User:Sid Grix

=About Me=
 * I'm pretty much just an ordinary Canadian guy that loves slaying monsters with a good group of buddies. I've been playing electronic games for as long as I can remember. The very first being Chopperlift on an ancient Atari and HeadQuarters on PC. RTS to FPS to MMORPGs, it truly doesn't matter to me, a good game is a good game and is worth playing.
 * Although I do spend a fair amount of time in Guild Wars, it's not my all time favorite thing to do. In fact there are many things I'd rather be doing. Sports being one of them. I love a good game of hockey or soccer even though I'm not an all star at either, but feel that I can hold my own. Skiing and Paintball are right up there as well, but I do them a little less frequently. The reason why I spend so much time playing video games is because its basically free for me to do so. For expample, I probably spent around 150 bucks for Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall, and Eye of the North. I've played close to 3000 hours, meaning for every 1 dollar I spent I played 20 hours. To go skiing for a day it would cost me around 75 bucks, and last around 7 hours. $10.71 per hour. Hockey on the other hand doesn't cost much, however, It does require a bunch of people all being able to get to the same place at the same time. Thus ending up to be a much rarer occasion. I play whenever I find a group.(normally 2-3 times a week)
 * My point here is, I do what I can with what I have. If I had more money I would spend less time on the computer and more time doing stuff I really love. I'm currently searching for a job I enjoy doing. So far my experience with jobs is Fastfood and boring Warehouse work. Horribly boring and unrewarding. I'd go to school if I knew what I wanted to take, but I don't, so I'd have a hard time shelling out the money for something I don't have a passion for.

=My Guild Wars History=



The Beginning

 * I was introduced to Guild Wars by my older brother. He bought the game the day it came out. We basically shared the account, however I was limited to a single character. My pick was an Elementalist, cuz lets be honest, who doesn't wanna rain fireballs down from the heavens? My bro, on the other hand, went with a ranger.
 * Time went by and I logged a couple of hours slaying Charr and other foul creatures. I was hooked. From the stunning visuals to the challenging quests, (Yes, quests were actually hard back then) it was unlike any other game I had laid hands on. I begun to play more and more while my Bro moved in the opposite direction. Eventually he stopped playing altogether. At this point I still only had a Elementalist on my roster and it stayed this way for many moons.
 * Since this was close to 6 years ago I don't remember exactly the order of events, but it did end up in my Ele completing Prophecies. X Zoink X (Warrior) joined the army as well as a Necromancer. After conquering the Undead Lich for themselves, I did Sorrows Furnace (Oro runs in particular) with my Necro and Queen Farms with Marcus and Zoink was used when I helped friends through PvE.

The Hero

 * April 28, 2006 Factions hit the shelves and my hard drive. Like pretty much everyone I made an Assassin and Ritualist. They were cool because they were new and fresh, but they were also underly useless. Once I got off of "Noob Island" it simply was to much work to get through missions. I decided to take a necro through it instead...Not just any necro, but a new one. I simply deleted my old necro and gave birth to Sid Grix. With the addition of a few great Minion Master skills I blew through Shiro and his followers, hopped onto a boat and murdered the Lich. From this point on, I almost solely used Sid. I was in Love.
 * Not long after Factions, Nightfall added two professions that had no business being in PvE. (Or PvP to my knowledge) However, the amount of content it added to the game was excellent. Heroes were also added, and still may be the greatest addition to the Guild Wars series of all time. (In my Opinion)
 * Silly Herbert was made upon release, but was a horrible waste of materials and time. Hopefully he will be able to make it back after the long awaited Dervish update. (4.5ish years later)Like before, Grix was where I spent my time. Nightfall poised no threat to him.

End Times

 * Hard Mode and Eye of the North changed the way I played Guild Wars. Titles were the name of my game now. I Blazed through Missions and Vanquishes, including a Vanquish from Temple of Ages to the far east of Ascalon. (19 areas) During these times I did create/delete some monster slayers. Notable ones are End Zone, (Mesmer) Xiaz Grix, (Ritualist) and Takumi Nightblade. (Assassin)
 * With only a few titles remaining which all required buttloads of money. I needed to find a way to rake in some serious cash. Speed Clears, Domain of Anguish Speed Clears in particular. I Set out to find a group of people to teach me the ways. What could be better then the world record holders, also known as [LOD大]. Nothing is the answer you're looking for.

Current Times

 * Doing DoASC's seems to still be the most affective way for me to earn cash. I recently spent my 5.5 years of Guild Wars savings on Destroyer Weapons, Oppressor Weapons, Tormented Weapon, 200 Zkeys, 8500 sweet points, 7000 Party points, 6500 drunk minutes. Needless to say, I'm clean outta everything.

GWAMM

 * I still need some titles in order to get God Walking Among Mere Mortals. (30 maxed) When I do obtain it, I will most likely do a quick jig of joy. It'll be worth it.

HoM

 * 43/50 at the moment with only 1 title and 33 minipets to go.

Characters

 * Sid Grix(Necro)
 * -Working on GWAMM, currently at 26 maxed titles


 * End Zone (Mesmer)
 * -Currently my primary character
 * -Used in DoASC's


 * Xiaz Grix (Ritualist)
 * Takumi Nightblade (Assassin)
 * Furvix Grix (Paragon)
 * X Zoink X (Warrior)
 * X Marcus X (Elementalist)
 * -Original Character


 * Silly Herbert (Dervish)
 * -Waiting for Dervish update so that be might actually be usable

RPGs

 * Destiny of an Emperor
 * Final Fantasy
 * Final Fantasy III
 * Final Fantasy 13
 * Runescape
 * 2Moons
 * Dungeon Siege
 * Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna
 * Dungeon Siege II
 * Fable
 * Fable II
 * Guild Wars

RTS

 * HeadQuarters
 * Total Annihilation
 * Age of Empires
 * Age of Empires II
 * Age of Empires III
 * Rise of Nations
 * Command & Conquer
 * Red Alert
 * Dawn of War
 * Supreme Commander
 * Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
 * Supreme Commander II

FPS

 * Doom
 * Wolfenstein
 * Nerf Arena Blast
 * Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
 * Call of Duty
 * Call of Duty: World at War
 * Halo
 * Halo II
 * Halo III
 * Halo: Reach
 * Crysis

Adventure

 * The Legend of Zelda
 * Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
 * The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
 * The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
 * The Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask
 * Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine

Turn Based

 * Civilization
 * Civilization II
 * Civilization III
 * Heroes of Might and Magic
 * Heroes of Might and Magic II
 * Heroes of Might and Magic III

Sports

 * Blades of Steel
 * NHL 1993-2011
 * 3vs3 Hockey

Side Scrollers

 * Sonic
 * Sonic II
 * Sonic III
 * Ninja Gaiden
 * Battle Toads
 * Double Dragon
 * Double Dragon II
 * Double Dragon III

Miscellaneous

 * Gorilla Wars
 * Death Rally
 * Space Siege
 * Marshmallow Wars
 * Guitar Hero III
 * Rockband
 * Rockband II

Accessories

 * Monitor: Acer AL2216W (22")
 * Mouse: Logitech MX518 (Decked out in hockey tape)
 * Keyboard: Logitech g15
 * Mousepad: Allsop (Futureshop special)
 * Speakers: Altec Lansing 2.1
 * Headphones: Sennheiser HD 555
 * Microphone: Some piece of crap I got for two bucks

Machine

 * Case: Antec Mini P180 (Black)
 * Motherboard: Asus P5E-VM
 * CPU: Xeon E3110 @ 3.0ghz
 * RAM: 4Gb DDR2 Crucial Ballistix Tracer PC 6400 4-4-4-12
 * Graphics Card: XFX 8800GTS 512MB Alpha Dog Addition
 * Harddrive: Seagate 250gig
 * Powersupply: Zalman ZM600-HP
 * Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Titanium Professional
 * WiFi Card: Gigabyte GN-WP01GS