'This Is My Story'

[Tedius Zanarukando]

This is Tedius Zanarukando. I am an avid fan of Final Fantasy, Sim City, Star Wars, and Fire Emblem. My occupation is warehouse worker. I work at a Walgreens Distribution Center.

I was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on November 8, 1979. Youngest but tallest of three brothers, I was raised in a rather oppressive Jehovah's-Witness household in Laurens County, South Carolina. My father, who is the second of seven siblings, was originally from Detroit, Michigan. My mother, who is the youngest of ten siblings, was originally from Laurens County, South Carolina. I left my parents' home and relocated to Anderson County, South Carolina, on June 28, 2007. I was introduced to video games by my brothers in 1984. My brothers are casual gamers, while I am a hardcore gamer. My first video game console was the Intellivision. I was introduced to my favorite video game series Final Fantasy on the SNES in 1995, with Final Fantasy IV being my first Final Fantasy game. I am currently playing Final Fantasy II on the PSP. My favorite video game is Final Fantasy X. I was introduced to my favorite Nintendo series Fire Emblem in 2002, when Marth happened to be my favorite character in Super Smash Bros. Melee. My favorite Nintendo character was once Luigi, but became Marth in 2001 and then Ayra from Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu in 2004. My first Square Enix series was Dragon Quest. The first Square Enix game I ever played was Tobidase Daisakusen (known in the U.S. as 3-D Battles of WorldRunner), which was released prior to the inception of the Final Fantasy series. My last video game console is the Sony PlayStation 3, which I bought myself.

Last year, I performed Final Fantasy X's "To Zanarkand" on the piano at an academy recital in Greenville, South Carolina. Later in the recital my father sang Leon Russell's "A Song for You" with live piano accompanient.

I have had a shady online past. One thing is that I am an antifeminist, because I find that feminism is an ideology based on lies. I do not want to go into detail on that, and I do not believe in romantic love. On April 12, 2008, I was banned from FinalFantasyForums.net on feminist grounds, and subsequently, the threads started by me there were deleted and my profile was blanked. That was the most dramatic ban from a forum I ever experienced. Because of this and that I am an antifeminist, please do not post anything about my views towards the female sex. Therefore, I have to avoid discussing feminism and female fashion. This is not my only instance of tasting the dark side of feminism. It also happened with me at Wikipedia. I do not want to bring up feminism on this board or another Final Fantasy board, because that topic is potentially ban-inducing. For that reason, I started a blog dedicated to my opinion in detail, which is linked in my profile.

I would like to get another shot at a Final Fantasy message board, under the condition that I avoid discussing sensitive gender-related topics. I do not want to make the same mistake here like I did at FinalFantasyForums.net.

My beliefs are stated in the homepage linked in my profile. However, I discourage importing material from that site to this board without my consent.

[Terminal Est]

Seeing as you put such significance into what you perceive as a sensitive issue to speak of on message boards, allow me to suggest the following; we will not bring your views if such is your wish, everyone here may respect that, I can assure you.

However, if you do not wish to speak of it nor have it bought forth, do not bring it up yourself, because people will reply.

But know that all sort of discussions here are welcome, and it sometimes veers to insanity, but...er...XD No matter what the discussions are about, opinions are always respected here.

With that said, welcome to the forums, post much, respect the users and they shall respect you, and fear not the Firesnake, for he brings peace and cookies to all.

[Firesnake]

/\Teminal Est meant "do" fear the Firesnake >=]

Welcome. Welcome to FFNet.

You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest remaining urban centers. I thought so much of FFNet that I elected to establish my home here, in the Citadel so thoughtfully provided by our benefactors. I have been proud to call FFNet my home. And so, whether you are here to stay, or passing through on your way to parts unknown, Welcome to Final Fantasy Net. It's safer here.

[MidgarFanatic]

Wow, probably the most detailed initial post from an Introduction thread we have ever had here at ffnet… and I thank you very much Tedius Zanarukando, it is so very nice to meet you, and of course welcome to the forum.

I see you have a very extensive array of intrests within the electronic arts, so you should have absolutely no problems finding some fun threads to participate in. We have a lot of FFX fans here, so you are already in. I love the song "To Zanarkand", I bought the soundtrack after I played the game my first time through, and I listen to it often when I'm in bed and cannot sleep. I find it to be amongst Uematsu's most ambient and pacifying FF soundtracks, and so I also find it to be one of the most forgettable... but in this case I mean this as a compliment and see it as one of the soundtrack's strengths, it is complicated, as a musician you might understand what I am trying to say. Although it is has many sophisticated pieces, I find (at least once I get through the heavy metal at the beginning ) it is one of those collections which allows me to really relax and shut-off my brain; hence I listen to it to help me sleep. XD It's great. Perhaps you can tell us about some other FF songs you have played on the piano; I would certainly be interested in hearing about that.

I like Star Wars too... especially Obi Wan Kenobi.

In terms of discussing sensitive social issues such as the ones you have mentioned, well, we do encourage open discussion in a free environment, any topics are allowed as long as it stays within the forum rules (which basically only prohibits extreme topics such as those promoting hate and illegal activities). We have had hotter debates on more politically sensitive issues than “feminism” and “anti-feminism” on the forum before, and have come out smelling like roses; just about everyone here is relatively respectful of other people’s opinions. The catch is, we do insist that the rights of all of our members here on the forum are respected, and I am sure that that will not a problem for someone who has personally been through the process such as yourself.

And we do not ban people lightly, unless they are outwardly flaming people. And it is almost UNHEARD of here at this forum to delete forum member’s posts… unless of course they spam... advertising Viagra, porn, or RING WORMS! XD

But I digress… welcome to the forum again, post lots and have fun. Cheers.

[Revenant]

Hi, bro! Feel yourself at home here, post lots, be happy, have fun!

[Tedius Zanarukando]

What happened at FinalFantasyForums.net was that many of the users, male or female, have radical feminist views. As a victim of toxic cultural misandry (which I am trying to stomp out), I was stereotyped as a misogynist. Those users at FinalFantasyForums.net have viewpoints that are incorrect based on factual and historical evidence. They believe women are better than men in many ways, hence female superiority. Female superiority comes in several forms, including the doctrine that discrimination against males is acceptable but that discrimination against females is not. They support a society where men are forced to break the law and face prison time. They have social viewpoints based on the lies of the Rockefeller Foundation, and they support the coming of the undemocratic New World Order. There are some times that one has to break the law in order to do what one knows is right. The Nicolas Cage character Benjamin Franklin Gates from the National Treasure saga is a prime metaphor of that.

The staff deleting my threads at FinalFantasyForums.net and blanking my profile is evidence that the staff at that board has absolutely no respect for me. I do not want you to the same to me or anyone else here as the staff at FinalFantasyForums.net did to me. One member of that board, who is a male with radical feminist views, harshly flamed me with hostile feminist comments and even wrote a murder threat against me. The reason stated for banning me from FinalFantasyForums.net was: "Offensive / sexist material; instigating extreme drama." The thread ordering the banning stated at first post was: "After much deliberation on the matter of the above [ex]user's membership, the moderating team has unanimously concluded that an indefinite ban is in order. For evident reasons, his threads have all been removed from public viewing, and his profile has been wiped. / We apologise for any offence caused by Tedius, and hope members will continue to post throughout the forum without concern for ridicule."

On December 30, 2007, I was banned from TheFinalFantasy.com message board for a bad reason, stating: "The majority of the Staff at TFF have come to an agreement for you to [be] banned permanently. We can no longer condone your way of posting, we also feel your unorthodox and illogical views and opinions as nothing but a nuisance to the forum community." I feel that the staff at that board is corrupt, for they banned me just because they disagree with my views and wrongfully dismissed them as "unorthodox and illogical." The staves at FinalFantasyForums.net and TheFinalFantasy.com did something that you the staff of FFNet.org would not do at this board, which is "ban people lightly." They committed strict justice on me. Strict justice includes banning people permanently for light offenses, including merely stating one's opinion on sensitive social issues. Remember the words of Abraham Lincoln: "I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."

My brothers and I are Star Wars fans. Some Star Wars games have an option to choose to play on the side of the Jedi or of the Sith. If I were to choose, I would play on the side of the Jedi. I am the only Final Fantasy fan in the family. My brothers are fans of the Zelda and Metroid series.

I love all kinds of electronic arts, and I hate having an oppressive relationship with a woman. I am a big fan of Eastern RPGs (or Japanese origin RPGs), especially Final Fantasy. There is nothing like Final Fantasy. I routinely listen to Final Fantasy music on my PC at home and on CD-player or iPod on the road and on vacation. My father (who is no stranger to Final Fantasy music) and I also attended the Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy concert in Atlanta, Georgia, back on June 24, 2005. Before I was introduced to Final Fantasy, there was the death of the Tejano artist Selena and then the Oklahoma City Bombing. Final Fantasy became my favorite video game franchise in 2001. Around that time, there was the death of R&B artist Aaliyah and then the 9/11 incident.

[Revenant]

Random thought:
''Hmm, I don't realy remember someone gave such full information during introduction"

[MidgarFanatic]

Well bashing other people is one thing, and we certainly will not tolerate that... but we also don't want to get into the habit of flaming other forums, and we see your issues on this topic so perhaps we should just leave it at that now. But you are welcome here and hope you stick around.

As for Star Wars, well... I am really looking forward to Star Wars: Force Unleashed coming out this September, this'll be a great one with the new physics engine they have developed just for it. But I am not sure which system I want to play it on. I have been ignoring my Wii lately (no sexual puns intended ), so I was thinking I might like to try it on that, especially since it'll be fun to slash around the Wii controller like a lightsaber.

Oh, and Zelda and Metroid... w00t w00t! XD Those two series are probably two of my favs right after FF of course. You're brother's have good taste in video games too.

[Tedius Zanarukando]

I am not intending to flame the forums that I was banned from. I was referring to the FinalFantasyForums.net users who were hostile to me. I will think twice before discussing sensitive social issues. I would have to see what the moderating team would feel about me discussing it. You told me in your previous post that social issues like feminism have been discussed on this board without feminists threats to have one banned. I will assure you that I avoid making the same mistake I did at FinalFantasyForums.net. When I discuss sensitive social issues like feminism, I do not want anyone to bash me or label me a misogynist. I discussed those issues at my blog.

For the video game, Star Wars: Force Unleashed, I would play it on the Sony PlayStation 3. I would play as a Jedi. My brothers are not into RPGs like I am. I play mainly eastern (or Japanese-origin) RPGs (including traditional and tactical eastern RPGs), and RTS games. My oldest brother plays western RPGs, FPS games, and action/adventure games. My second older brother plays sports games, FPS games, and action/adventure games.

[VITG]

..I'm a bit wary of your mental balance. Not because of any views you may have on feminism (I haven't checked them out yet) but merely because of your exceedingly odd posting style, and the fact that you needlessly mentioned 9/11, the Oklahoma bombings and two deaths of famous female musicians (one by murder and one accidental.)

I'm sorry to pry, but, is there anything that you could tell us which would help us in being able to tolerate and understand you if you were ever to say something....untoward?