Meet the Tropers: newbie thread/introductions.

I am male, 18, in Australia and I go by Rat King sometimes online. It is from a children's book by Terry Pratchett, which is one of my favourite books. I am going to start university next year but have finished highschool. I do not know what to study, because while I want to be a writer, I also want to be a physicist. Or maybe go into politics. Or Programming. Or Graphic Design. Or Ancient History. Or Cryptology.

It is annoying having to choose, and maybe that tells you enough about me.

Ziz wrote:

Rock wrote:

I don't look like a hippogryph but I still named myself after one.

I am female, 31, and a software engineer residing in Montana. I make pixel-based old school RP Gs for a hobby, and I'm hoping to turn it into a profession with my current project. The nick is pronounced "so-ah"; it is not an acronym or misspelling of cocoa. It's from Peruvian mythology and has been my handle for longer than there's been a world wide web.

ccoa wrote:

There was no such time. Do not attempt to sway the orthodoxy to your apostatized beliefs. Proselytize for your digital atheism elsewhere!

I AM GOING TO EAT A COOKIE EDIT: IT WAS DELICIOUS

Surely not, for the verity of your golden calf god must be known! These poor lambs must be led from their idol of false worship, and into the Light of Truth!

Hi, I am Karl and I am a twenty-one year old college student and I have been addicted to this site for awhile so I thought I might as well join the forums.

NuclearMessiah wrote:

Trukk not munky!

Ziz wrote:

I'm tempted to rename to Behemoth just to set someone else up to come on as Leviathan.

Also, I always imagine Leviathan as a giant sea serpent, despite it having a variety of descriptions. Thank you, Final Fantasy, for allowing a single iteration of a legendary creature to become so thoroughly ingrained in my psyche! Thanks a whole bunch.

ccoa wrote:

ccoa! From the Brainstorm Limited forum! Hello. Didn't recognize the name without the Efrem/Naveed avatar.

I just noticed Ccoa has that little rat thing from Avatar as her avatar. Yes I did that just for that last bit. No I don't have a life.

Rock wrote:

Here's the original description:

Unknown Troper wrote:

• or bridle
  • or pride

It may be worth noting tat some scholars think Leviathan was in fact a crocodile.

VampireBuddha wrote:

...wow, I've heard that it was a whale, but a friggin' crocodile?

Off course, the real Leviathan is a massive tentacled pyramid that spans across the ocean bottoms of the globe.

Leviathan was the world's largest fish stick. I Am Not Making This Up. Hebrew legend says God made two Leviathan, then killed the female, salted it, and gave it to the people as a snack.

Momo was the only pixel art of mine I could find on short notice that fit the avatar requirements. I'll probably pixel something more original at some point to replace it.

Heya, Adam! ^_^

JethroQWalrustitty wrote:

EDIT: Here they are (all from the English Standard Version):

{{Psalm 74:12-14}} wrote:

{{Psalm 104:24-26}} wrote:

{{Isaiah 27:1}} wrote:

Yup, Leviathan really does sound like a salt-water crocodile going by what's been posted. Either that or an actually dragon (who lives in the ocean).

Hey everyone, my name's John Roberts, I'm 18 years old and living in England having just finished college. Literally, just; I finished less than two weeks ago. I've just made a contributor page for myself, and am learning wiki-fu and basic HTML as a result of TV Tropes. The real reason I'm speaking here is to thank all of you for creating something fantastic here. Seriously, this is a great site! So cheers from me and all other [ww=Unknown Troper]Unkown Tropers[/ww] out there

Also: A giant fish-stick? Why couldn't you do anything like that in Black and White?

Hello everyone, name's Ly Tran, 17 years, 18 in September. Recently graduated high school and getting reading to become a starving college student. Loves TV Tropes and looks forward to working with everyone.

Nosferatu wrote:

Any thoughts on what you'll be taking?

Also I prefer Makavians for sneaking. The Nosferatu seem more about melee action, and that just isn't my thing.

Hello! My name is for legal purposes is Heath Trennoby and I am going to be 19 in a week or so. I'm a Wisconsinite who after high school is traveling the USA to discover myself, though admittedly that's not working out so great. But nonetheless, I decided that if I like it here so much, why not join the forums? Am I right or am I right? This should be fun!

It should be fun indeed, provided that you abide by our strict rules and regulations. I'd start with "Forum Procedures and Protocols, Volumes I-XII" (Volumes XIII-XX are mostly for class 6 and above posting). Then look at "Wiki Policies and You: A Short Primer", especially pages 1211-1399. You might want to memorize chapter 43, section 4a. Remember, to be a full troper, you need to pass the Initiation Test with a 95% score. To edit pages, you need Echelon "D" or higher privileges, which is automatically granted by passing the Initiation Test. To get your YKTTW license, you need to pass a writing test, become a "G" Echelon troper, and pass a blood test. It's All There in the Manual: "TV Tropes Testing and Licensing Rulebook, 5th edition".

So, yes it will be "fun", as required by UWCL (Unified Wiki Codes and Laws) 440.140 c.45 §1 ("Minimum Fun Level").

And by now you should know I'm pulling your leg.

For a moment there I thought you were serious there.

It would surprise me either. Some forum are STRICT.

Hi there! Name's mishro. I'm an 18 year old male in missouri. I joined because I often find myself looking thru the main site and noticed there was a forum so I figured "why not?". I'm not sure how active I'll be though. I enjoy video games (mostly nintendo. I am a fanboy afterall.) I also enjoy alot of different anime.

I also make a comic. it's at (linky) The characters are based on myself and some forum members from another forum I go to.

EDIT! Before I forget, the first comic is on the last page and stuff.

Hey, fellow Tropers!

I'm Kirby Head (female). I just recently turned 18, and I'm spending this summer before college staring at this computer screen and getting epic lulz from each trope I read. I'm really more of a lurker, though I have edited some tropes on occasion. I don't think I'm funny enough to come up with my own wittily-titled trope, though. I do get the urge to fix grammatical errors, though. I'm attending university in the fall for electrical engineering, though I would probably do a lot better in English, which is my best subject. Too bad English doesn't make any money. Like many tropers, I'm a writer, and I'm also an artist as well. One of these days I'll get around to a comic or graphic novel or OEL or whatever they're calling 'em nowadays. Yeah. One of these days.

I'm a big anime/manga/video games person, so those are often the tropes I frequent. I do watch American TV and movies as well, though. Sometimes I feel like I'm stuck in the Animation Age Ghetto because I'm 18 and all I watch is Cartoon network and Nickelodeon (and, well, okay, Disney, too). Tropes have become part of my daily life, so much to the point where I'll reference them by name in casual conversation, then realize that nobody knows what the heck I'm talking about. My sister also frequents TV Tropes.org, though, so we watch television together and call 'em as we see 'em, so to speak. I'm a member at Gaming W, an amatuer gaming site, if anybody else goes there. I've been active there since 2003, and I hope to be sticking around with TV Tropes as well.

Also, I love Kirby. And I own a gigantic stuffed Pikachu that comes to bed with me every night...