I have lived in San Diego my whole life and finally go the chance to attend Comic Con. Not only was I super excited it was in my back door, I couldn’t wait to finally be attending such an awesome event. This event was a huge success! There were thousand upon thousands of geeks, cos-players and of course there were us Dolls.  Not only did we get to meet tons of new people, we got the chance to be up close and personal with a few celebs. There was everything from comic books, the most amazing art and long, long lines of people, everywhere. We had all of the Dolls in attendance along with six cadettes and we also had the chance to meet up with some old friends. I put together a cool video for you guys to see exactly what we got to do and see the weekend of Comic Con!

One question I get often from many people who know nothing about our world is “What is it like to be a gamer?” My reoccurring response to them every time is simply: “It’s amazing…!” It’s even harder to explain to my non-gamer friends what I do who only think of me as their nerdy friend. I love it though!  Gaming always makes for a great conversation; no matter who you are or where your at you will always find someone to talk about it to. Gaming has opened many doors and I have met a lot of wonderful people.

My personal adventure began when I was little and was addicted to Mario Kart, Golden Eye and Conkers Bad Fur Day, I was obsessed.  I didn’t really consider myself an actual gamer, until the release of Halo II. I spent many countless hours learning the new controllers and mostly how use the two analog sticks to even move around. Two toggle’s equaled a disaster waiting to happen- at first. Once I overcame the controls I took it to another level and played none stop. I had never had so much fun when I began talking to random people, across the world, about anything and everything. From there it’s history: I met other female gamers, joined the PMS Clan in 2005, and I am now here writing to you as a Fragdoll in 2010.

In my years of playing online, I have competed in multiple tournaments and attended many events. I competed in the MLG Circuit from 2006-2009, WCG in 2008, and coached multiple teams. I have also dipped into sponsoring some teams and I love being able to share my love of gaming with others. Helping other teams represent their skills was an amazing experience, but I also look forward to competing in the future and broaden my own tournament skills in other games and genre’s. 

As for events, I would have to say PAX East has been my favorite to date. I met so many cool and interesting people at PAX and the swag was amazing!  I once went to Blizzcon and felt completely out of my element, but loved seeing how much people really love their games. On a side note, I will never try WOW, so don’t worry.  I’m here to stay. This past E3 was great! It was my first official event as a Doll and I felt very privileged to be able to attend. Events are always fun and exciting, but a lot of hard work goes into making them happen and I am glad companies spend time and money to make these successful. It’s always exciting to see games in their early stages and meet the people who actually make them. It also gives us a great place to actually meet up with all our online community friends.

When I am not gaming, I spend my time working a hectic schedule in retail, managing a bunch of princesses, for MAC cosmetics. These gals are all super girly, but I love every single one of them. I am defiantly the odd man out when it comes to them, but they all have their hobbies and passions too.  When work or gaming is on hold, I like to spend time with the family. I come from a huge family of eight children from two marriages and I am the second oldest while my youngest brother is five. I love be able to buy my little brothers games and show off my skills to them. so they think I am the coolest big sis ever!! They always ask to play games when I am over and there is nothing like bonding through games. Kids are amazing and they are so lucky we have the technology we do today. I would have been blown away at that age with all the interactive games we have today.

I have a few goals in place for the next few months and can’t wait to show everyone reading this my adventures in making them succesful.

-I am currently saving to buy a bike and will be getting my motorcycle license soon.
-I will also be competing in the 2011 Miss California pageant, representing the city of Rancho Santa Fe. The pageant is an act of randomness, but how cool would it be if Miss California was a legit gamer? Think about it…I also want to make my journey’s as a Fragdoll very memorable. 
-I want to learn how to do some cool video editing, so I can show you guys all the crazy things we get to do in a fun way.

In the end, I love that I get to represent females in the gaming industry, but I also get to represent the every day gamer. I know I am going to be a great asset to this team. Sarah and I won’t let anyone down!  Peace, SiREN

I have been living in Seattle for a little over a year now and while I love living here, holidays can make me really miss home. Last year I flew out on Independence Day for WSVG Dallas, so I didn’t really get a chance to miss my family since I was traveling. The typical Louisiana 4th celebration would usually consist of copious amounts of Bud Light, turducken and maybe some crawfish etouffe. Add in a trampoline with a sprinkler and some soap and you have a party! I’m also used to fireworks being legal, even in city limits. I used to have to tranquilize my horses because they would freak out all night if I didn’t! 

This year, however fun, I think is going to be quite a change! Max and I are heading over to E’s house for a sweet BBQ. It’ll be pork, side dishes, salad and cheesecake… I guess only partially clogged arteries for this 4th of July! The video games will abound in replacement of fireworks. I have no doubt that there will be the singing and Rock Band late into the night, as well as epic Halo and R6V2 battles. The greatest comfort to me, is not only will I have Max there, but PMS girls, some Gamer Chix, and of course a sprinkling of FD community with Stonelance (that’s right Stone, I shall call you Sprinkle from now on). All and all, however different, I think it will be a great tradition begun and continued for many years to come.