User:Emma

"How'd you like to marry Malon?"

- Talon after winning his cucco game

This is my favorite quote of the 3D games.

I like to make people laugh. I guarantee you that you will feel the urge to laugh many times on this page.


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Basic Information
Real Name: Matt Rieckman Joined: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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Born: Sunday, July 16, 1989

First Zelda Game played:  Link's Awakening

Favorite Zelda Game :       Ocarina of Time/Twilight Princess tie

Most Hated Character: Tingle

Favorite Boss Battle:     City in the Sky battle,  Twilight Princess 

Games I have yet to beat:  PH and AoL, at the last level though.

Games I can finish in less than a day:  ALttP, LA, MM, & TMC

Favorite Moment in the Zelda games :    When the Hylian Soldiers run away in  Twilight Princess  after hearing the danger they faced and leaving the fat one behind.

Goal on ZeldaWiki.org: Fix the many typos on the articles. Like missed letters, spaces, capitalization, etc. Also, add wanted pages, correct wrong or misleading references, find and fix errors in accuracy on ZeldaWiki. Improve quality of articles.

Other Wikis: Wikipedia

Favorite Quote of the 2D Games "You got Marin! Is this your big chance?"

- Link's Awakening

Need I say more?

Bio
My name is Matthew "Matt" James Rieckman (pronounced like REEK-MAN). I'm also known as mjr162006 (I sometimes capitalize the m). I took it from my e-mail address. I created my current e-mail account in 2006. The meaning of the letters and numbers are: "m" for Matt — my first name, "j" for James — my middle name, "r" for Rieckman — my last name, "16" my age when I created my e-mail account, and "2006" the year I created my e-mail account. Put it together and you have "mjr162006."

I live in the state of South Dakota of the United States. It's next to Minnesota and south of North Dakota ^_^. If you see me editing at around 8:00AM UTC (3:00AM here), then I woke up involuntarily - damn birds - and am unable to resume sleep. Graduated from high school in May of 2008, actually the day after I wrote this paragraph, and was accepted to a public university for a degree in mathematics. My classes were over May 13,but I have had a lot of free time during school for the last month. The graduation ceremony was on May 18.

My school was a K12 school. That means that it is a elementary, middle, and high school all in one building. Only the middle school has a science fair. I took first place two years in a row. In 9th grade, I won first place at the state level in land judging. I then went on to nationals and placed 33rd, out of about three or four thousand. I won first place in Aquaculture - fish related - in 11th grade. That was the result of a three-year project. In twelfth grade, I received a State FFA degree. That is the highest award a FFA member can receive at the state level. I went to National Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana in October of 2007. There were over 50,000 members there.

I am very good at mathematics. When I say I didn't learn anything in math class, it is the truth. In my senior year, and through most of high school, I did not learn anything in Calculus class that I had not already took upon myself to learn beforehand. As a consequence of this, I was the "second teacher" of the class. Our calc class was a distance learning class. That means that we go to a special room and a class from another school connects with us through microphones, cameras, and displays. Our teacher was the only one in our school to teach a distance learning class.

I came to ZeldaWiki.org in the middle of the month of April in 2008. I didn't edit much at first. I wasn't really sure how much of anything worked. But, thankfully, users like Adam and Ando were there to guide me. In a few week's time I rapidly became one of the most active members on ZeldaWiki.org.

One of my first goals was to make grammatical corrections. Starting out, I intentionally mis-spelled the word grammar as grammer. Ando claims that he noticed right away, and he most likely did. It took a few days before Adam came up and said something. Now the use of "grammer" is sort of a running joke of mine.

One day I decided that there need to be more boss favorite userboxes. So I started making them. Since some boss pictures didn't look good in some colors, I made each of the boss favorite userboxes a different color. A few though, I intention left out one character for the color hex code so that the color matched the background.

I absolutely despise lying. If I see a problem with how someone is acting,  I will not sugar-coat it! I will not lie to spare someone's feelings. That would only harm him/her more in the long run. I am well-known for being brutally honest. This is my nature. Nothing will ever change that. If anyone is ever offended by this, just remember that offense is never intended.

Real-World Travel
Here are some real-world places that I have traveled to. Who knows, maybe I've been within fifty miles of some of you! Bigger cites (pop of 100,000+) only.
 * Sioux Fall, South Dakota
 * Minneapolis, Minnesota
 * St. Paul, Minnesota
 * Omaha, Nebraska
 * Madison, Wisconsin
 * Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 * Green Bay, Wisconsin
 * Chicago, Illinois
 * Peoria, Illinois
 * Springfield, Illinois
 * Des Moines, Iowa
 * Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 * Indianapolis, Indiana
 * Dayton, Ohio
 * Cincinnati, Ohio
 * Arlington, Virginia
 * Washington, District of Columbia

"Ha ha ha! Do it! Do it! Do it moooore! ... ... Hunh? No, it's nothing... I didn't mean it."

- Marin

Classic. One of the more obscure quotes. Happens after Link repeatedly beats a Cucco. Marin must be following Link!

Gaming History
Here are is a list of systems that I have owned at one point. Following in parentheses is my current status with that system
 * Nintendo Entertainment System (dysfunctional)
 * Super Nintendo Entertainment System (given to a younger family member)
 * Game Boy (dysfunctional)
 * Virtual Boy (functional, only own one game)
 * Sega Genesis (functional, well I lost the power cord, but it should still work!)
 * Sony Playstation One (functional, only own one game)
 * Nintendo 64 (functional)
 * Nintendo Gamecube (functional)
 * Game Boy Advance (dysfunctional, bad d-pad)
 * Game Boy Advance SP (functional)
 * Nintendo DS Lite (functional)

I hate the direction that Nintendo is going with controls. They are even worse for your health than normal control pads. They are more prone to wear-and-tear than other platforms' controls. The only thing that will make me want to buy a Wii is the release of a new Zelda game.

Friends
I guess I have made some friends here. I'll list the users that are on friendly terms with me - in alphabetic order. If you think that you should be in this list then just say so on my talk page.
 * Adam
 * Ando
 * Axiomist
 * David
 * Magnus orion

My Timeline
Start: TMC - OoT

Adult: FS/FSA - ALttP/OoA/OoS/LA - LoZ / AoL - TWW /PH

Child: MM - TP


 * I have come to find the following timeline equally acceptable

Start: TMC - OoT

Adult: TWW/PH

Child: MM - TP - FS/FSA - ALttP/OoA/OoS/LA - LoZ / AoL

Magnus orion and I had a long and detailed talk on the matter (see Timeline Talk for details). See Zelda Timeline for the descriptions of the shorthand notations used here.If you want to talk with me about either timeline the please do so on my talkpage, not in the Timeline Talk archive. Don't know what games I'm talking about? Then see this.

"If you vandalize any page on ZeldaWiki, I will send the Hero of Time to destroy you."

- Matt

Would a sysop please assume the title of Hero of Time, temporarily, in the event of vandalism.

Ahh... Sarcasm... No really, assume the title!

My Contributions

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 * Many grammar fixes on many articles
 * Merging of several articles
 * Created most of the boss favorite userboxes
 * Created the Fierce Deity fan userbox
 * Adding sheet music for many songs
 * Adding copyright templates to many pictures
 * Corrected many inaccuracies
 * Added additional information to several articles
 * Suggested the featured content nomination template
 * Created the article and picture reminder templates
 * Created the Featured Templates category
 * Created the User Talk Archive template
 * Created the Ex-Featured Content category
 * Added a table of items that the Curiosity Shop will buy
 * Put the user edit table in template form
 * Made a few cool tables
 * Created the Fan Theory template, at the request of Axiomist
 * Took part in The Midna Art Debate
 * Sorted contents of many template categories
 * Created the ZeldaWiki member userbox
 * I typically play the role of babysitter on this site. Actually, this happens a lot!
 * Created the Challenges page.
 * Explained what rent-a-moding is
 * Created, well it was a redirect, the Silver Membership article
 * Expanded the Gold Membership article to include information on Phantom Hourglass
 * Created the Platinum Membership and the VIP Membership articles
 * Made an optional field for the PH userbox
 * Added the optional field to a few other userboxes
 * Rewrote the article Curiosity Shop Guy
 * Put together a great list of Firefox Hints
 * Made a new field on the archive template
 * Made all fields optional on the article template

Favorite Dialog
Twinrova death sequence

Koume: Shoot, what a fresh kid! This time, we'll get serious, right, Kotake? Kotake: [with halos over their heads] Hey, Koume, what is that above your head?

Koume: I don't know, but you have one over your head too, Kotake! But I'm only 400 years old!

Kotake: And I'm just 380 years old!

Koume: We're twins! Don't try to lie about your age!

Kotake: You must have gone senile!

Koume: Who are you calling senile? Is that how you treat your older sister?

Kotake: We are twins! How can you be older?

Koume: Keeeyaaah! How heartless you are!

Kotake: How can you be so ungrateful?

Koume: You're heartless!

Kotake: You ungrateful... (they both fly up to beyond)

Both: I'll come back to haunt you!

Table of Completions and Attempts
This table was ripped from David's userpage who ripped it from Douken's user page who ripped it from Ando's user page who ripped it from an unknown person. Guidelines: "Times Beaten" means number of times the game's main storyline was completed in its entirety(not including side-quests), not how many times the final boss was defeated. "Times Started" is the number of times that a new game was started. "Greatest Completion" is the farthest point reached in a game. That includes side-quests and extras. This all means that the times beaten should never exceed times started. Usage: Since I'm one of the early users of this table, I'm keeping who I got it from. To prevent this chain from getting too long, I'll let anyone copy this table to his/her userpage, with no requirement to state that he/she obtained it from my page (although it would be appreciated). That is provided that he/she adheres to the above guidelines and that it is used in a professional manner.

Don't know what games I'm talking about? Then see this.

Here is a quote that would cause Link to feel rather afraid.


 * "Unless you cheat or use some dirty tricks, you have no chance. And if you do cheat...you will pay dearly."

- One of the Gorons before beating Gor Coron in Twilight Princess


 * "You... Did you really win? Without cheating? If I find out that you cheated, human, you will pay."

- Same Goron, after Link "cheats" with the Iron Boots

Memorable Non-Zelda Quotes
These are some of the funniest/dumbest things I've heard people say where I live. No these aren't typos. This is actually what they said. To protect their identities, all people will remain anonymous. If only I could remember the things they said in past years.

Warning : Some quotes contain language that may be offensive to some people. The worst one, known by some as the "f-word", is censored with asterisks.

Here is the funniest thing I've said here to date, without intending to be funny.

"I think that using material from talented artists is preferable to just sitting on our butts and leaving crap..."

- Me

If you don't get it. Then just ask yourself: "Where does crap come from?"

"Oh my god! Why am I so stupid? I wanna be smart!"

- Girl A

"Wednesday is the best day of the day!"

- Girl B

"How many hours are there between noon and six-o-clock? Don't you have to add a twelve or something?"

- Girl C

"I hate trying to think!"

- Girl D

"Everyone who isn't here raise your hand."

- Boy A

"Nope! We're all here! Let's go!"

- Boy B

"If I don't pass this test, I am seriously fu***d! [turns around to find the teacher standing right behind him] Oh... um... I didn't know you were here!"

- Boy B (I've never seen a face so red before. The teacher just smiled and shook his head.)

"[runs into the door] Ow... My boob!"

- Girl C, again. she forgot to turn the handle

Here's a rather funny incident. This is probably the cleverest trick I have ever seen someone pull off.

"I'm going to put this tape over the camera. No one say anything!"

- Boy B


 * The teacher and the rest of the class walk in. It takes a few minutes for anyone to notice anything.

"Hey. What's wrong with the screen? There's a blurry spot."

- Boy C

"What?"

- The Teacher


 * He goes up to the camera. He discovers the tape.

"There's tape here! Who put this on here? [Boy A's name] ! It was you wasn't it?"

- The Teacher

"No! It wasn't!"

- Boy A

"Yes it was. Just for that, you've got to turn in the assignment tomorrow. Everyone else turns it in at the regular time. Now come here and peel off this tape!"

- The Teacher

"What the hell!"

- Boy A

"[quietly] Heh, heh, heh, heehh!"

- Boy B


 * Calculus class. Mega-sized assignments. There were three more work days left. Took him ten minutes to get the tape off. And Boy A never found out that the tape was placed there by Boy B. The rest us had no reason to inform either the teacher or Boy A of the details. We still are not sure if Boy B planned the whole thing or was just lucky. But it is likely that he did in fact plan it since it's usually Boy A doing all the stupid things. (Yes the test Boy B mentioned above was a calc test.)

Other Funny Things
Here are some other things that I found to be funny.

Warning Errors
"Keep out of children."

- kitchen knife warning label

"Entrance only. Do not enter."

- Sign on a door

"Warning: Do not attempt to swallow"

- Mattress

"Do not attempt to stick head inside deck, which may result in injury."

- Japanese GameCube Instruction Manual

"Be kind - rewind."

- Blockbuster Rental DVD

"Keyboard not detected. Press any key to continue."

- My old computer said this once.

"Do not turn upside down"

- Warning on the underside of a TV dinner tray.

"This product has not been tested on animals."

- Can of insect repellent

Stating the Obvious
"Caution: Never aim spray at your own eyes."

- Pepper Spray

"Warning: May contain traces of nuts"

- Hershey's Almond Bar

"Road wet when raining"

- Sign on a highway

"Caution: Non-Flammable"

- Fire Extinguisher

"Suitable for outdoor use."

- Rain Gauge

"Do not attempt to stop chain with hands."

- Chainsaw

"Warning: Do not attempt to remove blade while lawnmower is running"

- Lawnmower

Game Abbreviations
Here are the game abbreviations I use. Most are the same as the ones on the Zelda Timeline page. Official North America or Europe games only.

Firefox Hints
Here I will collect any knowledge I have obtained on Mozilla Firefox. To suggest a hint, just say so on my talk page. I'm using Windows XP. I confident that these hints will work with any version of Windows. However, Windows Vista has features that sometimes override features in Mozilla Firefox. If you find such a problem, make sure to tell me! I'll try to find a solution.

Get Firefox
What? You don't have Firefox? Why not? It is easy to install! Just go here. Download Firefox and install. Firefox has many strong points:
 * Easily customizable
 * More stable than Internet Explorer
 * Hate when you are trying to go to a site, but you keep getting redirected to some search engine site instead? Well there is a lot less of that in Firefox.
 * Used tabs in Internet Explorer? Ever closed one by accident? Firefox has a feature to undo closed tabs.
 * Have bad spelling? Firefox has a built-in spell-check feature.
 * Has your web browser ever crashed, computer locked up, or your power go out, and you lost what you were doing on the internet? Firefox automatically restores lost sessions. You will hardly lose a thing.
 * Tired of websites downloading programs to your computer without your permission? Firefox will not allow a Web site to download, install, or run programs on your computer without your explicit agreement.

Spell Check

 * You can spell check summaries as well as the normal body of text when editing. Just right click the summary box, then check Spell check this field.
 * If you are not in the US, make sure to add the US English dictionary. There are a few ways to do that. The fastest way is to add this add-on, then right-click an edit field. Then go to Languages and choose English/United States.
 * To have "Spell check this field." checked for every field permanently, open a new tab. Type this in the address bar: about:config. Find the setting titled layout.spellcheckDefault. Change the value to 2. Firefox will now spell check everything you type on the internet.

Reload Page

 * You can have a page reload automatically. Just right-click anywhere on the page - other than a text box, link, or image - and choose Reload E very. Then choose enable and select the time increment. The page will then automatically reload.
 * This is very useful for watching recent changes.

Taming Firefox's hunger for RAM

 * Don't listen to anyone who tries to tell you to change a setting in about:config to take the edge off Firefox's legendary appetite for RAM. Not a single fix will do anything at all. The only way is to get a memory manager and force Firefox to obey.

New Tab Trick

 * If you use a mouse with a scroll wheel and click on the wheel while the mouse pointer is over a link, it will automatically open the link in a new tab.

Add-ons
Here are some add-ons that I found to be useful:
 * US English Dictionary This add the dictionary for United States English. If you live in the US you should already have it. If you live elsewhere, make sure to add it!
 * Tabs Menu Adds a drop-down list of currently open tabs to the main menu.
 * Install Button Adds an install button to the add-on manager. This allows installing add-ons from a file. Useful if you download add-ons on another browser or if someone sends one or something.
 * History Submenus Places each day's browsing history in a submenu in the history menu.
 * Add-ons Sidebar Shows the add-on manager in a sidebar.
 * OpenDownload Allows you to open any file from the internet into the your computer's assigned program for the given file type.
 * Titlebar Tweaks Allows you to change what the titlebar says. Useful if you don't want to say the browser name.
 * Tab Mix Plus Provides an easy way to tweak a bunch of settings related to tabs.

Miscellaneous Tweaks
Here are some miscellaneous tweaks that you can do. Just type in about:config in the address bar and find a preference to change.
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 * Setting || Default Value || Modified Value || Effect
 * layout.spellcheckDefault
 * 1
 * 2
 * Permanently enables "Spell check this field" for all fields
 * browser.urlbar.hideGoButton
 * False
 * True
 * Hides the go button next to the address bar
 * browser.cache.memory.capacity
 * 4096
 * 4096
 * DON'T MESS WITH THIS Lowering it will reduce Firefox's response time, not it's RAM consumption. This one is not there by default. Don't create it.
 * browser.cache.disk.capacity
 * 50000
 * 50000
 * DON'T MESS WITH THIS Lowering it will reduce Firefox's response time, not it's RAM consumption.
 * dom.popup_maximum
 * 20
 * 5
 * Limits how many pop-up windows that can be open at one time.
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 * dom.popup_maximum
 * 20
 * 5
 * Limits how many pop-up windows that can be open at one time.
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Mouse Wheel
There are four actions that can be assigned to the mouse wheel. A different action could be used by holding a certain key while moving the mouse wheel. By default, all these actions are the same. There are four preferences in about:config that apply to this
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 * Preference || Applies to...
 * mousewheel.withaltkey.action
 * How mouse wheel works when ALT key is pressed
 * mousewheel.withcontrolkey.action
 * How mouse wheel works when CTRL key is pressed
 * mousewheel.withnokey.action
 * How mouse wheel works when no key is pressed
 * mousewheel.withshiftkey.action
 * How mouse wheel works when SHIFT key is pressed
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 * mousewheel.withshiftkey.action
 * How mouse wheel works when SHIFT key is pressed
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The default settings to all of those is "0". Here are the four possible settings:


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 * Setting || Action
 * 0
 * Scroll document by X lines
 * 1
 * Scroll document by one page
 * 2
 * Move back/forward in history
 * 3
 * Makes text larger/smaller
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 * 3
 * Makes text larger/smaller
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Fishing Records
Here are my fishing records for some games. These are my all-time records, not just in one play-through.
 * Ocarina of Time
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 * Fish || Size
 * Normal
 * 23 Pounds
 * Hylian Loach
 * 36 Pounds
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 * Twilight Princess Normal bobber fishing, not lure fishing. I can't really recover the lure fishing records. But I will record them from now on.
 * {| border=1
 * Twilight Princess Normal bobber fishing, not lure fishing. I can't really recover the lure fishing records. But I will record them from now on.
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 * Fish || Size
 * Greengill
 * 15 inches
 * Ordon Catfish
 * 15 inches
 * Hyrule Bass
 * 16 inches
 * Hyrule Pike
 * 16 inches
 * Hylian Loach
 * 19 inches
 * Reekfish
 * 27 inches
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 * Hylian Loach
 * 19 inches
 * Reekfish
 * 27 inches
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 * Phantom Hourglass
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 * Fish || Size
 * Skippyjack
 * 2ft. 5in.
 * Toona
 * 3ft. 8in.
 * Loovar
 * 6ft. 8in.
 * Rusty Swordfish
 * 13ft. 1in.
 * Neptoona
 * 17ft. 3in.
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 * 13ft. 1in.
 * Neptoona
 * 17ft. 3in.
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Second Favorite Dialog

 * This is the dialog at the end of the Ghost Ship level in Phantom Hourglass. I might add the rest later.

Ocean King:

"The sea's islands are rich with life force. The Ghost Ship was made to drain that life force. They used a story of treasure to lure people in. It wasn't enough for Bellum to steal MY life force. He had to take what little he could from the people. Tetra must have had a bold, vibrant soul. The Ghost Ship was drawn to that power. She didn't find it... It found her."

Linebeck:

"Wait... so you're saying there's NO TREASURE?!"

Ocean King:

"Yes, that's what I'm saying. From what I can sense, Tetra is still alive.  There is an island north of the Isle of Gust. Go there and find Zauz. He is a blacksmith. He will tell you  more about the great evil. He knows how to slay Bellum."

Linebeck:

"This is some kind of sick joke, old man! The treasure! What about all the TREASURE! That was the only reason I put my life on the line! And now there's no treasure? Well, I... QUIT!"

Cielia:

"You quit? Didn't you even listen to his story? You're a man of the sea... Don't you want to help the Ocean King?!"

Linebeck:

"NO! And you can't use my ship anymore! Heh... heh..."

Ocean King:

"No, no. I would never ask you to do this for free. If you help us defeat Bellum... I will grant you one wish. What do you say to that?"

[Dramatic music plays. Linebeck strikes a triumphant pose.]

Linebeck:

"HEY! Quit standing around, kid! The Ocean King is in trouble! Ship out, kid! Anchors aweigh! I said, MOVE IT!"

Ocean King:

"Hmmph. One word about a wish, and he leaped to action! I'm so sorry... I shouldn't have involved you and Tetra in all this."

Recommended Links
Here are some places that I recommend going to on ZeldaWiki.org: Help and Guides Featured Content
 * Editing Help
 * Help
 * Guide to Creating Userboxes
 * Guide to Archiving
 * Userboxes
 * Userboxes Category
 * Firefox Hints
 * Featured Article Nomination
 * Featured Picture Nomination
 * Featured Content Disqualification

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