extremestan
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| Username: (on MTGS Wiki) | Extremestan |
|---|---|
| Username: | extremestan |
| Status: | MTGS User |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | December 14, 1982 |
| Join Date: (MTGS) | 01-02-2005 |
Stan Patton, sometimes known as extremestan, has been a member of MTG Salvation since January 2, 2005.
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[edit] Personal information
[edit] Life
Stan lives in Eugene, Oregon with his wife Kerry and his cat Riker. He enjoys watching movies, playing games of all sorts, and going out to eat with friends.
[edit] Game development
[edit] Profession
Stan is a game designer for Buzz Monkey Software, though he started as a programmer. His credits can be found in games such as NFL Street 3 for PS2, Tomb Raider Legend for PSP, Tomb Raider Anniversary for Wii, PS2 and PSP, and Tomb Raider Underworld for Wii and PS2. He has been a professional game developer for over four years, and recently finished working on Tony Hawk: Ride for Wii.
[edit] Hobby
Stan has been building video games as a hobby since the age of seven, initially working on the Commodore VIC-20, then on the PC using QuickBASIC and Klik & Play, and finally into college where he learned C++ and 3D programming. He has hundreds of hobby projects under his belt, including Rinth Island 3D Demo and the in-progress GemRogue.
In June of 2009, Stan won Microsoft's Dobbs Challenge Deuce Silverlight game development contest with BlockRogue, a procedurally generated, Sokoban-like puzzle game.
[edit] Online activity
[edit] Debate
Stan's MTG Salvation activity has been limited almost exclusively to the debate subforums. There he is one of the most prominent Christian apologists, but with a unique and nuanced set of beliefs, including:
- Theism
- Prima Scriptura (as opposed to sola Scriptura)
- Theistic evolution
- Local-scope Noachic Deluge
- Functionalism
- Determinism and Deterministic Compatibilism
- "Imperics," a metaethical system derived from consequentialism
- Tempered political secularism
Stan was voted MTG Salvation's Best Debater of 2008.
[edit] Good Gamery
Stan is the head administrator at the Magic humor site Good Gamery, where he is known as "paz" -- this stands for "Pagans & Zealots," his first card game creation. He is the lead moderator, a frequent content contributor, and custodian of the self-updating Magic web comic, Pro MTG Online.
[edit] Magical Activity
[edit] Competition
Stan's favorite formats are Block and Standard, and tournament successes over the past 8 years have earned him a Constructed DCI rating of 1878 as of January 6, 2009. Notable finishes include:
- 9th place (5-0-2 Swiss) at 2008 Oregon States
- 10th place (5-1-1 Swiss) at 2008 Oregon PTQ Berlin
- 18th place (5-2-1 Swiss) at 2006 Oregon Regionals
- 11th place (6-2-0 Swiss) at 2005 Oregon Regionals
- 3rd place (5-0-2 Swiss) at 2003 Oregon PTQ New Orleans (StarCity Games article)
- Numerous FNM wins
[edit] External links
- Stan Means Rock, Stan's philosophy and religion blog
- Stan's MySpace
- Good Gamery Magic humor site, of which Stan is head administrator
- Pro MTG Online web comic, of which Stan is custodian
