Allean, Xan and Grohin puppetmaster

[Black Cat]

Well *clears his throat*

I'm not use to that but I could as well do it for once.

My name is Marc, and I live in Switzerland (yes, that small country in the middle of Europe but which doesn't really belongs to it *sighs*).
Age? You want to know it? Oh well... guess it won't hurt, I was born in 1976... now make the calculation yourself.
What I do... I work for a real estate agency as a clerk... no no not a cleric *grins*, after getting a degree in English Literature at University, with a slight accent put on medieval english... and that doesn't mean Shakespeare but what comes before it... Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Battle of Maldon (read that if you want to know what's 'Honor' means and where it could leads you), La Morte d'Artur... . And I must say I quite like those, especially the Epic poems and such.

Other interests? Reading... lot of different things but mostly sc-fi (Asimov, Philip K. 'word is censured' *shrugs*...) and fantasy (first and foremost, Tolkien, Feist, and on a slightly more comic side, Pratchett).

Computer games ... I think I've been playing since I was.. oh well cannot remember, but it was the time of the Mac SE the very small all-in-one fabulous computer. And my favorite game on it was Dark Castle ... drats, rats. And I'm still playing today... and I'm still using a Mac despite everything. Only concessions to the "enemy"? Have to work on them at work and I bought a laptop not long ago ... to play NWN2 *grins*.

And of course Layonara since ferbruary 2006... never played online-rpg before, played a little on first person shooter, and played the official NWN campaigns and a few modules. And my only other RP experience before that was, what, three live RP events (three days spent sleeping in a tent playing soldier/mage whatever, trying to understand the goings on while drinking beer most day long. Never had a big role in those but was always a fun time spent with friends). So basically Layo is my first online RP server and I don't want to go look elsewhere.

My characters?
Allean D'oremm, the ranger -  not seen that much around these days
Xandrian Mor, the ex-officer - only taking his old bones out for a stroll from time to time.
Grohin Silveraxe, Dwarven Battlepriest of Vorax - do I need to say more *laughs*

[Nibor21]

I always wondered how a Swiss guy had better typed English spelling, grammar and ability to cope with accents than me, a born and bred Englishman

[feniox]

That surprises me. I always had you pegged as English too.

Kudos on the medieval literature too. Most people I've met here wouldn't have the patience for that sort of thing *sigh*

[Black Cat]

That surprises me. I always had you pegged as English too.

Kudos on the medieval literature too. Most people I've met here wouldn't have the patience for that sort of thing *sigh*

Thanks,

though as far as medieval literature goes, even though I did have to read some of it in the 'original' version, I read most of them in translation, i.e. in modern english, especially those text written in 'Old' english (roughly before the Norman conquest of 1066). Later text are somewhat easier as they are written in a language that is more and more like Shakespearian english.

[feniox]

I still find it admirable. I did a music course a few years back and a lot of the people on that were critising me for listening to "really old" music (the cd in question was from 1986). I just find it a shame that a lot of people these days, especially my generation (i'm 20), don't appreciate "classic" works of art. I don't know about over there, but here in England, is become somewhat "uncool" to read books at all, let alone old ones. I find that a shame.

Anyway, sorry for hijacking your thread, heh.

[Stephen_Zuckerman]

Beowulf was awesome, though I had to read it in translation, as well... I can't read anything older than Chaucer, and even Chaucer is really tough for me. Then again, I don't have a degree in premodern English.