[DONE] App - Girl Geek and WoW addict

[Yssybyl]

hi,

I was recommended to your site by a work colleague after I said I wasn't enjoying my WoW guild due to the poor attitude of the teenagers on hearing a female voice on ventrillo/teamspeak (which was along the lines of "zomg!!!11!! it's a real girl!! got photo???" *shudders*).

I'm proud to call myself a girl geek. I started playing games on an acorn electron (repton2, elite and chuckie egg being my favourites) and spent a lot of time typing in code from computing magazines or game books that you just don't see any more. So I taught myself BASIC and haven't looked back!

Although the electron wasn't replaced until I got my first PC to take to Uni, I also played a lot of pen and paper and table top games - I spent a lot of time in Games Workshop (Warhammer, 40K, Mordheim) and also did advanced heroquest, AD&D, LoTR RPG, Call of Cthulu and something called CRINGE that a friend of mine created but was a simplified RPG that worked well if the party had a good imagination. I got my gamer tag from my CRINGE RPG days where I inevitably ended up as usurping the great evil by being an even greater evil and killing the rest of my party. Lacking imagination for an evil character name I decided to have a character with no vowels and I've been using Yssybyl or Yss ever since.

During my degree I discovered talkers and MUDs, and played Turf and Discworld, mainly because text based games didn't require me to spend money on upgrading my PC.

When I started my PhD I had a bit more disposable income and in addition to a PC upgrade (installed an electron emulator and picked up repton 2 again !), I found myself the proud owner of an XBox, PS2 and Gamecube, for Fable, Gauntlet Dark Legacy (after playing Gauntlet in arcades for a while) and Baldur's gate respectively (and then BG2 when that only came out on the xbox). All of which I completed several times over (it's not complete until you've covered all possible endings ). As you may have guessed by now, I enjoy the fantasy style of games, although never enjoyed Morrowind (wierdly).

Gaming got put on hold while I finished my PhD and then I caved and started playing WoW. I levelled a rogue to 61 during TBC and then paused while I had my viva (very intense interview where they decide if you're good enough to be a doctor). December last year I got a new laptop and a copy of WotLK and levelled a Shaman, which was a far better fit for my style of gameplay. I've now got over 48 days played time and probably won't stop playing until I run out of achievement points to get.

I also have a wii - got partway through zelda and then realised that wow was more fun and the wii is now just for the odd game of tennis/boxing

So that's my gaming history

Just to round off about me, I have a degree in biochemistry, a PhD in computational neuroscience and I work as a manager in an IT company because it's easy to manage geeks if you are one yourself . I live in the UK with my fiance and have a cat Greebo (and yes he is named after the witch's cat in the Pratchett books) and a knitted Cthulu that was a graduation present from my closest friend (what do you get a woman who has everything? - a knitted pulpy, tentacled head surmounting a grotesque scaly body with rudimentary wings).

I will be looking to join a WoW raiding guild.

I hope the app is successful - let me know if you want to know anything else.

Yss

[Bayland]

Welcome to TOG, your application has been reviewed and approved.

Always room for one more geek girl in the crowd. We have plenty here all for similar reasons. I'm actively working at raising my daughters to be geeks. I think its a better life.

You now have full access to all parts of TOG including:

• All TOG member only Forums
• All TOG member only areas of the website
• All TOG member only game divisions
• All TOG game servers

Your membership also includes access to various get-together, events, contests, and other exclusives for this 25 and over only organisation.

For a complete list of everything your membership includes along with everything you might want to know in order to take advantage of your new membership, be sure to stop by to read the "New TOG Members' Guide"

Currently TOG consists of nearly 30 game divisions and over 36,000 registered members. There's also plenty of other cool stuff on TOG, so browse around & check it all out. We sincerely hope that you enjoy TOG for as long as you choose to. Feel free to spread the message to your friends and family who enjoy gaming and don't forget to have fun yourself!

All the best!

The Older Gamers

Bayland

[Moza]

Greetings and Welcome to TOG!

Now that you are approved head on over to the Dark Portal for all the info and Links WoW related, and should you need a bit more info well the good ol' FAQ never fails.

Great to have you with us "Doctor Yss"

[Lendal]

Welcome to TOG, Yssbyl!

[Yssybyl]

Looking forward to seeing some of you guys online I've passed on a recommendation to some of my friends that are also over the age limit, so there'll be more apps on the way!

[Sassy]

Well Hello *hands Yssybyl a pint*.

On behalf of the EQ II Division, welcome to TOG!

We hope you enjoy your gaming experience with TOG for years to come.

Sassy
Guild Leader of The Old Guard
Everquest II – Najena

Come on over and slay a troll or two