This sounds like fun!
Also, for anyone who wants a questions-included BBcode cut+paste form, check inside this spoiler: [tt]1. How did you start gaming?[/tt]
[tt]2. What system did you start with?[/tt]
[tt]3. What systems have you played?[/tt]
[tt]4. What system/s are your favorite?[/tt]
[tt]5. Is this your first system?[/tt]
[tt]6. What caused you to try DFRPG?[/tt]
[tt]7. What is your preference in gaming group size?[/tt]
[tt]8. How open are you to gaming with people you don't know or hardly know?[/tt]
[tt]9. What is your best quality as a player?[/tt]
[tt]10. What is your worst qulity as a player?[/tt]
[tt]11. What is you best quality as a GM?[/tt]
[tt]12. What is your worst quality as a GM?[/tt]
[tt]13. Importance of game balance 1 - 10 (1 being lowest 10 besing highest)[/tt]
[tt]14. Importance of setting/canon of universe 1 - 10 (1 being lowest 10 besing highest)[/tt]
[tt]15. Custom setting or established setting?[/tt]
[tt]16. During character creation are freedom of powers more important or the chracter concept and the powers and skills fitting that concept? EDIT: FIXED!?[/tt]
[tt]17. Roll play or role play? Something inbetween? ( Role playing skills vs dice for resolving things in game)[/tt]
[tt]18. Other: anything notable to volunteer that could explain your view of gaming or your posts on here (obviously mood, upbringing and personality has an affect here, but lets not get too personal eh?)[/tt]
1. How did you start gaming?
As far as any kind of game goes, I started playing video games when I was 6 or so. I was writing BASIC games on my parents' Commodore 64 when I was around 10.
As far as tabletop goes, I started with my high school friends in our parents' basements in Freshman year.
2. What system did you start with?
Dungeons and Dragons, 2nd edition. It still has the best, realistic high fantasy feel of any D&D game.
3. What systems have you played?
As far as those played; far too many to list-- my paragraph would be at least as large as yours, Silver.
I've GM'd these, however:
D&D 2nd, 3rd, 3.5, 4.0
Hunter: both The Reconing and The Vigil
Big Eyes, Small Mouths d20 (the anime roleplaying game)
D20 Modern
The Marvel Comics RPG (the diceless one)
Ninja Burger
The Dresden Files RPG
Custom FATE variants
4. What system/s are your favorite?
FATE-based games are my new favorite, but D&D 4.0 is second runner up, followed by Fireborn and BESM.
5. Is this your first system?
LOL
6. What caused you to try DFRPG?
The Novels, naturally... and I'm glad I did.
7. What is your preference in gaming group size?
(3 to 5) + GM
8. How open are you to gaming with people you don't know or hardly know?
Very open. I even invite people (significant others, friends, coworkers) to observe games. What better way to remove the gamining stigma?
9. What is your best quality as a player?
Incredible diplomat, fast critical thinker and puzzle solver
10. What is your worst qulity as a player?
I can turn antagonistic when railroaded
11. What is you best quality as a GM?
My NPCs are legendary amongst our circles. Other GMs invite me in to cameo as various NPCs in their games.
I'm also incredible at making challenging puzzles. Players never miss one of my puzzle-dungeons.
12. What is your worst quality as a GM?
I am not good at keeping track of more than 5 players. If someone doesn't speak up once you get to 5 or more, they might get less spotlight time. I try to keep my games smaller for this reason, but it's a tough thing to do.
13. Importance of game balance 1 - 10 (1 being lowest 10 besing highest)
---> 9
Though, if something is imbalanced, I've homebrewed enough to know how to fix it.
14. Importance of setting/canon of universe 1 - 10 (1 being lowest 10 besing highest)
---> 7
15. Custom setting or established setting?
Custom; almost exclusively. DFRPG is the notable exception.
16. During character creation are freedom of powers more important or the chracter concept and the powers and skills fitting that concept? EDIT: FIXED!?
Neither is more important. The fun of the overall group is more important.
17. Roll play or role play? Something inbetween? ( Role playing skills vs dice for resolving things in game)
Depends on the game and the group that's playing.
4e D&D is better suited for roLL, but I've got one roLE group with it.
Dresden and BESM are better suited to roLE, but I've had a Dresden group do the kick-down-the-door thing; you never know.
18. Other: anything notable to volunteer that could explain your view of gaming or your posts on here (obviously mood, upbringing and personality has an affect here, but lets not get too personal eh?)
Games are made to provide fun. The fun of the group should be paramount.
A new edition of a game does not "ruin" or "invalidate" the previous edition you've grown to love. You can always get out your old books and play. Believe me, I just played in a 1st edition D&D Tomb of Horrors about 2 years ago (painful, but fun).
Players will almost always hate the next edition of a game. Understanding why this happens is the first step in gowing as a gamer.
[Edit] Just got caught up on the first page of responses.
Wow, we've got most of the heavy hitters on the RPG forum weighing in here.
I'm 28 next month.