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Your Hobbies
Dopey > 09-16-2018, 05:45 PM
I would think that the title is relatively self explanatory. As it suggests, I want to hear about your hobbies! What kinds of things are you interested in doing outside of frequenting SHQ, and, I'm assuming, video games?
As for me, writing is a large passion of mine. In terms of thinking up something original to write about I ain't so great, but when I have a stimulus I'm interested in, you can't stop me
. This is why I think fanfiction is so great! It lets people flaunt their creative prowess the way THEY want to, without being bogged down by rules around plagiarism.
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NeoMetallix > 09-16-2018, 08:52 PM
Well videogames are by far my largest hobby.
Outside of that I'm into inline skating. Love rollerblading around. Also longboarding. Got pretty good at Soaping(anyone who played Adventure 2 know what that is) which was also pretty fun. I'm a HUGE car nut and love cars. Too poor to get anything super nice though. lol So I stick to car shows and such.
Also I like making graphic art and interior decorating. Anything to do with designing, really. -
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Flora85 > 09-17-2018, 02:38 PM
Well, other than gaming, I LOVE to sing, but because I gotten surgery for Vocal Cord Polyp two months ago, it is not to its fullest potential yet. ^^;
I do miss rollerskating and biking, which is something I always want to get back into and I use to play a little bit of piano. But its been a few years since I touched one. And I used to do bead jewelry, but stopped after high school as adulthood is hitting me very hard to dedicate more time to it ^^; BOY it's alot of things that I haven't done in a long while. ;-; -
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Count Drakupo > 09-17-2018, 03:20 PM
So, I know 'video games' is already accounted for. I'm also into sci-fi/fantasy novels and smattering of tabletop gaming, running from the obvious like Dungeons & Dragons to the obscure (show of hands, who's heard of Star Fleet Battles from someone other than me?) -
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NeoMetallix > 09-21-2018, 10:26 AM
Well that'd be interesting to try out. I grew up with The Next Generation and love the movies. -
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Count Drakupo > 09-21-2018, 11:12 AM
(09-21-2018, 10:26 AM)Metallix Wrote: Well that'd be interesting to try out. I grew up with The Next Generation and love the movies.
The makers are in a weird place with their license from Paramount. The material that existed at the time when they established it went up to the first Star Trek movie, and they were unable to re-negotiate their license to be allowed to use any more recent material. From there, they started making their own things up. So no TNG or later. -
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SCS > 09-08-2020, 10:54 AM
Sonic and video games / technology in general definitely make up a large bulk of my hobbies, including PC and console gaming, PC modification, and programming. Although since I do programming on a regular basis as a part of my job, I don't do it outside of work a whole lot. I've been wanting to, though, to further develop and expand my skill outside of what I work with regularly.
I also enjoy collecting Sonic merch primarily, as well to a lesser extend merchandise for some other brands as well as memorabilia associated with landmarks or special locations.
Aside from that, I really love reading and writing, especially creative writing. Although, I enjoy writing of all kinds, even technical writing. I've had some ideas for Sonic fanfictions for quite awhile, but haven't really had the time or energy to put the proverbial pen to paper. I love reading fiction, especially horror fiction, but I also just love reading various nonfiction blog articles and internet posts on a wide variety of subjects: some of my favorite topics including Christianity and the Bible, world events / issues, mathematics, technology, mysteries, crime, exotic / esoteric phenomena and paranormal experiences.
I dearly love anything and everything to do with amusement parks, roller coasters, fairs, rides, associated games/attractions, and so on: whether it's visiting them and riding rides, collecting memorabilia, watching videos taken of such things, playing video games related to these topics (esp. RCT1 & 2 + OpenRCT2 mod), reading books about them and so on. They are just beautiful and precious places, filled with joy and fun. I dearly love it on aesthetic and conceptual levels, as well as on functional levels in terms of the fun of actually going to them. Amusement Parks have always been one of my favorite things ever since as far back as I can remember, and I want to visit as many as I can throughout my lifetime.
A passion I've only come to discover more recently is that I really enjoy singing, as well as narration / reading out loud. I used to mostly hate all of that kind of stuff when I was younger. Even at this stage, I only like doing it around my fiancée and no one else. I've idly considered the idea of putting more serious effort into learning / developing / practicing skills in these areas, and maybe recording something and uploading it to Youtube if I end up feeling like I get good enough at it which may never happen. I don't know how to play any musical instruments, but I have an interest in trying to learn the guitar, piano/keyboard and drums in particular.
I enjoy weight lifting a great deal, but have fallen out of the habit of doing it regularly with how busy I've been and everything going on. These are just excuses though, and I really need to get back into it.
Lastly, I really love just walking around and exploring both urban and rural environments, especially at night. (I do not recommend this to anyone for obvious reasons, nor do I endorse this in any way.) I love the adventure of seeing new places, even if it's just simple stuff like somewhere out in the rurals or in the city that I haven't seen before. I love exploring historical landmarks, old buildings and mysterious locations. I love finding and checking out small businesses / local type stuff that you won't find easily by any method other than just walking down the street. I also dearly love to travel, and want to travel as much as possible in my lifetime. -
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Infinite > 09-08-2020, 04:34 PM
My hobbies consist of playing/collecting video games, playing music, and writing.
My hobby of playing video games can originate all the way back when I was little with the Leapfrog Leapster. The Wii was my first video game console. But I think my interest in gaming went to high gear when I was at my babysitters' house where I was introduced to games like Pokemon, Kirby, and especially Sonic. Now my passion for game collecting I think started when I borrowed my godmother's N64. Funny thing though, it was missing the power cable so we had to order it to make it work. In the meantime, I just looked at it feeling so excited. I didn't keep the N64 of course but I had fun with it (and learned that Pokemon Snap was the best N64 game of all time).
Music comes a little after that where I started playing the piano. Nowadays, I'm also learning the violin.
Now writing is an interesting one. If you told me I was gonna be a writer a year and a half ago, I would probably not believe you but since taking writing classes almost a year ago, I've had so much fun writing reviews and stories. One thing I especially like when writing fan-fics is when I have these eureka moments when connecting pieces of the story I make. (Speaking of fan-fics though, if you want to check out mine, I have posted some in the Fan Creations concerning the origin story of Mighty and Ray as well as my Sonic Forces Rewritten project).
