This is my story (the biography of Tedius Zanarukando)

[Tedius Zanarukando]

My biography is rather long, so you may have to copy it to a Word document.

The screen name Tedius Zanarukando is pronounced SHAY-zhee-uhs tsuh-nah-ryoo-KAHN-doh. The "t" and "d" in Tedius is very soft, in order to prevent confusion with the word "tedious." My real name is David Odis Hill. I am a descendant of Adolphus Cheek and Martin Poole, who fought in the Civil War. My maternal ancestors were farmers. An African American male, I was born in Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, after dark on November 8, 1979 (Showa 54 on the Japanese calendar). I am the youngest of three boys. My oldest brother Richard, Jr. was born before dark on August 11, 1970, and my other older brother Sidney was born after dark on September 25, 1973. I was raised in my mother's homeland Laurens County, South Carolina, which is economically impaired. Laurens County was named in honor of Henry Laurens, a Revolutionary War lieutenant. We had to travel long distances to buy valuable things. My parents and brothers are Jehovah's Witnesses. I used to attend the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, until Grand Theft Auto III got blamed for society's problems. I left the religious organization, because most of its doctrine and principles violate my preferences and therefore too restrictive. Also, I was despised by Jehovah's Witnesses. My place of refuge lies in Greenwood, South Carolina, where I experienced a happy life in college. I am finished with school and college. 2002 was the worst year for me, and 1999 was the second worst year for me. My dear Uncle Sullee Sunny Clyburn, an Air Force veteran, died of lymphoma at Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center at dark on April 26, 2002. He served in the Korean War. Many of my maternal relatives are veterans. My cousin Mark Eldred Hunter served in Gulf War I.

My school age was from 1985 to 1998. I started school at Ford Elementary School in Laurens, South Carolina. During my school age, I was assigned to special education classes. I was held back one grade in Kindergarten, ending up in the high school class of 1999. The situation was reversed by promoting me to the sixth grade in the middle of the 1991-1992 school year. I was transfered to Hickory Tavern School in 1988. I was assigned to a self-contained class, until eighth grade when I was mainstreamed to traditonal classes. I graduated from Hickory Tavern School on May 31, 1994. Originally a K-8 school, Hickory Tavern School is now Hickory Tavern Middle School. I enrolled to Laurens District 55 High School (founded in 1972) on August 19, 1994. I attended special education classes one period per semester. I studied French and several computer courses. During my senior, I wrote a research paper about the King James Version of the Bible in 1997. My research paper is still on my computer, and I print a copy of it once a year. I graduated from high school without honors on May 26, 1998, after dark. On June 10-14, 1998, I was on a so-called senior trip. I toured Washington, D.C., and New York City. I enrolled to Piedmont Technical College of South Carolina (founded in 1966) on August 17, 1998. I majored in computer programming, and I studied Spanish and accounting there. I studied COBOL, C programming language, and Visual Basic. I graduated from Piedmont Technical College on December 13, 2001, receiving an Associates Degree in Computer Technology. Now I am studying piano at Austin Academy of Fine Arts (founded in 1933) in Greenville, South Carolina.

My hobbies include playing video games (especially Final Fantasy), listen to music (including Final Fantasy music), surfing the Internet, going out with friends, posting on forums like this one, play Final Fantasy songs on various instruments, translating, reading and writing, singing, and fitness. I am a fan of realism, having a computer equipped with a sound card with realistic wavetable synthesis. My favorite movie star is Will Smith. My least favorite movie star is Jeanne Tripplehorn. My favorite motion picture is Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, and my second favorite picture is Men in Black. My least favorite motion picture is Time Code. My favorite types of music are R&B, jazz, Latin, classical, and video game music. I hate country and heavy metal music. My favorite video game music artist is Nobuo Uematsu. I import Final Fantasy soundtracks through GameMusic.com.

I was introduced to video games in 1984. My first game system is the Atari 5200, and my last game system is the Sony Playstation 2. The first video game I ever played was Astro Smash, and the last game I have played is Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter. My favorite video game series is none other than Final Fantasy, and SimCity is the only game series that is anywhere close to it. My favorite video game is Final Fantasy X; it has a special part of my heart. The Final Fantasy series lies in the core of my heart. Therefore, I hate being part of any religious organization that has a principle that violates or discourages Final Fantasy fandom, or read any literature, article, or Web site that is an offense to Final Fantasy fans, or listen to any speech or discourse that like that, especially if it is religious. I hate Zany Brainy for discontinuing the sale of Final Fantasy games and later for discontinuing the sale of video games in general. I began to drop the religion I was raised on, i.e. Jehovah's Witnesses, in favor of the Final Fantasy series in June 22, 2003, because I worship Final Fantasy. It was a struggle, consisting of moral pressure, unemployment, and family retaliation. I love Final Fantasy even more than myself.

I am 100% passionate about computer technology. I have been using computers since 1988. I took computer classes in both high school and college. I type 98 words per minute. In 1998, because of Microsoft's evil business practices, I started my own business, which is to be called Technoscopion Inc. My company's future headquarter campus is under construction. Technoscopion is primarily a PC software business. As for languages, I have been studying or brushing up on French, Spanish, Italian, Latin, and Japanese.

I am afraid that no woman wants to be romantically involved with me. Therefore, it seems that my true love does not exist. Women usually do not treat me as good as men. Besides, I do not believe in romantic love.

I love/like the following: Final Fantasy (I love it more than anything else) and its fanbase and fan Web sites, SimCity (a close second to precedent like), SaGa, Seiken Densetsu, Chrono, Dragon Warrior, Front Mission, Breath of Fire, Suikoden, Tales, Legaia, Fire Emblem, Ys, Super Smash Bros., Star Wars, Star Trek, Tetris, Metroid, Star Fox, F-Zero, Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, R-Type, Gradius, Tekken, Castlevania, Mega Man, King of Fighters, Street Fighter, Kirby, Gran Turismo, console RPGs, game consoles, Square Enix, LucasArts, Konami, enhanced remakes (especially in consoles), Arte Piazza, computers, true computer graphics (especially high resolution), antialiasing, making computer graphics, word processing, Wikipedia, Wiktionary, masculists, painting, translating from English to Spanish, French, Italian, and Latin; translating from Japanese to English, Internet, creating PowerPoint presentations, creating MS Publisher publications, Playstation 2, GameCube, SNES, Gameboy Advance, realism, video game music, console emulation, SPC700 sound format files, PlayStation Sound Format files, orchestrated classical music, violins, trumpets, R&B music, jazz, latin music, romantic motion pictures, science-fiction motion pictures, medieval motion pictures, Western motion pictures, Will Smith, R. Kelly, Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant and his wife, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda, Junya Nakano, Masashi Hamauzu, Gabrielle Union, Salma Hayek, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rosalyn Sanchez, playing the musical instruments, chocolate (especially dark chocolate), ice cream, peanut butter, caramel, cinnamon, cookies, crackers, cakes, pies, beef, chicken, ham, barbeque, grapes, strawberries, oranges, granny-smith apples, muscadines, cherries, plums, prunes, raisins, blueberries, bacon, sausage, pancakes, waffles, wheat bread, rolls, muffins, yogurt, eat at many restaurants (except Asian restaurants and Applebee's), posting at forums (especially Aura), Final Fantasy sites (if they favor the series), RPG sites (with no anti-FF content), building Web sites, making new friends, associate with friends and fellow Final Fantasy fans (especially Final Fantasy X fans), free countries, liberty, liberating young men, masculism, patriarchy, Men's Rights advocacy, democracy, republics, monarchies, liberal religious organizations, high-paying jobs, business management, skyscrapers, futuristic architecture, TLHS.org, convincing short hair and shaven-head young civilian women (non-monks) to grow long hair, and beautiful civilian and non-feminist women (preferably either African-American or with long hair), and several other things.

I hate/dislike the following: Reverse sexism, feminazis, misandry or anti-male discrimination, pro-female gender gaps, feminist ideology, religious restriction or scrutiny on video games (or the religious video game controversy), the ESRB, reverse piracy, Zany Brainy, Barney the Dinosaur, Grand Theft Auto series (no offense to GTA fans), Mortal Kombat series, Koudelka and Shadow Hearts series, Xbox, Microsoft, anti-Final-Fantasy material or speeches (especially religious) [direct anti-Final-Fantasy material that is religious may kill him], anyone who does not condone Final Fantasy, anyone who detests Final Fantasy whores, anyone who detests anyone who has anything that resides in my pants, old school purism or anyone who is anti-3D, opposition to the idea of enhanced remakes, SID format files, NES Sound Format files, GBS sound format files, Asian food, pickles and pickle relish, potato salad, cabbage, squash, lasagne, spaghetti, pasta, fettuccine, ravioli, mustard greens, clam chowder, sardines, tuna, Miracle Whip, mayonnaise, potato salad, salad dressing, sardines, onions in meat, gravy, clam chowder, soup, cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, pineapple or any beverage mixed with it, peach beverages, peach ice cream, peach cobbler, peach pies, apple pies, apricots, whipped cream, eating at Asian restaurants or Applebee's, meanness, being mean to anyone, anger, being accused of a crime, Watch Tower society, the book "Learn from the Great Teacher", Christian denomations that impose restrictions on electronic games (such as Jehovah's Witnesses; I am afraid that my parents, brothers and many of my other relatives are part of this restrictive religious organization), Nik Rangel, Almenconi.com, Haircut.net (Hair Enthusiast Hotline), having more than one Internet forum thread posted by me closed immediately (quick thread closing), practicing demonic arts, thunderstorms, religious repercussion involving entertainment, totalitarian religious organizations, Joseph Lieberman, local company mergers, job cuts or exportations, recession, terrorism, false or severe punishment, unrealistic crackdowns or interdictions, circuminterdiction (the act of influencing or forcing someone to do something and then bring disciplinary action for doing that), false political elections (or cheating into office), matriarchy, oppression or oppressive regimes and their dictators or oppressive religions, and treason against my country, female monks or bald women or women with boyish haircuts, having my girlfriend wait past 21 to marry me (I do not actually believe in romantic love), and especially my worst enemy Marcella Terez Whitmore.

[KlawHammer]

right bro, and this biography is cool and all but wats the aim of it?

[Seb]

We need more FF fans, but I dont think we need biographys. Tell us about the games you love and your computer intrests, but I think the biography, is a little out of place.

[Tedius Zanarukando]

We need more FF fans, but I dont think we need biographys. Tell us about the games you love and your computer intrests, but I think the biography, is a little out of place.

So you are a Final Fantasy fan too. I love every Final Fantasy game very much. Final Fantasy is my favorite game series, Final Fantasy X being the high point, and Final Fantasy II (for NES and PSOne) being the low point. It is the reason why I bought a PS2. I am also a big fan of SimCity, especially SimCity 4. It is my second favorite game series. I am good at playing SimCity 4.

My top 20 favorite game series are:

1. Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy is indeed my favorite game series ever. I love the game series more than anything. It is the best Square Enix game series ever, and in fact the best-selling Square Enix series. It was created by Hironobu Sakaguchi in 1987 and brought over to North America in 1990 and to Europe in 1997. Final Fantasy was named for Squaresoft's brush with bankruptcy, meaning that it was Squaresoft's last chance to escape bankruptcy. I was introduced to the series on the SNES in 1995. Final Fantasy IV is my first Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy replaced Super Mario, which was in the no. 1 position a long time, as my favorite game series in 2001, around the time I became a big fan of video game music. Final Fantasy X is my favorite game ever. It is Squaresoft's best work. Final Fantasy II (NES and PSOne) is my least favorite of the series, but I still love it very much and even more than Chrono Trigger. Suteki Da Ne is my favorite video game song, especially the orchestrated version. I call it Nobuo Uematsu's best work. Sadly, Final Fantasy X is insanely underrated. I listen to Final Fantasy music all the time and everywhere I go, whether on the road, at someone else's home, or on vacation. A day without Final Fantasy music is nothing to me. I am so addicted to Final Fantasy. I anticipate whatever flagship Final Fantasy title is coming up.

2. SimCity - I was introduced to this game franchise with SimCity 2000 one month after the one above this one. It was created by Will Wright. I never played The Sims. SimCity 4 is the SimCity game I usually play. Since SimCity 4, city files are no longer played in isolation, thus the advent of the Region feature. Props are no longer agglutinated into buildings. The prop artwork was done separately from the building artwork.

3. Kingdom Hearts (there will be Kingdom Hearts 2) - Kingdom Hearts is a crossover between the Disney cast and the Final Fantasy cast. It even has the revival of Aerith. Carried from Final Fantasy X, Tidus is my favorite character in the game.

4. SaGa - This is my first Squaresoft series and second Square Enix series. It is mainly about gameplay. It has cartoonish graphics. The gameplay of SaGa is superior to that of Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior.

5. Seiken Densetsu (A.K.A. Mana) - Seiken Densetsu 3 is an excellent game that should have been released in North America, and I was embittered by Squaresoft's decision to drop the localization of this excellent RPG in favor of the garbage Secret of Evermore for North America. Secret of Evermore is in the hall of shame in my book. I am glad that Shinyaku Seiken Densetsu (Sword of Mana) arrived in place of the old monochrome Gameboy Seiken Densetsu.

6. Chrono - Chrono Trigger is an overrated RPG with the overrated musician Yasunori Mitsuda, in my humble opinion.

7. Dragon Quest/Warrior - This is Final Fantasy's nemesis. It is Japan's favorite game series. It is my first Square Enix series. Dragon Quest I is my first RPG ever. Alefgard has been under intense frustration. That means that Dragon Quest has a disappointing regional record for American and Canadian gamers. I hope that Arte Piazza and Square Enix do regional justice and have Dragon Quest I-VI remade for PS2 or PS3 and released in North America. Dragon Quest V is already confirmed for a PS2 remake. Dragon Quest VII may stay like it is.

8. Front Mission - I only played the original Front Mission in English via emulation. It will soon come to North America on the Playstation. I am looking forward to Front Mission 4.

9. Suikoden - Suikoden is Konami's greatest game series. Castlevania is second to Suikoden in Konami's family of game series.

10. Fire Emblem - This is my favorite Nintendo series, being published by Nintendo Co. Ltd. It was developed by Intelligent Systems, the company that developed Paper Mario and Advance Wars. Only the seventh installment, Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken has come to North America as of now, and simply as Fire Emblem. Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu is my favorite of the Fire Emblem series, and it is the most successful Fire Emblem game in Japan. Marth is my favorite Super Smash Brothers Mêlée character. I was introduced to Fire Emblem in 2002.

11. Breath of Fire - I was introduced to Breath of Fire in 2002. I only played the first two Breath of Fire games. Breath of Fire is my favorite Capcom series. Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter is the low point of the series.

12. Legaia - I believe that Legaia 2: Duel Saga is superior to the original Legend of Legaia.

13. Ys - I have been a fan of the Ys series since 1991, starting with Ys 3: Wanderer's from Ys for the SNES. My second Ys game was Ys IV: Mask of the Sun for the SNES, and then my third Ys game was Ys V: Ushinawareta Sunano Miyako Kefin. Ys VI: Ark of Napishtim is coming to North America through Konami.

14. Tales - Stupid Namco deliberately kept Tales of Phantasia from North America, and that is a sad thing. I am glad it has been translated into English and many other languages via emulation. I was introduced to Tales with Tales of Phantasia via emulation in 2001.

15. Grandia - Grandia Extreme is the only Grandia game I played. Grandia started on the Dreamcast.

16. Star Wars (originally a novel franchise) - May the Force of the Jedi be with you. My brothers and I are big Star Wars fans.

17. Metroid - My brothers and I are big Metroid fans. Metroid is my oldest brother's favorite game series.

18. F-Zero - That futuristic racing game is so great, and Captain Falcon rocks. I was introduced to F-Zero in 1992.

19. Star Fox - I was introduced to Star Fox in 1993, the year it began. I have played every Star Fox game ever released. Star Fox Adventures is my Star Fox game. Krystal is my favorite Star Fox team member, according to the upcoming Star Fox 2.

20. Legend of Zelda - I was introduced to Zelda in 1989, with the original Legend of Zelda. My brothers and my paternal cousin are big fans of the Zelda series. My favorite Zelda game is Wind Waker, due to the soundtrack and gameplay. I despise the Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition bonus disc, because it has buggy reissues of the original games.

I also like many other video games. I am looking forward for the appearance of Final Fantasy on the PS3. My older brother is a fan of Nintendo consoles.

[Seb]

Cool you have a very unique and interesting choice in games. It seems you've been a gamer for quite some time.

[Tedius Zanarukando]

Yes, as my biography says, I have been a gamer since 1984, during the Atari 5200 era. That means that I have been playing video games for twenty years. I was four years old at the time I was introduced to video games, but now I am 24 years old.

[Rebon]

Your interest in games is very releavant here, but I think it was unessesary to go into that amount of details with the bio.

Anyways, I welcome you to the forum

[Blake]

Sheesh, I know more about you now then I do my own girlfriend.

[RPGDreamer]

come on!!!!!!!!!!!! Your not a famous person!!!
Gotta go bell rang

[Seb]

Lol, congartulations PSX junkie, you're the first person to make me laugh via the forum.

[Rebon]

come on!!!!!!!!!!!! Your not a famous person!!!
Gotta go bell rang

Maybe you should try posting at the beginning of lunch for a change :P

[Seb]

Do you only post from school RPG Dreamer? Well as long as your doing your work, nah lol! All I ever did was play games during I.T -> the work was so booring!

[KlawHammer]

hehehehe

[heerokenshin]

lol cool

[RPGDreamer]

Yeah I do, Do my work. I post during Computer class and during lunch. I will have to untill my I get a new PC. I broke the old ones. But I'll post before the bell rings from now on.

That was funny PSX_Junkie.

[Blake]

I must say I am truly humbled and honored to be the class clown of the boards, now I must retreat back to my pen and paper and think of other quirky one liners to accomadate my dry sense of humour.

[Seb]

Ahh you inspire us PSX Junkie!

Make me laugh and win a prize.

Terms and conditions apply. See store for details.

[KlawHammer]

You must really love skool bro, coz "skools kool"

[DjMuZack]

Thats a little too much information for me. Hold on thats wayyyy!! Way! Way! Way! too much information for me.

Your like a weird Final Fantasy Freak that never goes to sleep and only plays Final Fantasy!! And once they beat the game they Just start the next one and play that one for weeks strait.

I Love FF too. But that does't mean that you have to give a personal biography on you and your family. What if I was a murderer I could hunt you down and almost all of your family. I mean damn you even told us how to pronounce your name.

[Blake]

Now now, lets not let this result in personal affliction on the poor guy...just stick to the obnoxious remarks such as I.

[RPGDreamer]

Now now, lets not let this result in personal affliction on the poor guy...just stick to the obnoxious remarks such as I.

I agree.

[Blake]

Off topic but I had no other place to really put this, someone let me know if they think the picture in my sig is to big. I'll either resize it or get rid of it all togeather.

[Seb]

Nope I think its fine.

[Tedius Zanarukando]

An important aspect of my biography is my likes and dislikes, which are in the later lines of the first post.

[Blake]

For the second time, and Im sorry to say this but your bio was a little more then we wanted or cared to know.

BTW, just list that stuff in your profile and if anyone wants to know that you like pancakes and hate Joe Libermen then they can read it there.