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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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=== Half-Life ===
 
=== Half-Life ===
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]], and will argue that it is true. 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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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.
  
 
=== Counter-Strike ===
 
=== Counter-Strike ===
 
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.
 
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.
  
 
== Web Development ==
 
== Web Development ==
Dan does lots of web development in his free time, although 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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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.
 
 
You can find all of his released work here [http://www.rl6.org/~curbsy]
 
 
 
=== School ===
 
  
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You can find all of his released work here [http://www.rl6.org/~curbsy Kirby's Web Pages].
  
 
== Magic: The Gathering ==
 
== 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.
  
 
[[Category:People]]
 
[[Category:People]]
 
[[Category:Eliters]]
 
[[Category:Eliters]]

Revision as of 05:04, 14 August 2007

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Dan "Kirby" Peterson

Biography

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.

StarCraft

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.

Nicknames

A few nicknames that Dan has earned are curbsy, Kirby, and curbstomp. The last two being from none other than Ngamer himself.

VALVe Software

Half-Life

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.

Counter-Strike

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.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two

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.

Web Development

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.

You can find all of his released work here Kirby's Web Pages.

Magic: The Gathering

An avid Magic: The Gathering player since 1997 or so, his 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.