User:Bekkr

You can also find me here, and here.

'About me' stuff
I live in Sydney, and am primarily a man of leisure.

I tend to update my gaming PC more often than my wallet likes. Current specs:

Core i7 950 \ GigaByte EX58-UD3R \ 6GB PC3-15000 \ GTX 285

Asus Xonar DX \ Dual Samsung 215TW \ Windows7 64 Home Premium

Where MMOs are concerned, I'm probably not as old-school as my age (mid-30's) would suggest. Guild Wars was the first game in the MMO genre that I played (and still play), which I got into not long after it was released. I've since played:
 * EQ2 - One of the best subscription-based MMOs around, in my opinion, and despite SOE's penchant for blatant greed and total disregard for their customers, I still play it occasionally. Currently inactive.
 * EVE Online - Lovely universe, interesting mechanics, and the skill system means I can take breaks and not suspend progress. Currently inactive.
 * WoW - It's a polished experience, but... argh! My eyes! It's so smurfy! Can't handle the art style.
 * Lineage II - I tried, but couldn't really find anything about this game that I liked.
 * LotRO - Beta tested. Lovely world, but something about it just didn't suck me in. Probably the character animations. Especially jump. No, sadly, I'm not kidding.
 * Anarchy Online - Again with the lack of eye candy, times about a bazillion. Though it seems like a fun game, it also feels overall a little rough to me.
 * Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning - Prior closed beta tester. Not the game for me. [Global Skill Cooldown is a pet peeve.]
 * Age of Conan - Prior closed beta tester. Not the game for me.
 * Rappelz - heh
 * Runes Of Magic - ugh
 * Alganon - Beta tested. WoW-lite with about 1/100th the polish, even up to release.
 * City of Heroes/Villians - Fun game, but didn't keep me engaged for all that long. Feels very samey after a while.
 * Darkfall - Terrible controls, ugly graphics, poor customer service... the list goes on and on with this one.
 * Aion - Beta tested. A beautiful game with no soul. And lots of bots.
 * Fallen Earth - Beta tested a little, but there was a known issue with my video card, which by the time they'd fixed it, I hadn't logged on in long enough that they'd canceled my beta spot. Judging from what I did see, I wouldn't waste your time with this one. Unless you really like brown.

There may be others that I've forgotten (or blocked from my mind), but it's obvious to me looking at that list that a slick experience and nice looking game is important to me. Call me a snob... I certainly would. Achiever 46.67%, Explorer 60.00%, Killer 53.33%, Socializer 46.67%

Anyway, I contribute here occasionally, and to GuildWiki, and will more than likely contribute to the Guild Wars 2 Official Wiki, and am very excited about Guild Wars 2.

And that's about it for now. Bring on the userboxes.

Userbox layout borrowed, without permission, but with thanks, from Gorani.