User:OniellFord



Greetings, programs!

I am Oniell Ford (pronounced "Oh neel") and I am a long time video gamer aspiring to one day become a Computer Programmer or a Video Game Developer. I'm fairly new to editing Wiki's and still trying to get the hang of it, as well as learning and abiding by the rules. I'm a fan of classic music from the 1800's to 1980's, along with a few modern songs (I can be quite picky.)

I am a believer in the Christian faith. I have been one since I was only a tyke, but have drifted on and off throughout my life. Most people will probably shun me because they believe I'll try to force my religion down their throats. Well, like the Guide always says, Don't Panic! I have been a victim of other religious zealots trying to do the same to me. So, I believe that everyone has their own opinion on things and I won't judge them or pressure them into conversion.

I'm known for being a very well knowledged fan of Comic Books (Marvel FTW!!) and an Action Hero wannabe. Although I'm nobody's poet, I've been able to come up with a few sayings/one-liners. Don't mean to brag, but I think I'm a little bit more original than 90% of Hollywood these days... Anyway, here are a few.

"What God Loves, Man sadly kills. But what God hates, I kill!"

"They say don't bite the hand that feeds. Well, I don't bite the hand, I eat it!" (I usually use a freaky German accent when saying it. Think of Dr. Edward Richtofen from Call of Duty.)

I absolutely hate this "leet speak" that most people use nowadays. I prefer to use proper English grammar, seeing as how that's what I learned from going to school.

You want to know how I became a Fallout fan, huh? Okay. It's pretty long, mind you. I think you might get sore eyes from reading or fall asleep at the keyboard, but here goes. When I was really young, I always saw pictures of the covers for Fallout 1 & 2. I thought "Wow! Those are some extreme looking suits of armor!" The covers always captured my attention. My father then was able to download demos of various games on his Macintosh (yeah, we are a retro family. Hehehe.) He downloaded Fallout, but thought it was terribly boring and deleted it. He was used to the old GoldenEye 64 and Super Mario 64 games, so it didn't exactly fit his style.

Years later, I became a Steam user and befriended a man named Radau. He frequently sends me various songs off of YouTube for me to listen to. One day, he sent me the popular "World Map with Car" song from Fallout 2. Nostalgia struck me, I downloaded the song and obtained a .jpg of the cover art for Fallout 2 for the song as album artwork. The next morning, I woke up and thought "Ya know, I've always heard so much about Fallout throughout my life. I think it's time I gave it a look." Later on in the week, I bought it and fell in love with it.

To this day, Fallout has been a major part of my life and brings back the childhood interests in radiation and nuclear physics. I watched alot of "Godzilla" and "Back To The Future" when I was a kid. xD

I own Fallout 1, Fallout 2, Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. Fallout 1 is still regarded as one of the most difficult games I have ever played. Although I believe Fallout 3 as the game that allowed the Fallout franchise to continue in the modern age, I think rather poorly of them. Bethesda made a great game, yes. But it was nothing compared to the first two games. A watered down plot with hundreds of bugs and glitches is what both FO3 and New Vegas are made of.

I came to The Vault Wiki for tips on Fallout 3 and the background plot development of every FO game. That's when I heard of the legendary "Project V13" and it peaked my interest! I filled out the form on the PV13 teaser site and joined the Interplay forums. Sadly, I found that there were some people (who will go unnamed) that believed PV13 was going to be exactly like Fallout 1, but with online capability. This upset me. Fallout 1 and 2 were popular because they were appropriate for that period in gaming history. Now that the year has entered the 2010's, Fallout 1 and 2 are now regarded as "boring" and should be for Indy development companies. PV13 is not like that. Judging by the Proof of Concept screenshots, it is going to be a MODERN MMO not a 12th century 8-bit game. I know it's not much to go by, but it's proof nonetheless.

Enough of me ranting. I hope I benefit this site the best that I can and satisfy everyone on my edits.

I've wrote a few fan fictions about a character I made in "Champions Online" that was inspired by the Fallout franchise. Recently, I've been thinking of either rebooting them or adapting them for the Fallout games, rather than Champions. I want to know what everyone else thinks. You can take a look at them on my Blogspot, link in my info. They are entitled "Blood & Steel" and, in my opinion, they're not that professional. So don't expect to read an entertaining Hollywood script.

But please, give me your feedback. It'll help me in the long run. Thanks!

My favorite pages

 * The Master
 * Harold
 * Fallout Online