User:Vyran

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

My name doesn't mean anything.

Now that that's out of the way, on with the show.

About Me

Home is Latrobe, Pennsylvania (it's near Pittsburgh). Right now I'm at the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida, majoring in Computer science. I got into using Wikipedia early in 2005, using it as my main (if not only) source for information for research for a class. Once I realized that I could read about the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge and see the most vulgar movies ever created (Pulp Fiction is number 13), I was hooked. I didn't start editing until June 2005, when I had my way with the page for the Tekken character Kazuya.

Interests

Programming

I know Pascal (doesn't everyone?), C++, and Java. As far as I know, Java is the only programming language I know that isn't just about obsolete, unless you count the code used to write this page. L33t programming language is amusing, but not really good for anything unless you think you're a h4x0r.

Some people that made it possible for me to get a job typing things in brackets: Charles Babbage • Alonzo Church • Ada Lovelace • John von Neumann • Alan Turing

These ideas behind Artificial Intelligence are also interesting, if you're a huge nerd like I am: Fuzzy logic • Pattern recognition • Machine learning • Information entropy • Bayesian inference •

Music

Fenrir, child of the Norse half-god Loki, bites off the hand of Tyr.

Mythology

Though I've started to branch off into Egyptian, Greek and Roman, Mayan, Chinese and Japanese mythology, Norse Mythology is my favorite. For some reason, the stories of the Frozen North appeal to me more than the others. The poem Þrymskviða is particularly amusing. As with a lot of my interests, this one stemmed from videogames (Warcraft III, Dark Age of Camelot, Max Payne, and some aspects of the Final Fantasy games have roots in Norse myth).

Role Playing Games

If you're in the Tampa, Florida area, or go to USF, let me know if you want to start a game. I've had absolutely no luck finding players.

Games I Play

Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Requiem • D&D

Games I'd Like To Play

Demon: The Fallen • Wraith: The Oblivion • Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Werewolf: The Forsaken • Mage: The Ascension and Mage: The Awakening • Call of Cthulhu

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Good games do not need 3D graphics or a 3.2 GHz processor to be fun. (Secret of Mana)

Video games

Too many favorites, so I'll list the ones I keep going back to:

Chrono Trigger - Quite possibly the greatest game ever. If I can ever find it, I'll get ahold of Chrono Cross.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Final Fantasy IV, VI and VII
Guilty Gear
Gungrave: Overdose
Grand Theft Auto
Half-Life
The King of Fighters
Red Faction II - the blow-stuff-up-and-kill-everyone game of choice for my apartment.
Secret of Mana
Soul Calibur 2
Tekken 5

Psychology

This isn't really an active interest of mine, more so a slight interest for the sake of making believable Malkavians in Vampire: The Masquerade.

Insanity • Psychosis • Hysteria • Bipolar disorder • Dissociative identity disorder • Demonic possession

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Kefka right before he loses his fucking mind.

Evil Characters

Call it macabre, but I am a sucker for characters that are full of psychotic, unstable rage.

Arthas Menethil from Warcraft III • Darth Vader • Iori Yagami from the King of Fighters series • The Joker • Kazuya Mishima • Kefka Palazzo from Final Fantasy VI • Magus from Chrono Trigger • Nightmare from Soul Calibur • The Punisher • Randall Flagg • Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII • Venom

Wikipedia

Current projects

None.

Past projects

I was working on the List of Tekken characters page, but apparently other users' desire for multiple one-paragraph pages is greater than my desire for one readable, simple article. So, that didn't go so well.