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− | == Biography ==
| + | '''Daniel Nicholas "Kirby" Peterson''' (also known as "danp" by friends) has never been active in [[The Elite]]. He found out about The Elite through [[Zerg]], who was obsessed with it in middle school, when Daniel didn't give a shit and would listen to him ramble on about "[[Boss]]", "[[YE]]", "[[Come]]", and "[[Ngamer]]". Eventually, around 8th grade, he actually joined the forms and posted randomly, which he still does to this date. Rarely playing either [[GE]] or [[PD]], he is unranked and isn't bothered by it. Daniel has a few friends in The Elite, and will not be attending the 2009 Summer Meet Up. |
− | '''Dan "Kirby" Peterson''' does not play any games that [[The Elite]] officially does ([[GoldenEye]] or [[Perfect Dark]]), although he is good friends with Perfect Dark and GoldenEye player, [[Ryan Koch]]. They have been friends since fifth grade and continue to remain very good pals. Dan has plans on buying a used [[Nintendo 64]] (with recent events, possibly [[Jimbo]]'s with some spare cash. | |
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− | === StarCraft ===
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− | Ryan and Dan often play [[StarCraft]] together, and Dan has several StarCraft accounts, such as U.S. MuggleNet, curbspaget, Dr. Davian, SuPa ArCh, and, his main account, M4TTH3W, with a good starting record of 30 wins, 6 losses, and 9 disconnects.
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− | === Nicknames ===
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− | A few nicknames that Dan has earned are curbsy, Kirby, and curbstomp. The last two being from none other than Ngamer himself.
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− | == VALVe Software ==
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− | === Half-Life ===
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− | Dan is a big fan of [[Half-Life]], and agrees with a small number of people that Half-Life ''is'' better than [[Half-Life 2]]. He also has played most of the major mods ([[Opposing Force]], [[Blue Shift]], [[Counter-Strike]], [[Condition Zero]], and [[Garry's Mod]]). The shortest amount of time it has taken him to beat the whole series (HL1, HL:OP, HL:BS, HL2, EP1) is two weeks.
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− | === Counter-Strike ===
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− | Dan is a fairly active Counter-Strike player, and usually plays with his neighbor, [[Luke Conlon]]. Another favorite is Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, and Dan is currently working his way through the 'Hard' difficulty. He has no plans to buy Counter-Strike: Source in the future.
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− | === Half-Life 2: Episode Two ===
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− | While Dan's current computer will not currently run it, he has every intention to buy it as soon as he gets a computer that will run it, which will probably be during the After-[[Thanksgiving]] Sales.
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− | == Web Development ==
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− | Dan does lots of web development in his free time. While he can make great work with (X)[[HTML]] and [[CSS]], he is not as good (but can still do) [[PHP]] and [[MySQL]]. As of now, he has two projects that he is currently working on, one of those being a PHP/MySQL based Photo Album for The Elite.
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− | You can find all of his released work here [http://www.rl6.org/~curbsy Kirby's Web Pages].
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− | == Magic: The Gathering ==
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− | An avid [[Magic: The Gathering]] player since 1997 or so, his [http://essentialmagic.com/Collections/Search.asp?ID=74341 collection] of cards is amazing. With a grand total of 2,175 cards that are worth $906.75 dollars, you can't deny it! While having only player in one serious [[tournament]], he placed in the Top 8, and would have continued to play if he hadn't been out of time. Dan really looks forward to playing Magic in tournaments now, and tries to get into every one he can.
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Daniel Nicholas "Kirby" Peterson
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Daniel Nicholas "Kirby" Peterson (also known as "danp" by friends) has never been active in The Elite. He found out about The Elite through Zerg, who was obsessed with it in middle school, when Daniel didn't give a shit and would listen to him ramble on about "Boss", "YE", "Come", and "Ngamer". Eventually, around 8th grade, he actually joined the forms and posted randomly, which he still does to this date. Rarely playing either GE or PD, he is unranked and isn't bothered by it. Daniel has a few friends in The Elite, and will not be attending the 2009 Summer Meet Up.
His birthday is also listed incorrectly in the Elite Birthday Listing.