Vickiepedia

Only an “about me” page this long can possibly reflect how awesome a person I am. Or something. The page was last updated on 17 January 2010.

Name: Vickie Do-Not-Misspell-Vickie Diablos
Age: 25, likely by rounding error
Birthday: 28 November 1984. I expect gifts.
Location: Sydney, Australia; originally from Hong Kong

Narcissistic Autobiography

And now in pseudo-paragraph form: I’m a hopeless gamer; a butch-at-heart, not-romantic-at-all predominant lesbian sapiosexual; a sex-positive and highly-sexed feminist humanist; an atheist who was forced / tricked into Catholicism when she was young; a realistic optimist who is frequently mistaken for a pessimist; a laid-back procrastination queen who literally procrastinates over everything; and generally an underachieving nerd who loves to use, misuse and abuse run-on sentences, semi-colons and wordplay. My blog entries reflect exactly the thoughts that go through my mind, although I tend to make myself sound a lot more interesting and popular than my real-life, taciturn, introverted self.

I have a 23-year-old younger brother whom I consider to be my best friend forever and ever. I have entomophobia: I’m terrified of insects of any species, any size, any number of legs, dead or alive; although I’m thankfully getting more and more desensitised now that I’m living alone. I also have an inconvenient anxiety of making phone calls, which is often misunderstood as an excuse to avoid obligations. I don’t care about fashion, media (outside games), celebrities or gossip. Instead of watching the news, you’re more likely to find me reading about the latest game release or downloading porn. Oops, hehe.

A List of My Favourite Things

• Season: Winter
• Colours: Blue, and then red
• Games: Action-adventure, survival horror, (MMO)RPGs (non-cutesy ones), word games, logic games (specific list)
• Music: Classical, orchestral, game music, generally non-vocal
• Animals: Dwarf hamsters and large dogs (especially the Siberian Husky)
• Food: Anything eaten sitting with one leg up in front of the computer

Life Goals

• Be near-native fluent in as many languages as possible
• Win Ig Nobel Prize

So You’re a Lesbian. Big Deal!

the comment I receive every now and then

I hate labels as much as you do, but they’re also unquestionably helpful. I don’t want to make a big deal out of my sexuality; I don’t think being a lesbian is cool or hip or make me any more unique than the next person, but I believe stating so would confuse less visitors as they read my blog, even if it means driving half of them away because of who I truly am.

I’m pretty open about all this, actually. If fate decided that I should end up with a man and have your typical family (and I have the strangest feeling that’s going to happen), so be it. I’ll admit that I occasionally have “mancrushes”, too; but I’m mostly only physically attracted to women and I’m completely comfortable with it.

Women who live the life of their dreams don’t get there by being dainty and darling. They demand what they want and do what it takes to make it happen. [That] could mean breaking a few rules, a few hearts and a few habits along the way, especially the habit of apologizing for who you are.

- Laurie Sue Brockway

I officially came out to the family after I broke up with an ex-girlfriend and broke down some time in 2003. The Bro has always been cool about it; the Dad seems more or less fine; and the Mum, after years, finally came to terms with the idea. I cannot be more thankful for supportive family and friends.

Online Presence

My various online-game identities. Some of the screenshots below were taken on my older computers so what the games’ graphics are really like could be 1000 times more epic.

For added fun, throw my character names into online translators.

Jump to game: Lineage II | Guild Wars

Lineage II (2004 – 2006)

Name: 迪阿比羅斯
Game: Lineage II – Taiwanese Server 3
Class: Shillien Knight
Level: 66 (max=78 when I left the game)

My first ever online character in the first ever online game I played. The name isn’t very feminine at all (it’s actually the Chinese pronunciation of “Diablos”) and players constantly mistake me for a male player, which I didn’t mind much but it carries a lot of stigma. The Shillien Knight was (is probably still) a really misunderstood and unpopular class, soloing was almost the only option. It was really hard to continue soloing after reaching level 61 in Chronicle 2, however, so I teamed up with other players till level 66, but stopped playing afterwards as dying multiple times daily for strangers was not fun. She used to belong to the alliance that held all the castles. She’s also the character in my gravatar, too.

Name: 亂子
Game: Lineage II – Taiwanese Server 3
Class: Elven Elder
Level: 63 (max=78 when I left the game)

It’s sad that people won’t believe you’re not a male gamer pretending to be a woman (again, massive stigma) unless you’re an Elf, an Elven Elder more specifically. I really disliked Elves because of their fanbase; but this character made so much money I played on till she reached level 63. I simply got tired of hearing men (and some “fellow” Elf women) say how beautiful or cute I was when I played as her. She used to actively participate in Festivals. Oh, and Lineage II players may want to click and view this full screenshot taken in Chronicle 3…

Name: 特妃
Game: Lineage II – Taiwanese Server 3
Class: Treasure Hunter
Level: 56 (max=78 when I left the game)

This lucky young lady (head swollen from fishing too much – don’t ask ) had all my love and attention among my other characters. She’d always had the best weapons and armour once available, also the first and only character to ever own a Strider, try fishing and wear bunny ears. It wasn’t easy to level up, though, as it’s almost impossible to solo without losing money with her class. See, my target was to reach level 60 before Chronicle 4, but she’s still stuck at level 56. Her name is a play on the name of the monster Torfe (特菲) found in Cruma Tower.

Guild Wars (2006 – 2009)

Account-Wide Titles: Defender of the Luxons (7), Elite Treasure Hunter (5), Font of Wisdom (5), Wretched (5), Prosperous (4), Hero (1), Zaishen Supporter (1), Kurzick Supporter (1)

Name: 娜奧美
Game: Guild Wars
Class: Elementalist/varies (Monk in the pic)
Level: 20 (max)
Titles: I Have Many Leather-Bound Books (4), Legendary Guardian (1), Legendary Cartographer (1), Legendary Skill Hunter (1), Legendary Vanquisher (1), Legendary Spearmarshal (10)

Born in early February, 2006; recently got 22 maxed titles, aiming for 27, may go for 30 if I’m crazy enough. I’m mostly a PVE player, have all towns and outposts except Vizunah local; but also play in RA, AB and HA under the names “Naomi Diabla” (PVP Mesmer), “Naomi Skosh” (PVP Assassin), “Naomi Noobcake” (PVP Monk) or “Naomi Wubs You” (random) occasionally. Friend me and chat or play together? P.S. Screenshot = very outdated.

Name: 死靈娜奧美
Game: Guild Wars
Class: Necromancer/varies (Mesmer in the pic)
Level: 20 (max)
Titles: Protector of Elona (1)

Created roughly 8 months after my Ele (after they put a limit on the number of minions); Necromancers are simply so much fun to play even after mega nerfing. Minion Master, Death Magic, Blood Magic, Curses… everything is so awesome! She’s available if you ever need a somewhat hardcore MM, SV, SS, Discord, BiP (yawn), etc. in any (elite) missions.

Name: 元氣娜奧美
Game: Guild Wars
Class: Warrior/varies (Assassin in the pic)
Level: 20 (max)
Titles: Kind of a Big Deal (1)

Fast becoming my second-most-played character, I actually only originally created this character to unlock skills for my heroes, but Warriors turned out to be not as boring and helpless as I’d expected the class to be. She’s the second character to achieve Kind of a Big Deal, earning Sunspear and Lightbringer titles even before my Ele. See also her semi-l33t Warrior collection (warning: image heavy).

Name: 炭燒娜奧美
Game: Guild Wars
Class: Ritualist/varies (Monk in the pic)
Level: 20 (max)
Titles: Guardian of Cantha (1)

Born significantly later than even my Necro and Warrior, she didn’t get much love in the beginning until I discovered how good silver-dyed armour looks on her skin tone. I’m so shallow. But I’m glad I did because Ritualists are all sorts of awesome. Also, I love the name I gave her: “Charcoaled Naomi”. Hehehe. (Although I later found out that I probably meant “碳燒”, as “炭燒” sort of implies suicide…? )

Name: 遊俠娜奧美
Game: Guild Wars
Class: Ranger/varies (Paragon in the pic)
Level: 20 (max)
Titles: Survivor (1)

My fifth and last PVE character for now, I know this profession will be much more enjoyable if I didn’t decide to aim for the Survivor title. Sometimes I think I should just die once and play on happily ever after. Unhealthy thoughts! With Rangers’ survivability, I should be able to make it to Legendary Survivor without farming one day… if I ever even play her again.

A List of Games I Enjoy(ed)

Games I’d (re)play if I had the time, listed in alphabetical order. Games with hyperlink are online ones. Visit my Backloggery for a bigger list of games I’ve played.

• Age of Empires (especially 2)
• Biohazard (aka Resident Evil; especially 1, 2 & Outbreak)
• Command & Conquer (especially Red Alert 2)
• Dragon Age: Origins
• Guild Wars
• Lineage II
• Metal Gear Solid
• Silent Hill (especially 1 and 2)
• Tenchu (especially 3 / Wrath of Heaven)
• The Sims 2 and 3
• Tokimeki Memorial 2
• Tomb Raider (especially 1 to 4)

… I could list on forever!