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With PAX soon upon us many of us will be partaking in the pilgrimage to Mecca/Seattle. I will be in company of one Mr.
Conrad Zimmerman and more than likely will be meeting many of you, so you get an idea of who I am I've decided to go ahead and introduce myself.
My intrigue with Destructoid was spawned by seeing a man with a robotic head and a
"coke-dealer white" (yes I have submitted this color to Crayola) suit at PAX 07 and asking my
associate who this person was supposed to be (thinking he was a cosplay character). Over the years I've tried to establish myself in internet "communities", only to be swept under the rug by the mass about of rubbish put out by already established members or merely just lost interest.
I'm a 26 year old male and have spent all 26 living in Phoenix, AZ. I have a girlfriend (of 5 years) who I've tried to coax into gaming with moderate success, her favorite games being Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, Harvest Moon: Magical Melody, the Phoenix Wright series, Yoshi's Island and Zombies Ate My Neighbors (which we have beaten together). My most recent addictions include: Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced 2, Space Invaders Extreme (of course I imported a paddle controller), The World Ends with You and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as King. Upcoming titles which will cause me to put more games in to incomplete-purgatory: the ever so tasty Final Fantasy IV DS remake, Bangai-O Spirits, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Gauntlet, Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, Disgaea DS, Legend of Kage 2, Ninjatown, N+ and of course Chrono Trigger. My greatest gaming achievement was completing Super Metroid in 1:15 with 100% of the items found.
Like so many others here I too am a
"chronic non-completionist" (yes, I made that up too, but you can use it). However my backlog of titles isn't nearly as extensive as some others. My preferred gaming console is my (limited edition LoZ) DS Lite, and my only entry in the current generation of systems is the Wii. Additionally I have an NES, SNES, N64, Dreamcast, Xbox, Gamecube, grey-brick GameBoy, GameBoy Color, Gameboy Advanced and a phat (red) DS. Which I suppose I'll show off in the near future with an obligitory "hey check out my gaming setup"-type post, after I get around to tidying up my living room.
If you're curious about the origins of my internet pseudonym, I present to you this little fellow.
If you are unawares who this character is, hang your head in shame.
This is Pete from Capcom's Power Stone series.
IIRC I the evolution of my nickname was something like: Pete -> Petey -> PeTeY -> P3T3Y
It wasn't particularly gradual. I think I settled on the current incarnation within 2-3 weeks, but its lasted me a couple years now and don't really feel the need to change anytime soon.
That's all from me for now fellow 'toiders, you'll be hearing again from me real soon.
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Welcome. I suggest you turn back now, before your idealism is dashed to pieces by the harsh, cold reality that is D-Toid.
Seriously, people 'round these parts are dicks.
Hey welcome to the 'Toid!!!!!!!!!!
About what CYBERXION said, pay some heed, sadly. :(
On a lighter note, nice read, and have a great day. :)
Now, if I remember correctly Pete turned into a robot after 3 stones. It looks like you found your three power stones.
Welcome, and I look forward to meeting you at PAX.
I liked your first blog more...
Valgas > Pete
And by that, I mean he has sweet lovin' times with that little green hatted bastard.
Anyways, welcome to Destructoid. I love you.
See ya' at PAX.
Welcome, avoiding the rapes is the hardest part of being a community member. Everything else is easy.
Welcome, check out the forums if you haven't already!
Welcome to Dtoid! Also, see you at PAX!
@Cyberxion
The only reason time people on this site are dicks are when other people suck, to try to teach them not to suck. P3T3Y here is a great guy, he's on IRC, etc, and he knows how to not fail, so people won't be dicks to him. Hell, the only people that are bringing negativity into this blog are the ones telling him to not join DToid. As a matter of fact, if you're going to publicly encourage someone to not be an active member of this community, "I suggest you turn back now", would you kindly get the fuck out of my Destructoid. That is all.
Coonskin, lord of truth and truthiness
Who the hell is Cyberxion? P3T3Y was already part of the community before his first blog, so hurray!
If you think ppl are really dicks because you fail... you have already failed too much :/
Welcome P3T3Y!
Guys I believe CYBER was referring to the recent rise of trolls on the site, the ones that clog up the c-blogs, and the whole fanboy/girl explosion that happened shortly after E3 was finished. Whereby a somewhat significant amount of people here on the 'TOID started flaming each other over the FF13 situation.
Also he might be refering to the likes of 'The Wrath' and other idiotic bloggers that have polluted this site recently, generally the newbies, and failbots.
However, if as Prof. Pew says, that CYBER is referring to the Community as a whole, then that is simply out of order. But I do not think he was, IMHO.
I'm pretty sure this community doesn't give two shits on what other people think about them. That's just me though.
This community is sorta like the 30-year-old unemployed dube who stands in front of the local 7-11 and picks up 16-year-olds. Yeah it's sad, but they don't care because they have a nice 'stache, and drive a '77 Corvette.
Oh and welcome to Destructoid, I love you.
Actually, due to the lull in cblogs lately, I think there's a lot less spam and repeated news as of late. I put up a cblog for once and it stayed on the first page for a damn long time. Though, I expect the pace will pick up in September.
Also, welcome to the cblogs, but I remember talking to you in IRC already! Is it true that Conrad touches you in dirty ways?
I fux with Wang-Tang
@ Everyone, I guess.
Mushman hit the nail on the head. The community proper is fan-fucking-tastic, but for every one of you genial D-Toid devotees, there's some douche-nozzle who makes being a fan of the hobby a living Hell.
I really enjoyed this place when I first came around. It seemed to me to be a the antithesis of every gaming site to come before it, and rather than being a haven for fanboys, it looked to be attracting people who didn't treat the hobby with melodrama and hyperbole, like they do. And then with increased popularity came the trolls, and all my ideals about the site were, not so coincidentally, dashed. I'm a fan of the hobby, and I find it frustrating that I can't talk to fellow gaming enthusiasts about it without some fuck-nut troll ruining the conversation with his bullshit. Somewhere along the way I let the frustration get to me.
So yeah, sorry for projecting that on P3T3Y, and I'm definitely sorry for being so vague about what I meant. I have a problem with that, and this wouldn't be the first time that it's caused me trouble. And if I offended any of you long-standing members with anything I've said, then I apologize for it. That wasn't my intention at all.
Welcome to Destructoid.
Anyone who mentions dreamcast games automatically gets welcomed into a hardcore gaming community. Its the way things have always been since the internet gaming world universally established dreamcast references as a code for "I don't suck completely and share similar interests as you guys. Can we hang out?"
I love your avatar.
But....but....you're not new.
@ randombullseye
I think it's cool that people are digging on the system these days, but where was the DC love back when it would have made a difference? It was a kick-ass system, and it seems like nobody really figured that out until it was too late.