Alright, seeing as how we are grwoing and everyone is trying to get to know each other I thought a getting to know you thread would be nice, you can post whatever you want about yourself or post nothing at all. Please no flaming other people.

Ill start us off.

Real Life
I'm 20, married, I live in Philedelphia, Pennsylvania, I work at a Car Dealer Ship, and love rock n roll

CN Life
In my CN life i started out with a nation called whiteviper67 in June of 06. I joined an alliance called The Scarlet Knights where they merged with Panasonic and became DUEL there i got zied for flaming a leader now known as pikajew. I started my Secong account got to 23k NS where they found my nation known as blackviper99 and got zied started my 3rd nation and got off there zi list when i talked to Dan123123 and joined MCXA where a guy scammed in deleting my nation and here i am with my 4th account joined CORE left joined TTC left and now im here.

My name is Joseph Sharp and i'm 18 years old. I'm from North Dakota and have one more year in high school. I am single (note that, call me!), tall, skinny, and, well, insanely charming. I will listen to all music, except heavy metal, thrash rock, and rap.

CN: I started my nation around January. Me and a few friends tried to start an alliance, named "Midwest League". Of course, it pancaked and I joined TGE. I remained in TGE until I joined IngSoc and now I will die here......with honor.

I'm 18, I listen to classic metal (id est, Judas Priest), funk, Bowie, Einstuerzende Neubauten, and so forth. I am an occultist, but not in the frilly ritualistic sense that all those fluffy teenage "witches" and such seem to think is all neato. Read this for a very limited description of what I do. Specifically, the entries on Necromancy. I'm going to RIT next year for CS and archival science, and then I'm going to library school for my master's. I can kill a man 50 ways with my bare hands, I have a small collection of delightful bladed weapons, and I can say with almost complete confidence that I am better than you in every way. Except speed-wise... I don't run. I have studied Karate, and am currently practicing Tai Chi Chuan. I have a working knowledge of no less than 10 languages, a fair degree of fluency in Latin, French, Japanese, and German, and I am currently studying this. Politically speaking, I am a fascist, as described here. I live in the Frozen North, and that's all you need to know.

CN: I was, at one time, Great Lord Azrael, but due to (false) allegations of multi-ing, my nation was deleted. Following that, I created a new nation, and a benevolent friend rebuilt me back to almost the same level. I then started an alliance, which functioned almost identically to IngSoc, and which was destroyed from within by a proponent of democracy. I then went to NTO (/b/2.0, among whose membership was pikajew, who was quite cool), and then I came here.

Althouigh i'm not a member of IngSoc i am from the Mushroom Kingdom, and i hope that i'll be able to get to know most of you. I'm an 18 year old student from Australia, currently doing my last year of school, i plan on joining the army when i leave school in what they call the "GAP Year" where i will spend just one year in the Army without having to go overseas, then i plan on leaving and studing at TAFE (i think its like americans community colleges) for Real Estate.

I've been playing CN for around 14 months, i've been in the Confederation of Organized Nations, Veritas Aequitas, Ndrangheta, Sons of Muspel and now the Mushroom Kingdom. I've been in various government positions while in the CON for several months, was one of the founding members of Ndrangehta (before it failed badly lol) and i'm currently in the Culture and Treasury Corp in MK.

real life:
i'm 26 years old, just finished four years of enlisted service in the Marine Corps where i was an ordnanceman where i loaded bombs on the AV-8B Harrier II+ variants. i can shoot someone from 500yards in the head ten times out of ten with just using the iron sights on the M16A2. I'm currently being courted by Brinks Security for a job providing security for armored trucks. i rarely use capital letters. i like NIN, marilyn manson, and tool. i read books(omg). my computer is three years old. i love watching movies, and new suggestions are always welcome. alcohol is one of my best friends(not that i'm an alcoholic, but i enjoy partying). i play dungeons and dragons. though simple, gunbound and teeworlds are really fun games and while i'm looking for a job, i play them often.

eh... prior to this, i have moved 18 times in my life, attended nine schools in 12 years(three high schools), lived in japan for four years and in numerous locations across the US. my father was in the Marine Corps for 20 years, and i didn't learn the lesson then and joined anyway. four years was enough for me, as i am having more fun living with my girlfriend instead of having to make a 15hour trip to florida to see her. if anyone lives near tallahassee, i'd be more than welcome to party, since i left all my friends in north carolina when i got out of the Marine Corps.

cybernations:
i started off in a community called GAT(general any topic); we had eighty-five nations start all at once. after a while, we thought FAN was going to be a big hit, so we jumped into yellow. the next day, we jumped out. FAN took one in the pooper right after that.

we then merged with ITEC to create GAT-ITEC, primarily because we were both communities that played Star Wars Galaxies together. GAT-ITEC then merged with The Shadowhood(another SWG community) to create Echelon. i left Echelon to make my own alliance, IYAOYAS, but it's max participation was six people, four of which couldn't tell you what a message board was.

New Reverie contacted me, and so here i am, two weeks later.

Finally! Someone with good taste in music! And you read?! Awesome. By the way, if you like NIN, you should try to find some Einstürzende Neubauten, because NIN took a lot of inspiration from them in the earlier days.

We should try to hang out next time I'm in Florida... unfortunately I'm usually in the Keys, not quite so close to Tallahassee.

The Shadowhood was on the verge of assassinating me, once.

Also, good to have you here.

If You Ain't Ordnance...

you ain't shit.

i'll try to check them out. thanks for the heads up.

are so thats were Echelon came from

Hi. I hope to be in IngSoc quite a bit longer than my last 2 alliances.

I am Yuurei (pronounced "you-ray"). It is Japanese, not Russian. It roughly translates to "vengeful ghost" or in simplest terms it is similar to our word wraith.

Internet gaming history: I started doing this type of game back in the late 80s, before there was an internet. I was a CoSysOp on a BBS. This is roughly the equivilant of hosting a forum. In the early 90s I was involved in things called MUDs and MUSHs, and even dabbled in programming some parts of them. These were all text-based formats done in DOS over direct-dial modems and later early LAN networks. I was actually fairly computer savvy until I lived in Japan for 6 years with little or no access to computers. By the time I got back in touch with computers, the tech had changed too much for me to really catch up. In the early 2000s, I was involved in a forum-based Star Trek game, which is now long gone. I was also playing in the predecessor to CN, which was called NationStates. I had 3 nations: the Dominion of Exedore, the People's Republic of Fukuyama, and the Armed Republic of the Smiling Jihad. While I have used many names in my time, I have been using the name Yuurei since 1998.

RL: I have in the past done training for the U.S.Army as a civilian. I later lived in Japan for 6 years, and am now living in Atlanta again. I own a locksmith company, and I am also the Director of International Sales & Marketing for a major Japanese tool manufacturer. I am married and have 2 daughters.

CN: Introduced to CN by a RL friend in Ragnarok. I was originally a well-known member of MCXA. I even ran for their High Council. A situation occurred which was misunderstood and at a bad time, and I was expelled from their alliance. I was going to quit CN entirely, so I sold all my land and infra, then gave away all my money, tech, and military to a trading partner who asked nicely. I waited a week without paying taxes, then decided to give it another try because it never went into anarchy. I was approached by several alliances about joining. I had a good conversation about it with August, but decided to go with TOOL. In less than 2 days, I left TOOL on good terms, and then applied to IngSoc. I enjoy things here, but would like to see more people on the IRC channel.

For now, I have no intention holding any official position because of the bad experiences at MCXA, but plan to be very supportive of IngSoc and will help in any way needed...

REAL LIFE (RL)
A 20 year old (single) college student studying at a school somewhere in the West Pacific
(I'm living on a nation where a place called El Nido exists...the same nation where i grew up).
Integrated the internet as part of life and continues to expand the network of friends,
connections and associates with it. Really loves anything about technology but most of the time
not good with it (especially the complicated parts of it).

Used to connect the internet and play CN/ NS using ISP Dial-Up connections before...
Fortunately, fate has blessed me with a Broadband DSL connection.
And with that, you might notice how active Spherilion has been in the forums.
(RL life interferes with it sometimes)
Currently working on my Project Spherilion.

CYBERNATIONS LIFE (CN Life)

Introduced to CN through an ad-post made in NationStates in the West Pacific (FYI: West Pacific is different from "The West Pacific") Regional HQ. Initially, my Nation's name in NS is Spherilion Military (GDFSM) but when I created my nation 3 months ago (91 days ago), I decided to only use "Spherilion" as my nation. Since the beta version of the CN Tournament is about to begin, might as well include Spherilion Military to CNT.

IngSoc is the first alliance i have ever joined so far. Lich King Azrael is the one responsible for my re-education about Oceania. I have been with IngSoc for 80 days now and still continue to do so. Through IngSoc I learned many things which a new CN player like me badly needs. So far I manage to catch up with the pros and still continue to learn new things about Planet Bob.

Jeez Lich.......10 languages??????? You're my freaking language idol!!!! And if there's one thing I've got on you, it's RUNNING! EAT IT!

*just let me enjoy this small victory* lol

For new proles out there, I encourage you to introduce yourself here
so that we can be familiar with you and be able to "Get to know you better".

RL: I'm probably one of the youngest people here at age 15. I live in Las Vegas , NV and am studying towards an Aerospace Engineering Degree. I usually like to play RTS games such as Dawn of War and the first two Age of Empires (the third one sucks).I also like FPS games such as BF2 and BF2142. I like most types of music and I usually listen to Senses Fail, The Used, Escape the Fate, and one of my favorite songs is Handlebars by Flobots. Despite the type of music I listen to I am NOT emo. lol. I'm an outside linebacker on the varsity football team at my high school. And lastly I've achieved the rank of Eagle in Boy Scouts, if that actually means anything


CN: I started out about a month ago and almost immediately joined USN. As I said in my application I quit there because of recent accusations of corruption to the main people in the gov't. Right after I quit a friend said that I should join u here so I took his word for it and here I am.

Actually, someone is younger than your age...(or same age as you AFAIK)


It's just that the age was not specifically specified by that fellow member of ours...

Oh, ok I was just going off of the other posts

I am 20, male, a virgo, and tall enough to be both awkward and athletic. I live in Minneapolis but will be going to Ireland in the fall to study. I'm entering my junior year at the University of Wisconsin. Because I'm an engineering student and play stuff like CN, I'm usually the coolest one in the room. I do four things with my free time: watch movies, drink, play Ultimate and play Warcraft III. I try to do all of these activities with friends (except drink. I drink alone).

Favorite movie: The Usual Suspects
Favorite album: The Champion EP by Brother Ali
Favorite beer: Grain Belt Premium
Favorite activity: talking

I started CN at the behest of a friend in April. I followed that friend to INGSOC after leaving USN. People seem a little cooler here because it's a smaller community.

We are pretty cool here.

Brother Ali, a hometown pick for favorite album... and beer.

I'm a cat, have a ball of yarn, dig cat nip, and have a dangerous haircut.

A force to be reckoned with.

Beware Thought Criminals!!!

Does this mean you are also from Minneapolis?

Close, you should get the prize anyway, Try St Paul..




You made a good choice and it seems like you are very well grounded in RL, there's a few of us who are also engineers here, however in the digital world, if you ever need help let us know and I'm sure we can help with your homework, I know it wouldn't be the first time I did someones math homework for them whom lived in CN

OCC.. Glad to have you guys aboard, I'll get more active things are starting to settle down at work and with a little luck during the winter months I'll be able to telecomute..

That means me not being behind Dansguardian and I can play CN while I get paid.. hey that sounds like fun

My haircut has historically struck fear into the hearts of my opponents.

Thanks for answering for me Freelancer, I forgot that I posted here. I'm familiar with Brother Ali but I haven't really listened to him much. I got into Atmosphere for a bit and still listen to them on occassion.

You mean your hairCAT?

Brother Ali is a much better MC than Slug. I think his lyrics are better, more grounded in real life and less in abstract "indie" stuff. Atmosphere is still good, but Brother Ali is one of the best MCs out there. Are you originally from St. Paul? Or just live there now?

I've lived there for... going on six years now. Good city if you can get past the RNC this weekend...

HA. Yeah, I'm ignoring it because I'm: a) turning 21. leaving the country on Monday. So much to do and so many people to see before I leave. Plus, I heard if you just ignore it it might go away on its own.

edit: also, the letter B version of "a)" makes a smiley with sunglasses...

Hey all. I'm 44 and work at an investment firm and am on the computer all day. I mess with online games between things I need to do and CN appeals to me so here I am. I'm also extremely loyal and I will not run when there's a fight.

hahahaha,

I was gona ask you about all that, That hit digg within hours of happening, of course Alex Jones and his crew should be up there this week according to prison planet, I can't even imagine that crap happening here, we have to many gun nuts who may take something like this personally, Law Enforcement here is trained with kid gloves and with the public in mind, here take a peak at how we deal with corrupt ADA's

http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/302012

http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/opinion/302783

I'm a teen from Iowa, the best place ever!! I used to have a few friends in IngSoc, but now only Zeek is left.