Agency: I'm 35 and I live with my girlfriend of 3 years in the hills of Tennessee. No kids, just her cat. I just graduated from college for the 2nd time (accounting first time & nursing this time). I actually never worked a day as an accountant though, lol, which ties into an interesting factoid about me - I was a professional gambler for 7 years.

I was working construction while I went to school back then. I kept that job while I figured out how I wanted to make the accounting thing work, and then my enthusiasm & curiosity for gambling led to a more enjoyable career than accounting seemed to offer. So, from 2005-2011 I was a professional gambler (it's a real thing, I swear! I paid taxes every year and did all kinds of serious-person stuff!). I played poker online mostly. I played in real casinos when I wanted to travel, and I also made +EV casino game and sports betting plays. Eventually, US government intervention had me redirect (they made a few decisions that made it progressively more difficult to gamble online as a career - eventually it became wiser to move on for me). At that point, I decided to go back to school to become an RN.

I'm into personal growth and holistic (mind/body/spirit) health - I've read nearly everything Ken Wilbur has ever written. I have enormous extended families on both sides, 22 living aunts/uncles and over 100 cousins in total. I see some of them frequently, and all of them at least a couple times a year. I've played video games on one platform or another since my mom got herself an Atari 2600 when I was 5 or so.. she can still kick my !@# at Pac Man.

Agency: I am an amazing amateur groundskeeper...best lawn in town! For real, my lawn looks like frikkin Wrigley Field after I mow it, and I have a 40 sq ft garden with 8 different fruits and veggies coming in nicely. I do meditate multiple times a day, and I say that's a pretty cool hobby in addition to being a health practice.

Agency: Since 2002-2003. My brother loved D2, and had raved about it for months. When I finally sat down to try it out for the first time, I played for 2 solid hours.

Agency: None really, sometimes my girlfriend walks me through her Simpsons game for iPhone. That and a game called "My Singing Monsters", which is pretty entertaining to watch her play for a while

Agency: Yep, I have a level 70 Crusader for horsing around.

Agency: hehe, I'm in a clan called 'Schitz N Giggles'. Most everyone in the clan are real life friends or friends of friends. When clan chat is lively, it reminds me of hanging out with big groups of friends growing up.. lots of fun and warmth and silliness.

Agency: Dune Stingers! Just when I think I've gotten close enough to hit one, it darts away, and I get a face-full of bees! Large groups of them give me flashbacks to Ikaruga.

Agency: Missing every <removed> Leap and landing where I started instead of making a sweet jump the first few times I played with my clan mates.

Agency: It's more of a recurring theme than a moment:

Me (to my girlfriend): "quit looking for things to click and get over here!"
On her screen: BING! BING!

.. I don't know how she does it

Agency: The monk. I've practiced meditation for a while, but I've haven't been able to master the whole teleport thing.

Agency: They're completely bad $%^ on multiple levels. Brutal, strong, fearless with a proud & rich heritage.. of all the classes in D2 and D3, the Barb character's answer to "why are they fighting?" was the one that made the most sense... was the best ride to go on.

Agency: Absolutely in-your-face melee master. I always made Frenzy Barbs for D2 ladders, and even when I'm not in a melee spec (like many LeapQuake builds) I like to stand there and stoically take my hits.

Agency: Hammer of the Ancients. It's a simple, straight-forward bigass melee whomp. You guys totally nailed the visual and sound, it's a lot of fun to use. It didn't leave my skill bar for 40+ levels after I unlocked it the first time.

Agency: Fire LeapQuake no spender, because stoically taking my hits is more fun when I'm watching them burn.

Agency: For one specific change, I'd bring back fury-on-crit. It would be in the form of a set bonus, legendary affix, or possibly a high level passive ability.

More generally, I'd make gaining fury and spending fury synergize better at a fundamental level. It seems like, vs. the most difficult content, that we can generate enough fury to use our spenders consistently and make our spenders powerful, but not both within the same build.

Agency: Conan the Barbarian! (the old one, not the new one with that pretty-boy)

Agency: "Bul-Kathos guides my hand!"

My girlfriend teased me that she would shout that while I walked across the stage at my college graduation (she didn't, unfortunately)

Agency: I could easily name 10 I'd like to see interviewed. One of those is Nubtro#2147, he's a crowd favorite :)

Agency: "If you could add item support for any build, what would your build be like?"

Posted by: Agency09/04/2014 02:31 AM

I had started to think my answers convinced Grimiku to scrap this project :p