Vault 71
New member
What is your Name?
Thomas, and I am deeply disappointed that the next two questions weren't about my Quest and my Favorite Color
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What is your Discord Name (name#1111) ?
Elycion#5284
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What is your Age?
(as long as you are kind, handle yourself with maturity, you are welcome! Just know many of us are old farts.)
50
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Where are you from? (location/timezone)
Texas, Central.
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Have you read the rules? Do you agree to them? And which rule resonates best with you?
Yes, and yes. Under the "drama" rules I particularly liked "members of this site are REQUIRED to have a thicker skin".
I don't fit in well with the recent culture shift towards being perpetually offended. I've always felt the best policy was to do one's best to be kind, to assume offense is unintended, and to offer apologies when mistakes are made.
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Do you understand(written above) you must be active in order to maintain your membership status to the community?
Yes. I am naturally somewhat quiet and tend to observe from the sidelines more than most, but the whole point in being here is to engage with the group.
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Do you have any friends who are Members? If so, who?
Not yet, but I'd like to work on that!
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How did you hear about the Crafting Worlds?
I was actively searching for potential homes on the New World Companies sub-reddit.
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Why do you want to be a part of Crafting Worlds? (this is probably the most important one)
I'd like to experience what New World has to offer alongside companionable and hopefully like-minded people. I've spent many years in various games "solo in an MMO" and I'd very much like to find the friendship and camaraderie that I fondly remember from my EverQuest days.
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What was your first/favorite creative outlet? (optional)
I don't consider myself to be creative, although I do enjoy making useful things in my woodshop. I want to learn video editing, but thus far I've practically fallen asleep every time I try to wade through learning the software.
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What were your first gaming experiences? (Console, PC, pen & paper, board games etc.)
I'm old enough that my first game machine was a Pong console. I later moved on to the Atari 2600, Commodore computers, and IBM PC clones. I've never been much of a console player, but my household still has at least one of each major console, and multiples of some.
I've been a huge fan of TTRPGs since I got hooked on Dungeons& Dragons in the early 1980's. I still have a large collection of RPG books mostly focused on the World of Darkness setting, but including several other game systems.
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What games are you currently playing/looking to play with the Crafting Worlds community?
New World, but I play many games and would welcome new companions in most of them.
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What role do you find yourself falling into in games? (For example: PvP, PvE, Casual/Social, etc.)
I'm almost exclusively a PvE player. I'll join in group PvP at times, but only if the group is more interested in laughing at how terrible I am in PvP than they are in winning.
I'm a casual player who's more interested in exploring and seeing the story than I am in completing a dungeon in world record time.
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Were you ever a part of a community? What was your experience?
I've been in guilds, both casual and hardcore, in several different games. There have also been a couple of times when I was fairly invested in forum communities, mainly based around gaming. My best experiences were undoubtedly the glory days of the EverQuest raiding guilds where our large and dysfunctional family would work together night after night as we raced for new achievements and rewards. Unfortunately some of my worst experiences were from the same situation when relationships would break down because most of us were far more focused on the in-game goals at the expense of all else. This is probably the main reason that despite having a competitive nature I'll never return to the raiding lifestyle in any game. Years later I find I'd far rather I had those friendships instead of the equipment that sits on a retired character in an unplayed game.
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What will you bring to the Crafting Worlds community? (Chatty? Skilled? Funny? Helping? Cookies!?)
I enjoy being helpful to the group, it's one of my guidelines in life that you should always try to give more than you take. I'm a bit slow to feel socially comfortable, but usually become quite talkative once I know people well enough. Ideally if all things work out well and it's a good fit, the best thing I'd bring is my wife who will also be playing the game and is a far better person than I am.
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Tell us about yourself or anything else you'd like to share. The more we know about your the better!
I'm married to my high school sweetheart and have two grown sons and three dogs. We live in a small town North of the DFW metroplex in Texas and dream of relocating to Montana to get back into the mountains and away from all the crowds. I'm the world's second most boring person, but I will stop at nothing in my quest to be #1!
Thomas, and I am deeply disappointed that the next two questions weren't about my Quest and my Favorite Color
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What is your Discord Name (name#1111) ?
Elycion#5284
______________________________
What is your Age?
(as long as you are kind, handle yourself with maturity, you are welcome! Just know many of us are old farts.)
50
______________________________
Where are you from? (location/timezone)
Texas, Central.
______________________________
Have you read the rules? Do you agree to them? And which rule resonates best with you?
Yes, and yes. Under the "drama" rules I particularly liked "members of this site are REQUIRED to have a thicker skin".
I don't fit in well with the recent culture shift towards being perpetually offended. I've always felt the best policy was to do one's best to be kind, to assume offense is unintended, and to offer apologies when mistakes are made.
______________________________
Do you understand(written above) you must be active in order to maintain your membership status to the community?
Yes. I am naturally somewhat quiet and tend to observe from the sidelines more than most, but the whole point in being here is to engage with the group.
______________________________
Do you have any friends who are Members? If so, who?
Not yet, but I'd like to work on that!
______________________________
How did you hear about the Crafting Worlds?
I was actively searching for potential homes on the New World Companies sub-reddit.
______________________________
Why do you want to be a part of Crafting Worlds? (this is probably the most important one)
I'd like to experience what New World has to offer alongside companionable and hopefully like-minded people. I've spent many years in various games "solo in an MMO" and I'd very much like to find the friendship and camaraderie that I fondly remember from my EverQuest days.
______________________________
What was your first/favorite creative outlet? (optional)
I don't consider myself to be creative, although I do enjoy making useful things in my woodshop. I want to learn video editing, but thus far I've practically fallen asleep every time I try to wade through learning the software.
_____________________________
What were your first gaming experiences? (Console, PC, pen & paper, board games etc.)
I'm old enough that my first game machine was a Pong console. I later moved on to the Atari 2600, Commodore computers, and IBM PC clones. I've never been much of a console player, but my household still has at least one of each major console, and multiples of some.
I've been a huge fan of TTRPGs since I got hooked on Dungeons& Dragons in the early 1980's. I still have a large collection of RPG books mostly focused on the World of Darkness setting, but including several other game systems.
______________________________
What games are you currently playing/looking to play with the Crafting Worlds community?
New World, but I play many games and would welcome new companions in most of them.
______________________________
What role do you find yourself falling into in games? (For example: PvP, PvE, Casual/Social, etc.)
I'm almost exclusively a PvE player. I'll join in group PvP at times, but only if the group is more interested in laughing at how terrible I am in PvP than they are in winning.
I'm a casual player who's more interested in exploring and seeing the story than I am in completing a dungeon in world record time.
______________________________
Were you ever a part of a community? What was your experience?
I've been in guilds, both casual and hardcore, in several different games. There have also been a couple of times when I was fairly invested in forum communities, mainly based around gaming. My best experiences were undoubtedly the glory days of the EverQuest raiding guilds where our large and dysfunctional family would work together night after night as we raced for new achievements and rewards. Unfortunately some of my worst experiences were from the same situation when relationships would break down because most of us were far more focused on the in-game goals at the expense of all else. This is probably the main reason that despite having a competitive nature I'll never return to the raiding lifestyle in any game. Years later I find I'd far rather I had those friendships instead of the equipment that sits on a retired character in an unplayed game.
______________________________
What will you bring to the Crafting Worlds community? (Chatty? Skilled? Funny? Helping? Cookies!?)
I enjoy being helpful to the group, it's one of my guidelines in life that you should always try to give more than you take. I'm a bit slow to feel socially comfortable, but usually become quite talkative once I know people well enough. Ideally if all things work out well and it's a good fit, the best thing I'd bring is my wife who will also be playing the game and is a far better person than I am.
______________________________
Tell us about yourself or anything else you'd like to share. The more we know about your the better!
I'm married to my high school sweetheart and have two grown sons and three dogs. We live in a small town North of the DFW metroplex in Texas and dream of relocating to Montana to get back into the mountains and away from all the crowds. I'm the world's second most boring person, but I will stop at nothing in my quest to be #1!
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