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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteelCoyote" data-source="post: 3993755" data-attributes="member: 21543">Better late than never?I've been a lurker browsing the forums for quite a while now (joined in 2004) and only just noticed the: "Welcome! You're seeing this message because you have successfully completed your registration but you've never posted" today.Guess I can make appearances only on leap years.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> "Say Hello and maybe even post a few details about yourself."Ok: "Hello", (or "Well Met" if you prefer that  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ).Most people here seem to frequent the WotC forums, and I've been on those forums since late 1990-something (though I use a different handle there and Gleemax thinks I've only been on since 2004).I've been a gamer since my cousin got the D&D boxed set(s) back in the long-long ago, I'm an RPGA member, and I've even worked at a gaming store in undergrad (that no longer exists since everyone gets everything online now), and did a little bit of playtesting through them (for games that probably no longer exist <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).  I've applied at WotC several  times over the years, and once somehow got as far as a phone interview for a game developer job (still the coolest thing to happen in my long gaming "career").I think I've played all the major game titles (13 different simultaneous campaigns in 9 different games at one time during college), yet I default to D&D (2e-3.5e), FASA's version of Earthdawn & Shadowrun, and the occasional WoD romp (I even headed up the Ratkin player's group for a few years on WW's html chats).  I typically use Homebrew modifications of games and settings, and I enjoy tailoring and crafting the game to suit the "cinematic" vision and multi-layered plotlines I seek to establish.To that end, I'm always poking around EN for ideas and information of upcoming changes.  From what I've seen so far, I am very excited to see 4e shaping up as it is (or as we know it).  4E seems to capture much of what I tried to emphasize in my own House Rules over the last 15+ years of gaming, and I look forward to playing, running (and modifying  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> ) it once I find a suitable group.In real life, I'm an avid gamer (go figure), I've built my last three gaming PCs (for FPS and MMO use), I beta-test PC games whenever I can (42 titles so far), I dabbled in motorcycle racing (but ran out of time and money), I'm a die-hard Subaru performance/tuning and WRC fanatic, and I work full-time while also trying to finish grad school.  Like most others here, I dream of being a writer and/or game developer, but lack the time (and perhaps the skill) to do so while juggling work, school, and Homebrew creation.Well, that's about it......Now, back to hiding in shadows...</blockquote>

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