Sunday, June 17, 2007

Other Real People and Their Online Avatars

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NAME Nick Nolte
BORN 1941
LOCATION Los Angeles, California
AVATAR NAME themf_ntruth
AVATAR CREATED 2002
GAME PLAYED Yahoo! Texas Hold 'Em
HOURS PER WEEK IN-GAME 2
CHARACTER TYPE Blue devil guy
SPECIAL ABILITIES Harassing opponents, swearing because he can only bet $2 at a time, misreading his cards because of heavy inebriation

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NAME Mike Timlin
BORN 1966
LOCATION Boston, Massachusetts
AVATAR NAME strate_shutr
AVATAR CREATED 2007
GAME PLAYED MLB 07: The Show
HOURS PER WEEK IN-GAME 5
CHARACTER TYPE Boston Red Sox
SPECIAL ABILITIES Not coughing up a lead in the eighth inning for once, throwing at the heads of minority batters, turning "Injuries" off, still being a couple decades older than his opponents

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NAME Christian Lynch
BORN 1985
LOCATION Boston, Massachusetts
AVATAR NAME cklynch
AVATAR CREATED 2006
GAME PLAYED Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball
HOURS PER WEEK IN-GAME 20
CHARACTER TYPE General Manager
SPECIAL ABILITIES Making ill-advised roster moves, "day trading" for hot free agents and dropping slumping players, playing right into my hands, being doomed to finish in second place year after year after year

2 comments:

Christian said...

Look, Andruw Jones has sucked ass. He has about 67 strike outs in 230 ABs. He's batting .208. Everyone says, he's gonna come out of it. Hes gonna come out it. He hasn't. He wont. Hes having a bad season. Managers need to make tough decisions. This was a tough one.

chris said...

You know who's having a great season? Adam Dunn. You know who drafted Adam Dunn?

Of course you do.