- Name: Michael
- Alias: Saint
- Age: 16
- Birthday: November 14th
- Staff Position: Helper
- When did I join Bay Area: November 2017
- When did I join the staff team: December 3rd, 2017
- Interests: Technology, music, clothes, animals, paintball, and gaming.
- My Background: Well, let's begin. Hi, my name is Michael. I've been on the computer since the age of 2, yes really. My mother was a firm believer of technology being the future and she wanted to make sure I was prepared for such future. Though, I'm pretty sure she did not expect me to take as much of a liking to it as I have. Anyways, let's move on. I discovered my love for gaming at an extremely young age as well. My older brother(I have 4) had the PlayStation 2 Large version. I remember playing games such as Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Guitar Hero, and Grand Theft Auto(this is where I originally played San Andreas and Vice City.) I was only 4 at this time. After a year of playing games with my brother, for my 5th birthday my mom bought me a GameCube for my very first gaming console. I loved that thing, I remember playing Mortal Combat and Excalibur all day and night. I'd think of new combos to try while I was in school. Yes, I was/am a nerd. Then, the inevitable happened. I came home from school one day and ran straight into my bedroom with the hopes of playing my game. To my surprise, the GameCube was nowhere to be seen. I looked everywhere and I couldn't find it. I asked my mom where it was and she said it's wherever I put it last. A few days later, I found out that my old babysitter had stole it and sold it. So me, a game-addicted child, lost his only true joy. I was heart-broken.
- I was 7 years old and I had no outlet for entertainment. I vowed that I would never play another game again. I picked up skateboarding and BMX. I did this for a couple of months, all during this time I was casually playing and messing around with the computer. At this time, I discovered RuneScape. I began slowing down on BMX and Skateboarding and became more indulged into the computer. I began growing an interest for computer gaming. I wanted to make my own game. I began searching the internet for things like, "how to make a game like RuneScape", "games like RuneScape", "how to make a game", and other searches along the same lines. During this time I discovered a few things. I discovered Python, Unity, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Not knowing what any of these are and being the information-hungry person I am, I began researching all of these acronyms. I found out what all of these were and the possibilities of programming. I started out learning HTML because it seemed to be the easiest of all the languages for my little mind to comprehend. After dabbling with the code and following some tutorials for HTML that I found on Google. It literally took me nearly a week to make a basic website that just said "Hello World!". Yet, when I got to see that I can make something from literally nothing it motivated me to continue learning. This is where my interest for graphic design and programming was sparked. Let's move on to my close past.
- It was the start of 2010, I had just turned 8 in November of 2009. I was running around on a Minecraft Classic server when this guy named "xser12" joined. He asked if anybody wanted to come play on his server. I truly did want to play his server, but I knew that I didn't have the full version of Minecraft. I messaged him back saying that I would if I could get Minecraft, but I didn't have any money. He then introduced me to Cracked Minecraft and hooked me up with Skype and Hamachi. I owe this guy my life when it comes to my legacy with PC gaming. Without him, I may have never progressed so far with gaming. Xser introduced me to a couple of his real life friends and those guys and I began playing games everyday together. Xser, those guys and myself are all friends still to this day. Nearly 8 years later. Xser also introduced me to SA-MP. He told me there was a way we can play San Andreas together on the PC and it blew my mind. GTA San Andreas was my favorite game as a child. I beat the single player multiple times. Anyways, that began my SA-MP career. We played Crazy Bob's for about a month before they introduced me to a server called United States Roleplay. US-RP was probably the biggest Medium RP server at the time. I had never roleplayed ever before that, they taught me.
- We all the moved on to PR-RP in 2013, we we're all intrigued by the idea of having such a realistic roleplay standard. We all loved it. From PR-RP, I began experimenting with scripting as I moved onto LS-RP. In between 2014 to now, I've owned multiple communities, developed for quite a few, assisted at least a hundred in getting started, etc. Now, I'm here.
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About Me: Well, as stated twice already, my name's Michael. I am 16 years old, born on November 14th, 2001. I am from Southern Maryland in the United States. I love technology, gaming, music, clothes, helping others, making people laugh, learning new things, and some other stuff. Haha. My favorite music genre is Rap, and I personally find myself listening to more underground artists compared to the new-age ones. I'd consider myself a wanna be hypebeast. By that I mean that I love hypebeast items and I want to be a hypebeast it's just that I don't have hypebeast money. My favorite brand is OFF-WHITE. FTP, Pyrex, Supreme, Bape, and Givenchy are probably my other top 5 favorites. Besides all that, I'm a pretty easy going guy, and I love meeting new people so don't be scared to say hi.
