User:Steven2113@legacy41958623

MARKOL (pronounced Mar-Kle)is an experienced computer technician and programmer having started using one at the age of 3, and since then, has evolved in his abilities with out any guidance or help except through tutorials on the internet. He is also a brilliant artist, winning awards often in contests for his, as many call it, "outstanding perspective toward life and nature".



General Information
Name: Steven Christian

Born: May 03, 1992

Joined: June 08, 2008

First Zelda Game: Legend of Zelda

Favorite Zelda Game: Ocarina of Time

Favorite Game: Halo 3

Favorite Character: Ganondorf

Favorite Boss: Stallord, Arbiter’s Grounds

Favorite Wii Game: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Favorite DS Game: Guitar Hero On Tour

Biography
MARKOL was born as Steven Alexander Christian in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany on May 3, 1992. His father, Alan Christian was stationed at a US military base in Germany, in close range of Steven's birth place. Alan was told that he would have to move to a military base in Kuwait during the Gulf War (aka the Persian Gulf War). After a year, Alan returned from Kuwait when they learned that he and his family must move to the state of Georgia in the United States, near Alan's new station for training, where they were promised shelter and supplies. They moved to Atlanta, Georgia, close to Alan's siblings. It was not very often that Steven saw his father, who could only leave his station a few times a month. When Steven turned 3, his mother started showing him the basics of computers and at the age of 4 he was learning the basics of using the internet. He had finished Kindergarten, at 6 years of age, when his father had resigned from military activities after they were supposedly running chemical tests on the soldiers. Alan had strong disregard against this, and so he and his family moved to the state of Massachusetts, where most of Candice's relatives lived. When Steven's family first moved to Massachusetts, they were living with Candice's parents, but it was not long after when they found of place of their own, not to far from Candice’s parents. Steven’s parents had found new jobs and Steven had begun the first grade. It was at the age of 8, when Steven was in second grade, that he had learned that he was going to have a younger sibling. This was the first time he was really around someone other than his family. Nothing had really changed until Steven entered the 4th grade and found what an excellent drafter he was, a trait that ran on his father’s side of the family. At age 11, Steven was learning expert techniques, already being an expert at Photoshop, knowing how to mod electronics such as a PSP, and even advanced hacking. Even with middle school being a challenge, there was nothing exiting according to him, until he was ready to face his next step in life, high school. “High school has been a tough, yet exciting experience for me”, says Steven. Steven had chosen to go to a Vocational School, where he chose IT (Information Technology) as his trade. He has currently graduated from his sophomore year, and is to start to his junior in August.

Gaming Life

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Steven had been started on playing video games when he was 3, starting with basic learning games. His father had given him a Game Boy (the original black and white), which he had used on transportation to other military base, and an NES as well. It was a few years later that the N64 was released. This was a revolutionary time for game development not just for Nintendo, but for the whole “Gaming World” as they really had developed the some of the first true 3D plat formers including games like Super Mario 64, Super Smash Bros., and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which were the basis of modern games. However completion grew at the release of the GCN, when new competitor (Microsoft) stepped up to the plate with the new Xbox. Even Steven, a hardcore Nintendo fan, had been drawn to Microsoft’s newest creation with the release of the ever popular Halo series.

Owned Platforms:
 * Nintendo Entertainment System
 * Super Nintendo Entertainment System
 * Nintendo 64
 * Gamecube (given to sibling)
 * PS2
 * Xbox (sold)
 * Wii
 * Xbox 360
 * Game Boy (damaged)
 * Game Boy Color (given to sibling)
 * Game Boy Advance (given to sibling)
 * Game Boy Advance SP (given to sibling)
 * Nintendo DS (Traded in for DS Lite)
 * Nintendo DS Lite
 * PSP

Table of Completion
Alright, enough talking in third person, this will just make things easier. When It says “Complete in the chart below, just know that doesn’t include any of the extra quests in the games, I may add a section for that, but for now be aware. You probably notice that I have the same number of completions as starts; that's because I never start what I now I won't finish ;).

Timeline Theory
There are so many timelines theories for Legend of Zelda out there, most being the highly accepted timeline theories. With enough evidence, it is plain to see that the there must be a split in the time line in order for the series to be chronologically correct. This split, as many known, would happen at the end of Ocarina of Time. This is my theory: MC                                | OoT /    \                             MM      WW                            /         \ TP          PH                          / FS/FSA /                    LttP /                 OoS/OoA /                  LA                  / LoZ /            LoZ2

This is actually the most commonly accepted timeline; however, this is only my theory on the fact if the timeline includes every Zelda game. As far as I’m concerned, I only qualify the modern games (OoT, MM, WW, TP, and PH) as being a part of the timeline. Mario 64, Mario Sunshine, and Mario Galaxy are chronologically intact, but you don’t include the original Mario games as a part of it. This applies to every other Nintendo series starting in the NES era (except for Starfox), so why would Zelda be any different. I think in retrospect, though, the timeline doesn’t include any of the classic games because games such as OoT, LttP, and LoZ are retellings of the same story (battling Ganon to retrieve the Triforce and save Princess Zelda and Hyrule). Another example is the two Oracle games; they’re along the same principle, but some happenings are different between the games, once again retellings of the same story. Now correct me if I’m wrong, but I do believe that the title is the “LEGEND of Zelda”. A legend, also known as a myth or fable, are stories that are passed down from generations, told not by any records, but verbal speech. It is because of this these long ages of telling, that a story can change. Let’s take a look at the diversity of the Grimm Brother’s Cinderella and the Walt Disney version…hmmm (I’m not going into that, find out for yourself).

Contribution Fields

 * Rendering character models to fit the website and for convenience.
 * Checking for grammar, spelling and punctuation errors.
 * Taking needed snapshots for articles.
 * Researching and creating wanted pages.
 * Creating User Boxes

Favorite Zelda Sequence
In Twilight Princess when Renado tells Link, “My name is Renado; I am the shaman of this village. You have already served us very well, child. I thank you and this village thanks you. I also would like to introduce you to… the very noble…” Barnes grins from ear-to-ear when Renado turns his attention to the girl with black hair, “My daughter.” This makes Barnes upset, he growls and turns away and begins to walk down the trail that leads through town.

Favorite Zelda Quotes
"Do not think that this ends here... the history of light and shadow will be written in blood!"

- Ganondorf (Twilight Princess)

"I think... I finally understand what my dad meant... when he told me he wanted me to be strong like you, Link. He didn't mean strength as in lifting stuff. He meant strength as in courage."

- Colin (Twilight Princess)

"[after being beaten by Link in a battle on horseback, then being thrown off the horse] [to Link] An impressive looking blade... but nothing more."

- Ganondorf (Twilight Princess)

"This power is granted to me by my god! It is the magic of the king of twilight, and you WILL respect it!"

- Zant (Twilight Princess)

"I'll grant you the honor of carrying me."

- Ruto ( Ocarina of Time)

"They say that there is no medicine that can cure a fool... I guess that's true."

- Potion Shop Keeper ( Ocarina of Time)

"This shop...It sells things you can get in the forest for free! Tee hee!"

- Kokiri Girl in Shop ( Ocarina of Time)

"When a body is used by another, it can be called nothing but a puppet. This one has served its purpose, and it is useless."

- Majora's Mask ( Majora's Mask)

"Tingle! Tingle! Kooloo-Limpah!... These are the words that Tingle created himself. Don't steal them!"

- Tingle ( Majora's Mask)

"It took me a whole year to do that challenge, and you did it already? Why, I don't know what to say! I'm pleased to have you as my... as my... my underling!"

- Niko (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker)

"Is... Is that...? Could it be? The letter from Moe that I saw in my dreams?... Let me read it this instant! Ummm... This is Moe. I... like... you... Ma... ggie... so... much... that... I... want... to... eat you... for dinner. Did you hear that? Those words? This means, it must mean... Can it be...? Is this his marriage proposal?"

- Maggie (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker)

Friend Codes
DS:


 * Animal Crossing Wild World: 1203-5829-4328


 * Diddy Kong Racing DS: 2578-4520-1744


 * The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass: 4296-1838-4124


 * Mario Kart DS: 2749-4095-7574


 * Metroid Prime Hunters: 2964-9210-8096


 * Pokémon Diamond: 1590-6095-4516


 * Starfox Command: 6774-7990-9782

Wii:


 * Guitar Hero lll: 2148-7613-8339


 * Mario Kart Wii: 0516-8677-4049


 * Mario Strikers Charged: 1461-7605-5931


 * Pokémon Battle Revolution: 1719-4586-0303


 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl: 1805-3171-6028

GIMP Help


Rendering an Image:

First, open (or paste) the image you want to render. You’ll need to make the background layer transparent. To do this, you need to go to Layers > Transparency > Add Alpha Channel. Now you need to create your path around the object you want to remove from the rest of the image. To create the path, go to the GIMP toolbar and select the “Paths Tool”, which looks like and ink pen connecting some dots. Before you start making the path, though, you want to zoom in until you can tell exactly where the boundaries of the object are (trust me you’ll know). Now you simply plant dots and they connect automatically. Don’t make too many, though. In fact, I’d recommend If you se a part on the object that seems like a straight path, just plant one dot on both sides. When you have made it around and connected the first point with the last, make sure you switch from “Design” path to “Edit” path to fix what isn’t quite right. When you’re done click on “Path to Selection” in the tool box to, obviously, make the path a selection around the object. Once the selection is made, go to Select > Invert, which will reverse the selection to surround the part you want to remove. Simply delete the selection, and now your object should now be rendered from the background.

Downloading GIMP Brushes:

If you’re someone who is a part of a forums site, then you’re probably familiar with what a signature is. If not, a signature is a small banner representing that user, their interests, beliefs, etc. They’re usually decorated with images and cool designs. How do they get those designs, though? Many sites, most notable DeviantART, have what are called “GIMP brushes”. These are downloaded as zip files, and extracted to the brushes folder in the GIMP program folder (to get there, My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Gimp [version] > brushes). The GIMP already has some, but very few and not much detail. Try some out; they’ll make your sigs, or whatever it is you’re making, look better.

Downloading Fonts:

You may also notice a variety of fonts in people’s work, but they don’t show up on your computer. This is most likely, just as above, were downloaded from the web. I do have to say, though, there aren’t many websites with free fonts since most websites make you pay for them. I would recommend using dafont.com. It holds a great number of free fonts to download, containing many recognizable ones, such as Star Wars logo font, Gamecube font, etc. You have to download the file for the font, and then unzip the file. Installing these is different as you don’t put them in the GIMP program folder. To install them, go to Control Panel > Fonts. Just copy and paste the file into the Fonts folder, then you’re done.

Gallery
Below is the gallery in which I’ll be posting all of the images I have contributed to Zelda Wiki.