User:Abyss Master







Information
Abyss Master, also known as Tom by his friends (short for Tom-Olav, which is his full first name), is a part of several internet communities, most of these being Zelda related, and his alias being Abyss Master all over. He has exceeded his two years as a part of the online Zelda community, the exact date being the 19th of February 2007 when he first joined LegendOfZelda.com. He has later joined communities like Zelda Universe, The Hylia and Zelda Dungeon, though LegendOfZelda.com is his preferred website. He is one of the few Norwegian members at the website, and is proud of his nationality and language. He is also an active member of the LegendOfZelda.com Forums, participating in the many topics and discussions at the website. He is also currently in a staff position as a Moderator, and for a while he kept writing content for the website like he did when he was a Review Writer. Today, he is a member of the Kokiri Kids group at LoZ.com.

Abyss Master was one of the members who lost the E3 Banning Bet at the Zelda Universe Forums, where members were betting whether Zelda Wii was going to be showcased at Nintendo's E3 Conference.

Abyss Master is found regularly on Skype (as abyss_master88). In his free time, he enjoys writing and playing video games. He is an avid Roleplayer, participating actively in the RPGs found at LoZ.com and also participating somewhat in roleplaying at Zelda Universe too.

History
Abyss Master began his time at the Internet in late 2006, as he had just acquired Twilight Princess, and searched for eventual secrets and hints he could use in the game. However, due to a slow and bad Internet connection, his time on the net was very limited, and he did not find the information he looked for immediately.

By recommendation from his older brother, Tom joined the LoZ.com Community in early 2007. He went under the alias Prince of the Dragons at that time, and his appearance at the forums was brief as his Internet connection disappeared, only to be replaced by broadband about a month after. Prince returned to the website when the first rounds of the Link Almighty Tournament was going on at LoZ.com, and because he had not been present when the deadline for registration came, he did not have a chance of winning the prize.

Prince began building up his activity at the forums. He joined the RPG called Paradise in Peril: Callistus, and also became good friends with regular shoutbox users when he reached the mark of 50 posts, though he did take some time before deciding to make his presence known. He did not, however, interact very much with other members before April. He finally decided to go and speak in the shoutbox, and by doing so he got to know several good members who would also later turn out to become Sheikah.

Come May, Prince was beginning to build up respect among a few Sheikah, and also with other regular members. He was then introduced to some of the Moderators, and also the admin Last Chance. Chance soon after contacted Prince, and told him about the program Skype. He downloaded this program, and was soon after also a part of a bigger chat which included several other, good members.

In June, Tom's exams were approaching. Due to this, his time on LoZ was limited, though he kept a high activity still. And the very same day as he had had his last exam, LoZ.com changed the layout completely, going from traditional green to revolutionizing blue. Then came the holidays, with members leaving on vacation and taking a break. Tom, however, remained as active as before, if not more, due to more time available.

Beginning of July, Prince changed his name to Abyss Master, with a large donation of points from his brother to purchase the change for 10 000 points in the vBPlaza.

Then came the Awards Show on Game Over, which was delayed due to recording. Tom got nominated for three awards (You Need To Get Out More, Best Newb and Best Member) though he won none. Around this time, there were also hackings occurring on both Zelda Universe and Zelda Dungeon, and so LoZ.com disabled registrations momentarily for precautions. Registration was, however, enabled after two weeks when the threat was over.

In August, Abyss Master was made a LoZ.com Sheikah by the admins. Other than this, he pretty much kept a stabile activity at the website, juggling it with school.

The first of October, Abyss Master was made Site Staff as a Review Writer due to a Twilight Princess review he wrote for submission. There was little that happened in this specific time of the year, and being newly hired to Site Staff he had to put more focus into writing reviews.

In December came the Awards Show again on Game Over, and this time, Abyss Master was nominated for and won the three awards named You Need To Get Out More (which he was nominated for in July), Best Sheikah (shared with Guilty Tribute), and Best Member (also nominated for in July). There would then come a rather silent time from December and throughout January, February and March in which nothing of interest occurred other than Abyss Master submitting a few reviews.

In April Abyss Master was relieved of his Site Staff position, just to be hired as a Moderator by the Administrators. He was the first Moderator in a longer while who was hired without the depart of another Moderator. From April and on, he would work along the rest of the Mod Team to keep LoZ.com under order. During the Winter Awards of LoZ.com in January 2009, he won the "Lurker Award", which had replaced the "You Need To Get Out More Award". February 19th 2009 was his two-year anniversary at LoZ.com, making him a Sage.

By the end of March 2009 he had succeeded in creating the text RPG "Ethnan Chronicles: Rise of the Empire", and in April he helped reviving another RPG that had been inactive for over 2 years.

Links

 * Profile on LoZ.com


 * Profile on ZU.net