Knowing me Knowing you! Forumite Edition Part 5 (Pg.7)

MrKirov wrote:

Rubix wrote:9. Do you Drive? Yes
9a. If so, what Car? BMW S1 Sport
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? Two, one when I was 18 and my friend went up the back of me because he was looking at a woman walking down the street and another was a head on where a 80 year old pulled out in front of me when I was also 18. Went to court 2 years later. Both not my fault
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji? probably the one
12. What is your biggest fear? Flying, still get really nervous before any flight and the more I fly doesn’t seem to help
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Final Fantasy VII
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? As Gandalf isn’t around anymore it’s probably Mr Kirov, I know him outside the forum and has some great gaming and drinking sessions with him

Was this just a stealth "I have a new car thread"?

EDIT: So im sloppy seconds because Gandalf isnt here? Also... "Probably" ?! Do I look like a can of Carlsberg??

Oh look who shows up notice you didn’t reply when I mentioned Splinter Cell Pandora tomorrow in the game community thread.

Rax wrote:9. Do you Drive? Yep
9a. If so, what Car? I have a Passat and my wife has a Qashqai, I drive both.
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? Dont know if it counts as a crasg but once my bonnet flipped up, the safety catch on it failed and it smacked into the windscreen while I was doing about 90kph. I was able to pull over and stop without further drama thankfully
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji?
12. What is your biggest fear? Wolves, and by extension dogs, I genuinely have an irrational fear of the strawberry floaters.
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? Everyone adds something different to the place so I couldnt pick a fav.

I get dogs but do you come across a lot of wolves?

9. Do you Drive? Yes
9a. If so, what Car? Seat Leon
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? Loads. None were serious though
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji?
12. What is your biggest fear? Death
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Sam Fox Strip Poker
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? Too many to list, I love most of the people here

9. Do you Drive? No. I've taken lessons a few times but never took to it. I surrendered my learners license a few years back due to mental health issues and never felt the need to reapply for it
9a. If so, what Car?
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash Yes
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji? here? I don't know, in general probably
12. What is your biggest fear? Everything? Change, failure, public embarrassment, getting lost, my family dying (though oddly that doesn't apply to myself), any number of things really. I know it sounds daft but a lot of these things can provoke really strong fear reaction in me. I cope with this stuff but some days are harder than others. Oh, and heights.
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Shenmue

9. Do you Drive? Nope.
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? I luckily haven't myself. The closest thing I've been in was a bus "crash" where someone bumped their bumper into the bus and nothing much else happened.
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji?
12. What is your biggest fear? Being hospitalised again with septic shock. It was a horrifying experience, and I'd never want to go through that ever again. Second being something horrific happening to Ella.
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? This one is hard, but I've taken it from my most hours played so at the moment, Animal Crossing (935+ hours)
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? I have a few, well I say a few, a good handful. Probably too many for a list

9. Do you Drive? no
9a. If so, what Car? no
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? no
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji? i hate emojis
12. What is your biggest fear? everything
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? all zeldas
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? i could tell you which ones are planning to kill me

1. Username: Afrocat
2. Why that username: Picked it when I was around 13. I liked cats and had a (white boy) Afro.
3. Real First Name:
4. Age: 30
5. Job: Software Developer
6. Hobbies: Gaming (less so recently, been trying to get back into PC gaming after a few years hiatus), cars, motorbikes, bit of hiking
7. Why did you join GRcade? I don't remember exactly, I think it was recommended from other LLC crew.
8. Have you ever owned a pet at all? If so, could you tell us anything about him/her? While growing up we had 5 cats and 3 dogs (not at the same time). I now have my own 2 cats:


9. Do you Drive? Yes
9a. If so, what Car? Mazda MX-5, Kawasaki ER-6f
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? A few close calls, but never had a car crash. I did however crash my motorbike when a tight left hand turn caught me by surprise. I slid across the road and into the hedge, but was very fortunate with the outcome. Dusted myself off, picked the bike up and rode it home.
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji? Not sure, probably:
12. What is your biggest fear? Probably financial ruin. Or just generally strawberry floating my life up in a way that is difficult to un-fuck.
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? I have fondest memories of Wind Waker, it's definitely the single player game I've replayed the most.
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? Nope.

Missed part one so I'll do a double feature for you!

Part 1

1. Username: Jenuall
2. Why that username: I first came up with the name around 2000 (I think when signing up for a hotmail address!) I was big into Final Fantasy at the time and so FFVII and FFVIII were on my mind when picking a username and so I came up with this as a portmanteau of Jenova and Squall.
3. Real First Name: Russell
4. Age: 37
5. Job: IT (Scrum Master / Team Lead)
6. Hobbies: Usual media consumption stuff: gaming, reading, movies, music etc. Playing and watching sport - primarily football, tennis and cricket. I'm not especially talented at any in particular but I really enjoy creative pursuits - writing, art, crafting/diy etc. sadly I never seem to find much time to devote to any of them though
7. Why did you join GRcade? Moved across from being a lurker on the old Games Radar forums to being a lurker on here before becoming more active in the last few years (sorry everyone! ) Not really sure why I joined the original GR forum, the Daily Radar/Games Radar site was a pretty prominent "early" source of online games content so it's probably not that unusual to discover it and join up back then - I was on a few other UK focused forums at the time as well - ntscuk, rllmuk etc.
8. Have you ever owned a pet at all? If so, could you tell us anything about him/her? Perhaps if you haven't, is there any animal you'd want as a pet, and why? No pets as a kid (my brother had a couple of hamsters at one point) but as an adult I've had a couple of dogs and cats.

Ada our first dog sadly passed away a few months ago but she was a brilliant dog - kind, caring, always up for a hug and a walk - and surprisingly calm and patient with three crazy kids in the house. She is badly missed in our house.

Toward the end of last year we rescued a cat (Ginny) and kitten (Jan Vertonghen) who are great and have fitted into the family really well. I read something once that said any house with two cats is home to one cold blooded killer and one lovable idiot and these two definitely fit into those moulds!

Just before Christmas we got a new puppy in the house, Maggie Pancake, who has also settled in very well, full of the usual overactive puppy energy at this point!

Part 2

9. Do you Drive? Yes
9a. If so, what Car? I've got a very old (1999) VW Polo and the wife has a Nissan Juke which I also occasionally drive.
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? Several times but nothing too major - went into the back of a Zafira on the M4 once, clipped on the side a few times through country lanes, had a few people reverse into me in car parks etc. Been hit off my bike by cars on several occasions as well.
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji? Good question! I couldn't say to for sure but it'll be one of , or
12. What is your biggest fear? Something bad happening to my family, particularly my kids. Beyond that: Death. I used to have practical panic attacks about it as a kid, I just couldn't get how people could function knowing that everything was going to end - that one moment would come where everything that you are, everything that makes you you would just... stop. Still occasionally gets to me now as well.
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Oof, the big question! It swaps around occasionally but is invariable one from this set: Deus Ex
System Shock 2, Thief The Dark Project, Final Fantasy VII. Today is probably a Deus Ex kind of day!
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? There are genuinely too many great people on here to even think about narrowing it down!

9. Do you Drive? No
9a. If so, what Car?
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? No
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji?
12. What is your biggest fear? Deep water, also wasps and hornets
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Can't possiby choose
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? No, I love you all equally, even rinks

Rubix wrote:

Rax wrote:9. Do you Drive? Yep
9a. If so, what Car? I have a Passat and my wife has a Qashqai, I drive both.
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? Dont know if it counts as a crasg but once my bonnet flipped up, the safety catch on it failed and it smacked into the windscreen while I was doing about 90kph. I was able to pull over and stop without further drama thankfully
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji?
12. What is your biggest fear? Wolves, and by extension dogs, I genuinely have an irrational fear of the strawberry floaters.
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? Everyone adds something different to the place so I couldnt pick a fav.

I get dogs but do you come across a lot of wolves?

Thankfully not! Even though the Green Party here are desperate to reintroduce them. To areas used to farm sheep.

Jenuall wrote:1. Username: Jenuall
2. Why that username: I first came up with the name around 2000 (I think when signing up for a hotmail address!) I was big into Final Fantasy at the time and so FFVII and FFVIII were on my mind when picking a username and so I came up with this as a portmanteau of Jenova and Squall.

Also too many of you are pussying out on the best forum member. We all know there are lots of great people on here, pick one

Or next I’ll add a question of worst forum member

Rax wrote:

Rubix wrote:I get dogs but do you come across a lot of wolves?

Thankfully not! Even though the Green Party here are desperate to reintroduce them. To areas used to farm sheep. :fp

If you don’t see them where did the fear come from? Generally interested.

We were out walking in Plymouth and we came across a husky wolf looking dog and it had a coat on saying caution wolf, apparently it was a wolf bread and they had to by law announce to the public it was a wolf. It was such a beautiful animal too really friendly, they let me stroke it.

Rubix wrote:I get dogs but do you come across a lot of wolves?

Rax wrote:Thankfully not! Even though the Green Party here are desperate to reintroduce them. To areas used to farm sheep.

If you don’t see them where did the fear come from? Generally interested.

We were out walking in Plymouth and we came across a husky wolf looking dog and it had a coat on saying caution wolf, apparently it was a wolf bread and they had to by law announce to the public it was a wolf. It was such a beautiful animal too really friendly, they let me stroke it.

I think it just comes from the whole not liking dogs thing. Theyre bigger, less tame dogs and therefore scarier.

9. Do you Drive? No
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? No
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji?
12. What is your biggest fear? Lots of horrid things
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Cities Skylines
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? You're all bastards.

9. Do you Drive? Yes
9a. If so, what Car? 65 plate Vauxhall Insignia
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? Sadly yes. RIP Corsa
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji? Probably
12. What is your biggest fear? Loud explosions/bangs
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Red Dead Redemption 2
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? I love all of you strawberry floaters

Love this thread. Full respect to those who don't want to share their names. There are so few places online where you can be simultaneously anonymous and legitimately part of a community. I feel I've been very public about who I am from a young age so it couldn't fly for me.

1. Username: Clarkman
2. Why that username: Clark Kent//Superman. I think I always liked the idea of humanising the fantastical.
3. Real First Name: Alex
4. Age: 30

5. Job:
a) Head of Operations/Programme Management for an international mentoring charity
b) Founder and Director of Sales for a bespoke furniture business
c) Fiction author
d) Also teach kids debating skills and do some freelance writing work on commission for the likes of WatchMojo

6. Hobbies: Single player videogames, poker, football, reading modern literary fiction, art history and fine art

7. Why did you join GRcade? I started as a pre-teen on the Nintendo.co.uk forums, then moved to NOM (later ONM) when they were shut down. I was a pretentious kid and the vibe there was quite adolescent, so moving over GamesRadar in circa 2005/6 felt like more of a natural fit. Was a day one refugee on GRcade.

8. Have you ever owned a pet at all? If so, could you tell us anything about him/her? Perhaps if you haven't, is there any animal you'd want as a pet, and why?

No And I'm envious of everyone who has

Part 2

9. Do you Drive? No
9a. If so, what Car?
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? No, but I witnessed a bad one in that super cold winter of 2010/11. Car flipped over after clipping a curb, skidding on ice. I blocked off the top of the road and redirected traffic until the ambulance/police arrived. The guy made it out with a broken arm/collarbone I think.

11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji?

or

12. What is your biggest fear?

Getting called out/public shamed on social media for some innocent misunderstanding and having my life ruined.

13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Tetris

14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? I have a lot of affection for lots of you, but am most glad to share the forum with the true oddballs/eccentrics that I'd otherwise never interact with

1. Username: Floydfreak
2. Why that username: I like Pink Floyd and was only name i could of think back then though i am looking to change it
3. Real First Name: Aaron
4. Age: 35
5. Job: work in a retail DIY store the orange one
6. Hobbies: going to concerts, bike rides watching motorsport, films
7. Why did you join GRcade? Can't really remember was back in the old GR days and have followed the forum since
8. Have you ever owned a pet at all? If so, could you tell us anything about him/her? Perhaps if you haven't, is there any animal you'd want as a pet, and why? Have always had pets cats and dogs all my life

1. Username: JediDragon05

2. Why that username: See my name below. I like Star Wars & still get the “I am your father” or “use the force” from time to time . Also like Dragons. My favorite book when I was a kid was about a pancake eating Dragon. Liked them ever since. My favorite fantasy beasts.

3. Real First Name: Luke
4. Age: 36
5. Job: kitchen Porter
6. Hobbies: walking, running, cycling, skipping, push ups, watching movies, playing video games, taking my car for a spin first thing in the morning when the roads are dead, play fighting at work when the boss isn’t in.

7. Why did you join GRcade? I came from Games Radar

8. Have you ever owned a pet at all? If so, could you tell us anything about him/her? Perhaps if you haven't, is there any animal you'd want as a pet, and why? I have 5 cats. They’re a set of little gooseberry fools.

Part 2

9. Do you Drive? Yes
9a. If so, what Car? Vauxhall Corsa VXR. She is a beautiful little machine , not like that pile of gooseberry fool mini I had before it.

10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? Nope
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji?
12. What is your biggest fear? Spiders.
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Sonic 3 & Knuckles
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? Not yet

9. Do you Drive? Yes, badly.
9a. If so, what Car? Hyundai i20
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? Yes, but not a bad one.
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji? I quite like , I use it in an unironic, friendly way.
12. What is your biggest fear? Dying
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Dark Souls
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? Pell, although he's not here as much these days.

9. Do you Drive? Yes
9a. If so, what Car? A Renault. Its shite.
10. Have You Ever Been In A Car Crash? 2 decent ones, one my fault, the other not
11. What Is Your Most Frequently Used Emoji? Standard Smiley.
12. What is your biggest fear? No fear.
13. If you could only pick one, what would be your favourite video game? Bombjack, arcade.
14. Do you have a favourite forum member, if so who? No