[Tim]

Since a few more people are joining and there are some new faces, I thought it would be fun to create a thread to help us get to know each other. These have always been pretty successful in the past.

How does it work? Simply answer the following questions:

Real first name:
Gender:
Age:
Race:
Place of Birth:
Where you live:
How you found SquareSound:
Level of education:
Instruments you play:
Favorite video game:
Favorite video game album:
Last game you bought:
Last album you bought:
Favorite movie:
Favorite music artist:
Favorite food(s):
Favorite hobbies/activities:
Favorite places to visit:
Places you'd like to visit:
Any pets? If so what:

I'll go ahead and get us started.

Real first name: Tim
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Race: Caucasian
Place of Birth: Gaylord, Michigan
Where you live: Colorado, USA
How you found SquareSound: I created it.
Level of education: Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems
Instruments you play: Piano (Six years of lessons)
Favorite video games: Chrono Cross / Final Fantasy III (VI)
Favorite video game albums: Final Fantasy VI OSV, Chrono Cross OST, Xenogears OST
Last game you bought: God of War 2
Last album you bought: Bridge to Terabitha Soundtrack
Favorite movie: Star Wars Episode IV
Favorite music artist: Josh Groban
Favorite food(s): Chipotle Burritos, Pizza, Chimichangas
Favorite hobbies/activities: Web design, basketball, piano, poker, writing
Favorite places to visit: Las Vegas, Washington State
Places you'd like to visit: Japan
Any pets? If so what: No pets

[Nicol Armarfi]

Real first name: Sebastien
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Race: Caucasian
Place of Birth: Ontario.
Where you live: Ontario.
How you found SquareSound: Google search.
Level of education: High school.
Instruments you play: Piano, violin, viola.
Favorite video game: Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Bemani and Armored Core series'.
Favorite video game album: Eternal Sonata OST
Last game you bought: Armored Core For Answer
Last album you bought: ---
Favorite movie: Immortal Beloved
Favorite music artist: Frederic Chopin
Favorite food(s): Pizza, steak... Pizza...
Favorite hobbies/activities: Music, gaming.
Favorite places to visit: Corner store.
Places you'd like to visit: Foreign corner stores.
Any pets? If so what: Two cats.

[Kimberly Boman]

Real first name:Kimberly, but everyone calls me Kim (or mommy)
Gender:Female
Age:26
Race:Caucasian
Place of Birth:Springfield, Oregon
Where you live:North Texas...but not for long. We'll be moving to either Seattle or LA in the next month or two.
How you found SquareSound:I did a Google search for VG sheet music.
Level of education:Unfortunately, only some college. It was more important for my husband to finish school than me.
Instruments you play:Piano, flute
Favorite video game:Um, I have lots of faves...FF6, 7, 8 and 9, Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2, almost all the Zelda games (didn't like Majora's Mask), pretty much any Mario game
Favorite video game album:FF6 OSV, FF7 OST, Chrono Cross OST, Kingdom Hearts (1 and 2) OST
Last game you bought:Kingdom Hearts 2
Last album you bought:Not sure? I don't really buy a lot of music.
Favorite movie:So many...um...LOTR, Harry Potter, pretty much any Disney movie, The Princess Bride, Ever After, Little Women (what do you expect? I'm a girl.)
Favorite music artist:Daft Punk, Sondre Lerche, Guster
Favorite food(s):Anything chicken, potatoes, and I'm a sucker for breads (any kind)
Favorite hobbies/activities:Spending time with my family, video games, movies, drawing, singing, playing the piano, arranging VG music, scrapbooking and photography
Favorite places to visit:Oregon, Southern California (namely Disneyland!)
Places you'd like to visit:France (my husband's mother is from there)
Any pets? If so what:Do three kids count? Just kidding! Nope, no pets here.

[lastdreams]

Since a few more people are joining and there are some new faces, I thought it would be fun to create a thread to help us get to know each other. These have always been pretty successful in the past.

How does it work? Simply answer the following questions:

Real first name: Thomas
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Race: Chinese
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, PA!
Where you live: Fremont, CA
How you found SquareSound: Searching Google for "Kingdom Hearts Piano Collection"
Level of education: Junior high
Instruments you play: flute, piano
Favorite video game:KINGDOM HEARTS! 1 and 2
Favorite video game album: Kingdom Hearts 2
Last game you bought: DDR
Last album you bought: forgot
Favorite movie: TRANSFORMERS!!
Favorite music artist: too many.
Favorite food(s): toast!
Favorite hobbies/activities: total piano freak, video game enthusiast, etc.
Favorite places to visit: My uncle's house, my friend Alex's house, my friend Kevin's house, my junior high school's band room
Places you'd like to visit: Japan. LOL
Any pets? If so what: A dead fish. x[

[dissolution291]

Real first name: Jason
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Race: Caucasian
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas
Where you live: Richardson, Texas
How you found SquareSound: google
Level of education: Junior Year of High School
Instruments you play: Piano (three years of lessons), Alto Saxophone (eight years), soprano saxophone (two years), clarinet (one year), oboe (a few months)
Favorite video games: Seiken Densetsu 3, Final FantasyIV
Favorite video game albums: Kingdom Hearts 2, Final Fantasy XII
Last game you bought: Fable, the Lost Chapters
Last album you bought: Imperial Classics, Bach, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Lizt, Handel, Mahler, Shubert, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Mozart
Favorite movie: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Favorite music artist: John Mayer
Favorite food(s): Pizza, Chicken Quesadillas
Favorite hobbies/activities: Band, Piano, that's about all I do
Favorite places to visit: Chicago
Places you'd like to visit: New York City, London, Paris
Any pets? If so what: dog and a hamster

[Andrew]

Real first name: Justin
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Race: Is it wrong to believe there is no such thing?
Place of Birth: Mississippi
Where you live: Mississippi
How you found SquareSound: Some time ago, Michael Huang's forum's moving here was when I joined.
Level of education: Some college, going into my fifth semester
Instruments you play: The lot.
Favorite video game: Final Fantasy X, recently, but the Metroid series will always be dear to my heart.
Favorite video game album: Chrono Trigger OST
Last game you bought: I haven't been gaming in a long time. I suppose Metroid Prime 2 would be the last one I have bought!
Last album you bought: Complete Piano Works of Roy Harris
Favorite movie: Despite my endearment to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, my favorite movie is, unexpectedly, Star Wars. It is a rather good set of flicks—a modern epic.
Favorite music artist: Chick Corea
Favorite food(s): Tagliatella alla Bolognese
Favorite hobbies/activities: Making verbatim transcripts of things people didn't know I was taking verbatim transcripts of, and goofing around on a piano for hours on end.
Favorite places to visit: Mountain View, AR; Evansville, IN; etc.
Places you'd like to visit: The usual—Europe, Japan, etc.
Any pets? If so what: Nope.

[MelloSinfonian]

Real first name: Jonathan
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Race: Caucasian
Place of Birth: Rome, GA
Where you live: Tallapoosa, GA/Jacksonville, AL
How you found SquareSound: Google search for FF music
Level of education: 3 years of college (working on bachelor's in music ed.)
Instruments you play: trumpet, mellophone, piano, trombone
Favorite video game: Final Fantasy VI/Chrono Trigger/Super Smash Bros. Melee
Last game you bought: Super Mario World for Game Boy Advance
Last album you bought: Madison Scouts: Through the Years, Vol. 1
Favorite movie: Star Wars, Gladiator, Pitch Black, Finding Forrester, Jerry Maguire
Favorite music artist: Sarah Brightman
Favorite food: fried chicken
Favorite hobbies/activities: arranging music, reading, watching TV seasons on DVD, playing music, going to drum corps shows
Favorite places to visit: California, Steak n' Shake, Myrtle Beach
Places you'd like to visit: Japan, England, Australia

[Spunkyjoe]

Real first name:Thomas
Gender:M
Age:17
Race:Caucasian
Place of Birth:Texas
Where you live:Georgia
How you found SquareSound:At a concert, I was directed to the website by a performer.
Level of education:College (2 Years so far)
Instruments you play:Bass, Piano, Drums, Vocal, Guitar, dabbled in Violin.
Favorite video game:Too tough to choose.
Favorite video game album:Final Fantasy IX Piano Collections
Last game you bought:Project Sylpheed
Last album you bought:Usally only do singles, don't care for albums mostly.
Favorite movie:I really like Amadeus, but my favorite is probably Gladiator/Braveheart.
Favorite music artist:Rise Against
Favorite food(s):Um Surf & Turf-fare
Favorite hobbies/activities:Gaming, Table-top strategy, music, sleeping.
Favorite places to visit:Grand Cayman
Places you'd like to visit:Japan
Any pets? If so what:1 Cat

[V33D12AG0N]

Real first name: Vincent
Gender: Male
Age: 18, just a few weeks before 19
Race: Dragon. Just kidding it's chinese
Place of Birth: Kudus, Indonesia
Where you live: Jakarta
How you found SquareSound: search engines (probably google...)
Level of education: College, 3rd semester starting this September
Instruments you play: Keyboard, organ
Favorite video game: Final Fantasy series, Dynasty Warrior series, Megaman series, Xenosaga, etc
Favorite video game album: Final Fantasy VIII OST
Last game you bought: Xenosaga III
Last album you bought: OST Phantom of The Opera
Favorite movie: Pirates of Carribean
Favorite music artist: Nobuo Uematsu
Favorite food(s): I like any kind of food, as long as it isn't spicy
Favorite hobbies/activities: playing games (usually DotA/Counter Strike), playing my keyboard, playing my organ, standing on my boarding house roof to see my surroundings (kinda weird isn't it?)
Favorite places to visit: my old high school, food court
Places you'd like to visit: somewhere I've never gone before
Any pets?: no...

Real first name: João Paulo
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Race: Caucasian
Place of Birth: Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
Where you live: Tallinn, Estonia
How you found SquareSound: Googling
Level of education: Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems
Instruments you play: None
Favorite video game: Operation Flashpoint Series, Homeworld Series, Final Fantasy VI
Favorite video game album: Final Fantasy VI OSV
Last game you bought: Command and Conquer 3 - Tiberium Wars
Last album you bought: DJ Marky Mark - Audio Architecture 2
Favorite movie: Se7en, Hannibal, Gladiator, The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Favorite music artist: Mark Snow, James Howard, Vangelis
Favorite food(s): Pizza and Barbecue!
Favorite hobbies/activities: Football and Computer Games
Favorite places to visit: Brazil is beautiful!
Places you'd like to visit: Greece, Croatia
Any pets? If so what: No, thanks.