spent 4 yrs in the US Army during the first Gulf War and 2 of those years spent in Germany. Loved it will most certainly be returning to visit friends I have there.


I currently own everything published for the RPG side of Shadowrun since 1st ed. I love it all (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


Trevor

[Blade]

I'm a 25 single French male, living in Paris. I'm a mobile computer engineer for a small company where I develop applications for mobile phones.

I speak English, can read, write and understand German (though not as good as English) but lack the practice to talk fluently, I speak a little Mandarin and know a few words of Cantonese. Due to the language skill web, I'm able to understand a bit of Spanish and Italian when it's written or spoken slowly.
I love to travel and have been to a lot of places in Europe, spent 1 month in Mauritania (and not inside a European enclave) and 6 in Hong-Kong (for my studies). I play guitar, read a lot, used to write when I had time for this, used to play a lot of video games (now I've got a social life and spend enough time at work in front of a computer. I still play regularly but less than I used to). I'm slightly underweight, not what you'd call athletic but still in good physical condition and I walk a lot (and fast).

I started playing RPG about 10 years ago. Shadowrun has been one of the first game I've played, and the one I'm having most fun with. I'm finding it more and more difficult to have fun in traditional medfan settings though with good friends and good players you can have fun with nearly any game. I am the president of the French "Shadowforums" association which runs the main French Shadowrun forum.

[WyldKnight]

I just turned 18 this month, live in Sacramento, California but will be moving to Brooklyn, New York for school in about 3 months. Obviously I don't have much experience in any fields besides school but when it comes to skills I am a decent shot with a gun, up to 200 yards I can basically call my shots, can run a mile in under 6 minutes which may not be the best shape but its not bad, and even though I have't aquired my license yet I can fly a prop plane with no problem thanks to a friend of the family and I want to expand into other forms of piloting (the air force is looking pretty good.)

I've been playing table top games since I was 13 when I started with DnD but I got tired of it because of its stale notions of "If its different its probably evil so kill it." Started playing Shadowrun just this year and before this played a couple years of Traveller.

Lets see I am a mix of things. My family is from Belize and I am a mix of African, Mayan, and Spanish. I'm 6'0, 150 pounds, and got the usual black hair brown eyes though my eyes change between a dark almost black brown and a very light golden brown.

[kanislatrans]

Male ,caucasian with a little Senaca thrown in, 44 years of age. father of three and grandfather of 1. Business owner in the appliance repair field. Gilligan tour in the U.S. navy( 5 weeks, bad eye sight that was passed over in the induction center.) 15years food service, 6 years construction, 4 years small printing press operator. I

I live in North central Pennsylvania, USA. its easy to find just google a map of PA and look for the big area where there is nothing....thats us.

I speak english, with an american dialect. I know enough spanish to get my ass kicked and am learning american sign cause the wife wants to become foster parents and I figure it might come in handy if we get a special needs child.

Ht 5'6'' wt 160
RPGing since 1982. playing Shadowrun since the beginning with the exeption of 3rd edition due to alcohol issues. have played a drek load of other games (rifts, Marvel superheros, ect.

hobbies include fishing, hunting, gardening, writing, cosplay,

Politically i am a moderate anarchist..

Religion: eclectic pagan( any discussion on this will gladly be discussed in PM not the forum)

owner of 3 bitches,(border collie/sheltie mix). two stray cats, two rabbits and one gold fish.

homeowner

Ht 5'6" Qt

I enjoy pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/silly.gif)

[Leehouse]

These types of threads always interest me.

I'm a 24, guy who was born and raised in Wisconsin. I just completed my first year of graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a Masters, potentially a PhD not sure though, in Atmospheric Sciences. I am currently working with the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center and will be traveling to Antarctica within a few months to repair, install, and remove AWS(automatic weather systems). I've been playing RPG's since the early 90's, starting with D&D, then stopping for a number of years until college. I also used to do a lot of console and computer gaming before school began to take up a great deal of my time. I only speak english, as other languages have always eluded my grasp for whatever reason. Politically I am left of center from the American perspective of things, I'm unsure where this puts me in a global perspective... probably more central. I shot, and swam competitively for about 6 years, throughout middle school and high school but both ended when I went to college.

[Adarael]

I'm 29, and I've been playing Shadowrun since 1st edition, because I was a precocious bugger.

Most of my life I've lived in California, but currently I live in Seattle, on Queen Anne hill. I went to college at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and majored in two unmarketables: English and Asian Studies.

The only language other than English that I can speak is Japanese, though I imagine McCummhail speaks it a fair bit better than I do. I've held a lot of unusual jobs over the years: reporter, graphic designer, web developer, game tester, game writer.

Currently I'm a UI designer for the Xbox division of Microsoft, though I'd like to get back into game writing. If you own an Xbox 360, you use the dashboard that I and my team built.

[fistandantilus4....]

29 year old caucasian (6'2"/200lb) father of five, married going on seven years. I've got enough college for my generals, but nothing specific in terms of degrees, and I agree with Crit whole heartedly, which is why I'm taking classes again. I live in San Diego, CA , about 10 minutes from the beach. I'm a Master-at-Arms in the U.S. Navy. I'm also Mormon, although less practicing than some.

Oh, and I've got dashing good looks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Adarael]

Well, of course you do! Who can hate a Koala, even a blood-sucking, face-ripping one?

[shuya]

i am a 27 year old boy/girl and live in the ozark mountains of southern Missouri as a member of an intentional community ("commune" to some people), where i spend most of my time working in a factory that makes peanut butter, or else working on our ranch (we raise cattle, pigs, and chickens for our own personal consumption, but not for selling).

i attended college and majored in linguistics and asian studies, and some graduate school where i was working on a PhD in translation studies before deciding that i no longer wanted to deal with all of the bullshit of trying to cope with living in a society that i had major moral qualms about being a part of. english is my native language, and i also speak japanese very well (i would not say "fluent" but i am damn close). in addition to those, i am competent with several other languages to varying degrees, including german, spanish, latin, korean, mandarin chinese, sanskrit, italian, turkish, and probably at least one more that i am forgetting. i also spent one year of undergrad as an exchance student in Japan, which was freakin sweet.

my non-rpg hobbies/interests include music (i can play guitar, bass, synths, and really pretty much anything that makes any kind of sound, and i love production and cut-ups and multitrack reel-to-reel tape recorders), marijuana, postmodern literary criticism and philosophy, japanese popular culture, avant-garde art, fashion, closet horticulture and mycoculture, gender anarchy, zen buddhism, 2d fighting games, shooting squirrels with pellet guns, ghost stories, entheogenic drug use and shamanism, collecting dead lighters, street kids and rainbow family, and cetera...

i've been playing rpg's since i was maybe 8 or 9 or so (i can't really remember, it's been so long), though not continuously. i'm also a big Magic the Gathering kid.

[Method]

Started a thread like this many moons ago (LINK). Its interesting to see how peoples lives have changed over the years.

I was born and raised in Wyoming (what's up Ravor?) and currently live in Seattle WA where I am finishing school (finally). I have BS degrees in Zoology/Physiology and Medical Microbiology and a MS in Pathobiology. I will graduate from medical school in a few months and I am currently applying to general surgery residencies throughout the western US. I speak some spanish and some japanese (mostly related to 12 years of aikido training). Also an avid shooter (although its hard to be an avid shooter in Seattle). Married with 2 dogs. Expecting our first kiddy in the spring. Been playing SR since first edition. Also play TT wargames (WHFB and FoW) and PC-base RTS games. Other interests include history (military and medical), politics, music, cinema and sharp objects.

[crash2029]

Hell, why not?

I am a male living in Ephrata, WA. I am on disability. I am diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenia, severe clinical depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder with psychosis. I have been playing RPG's since the age of 9. I am a second generation gamer, my father actually played D&D with Gary Gygax and Car Wars with Steve Jackson. I got a GED during the tenth grade winter break. I'm pretty much a hermit. I'm a published poet.

[Stahlseele]

Awww aren't you a cute little fella? I really can imagine how'd you look in real life (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I am NOT cute! ò,Ó;, >o<

I mostly look grumpy, sad, angry, confused, gleefull or any mixture of the aforementioned.
Pale skin, dark hair, Green, brown, blue eyes, Dark and mostly combed back Hair.
Sometimes i like to dye them black, with one, two or three stark white streaks in there . . don't you dare call me skunk <.< . .
Most of the time wild Moustache, Chin, Sides, Upper Lip, other times clean shaven, nothing much in between.
I tend to wear only black, with the Occassional white Shirt. Not T-Shirt, GOOD Shirt.
People that see my ID Photo usually tell me i look like i would be in with the Mafia or something.
When i am outside, i usually have the darkest shades over my eyes that i can find. I tend to slink from shadow to shadow in the summer.
Remember that pale skin? Yeah, light Sun Allergy . . If i hold my arm with Sunblock out of the Window for 30 Minutes, my Arm goes lobster red.
Then i can pull of the skin and what's beneath is pale again.
I am not ashamed to admit that i DO own a long black Leather Coat. And a Ninjato. And i have the Matrix OST on my MP3-Player.
DON'T JUDGE MEE! =^.^=
Usually, i have my nose in some kind of Book. Or am staring at my Laptop. Or listen to MP3's on my Player.
If there's cats around, i will probably be somewhat pre-occupied. I love those little monsters ^^

[Grinder]

Oh, and I've got dashing good looks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

We've never doubted that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[Grinder]

Awww aren't you a cute little fella? I really can imagine how'd you look in real life (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

He's overcompensating. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[The Dragon Girl]

Heh, Sure I'll give it a shot.

27 Year old white female, married with two cats. I live in north west GA, USA (Hi there Cadmus) About an hour north of Atlanta in traffic.

I've been a free lance artist on the convention circuit for 8 years now, a renny for 11, a RPer for 14 (mostly freeform text based) and grew up on a little farm. I can spin, weave, sew, can, pickle and bake with the best of them and have regionally award winning jellies to my name (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I speak English primarily, and enough Spanish to make myself understood, though I really want to learn Latin (and Tolkien's elvish).

I've got a little college with plans to go back and finish my degree (..Which degree is still up in the air, between graphic design, horticulture, and the culinary arts(pastry chef) ).

[vladski]

I'm a virgo and love taking long walks on the beach, deep soulful talks, watching sunsets while drinking wine and... oops, wrong personal profile!   Here we go....



Vlad  


Human Male Age: 40 Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Ht: 1.78 meters Wt: 91 Kilos

ATTRIBUTES:
Body: 2
Agility: 3
Reaction: 2
Strength: 2
Charisma: 3
Intuition: 3
Logic: 4
Willpower: 2
Special Powers:


Low-light vision (I DO have incredible night-vision)

Qualities: 
Ambidextrous
First Impression
Iron gut (Nothing seems to faze me!)


ACTIVE SKILLS:
Pistols: 2
Longarms: 2
Unarmed(Brawling): 1(+2)
Perception: 3
Infiltration: 1
Etiquette: 3
Negotiation: 2
Con: 3
Leadership: 2
Pilot Ground: 3
Harware (Computers) 1(+2)
Computer: 2
Artisan: 2
Cooking: 3
Billiards: 3
Roleplaying games: 3
Auto mechanic: 2
Industrial mechanic(Construction): 1(+2)

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS:
Cooking background: 3
Sports(Football): 1 (+2)
History: 2
American Politics: 2
General Math and Physics: 1
Mechanic, auto: 2
Carpentry: 2
Retail procedures:2
Food preparation: 2
Sci-Fi/Fantasy media: 3
Kokomo Dives and Bars: 2
Kokomo dealers: 1
Shadowrun: 2
AD&D (2nd Ed.): 2

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English: Native
Spanish: 1





Sorry, I couldn't resist.  Actually, it was a little thought provoking to try and simulate me in "stats." 

I am a Caucasian male and have been so for nearly 41 years.  Irish/Scot/French descent. Highschool diploma, 2 years college: Poly Sci & English majors. Have been everything from a thief to a web page designer, a head cook to a data collector, an arch-technopagan to a smuggler, a bartender to a construction worker, a pool hustler to a manager . 

Born and raised in Kokomo, IN (50 miles north of Indianapolis),  population aprox. 50K.  Moved to Wichita, KS about a year and a half ago. Spent a year in Tampa, FL and a couple in Bloomington IN. Divorced once, 1 child, son age 16, and am currently engaged (have been for a couple years) and living together with a wonderful woman and eventually will have a step-daughter and step-son, currently 8 and 12 respectively.

My hobbies include: RPGs (of course), reading (mostly fiction), loads of TV (I'm a news junkie and watch the news several hours a day and also enjoy many fictional programs... I am not sure which is FOX News.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ), fiddling with computers, riding motorcycles, writing, drawing and cooking.

I started roleplaying in Middle School at around 12-13 years old with 1st Ed AD&D.  Would have been about 1981-82. Over the years I have played many RPGS, running  AD&D 2nd (Forgotten Realms) for a gaming group that varied from 6-12 people and then moved them to SR3 when it first came out back in '98 I believe. Switched to SR4 about a year after it was launched.  My favorite RPGs to have played are SR, AD&D 2nd, Star Wars WEG (D6) and Space 1889. I authored an original RPG to play in the Firefly/Serenity setting before an official game was released.  My players and I still prefer mine over the official one. I have considered many times polishing it and attempting to sell it as a generic mechanics system. I also enjoy playing Axis and Allies and other wargames of that ilk and medium complexity.





So, there you have it.  The mystery is over.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)



Vlad

[Ancient History]

American. Male. English/Irish/Scottish/Sicilian/Walloon heritage. 5'5", 150 lbs. or thereabouts. Military brat. Just got my bachelor's in Electrical Engineering (w/minors in Tech Writing and Electronic Music); going for a master's in EE (w/grad certificate in Technology Management). Freelance writer for Shadowrun, with a couple other pieces here and there no one really need care about. Extensive collection of comics and books, particularly Lovecraft, his immediate influences, and his contemporaries; cyberpunk and its immediate precursors and some of its descendants; and occult or weird detective fiction. I also have a terrible habit of reading trashy Warhammer novels; like most bad habits, Games Workshop is very hard to break. I also love to cook and bake, but rarely get the time.