Roll Call

Dave, 22, Phd student in Imaging Science at RIT (so the bills don't get paid..yet). I enjoy fencing, puzzles and games.

I'm Andrew (usually go by Andy), 38, and I came to Rochester as an RIT student in 1989 and haven't left. Was through a couple majors at RIT before settling into "Information Technology"... Liked Bricks so much that I stayed on as a Grad Student and a Professor/Lecturer before going to work for WXXI Public Broadcasting on web stuff (http://wxxi.org is my "domain"). And even though WXXI is the media partner, I'm completely in the dark about anything to do with the codes, etc for the game, so don't try to hit me up for inside clues! :)

Matt, 29, Grew up in ROC, went to RIT for Film/Video, lived in NYC for a while, moved back here. Now I manage a charity. In the rest of my time, I do a little bit of everything - literally. Hobby du jour: Scuba.

Heather. (36) My son Tyler (14) and I are a team for this game.
I am a healer and that pays the bills as well as Sign Language interpreting and teaching.
I am lucky enough to LOVE all my jobs! :)

I started this game to spend more time with my son... but have loved the challenges and the demand to think again! :)

I am looking forward to meeting some of you Tuesday! :)

Margo, 38. Grew up in Rochester, got my BA in Geneseo, then disappeared into the midwest for 7 years. Received an MS Ed while out there. Returned to Rochester in 2000. I'm a naturalist, so getting families and kids outside and enjoying the world around them is my passion. I'm also a member of the Rochester Curling Club. Curling is a great sport, you should try it!

Rebecca. Have almost been promoted to senior citizen status. Moved to Rochester a little over 2 years ago. Hang out a lot at RIT. Love computer adventure games - remember Monkey Island, anyone? - pinch me that I find myself in an adventure game in real life!

Luigi 21, RIT student. I am not sure what to call my major because i kind of made it up at this point. I do photography, web design,graphic design, print media, and business for my major @.@.

I love culture, most of the arts, and video games. I will also try just about anything once because u do only live once.

My real name is Sarah (got the name g0bsm4ck3d from watching too much Dr. Who). I am 20, and I'll be turning 21 later this month. I am a marketing student at RIT and I plan to graduate in May with my bachelors. I enjoy business but my passions are in nerdy hobbies like video games, scifi/fantasy (books/movies/TV), and art in all other forms. I have never been all that fond of Rochester, but picture the impossible is really making me appreciate it (now I don't think I want to leave)!

My name is Erin. I'm also an Imaging Science major at RIT - I'll be finishing my bachelor's in February, and then it's off to ITT Space Systems. I was born and bred in Greece, NY - and I love that I'm learning things about Rochester that I never knew!

My name is also Erin, and I'm a 3rd year Computer Science major at RIT. I became addicted to puzzles this summer and was really excited to be able to continue with them back at school. I'm having a lot of fun walking around the city and doing the scavenger hunts. :)

Henrietta, AARP member, retired software engineer. I love hiking, kayaking, biking, doing stuff with the family. There are other members of Foster Family, but I do the heavy lifting. I'll miss this game when it ends. Oh, and the guy to the left is Max, part beagle, part aussie, all puppy.

My name is Jonas, I came to Rochester to get my PhD in Comp. Sci. at to the U of R. Now I'm a researcher at Xerox playing around with virtual worlds and interested in other forms of "social media" as well.

I'm John (Erac Laicos is another simple puzzle for you to solve related to the purpose of PTI, but it doesn't have any points associated with it). RIT professor in environmental management. I'm so adjusting to a PTI lifestyle, I'm getting nervous about it ending in a few more weeks. Might need to get into the gaming business.

Athena, 5+ year Computer Engineering student at RIT, working on completing my thesis. PTI is an awesome means at avoiding my thesis (don't tell my adviser). Even though I have live in Rochester for 5 years, through PTI I have realized how Rochester retarded I was. I think I have visited the "city" more times in the past 4 weeks then in the last 5 years. Sad I know.

Hi, I'm Ken. I just finished my Masters in Computer Engineering at RIT in August. Now I work at Harris RF in Rochester. Life seems to slow down a lot when you're not spending every waking moment on school work. I am really excited about this game because it is a way to have something to do and be positive and constructive. My hobbies include reading news, walking/swimming, and recently took up learning to play the guitar.

Hey everyone, I'm David. I finished my BS/MS degrees at RIT in Januaray (in Computer Science), and I'm now working as a Software Engineer in Syracuse. My girlfriend originally dragged me into this game (she's thena444, the CE above), but it's been a lot of fun so far so I'm glad for it. My (other) hobbies include watching too much TV, video games (ODST!) and reading... but puzzles are always fun too.

Also, I haven't posted too much on these forums, but I am hanging around keeping tabs on things. Thanks for all the help so far with finding these crazy Easter Egg achievements (especially you, Dev)!

Hi, my real name's Richard Senft. I'm a second year Game Design and Development Student at RIT. I started this because my roommate pressured me into joining him, but it's been a lot of fun so far. I'm really happy that I can now drive around Rochester city and actually know my way around. I just wish I could put more time into the weekly challenges...project classes eat up too much of my time.

I'm Ariane. I am an alum of UR and RIT, and now work for the Simon School at UR. My boyfriend (Mayday) and I were really into this game originally, but since I travel a lot for work, we're now out of the running for perfect points. And, since we can't make the gala, that was our best motivation! I still like to do what we can though :)

im tyler 1 part of mother and son i am 14 in the IB program in the Rochester city schools and am stuck on week 5 sliders i like to play games but school comes first

I'm Ryan, 27, and I'm a Nursing student at MCC. I'm an aspiring Nurse Practitioner or PA, and this is my first step in that direction.

I work at a group home for people with developmental disabilities.

I'm an avid indoorsman, and I love enjoying the weather, as long as a pane of glass is between me and it. I enjoy almost every medium of gaming, and learning new languages. ASL is my current obsession, and it's one I think I'll keep for life.

I'm Joanne, a chem major from UoR. Just starting out my freshmen year around here, enjoying meeting all the new people and doing kendo and ballroom dancing. I love puzzles and ARGs too much so I felt really lucky that Rochester had an ARG-type thing going on.

Bump

Last chance before the forum is locked to add your mark to the Watch and tell everyone a little about yourself.

(plus a shameless plug for my website: http://web.me.com/igator210/My_Life/Welcome.html )

I'm Maureen- a former high school math teacher. I retired from that in 2002, went back to work teaching math at a local private school. retired from that, and went back- for four years as the secular studies director. I have just retired for the third - and final-time- and am loving the free time to read, travel , visit family and take up new hobbies. When I studied programming in the late 60's and early 70's at the U of R. the computers were huge and we used punch cards! Times have changed, but my love for puzzles has not. PTI has been terrific and I eagerly look forward to the next one. Thanks to all for such an amazing- and addictive- experience!

I am Lee, 52 and a Research Scientist in Chemistry and Materials. I love puzzles (I have designed a puzzle which is commercial Google: Holey Megaminx), geocaching, traveling and too many other hobbies to name.

I'm Susan. (Lucy Louisa is my puppy. She let me use her name.) I took early retirement from the City of Rochester a couple of years ago, and I have fun traveling, working on neighborhood issues in my City neighborhood, running a farmers' market. Up to now my puzzle experience consisted of sudoku, nurikabe, sometimes kakuro and crosswords. What a blast this game has been!

Hmmm, I swear I posted this before, but don't see it in this thread.

Jared Lyon, 31, RIT staff. I like doing puzzles and playing other mind games. I also did the Imagine RIT domino video that was passed around a bit last May.
http://vimeo.com/4313226

Also, I run a fan festival for the early 90s TV show Twin Peaks. The festival airs where the show was filmed in Snoqualmie, Washington, just 40 minutes west from where Northern Exposure started filmed a few months later. You can even see me interviewed and touring people around on the complete series DVD set. :)

And those are the two interesting things about me.

I've got a website too:
http://www.jaredlyon.com/