☠ MASQ ☠
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(Did I mention I have over a million points in Computer Games...?)


                                       
                 
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† - Thanks Miriam :)

Please remember I'm in the UK, I may not be ignoring you - I might just be asleep!  
Also this isn't my day job so sometimes I might get distracted - feel free to prod me with a reminder!

Try: MASQ @ http://www.alteraction.com/ (NC-17 rating)

Read more on MASQUERAID's legendary coffee habit ...
http://www.masqueraid.net/coffee

EE's Original Games Master

My first computer - Kit built M6800 with paper tape loaded OS  :)
https://web.archive.org/web/20160316100830/http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/swtpc_6800.htm

Check those suspicious files against multiple definition databases with one click:
http://www.virustotal.com/

Lost the manual for your game?  Try: http://www.replacementdocs.com/

Lounge Lore:
Following a particularly successful Mugatron I had the dubious privilege of abbreviating one of the Lizard's names to a mere sigil:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/24624268/50Hz-Guest-Mugatron-7.html?anchorAnswerId=25028560#a25028560

Owner of the intellectual copyright on "GNUflect® - The Open Source Thank You"
(I wrote all the code myself!)

And for those of you that like statistics - 74th Expert to reach 5 Million points (08/28/2011) - 2nd highest ranking expert ever not to have a Genius Certificate (That prize goes to PeteLong! :)) In March 2013 I made 6m points and was ranked ... 74th!  It's tough swimming upstream!  7m reached in April 2015

November 2022 - 11M Points and soon to be ranked 57th overall - I'm clearly in no rush!
November 2023 - 12M




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