User:Emma

"How'd you like to marry Malon?"

- Talon after winning his Cucco game

I like to make people laugh. I guarantee you that you will feel the urge to laugh many times on this page. Note: These things with the pictures right below are userboxes.


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 * "What a handy little spider-crusher! Go on! Just whack away!"

- Midna (Twilight Princess)

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

First Zelda Game played:

Favorite Zelda Game:      / tie

Most Hated Character: Tingle

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

Games I have yet to beat: 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.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little Cucco... I am gold and not for you-oo..."

- Golden Cucco (Twilight Princess)

How I came to ZeldaWiki.org
One day in April of 2008 in school during holding tank, a period of school right after lunch for students that are not in choir, I had no homework at all and I was rather bored. I was using my Tablet PC, each student is given one to use for the school year and this was the first year. I was browsing on Wikipedia on a few The Legend of Zelda pages and I came across links to Zeldapedia and ZeldaWiki.org. I didn't know before then that there were dedicated wikis for Zelda Games. So I decide I'll check them both out and join the one I liked best. Well fate, apparently, was on the side of ZeldaWiki.org. My school had blocked Zeldapedia because it fell under the category of belong to Wikia. All wikis hosted by Wikia were blocked. So I came here(a few parts like the chatroom and a few others were blocked here too). I'm now glad that I did. I have since made some major contributions to ZeldaWiki.org. I can't live without this place. Upon being able to set up my internet connection at my home computer, that's why my screen resolution in the above userbox changed, I was able to access every part of this site that was blocked at my school, as well as Zeldapedia. I had wireless internet for the Tablet, but I prefer a hard-line connection. It is faster.

Upon looking at Zeldapedia, I was not impressed. Sure some of the things that they were using over there were pretty cool, it really was inappropriate for an encyclopedia. It made the site seem more like a forum and a fan site, and not a professional work. Also I didn't like the idea of the fate of my wiki being at the mercy of the whim of a huge company that cared little for the content.

So I decided to stick here. I now consider the fate of ZeldaWiki.org intertwined with my own. If I see the Wiki going in a bad direction, then yes I will go into overdrive mode and try help to turn us back on to a clear course.

Some people asked me if I wanted to be a sysop here. I said that I can do it. I already have the trust of the active sysops just as I trust them. But instead of begging for the position, I just go out and work to better the wiki. Rushing the staff's decision is not something I want to do. I the person who is on this site more than any other at the moment. Yes if I was a sysop it might make things a little better, but right now my main focus is to improve the site. I watch out for vandalism even though it is rare here thanks to our awesome staff here and the great decisions that they made to protect this site. I'm always willing to help out newcomers to the site. We get a few of those each week. So now you now how I came to be here. You also now have some idea of what is going on in my mind. Now keep on reading all the funny quotes on this page!!!

"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.

"Uh! Rare color of wolf! Looks tasty... But tonight fish night. Maybe another time."

- Yeto (Twilight Princess)

Later, after the level. "Uh! You that tasty-looking wolf. Me remember! [Looks to Yeta] ...Breakfast, uh?"

- Yeto (Twilight Princess)

"Meat in morning? No..."

- Yeta (Twilight Princess)

"[Sighs depressively] Uh... that too bad..."

- Yeto (Twilight Princess)

Talk Again "But... Looks so tasty, uh..."

- Yeto (Twilight Princess)

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
 * ZeldaGirl96

"Forget the Scent of Ilia and learn a new scent?"

- N/A

"No, no, no, no ,no, nooooo!!!"

- What we all know that Link was really thinking.

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 archive template
 * Changed the cite template so that it can be used for non-character quotes without linking. Also changed so that it didn't try to link to the article that it is in.
 * Added much needed references to the Link article
 * Created the Quote of the Day userbox
 * Created the Day template
 * Created the Archiving help page
 * Created the References template
 * Started the Linking Secrets page
 * Helped improve the quality of our Quality Standards
 * Eliminated the need for the noclog template
 * Created the split template

"How about a big Goron hug?"

- Goron

RRRUUUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!

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


 * "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.

Okay this one is actually from here. I usually don't put up quotes from this site, but I said this one. I would normally ask the person's permission first. So I then asked myself for permission to use the quote that I said myself and I then replied to myself that I give myself permission to post this quote of myself that I said myself on my own page that I made myself. Confused? Heh, heh, heeehhh. :P

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.)

Warning : This concludes the potentially offensive language. It is clean from here on out!

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.

As Madame Fanadi might say: "Fi uoy nac daer siht, neht uoy era rehtie yrev trams ro ta tsael ton bmud."

- Me

If you wish to translate this, then I'll give you a hint: Tsiwt dedda evad i.

Firefox Hints
Firefox Hints

Here's a good quote:

"Oh! What's going on?! Has there been a monkey fight?"

- Midna early on in the Forest Temple

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.
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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.
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 * Fish || Size (Bobber) || Size (Lure)
 * Greengill
 * 16 inches
 * N/A
 * Ordon Catfish
 * 20 inches
 * 25 inches
 * Hyrule Bass
 * 16 inches
 * 20 inches
 * Hyrule Pike
 * 21 inches
 * 25 inches
 * Hylian Loach
 * 19 inches
 * 27 inches
 * Reekfish
 * 27 inches
 * N/A
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 * 27 inches
 * Reekfish
 * 27 inches
 * N/A
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 * Phantom Hourglass
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 * Fish || Size
 * Skippyjack
 * 2ft. 5in.
 * Toona
 * 4ft. 2in.
 * Loovar
 * 6ft. 8in.
 * Rusty Swordfish
 * 13ft. 1in.
 * Neptoona
 * 17ft. 3in.
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 * 13ft. 1in.
 * Neptoona
 * 17ft. 3in.
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"Hey... You stay away, Mr. Bug! Shoo! Go get squished!"

- Iza

Squishy, squishy Mr.Bug!

Photo of the Day
Tomorrow's Photo: Changes in only  !

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!"

Ciela:

"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."

"Say, you seem to like people... But I bet even a good pup like you gets the evil eye from people just 'cause you're a wolf. But me, I'm not worried about you, little guy. My older sister is much scarier than you."

- Coro (Twilight Princess)

"Say guy,you going somewhere now? You just remember that the world's a mess, guy! Seriously! You watch your back out there! Hey, and you want some advice? Two words: be plenty careful around that Zora's River."

- Coro (Twilight Princess)

Ahh, fear of a older sister. I can relate.

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

This one is funny: "Why do I have to stand guard at a dead end at the bottom of a cliff like this... ...Wait a second! Have they tucked me out of the way because they think I am useless?"

- A Goron in Twilight Princess

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