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'''[[WhatAreTheContributorsRealNames Raymond A.]]''', also known as '''Ray Ayanami''' and '''[[{{Tsundere}} TsundeRay]]''' [[strike:and, to a lesser extent, '''[=Gs68=]''' (properly spelled '''gs68''')]], is [[color:red:21]] years old, a Filipino in denial, and a character in RealLife. He is also known on IRC as [=DespaiRay=], due to his resemblance (physically and mentally) to Zetsubou-Sensei/Nozomu Itoshiki.

He comes from [[WhereAreYouFrom Santa Clara, California]], and currently attends San Jose State University.

Ray plays a lot of video games, and also watches anime and reads manga. Despite being a ChallengeGamer, he rejects the label of "hardcore gamer," mainly due to particular definitions of it. He plays games from many different generations, from the NES era to the 360/Wii/[=PS3=] era.

He is a regular in the TroperIRCChannel, talking about games nobody knows about, getting randomly hugged/cuddled/glomped by fellow tropers, and engaging in the proper procedure for dealing with {{troll}}s: jumping into water and [[SuperDrowningSkills waiting for death by Sonic drowning music to put him out of his misery]]. He's also the Token Shota of #fetishfuel.

Currently, Ray is crafting tropes for a nonexistent ShootEmUp called ''{{DarthWiki/Desu Shi}}''. Its page is currently in a massive state of disrepair.

Sadly, Ray's birthday, November 21, does not fall on [[{{Beatmania}} 19, November or 20, November]].

May be in cahoots with AstraKiseki, discussing not-so-innocent ideas for his favorite video game characters. May also be in cahoots with {{Wit}}, who he is slowly [[EntryPimp destroying the wiki]] with, one {{shmup}} reference at a time.
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[[folder: Feel free to ask him about the following: ]]

* ''1942'' and its sequels
* ''BattleGaregga''
* ''CaveStory'' (unless it's about the BonusLevelOfHell)
* ''DJMAX'' (specifically, ''DJMAX Portable'', ''Trilogy'', and ''Technika'')
* ''{{Gradius}}''
* ''{{La-Mulana}}''
* ''MiraiNikki''
* ''{{Tetris}}: The Grand Master''
* ''ThunderForce''
* ''TimeCrisis'' (unless it's ''Time Crisis: Project Titan'' or the console ports of ''Crisis Zone'' and ''Time Crisis 4'')
* ''WanganMidnightMaximumTune''
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[[folder: Ray has started the following pages: ]]

* ''{{Darius}}''
* DefaultSettingSyndrome
* ''{{DonPachi}}''
* ''{{DJMAX}}''
* ''GigaWing''
* [[ItsShortSoItSucks It's Short, So It Sucks]]
* ''PopNMusic''
* ''PumpItUp''
* RaySeries
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[[folder: Ray and his life contain examples of: ]]


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[[folder: Examples by Ray ]]

* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* BerserkButton: Do NOT bring up to him the stereotype that [[PositiveDiscrimination Asians are automatically godly at video games]].
* {{Bishounen}}
* [[strike:ChallengeGamer]]
* CorruptTheCutie: He's had his mind corrupted by the TroperIRCChannel, [[AstraKiseki this fellow troper]], and the Internet in general. [[spoiler:And he likes it.]]
* {{Cosplay}}
* DethroningMomentOfSuck: His shenanigans on the {{SCP Foundation}} that led to him being stripped of his membership there.
* EverybodyHatesMathematics: An aversion, and therefore a CompleteMonster.
* [=*=]{{facepalm}}[=*=]
* GratuitousJapanese: Subverted; he has a [[strike:somewhat]] limited grasp of proper/academic Japanese. オタクの日本語が嫌いです。[[hottip:translation:I hate otaku Japanese.]]
* [[ItsEasySoItSucks It's Easy, So It Sucks]]: He can't find a job, so for that he hates his summer vacation--and his life in general because he has it easy in life.
* LawfulGood: To the point where he has a potential phobia for getting in trouble with figures of higher authority. Wanna see a HeroicBSOD? Find a way to get him grounded by his parents or expelled from university.
* [[GogglesDoNothing Faux]]-[[{{Meganekko}} Meganekun]]: He wears glasses with zero-grade lenses.
* NightmareFetishist: He's a {{yandere}} and {{yangire}} fetishist.
* NintendoHard: College in general.
* PopularIsDumb: Subverted in high school, where he was very popular amongst his graduating class [[strike:despite]] because of his intelligence.
* PublicMediumIgnorance: Let's try to explain why ''Tetris TGM'' isn't just another dumb ''Tetris'' clone.
* RageQuit: How a usual session of ''ThunderForce III'' ends.
* TheScrappy
* SelfImposedChallenge: In {{shmup}}s, he strives to complete the game--or at least get as far in it as possible--on a single credit. Continuing feels like blasphemy to him.
* [[SoBadItsHorrible So Bad It's Horrible]]: His voice, especially when it's recorded.
--> "I can't understand anything your saying in this.  Is your mouth stuffed with cotton?"
* StupidSexyFlanders
* ThatOneLevel: Physics class, which judging by recent test scores, homework scores, declining understanding of new materal, and procrastination on readings, he might fail. He takes solace in the fact that his crush [[TheWoobie is also failing]].
* VerbalTic: "[noun/verb] Mania."
* {{Tsundere}} and {{Kuudere}}: If he's more energetic he tends to be the former; otherwise he's the latter.
* [[YaoiFangirl Yaoi Fanboy]]: Though he's not really into it for the romance or action so much as the art style. He just thinks YaoiGuys look very [[{{Bishounen}} pretty]].

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[[folder: Examples by Other Tropers. (aka: Wiki Magic, go!) ]]

* MediumAwareness - His description of his life makes this pretty obvious. DarthWiki/{{Cliche}}
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[[folder: Want to contact him, or play games with him? ]]

* '''AIM:''' Richt3r Belmont
* '''[[http://backloggery.com/main.php?user=gs68 Backloggery]]'''
* '''Email:''' gsuck68 [AT] gmail (DOT) com
* '''[[http://gs68.livejournal.com LiveJournal]]'''
* '''Skype:''' gsuck68
* '''[[http://twitter.com/RayAyanami Twitter]]''' (updates are protected)
* '''Xbox Live:''' Ray Ayanami (However, unless you want to see his scores for some of his games, it's pointless to add him right now. He isn't renewing his Gold subscription until June, when he has time to play console games again.)
%%** :If you're adding him, and you don't know him, you better have a good reason to do so, such as wanting to play one of %%the following games with him:
%%*** ''CallOfDuty 4'' (warning: he sucks)
%%*** ''CastleCrashers''
%%*** ''[[SoulSeries Soulcalibur IV]]'' (warning: he button mashes and has no idea what he's doing at any given time)]]
* '''[[http://www.youtube.com/user/gs68 YouTube]]''' (recently, he's taken to filming his ''TGM'' shenanigans)
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[[folder: You can also catch him at the following online communities (often under his old handle, "gs68"): ]]

* The TroperIRCChannel, as [=TsundeRay=]
* The [[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25895125751 TV Tropes Facebook group]], as Raymond A., though he rarely posts there. Don't add him unless you have mutual friends with him (his profile won't let you add him if you don't have any anyway).
* [[http://www.tetrisconcept.com/forum/ Tetris Concept]], a board dedicated to ''Tetris''.
* {{GameFAQs}} boards, specifically:
** [[http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/gentopic.php?board=234 BEMANI and Rhythm Action]]
** [[http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/gentopic.php?board=402 Life, the Universe, and Everything]] (''if'' you have access there)
** [[http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/gentopic.php?board=2000407 Wii - Virtual Console and WiiWare]]
* [[http://orangeloungeradio.com/ Orange Lounge Radio]], a video game podcast [[FauxHTMLTags ]]
* Nationstates: [[http://www.nationstates.net/nation=gs68 gs68]], as the delegate for the [[http://www.nationstates.net/region=4chan 4chan]] region, and [[http://www.nationstates.net/nation=tsunderei Tsunderei]], his nation for Dystropia.
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