User:Fryguy42

About me
Heyooo!

Hello, all, the B'lands community. Been playing Borderlands since early April now and am having the time of my gaming life! I've been rocking a (now Level 61) Hunter for a couple of weeks now.

I am relatively anti-mod, to the extent that I use a Shredder Shredder Tsunami solely on Crawmerax's douchebag Green Worms and Craw Worms. (I use a Penetrator on Craw himself).

I just started (last week of April) on a new character, a Soldier. To liven things up (and maybe to pay for being so overpowered as a Hunter) Roland is using elemental weapons only. O_o I forgot how freakin' hard it is to be low-levelled.

The gamer tag "fryguy42" (no caps are intentional) dates back to the early 90's and the heyday of the video game arcade. For you youngin's out there, YES, video games actually existed waaaay back then! I'm guessing a lot of people reading this were still in diapers when I was ruling the Street Fighter II and Samurai Showdown cabinets. I was actually in the arcade when the guys from Midway rolled in the first Mortal Kombat cabinet and was one of many who went friggin' apeshit when we saw the AI Kano rip out his opponent's heart for the first time. For those who were there with me (in spirit, if not in body) check out Scott Jones' (Editor-in-Chief of Reviewsontherun.com) excellent op-ed "Get Off My Lawn (But Read My Game Reviews)" in the May issue of GameInformer magazine (#205) about getting the respect we "old skool" gamers deserve.

Back to the name. No, I'm not a Ronald McDonaldland Plushy. My arcade, Friar Tuck's, had a friendly competition with the crew from a neighboring arcade, Aladdin's Castle. We all had gamer tags ("nicknames" back then) like "Tree" and "Lil' G-Buddy." I was tagged by Tree with "Hey! You're that guy from Friar Tuck's! Fryguy!" The number "42" is The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. For those who don't know the Question read Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." (IMO read the version with the epilogue "Zaphod Plays It Safe" and avoid the others. There are literally dozens of versions of this book.) For those that DO get the reference, read it again. And again, and again...

Lastly, check out my new wiki "Forum: New Legendary Weapon Ideas" to read my and other B'Lander's ideas for future Borderlands Legendary weapons, class mods, and grenade mods, and to contribute your own. It's my first attempt at a real wiki and I'm pleased by how it's growing beyond my original intentions. Remember, it's not MY wiki, it's YOURS, so contribute and spread the word. Let's make Gearbox stand up and take notice!

fruguy42 - The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything

Hunter Sniper - "Remember, if it took more than one shot, you weren't me."

My favorite pages

 * http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:New_Legendary_Weapon_Ideas