Real Name: Jon Rickenbacker
D.O.B. June 22,1962
I was born in Fort Hood Texas. I have 3 children and have been married to the same woman since September 5th of 1981. I joined the Army at age 18 and became a Sergeant by age 21. I was a Combat Engineer and learned demolitions as a specialty.

I learned to map for the Build Engine and Duke Nukem originally and moved on to WorldCraft and HL1 in February of 1999. I have been assisting budding mappers for about, (looks at Snarkpit join date) a long time.

I have a mid sized PC, with plenty of room for upgrades. Its currently a 3500+ with an Radeon 9800 pro 256 driving it.

I hope to move on to Q4 mapping soon (with a bit of help from a good friend )

I currently deliver new school busses all over the lower 48 United States. I drive in excess of 100,000 miles annually. I have visited only one Snarkpit member so far, seems courage is in short supply for the rest but I have hopes. I visited almost a dozen clan members when I was part of [DRS].

Sadly, I am currently on 56k and am about as enthusiastic as one can imagine for being so, so if I seem intolerably annoying at times, remember that this may be the cause.

You will either like me or you won't. There is no real in between.

Real Name: It's really long and Irish, so I'll just say Bruce Wayne.

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine - January 17, 1989. That makes me 16, nearly 17.

My brother and his friends started playing Counter-Strike when I was in the fifth grade, so I started too. Soon after, thinking that maps were constructed from code, I got Worldcraft, intending to make an Iceworld clone before there was even an Iceworld.

Starting with my very first creation, I made my own textures for my maps. Textures and lighting soon became what I did the most and the best - and, honest to God, I think this seriously changed the way I look at both art and life. Most people look at sunsets to see something beautiful - I'm much more interested in looking at fade and bloom, the pitch of shadows, the way light and surface interact.

Looking back, I have to say that my time spent with Wally, Worldcraft, and Photoshop essentially amounted to screwing around: though I became skilled at making maps and reviewing them, I never actually released any, save for little fun maps to play with friends.

I pretty much stopped mapping with HL2 - my computer can't even run it anymore, for some reason. Right now, I'm playing World of Warcraft. A lot. I think I'll return to HL2 for DoD:S.

<3 SP

For privacy reasons I understand, and hope that no one felt compelled to reply.

I do however hope that everyone posts who feels comfortable enough to do so. Real names tend to lend a life of their own to a conversation. I would not ask anyone's name privately, who didn't feel comfortable publicly because I might let it slip in a posting.

I only recently found out Lep's real name. I never asked, and he never volunteered so we knew each other years without any need to know. " SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">

Still do not know your name Myrk and feel no need to do so until you decide when.