Difference between revisions of "NiktheGreek"

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NiktheGreek is a British video game journalist and a long-time member of the Sonic scene, who made a quiet debut in September 2001. With bagloads of enthusiasm and considerably less skill, he joined the staff of the original SSRG in 2002 and spent a few years doing that sort of thing. He was also a regular at Sonic CulT and later Sonic Retro, where he mainly spewed venom. While Nik now spends far less time on forums (and not without reason), he's known to consistently attend UK scene meets, having started with the first CulT:UK meet in 2003 and moved on to Retro's own Barcade runs. Nik interviewed various people for this site at Summer of Sonic between 2011 and 2013, including Yuji Naka, Takashi Iizuka and Jun Senoue.

Outside of Sonic, NiktheGreek's interests include politics, metal and electronic music, comedy and card games. In years past Nik ran a Dreamcast fansite, which gained a mild amount of interest as it actively followed Japanese developments from 2003 onwards. From early 2008 he wrote for Arcade Heroes, venturing out to follow rumours of new location tests or cover trade shows. In 2013 he joined Retro Gamer magazine as a staff writer.

Community Status

Sites in the Sonic scene that NiktheGreek has been a member of, past or present:

Current Infestations

Tester for Shadowsoft Games (2003 - present)
Oldbie at SWS2B/Sonic Retro (April 2003 - present)

Former Haunts

Member of Sonic Classic (2003 - Jul. 2008, aka Edgecrusher)
Sonic CulT Family member (Sept. 2002 - Mar. 2008)
Maintainer of the SSRG Rom Hack Archive (Nov. 2002 - Nov. 2005)
Message board administrator at SSRG (2003 - Nov. 2005)
Member of Area 51 (2001-2002, 2003)
Member of Sonic Secrets Center (Sept. 2002 - Feb. 2003)

Trivia

At the first 2010 UK Retro meet-up, he broke an arcade punching game by punching it.
Regularly beats the Under Ground Zone boss, on the Game Gear. For fun.
Has never been called "young lady" by any politician, current or former.
Not to be confused with Nik Jam.

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+'''NiktheGreek''' is a British video game journalist and a long-time member of the [[Sonic scene]], who made a quiet debut in September 2001. With bagloads of enthusiasm and considerably less skill, he joined the staff of the original SSRG in 2002 and spent a few years doing that sort of thing. He was also a regular at Sonic CulT and later Sonic Retro, where he mainly spewed venom. While Nik now spends far less time on forums (and not without reason), he's known to consistently attend UK scene meets, having started with the first CulT:UK meet in 2003 and moved on to Retro's own Barcade runs. Nik interviewed various people for this site at [[Summer of Sonic]] between 2011 and 2013, including [[Yuji Naka]], [[Takashi Iizuka]] and [[Jun Senoue]].
-'''NiktheGreek''' is now something of a veteran scener, approaching as he is the tenth anniversary of his quiet [[Sonic scene]] debut in September 2001. With bagloads of enthusiasm and considerably less skill, he joined the staff of the original SSRG in 2002 and spent a few years doing that sort of thing. He's also been a regular at Sonic CulT and more recently Sonic Retro. The worst-kept secret of Nik's lengthy stay is that he hasn't made a major contribution to any Sonic site since stepping down from the SSRG! Despite this nobody has officially shown him the door and so he sticks about. He's known to consistently attend UK scene meets, starting with the first CulT:UK meet in 2003, more recently including Retro's own and [[Summer of Sonic]].
-Outside of this website NiktheGreek's interests include politics, metal and electronic music, comedy and card games. In years past Nik ran a Dreamcast fansite, which gained a mild amount of interest as it actively followed Japanese developments from 2003 onwards. Occasionally, he toys with the idea of reviving it. Since early 2008 he's been writing for [http://www.arcadeheroes.com Arcade Heroes], venturing out to follow rumours of new location tests or cover massive trade shows.
+Outside of Sonic, NiktheGreek's interests include politics, metal and electronic music, comedy and card games. In years past Nik ran a Dreamcast fansite, which gained a mild amount of interest as it actively followed Japanese developments from 2003 onwards. From early 2008 he wrote for [http://www.arcadeheroes.com Arcade Heroes], venturing out to follow rumours of new location tests or cover trade shows. In 2013 he joined Retro Gamer magazine as a staff writer.
-If you wish to contact NiktheGreek, you can check out that box over there on the right or shove him a PM on the forums.
 ==Community Status==
 [[:Category:Fansites|Sites]] in the Sonic scene that NiktheGreek has been a member of, past or present:
 ===Current Infestations===
-* Tester for [[Shadowsoft Games]] (2003 - present).
+* Tester for [[Shadowsoft Games]] (2003 - present)
 * [[Oldbie]] at [[Simon Wai's Sonic 2 Beta|SWS2B]]/[[Sonic Retro]] (April 2003 - present)
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 ==Trivia==
-* Owns over 800 video games.
 * At the first 2010 UK Retro meet-up, he broke an arcade punching game by punching it.
-* Regularly beats the [[Underground Zone]] boss, on the [[Game Gear]]. For fun.
+* Regularly beats the [[Under Ground Zone]] boss, on the [[Game Gear]]. For fun.
 * Has never been called "young lady" by any politician, current or former.
-* Not to be confused with [[Nik Jam]].
+* Not to be confused with [[User:Nik Jam|Nik Jam]].
-[[Category:Sceners]]
+[[Category:User pages]]

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