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finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 1:05 am | #1

Greetings all - I'm John (UberToast). A long time gamer, having started playing on the Atari 2600, got hooked and just kept on gaming through the years. I collect console, handheld and arcade systems as well as gaming memorabilia. I currently have ~30 console systems, ~10 handheld and 5 arcade (upright / cocktail coin-op) systems spanning all 7 generations (as defined on wikipedia). I enjoy playing just about any gaming genre except for sports, never have gotten into sports on screen or in real life.

I live in Colorado Springs, CO, USA with my wife, Leah (XBL GT: UberButter) and our two cats (Pi & Zaphod). I'm a Field Tech for a national IT outsourcing company and in my spare time I am an avid print / web designer and photographer. I run a small personal gaming blog / collection site - retrocoin.com where I post my musings, rants, reviews and projects. I got an Xbox 360 in mid '06, and have been on Xbox Live since the beta days (11/02/02). I've also been a beta tester / preview participant for Shadowrun (360), Games for Windows (PC Live counterpart), NXE, and the recent Xbox Live updates.

I've been around the site for a while but really haven't made use of the forums - hopefully I can lend some interesting and insightful ideas to the conversation.

Re: finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 1:14 am | #2

Welcome to xba!!!!Nice sig btw.

Re: finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 1:21 am | #3

Welcome to XBA, enjoy your stay.

Points of interest include:

We have a group at 360voice.com, which is a blog for your xbox. If you would be interested in joining, feel free to follow this link:
http://360voice.gamerdna.com/group/344

If you feel like sharing the epic reasoning behind your Gamer Tag, feel free to visit this thread, there are some interesting reads there I might add:
http://xboxamerica.com/threads/Whats-behind-YOUR-Gamertag/page/1

Meta's Ultra Waffle Thread, for the easy 1000 games
http://xboxamerica.com/threads/Metas-Ultra-Waffle-List-10xp/page/1

Xbox America Trade In Center, for games you don't want anymore
http://xboxamerica.com/threads/Xbox-America-Trade-In-Center

Waffle Order 2.0 after your blue in Trade Thread, for games you just want to pass around the community. A waffle is what we call an easy 1000 game.
http://xboxamerica.com/threads/Waffle-Order-20/page/1

And if your down for some straight up tournament style competition, check out the XBA Monthly Tournaments thread.
http://xboxamerica.com/threads/XBA-Monthly-Tournaments/page/1

There are also the weekly Gamerscore Competitions, and multiple lists in the threads, like the Game Completion List and such.

And the Events for any game you may want to play, or make an Event for.

Re: finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 1:21 am | #4

welcome

Re: finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 1:22 am | #5

Welcome to XbA. Definitely glad to have you here. From the looks of your introduction, you probably have a lot to offer to the site. Hope to see you around here more often.

Re: finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 1:29 am | #6

I saw that you joined in 2007! That's quite a large rift from join to intro! Welcome to XBA!

Re: finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 1:22 am | #7

Quote by UberToast:

and 5 arcade (upright / cocktail coin-op)

That's awesome! My buddy used to have a Judge Dredd pinball machine. Comic book Dredd not Stallone Dredd. :laugh:

:laugh:

Although the voice recordings did sound suspiciously like Sly. I've always wanted one of those sit down, glass top Pac Man or Donkey Kong machines. Those were always my favorite.

Re: finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 1:52 am | #8

Welcome, hope you keep enjoying it here.

Re: finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 2:36 am | #9

Welcome to the site. Enjoy your stay.

Re: finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 8:40 am | #10

Hey! Welcome to the site

Re: finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 9:00 am | #11

Welcome!

Re: finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 9:12 am | #12

Welcome to XBA

Re: finally saying "Hello"

11/01/09 9:34 am | #13

Welcome to the boards, how are you enjoying Sacred 2?

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