Rookie

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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
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A jolly nice bloke with a penchant for South-Park style avatars, computers and other technical-like things. Spends most of his spare time either lurking on fora or "owning nubs" at HL2DM. Rookie also has a near-obsession with the popular Half-Life 2 modification, [[Garry's Mod]], which he will happily spend hours on building absurd or comical contraptions out of abstract components.
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A jolly nice bloke with a penchant for all things technical.
== GamingForums ==
== GamingForums ==
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Rookie joined GamingForums in May 2005 under the alias radiant_rookie. He was made moderator of The Melee in November 2005, taking on Tech Discussion in January 2006 and a number of other game forums later in the year.
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Rookie joined GamingForums in May 2005 under the alias radiant_rookie, after uploading some custom maps for the Star Trek: Elite Force network site under the same username. He was made a moderator of The Melee in November 2005, taking on Tech Discussion in January 2006 and a number of other game-specific sub-fora later in the same year.
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Since the removal of the Melee, Rookie was left with four forums to moderate - Tech Discussion, Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2, The Elder Scrolls series and the Star Trek Elite Force series. He continued to do so until finally retiring from his staff position in September '07 due to real-life commitments.
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Since the removal of the Melee, Rookie was left with four fora to moderate - Tech Discussion, Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2, The Elder Scrolls series and the Star Trek Elite Force series. He continued in his role as a moderator until finally retiring from staff in September 2007 due to real-life commitments. He has since been granted Advanced Member status.
== IRL ==
== IRL ==
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Outside of forum life, Rookie is currently studying for a BSc Software Engineering degree at Oxford Brookes University.
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Rookie left GamingForums semi-permanently around 2007 due to his free time being consumed by University. Since completing his studies in 2011 he now works as a professional Software Engineer / prodigious reddit user. He has been known to pop back into the fora every now and then to see how things are going.

Current revision as of 22:56, 26 May 2014

Overview

A jolly nice bloke with a penchant for all things technical.

GamingForums

Rookie joined GamingForums in May 2005 under the alias radiant_rookie, after uploading some custom maps for the Star Trek: Elite Force network site under the same username. He was made a moderator of The Melee in November 2005, taking on Tech Discussion in January 2006 and a number of other game-specific sub-fora later in the same year.

Since the removal of the Melee, Rookie was left with four fora to moderate - Tech Discussion, Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2, The Elder Scrolls series and the Star Trek Elite Force series. He continued in his role as a moderator until finally retiring from staff in September 2007 due to real-life commitments. He has since been granted Advanced Member status.

IRL

Rookie left GamingForums semi-permanently around 2007 due to his free time being consumed by University. Since completing his studies in 2011 he now works as a professional Software Engineer / prodigious reddit user. He has been known to pop back into the fora every now and then to see how things are going.

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