Census of Spiderweb community
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Off With Their Heads
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 12:56
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I know this is a rather immodest thing to do, starting a new topic as my second post ever, but I'm not nearly as much of a newbie as it appears. My question is, what are the demographics of the Spiderweb client population? Jeff Vogel himself has said, hrm, let me dig up the quote... "For all I know, my games only ever sell to septugenerian eskimos" (in an interview, http://www.indiegamer.com/features/aug/spiderweb.htm). This suggests to me that no one has any clue what sort of population is out there reading these boards, and after reading topics like, "is english a first language??" and "What Kinds of Girls do you Like?", it occurs to me that it might be interesting to know demographic information about people. And yes, we could all just read each others' profiles, but they don't contain all this information. I figure that giving out all this personal information is not a big deal because we're all using pseudonyms anyway -- even my "real name" is still a pseudonym -- and none of this is, say, address, phone number, etc. So, here are the questions (answer as many as you're comfortable with): Age Gender Sexual orientation Marital status Highest educational degree completed City/metropolitan area where you live Racial/ethnic origin Nationality First/primary language Religion How long you've been a Spiderwebber Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo As a show of good faith, I'll start. Age: 18 Gender: Male Sexual orientation: heterosexual Marital status: single  Highest educational degree completed: uh, so far? High school diploma, but I'm a college student City/metropolitan area where you live: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States Racial/ethnic origin: mostly European-American/white Nationality: American First/primary language: English Religion: quasi-atheist How long you've been a Spiderwebber: um, hmm, jeez. Let me remember. Since a few months before the release of Avernum 2, so that would mean... uh... sometime in mid-2000, I think. Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: No, but I envy anyone who is and is also a Spiderwebber and therefore got such personal acknowledgement from Mr. Vogel himself. Others? Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 13:05
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and heh, I did this without noticing Robin's "Board Member Info (a Science Experiment)," but thankfully the questions are in some cases different. My survey is shorter. And besides, it would be fun to know this information about specific people -- so we could at least use the correct gendered pronouns to refer to people, for example. And also, reading more, I don't have a political question, which might keep this topic pure for slightly longer. [ Saturday, February 28, 2004 13:17: Message edited by: Kelandon ] Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 13:42
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Actually, census topics come up regularly. I'd fill this one out, but I'm too lazy and it lacks amusing questions for me to pretend to be witty with. —Alorael, who can say one thing. He's not a septuagenarian eskimo, although he's only 16 years shy of that illustrious age and he does live in Alaska. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 13:58
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Age: 15 Gender: Male Sex orientation: Heterosexual Mar. Status: Single Highest Degree completed: Does a semester of 10th grade count? City/Metro Area: Spokane, the other side of WA from Seattle. Racial Origin: European/Russian White. Nationality: Russian/American Primary Language: English Religion: Christian/Baptist SpidWebber: When I got Exile 2 from a 101 games thingy CD. Eskimo: It's not that cold up here... -------------------- -TEH BOOGEYMAN STRIKES AGAIN -------------------- And then there's always a Chance nearby... Posts: 245 | Registered: Tuesday, February 17 2004 08:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 14:12
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Russian. Of goddamn *course* you're Russian. -------------------- In a word, gay. --Bob the Impaler Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 14:30
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1 - 17 2 - Male 3 - Heterosexual 4 - Single (sort of... ask me again in 2 weeks  )5 - doing Scottish Highers at present 6 - Edinburgh, Scotland 7 - Scandinavian/Germanic white 8 - Scottish/Letzeburgesch (no Luxembourgish is *not* an adjective )9 - English 10 - Atheist (I do visit church occasionally, but for social rather than religious reasons) 11 - Well the first time I came across a Spiderweb game was in 1998 I *think* - found E3 on a many-games CD. It wasn't until sometime in 2000 that I really got interested, however, and that's when I registered my first SW game. Ah... the memories... 12 - It drops below 0 often enough here, but not frequently enough to justify that title. -------------------- Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms, arms, dead horses, and men lying on roads -- they are not there accidentally." - Soviet infantry manual, 1930's Posts: 267 | Registered: Wednesday, November 27 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 14:50
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Age: 13 (14 March 14th [heh]) Gender: Male Sexual orientation: Um.. I dunno. Marital status: Single. Highest educational degree completed: I'm only in eighth grade.. ask me in a few years. City/metropolitan area where you live: Hale, Michigan. Racial origin: European. Nationality: American. First/primary language: English. Religion: Christian. How long you've been a Spiderwebber: Since I was nine, so almost five years. Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: I believe no. [ Saturday, February 28, 2004 14:51: Message edited by: Zx ] -------------------- Professor Frost gives me ideas. Professor Frost has many an eye. Professor Frost always foils my plans. Posts: 549 | Registered: Thursday, October 17 2002 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 15:32
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Suppose I've got nothing better to do: -Age: 19 -Gender: Male -Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual -Marital Status: Single -Highest Educational Degree Completed: High school diploma. Currently working on a BS in Integrative Biology -City / Metropolitan Area: Chicago, Illinois. Champaign, Illinois during the school year. -Racial / Ethnic origin: Asian Indian -Nationality: American (Second generation) -First / Primary Language: English -Religion: Hinduism -Spidwebber: Around 2.5 years, since I first downloaded A3 off Download.com. -Last Question: Certainly not. -------------------- "Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain- at least in a poor country like Russia- and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect."- Leon Trotsky Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 15:43
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God, we really are all teenage males, aren't we? Aside from occasional twenty-something females, of which there seem to be about two or three regular posters. I was hoping to find out that we had a surprisingly large number of, say, forty-plus-year-old Japanese lesbians or something, but no. Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 15:43
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Age : 17 Gender : Male Sexual Orientation : Heterosexual Marital Status : Dating Highest Education : I'm in my senior year of high school. City : Anyone who didn't know now knows that I live in Pittsburgh. Racial Origin : Jewish/White Nationality : American Language : English Religion : complicated -_- Spidwebber : 5 or 6 years? Eskimo : no. Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 16:11
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Age : 17 Gender : Male Sexual Orientation : Heterosexual Marital Status : Single, not actively looking persay. Highest Education : Final semester of my junior year City : Hudson Racial Origin : Germanic/Irish/French and probably a fistful o' other European nationalities. (Racial mutt) Nationality : American Language : Americanese (English) Religion : Christian. Extremely leftist Spidwebber : Since the original release of the Exile 2: Crystal Souls shareware. Eskimo : Why would anyone want to be an Eskimo, let alone a septuagenarian Eskimo? In Alaska is like a Seattle without the city and Starbucks. It RAINS all the time... that or I vacationed on the off season... -------------------- Sanity is a relative concept. And like most my relatives, I rarely see it. "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." ~ Albert Einstein Posts: 168 | Registered: Saturday, October 26 2002 07:00 |
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 16:22
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Age: 17 Gender: Male Sexual orientation: Basically heterosexual Marital status: What the hell kind of question is this? Highest educational degree completed: High school (currently studying biomedical science at university) City/metropolitan area where you live: Melbourne Racial/ethnic origin: Anglo-Saxon/Russian Nationality: Australian First/primary language: Esperanto. No, not really. English. Religion: ex-Catholic atheist (if you don't see how that makes me different from any other atheist, you haven't met enough ex-Catholics) How long you've been a Spiderwebber: Depends where you count from. I've been on these boards a few years now, but on other boards pretty much ever since BoE was released. Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: Not last time I checked. And "eskimo" is an offensive term. Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 16:32
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Age: 16 Gender: male Sexual orientation: Heterosexual marital status: single (wow surprise[sarcasm]) Education: Im a sophomore in HS City: a hick town on an island near massachussets Ethnicity: Enlgish, Scottish nationality: American First language: English Religion: Buddhist Spidweb Roots: 3 or 4 years Eskimo: not quite -------------------- There is no knowledge that is not power. Take a chance at the Chance Forums! Posts: 323 | Registered: Thursday, December 18 2003 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 18:03
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Age: 19 Gender: Male Sexual orientation: Homosexual (I find it slightly disturbing that there seem to be only around five gay or lesbian people on this site that I noticed so far.) Marital status: Single (Not dating) Highest educational degree completed: High School Graduate City/metropolitan area where you live: Village of Rife, Pennsylvania Racial/ethnic origin: Dutch German ancestry Nationality: American (I can't say I am proud of it though) First/primary language: English Religion: Liberal Christian (Leaning more towards Agnostic because I get my beliefs from several different religions) How long you've been a Spiderwebber: Since I discovered Exile 1 around 1998/1999 on a cd-rom Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: No -------------------- Mrs. Peacock: "Everything all right?" Colonel Mustard: "Yep. Two Corpses. Everything's fine." "Keep your wits about you, the game is afoot!!" - Sherlock Holmes Posts: 935 | Registered: Friday, August 8 2003 07:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 18:23
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Age: 15 Gender: Male Sexual orientation: Heterosexual Marital status: Single Highest education: High School sophomore City: Saratoga Springs, New York Ethnic origin: German, English, Irish, Slovak, Scottish, Czech... yeah... European... Nationality: American Primary language: English Religion: Christian non-conformist Spiderwebber: Almost two years Eskimo: WTF^^ mate? EDIT: (Forgot the Spiderwebber thing) [ Sunday, February 29, 2004 16:41: Message edited by: Sir David ] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 18:31
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Age: 16 Gender: M Sexual orientation: Hetero Marital status: Single Highest educational degree completed: Grade school City/metropolitan area where you live: MKE Racial/ethnic origin: No fuggin' clue. Nationality: Caucasian First/primary language: English Religion: Post-modernist How long you've been a Spiderwebber: Been in the community ~4 years now, Played the games for ~6. Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: No? -------------------- We're all amazed but not amused By all the things that you said you'd do. You're much concerned but not involved by Decisions that are made by you But we are sick and tired of hearing your song, Telling us how you are going to change right from wrong, 'Cause if you really want to hear our views, You haven't done nothin'. Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 18:39
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Age: 25 Gender: Female Sexual orientation: Bisexual, Kinsey 3 to be specific Marital status: Single Highest educational degree completed: High school diploma, but I'll have a B.S. in accounting in December City/metropolitan area where you live: hick university town in southwest Louisiana Racial/ethnic origin: English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, and a bunch of stuff the older relatives seem to want to keep quiet--white, basically Nationality: American First/primary language:English Religion:Christian, sort of How long you've been a Spiderwebber:I played Exile and Exile II on a Mac years ago. My first registration was of Exile III on my evil PC in June 2003. Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: If I am, it's news to me. [ Saturday, February 28, 2004 18:39: Message edited by: dareva ] -------------------- But I have never known or heard of anyone in real life who has said, "Yes! My goal in life is to be a brainless follower of obnoxious people!" Posts: 437 | Registered: Sunday, July 13 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 20:18
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1.Age: 18 2.Gender: Male 3.Sexual orientation: Heterosexual 4.Marital status: Single 5.Highest educational degree completed: Highschool, working on a Mathematics Major. 6.City/metropolitan area where you live: Depends what day of the week it is. 7.Racial/ethnic origin: Don't know, don't care. 8.Nationality: America 9.First/primary language: English 10.Religion: Athiest 11.How long you've been a Spiderwebber: Since 1997 12.Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo? I'm not old enough to be the first part, and I'm not of the right ethnic background to be an eskimo. -------------------- Lt. Sullust Cogito Ergo Sum Polaris Posts: 2462 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Erudite*
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 20:24
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Age: 14 Gender: Female Sexual orientation: Heterosexual Marital status: Single Highest educational degree completed: Um, so far one semester of grade 9 City/metropolitan area where you live: Victoria, BC Racial/ethnic origin: European Nationality: Canadian First/primary language: English Religion: Christian How long you've been a Spiderwebber: Since A2 came out Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo:  No-------------------- The Club of All Chance Forums I was once member #2475, but then my account was deleted because of a bug. Post count=406+whatever it says below. Posts: 402 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
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Senile Reptile
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 20:29
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Age: 18 Gender: Male Sexual orientation: Females please. Marital status: Free. Highest educational degree completed: (Currently a high school senior) City/metropolitan area where you live: Suburbia, MD Racial/ethnic origin: Russki Nationality: American. First/primary language: English Religion: Jewish How long you've been a Spiderwebber: Since Exile II was released, whenever that was. Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: Only as much as Alorael is. -------------------- Polaris Posts: 1614 | Registered: Wednesday, January 23 2002 08:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 20:58
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Age: 17 Gender: Male, last time I checked Sexual orientation: I like women. Marital status: Single Highest educational degree completed: about to get my high school diploma City/metropolitan area where you live: T.O. Racial/ethnic origin: I'm a Hong Kong man Nationality: Je suis canadien First/primary language: Cantonese/English Religion: none at all How long you've been a Spiderwebber: Since July 2001... a lot has changed since then Whether or not you're a septagenarian eskimo: i wish i was. Kel: i didn't say that  [ Saturday, February 28, 2004 21:21: Message edited by: Dead Sexy Wise Man ] -------------------- Urban wisdom is not actual wisdom. It's more like the seemingly philosophical statements that sometimes leak out of my strange mind through my mouth, or in the case of message boards, my hands. -------------------- Clan Xeon - Warcraft III clan Polaris - Weather Balloons YAY Undead Theories - Don't Ask, Don't Tell Posts: 3323 | Registered: Thursday, April 25 2002 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Saturday, February 28 2004 21:19
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Ahem. According to Merriam-Webster Online, septagenarian is not a word, but septuagenarian is. http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=septagenarian&x=0&y=0 Microsoft Word spellcheck agrees. EDIT: Although I admit this makes no sense, because the Greek root is in fact "septa." And don't feel bad, Dead Sexy Wise Man; the interviewer mispelled the word, too. EDIT 2: And I'm very happy that DSWA figured out the proper abbreviation of my name, which is Kel. [ Saturday, February 28, 2004 21:37: Message edited by: Kelandon ] Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Sunday, February 29 2004 02:04
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Age: 18. Gender: Male. Sexual orientation: Heterosexual. Marital status: Single. Highest educational degree completed: The Finnish school system is so different from all others that you wouldn't understand it anyway. But next year it's going to be university for me. City/metropolitan area where you live: Lovisa, Eastern Nyland, Finland. Racial/ethnic origin: Finnish, Swedish. White. Nationality: Finnish. First/primary language: Swedish. Religion: Lutheran. How long you've been a Spiderwebber: I'm not sure I'm one yet. But if it means I like SW's games, since 1998. Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: No. Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Sunday, February 29 2004 02:50
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Age: 16. Gender: Male. Sexual orientation: Heterosexual. Marital status: Single. Highest educational degree completed: Studying at high school. City/metropolitan area where you live: Parainen. Yes, a damn metropolitan. Racial/ethnic origin: Finnish, partly russian. Nationality: Finnish. First/primary language: Finnish. Religion: Evangelic-Lutheric (Christian). How long you've been a Spiderwebber: For two and a half years I've been posting here, but I began playing a while before joining the boards. Whether or not you're a septuagenarian eskimo: No. -------------------- - The Great Mister Posts: 972 | Registered: Tuesday, October 28 2003 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, February 29 2004 03:19
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Age: 17 Gender: Male Sexual orientation: heterosexual Marital status: single Highest educational degree completed: emm i'm almost done w/ junior year in high school. City/metropolitan area where you live: Boston, Ma, USA Racial/ethnic origin: Asian-Canadian Nationality: American First/primary language: English Religion: agnostic How long you've been a Spiderwebber: Well, i've been playing spiderweb games for like 3 ish years when i got the demo for free off of those "1000 best games" cds. What is a septuagenarian eskimo?? -------------------- If your buddy is trying to hook up with a girl, you may sabotage him only in a manner that gives you no chances of getting any either. -The Code Pahk ya cah in hahvad yahd?? What ah ya? retahded?! Can't figure out the other sex? Check out ladder theory! [URL=http://www.laddertheory.com[/URL] Posts: 114 | Registered: Wednesday, June 18 2003 07:00 |