Greetings everyone, and thanks for having me!  

Brutal or some variant is a name I have used across many games, MMOs, & platforms over the years dating back further than the Internet (yea i'm that old).  Names have a huge significance for me, and I tend to do a lot of research and pick my names carefully.

That being said, here is some info about the name:
 - Brutale (French) - Noun - brutale f (plural brutales), female equivalent of brutal.

HISTORY: 
I started playing EQ back in 2000 during Kunark as a Ranger & then started 2 boxing a cleric until I was 4-5 boxing during Planes of Power.  I raided as a main tank healer in EQ until I left the game in early 2004 during the Gates of Discord expansion after burnout from leading 2 guilds and raiding hardcore 5-6 days per week 5-7 hours per day.

I swore off gaming for a while not wanting to pay to play or give up too much real life, yet the bug bit me again.  I went back to school to finish off some IT certifications when the teacher and his brother tapped me on the shoulder to join them in playing World of Warcraft beta.  I tried to be more casual but ended up starting a new guild with friends on Aerie Peak the day it opened as the casual thing just wasn't enough.  I played a Warrior main tank and guild leader hardcore until some time in 2009 half way through the Wrath of the Lich King expansion.  At this time, I needed a break again.  After being away, I logged back into WoW in 2011 during the Cataclysm era and played casually until early 2013 when I decided WoW wasn't my thing anymore.

Since then, I have dabbled in SWtoR, Rift, Neverwinter, Tanks, Guild Wars 2, and even some private WoW servers.  After reconnecting with some old online friends doing the private WoW servers, we ended up here with the 20th anniversary release of Mangler.

I can be a bit of an alt-o-holic, so if anyone is leveling other characters hit me up, I can always use help leveling.

/OOC
In real life, my name is Mike and I live in Michigan near Ann Arbor.  I have worked in the IT industry for decades and probably spend way to much money keeping my rig (computers) on the cutting edge, especially for this game.

If you haven't figured it out by now, Robark has been a real life friend, lives down the street, since the mid 1990s, and Razzax was in one of my Warcraft hardcore guilds; we are close friends.

I am enjoying this guild,its people, and how quickly I am making new friends!

 

Last edited by Brutale (5/16/2019 8:19 am)