Following a comment by an old work buddy of mine (Castagir), I thought I might pop over here and say howdy. I'm not currently in the RIFT Beta or anything at present, but have pre-ordered.
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Deepsea (here, and in main or in alt with the same name in many games - more on this shortly!), and I'm a 32 year old guy from the north-east of England. I'm married, lucky enough to have a wife who has also played MMOs in the past and tolerates my mild addiction, and we're parents to both a fabulous little girl who's nearly 5, and a two week old sister to her.
I've been a player of MMOs for around the last 12 or 13 years or so; in no order, Final Fantasy XI, Anarchy Online, City Of Heroes/Villains, Champions Online, Dark And Light, EVE Online, EQ2, Pirates Of The Burning Sea, Vanguard, World Of Warcraft, Earth & Beyond, and my one true love - Star Wars Galaxies.
I was leader of an Imperial guild on the euro-chimaera server for around 3 years; before SOE ruined everything with their 'New Game Enhancements'. I'm not going to sound off about this because it still quite upsets me now, what they did. Even this long after, I've still not quite gotten over it and bear them much ill-will.
I was a crafter of solid reputation, a Shipwright, who could spend all day talking 'shop' about crafting if given the chance with fellow craft nerds or potential customers. Crafting is always something I'm interested in in any game I play.
I wasted huge chunks of my teenage years with Warhammer 40K (back when it didn't suck), Warhammer Fantasy Battle (and WFRP) and was always keen on Call Of Cthulhu as well. Latterly I've been back in WoW and surprisingly enjoying the new content.
I'm absolutely terrible at PVP. I'm one of those odd guys who socialises and jokes about, and sits on the tops of mountains in games, admiring the view. I essentially dabble in whatever, generally helping others out. I've usually played Paladins or their ilk, heavy armour wearing healers who can also wade in and kick behind as appropriate.
From the information in the Charter, it seems that myself and Daedalus are of very similar outlook. I guess at heart, I'm an old fashioned Brit who highly values manners, and being polite and respectful to any who do not demand the opposite by their words and deeds. My guilds were always hand-picked people of the highest conversational and moral calibre, ensuring that we remained relatively small in numbers but high in quality.
Put in simpler terms, it was just nice to know that you could log in and that 'guild chat' would be certified dickhead free
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I try to use Teamspeak/Ventrilo when I can, but due to family commitments I tend to be on quite late and therefore may only log in to listen so as not to disturb the kids and missus upstairs with my chattering. However, I'll always jump on to say hello if at all possible and will enjoy annoying you all with film quotes and various accents until kicked/muted.
Forgive my ramblings, and I hope to catch you all soon. Until then - be well. And if you can't be good - at least be vigorous.
Steve Todd / Deepsea