Sapphire Dragon

As you can guess from my name, I love dragons, as well as the color and gem, Sapphire. Hence the name, Sapphire Dragon.
I mainly got the idea off of the Chinese and Gemstone Zodiacs, though. Sapphire is my favorite gemstone, since I discovered it on the Gemstone Zodiac. And, well, I learned about dragons first from the Chinese Zodiac. So the first time I ever learned about dragons was actually about Chinese, or Eastern, dragons, not the commonly recognized Western dragon with 6 limbs and a bad temper.


TV Shows:
Cowboy Bebop
NCIS
Family Guy
Late Night with Conan O'Brien. I'm actually just waiting for Jay Leno's show to get back on air, though.
The Mentalist
Castle
Glenn Beck


Books:
Any Fantasy with dragons in it, basically.
Most Sci-fi books.
Some of my favorites are the Eragon series and the Ender's Game series.

Video Games:
My favorite series is currently the Metal Gear Solid series. I just finished MGS3: Subsistance, and I'm buying a copy of MGS4 soon, hopefully.
My former favorite series was the Half Life series. Valve has taken so long with the next game, though, that I've lost interest.



Online Gaming:As you may have noticed, I have a lot more consoles on my consoles list now. That does not, however, mean that now have more online games. I constantly receive PMs asking me to play ACWW or COD4 or something, but I don't have these games. If you ask me again to play them, I'll either just ignore you or tell you to read this.
This is a list of every game I own that I can play online.

PS2
Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Metal Gear Solid 3: Online
Ratchet and Clank: Deadlocked

PS3
PlayStation Home
The Orange Box [Team Fortress 2]
Motorstorm

PC
Halo: Combat Evolved [Custom Edition. I hacked the shit out of this thing, though, too. Don't expect a fair match.]
D.I.P.R.I.P [Half Life 2 mod]
Dystopia [HL2 mod]
Smashball [HL2 mod]
Eternal Silence [HL2 mod]


Yes, I do actually own ACWW. I have an emulator on my laptop to run DS games. It is not, and will not be for quite a while, online! Stop asking me for my friendcode, my virtual little DS does no have Wifi! It is not a full DS, I can't afford one. It's just an application to run the files on the disks of DS games. It doesn't support WiFi, so don't ask me to come online.
If you want to play a game against me online, please use one of the games on the list above.

I do have a Mic, but I can only use it every once in a while. Most of the time, I'm online without it. Sometimes I do have it with me online. This is because my parents don't approve of me using it online, so I have to use it when they're gone. Stupid, I know.


Friends:
I have quite a few friends on this site, but only a few that are close. Those are listed here. If you feel you should be on this list, just drop me a PM and I'd be happy to add you to this section.
Also, if you're on my friends list and have no idea who I am or rarely ever talked to me, I apologize. When I was a much younger member, I added practically anyone who came into contact with me on my friends list. But due to the fact that there's so many people on my friends list, around 60, and that most of them are inactive, I haven't gone though the list for fear of deleting someone I've forgotten by now from inactivity. So if you want me to remove you from my friends list because you don't know who I am, just drop my PM about it and I will do so.

This list is in alphabetical order, so not as to let anyone feel left out or put down.

Ammy and Issun:: I talk with him a ton in the World Wild Wolves gang in the AC:WW forum. Great person. And also like me, he's a Metal Gear Solid series fan and a major Team Fortress 2 fan.

Blackfalcon:: Wonderful guy, I talk with him and his brother via PM a ton. It's always interesting to talk with them.

ButchSmudge31:: I chat with this guy a ton. PM with quote pyramids 500-1000 messages long, it was hilarious. I haven't seen him online or talked to him in forever, though.

Draken The Dragon:: I talk via email or MSN with Draken very often. He doesn't go on Neoseeker much anymore, but it's always great to talk to him.

Dramon Knight:: Interesting guy, always great to talk to. He can spark a conversation about pretty much anything, so conversations with him are pretty entertaining.

EE4567:: I used to talk with her over PM a lot, but I haven't talked to her in a while.

Excalibur:: <3. Used to send me perverted and entertaining PMs all the time, but stopped a few months ago. <3 ya, hope you come back soon.

GLaDOS portal:: I know him more on online games that I do on Neo. I play Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal online quite a bit with him, but haven't recently in a while. He may be quite a bit younger than most members, but he's still a great guy.

Sapphiryeon:: Founder of the World Wide Wolves clan in the AC:WW Gangs forum. Great person, hilarious, always a pleasure to talk to.

Spiritual:: Also known as Starborn or Altaura. Wonderful guy, I talk to him on MSN frequently. Always able to strike up an interesting conversation. :3

The Don:: Interviewed me for a Loungin' interview recently. I've known him as well as a few other member from the USA and Canada GDs for a while. Funny guy, fun to talk to.

The Hazard:: One of my more perverted friends. Always seems to steer the conversation towards something involving my female gender. Still gotta love him for that, though. <3.
'Course, all the guys in the GDs are pretty perverted, though. Hazzy just makes it funny as hell. :3

The Writer:: Also known as Adamhill.

Time Vortex:: Used to talk in the R&C:UYA forums a lot with him, also on PM. Only recently started talking with him recently. As I saw in the Caption thread in the UYA forum, very creative mind.

Whitefalcon:: Blackfalcon's brother. Hilarious guy, it's always interesting to talk to these two.



Livestream:
You can view my Livestream channel here:
http://www.livestream.com/sapphiredragon
When I have the program turned on, you will see a live representation of my screen. I pretty much just screw around with it. Whenever I'm online, you'll either see me using an old console emulator, such as GBA or SNES, or you'll see me screw around with the cheats and hacks in a game such as Half Life.
It's barely been set up, though, so it won't be on much until I get it fully set up.


Experience:
I have had advanced moderation and administrator experience, despite my age and standing on this site. I have been an admin of a series of sites operated by close friends of mine for over a year now. I have dealt with spammers, advertisers, trolls, and just down-right idiots.
I have also had experience with this on sites I have no ranking on.
About 5 months ago on a kids site, I helped remove posts from view that contained nudity, blood, and gore. The site's post reporting system was very similar to this one, so removing them from view was a simple matter of reporting them.

I have experience with operating moderator functions and control panels, as well as admin. I'm sure Neoseeker will be different from the other sites I've operated or moderated, but I'm sure I could learn quickly.

That's basically it. I know what you're thinking, 'The kiss-ass just wants to be a mod.'
Well, yeah. It's not like I'm going to deny it. I've never had a chance to moderate a site this large, even if it was just a tiny little forum. I'm active all the time, but I never have anything to do, and I actually enjoy moderating other sites.
I'm not absolutely begging for a position, I'm pretty much just throwing it out there, that I'm ready and willing if you ever have a spot for me.
I'm not going to be devastated if it takes years to get a spot, it's not the biggest thing on my list of priorities. But it would be something nice I could cross off lower on that list.


PS3
http://ps3trophycard.com/profile/maddog119
My profile says, or said, that my PSN is Sapphire_Dragon, but my signature and Trophy card say otherwise. This is because my main account, the one I play games on and collect trophies, is Maddog119. My sub-account is Sapphire_Dragon, this is the account I chat with friends and play online games and Home with them. I am not allowed to have friends on my main account. If you want to send me a friend request, send it to Sapphire_Dragon.



Graphics Requests
I am NO LONGER taking graphics requests.

DO NOT pm me about a graphics request, I will NOT be able to do it.

Do NOT expect a reply.


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NeoFamily:
NeoBrother: PM me.
NeoSister: PM me.
Neo-God: Excalibur [<3, miss you!]
NeoBestfriend: Starborn


Graphics:
I am an accomplished graphics artist. My website will be up sometime within the year, if I have the time.

The programs I use are:
GIMP 2.4
GIMP 2.6
Blender3d
Photoshop 6.0
Photoshop CS2
Sony Vegas Pro 8
After Effects CS4
Particle Illusion 3.0
Flash CS3
Illustrator CS3

I started off using a computer when I was 7. One of the first thing I did was make some graphics in paint. Sure, they were childish, sure, they were horrible, but it was fun.
I also went to a kids site called Neopets. Thinking back to my actions, my attitude, the way I talked, the way I did everything back then, just makes me want to literally do a facepalm. I got it into the thick little brain I had back then that grammar was completely unnecessary, when browsing the internet. I used shorthand and chatspeak terms every time I posted in the simple little boards on that site.
The first computer I really started using was a old Compaq that ran on Windows ME: 2000, when I was 6. Horrible, horrible computer. Of course, at the time I thought constant crashing and incredibly lag was normal for a computer. A bit later I developed the idea that is was just Windows, and therefore Microsoft, not the computer. So from then on I've pretty much been completely against Microsoft. I wouldn't saw my idea was too far off then, either. It seemed to become more of the truth as I continued to use computers with Microsoft operating software. It was confirmed when I rented an Xbox 360 in 2004. I rented it for one week. On the 5th or 6th day, I can't remember, it got RRoD. The rental shop made me pay for it, and Microsoft never backed up the warranty that came with the rented 360.

So, back to my computer history.
Nothing really happened for a few years. I just waited for Summer vacation, played video games, beat the games, bought more games, beat them, went back to school, waited for summer break, and so on. Pretty boring life. I didn't spend all that time doing that, though. I'm not a complete wimp. Despite my asthma I do actually have a small amount of muscle structure.
Anyways, in 2005, when I was 10, I was still using the old Windows ME run Compaq, and I had downloaded my first 3D program, which was Blender3D. Blender is an open-source modeling program that is free to download on their site, which is something like blender.org or whatever.
The first model I made was a jumbled mess of sharp points and edges. The result of messing around with a cube using random tools until it no longer looked anything like it's original shape.
The first model I made that actually resembled anything was a few days after that, when I closely followed a very simple tutorial on how to model. Odd enough, the object it taught me how to model was an eggplant. Well, not much, but I might as well keep it. I'd saved plenty of times during the production of the eggplant, with no consequences from the Windows software. But for some ungodly reason, Windows decided that the point where I saved the final project would be the perfect time to crash. So yeah, lost my eggplant. Can't say I was devastated, is was just an eggplant after all. But I was a little pissed off at Windows, as well as a bit worried about if it would crash during modeling other objects. I continued to model a few other objects, though. One of which was an attempted dragon head, which I can show you a screenshot I still have of it, if you ask me for it. It's pretty pathetic, just a simple little rectangle merged with a smaller on for the snout, with some diagonal, rounded rectangles for horns. It has some slits for eyes and nose, too.

Sometime later, in about 2006, I got a new PC. Or rather, my parents did. It was a Gateway, I can't remember the specific model, or even the specifications it had. Compared to my old Compaq, it was blazing fast. Still is, actually.
I continued to model with this computer, making more and more advanced models. I made a navy colored model of my dad's 1996 Land Rover. It was very detailed, with the windshield set into the car a bit, treads on the tires, and even the stickers on the back that said 'Land Rover.' Sadly, something glitched during saving. I can still view it, but I can;t interact with the model in any way without the program crashing. I also made a simplistic shooter-type game, which I later realized was pretty much a complete copy of Starfox, right down to the model of the jet and the controls.

Shortly thereafter, in 2007, I took a break from 3D graphics. In my boredom, I went back to gaming. I also got into coding for a bit, doing Python, but I dropped that quickly. I spent a while on Java, CSS, and HTML. In September, playing Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal. While Googling for glitches, I came across Neoseeker. In an attempt to understand I cheat that made no sense in the game's profile here, I made a simplistic account, Safirek9, and posted a stupid thread in the Ratchet and Clank: UYA forum. At that point I still had horrible grammar.
I left the site, as I didn't plan to stay with it.
In October 2007, I searched Google for some information about the upcoming release the Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night. Again, I came upon Neoseeker. At the time, I'd forgotten the username of my former account, and had no idea how to find it out. So I created a new one. Sapphire Dragon is a very good name, in my opinion, I'm surprised I came up with it back then with horrible grammar I had. In fact, my username was originally Sapphire_dragon, but thanks to the free name change options for underscores and capitals, I was able to change it.
Over time, my post count has risen and my grammar has gotten much better.
I took up reading, and my grammar improved drastically. In about 7 months, I became basically the member you see now. At least, I think it's about 7 months. I can't really remember.
Anyways, a few months after I started coding my posts with markup, which I used just basic teal color, was when my grammar was what it is today. It never be identical to what it is now, since I expand my vocabulary and improve my grammar with that almost every day. I read very often, and usually high-levels of reading skill, so I build up vocabulary very quickly.
Sometime about 4 or more months ago, I started using the blue, indented, size one font.

So that's pretty much my computer history in a nutshell.
If you want current updates on my, please read my blog.


Writing Style:
Some people have asked me why I try to make my posts seem to advanced with the vocabulary, and why I pay attention to the grammar and length so much.
Basically, I do it because it's fun. I really enjoyed writing The Portal, is was actually fun to me. I loved typing on the computer, coming up with ideas for the story on the wing, and just creating this wonderful flow of text. I enjoyed re-reading it, and seeing how that flow of text went though the whole story.
I admit, my writing style wasn't as good back then, but I still enjoyed writing it.
That's why I try to put so much into my posts. It's not only fun to me, but it's pretty much become a habit. A habit of which I definitely don't mind.
I'm also trying to keep from being too redundant in my posts. Like using the word 'Anyways' or 'Yeah' or anything like that, at the start of my sentences. So my grammar is still changing.


Newbie:
I created a few stupid terms when I was still a idiotic newbie with absolutely no conception of grammar. I decided to keep the terms as a sort of reminder of my, well, I guess you could say former life as a forum junky.

*dropkickfalconpunchfaceplamheaddesk*

ROFLMAOOL


Writing
I have written one story, and I am currently working on another.
My first story is called The Portal, you can find it in the Writer's lounge. It is still unfinished, due to issues with people stealing the story. Because of this, I scrapped the ending and refused to post it. I may post the ending sometime this year.

My second story is currently being written, and is not yet released. It is much longer than my other stories, and will take possibly over a year to finish.
It has a name, but it is yet to be released. It's name will release along with the story itself. For now, I just refer to it as 'Honor' for short, despite the actual title itself not even containing the word. It is an action science-fiction based about 15 years in the future.