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If on your journey you should encounter God, then God will be cut. — Old Klingon Proverb

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Likes: Solving problems. Playing with people's perceptions. Mythopoeia. Real depth in media.

Dislikes: Stupidity. Geek culture. Dogmatism. Nihilism as an excuse for dogmatism. Fake depth in media.

Vital statistics: Youngish. Male. Californian. Software engineer. Martial artist. 6' 6'', to head off any future height derails. AB-. Aspiring mad cognitive scientist.

My background's mostly in literature and gaming, but I've watched enough nerdy TV shows to follow most of the discussion here. I'm currently head of development on Lament, a low fantasy MUD owing inspiration to the heroic fantasy and weird tales of the early 20th century; try it, if you're into old-school roleplaying. It's fun.

I am extremely serious about reducing the total ignorance in the world. I'm slightly less extremely serious about my own rational self-interest — and about yours, since it makes you easier to work with.

My virtue is Fortitude. My vice is Pride. My governing Arcanum is the Knight of Swords.

My emotional range isn't as limited as it appears.

But I'm really here to waste time during compiles at work.

This space reserved for vandalism. Commentary added below the break is not my work unless noted, and will not be edited with the exceptions of formatting changes and deletion of blatant flames. Go wild, kids.

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• The Ace
• Badass
• Berserk Button: While not to the usual extent of this trope, he is known to lose his temper when certain memes (IE Candlejack) are invoked.

• Catch Phrase: "I need a drink..."
  • Disclaimed. — Gest
• Cool Shades
• Deadpan Somethingorother
• Genius Bruiser
• Grumpy Bear
• Sophisticated as Hell
• The Stoic
  • Not So Stoic: When someone says something astoundingly stupid, Norn's vocabulary will be a bit more colourful.
• Magnificent Bastard - thus says MEEEE.
• Tall, Dark and Snarky. Hell yes.
• Only Sane Man
• The Smart Guy
• The Unfunny - says this goofball

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Nornagest was one of the first tropers to populate the new pmwiki based forum. His knowledge in a great variety of subjects (derived, according to his own words, from a mild Wikipedia addiction), reasonable demeanor and dry wit earned him great respect among most circles in the fora. Aditionally, due to his professed hatred for internet memes, low tolerance for silliness, and usually serious attitude, he was unofficially dubbed "The Serious Troper". However, despite his reputation, Nornagest was actually a very amicable person; he despised pointless confrontation, could be frequently seen holding friendly conversations with other tropers, and even admitted to derive amusement from less serious activities such as Troper Shipping.
He was mostly seen around It Just Bugs Me, On-Topic Conversations and Yack Fest subforums.
Records of TV Tropes, Chapter V: The Forumgoers