Alowishus

Alowishus is a user of the forums on SydLexia.com. He tends to frequent the Video Game, Movies and Music forums the most and sometimes visits General Discussion and Television.

Origins

Arrival

Alowishus first found the site after seeing a link posted in a thread on 4chan in which awesome websites were listed. After reading a few articles and seeing the interest in retro gaming within the forum community Alowishus decided to sign on up.

Username

Alowishus is one of the few usernames that he uses both as forum usernames and gaming IDs - Mainly for online games notably Starcraft, Red Alert 2 and character names in WoW.

The name originates from a likening he took to the name after listening to the song My Name is Mud by one of his favorite bands Primus:

My name is Mud, but call me Alowishus Devadander Abercrombie

Alowishus likes to use the short form or Mud.

Interests

Music

Since his early teens Alowishus has had a deep interest and passion for music. He loves lots of genres of music but his favorite genres of music are:

• Alternative Rock/Metal
• Funk Rock/Metal
• Jazz
• Post-Hardcore
• Noise Rock
• Grunge

He plays three musical instruments: Drums, Bass Guitar (4 and 6 stringed) and Guitar. He played bass guitar and on the very rare occasion drums for his school big band.

Video Games

Alowishus also has an interest in gaming most notably retro gaming. He got his first games console when he was 4 years old (a SNES). He now has a PS1, PS2, Gamecube, Wii, PC and recently obtained a Sega Megadrive (Genesis) and Nintendo 64. He used to own an Apple Mac which was his families first computer they bought in 1993. It later burnt out and stopped working.

The games he enjoys playing include:

• Medievil series
• Starcraft (even thought he still sucks at it)
• Warcraft series - RTS
• World of Warcraft
• Rollercoaster Tycoon 1/2
• Crash Team Racing
• Crash Nitro Kart
• Quackshot
• Hitman series
• Resident Evil series
• The occasional FF game
• Various point and click games - Day of the tentacle

TV and Film

Alowishus doesn't have a favorite film but enjoys the genres of Sci-fi, Horror, Action and Comedy. He prefers witty/sarcastic humor. His favorite TV shows are Red Dwarf, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and Third Rock From The Sun. He also has a space in his heart for Cartoons notably Peanuts.

Books

Alowishus doesn't read too much these days but he adores Dr Seuss.

Current Life

Alowishus is in his second year of university studying Geography in his hometown in Ireland.

Life Goals

• Eat a whole cake by himself
• Walk into Sandyknowes Roundabout to see what it is inside it.

Watch this space!