A troper with eclectic and diverse interests and far too much time on his hands (less true recently) and a tendency to develop overarching obsessions [[LampshadeHanging and a love for polysyndeton]]. Areas of interest include history, sci-fi, and computer / console games.

Also loves roleplaying (to a limited degree), trivia, quirky metaphors, and [[{{Neologism}} neologizing]] (his favorite neologism to date being "luceferent," meaning "possessing a faint, warm glow"). Has ten million great ideas floating around in his head, if only he had the time to write them all down...

Has noticed that many of the things he likes tend to be a bit obscure and arcane to most other people. This suits him just fine.

One of his pet peeves is duplicate entries.

On the forums, tends to lurk [[SarcasmMode and troll]] the Writer's Block and Video Games forums. Will occasionally pop in elsewhere, though.

Member of {{CHOPSTICKS}}, {{KNIVES}}, {{PLATTER}}, and {{WHISK}}.

[[ThirdPersonPerson Likes the third person, at least on this page]].

!!Pages he has created or helped to create, or that have been based on one of his ideas:

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[[folder: Tropes ]]

* AfterActionReport
* AlienKudzu
* AuthorPhobia
* BeneathTheMask (launched and cleaned up)
* BodyguardBetrayal
* DeadGuyOnDisplay
* DeathbedConfession
* {{Egregious}}
* EpicInstrumentalOpener (launched)
* FanRemake
* FoodEnd
* HilarityInZoos
* HumansAreLeaders
* InfauxmationDesk
* MagicBus
* MagicMirror
* MerchantPrince
* AMillionIsAStatistic
* MistookTheDominantLifeform (launched)
* OneNationUnderCopyright (launched)
* ProtectThisHouse
* StellarName
* SuccessionGame

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[[folder: Works ]]

* TabletopGame/{{Chess}}
* VideoGame/ConquestOfElysium2
* Literature/CiaphasCain (with Tropers/LargeBluntObject)
* Literature/GauntsGhosts (with Tropers/LargeBluntObject)
* VideoGame/GratuitousSpaceBattles
* MoonlightWalks
* VideoGame/PanzerGeneral
* VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}
* VideoGame/RedBaron (Sort of; the page was already there, but it was a stub describing a random {{Newgrounds}} Flash game. Rewrote it to cover the flight sim series after getting prior approval.)
* VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates
* VideoGame/SteelPanthers
* VideoGame/StrangeAdventuresInInfiniteSpace
* Fanfic/ThisIsMadnessStoryOfTheCrumblingEurope (Sort of; page was originally launched by another user, then cut as a stub. I relaunched it with a bit more detail.)
* VideoGame/TheWager
* VideoGame/WarningForever

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[[folder: Actors / Authors / Artists / Creators ]]

* {{Kikoskia}}
* {{Polysics}}
* ShonenKnife
* SidMeier

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[[folder: Other ]]

* AsimovsThreeKindsOfScienceFiction (launched)

!!Pages This Troper tries to curate on a semi-regular basis:
* AfterActionReport
* AltumVidetur
* CiaphasCain and related sub-pages
* {{Civilization}}
* FreewareGames
* {{Oolite}}

!!Stuff This Troper Has Done Other Than TVTropes:
* Created the [[http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=515694 Encyclopedia Mod v5.0]] for ''MasterOfOrion III''
* Has written a few {{After Action Report}}s for a couple games, including:
** [[http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=113730 This one]] for ''{{Civilization}} II''
** [[http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=495017 This one]] for ''Moo3''
** [[http://s13.zetaboards.com/Hlfrankiln/topic/6501839/1/ Another]] for Civ 2. (Includes deliberate PurpleProse.)
* Wrote a few {{Filk}}s for ''UrbanDead'' [[http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/User:Specialist290#Specialist290.27s_Song_Corner.21 here]] ([[OldShame can't vouch for the quality]]...)
* Author of an [[http://s13.zetaboards.com/Hlfrankiln/topic/35446/ as-yet unfinished]] [[http://s13.zetaboards.com/Hlfrankiln/topic/35746/ worldbuilding project]] in my spare time.
* Sporadic poster on various internet forums

!!Tropes that apply to this user in some fashion or another:
* AltumVidetur
* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder -- Probably the main reason I haven't actually written anything major...
* BrilliantButLazy -- Sort of--I try to maintain a 4.0 GPA, but I ''really'' hate working at things I'm not really that interested in. And writing papers.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} -- I have my moments.
* CollectorOfTheStrange
* DeadpanSnarker
** MaddenIntoMisanthropy -- It hasn't happened yet, and I pray it never does, but it is one of the things I worry about...
* FilkSong -- Wrote a few in my UrbanDead days. [[OldShame Don't ask me about them]].
* FanOfThePast -- Just take a look at my music selection, among other things.
* FleetingPassionateHobbies -- Though some are more (or less) fleeting than others.
* ForumPeckingOrder -- Admin of a [[http://s13.zetaboards.com/Hlfrankiln/index/ small]] MessageBoard with his RealLife best friend.
* HonorBeforeReason
* IceCreamKoan -- I ''love'' to unexpectedly subvert common proverbs and cliches :D
* MrImagination -- Not quite as extreme as the trope page would suggest, but I do love to daydream.
* NiceHat -- Like the idea. Shame I have so few...
* OrphanedSeries -- Just about everything I've worked on has fallen through the cracks for one reason or another.
* PurpleProse -- My personal writing style leans toward this, apparently.
* RidiculousProcrastinator -- The trope page could have been lifted directly from my life... with a few exaggerations.
* SerialTweaker -- Getting better, though. ([[TheBeatles I can't get no worse]].)
* SouthernGentleman -- The ideal I try to live up to, minus the [[TomLehrer white sheets]].
* StoicSpectacles -- What I aim for.
** NerdGlasses -- How other people probably see them.
* StuffBlowingUp -- Big fan.
* SweetTooth
** EverythingsBetterWithChocolate
* {{Troper}} -- No kidding?
* UnluckyEverydude
* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants -- Whenever I ''do'' write something...

!!This user enjoys:

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[[folder: Genres ]]

* A small and select... selection of {{Anime}}
* FourX games
* PoliceProcedural / LawProcedural / ForensicDrama
* SpeculativeFiction (mainly ScienceFiction, but I try to keep broad interests)
* TurnBasedStrategy
* RealTimeStrategy
* World history

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[[folder: Works ]]

* AceCombat
* BattleForWesnoth
* CalvinAndHobbes
* {{Civilization}}
* CodexAlera
* TheDayTheEarthStoodStill (the original, not the newfangled bastardization...)
* {{Discworld}}
* DonQuixote
* {{Dune}}
* DwarfFortress
* FullMetalPanic
* {{Half Life}} 2
* Series/IClaudius
* {{Megatokyo}}
* MetalGear Solid
* {{NCIS}}
* {{Persona 3}}
* ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne
* VideoGame/{{Touhou}}
* WarAndPeace
* {{Warhammer 40000}} (novels and DawnOfWar only; don't have time or money for the board game)

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[[folder: Authors, Artists, Producers, etc. ]]

* DanAbnett
* BraveSaintSaturn
* TheBeatles
* {{Coldplay}}
* {{Devo}}
* ElectricLightOrchestra
* HavalinaRailCo
* RobertHeinlein
* BuddyHolly
* TheKinks
* CSLewis
* SandyMitchell
* OwlCity
* ParadoxInteractive
* ThePillows
* PinkFloyd
* {{Polysics}}
* ShonenKnife
* TheSmallFaces
* JRRTolkien
* TheyMightBeGiants
* TheWhiteStripes
* TheWho

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[[folder: Other ]]

* {{YouTube}}

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