Ok, heres the idea. Post a pic of yourself in the room/place you spend the most of your time in. The place that your the most creative in, or have the best memories in. Write an essay about yourself! Lets get to know each other..... its a community after all.

I suggest a format as a guide to what everyone would write;

A) Introduction - How you found Abandonia
.....1) How long have you been a part of it.
B) Where you live in the world
.....1) Where you grew up.
.....2) Where you live now.
.....3) Someplace you want to live, if not where your at now. Why?
C) College
.....1) Are you going? Do you plan to? Why or why not?
D) Favorite passtimes
.....1) Favorite vacation spot
.....2) Favorite spot in town.
.....3) Favorite Game
.....4) Favorite Food
.....5) Best way for you to relax
E) Closing Paragraph
.....1) Anything you might want to add


Looking forward to knowing the "community" better.

Let me start with a picture..

The rest will follow soon:

http://www.01files.com/images/487850706cowboyy.JPG



This is just a favorite place for mine...relaxing in a pub with a great friend of mine....

A
1) 6 march 2004
B
1) Iashi, Romania, Eastern Europe
2) Iashi, Romania, Eastern Europe
3) London, cause i love England.
C
1) If college is higher than high school, then i will be attending the courses of economy, at the institute of Economics in Iashi, once i finish high school.Why? So i can make a few bucks once i finish it ;)
D
1) Any mountain side resort will do for me.As long as there is room for hiking, then it's fine with me.
2) I don't have any pics of it.
3) Colonization, maybe.
4) I don't really have a favorite dish.As long as there is no fish involved, i generally like any meal ;)
5) I feel most relaxed when i play a good game, or when i am with my friends.
E
1) Nothing

A
1) Tom Henrik told me about Abandonia. I joined July 25th 2004.
B
1) I grew up in Patreksfjör?ur and in Reykjavík, Iceland.
2) I now live in Reykjavík.
3) Italy, I love the language and the culture.
C
1) I am in College, studying languages.
D
1) No favourite.. Probably going home to Patreksfjör?ur, and hiking.
2) Austurstr?ti, 101 Reykjavík
3) Hmm.. hard to choose... Princess Maker 2 :bleh:
4) Pizza and slátur.
5) My boyfriend's bed :whistle:
No, seriously, he's got the comfiest bed I've ever seen!! *znore*
E
1) Nope.. I just dont' have any pics on the computer I'm using right now

:cheers:

A

1: Thx to XTC abandonware...

B

1: In the Netherlands..
2: In the Netherlands..
3: Iceland...becuase sounds like a great place for me

C

1: I just quith with it...i didnt like it anymore

D

1: Canada (looks like a great country)
2: Hmm...my soccer club
3: Heroes of might and magic 3
4: Some kind of Pasta
5: Some good music, a good book or just relaxing behind PC

E:

1: For picture...see above

A)
1. I searched for a game named WarWizard (still didn't find the full version of it for PC, btw.). When I arrived here, I like the forum, looking and being so welcoming. After Tom managed to dig up the official site of the game, my roots were planted on this forum. :max:
Anything happened somewhere in the May 2004.

B.)
1. I grew up in Dushanbe, capital city of Tadshikistan, Middle Asia.
2. Now I live in Germany, in part of the country named Northrhine Westfalia, in a not small, but not large city named Recklinghausen.
3. Russia, in this country you feel yourself young and living the life, or somewhere where it would be more interesting than here in Germany. Probably somewhere where it's sunny most time of the year, I hate clouds, rain and cold, had more than enough of it here in Germany already. :rolleyes:

C)
1. I'm visiting one. Still 2 years left. I'm studying Information Technology (PC's, Physics and hardware working)

D)
1. So far I only was in Spain and Russia on vacations. I guess though, I'll visit Egypt this summer, always wanted to see the legendary pyramids with my own eyes.
2. Outside of a town. Either walking along the Rhine water channel here, or on the artificial "mountains" that were produced by throwing off the unneeded rest while burrowing for coal. It's pretty interesting on them, there's light nature and all. These two spots are basically the only spots here that offer some nature, it's hard to find other nature places here around.
3. Hard to say. Right now Gothic 2, but I guess rather Dungeon Keeper. That is, games that don't need internet to play them with fun.
4. No idea. My mom and me, we both can cook good, so we rarely eat fast food and like. But if, I like baguettes that are sold on breaks near our college.
5. Three. Catching books, walking outside of town (preferably among nature) and music. Music raises the mood or cheers up. :D

E)
My slogan - Don't worry, be happy! (had to write that :bleh:)
Oh yes, the photos. I'll take some of the outside of town this weekend and place them here. ;)

A) Hellooo, I'm not quite sure how I found Abandonia, but I'm here!
.....1) I've been here since Monday
I live in CA, near Berkeley
.....1) I grew up here.
.....2) And still live here.
.....3) I want to live somewhere very different from CA just to see the culture shock. I would always move back though, I love it here :Brain:
C) College
.....1) I'm going to, I'm awaiting UC Berkeley for an ACCEPTANCE letter. I'm going to college because...I want further education? And a good career without those commercials that boast to "train at home for a better career!!"
D) Dancin' with myse-elf
.....1) I really love going to the snow in the mountains. I don't see snow often, so it's just heavenly.
.....2) There's a pizza place that we always go to (with my friends). The food isn't good, but that's just where we go.
.....3) I don't know what my favorite game is ^_^
.....4) I loooove pasta, there's so many different kinds!
.....5) The best way for me to relax, and probably everone is to sleep
E)
.....1) I don't have a way to put a picture of myself up, so use your imagination? Just think that I look like my avatar :bleh:

Wow, you really look that good in real life? :bleh:

heck yes!

A) I found out about abandonia through Google...yeah
.....1) Since December 21, 2004
B.) San Jose CA
.....1) San Jose CA
.....2) San Jose CA
.....3) Back to Kaua'i for a few months, I have a lot of friends there.
C) College
.....1) After I graduate, Juilliard has offered me a scholorship in which they will pay for half of my tuition each year, so probably there.
D) Favorite passtimes
.....1) Anywhere as long as I'm with friends
.....2) See above
.....3) Anything as long as I'm with friends
.....4) Sushi is really good (Unagi is soooo good!)
.....5) Lift weights, play/compose music
E) Closing Paragraph
.....1) Ummm....I am....very awesome? I have red hair, so techinically I am a genetic freak. Redhair is the result of two recessive genes, but usually when someone inherits two recessive genes, they turn out blonde, but that gene mutates causing red hair. Only an estimated 2 percent to 5 percent of the U.S. population is born with red hair, due to the recessive nature of the gene that produces it. That gene, the melanocortin 1 receptor, was discovered on the 16th of the 23 human chromosome pairs in 1995 by Jonathan Rees, a professor at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland

Juilliard? really??


EDIT:: red hair is hot

No I'm lying :rolleyes: Yes Juilliard. I'm gonna be the worlds best Tenor baby! I will fill opera houses and concert halls around the world! People will stand in like for hours to see me! And all my friends in highschool and middleschool that I can vaguely remember, if they say "hi" to me, and I can remember who they are (and if they weren't jerks...) they'll get one free ticket :bleh:

Edit: I know redhair is hot...that's why I got this T-shirt (this is the design on it)

LOL Nice shirt

Can I have a ticket? I'll go and say, "HEY! Remember me? I'm the Mormon Republican from CA from Abandonia?"

absolutely :cheers: yay for rootbeer!

A. Found out about site on some forum, start browsing it to see what it was like and soon I was hooked.
1. Been browsing the site and forums since november, joined in January.

B.
1. Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
2. Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
3. Wouldn't mind living in Dallas Texas, I thought it was a great place, when I visited family last summer.

C.
1. Yeah attending right now, in my 2nd year, still deciding on career path, evaulating options.

D.
1. Probably it would be Tacna, in Peru, I loved the town kinda smallish, but good place overall, nice weather
2. It would be the southside to just relax and hang out, not much traffic, otherwise it would be West Edmonton Mall, the largest mall in the world, although I heard something that might not be the case anymore..
3. It would be The Sims, although runner up would prob either be Deus Ex or Sam and Max
4. Pizza all the way
5. Either gaming at home, or gaming at a friend's house playing gamecube and ps2 playing football, hockey, soul calibur 2, or even some Mario Tennis..

E.
1. Nothing really, don't have a pic unfortuantely.

A) I placed my famous Smurfing Net Hat™ on, and did a little search after UFO-Enemy Unknown. Found this site, and stayed.
.....1) Since 30'th april 2004
B)
.....1) I was born in Farsund / Norway. (In this house.... mosvold terrasse 4)
http://www.gulesider.no/gsimp1/714548F6A2D51434.gif
.....2) I currently live in Myramar Castle Beach / Fuengirola / Spain.
Yeah... it's nice ;)
.....3) Here. Looks nice.
http://www.jmanx.com/images/funny/wh...e-driveway.jpg
C)
.....1) I am studying medicine in Atlantis Medical College.
http://amh.no/photogallery/plass.jpg
D)
.....1) The world
.....2) Club de Billard, Fuengirola
.....3) Full Throttle.... Scratch that. Kosta just showed me that the main hero of Albion is named Tom (and you can't change it).
http://www.abandonia.com/~tomhenrik/...s/main_016.png
.....4) Lasagna
.....5) I am relaxing at this moment. Just killing time.
E)
.....1) I am going to a barbecue in five. Cya all later :D

A) Introduction - How you found Abandonia
.....1) How long have you been a part of it.

Well, I have been visiting the main site since October 2003, found it through Echoring (RIP?), but I only registered on the forum (after c.a. 1 1/2 month of "lurking") in August 2004. I was instantly in love.
There was even a time (Dec 2003) when I had downloaded all the games on the site. (They were just about 80-90), then there was a time again (around Sept. 2004) when I had, again, downloaded all the games on the site, then they were c.a. 200. I thought about doing it again, but I don't have enough patience to download 200+ games :D

B) Where you live in the world
.....1) Where you grew up.

I grew up in a town called Hafnarfjör?ur, it's in Iceland, and close to the capital, Reykjavík.

.....2) Where you live now.

Still living in Hafnarfjör?ur, but I moved to Reykjavík in 1998, and back to Hafnarfjör?ur in 1999, and then to my current place in Hafnarfjör?ur in 2000.

.....3) Someplace you want to live, if not where your at now. Why?

I would love to live in a small town on the northern part of Iceland, called Húsavík, my father's family comes from there and I love it there.
Although I like it just fine where I am now, so...

C) College
.....1) Are you going? Do you plan to? Why or why not?

Puffin, is Flensborg a college? If yes, then I am, if not, then probably not.

D) Favorite passtimes
.....1) Favorite vacation spot

That would be Húsavík, or Reykjadalur (a valley close to Húsavík), I used to go on holiday there every summer, but I stopped in 1998.

.....2) Favorite spot in town.

Er.... my house?

.....3) Favorite Game

Er... notepad2? ....no it's Wolfenstein 3D.

.....4) Favorite Food

Pizza!!!

.....5) Best way for you to relax

Sitting at home, in front of the computer, nothing running but Notepad2, Mozilla Firefox and MySQL Control Center, with candy, and Coca Cole, writing PHP :D

E) Closing Paragraph
.....1) Anything you might want to add

er.... 3y3 4m s0 l337 ?

As for pictures, these are the only ones I have in the computer (The can already be seen in the "Post your picture" thread):

http://easy.go.is/the_egat/Atli.jpg
http://easy.go.is/the_egat/Picture%20001.jpg
http://easy.go.is/the_egat/Picture%20002.jpg
http://easy.go.is/the_egat/Picture%20003.jpg
http://easy.go.is/the_egat/Picture%20004.jpg
http://easy.go.is/the_egat/Picture%20005.jpg

The paper I am holding in the last pictures is to fix the lighting on the camera.

I just remembered, I do have two more pictures:
http://easy.go.is/the_egat/busav_flensborg_eg.JPG
http://easy.go.is/the_egat/DSC00384.JPG
That's me:
http://easy.go.is/the_egat/DSC00384_me.JPG

@EgAt:
Flensborg is a college.

Nice pictures dude :ok:

I found abandonia via TUOL when it was still around and still had a link to abandonia, that was in november 2003. I joined the forum almost immidiatly and offered to do a review for Battletech: The Crescent Hawk Inception. I stayed and did a couple more reviews and became admin once we started to have those (beyond Kosta that is).

I grew up where I live now, in the Netherlands near Rotterdam. I might want to live in Sweden but rather I would like to stay in the Netherlands. I have been studying Public Administration for a few years now and hope to get my Masters degree soon. I attend Leiden University.

I have broad interrest that range from technical interrest in gadgets and gismo's to politics and a lot inbetween.

a.1: I was looking for old games and wrote in the google search - old dos games. This place showed up. It was early summer of 2004. I moved just before, so I still had no conection at home. When I got it in late October 2004 I joined as a member.

b.1: I grew up in Ruše. The biggest village in Slovenija. Quite a lot of industry there to. It's a small but mulitcoltural place, where everybody from everywhere was welcome.
b. 2:Right now I live in Ljutomer (still in Slovenija - but about 80km away). It's a small town, but people are really open and friendly (although quite a lot of them drink way to much - but they are happy drunks, so I'm not complaining).
b. 3: I'd like to live on a tropical island. I actually enjoy being alone, but not cut off from the world. So I'd be Robinson Crusoe with a fast boat and even faster internet conection (satelite uplink). And of course Rainwife would be there with me.
c. 1: I finished the courses of English and History - making me a professor of both.
d. 1: Šibenik (dalmatia) it's my father's home town.
d. 2: an "okrepčevalnica" called Charlie (great wine, burgers and good company to play pool with).
d. 3: that would have to be Tarok (although I like many card games and board games also, not to mention computer games - I'm at the right place for that).
d. 4: Hard to say. I like to eat many things (usually things I shouldn't because they aren't healthy - but they are good). So what say you to a Bograč, or a Segedin?
d. 5: sitting or laying somwhere staring at nothing without a single thought in on my mind (unfortunately that can't happen too often, no time for that really except maybe sometimes behind the wheel - I'm still careful about the driving though).
e. 1: I'd just like to say this: There's also my favorite person - Rainwife.

A)I was looking for some old games to download...And I found them.I was hanging around this site for three months and then (after reading some forums)I decided to join...
1)since 18february
B
1)In Slovakia...
2)I live in slovakia now
3)I would like to live in Australia...
C
1)I have started to study law :whistle:
D
1)swimming...I have won some competititions even regional championship :whistle: (is this still VACATION sport?)
2)My girlfriends house(guess why...)
3)Albion...becouse it was FIRST game I ever finished
4)Gyros or Kebab.Doesnt matter
5)swimming and playing mindless 3D shooters with good graphics :D
E
I just wish I would payed more attention on my english lessons :whistle:

I think this is supposed to be an essay, according to the original post, but rather than break the current format procedure...

A) I was somewhat down, and when I'm down, there's nothing better than old Sierra games. I played them as a kid, and so it's something like comfort food for the soul.
.....1) Not too long... a month? *checks profile* Since Jan. 13th.
B ) Where you live in the world
.....1) I live in Lakeland, Florida, US. Crystal Meth & STD capital of the US. Unfortunately. :(
.....2) SAME DAMN PLACE. :angry:
.....3) Anywhere but here? :D Seriously... If outside the US, then Japan? Germany? Ireland? So many places I'd like to go.... If in the US, then Virginia... it's where I went to...
C) College
.....1) Already went. Washington & Lee University, in Lexington, Virginia.
D) Favorite passtimes
.....1) Little Gasperilla Island. My dad owns a beach house there. You can only get there by boat, and it's very private, and full of nature, no tourists!
.....2) My room.
.....3) Final Fantasy X. It made me cry.
.....4) Sushi ga daisuki yo!
.....5) Put in an anime DVD with Japanese on, close my eyes and listen.
E) Closing Paragraph
.....1) I'm a very sensitive person. Sometimes oversensitive, as some may have noticed :) I dislike when people argue, especially if it's illogical and pointless. Because conversely, even being an extremely emotional and sensitive person, I prize logic highly. I also value respect and courtesy towards others.

A) Introduction - How you found Abandonia
I found it by the means of fate. I think on google......

.....1) How long have you been a part of it.
I've been visiting for an uncharted amount of time. I visited several months before i joined the forums.

) Where you live in the world
.....1) Where you grew up.
I grew up in a town called Bloomington. Its located in Indiana 45 minutes south of Indianapolice. Its a cool town, kinda folky. All the people are pretty laid back and friendly.
.....2) Where you live now.
I live in Portage, Michigan. Its cold here alot. It seems like 7 months of the year are plagued by ice and snow.
.....3) Someplace you want to live, if not where your at now. Why?
I wish I could live somewhere warmer. I dont really care where. I have had a craving for the sun the last few years. I used to enjoy the winter season, but it seems to last so long here that I just grow tired of it. Im thinking somewhere in the Smokey Mountains would be nice...... I love the alltitude and the lush green forrest.

C) College
.....1) Are you going? Do you plan to? Why or why not?
I attended IU (Indiana University) obtained a degree in BA in Professional Photography. Im now attending K-Valley in Kalamazoo Michigan working on my Assoc in Computer Graphics. I want to continue my education in the computer field once I obtain my Assoc but im not sure what path im going to take yet.

D) Favorite passtimes
.....1) Favorite vacation spot
Mackinaw Island in the summer. In the winter, The mountains in South Carolina in a cabin with high speed internet. LOL

.....2) Favorite spot in town.
I dont enjoy most of the "hang outs" in town.... there is a nice piano bar downtown.... dont have anyone to take with me so..... Boomerangs is a fun place..... open mic night..... lots of good musicians.

.....3) Favorite Game
FFX; Syberia; The Longest Journey; Disciples

.....4) Favorite Food
So hard to choose favorites.... I would have to say seafood.... I love coconut shrimp. Sushi is good...
Crumb cake anyone?

.....5) Best way for you to relax
I love painting. Its a passion of mine. I work with Acrylics mostly. I can loose myself for hours in a room with nothing but tubes of paint and a canvas or poster board. I love daydreaming too.... you know.... looking at the clouds as they float by.

E) Closing Paragraph
.....1) Anything you might want to add
That is my most recent picture. Two hours ago to be more exact. Its in the room I usually paint in or record music. Its my very own laboratory. LOL

A) found Abandonnia same way as Tom :Tom: did : looking for x-com then i got bored of the game and i am still stuck with the nickname :ranting: :)

B) Joined on december 2004 coz i just wanted to thank the site for having xcom never thought id be sucked in!

1) Grew up in beyrouth Lebanon (only arab of the site but i am christian arab so dont know if it ocunts anyways..)
2)Now i am in Canada studying Pharmacy (after dropping med in Universite de Montreal) 10000 miles away from home :cry:

3) i always dreamt of living in Barcelona great people great partys....

5)best way to relax : VOdka!!!!


Closing paragraph : felt really lonely after leaving home, thx guys! :cheers:

A. I was looking around for some adventure games that I haven't played in a while and the forums came up in the Google search so I checked them out and then went to the real site.
1) Only about eight days (hmm it definately seems longer though. :P)

B.
1) I grew up in Bridgewater, Massachusetts
2) I know live in Lunenburg, Massachusetts
3) I wouldn't mind living someplace a little bit warmer than New England. Preferably someplace near the water.

C.
1) I plan to eventually go, there's just a few problems. I don't exactly know what I want to do for a profession and there's a lot of things I'm interested in.

D.
1) I don't get a chance to vacation too often but I know I eventually want to go to Rome and perhaps a few places in Ireland.
2) I'm not too keen on my town so I'd have to say my house :P
3) Console- Shadow Hearts 1 and 2 PC- (action) Deus Ex and System Shock 2 (adventure) Laura Bow in the Dagger of Amon Ra, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers and the Last Express
4) Buffalo chicken strips
5) Listening to eith Jazz, Opera or classical is a great way to relax me.

E)
1) I'm pretty shy when I first start talking to people (even if it's online). After I get comfortable enough though I don't mind being a bit dorky with them. I love having conversations about various aspects of existance with people (as long as it doesn't turn into fighting since a lot of it is personal views).

A) Introduction - How you found Abandonia
.....1) How long have you been a part of it.
Well I found abandonia by following a link from another forum. I'm pretty sure it was the AGS forums. This was when the site was still fairly new and there were hardly any members in the forums.

B ) Where you live in the world
.....1) Where you grew up.
.....2) Where you live now.
.....3) Someplace you want to live, if not where your at now. Why?
Well I live in Wollongong. NSW, Australia. I grew up in a small country town up until age 15. We then moved to the city where I still live now. I want to live back in my old town because thats home to me and thats where my girlfriend lives. Well we actually broke up recently because of the distance...

C) College
.....1) Are you going? Do you plan to? Why or why not?
Or university as its called here... Well I go there, and I study Computer Science. As a matter of fact, I start my second year there on monday. It should be good.

D) Favorite passtimes
.....1) Favorite vacation spot
.....2) Favorite spot in town.
.....3) Favorite Game
.....4) Favorite Food
.....5) Best way for you to relax
Well I tend to sit around at the computer alot playing games and such. I prefer to be with friends and that, but its hard sometimes, so I just sit around.
For holidays, I like to get away from everything. I like going back to my old town, and just being in a more quiet seting. Well since my town here is pretty much a hole, I think the best place is in my home.
My favourite game is hmm... Well lets say my favourite classic games are the Space Quest series, Maniac Mansion, DotT, Grim Fandango, etc... And the game I've been playing alot now is Half Life 2 and Counter Strike: Source.
My favourite foor used to be pizza but now I work in a pizza shop, so I'm getting a bit sick of it now :P
And the best way to relex for me is tro read a good boo in a quiet place. nd if I can't do that, then music is always good. I also relax playing the guitar.

E) Closing Paragraph
.....1) Anything you might want to add
Hmm I don't have much more to say except that you guys are are a cool bunch of people. And also visit my site and sign up to my forum already... joking... or am I...
:P

And here is a picture of me...

A) Introduction - How you found Abandonia
.....1) How long have you been a part of it.

Found it recently

B) Where you live in the world
.....1) Where you grew up.

Poland

.....2) Where you live now.

Windsor, Canada

.....3) Someplace you want to live, if not where your at now. Why?

-Somewhere less polluted

C) College
.....1) Are you going? Do you plan to? Why or why not?

Currently attending University of Windsor

D) Favorite passtimes
.....1) Favorite vacation spot

I never go on vacation

.....2) Favorite spot in town.

None in particular

.....3) Favorite Game

Chess, I suppose

.....4) Favorite Food

Vegan

.....5) Best way for you to relax

Sleep

E) Closing Paragraph
.....1) Anything you might want to add

Nay