Introduce yourself so we know who you really are

If you guys have a previous post somewhere else that you want to use here. That's cool. I guess I'll start this off

Name : Stephan Chiarini
Age : 33
Job : Psychotherapist/ Marriage Counselor
Single/Married : Married
Location : Miami FL
First Started Wargaming in : 2000
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40k
Armies I own : Iron Warriors, Dark Angles, Empire, Wood Elves, Vampire Counts, Lizardmen
Other Hobbies : Reading, Basketball, playing Guitar, Painting/converting, fine foods and
drink. Traveling.
Favorite 80's Cartoon - GI Joe
Favorite Hot Chick - Currently, it's Kate from the LOST series
Reason why I play games - because they allow me to be creative and have fun.

Name - Luis Garcia
Occupation - Advanced Micro Computer Engineer / Helpdesk Analyst
Armies Owned: Fantasy - Chaos, Empire, Dwarf, and Orks These are painted and ready to go; 40k - Chaos (Nurgle), Tau, Tyrannids, Space Marines, Imperial Guard, and Orks, these are all painted and ready to go. I have over 3k points on all my armies. Necromunda - Goliath gang; Modhiem - Various Gangs, Epic: Spacemarines, Orks and Tyrannids;
Battlefleet Gothic: Chaos, Imperial, Spacemarine and Ork Fleets; WW2 - 1/36 scale German, British and American armies
Computer Games I like to play: World of Warcraft and Dawn of War
Board Games - Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico, Squad Leader, Talisman, Risk, etc...
Card Games - Settlers of Catan and Horus Heresy
Reason I play - I enjoy the competition, meeting new people and having fun.

Name: William Edward Ciattoni Jr.
Location: Miami, Florida, USA
Real-life job: Deputy Sheriff (Miami-Dade) Reason for starting this forum: To keep the gaming community togther and growing. Favorite GI Joe/Transformer: Cobra Viper/Sky Warp
Favorite 80's cartoon: too many to list
Favorite hot chick: Jessica Beal, Donita Dunes,Aurora Snow,Tiffany Minx.
Warhammer Army/Armies: Chaos Space Marines,Imperial Guard, Orks,Chaos Demons, Orcs and Goblins(fantasy)Easterlings and Allies(War of the Ring/Lord of the Rings),(midwar/FoW)Italian/Afrika Korps and Hungarian,(late war/FoW)Germans and Hungarians,(Late War/FoW)U.S. Paratroopers. Victory at Sea(Italian Fleet))
First started gaming:1983, my friend(Edward) got me into Dungeons and Dragons 1st edition, Talisman 1st Edition and Dungeon board game.

My experience with GW Games: Battle Hardened Veteran 27+ Years.Started in 1983 with Talisman 1st edition and Warhammer role playing game in 1984 (my warrior venerated Nurgle),then in 1994 while in the army I began playing Epic Warhammer(Orks)...great game.After I got out of the army in 1997 I stopped playing.In 2004 I was reintroduced by Eric(Hurricane) and Javi(Abbadon) and my painting skills honed by the grand master Javi(Abbadon).

Name: Eric Kopp

Occupation: Police Sergeant for Miami-Dade Police Department

Armies Owned: Sisters of Battle, IG-Valhalan, Blood Angels, Lizardmen, Midwar British and Fallschirmjäger.

Board Games: Puerto Rico, Wings of War, Stonewall in the Valley

Favorite Hot Chick: All 3 of the Girls Next Door.

Favorite G.I. Joe Firefly

Experience 10 years strong, and how many people can say that they met their wife while nerding out at a game store playing Warhammer Fantasy? No she doesn't play but she can't tell me to stop either! I have recently given up on 40K (still own my models) but strong into Flames of War and Victory at Sea. I too, graduated from the famed painting school of Grand Master Javi!

Name : Daniel Ibarra-Scurr
Age : 22
Job : Student Majoring in Music Education
Single/Married : Single
Location : Nashville, TN and Miami, FL
First Started Wargaming in : Played my first games in 1996 or so, seriously started playing in 2002 and then back into it in 2005.
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warhammer Fantasy, 40k, and Flames of War
Armies I own : Imperial Guard, High Elves, Kislev, and Russian Cossacks
Other Hobbies : Basketball, Soccer, Computer Gaming, Doing music related things.
Favorite 80's Cartoon - Thundercats!
Reason why I play games - Enjoy the mix between tactical thinking and the hobby aspect as well as personal interaction with people (versus computer gaming and lack of personal interaction).

Name: Juan Carlos Rubio
Age:15
Location:Miami Beach,Florida
Job:Miami Beach High school student
Started wargaming in late 2005
Current Wargames: Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40k, Flames of War
Armies owned: 5000pts of Skaven, 1500pts of Imperial guard, 1750pts of German SS 'Hitlerjugend',demo forces of French and Austrians for 'Victory in the Ages'
Other hobbies: guns, video games,football, cooking, music,chicks, history, reading
Reason why I play: Seeing hordes of inanimate little minis being pushed around and working out my brain.

Name : Maximilian Rodriguez
Age : 22 years young
Job : Paralegal (Family and Criminal Law)
Single/Married : SINGLE, HAHAHAHAH!!! YES!
Location : Miami, FL or the Terminus Est.
First Started Wargaming in : 2000+-~ish
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy
Armies I own : Chaos, Tau, Eldar, Tyranids, Necrons, Space Marines :: Vampire Counts, Hordes of Chaos (Khorne)
Other Hobbies : Cadillac CTS's, My GF, 40k, Movies, Zombies, Demon Music, Camaros, Aquarium Fish, my Sugar Glider named Tiko, & Art my Chameleon.
Favorite 80's Cartoon - I was born 1985... maybe transformers....
Favorite Hot Chick - SHAKIRA !!! The day I actually met her and she kissed my cheek I cried...
Reason why I play Warhammer - Because I've been doing it for like 9 years... I love modeling painting for one, adapting and surviving each edition change is a challenge I enjoy meeting head on, I also love Tournaments and being part of an elite (L337) gaming group with cool bad ass people.

NAME: Troy Eric Bishop
AGE: 33
OCCUPATION: U.S. Army Soldier, 92 FOXTROT (petroleum supply specialist)
SINGLE/MARRIED: Engaged
LOCATION: Fort Bliss, El Paso, TX
FIRST STARTED WARGAMING IN: Jeeeez...long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away
CURRENT WARGAMES I AM PLAYING: none but I am painting like a MADMAN!!
ARMIES I OWN: Eldar, Vampire Counts, MW Dragons Fury/House Kurita
OTHER HOBBIES: Paintball, Deep Sea Fishing
FAVORITE 80's CARTOON: Dungeons & Dragons
FAVORITE HOT CHICK: Emanuel Chickeri
REASON WHY I PLAY WARHAMMER/40K: Strategy is my life now and I have learned so much from my history of gaming and now in the military about formations and tactics. Im always taking classes on squad formations and reaction to contact/indirect fire.
REASON WHY I PLAY GAMES: TO WIN!

Name : Luis Alcala
Age : 33
Job : Billing/Financial Supervisor
Single/Married : Married.....
Location : Miami FL
First Started Wargaming in : sometime in 1995-96
Current Wargames I'm playing : FoW, WFB, WH40k, Epic.
Armies I own : 40k Orks and Tau, WFB Orcs & Goblins and Tomb Kings, FoW- A migthy Soviet Peasant army, Epic- Orks and Space Marines
Other Hobbies : Reading, computer games, eating, talking about how much better Cuba used to be.
Favorite 80's Cartoon - Transformers
Favorite Hot Chick - Jessica Beil .. omfg, the things i would do to that woman, some of them almost phisycally impossible
Reason why I play games: to have fun, it lets me get into the character of a dictator as i launch wave upon wave of troops at an objective untill they take it by the weight of their dead numbers.

Name : Rick Sardinas
Age : 34
Job : PC Technician/System Administrator
Single/Married : Happily Divorced
Location : Miami FL
First Started Wargaming in : 1998
Current Wargames I'm playing : FOW and Warhammer 40k
Armies I own : Tau, Eldar, Germans (Afrika and Eastern Front)
Other Hobbies : Reading, Paintball, computer games, skating (roller and ice).
Favorite 80's Cartoon - Transformers
Favorite Hot Chick - Shakira
Reason why I play games - They are fun and it's a good chance to hang out with friends.

Name : Eddie Gomez
Age : 30
Job : Attorney - personal injury defense and aviation
Single/Married : Single
Location : Miami, FL
First Started Wargaming in : This is my first wargame (unless you count Risk). Been playing real-time strategy games on the PC since 1992 or so.
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warhammer 40k soon
Armies I own : Chaos Space Marines soon
Other Hobbies : Reading, tons of computer games (Lineage 2, WoW - Undead Shadowpriest on Alterac Mnts., Dawn of War, Starcraft, Company of Heroes, Hellgate: London, anything Star Wars), computer hardware/upgrades, XBox 360, traveling, adventuring, creative stuff - drawing, painting.
Favorite 80's Cartoon - Transformers/G.I. Joe/Go Bots
Favorite Hot Chick - Megan Fox
Reason why I play games - Been a gamer all my life. I have 2 younger brothers and we were all into it growing up (on Atari and with a Lazer IIC) and still are. However, I go above and beyond. I might have a problem . I like PvP in all games.

Name - Cosmo Rodriguez
Age: 18
Job: College Student
Location: Hialeah Florida
First Started Wargaming: Started in the summer of '06
Current Wargaming: 40K, and just started Fantasy
Other Hobbies: Video games, and Women
Favorite Hot Chick: Jessica Biel

Sigmar, proud owner of the Warhammer Fantasy Battle Reporter blog.

Name : Sigmar
Age : too old, put it like this, I first played with the 1983 rulebook !
Job : pretending to work while posting to my blog
Location : London UK
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warhammer Fantasy and various pc games when I feel like it (I recommend Company of Heroes and the Total War series)
Armies I own : Empire, Wood Elves, Vampire Counts, Lizardmen, Orcs and Goblins, High Elves, Bretonnia.
Other Hobbies : fantasy footy, rugby and cricket (watching them !) and too much drinking
Favorite 80's Cartoon - Danger Mouse
Favorite Hot Chick - I couldn't pin it down, they all look hot nowdays
Reason why I play games - just for fun and the social aspect

PS. I'm the proud owner of the Warhammer Fantasy Battle Tabletop Gaming blog

Name : George Rivas
Age : 25
Job : Estimator (Construction)
Single/Married : Legally Single
Location : Kendal
First Started Wargaming in : 2-3 months ago
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warhammer 40k
Armies I own : Eldar
Other Hobbies : Heroclix
Favorite 80's Cartoon - Transformer/Thundercats
Favorite Hot Chick - Alyssa Milano
Reason why I play Warhammer - Heroclix was slowing down, plus modeling and painting caught my attention

Nobody used the same format for this post, so I'll try to pick details from them all to include:

Name : Bill Daniels
Age : 38
Zodiac: Leo
Job : Performance Test Engineer / QA Analyst
Single/Married : Married
Location : Pembroke Pines, FL
First Started Wargaming in : 2008 (Noobie!)
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warhammer Fantasy
Armies I own : Warriors of Chaos, Daemons fo Chaos, Tomb Kings
Other Hobbies : Inline Hockey, Paintball, Video Games
Favorite 80's Cartoon - Thundarr the Barbarian
Favorite Hot Chick - Jenna Haze
Favorite Star Wars Character - Han Solo
Reason why I play games - Fun!

Addicted to Warhammer!

Name : Ramon "Ray" Ortega
Age : 40
Job : Government (USPS)
Single/Married : Married
Location : Weschester
First Started Wargaming in : I've played other table top wargames through out the years and even played Warhammer a coupel of times. As of March 12 is when I offically learned the rules and actually played on my own.
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warhammer 40k
Armies I own : Space Marines: Black Templars
Other Hobbies : Heroclix, Baseball, other table top games
Favorite 80's Cartoon - Transformer/Thundercats
Favorite Hot Chick - Alyssa Milano
Reason why I play Warhammer - Heroclix was slowing down, plus modeling and painting caught my attention. Basically same as Goerge. I have alway enjoyed playing all types of games from board games to RPGs.

It seems like Bill got it down to a science, so I'll just go with something like his version.

Name : Ian Verhine
Age : 20
Zodiac: Libra
Job : College Student, Japanese Translator/Interpreter
Single/Married : Single
Location : Miami, FL
First Started Wargaming in : Just Recently
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warhammer 40k
Armies I own : Chaos Space Marines
Other Hobbies : D&D, video games (esp. strategy), reading
Favorite Board Games - Diplomacy, Risk, Settlers, Talisman
Favorite 80's Cartoon - The old Dungeons and Dragons cartoon in the early eighties was such awesome cheese
Favorite Hot Chick - (Pornstar) Eva Angelina (Actress) Scarlett Johanson
Reason why I play games - The social aspect of it all

Name: Alfredo "Alfred" Sanabria
Age : 22
Zodiac: Scorpio
Real-life job: Structural Engineer
Location: Miami, FL
Single/Married : In a relationship but not married (you can either be married or not apparently)
First Started Wargaming in : Ive been playing for about three years.
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warhammer 40k
Armies I own and play: Valhallan IG, IG Armoured Company, Wood Elves
Armies I own and dont play:Eldar and Blood Angels
Other Hobbies : Video Games, Worrying, Bike
Favorite 80's Cartoon - Thundercats
Favorite Hot Chick - Eva Mendes
Reason why I play Warhammer - Its fun.

Name: Sir Nathan 'Nate' Lee Williams 1st (yes i was knighted fear it )
Age:21
Real-life time job: student of this and that, a drifter throu the galaxy
Location: The World a.k.a A Hellish Nightmare you all call reality
Single/Married: I have no idea to tell you the truth one weel i am with one girl the next the another.....
Frist Started Wargaming: With my father back in 96...
Current Wargames: WFB

Armies I own:
WFB-Night Goblin, Chaos, Lizardmen, Rats
40k-Orks(Bad Moons baby) Chaos Marines (Alpha Legion) Traitors (Cultists)
Mordheim-Um lets play name that gang and i might just have it
Epic- Steel Legion, Chaos Marines
Gothic-Chaos and Orks (I am just starting this game)

Other Hobbies: Writting, Video Gaming
Favorite Drink: Jameson (3 shot a day keeps the pain away)
Favorite 80's: Transformers or TMNT (it is a bloody tie)
Favorite Hot Chick: Tory Lane
Reason I play: Why the hell not...i enjoy that says it all

Name : Endre Enyedy
Job : Computer Programmer
Location : Couple of blocks from Sunshine
First Started Wargaming in : Early-Mid 90s.
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warhammer 40k, Warhammer Fantasy, Infinity, Legends of the High Seas
Armies I own : 40k - Imperial Guard Fantasy -Empire; LoTHS -Privateer crew; Infinity - Aleph, Nomads

NAME: Ryan Yuhr
AGE: 20
CAREER: Miami Beach Fire Fighter
STATUS: Single
LOCATION: Village of the Falls
WHEN DID I FIRST START COLLECTING MINATURES?: About 2000
CURRENT WARGAMES I PLAY: ...errr i would like to play alot of 40k and fantasy. And i would love to play test No Querters as it seems really cool.
ARMIES I OWN: Tyranids, Lizardmen
HOBBIES: Weightlifting, swimming, running, camping, vacationing, surfing, boxing, mini marithons, cooking, etc etc
FAV. HOT CHICK: Trina for sure....i love the hoochie
REASONS WHY I PLAY: Good way to de-stress and relax.

Name : Chris Kosanke
Age : 20
Job : Student
Single/Married : Single
Location : Miami FL
First Started Wargaming in : 2001
Current Wargames I'm playing : 40k, fantasy
Armies I own : Lots of Eldar, Dark Elves
Other Hobbies : PC gaming, D&D, other stereotypical nerd shit.
Favorite Hot Chick - Gigi Edgley (Farscape)
Reason why I play: I began for the hobby aspect, but I enjoy the competition of the game.

Name : Brian Alonso
Age : 18
Job : Publix Bag Boy... and proud
Single/Married : Single
Location : Miami FL
First Started Wargaming in : 2006
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warhammer 40k, maybe Fantasy soon
Board Games: Arkham Horror, Runebound, Axis and Allies
Armies I own : Ultramarines, Imperial Guard, Dwarfs
Other Hobbies : reading, writing, watching good movies, painting, partying.
Favorite 80's Cartoon - Transformers (Ironhide was always my favorite)
Favorite Hot Chick - Liv Tyler
Reason why I play games - To have fun, relax, and talk crap

Name : Arturo Ron
Age : 36
Job : Life
Single/Married : Single
Location : Miami, FL
Stores I play at regularly : Sunshine, Silver Dragon, War and Pieces
First Started Gaming in : 1983 (Dungeons and Dragons was considered Satanic back then!)
First Started Wargaming in : Just Recently
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warmachine
Armies I own : High Elves (WH), Cygnar (WM)
Other Hobbies : D&D, Legend of the Five Rings CCG, reading
Favorite Board Games : Puerto Rico, Ra, most Eurogames
Favorite 80's Cartoon : Dungeons and Dragons
Reason why I play games : Social and Hobby aspects... it's in the blood!

Name : Guy Lichtenstein
Age : 29
Job : Hospitality (hotels)
Single/Married : Single
Location : Miami, FL
Stores I play at regularly : Sunshine, Silver Dragon, War and Pieces
First Started Gaming in : 1997 (Dungeons and Dragons wasn't cool yet!)
First Started Wargaming in : 2007
Current Wargames I'm playing : Warmachine, CCG's, waiting for Necron Codex!
Armies I own : Tomb Kings (FOR SALE), Necrons, Khador
Other Hobbies : D&D, WoW TCG
Favorite Board Games : POMPEI MOTHERTRUCKERS!!!, Puerto Rico, Ra, most Eurogames, any boardgame not Axis and Allies!!!
Favorite 80's Cartoon : G.I.Joe, Cobra Commander MOTHERTRUCKERS!!!
Favorite Hot Chick: Scarlett Johansson
Reason why I play games : I like the people!