Although I’m out of commission during the day for the time being, that doesn’t mean you won’t get any goodies. The Deacon challenges continue as we put the shine on the “other” guy from Texas.
What inspired the gamertag TXPaladin?
I use to play AD&D as a kid and I liked the Paladin class, later on I played Diablo II and the same class was my fave. I’ve always used the nick Paladin on various sites and in some cases I added TX, being from Texas. Paladins’ are good knights and I like to think of myself as one of the good guys too. It’s also tied to the Knight on a Chess board and one of my favorite games of all time.
Why not start Monday off with another exciting Showcase?! Even though a little hateraid exists in this one, it’s still worthy of some shine.
Ladies and gentlemen I present to you Pittsburgh’s own, DJ the hater. (and whenver you feel froggy my friend!)
Tell us the story behind your Gamertag?
DJ comes from my first name initial and my middle name initial. The Steel comes from my location, Pittsburgh, home of the Steelers.
He’s an Xbox Ambassador and a professional seeker of hidden orange words. And now he’s taking some time for a U360 Showcase to let everyone in on his world.
Ready to see if this guy is as cowardly as his name suggests?
What is your life like outside of gaming?
I definitely have a balance between gaming and other non-gaming activities. I love playing sports. I play soccer, basketball, and tennis all on a team and I usually spend about 1-2 hours in the gym everyday. I do not have a job because I have school and I am not taking extremely hard classes, but I have sports everyday.
Happy Monday and welcome to another fresh Showcase on U360. Are you the hunter or the hunted? It doesn’t matter with this member of DDB ready to serve up his story.
Enter Rayven Hunter….
What’s the story behind your Gamertag?
Honestly, there is no real story behind my Gamertag. It was chosen by my wife. She is really into mythology. The raven appears in a lot of folklore/mythology and is a highly intelligent bird so she chose this and added the “y” to be different. The Hunter part is because I like to play FPS so hence the name Rayven Hunter.
Who’s that thumpin’ in your window? Don’t run. He’s a pretty cool guy. Get to know one of DDB’s finest.
What’s the story behind your Gamertag?
Well a strange story indeed, it came from a mistake on MS part my original GT: Thumpdaddy. It got corrupted on MS servers so I had to make a new Gamertag. I was upset because I lost everything and the GT I wanted to use was F!!kThis so I settled for Thumpthis.
It’s not prime time. It’s rhyme time! Gear up and get ready to look into the life of one of the 334 boyz!
Ladies and gentlemen get your popcorn ready.
Can you tell us what Rhyme’s life is like outside of gaming?
My life outside of gaming consists of my wife and kids. We try to go out and do things together as much as possible. At one point in my life I treated gaming as if there were no life outside of it and that’s not good for you or your family. I was a Lieutenant with our Fire Dept. here for 3 yrs and stepped down last year.
But other than that I just hang out with the family and enjoy life. Oh, I’m also a concert junkie.
I’m sure you’d like to think of animals and wildlife after reading who’s next in line for a Showcase at U360 but you might be in for a surprise.
Or maybe not. There’s only one way to find out though.
So MasterGazelle, What is your life like outside of gaming?
There’s a life outside of gaming? Seriously though, life is never dull. As a father of 4, there’s always something going on. Such as Cooking, cleaning, organizing, school trips, sorting out disagreements, help with homework, the odd cold & cough. It’s amazing that I have time for college as well.
Obviously, the children love games and my wife is also a gamer (MistressKaneda). I love films, which I have been collecting since I was 12 years old. That is rubbing off on the children. It’s nice to see as they get older, that they can be introduced to a greater variety of films. They always want to discuss their impressions.
He’s a fellow Texan and he’s been a friend for a long time. It was great having him sit down with Twylyght Myst to get to know more about him.
Sit back and travel to Houston with U360’s latest Showcase.
Da Rafsta, can you give us an idea of what your life like outside of gaming?
It’s pretty simple which is something I like very much. Sunday’s I attend a Christian congregation and after that I spend the rest of the day watching football. Big surprise, huh? I’m a big football junkie and have been since a very early age like 7 if I’m not mistaken. The instant I laid eyes on it, I fell in love with the sport.
Monday through Friday it’s wake up early, drop one daughter off at school, the other at the babysitter’s, go to work, pick the kids up, get home, eat supper and whatever else there is to do at home. Oh and watch football on MNF. If there’s time in the evenings on those days, I’ll game yet again! Saturday it’s hang out with my girls and other family and if that’s not happening, then the 360 is who I turn to.
The community is filled with cool people and cool cats. If you don’t believe me, then check out the latest Showcase done by the amazing Twylyght Myst!
Give the world a glimpse of the life that is Kiki.
I am from the beautiful sunny state of Arizona where I work as a software analyst and go to school full time toward a doctorate in psychology. I also work on an online community gaming magazine called The Blue Skittle, moderate on the Xbox.com forums and am a member of the Xbox GamerchiX. I have been involved with Xbox Live since the beginning after my son and I were chosen to beta test Live.
Give us the dirt on how you chose your Gamertag.
I really don’t have an exciting story behind my Gamertag. My sister gave me the nickname Kiki a long time ago and I like cats. Put them together and you get kiki kat.
Guess what’s back? It’s the return of the Showcases! The fabulous Twylyght Myst stepped up to make sure you guys and girls continue to get your dose of gamer showcases from the community. She started with a squid puncher…go figure.
Big thanks to Twylyght for taking the reigns and hammering out more of these Showcases for everyone to read and get to know more on each other with.
Can you give us insight into the world that is Squidpunch? What’s your life like outside of gaming?
Well I work a full time job as a applications developer for a travel agency, I am married and have 2 kids (2 ½ years and 11 months old). Outside of gaming I keep myself busy with various programming projects, and now that winter is coming snowboarding. Though I don’t get to go nearly as much as I used to before we had to worry about who was going to watch the kids, they are still a little young to take with us.
