Dil's 3023 GM Spotlight (1,294 views)

[dilworth]

lol @ bankz getting a noise violation for blasting Enrique Iglesias

[Face-in]

I liked Bailamos. And I appreciate Bankz listing half the artists that are in his iTunes library.

[Bankz]

Sept 17, 2015 20:29:30 GMT -6 Face-in said:

I liked Bailamos. And I appreciate Bankz listing half the artists that are in his iTunes library.

You ask for a list of 4 I send 20... Its what I do

[Jerry West]

[Bankz]

You know what pisses me off... a GM in this league is 90 minutes from me and has yet to make plans to visit me at my Shop... Feelings are hurt

[Face-in]

I haven't been to Lancaster in about 15 years but I'll have to come up soon to eat some pizza and podcast.

[Jerry West]

GM: Jerry West
Age: 28
Height: 6'3''
Weight: 228
Hometown: Rochester, MN
Current town: Des Moines, IA

Did you play sports growing up? Explain:

Played just about everything except hockey. Played football and basketball in HS.

Where did you go to college?

Iowa State University

What did you study?

History and Economics w/ Education

What do you do?

Pseudo Administrator at a HS

Name up to three other jobs you have had:

Worked a gas station in HS
Worked for a safety equipment store in College
Helped run youth basketball tournaments for 5 years as a side job

Relationship status:

Married

Kids?

Nope

Do you have a criminal record? Explain:

No, and no speeding tickets as of now

Tell us about two of your non-sim hobbies:

Currently in Grad School so that takes up a good portion of my time. Otherwise I enjoy watching about as many sporting events as possible and enjoying drinking as many different beers as I can find.

Name four of your favorite bands that give people a good idea of your music taste:

Ace of Base (My parents gave me a tape of The Sign before a 2 week family vacation to the East Coast circa 1994. I pretty much listened to the walkman for at least 3 hours each day and still almost know every word to the whole album)
Elton John
The Rolling Stones
STP

Biggest pet peeve:

Lack of intelligence. I would hate me if the sim GM version of me was the real life me.

Where do you see yourself in ten years?

No idea, as long as I providing for myself and family while staying happy I will be just fine.

Best advice you've ever gotten:

Know what are your strengths and weaknesses. Then surround yourself with people who cover your weaknesses.


*Bonus Question*
Do you wish Ian was still here?

Sure, I had no issues with the guy. I enjoyed his stories of Fogo De Chao and China. Found his uptight persona amusing at times as well.

[ANK1990]

My favorite part of Bankz' answer is the abrupt segue from getting arrested for throwing his GF out of a moving car to liking jigsaw puzzles.

[Odin]

GM: Odin
Age: 25
Height: 6'10"
Weight: 305
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Current town: Birmingham, AL
Did you play sports growing up? Explain:
- Baseball, Basketball, Soccer growing up. Basketball, Football, Golf in HS.
Where did you go to college?
- University of Roll Tide
What did you study?
- Religious Studies/English double major with enough prereqs for Med School, aka paid for 3 years of classes and went to none of them
What do you do?
- Get high
Name up to three other jobs you have had:
- Pizza Hut  
- Bar Security
- Concert Venue Security
Relationship status:
- single
Kids?
- pass
Do you have a criminal record? Explain:
- Traffic shit but nothing major
Tell us about two of your non-sim hobbies:
- Marijuana
- Bungie's MMOFPSRPG Destiny, and other video games sometimes 
Name four of your favorite bands that give people a good idea of your music taste:
- Between the Buried and Me
- Artificial Brain
- Mastodon
- Native Construct
Biggest pet peeve:
- Extroverts  
- Loudness
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
- At the very least I'd like to be in a different state.
Best advice you've ever gotten:
- Never stick anything bigger than your elbow in your ear.


*Bonus Question*
Do you wish Ian was still here?
- Emphatically yes

[Citizen Cane]

Added my hobbies

[eric]

Sept 17, 2015 20:29:30 GMT -6 Face-in said:

I liked Bailamos. And I appreciate Bankz listing half the artists that are in his iTunes library.

What's crazy is that he also released a song called Bailando which is completely different, much better, and didn't chart nearly as well. Thanks a lot, Obama.

[dilworth]

surprised no one has talked about kn's five-hour walks..

[Souper Troopers]

GM: Soup
Age: 33
Height: 6-4", 6-7" in heels
Weight: Too Fat
Hometown: Kennedale, TX
Current town: Alvarado, TX (same as my last name, pronounced differently)

Did you play sports growing up? Yes Explain:

Football, Baseball, Basketball growing up. Stopped baseball after junior high. Moved up to varsity football my freshman year, started my soph year before I got hurt and never played again. Started 2 years varsity for basketball, first team all district senior year. Went to Texas Wesleyan(D2 at the time) to pursue basketball. Realized 6'4" post isnt going to cut it. That D2 team was nationally ranked.

Where did you go to college?
Texas Wesleyan for 2 years

What did you study?

was still going through my basics, was planning on some sort math

What do you do?

Manage an oilfield supply store

Name up to three other jobs you have had:

- bouncer at a bar while in college
- worked at a hardware store as well. we set up a 8ft basketball goal in the back and used to play 2v2. it was so awesome.
- managed telemarketers for a pest control company. i used to jump on and fuck with callers all the time.

Relationship status:
single

Kids?
0, i wouldn't be against it though.

Do you have a criminal record? Explain:
no not really, dodged some huge bullets.

Tell us about two of your non-sim hobbies:
I manage a baseball team. "oh, little league?" No, fantasy.
Before football season started, I was playing Fifa quite a bit. GO SUNDERLAND!

Name four of your favorite bands that give people a good idea of your music taste:
Thrice, The Used, Jimmy Eat World, Mumford and Sons

Biggest pet peeve:
when people use words/phrases like "like" or "you know what i mean" several times during a conversation

Where do you see yourself in ten years?
Commishing a sim basketball league, living with Dirt.

Best advice you've ever gotten:
Early is on time, on time is late, late in unacceptable


*Bonus Question*
Do you wish Ian was still here?
very much so, from shout to sim, he was always there for you

[KwYawnza]

Bunch of creeps.

[[Account Deleted]]

GM: Rob Simmigan aka JHB aka Serge aka JeremyLambsFace aka Uncle Stephen aka Paddington Beard
Age: 24
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 330
Hometown: Rock Hill, SC
Current town: Houston, TX
Did you play sports growing up? Explain:
- Football and baseball until high school, church basketball until I graduated, threw discus and shot in HS
Where did you go to college?
- Univesity of South Carolina (Honors College)
What did you study?
- Global Supply Chain and Operations Management, Finance (Investments Focus), minor in Poli Sci
What do you do?
- Distribution Center Floor Manager
Name up to three other jobs you have had:
- Project Manager and Management Trainee w/ my current company
- Sourcing Analyst Internship
- South Carolina Senate Page
Relationship status:
- Recently started dating someone
Kids?
- not any time soon
Do you have a criminal record? Explain:
- No record, charges for destruction of property during a beach weekend in college dropped
Tell us about two of your non-sim hobbies:
- Hanging out with Devine IRL - we've gone drinking in Midtown or Astros game a couple times since he moved to Houston, otherwise I'm mostly at work, trying to pick up golfing again but don't have the time
Name four of your favorite bands that give people a good idea of your music taste:
- Led Zeppelin, DMB, Stone Temple Pilots, Kendrick Lamar/Schoolboy Q/Black Hippy
Biggest pet peeve:
- stupidity
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
- married, kids, still climbing the corporate ladder. Ideally a promotion to a corporate position so I can move to Charleston, SC and buy a boat to fish offshore in my spare time
Best advice you've ever gotten:
- The only battle is against yourself.


*Bonus Question*
Do you wish Ian was still here?
- don't care

[KwYawnza]

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