Hey guys! I think it could be fun to give a little info about one another. Beyond our love/hate of TSB, we may have other things in common. If nothing else, we may get some ammo for future zingers. I'll start.
Name: Alex
Status: Married with three kids
Age over/under 30: Over.
Location:Grew up in Cali, but I've lived in Texas for the past 14 years.
Occupation:Daily fantasy sports. I have a lot of free time and now, you guys know why.
Random Quirks: I always use asterisks in place of writing out a full cuss word, regardless of who I'm talking to.
Fears: Heights. Also, places that don't have wifi/reception for my phone.
Favorite Movies: The Matrix and Titanic. I'd request that you don't judge me, but I'm sure it's already too late.
Music: Hip hop and pop. I grew up on Tupac.
Fav TSB event: CvC.
If you're not having fun, you're losing.
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Status: Married with 5
Age over/under 30: wayyy over
Location: Mission, KS. Grew up in Scott City
Occupation: I/t manager - farmer.
Random Quirks: I collect. But it’s only old beer stuff
Fears: Mice & millennials.
Favorite Movies: Dances With Wolves, the natural
Favorite Music: Foo Fighters, Sammy Hagar
Fav TSB event: Walk off Baby!
Status: Married w one kid (that I'm aware of)
Age over/under 30: Over
Location: Pittsburgh
Occupation: sports editor/writer (side gig: digital entrepreneur, I'm studying your habits)
Random Quirks: I enjoy filling out random surveys
Fears: Clowns. Phil Collins coming into political power.
Favorite Movies: Rocky, The Departed
Music: Classic rock
Fav TSB event: Opening boxes worth 1000 xp
status: married with 2 kids
age: over 30
location: Tennessee- fortunate to not be Memphis
occupation: PE teacher/full time masters program
random quirks: I always end a streak of bonus games/tournaments on a multiple of 25
fears: heights as well, leaving my club public during a cvc
favorite movie: almost all the MCU movies right now/tv series would be LOST and The Office
music: anything but (c)rap
bonus fun fact: I lived in England for exactly 1825 days, which is 365X5 from January 1996-2001
HA! No, surveys like the one here don't result in my info being shared with advertisers. At least I hope not. If I start getting video ads of Phil Collins' comeback tour, I might freak out.
ps Gonna need to leverage your knowledge for daily fantasy in the NFL this year. Not a player but I have to research it for work.
Name: Matthew
Status: Basically married (will be when the time is right and no rush because we’re both previously divorced) with 2 kids
Age: Over 30
Location: Born, raised, and still currently in California (will move to Washington, Idaho, or Montana when kids are grown and self-sufficient)
Occupation: Food Safety Consultant/Inspector
Random Quirks: I always end an entered microwave time with the number 3 because it is my favorite number
Fears: Sharks (seeing the movie Jaws at 5 years old ruined me in that regard) and ending up stuck in California for my entire life
Favorite Movies: The Last of the Mohicans, Remember the Titans, Bull Durham, The Sandlot, Office Space
Music: Basically anything, with the exception of hip hop/rap from the last decade or so (awful)
Favorite TSB event: WOH
Status: Married with one kid
Age over/under 30: Over.
Location: Southern California
Occupation. Professional poker player degenerate
Random Quirks: I love ms pac man, I have a full size cabinet in my house
Fears: Heights. M 2 year old hurting himself
Favorite Movies: pulp fiction and slum dog millionaire
Music: Everything but country and edm
Fav TSB event: Monday’s walk off
Status: GF
Age over/under 30: Under
Location: Alabama
Occupation: Pharmacist
Random Quirks: Watching video ads
Fears: Failing
Favorite Movies: Collateral
Music: I'll listen to anything if I think it sounds good
Fav TSB event: CVC
Status: Single, but I’m going to see about a girl
Age over/under 30: under
Location: Boston
Occupation: Janitor
Random Quirks: Sometimes I’ll solve complex equations on the chalkboard where I work.
Fears: Therapy
Favorite Movies: anything with wicked fight scenes.
Music: whatever’s on the radio in the car
Fav TSB event: WOH
Status: Married with 2 spawnlings
Age over/under 30: I'll take the under on that bet
Location: Changes daily. Hecho en Texas, raised all over California (always present in Raider Nation)
Occupation: I'm a bit of a paid vagabond 😉
Random Quirks: I envision stabbing people in the neck with a rusty fork when they chew with their mouth open.
Fears: Jurassic Park will come true.
Favorite Movies: The Lord of the Rings/Hobbit series, most of the Star Wars (recently have been sucking), and Goodfellas.
Music: SLAYERRRR! Thrash/metal/80s and 90s punk/ska. Ya know, the good stuff. Can also get down with gfunk 🤙🏻
Fav TSB event: walk-off hero, I wish prime events would die a quick and painful death.
Status: Married w/one kid
Age over/under 30: over
Location: Maryland
Occupation: Electrician
Random Quirks: I have Tourettes (seriously) so there are MANY. 😂😂
Fears: Heights and opening boxes that only have low bxp
Favorite Movies: Pearl Harbor and mostly any baseball movie
Music: country and hip hop, but I'll listen to anything with a good beat
Fav TSB event: WOH after learning the proper way to play it. Hated it before then, lol.
Name: Craig
Status: Married, four daughters
Age over/under 30: Over.
Location: Born in Montana, grew up in Southern California, lived for 12 years in the Midwest and currently in Tucson.
Occupation. Pastor
Random Quirks: I was funeral director for 10 years, but I no longer see dead people
Fears: Being a father of 4 girls, opening boxes in TSB
Favorite Movies: Boondock Saints, Goodwill Hunting
Music: I like a bit of everything, favorite band is probably Flogging Molly
Fav TSB event: WOH for the challenge, Bonus game day because I can play all day and never spend gold
I may or may not have driven 30 minutes to my parents house to take a dump, before driving 30 minutes back to the same Target where I started. My then girlfriend, now wife, somehow still married me even after this adventure
Name: Aaron
Status: Divorced with two kids (15 yr old son, 11 yr old daughter)
Age over/under 30: Over
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Occupation: Digital Manager/Musician
Random Quirks: I’ve been a drummer since the age of 5 and play in two local rock bands.
Fears: Heights & Trump supporters (tie)
Favorite Movies: Pulp Fiction, Dumb & Dumber, Napoleon Dynamite.
Music: Depends on the mood. Mostly metal, rock & old school rap.
Fav TSB event: WoH.
Status: happily divorced and a single mom to a 6 yr old girl
Age over/under 30: over
Location: Arizona
Occupation: Clinical Research Associate. I travel too much! I did have most of this month off from traveling and loving it. Go back on the road in a couple of weeks.
Random Quirks: I always check my front door three times to make sure its locked. I have to or the world will end
Fears: wolf spiders. Have you watched Ace Ventura with the bats? Yeah thats me with wolf spiders.
Favorite Movies: madea and more madea, bridesmaids, and dazed and confused.
Music: Sia (voice of an angel) and country.
Fav TSB event: WOH
I would poke my eye out before I listened to Slayer. Lol.
Status: Married with 1 mini-wife (daughter)
Age: 39.875 years old
Location: Born and raised in bumblef*ck, GA. Currently in Columbus, GA
Occupation: Probation Officer
Random Quirk: Immense pride in my ability NOT to headbutt EVERY "client" I see
Fears: the mini-wife. Seriously, she is the 8-est thing on the planet
Favorite Movies: Boondocks Saints, anything Monty Python, anything Marvel
Music: classic rock, blues. Specifically Gov't Mule
Favorite event: WOH, or Royale (before multipliers and rebracketing)