This month's Tainter of the Month is undoubtedly full of Taint! Everyone join in on congratulating Hilin for the first Tainter of the Month for this decade! If you're not aware, Hilin is always willing to lend a hand for the guild -- both playing and otherwise! One of the creators of our beloved Taint2Taint addon (extreme hat tip to BobbyTomatoSeed, the other developer!), and all the incredible work he does for his raid group, Taint of Madness, Hilin you definitely are deserving of Tainter of the Month!
What's your real name?Jean-Philippe (JP) Sugarbroad
Where are you from? Where can we stalk you irl?From? Oh, wow. I was born in Ottawa, Canada, but have lived in more places than I care to count, both in North America and Europe. Most of the time I say I'm from Texas, having spent more time in Austin, TX than in any other place. Currently I live in Seattle, which is awesome. *waves to all the Seattle people*
Who are your toons?Hilin, Haelin, Hakkal, Hulak, Holran, Hernd. Haelin (my DK) is actually funny -- I hit Random Name until I saw one I liked, changed the first letter to H, and went with it. Wasn't until later when someone pointed it out that I realized that I'd picked out a similar name to my main. Why all H's? Because after my first two characters both had H in the front I decided to stick with it.
What role do you play?Isn't that a bit private? *grin* My main Hilin is primarily a resto shaman, although I've been known to tank, melee, and ranged dps as needed. I guess you could call me versatile.
How old are you? (or alternatively, how old do you feel or what is the age do you tell your many fans when you're breaking their hearts?)Almost 30. My birthday is March 1st, you can all send your condolences.
What do you do for a living?Software engineering. Yes, this means I spend way too much time every day staring at a computer screen. No, I will not fix your computer. Not even for a blowjob.
Do you have any hobbies outside of WoW?I play a regular game of Shadowrun (tabletop roleplay) with a bunch of friends of mine. Other than that, not really. I r boring.
Are you single? If not, what website did you meet him/her?Nope. Met my <3 (James (Kirhna, Aelimar)) on Dragonrealms, an old-school text MUD, of all places. I decided to try it out after seeing an Escapist article about it. Dragonrealms itself sucked. But (some of) the people turned out to be awesome, obviously.
How did you find Taint?My Austin friends were in it. I was tired of EVE and CoH and considering heading back to WoW again, since that was what they were playing. As usual, they stopped playing shortly after I started (plus they were on the East Coast so the times were difficult to sync up), but Taint turned out to be awesome.
What has been your most memorable/favorite moment in Taint?Honestly? Getting an out-of-the blue private thread entitled "Tainter of the Month".
Who is your biggest Taint crush(es)?You want me to *pick*? Are you mad?
Tell us a secret about yourself.If I did that, it wouldn't be a secret, would it? Find me in person and I'll tell you a secret. *grin*
If you could be any monster or NPC in WoW, what would you be?Thrall, if only so I could get him some new gear. Seriously -- the guy's level 500 (brownie points to anyone who remembers this) and is still wearing that old piece-of-crap set!
Is there anything you'd like to say to your peeps in Taint?Say hi if you see me online! I don't bite, unless you ask nicely. Oh, and <3s to my ToM people, as well as our friends in HoT!
