Glamdring the Banhammer
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| Username: | Glamdring the Banhammer |
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| Also known as: | Glamdring_the_Foehammer (formerly) |
| Status: | MTGS User Former World Project Leader |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | March 1, 1990 |
| Join Date: (MTGS) | 02-08-2006 |
Glamdring the Banhammer is an influential member on MTG Salvation. He has run two World Projects in the Colosseum and is a onetime clan leader of [499]. He is also currently an Administrator on Coloholics Anonymous and runs numerous projects and games there; he rarely posts on MTG Salvation.
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[edit] Online activity
Jeff spends much of his time on the Internet, and he is fluent in over four different forms of "1337". One day, during his TA (teacher's assistant) block in school, he had nothing to do; so he went into the library and did what he always does in that case: Browse the Internet. Being an avid Magic fan, he started Google-searching for wallpapers, when he came across an image hosted by MTG Salvation. It was a player profile card for clan Dimir. As unsigned-in guests do not have permission to view the Clans forum on MTG Salvation, he signed up as "Glamdring_the_Foehammer", an original name he claims to have created himself. He requested to join Clan Dimir, since it was they who had attracted him to the site to begin with. Their leader, PurpleD, denied him entry because of a lack of 30 posts. He instead went to the clan based off his favorite guild of Ravnica: the Golgari. Instantly approved for membership, he swore a joking oath to destroy Dimir. He quickly went around the clans, asking for friendship. A couple turned him down, one even tried to get him warned for "posting without permission"; but most accepted him as a friend, including one that would be a large portion of his future on MTG Salvation: the Selesnya Conclave clan. There he met one who would become one of his closest online friends, Good&Evil (whose real name is Calvin Cassar). He spent most of his time posting in clans, and replying to whatever Magic rulings questions he could before a rules guru got to them.
Then he met his ultimate nemesis, yet a powerful ally at the same time (Though ironically The Fallen Evincar usually failed to notice Glamdring and had been a respected member for years before. He never actually regarded Glamdring worth of a "nemesis" position.). The Fallen Evincar started spam-advertising Robot Jesus (Robot Jesus being TFE's own clan holding the record for one of the most popular clans of all time) in the clans he was friended in, including Selesnya. He responded jokingly, saying it was an 'evil mind-trick, don't fall for it'. He responded jokingly by offering Gwen Stefani and Angelina Jolie falling from the sky; it escalated into more than a joke - at least for Jeff. He had never been out-argued before, especially if it was nothing more than a simple joke argue. The two started spamming nearly every clan they were both friends of, Jeff trying to ascertain more friends than TFE and his "Robot Jesus" to which TFE responded with "Who are you again?" He couldn't believe he was actually getting irritated over something so stupid. Finally, it died down.
Eventually, Jeff became very irritated at the Golgari's lack of posting, which leader Jack_Cain said was what it meant to be a Golgari, metaphorically: a dead thread occasionally brought to life with a few posts. Jeff disagreed; he thought a clan should always be active. He severely wanted to join with with his good friends in the Selesnya, but he was intensely loyal, not wishing to disband from something he agreed to be apart of. During these times of inactivity, he increased his posting in the quick reply game section. From his other frequented site, Giantitp.com, he brought over a few great games. "Stabbity Death", "Your Wish is Granted with a Twist", and a few more that were not as popular. Getting somewhat bored with the site, with his clan being completely inactive, he sent a message to his nemesis, TFE, asking what forum section was cool, since he had so many posts. He told Jeff to go to the Colosseum. So he went, liked what he found, and joined many World Projects. First it was Between Heaven and Hell, then The Tools Called Ninja. He enjoyed several quests in the main forum too. Finally, Shadow Agent, Rodyle, and Aethershunt created his favorite WP of all time, Beyond the White Light. He spent all of his time in summer school posting in there, rather than doing his work. Which didn't matter anyway, since he did the 4 weeks of work in 4 days.
By this time, Glamdring the Foehammer had requested my name be changed 5 times, all denied by the administrators. He asked because it turned out that his name had been used before, in The Lord of the Rings, and he hates The Lord of the Rings.
In any case, Moxman, Good&Evil, Wessel and Jeff all started thinking about a new clan, since there was no clan left for him; it was clan [499]. Then came Tipsy Tilter's hit quest, the Colosseum Town Project. Jeff loved it, and spend so much time playing in CTP, that his post count increased by 1000 in just over 2 days. Then came the banning of TFE. Jeff had been waiting for it, and was really happy when it happened. But he also realized that it would seriously wound the Colosseum. Additionally, at about that time, he had been made a WM leader of The Tools Called Ninja.
Then TFE went off to make Coloholics Anonymous, and Tipsy Tilter went with him. Tipsy Tilter got banned for "staying only to pick a fight", and Jeff was doing everything in his power to keep the Colosseum alive.
However, then Shadow Agent moved Beyond The White Light over to CA, and Jeff knew he had to keep his fill of BTWL, so he moved with it, still trying to keep his loyalties with the colo of MTGS. But he felt his loyalties were split dramatically. Jeff decided that there was no future for The Colloseum on MTGS, be he knew CA was very promising, and not about to die anytime soon, and had the most important thing to him: Beyond The White Light. His time split, it demanded more creativity from him in all the quests he hosted.
At around this time Glamdring the Foehammer's name was changed, as he requested, to Glamdring the Banhammer.
[edit] Present
Then, World Projects on MTGS started dropping like flies. In a matter of days, the only WPs on MTGS Jeff could recognize were, from his first day, Between Heaven and Hell, which received very little activity from its mod, and The Tools Called Ninja, of which he was now the sole swamped mod for. He finally give up on trying to bring the MTGS colo back to life, but will always give it his support if a quest came up that he would enjoy.
And with that, he was made a moderator of Coloholics Anonymous (Modding Clans and Just Magic) by Tipsy Tilter and A Papaya, previously known as A Banana on MTGS (Also the author of this article). He is still the leader of clan [499] on MTGSalvation, and will always support it until "it falls with dignity".
Jeff currently mods a large quest on Coloholics Anonymous called "Gamer's Prayer" under the name of Jeff as well as numerous other projects, though he still sometimes posts on MTGSalvation.
[edit] Biography
Jeff was born in Colorado Springs, CO. At a young age, his family was torn apart by his "papa's" obsessive drug abuse and lying when he was too young to understand it; since that age, his father was his hero, but he and his mother moved back to Manitou Springs after living in Lahunta for a few years with his father. When he was just a kid, his father was taken from him and jailed, and Jeff was deeply shocked and went through many a therapy session until he was normal (in his own words, "I was the meanest little bastard you knew. I only smiled ONCE in that entire period of time, no exaggeration. Looking back, I know I had a great family that loved me, but I didn't care. I wanted papa, but he was in jail."). However, then his father came back into his life once again, only to leave for the same reasons, which hurt him even more. Jeff now lives in Colorado Springs with his mother and her new fiancé, and is very happy. He attends Manitou Springs High School.
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Has a puppy named Nibbles whom he loves very much.
- At age 14, he received a truck for his birthday. He now loves driving, but hates that everyday somebody wants him to do something for them, since its a pickup truck.
- He falls in love with just about every girl he meets, unless they're valley girls, which piss him off to no extent.
- He's only had one real girlfriend in his life.
- He's independently studied over 14 martial arts, such as karate, hapkido, and jujutsu.
