User:Fribian

GREETINGS
Greetings! Hello everyone! My real name is Mel, and I hope you are having as much fun as I am playing Tabula Rasa.

I've discovered that reading user profiles in this wiki is fun, so maybe you'll have fun reading mine as well. I'm a 52 year old gamer hanging on like a spider blowing in the wind. I'll play games till I go blind and at my age I don't go blind from anything else if you get my drift.

I play games for several reasons. One is I love adventure and like to see what's around the next corner. It's like hiking here in the great Northwest and the Gorge is one of the most beautiful places to get a workout. You never know what's around the next bend on a trail.

The other reason is that I'm an adrenaline junky. I love the intense feeling of an extreme screaming roller coaster, or the feeling of vertigo when you're standing on the edge of a cliff and the feeling that it's going to pull you right over the edge. I like danger! The problem with this is that I like PvP or pushing the envelope, but I get my butt kicked every time. I can't keep up with the elite PvP gamers out there. I have to stay fit, keep a job, work in the yard, and keep up with other hobbies. But if you want to PvP me it's "groovy". Take the time to teach me how to beat you, and you'll have a better challenge.

So... is posting a profile here guts or stupidity? Well, if you haven't posted a user profile on here yet, then you're neither. Chances are, if you're reading this then you are interested in what some of us players are really like. You should post yours too because I'd really love to check it out. For the most part, I'm a lone wolf in the games and in real life... but tend to attract a following of essentrics. We're all essentrics!

VIRTUAL ME
CHARACTER: Fribian Saynt - I'll probably be known as Fribian in most games until I either get a bad reputation or just want to escape the clutter. This wasn't the last name I originally chose, but I got caught up in that naming bug and lost it.

CAREER PATH: Right now I like the Sapper Engineering type. I've always enjoyed a more complicated type of character that has the ability to do a lot of different things, but maybe not master anything. Not sure what I'll be when the game is released, as there are an awful lot of fun looking choices.

CLAN: Offload Gurneys (PvP) - I figure I'll be getting killed a lot so they're going to be hauling me to the hospitol quite frequently. Go ahead and join the clan and we can all die together. I need a good second command who likes to lead. I hate leading a clan myself and wouldn't have the time for websites and all that anyway.

GAMES I'VE PLAYED
ULTIMA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 - I never finished 7 and 8. Lord Brittish might find this fascinating. I think it might have been Ultima 4 that I was playing. I found a way to screenshot the dungeons, print them, and paste them together to make one large map. When I was done playing the game I mailed the map to Austin Texas. Never knew whether anyone received the map or not, but I'm willing to bet it was interesting to say the least.

ULTIMA ONLINE - I played this game for 2 years under another name. I have to say this game was like your first kiss. There will never be anything like that again. That was an incredible experience. Some of my friends and I still talk about those days and some of the crazy things that went on. I played up to a Grand Master archer. Finally got bored of logging in to refresh my house and moved on to other worlds.

A TALE IN THE DESERT - Played this for a little while and it was interesting. Really loved the wine tasting events and the hole digging sessions. After a while I realized it was one of those games I really couldn't do on my own very well.

WORLD OF WARCRAFT - Played up to a level 60 Druid with Engineering skills. I love being a shape shifter. Lost interest when for weeks on end I was in this guild that had 40 player intances into the Molten Core and we could never even kill the first boss!

GUILD WARS - Still have the game on my desktop but didn't play very long. I just couldn't get into the game for some reason. I played as a Necromancer and loved making surges of minions.

AUTO ASSAULT - Didn't play this one very long. It was pretty fun at first, but I wasn't ready to dedicate myself the time to keep going and after a wile it got boring, and the graphics were not that great.

CITY OF HEROS - Loved playing as a controller. I probably only played up to about level 20 or so with my room mate. Lost interest in the game when it became apparent that a lot of graphics were reused in such an obvious way that the only thing changing was the shape of the hallways in the instances.

LORD OF THE RINGS - Played as an Elf and was practicing blowing smoke rings and goofing with the emotes. Hated to leave the game behind, but I've been following Tabula Rasa for 6 long years. When I got the invite to do Beta... POW! You're out of there. I wish I could clone myself for real and play both games. I can't afford both anyway.

T A B U L A   R A S A  - Naaaaaaaaaah! Just kidding.

HOBBIES

 * Hiking - Mountains, Beaches, Trails
 * Biking - Fun to take the bike, rent a motel, ride like the wind
 * Roller Coasters - Favorites are The Beast, Magnum, Xtreme, Top Thrill Dragster
 * Playing the drums - Not so hot at it, but I've had a couple jams sessions at the house
 * Online Games - Ya, right on man
 * Writing - Short stories with surreal twist, Beat poetry with modern flash
 * Live Music - Rock, Jazz, Zydeco
 * Working out - Never give up
 * Rocking out - Crank it up, have a beer, some wine, a little Sake

FAVORITE BANDS
Cracker - Saw them with the Grateful Dead just before Garcia passed away. Been to about 6 live shows, and the most recent with Camper Van was totally awesome.

Social Distortion - Love that low brow down in the dirt soul

dada - If you've never listened to this band, you're missing out. They are a very lyrical and talented bunch of musicians. I've yet to see a live show, but I really want to.

Buzzcocks - Been to one show and really loved it. Had to keep the young fellas from getting crushed in the mosh pit, so I was dragging them out and lifting them up.

The Cult - Have a few of their CDs, but have yet to see them live

The Doors - By the time I discovered the Doors, Jim was already dead! We were listening to the Doobie Brothers, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Montrose,and Robin Trower shortly after that... but Jim lives on.

FAVORITE MOVIES
The Doors

Altered States

The Warriors

Brazil

The Wind Will Carry Us

Phantom Of The Paradise

Blue Man Group - Complex Rock Tour

Sling Blade

American Beauty

Crumb

FAVORITE AUTHORS
Ray Bradbury

Andy Rooney

Stephen King

Richard Brautigan

Charles Bukowski

Henry Rollins

me

Tom Ribbins

Michael McClure