Still trying to find a theme I like. I may have to host this myself in the end. Scuse the constant changes!
RL stuff
Yes, genuine female player. We do exist. I mention this only because I am apparently the only person in the entire universe who sees my handle “Ysharros” as clearly feminine. Everyone else thinks I’m a guy. I have an excessive adoration for cheese, though I try not to let it colour my blogging. I also write in English and not American, as my use of Us in weird places indicates, even though I live in the States now.
I don’t usually get to play as much as I’d like — damn this age and responsibility and bill paying thing — but I still have opinions whether I have an active game sub or not, and I’m going to share em. For your sins.
Gaming history
If it moves I’ve played it. I started with D&D back in the *cough* 80s sometime, moved on to AD&D for a long time and eventually Ars Magica for almost a decade. Good times. Forays of various lengths into the various White Wolf systems, Call of Cthulhu, Paranoia, Champions, GURPS… I’m sure I’m forgetting a few. I wrote and played in a few freeforms too (think LARP with more politics and less rubber-weapon bashing). Fun times.
MMO-wise, I started with Asheron’s Call and, again, have played most of the major non-Asian MMOs out there. Yes, I played EverQuest but AC was my first love; don’t hate me for it. I’ve beta tested a lot more games than is fair (according to the spousal unit, who gets maybe one tenth the invites I do), which I attribute to being female of a certain age with a usually halfway decent yet nothing special computer — tell me that’s not a demographic MMO companies have been looking at in the last few years. That or I’m really, really interesting on my beta apps. Right.
Player type?
For now, all you need to know is that I’m not hardcore, not a PvPer (but quite possibly an RvRer), probably a carebear, and far more interested in exploring and social stuff than I am in DKP, items, or phat lewt. Unless it’s housing deco, which makes me turn into an acquisition crazed maniac.
My handle most places is Ysharros. It’s the name of a character I wrote a decade ago for an Ars Magica freeform, and it’s unlikely to get copied much. I say “EE-sharr-oss” but you can say “tom-AY-to” if you want. It’s all good.
email: stylishcorpse _a-t_ gmail *dot- com
