Introduce Yourself Geek!
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hey there, arief here. 28yo male and into gaming (esp. RPGs and FPS). been trying to lose weight over and over again so thats been irritating, but now its 'do or do not, there is no try' time. was 126kg at my heaviest, worked down to 105kg but after moving to another country i was out of whack and up to 120kg and now at 115kg (now). Hopefully i can make it down to 85-90kg in a while. good luck to us all.0
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Greetings! I'm Sibbie. I play on PS3, XBox 360 and sometimes on my Wii. Love RPGs, shooters and platforming. Right now I am playing Ni No Kuni and Bioshock Infinate. Some favorite games would be Okami, Katamari, Borderlands, Final Fantasy, Dragon Age to name a few. There are so many great games coming out that I am looking forward to I can't stand it LOL.. I also love dice games D&D and Arkam Horror are great fun! I am new to MFP but I am hoping to lose roughly 60 pounds and tone up a bit. I also cosplay right now I am working on a Lulu (FFX) cosplay and will have to post pictures when done.0
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My name is Hayley, I'm 20 years old.
I am currently in art school studying 3D modeling and video game design. I'm a PC gamer and I love anything made by Valve, especially the Half-Life series. My dream has always been to work for Valve someday.
I used to play Call of Duty 4 competitively but stopped when I went to college. I recently fell in love with Far Cry 3 and I have found that I have a new appreciation for games on an artistic level.
My goal is to lose 10 pounds and actually keep the weight off this time.0 -
Hi. My name is Bryanna and I'm a 24-year-old female.
I've never tried to LARP, though I doubt I'd be any good at it since I'm a lousy actor. Lol. As far as RP goes, I've dappled in RP chat sites many times in my life and mainly play only RPG based video games. Examples; Dragon Age, Zelda, KOTOR, Mass Effect, Fable, etc.
My weight has always been up and down. As a mother, it's been harder to stay determinedly active. I haven't had many opportunities for babysitters and such. Still, I've done a lot of exercising at night when they're asleep and take walks with them during the day. I'm trying to get back on track with the self discipline and willpower to stay with it. It's been a bit of a battle. Lol. Anyways, I believe I am around 130lbs now and trying to return to between 115 and 120lbs again. Being only 5'2", that's a healthy range. Soooooo... that's it.
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I'm 28 and have 3 kids. They are all real close in age so I didn't have much time in between to lose the weight. It really started to add up! At any rate, I have a limited amount of time to play a lot of video games because much of what I like to play I don't feel is appropriate for my kids to see. They are 3, 2, and 9 months so when they are up I pretty much stick to the Lego games. Once my husband gets home from work, he takes over the 360 so I have to wait until he goes to bed to play. When I do get the chance, I play The Elder Scrolls (I'm finishing up the achievements for Oblivion before I move on to Skyrim), and have a very long list of games I want to get to including the Mass Effect games and Bioshock. I'm a big chicken, though so we'll see how that goes. The first game I ever played was Duck Hunt with my dad. From there I lost interest for a few years until I discovered Castlevaina Bloodlines. After that, my obsession was Final Fantasy 7. I used to come home from school on Friday, start a new save, and stay up all weekend to try and beat it by Sunday. My proudest claim is owning a working Sega Nomad! I finally got Live for my birthday (really only because my husband wants me to help him get the online-only achievements) and my Gamer Tag is Lilitharia. I've also dabbled in some D&D, but I had a hard time getting into it because our group was very unstable. We played over roll20.net but it wasn't the same as sitting in the same room with everyone. It was as good as we could get, though.
As far as weight loss goes, I started out at 160 but would like to get down to 105. I'm just under 5 feet tall so that's apparently in my "ideal" weight range. I've never been that small in my adult life, though.0 -
Who are you!
Age?
Female or male?
RP?
LARP?
What are your weightloss goals?!
How many pounds have you lost?
Walk on the Beach?
You get it!
Hey! Names Julian and I've been a gamer for mostly all my life. I've been in great shape all the way till I hit 20 and since then have been adding pounds, so now I'm here! My goal is to become more fit than what I was in the past and establish good, healthy, core values. I also wouldn't mind looking sexy for the ladies~ ;] That's aside the point, though!
I'm 24 years old and a Sagittarius.
I've never LARP'ed before, but I wouldn't mind trying, I suppose?
Mostly I like playing RPG games, but I do a large variety of gaming anyhow; from FPS's to MMORPGs and MOBAs, too. I generally hang out with buds on Skype and play... whatever - lol.
As far as weight loss goals? Well, my buddy Richie is actually aspiring to become a Personal Fitness Adviser and is in rocking shape currently, so he'll be guiding me to success! In return, I'll stop owning him at... everything. (JK Richie... JUST JOKING... RICHIE) Anyhow, I'm hoping to lose weight and gain muscle at the same time. I was originally at 180 when I was fit, so I'm hoping to be about that, but with 10 pounds more muscle maybe?
Aside from that, feel free to send a message to me about games/fitness or anything else! I'm trying to better sudmerge myself into a healthier lifestyle, so toss a message sometime. =]0 -
Hello fellow gamers,
I'm Jason, male, 40. Been gaming my whole life and think I've owned just about every major game system to come out.
I game on and off. After being somewhat hardcore in MMOs since The Realm Online (yes, The Realm Online) I've left MMOs behind for now. WoW & Rift just weren't doing it for me anymore. SWTOR let me down and DCUO, well, let's not talk about it.
These days I'm into fitness gaming and have a site about it (GamingHeart.com).
Since getting serious about weight loss, I've dropped about 60 pounds. I have more to go and am using fitness gaming as a way to get my exercise in. I've also just started running this month.
Surprisingly, I've yet to seriously date a woman who's a gamer. Might have to try it out sometime.
I'm always up for adding friends, so drop me a friend's request. On my profile I also have links to my FB, G+ and Nike+ accounts.
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My name is Dina and I'm 31.
I never really played anything until I met my husband and he introduced me to WoW, which I really like. I also like Skyrim, Diablo, Plants vs. Zombies and we tried SWTOR but it wasn't as much fun as I was hoping.
I need to lose 100 lbs and would just really love to meet people with the same interests and goals : )
It would be fabulous if my husband and I met people close to us who liked to be nerdy and healthy : )
If anyone wants an extra friend feel free to add me. Good luck to all of you : )0 -
My name is Laura (tend to go by Tokig in most games I play - curse those who take the name before me!). I'm 28 and was introduced to gaming back in university.
Mostly a retired wow geek these days. Just couldn't seem to get into this expansion given a change in work and well... playing Horde on a PvP server that's become pretty much fully alliance SUCKS and I haven't really had the desire to seek out a new home away from friends on another server.
These days I keep busy mostly playing Settlers of Catan online with my boyfriend (also a gamer) and his friends, but we've been exploring a few other options for games we can play together online.
I'm working on loosing 100+ lbs (end goal is likely closer to 150lbs). I've only recently restarted my focus on loosing weight, so I have a long ways to go.
My first focus/goal is to fit into pants that are a size smaller (have dropped one size but don't have much in my closet that size... so wearing pants that are too big) so I can fit into about 7 pairs of pants that I currently own before seeing my boyfriend again in July.0 -
My name is Katie, and I'm your typical 27 year old (well in June) pc gamer. I like a wide variety of games (mostly rpg and mmorpg.) My main games are wow and gw2 atm. I've been geeking out over Arche Age for years, so I'm stoked they finally have a NA publisher - it's the one game I've really been looking forward to in a long time.0
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Hi
I'm Hammer. 26 years old, live and work in London with my girlfriend, although we're both originally from Scotland.
I'm a massive gaming geek, which is part of where my weight problem comes from. When I went to uni, I ended up dropping all my exercise. The worst I've been was during a bout of WoW obsession when I peaked at about 114kg. I dropped down to 15 stone a few years back but then put a lot on again when I went to work abroad for a few months. Now I'm working at getting all the way to 76kg, although that's still a good bit off.
I've kind of done a bit of everything in terms of gaming. I started with DOS games and the old MicroProse Star Trek games and was a PC gamer until the Xbox 360 hit it's stride. Had some great times with the Xbox, but planning to go back to PC soon. Strategy and 4X games are my first gaming love and I miss them dearly.
I've also been in a role play group as a player and DM. Massive fan of the Warhammer and 40K RPGs, D&D3.5 and some of the older systems.
Trying to get into running, although I'm not finding it easy.0 -
I am the newbie Geek, played old school games like the ATARI, Nintendo, Sega, PC (I still remember Larry the Lounge Lizard!...) Only been the last 3 years that I have actually had the money to fund it and the time to play!
I love open world, single player format where I can watch the story develop (also I'm a bit of a chicken s*** when it comes to more aggressive team play!) I love Assasins creed, Farcry 3, skyrim, Lara Croft funnily enough though, not too keen on Dishonour...
Guilty pleasure is the lego games, great for me and my son to play together. He blows random crap up, I get to pretend it satisfys me without him being traumertised.
Starting weight was 199lbs
Current weight is 174lbs
Short term goal is 11stone 9lbs
Long term goal 9stone 6lbs - 10stone0 -
Hey there,
I'm Ashley. I'm a nurse, from the Chicago area. 5'8, started at 268: CW 247, will eventually get under 200
I've been letting my inner geek take a back seat to my work - I had to kick the WoW when I got my job, also stopped going to Magic tournaments lol I still play some N64 every now and then, but my biggest vice the last year has been League of Legends (*sigh* - I know). Anyone play? 0 -
I'm Chris. I'm 32, live in Ohio.
I've cut back on gaming as part of my getting into shape initiative, but I still play several things. My only real "online gaming" takes place on a specific Neverwinter Nights server. I mostly play RPG's, strategy games, SRPG's, and a few sports games (NBA 2K, mostly). The Batman Arkham games and Assassin's Creed series got me playing those sorts of games. I strongly prefer story driven games to open world types.
I've lost about 55 lbs in all (25 since joining MFP). I'm currently aiming to land at 200 before deciding where to go from there. That gives me about 23 pounds of thinking before I need to worry about it.
I'd be willing to walk on a beach if there were any decent ones around here. Ohio isn't known for its beaches.0 -
I'm Jessica, 33 years old and female. I've been a gamer since the 80s, when I played my first games on my Commodore VIC-20 (remember that one?) I play a lot of J-RPGs mostly (favorite game ever: Persona 4.) I own a PS2 and had an X-box 360, which I recently sold because I'm going back to Playstation (not nearly enough games I want to play on the other system.) I used to do PC gaming, but I don't have a good setup for that at the moment! Right now I'm playing some of the PS2 games I missed the first time (currently: Shadow Hearts Covenant, which is excellent!)
I'm looking to lower my body fat percentage and gain muscle. I don't need to lose, but the number is deceptive - I did P90x and got in great shape, but then had a stressful school year and lost most of my gains. I feel mushy and out of shape, so I started going to the university gym. I'm a little sorry I sold my Kinect now, but since I only used it for Dance Central it was hardly worth the cost. I'm glad to see a group for gamers here!0 -
Hi I'm Thomas, a 44 year old gaming nut since my the days of the Atari 2600. Currently playing mostly Xbox 360, but also on ps3 and steam as well. Also am an avid runner having finished my 4th marathon this year and a 5th set for Oct. Glad to see some like minded people here, I've gone from 265 to 185 currently over the past 4 years and now working on the last 15lbs of my goal. I love rpg's and fps games mostly. Currently playing dead island riptide and loving it and also going through bioshock infinite again. Xbox gt is h0ngkong pho0ey. Psn is ol_geezer and can't remember my steam tag, send me an invite if you like.0
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Hello all!
I'm 24, a full time mom and wife, and work a full time job. In the before times when I had free time, I would game. I played Dungeons & Dragons Online pretty hardcore for a year. This is and always will be my favorite MMO. My all time favorite games ever of all time are as follows:
Mirrors Edge: Played and beat on each difficulty at least 5 times a piece.
Bayonetta: Absolutely adore this game (So much that I have a Play Arts action figure of Bayonetta.)
Left 4 Dead (1): This game will always have a place in my heart.
Dishonored: This game made me rage quit more times than COD ever did. However, I loved the game play, and enjoyed the story line.
Kingdom Hearts II: I played the first one and just didn't dig it as much. This one, on the other hand, was magical and intriguing.
Those are my top 5.
Anywhoo, I'm 5'4, SW: 200, CW: 185 , GW: 140. Feel free to add me. I log daily and do my best to offer support and motivation. Great to meet you all!
...Oh, and Cards Against Humanity. DO NOT play this game if you are easily offended. DO play this game if you love to laugh hysterically.
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Who are you..........Graeme
Age.........................36
Female or male?.....Male
RP?.........................Runescape
LARP?.....................Looks cool, never tried it though
What are your weightloss goals?................from 104kg to 85kg ASAP
How many pounds have you lost? Just started.
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Hey Everyone! The name is Justin. I'm 28 years old and I'm an avid gamer trying to get back down to my old USMC size. I'm trying to find the right balance and people to game with and hang out with. I've been gaming for 24 years. I received my first NES when I was 4 yrs old and I beat first level of Super Mario and was hooked. As of right now, I play WoW, Rifts, SWTOR, Minecraft, Planetside 2 all for PC. For the PS3, I play Skyrim, Dead Island Riptide, Black Ops 2, Assassin's Creed, and anything else that catches my fancy. I have played almost every mainstream MMORPG out there and currently looking for something new or new people to hang out with while playing. I'm looking forward to trying out Defiance, Elder Scrolls Online, EQNext, and a few other titles coming out soon. So if you want to hang out just hit me up on Skype at Loktovar13 or hit me up on here. Thanks.0
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I'm sure I'm the elder statesman on this particular forum, 47 year old dude.
My gaming days go way back. I'm sure most of you have an uncle that's referred to Pac Man or Defender to QBert from time to time. Well those were the games of my youth.
Not to boast, but my skill at Mario for the first Nintendo was pretty tight. I see videos on Youtube of people beating the game in like 15 minutes and I say so? I was doing that in 1990, though I couldn't do it now.
Castle Wolfenstein was my first PC game obsession. PCs were exorbitantly expensive then so I installed in on my work machine and convinced my bosses I was working very late hours.
I shan't make this a biography of favorite games, so on to modern times.
The Civilization series is far and away my favorite game series. I don't even want to think about how much time I've put into that over the years from Civ 2 to 5. I'm very much looking forward to the expansion coming out soon for Civ 5.
For about 6 years, until it's closing, most of my gaming time, like 80+%, was spent with City of Heroes/Villains. I loved the game, loved the community and the people I met there. Oddly enough, I don't care for MMOs as a genre, so I haven't played another MMO since it closed. What I have done is play major games I've missed over the 6+ years of playing CoH/V, such as the Mass Effect and Bioshock series. I love them both.
A few other games I want to give shout outs to, for how much I loved them:
Starcraft (original)
Descent Freespace (both 1 and 2). One of the most under-rated games ever. I wish the space combat simulator genre still existed today.
Sega Saturn and Dreamcast games. For just pure fun games, I thought these were better than Playstation options, but we all know how that battle turned out.
I see in the OP there's a questionnaire:
Age? Old (47)
Female or male? M
RP? Nope, to be honest in the MMO I played, I just ran through the areas the RPers did their thing and tried not to make eye contact.
LARP? Nope
What are your weightloss goals?! A lot, from 340 to 225.
How many pounds have you lost? See below.
Walk on the Beach? Run for the hills.0 -
I'm 23 year old graduate from a game design course. So I've done my fair share of gaming "research", haha.
Platforms: PS2, PS3 and PC
Now playing: Ni No Kuni and Assassins Creed 2.
Recently finished: Final Fantasy 12 and Assassins Creed 1.
Always enjoy playing: Shadow of the Colossus, Journey (my favorite game atm), Pokemon (any), Kingdom Hearts 2, Little Big Planet 1 and World of Goo.
Bartle test type: Explorer
Oh yeah and I enjoy DDR, which is great cardio! I'm not that good at it though.
I'm doing a June dietbet (the blogilates one), so I'm even taking a gaming approach to weightloss.
I want to lose 8 kilo to start with, but my main goal is to get fit.
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Hi there! Kathleen here I am new to this site and to this group I am a 40 year old gamer. I love all types of RPG games and am truly a Play Station girl at heart. I am currently obsessed with Skyrim on the PS3 and a MMORPG called Atlantica.
I love all kinds of card games as well like Magic the Gathering , Star Trek, Star Wars, etc etc I have played so many over the years they are all kinda blending in right now lol..
Feel free to look me up I am always looking for new friends
Game On!
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Hey, I'm a 22 year old uni student from Australia. I love anime and Japanese RPGs such as Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Star Ocean, although I do like heaps of other games like Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Solid and many others. Just not a big FPS person (though I think I could warm up to it -- Halo is pretty cool! And I WAS addicted to Wolfenstein at one point!). I've written game guides on GameFAQs and my screen name for everything is Zenalasca.0
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Hello, I am Kaylee I am a 19 year old gamer and My favorite games are Legend of Zelda series, Mario, Assassins Creed, and Call of Duty. I play on Super Nintendo, N64, Wii, PS2, and PS3. I am obsessed with Legend of Zelda. 0
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Hi everyone! I'm Sindil and I'm new to the site. I'm super excited and motivated and pumped. I recently got out of a horrible domestic situation and have started off on a new leg.
I'm recently moved and already stocked up my fridge with healthies, bike to work, and am on the positive side of of having that horrible weight on my shoulders for the past year. I'm ready to get out and enjoy the weather and try to get myself back to where I need to be. I've never been worse than I am right now, and I want this to be the peak where I start to fall and go back down. I'd really love everyone to friend me and talk to me and whatever. I love being friends and want to help others as well!
I'm big into roleplaying, tabletop, rpgs/adventure games, Nintendo. I worship Zelda (even have a zelda tattoo), and love Dungeon Defenders. Find me on Steam: Ceruleanarcher.
I am a huge gamer geek. Unfortunantly...the huge part is not only just how big of a gamer I am, but also my physical size. So I'm working on it. Help and motivation is definitely loved!
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Hi. I am from MD and I am a soon to be 32yr female. I am really excited that I found this group. Okay, I like brainy games/teasers/puzzles, RPGs and FPS. Love me some Dynasty Warriors, Skyrim, COD, Halo, Mario Bros, GTA, Sonic and a few more. Started on PlayStation...but fell in love with my Xbox 360 mainly because the Kinect is AWESOME and completely knocks out the competition imo. I like Anime too and love cards, and board games/table top games like Risk, dominoes and Hero Quest to name a few more.
I am here because I need to lose weight. Trying to get to my heathy on while getting my game on and thus why I have the Kinect and have the Fitbit Flex (LOOOVE IT). I go to the gym and love working out (lifting weights)...I have A LOT to lose, so I will be on MFP for a while.
Xbox Gamer tag: Badd Boo Boo (don't hate, you know its AWESOME) :-) Let's be friends on here and on Xbox Live (PM me though to let me know...that would be nice :-) )0 -
Hi, John here, 30 years old, long-time gamer. That might explain why i need to lose so much weight, not burning many calories sitting in bed playing Skyrim for 100+hrs. Love RPGs and 3rd person adventures, anything I can disappear into for hours on end. Dark Souls, Fallout, RDR, GTA, anything like that. HATE shooters (probably because I'm absolutely rubbish at them). Haven't actually turned on my xbox in 4 months, trying to get out more, though I usually take my 3ds and Zelda with me for a quick fix.
Xbox gamertag: johnnysteeler (for the mighty Pittsburgh Steelers!!)0 -
Hey guys =]
21 years old gamer here! Started MFP at 165.3 and today marks me losing 16lbs woooh! (current weight:149.2) I most like RPGs and 3rd person anything! Saint Row series, GTA series, God of War series, Kingdom Hearts series, Red Dead Redemption, Gears of War series are just a few of my favourites 0 -
Hai!
I'm 20 years old, and I'm quite a gamer myself.
I love playing MOBA, MMORPG, FPS, SPG, you name it!
I'm a major fan of league of legends! I just finished re-playing Arkham City, Dead Island, Saints Row III, etc. I'm about to start on Prototype 2, am waiting on Saints Row IV to come out, and I will be rockin' Counter Strike: Source and maybe even Global Offensive during downtime.
Oh, I also work in an engineering company, so that makes my week well packed and very fun! I work out everyday (now) and try to reach a max of 1840 calories a day!
Add me if you're interested in anything I've said so far, want awesome motivational support, and want to just be entertained! I usually do well with those 3 ;D
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Hello
I'm new to the site and pretty chuffed there is a gamer group here =D
I'm 23, Scottish and been playing video games ever since Paperboy on my Master System. I'm well rounded in video games and will pretty much play anything I can get my hands on. Particularly RPGs, survival games, simulators and strategy. At the moment I'm playing mostly indie games like Don't Starve, Gunpoint and Papers, Please. Really due to the fact my poor laptop can't really handle anything else without overheating. Me and my bf own a 360, Wii, GC, N64, SNES, MS (broken =c), DS and GB colour. I'd quite like to get my hands on a PS and PS2, those console I always seemed to play at other peoples houses lol and they're some games I'd love to revisit. Oh and a 3DS! Mainly for Animal Crossing....don't judge.
Some of my favourite franchises have been Zelda, Tombi, Mario, Elder Scrolls, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Fable, Fallout, GTA, Okami, Simcity, Rollercoaster Tycoon, pokemon, minecraft...god to many to list lol. I would really like to try some MMOs but been too much of a *****, as I'm too scared it will steal my life forever!. Starcraft is a game I would love to play, oh! and I'm a major loot horder, games with loot I'm there!
I'm just going into my 3rd year of Uni so I don't really have the opportunity to play anything except in the holidays. I'm the type of person that gets far too addicted when I play anything, so its best to stay away from the controller. So instead I get my kicks watching lets plays from various youtubers, its pretty much my nicotine patch lol. First thing I will do when I graduate and get a job is to build my own PC! It gets me through the days thinking about it.
So, just add me if you want to chat. My steam ID is Matalee, so add me if you like =30
