History Tropers / Chaostryke

Facts, rumors, and speculation about the entity referring to itself as Chaostryke:

Chaostryke is a frequent lurker and occasional contributor.

Chaostryke has the heart of a lion and the wings of a bat. Because it's midnight!

Chaostryke rolls 20s.

Chaostryke may or may not derive his web alias from the name of a quasi-self-insert DragonballZ character (no fanfics about said character were ever written) from his youth, which happened to stick. Or he may actually be a Saiyan.

Chaostryke may or may not be at the top of TheDarkTower.

Chaostryke has a BA in English which he is wasting on an unrelated career and is trying to find outlets for his creative energy.

Chaostryke may on occasion refer to himself in the third person.

Chaostryke is incredibly reserved and introverted.

Chaostryke never shuts up.

Chaostryke is an cynical idealist.

Chaostryke is an agnostic/atheist (depends on your definition of God) who wants to believe in. . . something.

Chaostryke is a misanthrope in love with the world.

Chaostryke may or may not be a paradox trapped in human form who would cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt if not contained.

The below is not a comprehensive list of media I like, but just some favorites:

!!Examples:

[[folder:Board Games]]
* Android
* Arkham Horror
* Battlestar Galactica
* Descent: Journeys In The Dark
* Doom
* Duel Of Ages
* Middle-Earth Quest
* Settlers Of Catan
* Star Wars: Epic Duels
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[[folder:Card Games]]
* Apples To Apples
* Used to play MagicTheGathering, but I lack the time and resources to keep up with it along with my other interests. I still have a deck I'll pull out when challenged, and sealed deck can be fun on occasion.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Film]]
* Generally speaking: sci-fi, fantasy, fantasy or historical epics, artsy films, martial arts films, artsy martial arts films. Plenty that fall outside those categories. More movies than I really want to list at the moment, and I have a hard time picking favorites (I don't really take movies as seriously as some other forms of media.)
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Mark Z Danielewski (HouseOfLeaves only)
* NeilGaiman
* StephenKing (VERY hit and miss, but I like some of his work, especially TheDarkTower)
* UrsulaKLeGuin
* Fritz Leiber (FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser)
* HPLovecraft
* GeorgeRRMartin
* MichaelMoorcock (Haven't read anything except TheElricSaga)
* EdgarAllanPoe
* PhilipPullman
* JKRowling
* WilliamShakespeare
* JRRTolkien
* RogerZelazny
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* {{Babylon 5}} (In most categories I have a hard time picking favorites, but this is hands-down my favorite live action series.)
* BattlestarGalactica (The 2000s series.)
* {{Firefly}}
* StarTrek (primarily [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]] and [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9,]] but also [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries the Original Series.]] [[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]] was hit-and-miss for me, and I didn't care for [[StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise.]]
* {{Supernatural}}
* TheXFiles
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[[folder:Machinima]]
* RedVsBlue
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[[folder:Manga and Anime]]
* CowboyBebop
* DeathNote
* DragonballZ
* GundamWing (I'm sure some of the other Gundam series are good, but all other ones I've seen I either didn't care for or didn't get to watch from the beginning and thus was completely lost.)
* {{Gungrave}}
* TenchiUniverse
* {{Trigun}}
* VampireHunterD
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]
Lots. And unlike with movies, I feel like listing a bunch of stuff (although this list is not comprehensive). I also listen to some film scores and VGM, but I'm not going to list all of those.
* {{Adema}}
* {{AFI}}
* {{Alestorm}}
* AlkalineTrio
* AmonAmarth
* {{Angtoria}}
* AnnaNalick
* ArchEnemy
* {{Atreyu}}
* TheBeatles
* {{Behemoth}}
* {{Bjork}}
* BloodhoundGang
* BlueOysterCult
* BobDylan
* {{Bond}}
* BowlingForSoup
* BreakingBenjamin
* ChildrenOfBodom
* {{CKY}}
* {{Clannad}}
* {{Cold}}
* CradleOfFilth
* {{Crossfade}}
* DeadBySunrise
* DemonsAndWizards
* {{Dethklok}}
* DimmuBorgir
* {{Disturbed}}
* DrowningPool
* {{Electrasy}}
* {{Eluveitie}}
* EmilieAutumn
* {{Enigma}}
* {{Enya}}
* {{Evanescence}}
* FingerEleven
* FlightOfTheConchords
* {{Floater}}
* FloggingMolly
* FortMinor
* {{Fuel}}
* GoodCharlotte
* {{Gorillaz}}
* GreenDay
* GymClassHeroes
* {{Hoobastank}}
* {{Incubus}}
* IronMaiden
* KidneyThieves
* TheKillers
* {{Korn}}
* LacunaCoil
* LedZeppelin
* LimpBizkit
* LinkinPark
* {{Lit}}
* LoreenaMcKennitt
* {{Lostprophets}}
* LucaTurilli
* MannheimSteamroller
* {{Metallica}}
* MichelleBranch
* MidnightSyndicate
* MindlessSelfIndulgence
* {{Nightwish}}
* NineInchNails
* NoxArcana
* TheOffspring
* {{Opeth}}
* {{Orgy}}
* PapaRoach
* {{Paramore}}
* PaulSimon
* APerfectCircle
* PinkFloyd
* {{POD}}
* {{Poe}}
* PoetsOfTheFall
* {{Red}}
* RedHotChiliPeppers
* RhapsodyOfFire
* {{Rihanna}}
* RobZombie
* SarahMcLachlan
* {{Seether}}
* SenseField
* SerjTankian
* SevenChannels
* {{Shinedown}}
* SimonAndGarfunkel
* {{Slipknot}}
* SmileEmptySoul
* SpinalTap
* StaticX
* StoneSour
* SystemOfADown
* TenaciousD
* ThreeDaysGrace
* ThreeDoorsDown
* {{Tool}}
* UntoAshes
* VanessaCarlton
* WeirdAlYankovic
* WithinTemptation
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[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* CalvinAndHobbes
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Roleplaying Games]]
* BigEyesSmallMouth
* DungeonsAndDragons (Unpopular though this might be, having played all prior editions, I prefer 4th Ed. IMHO it allows for and encourages cinematic moments, is better balanced than previous iterations, and strikes a good balance between depth and elegance without being too fiddly.)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
* AlanWake
* {{Braid}}
* DeadOrAlive
* DonkeyKongCountry
* DragonAge
* HalfLife
* JadeEmpire
* KnightsOfTheOldRepublic
* TheLegendOfZelda
* MarioKart
* MassEffect
* {{Portal}}
* RockBand
* SoulCalibur
* StarFox64
* SuperMarioBros
* SuperMarioRPG
* SuperSmashBrothers
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Webcomics]]
* DarthsAndDroids
* DMOfTheRings
* IrregularWebcomic
* MenageA3
* OrderOfTheStick
* PennyArcade
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* BatmanTheAnimatedSeries
* DextersLaboratory
* {{Metalocalypse}}
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Original]]
* DragonballZAbridged
* ThereWillBeBrawl
* YugiohTheAbridgedSeries
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Graffiti]]
[[/folder]]

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