Staff - VariousPositions
Looking at my staff page eh? I can’t say I blame you. If you want to get to know the man behind the monochrome mask, you’ve come to the right place.
Bare Essentials
- Real Name:
- Elliot G. W.
- Date of Birth:
- 30th June, 1989.
- Where do you live?
- Ontario, Canada (British Blood, British Heart).
- Responsible for:
- Moderating the forums;
- Forum Events;
- Helping with some of the guides;
- Contributing new ideas.
- I want to talk to you!
- Who doesn’t? You can PM me on the forums or e-mail at VariousPositions7@hotmail.com, which also doubles as my MSN address.
- Is there life outside Advance Wars?
- It doesn’t seem likely. But if there was, you could probably find me playing SSBM, the latest Call of Duty, or any Fire Emblem game I can get my hands on.
So, what do you like?
- Commanding Officers
- Sami - Her high capture rate is one of the best day to day abilities out there;
- Sasha - Russian beauty, extra money;
- Olaf - A favourite of mine since AW2, also has a great COP;
- Von Bolt - I can't resist the extra defence.
- Links of Choice
- Last.fm - Take a look at what music I’m currently listening to.
- A Lesson Is Learned - A webcomic that everyone really has to check out. It has amazing artwork and great writing. The comic is on hiatus at the moment, which is enough to make any grown man cry and become depressed. Stay strong, children.
- Quotable Quotations
- "A man without land is nobody."
- - Mordecai Richler in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
- "Write what you know."
- - Mordecai Richler
- "A relationship between a man and a woman without sex is either hypocritical or masochistic."
- - Leonard Cohen in The Favourite Game
- "In big six-camera shots, you're supposed to have six cameras going. And I don't know what to do with the other five."
- - Wes Anderson
- "The more you silence me the louder I shall speak."
- - Kristine C.
- "Being a writer in Canada is a good way to slowly starve to death."
- - Someone whose name I have mercifully forgotten
- Favourite Authors
- Mordecai Richler (For that secret British and Canadian pride)
- Irving Layton (For being the first)
- Leonard Cohen (Forever)
- J.D. Salinger (For being The Godfather)
- Marion Bradley (For opening eyes)
- Favourite Musicians
- Leonard Cohen;
- Rufus Wainwright;
- The Smiths;
- The Sisters of Mercy;
- David Bowie;
- and countless others.