If you go to the main forum page and scroll to the bottom to see people's birthdays you'll see we're ancient! Maybe that's not a true representation- people could have signed up 5 years ago and since grown out of games.
Age: 24 (male) Occupation: Biomedical Scientist in Microbiology Qualifications: Urr... degree in Biomedical Science. And the usual GCSEs/A-levels, Aspirations: Get a job more involved with patients. (As opposed to the conveyer belt-mentality of pathology work (you're ok, you're ok, you've got AIDs, you're ok, you're ok, you've got MRSA, you're ok, you've got chlamydia, you're ok, you're ok but why are you pregnant at 14, you're ok, you're ok, you're ok, you've got food poisoning, you're ok, you're ok)
Age: 23 (male) Occupation: Attempting to start a business, studying random courses on the side Other Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Science, Development Engineer. General programming, electronics, web design nut. Aspirations: To create a successful business in product development.
Age: 27 (male) Occupation: Comp technician/network support etc Other Qualifications: mcsa, A+, Network+, diploma in computing, certificates in computing Aspirations: To buy a motox bike in the next year! slightly o.t i know.. ;)
God damn it guys! The vast majority of these are leading to justification of FocusedWolf's blanket statement in another thread :P Most of us are atypical gamer tech-heads.
21 year old Male Working on 4th and final year of B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Did programming and web design in Middle/High School Would be nice to do rocket science or something
slayer20Killed a man once.Join Date: 2007-12-13Member: 63157Members, Reinforced - Shadow
Haha, I'm the youngest!
Age: 17 Occupation: Student (Graduate in 2010!) Qualifications: Umm...none? Aspirations: I plan on starting my own gaming company, if that answers this question.
<!--quoteo(post=1728280:date=Sep 21 2009, 07:09 PM:name=slayer20)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (slayer20 @ Sep 21 2009, 07:09 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1728280"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Haha, I'm the youngest!Age: 17Occupation: Student (Graduate in 2010!)Qualifications: Umm...none? Aspirations: I plan on starting my own gaming company, if that answers this question.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Age: 17 (male) Occupation: Student Other Qualifications: None (I model and map as a hobby) Aspirations: None.
<!--quoteo(post=1728266:date=Sep 21 2009, 06:07 PM:name=JAmazon)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JAmazon @ Sep 21 2009, 06:07 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1728266"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->God damn it guys! The vast majority of these are leading to justification of FocusedWolf's blanket statement in another thread :P Most of us are atypical gamer tech-heads.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Fou...FocusedWolf could be right? That's maddening! Hehe.
I do look forward to NS2 being modded very extensively though.
<!--quoteo(post=1728266:date=Sep 21 2009, 06:07 PM:name=JAmazon)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JAmazon @ Sep 21 2009, 06:07 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1728266"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->God damn it guys! The vast majority of these are leading to justification of FocusedWolf's blanket statement in another thread :P Most of us are atypical gamer tech-heads.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Well maybe I'll help a little with this:
Age: 22 (male) Occupation: Student - German studies (last semester before I get my BA, then going for MA) Other Qualifications: Tranlsation (English - French, German - French), currently learning my 5th language (Hungarian), self taught web design, musician since 14 years, amateur sound recording in my basement Aspirations: German teacher, rock star, whatever :p
Age - 21 (female). Occupation - Work (not saying what as) and Artist. Other Qualifications - Some certificates in the visual arts, but I've spent more time teaching myself. Aspirations - Living life, doing what I want, concept and freelance artist.
Age: 21 (male) Occupation: Professional Pokerplayer (for 5+ years in the future as well if nothing bad happens to the poker market) Other Qualifications: Nothing much, sadly. Aspirations: Business owner and owner of my own time, at all times.
Age: 32 (male) Occupation: Student (Library and Information Science) Other Qualifications: I am a metal singer and pretty darn good in the sack. What? Oh. Nvm. Aspirations: My maximum ambition is to be me.
Also: C^3 you are 10 years younger than I had you pegged. Mebbe I dont rox so much =/
Age: 22 Occuptation: Student (History) I think I'm the only one here going for something like that >.> (nvmd! roCos is with me) Other qualifications: Security clearance from DHS, security experience, etc, etc. Aspirations: Move to Germany, see Manowar live again and play NS2, go to a dig site for some new historical discovery(Rome/WW2 preferably). Oh and maybe have a wife and kid XD.
<!--quoteo(post=1728338:date=Sep 22 2009, 09:31 PM:name=homicide)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (homicide @ Sep 22 2009, 09:31 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1728338"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This topic is getting boring. On that note, anyone that isn't an engineer is a noob.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> We all know is that your just a glorified demolition man :>
Age: 25 (male) Occupation: C# (ASP .NET) Developer Other Qualifications: Masters in Business Administration and Bachelors in IT (Virginia Tech) Aspirations: To be happy, to stay fit (mentally and physically) and be financially sound. And to own a boat.
<!--quoteo(post=1728347:date=Sep 22 2009, 10:04 PM:name=steppin'razor)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (steppin'razor @ Sep 22 2009, 10:04 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1728347"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->We all know is that your just a glorified demolition man :><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If it werent for the glorified demolition men all science would have to show for itself would be a bunch of numbers on a page. Its us that make them useful ;)
Age: 22 (male) Occupation: IBM web builder Other Qualifications: CSS + Jquery and Flash Animator - WEB2.0 Layout Designer Aspirations: Be a politician in Brazil.
Age: 19 male Occupation: Student Computer Science Other Qualifications: Some Java, C++, and C, Built my own computer, Total geek, Hammer fluent, Aspirations: Maybe break into game design, or work at some IT place, and to one day get a life
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Age: 24 (male)
Occupation: Biomedical Scientist in Microbiology
Qualifications: Urr... degree in Biomedical Science. And the usual GCSEs/A-levels,
Aspirations: Get a job more involved with patients. (As opposed to the conveyer belt-mentality of pathology work (you're ok, you're ok, you've got AIDs, you're ok, you're ok, you've got MRSA, you're ok, you've got chlamydia, you're ok, you're ok but why are you pregnant at 14, you're ok, you're ok, you're ok, you've got food poisoning, you're ok, you're ok)
Occupation: Attempting to start a business, studying random courses on the side
Other Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Science, Development Engineer. General programming, electronics, web design nut.
Aspirations: To create a successful business in product development.
Occupation: Comp technician/network support etc
Other Qualifications: mcsa, A+, Network+, diploma in computing, certificates in computing
Aspirations: To buy a motox bike in the next year! slightly o.t i know.. ;)
Male
Mechanical Engineer ( real engineer.. none of this piddly stuff )
and ive been fps gaming since AQ2.. so 13 years!! damn im old
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*high five*
20 Yr old male
2nd year Aerospace (Mechanical) Engineer
Other Qualifications: Part time student pilot. Can solve a rubik's cube in under 2 minutes (That counts right?)
Aspirations: To find a way to combine flying and engineering without leaving the country.
Im surprised at the number of tertiary educated people we have in these forums, makes me feel so at home <3.
Occupation: None
Other Qualifications: Can hold breath for 10 minutes
Aspirations: To become a pirate
Lets see if anyone can get this reference.
Here is my own though
Age:22
Occupation: Student
Other Qualifications: BS in Management
Aspirations: To get into a MBA program in London.
Working on 4th and final year of B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Did programming and web design in Middle/High School
Would be nice to do rocket science or something
Age: 17
Occupation: Student (Graduate in 2010!)
Qualifications: Umm...none?
Aspirations: I plan on starting my own gaming company, if that answers this question.
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Age: 17 (male)
Occupation: Student
Other Qualifications: None (I model and map as a hobby)
Aspirations: None.
Occupation: Student
Other Qualifications: None (I model and map as a hobby)
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What month were you born?
Fou...FocusedWolf could be right? That's maddening! Hehe.
I do look forward to NS2 being modded very extensively though.
Well maybe I'll help a little with this:
Age: 22 (male)
Occupation: Student - German studies (last semester before I get my BA, then going for MA)
Other Qualifications: Tranlsation (English - French, German - French), currently learning my 5th language (Hungarian), self taught web design, musician since 14 years, amateur sound recording in my basement
Aspirations: German teacher, rock star, whatever :p
July here :3
Occupation: Student (EE Masters)
Other Qualifications: Bachelors in Engineering, musician, random other stuff
Aspirations: Be awesome
Student USC CLASS OF 2012!!! WOOo
Business Major
And yeah, I don't play anymore but I guess most of us got into this in high school, and now were all in college / graduated
Occupation - Work (not saying what as) and Artist.
Other Qualifications - Some certificates in the visual arts, but I've spent more time teaching myself.
Aspirations - Living life, doing what I want, concept and freelance artist.
Occupation: Professional Pokerplayer (for 5+ years in the future as well if nothing bad happens to the poker market)
Other Qualifications: Nothing much, sadly.
Aspirations: Business owner and owner of my own time, at all times.
Occupation: Student (Library and Information Science)
Other Qualifications: I am a metal singer and pretty darn good in the sack. What? Oh. Nvm.
Aspirations: My maximum ambition is to be me.
Also: C^3 you are 10 years younger than I had you pegged. Mebbe I dont rox so much =/
Occupation: Student (Politics and History)
Aspirations: Part of the national Broadcast
Occuptation: Student (History) I think I'm the only one here going for something like that >.> (nvmd! roCos is with me)
Other qualifications: Security clearance from DHS, security experience, etc, etc.
Aspirations: Move to Germany, see Manowar live again and play NS2, go to a dig site for some new historical discovery(Rome/WW2 preferably). Oh and maybe have a wife and kid XD.
(23/M/Technical Business Analyst (HAHA *cough*))
We all know is that your just a glorified demolition man :>
Occupation: C# (ASP .NET) Developer
Other Qualifications: Masters in Business Administration and Bachelors in IT (Virginia Tech)
Aspirations: To be happy, to stay fit (mentally and physically) and be financially sound. And to own a boat.
If it werent for the glorified demolition men all science would have to show for itself would be a bunch of numbers on a page. Its us that make them useful ;)
Occupation: IBM web builder
Other Qualifications: CSS + Jquery and Flash Animator - WEB2.0 Layout Designer
Aspirations: Be a politician in Brazil.
Occupation: Student Computer Science
Other Qualifications: Some Java, C++, and C, Built my own computer, Total geek, Hammer fluent,
Aspirations: Maybe break into game design, or work at some IT place, and to one day get a life
Yeah, I'm apretty typical computer geek