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Community Spotlight

Martin-O2 — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:29:02 GMT

Hi everyone,

I happy to bring you another community spotlight! This time around the spotlight is on @Anonymous. Choegyn joined the O2 community this year has has quickly become a regular face around the boards and has provided us with a fantastic Microsoft Band review as part of Try the Tech.

We've asked a few questions to help you all get to know Choegyn better so say hi and feel free to ask any follow up questions.

What's your name and where are you from?

I'm Steve and I am from Bury, Lancashire

Favourite thing about the forum/what do you like best?

The best thing about the forums is everyone helping each other, also usually there is always someone willing to chat gaming

Why did you join the O2 forums?

I joined the forums because I switched over from Virgin, also I used to work for O2 in their Bury Call Centre on customer service for the old Genie Sims back when I was a wee nipper, all young and dumb with all my own hair, and I thought I would see if some of the knowledge I retained was still up to date and of use to anyone

Which mobile phone did you first own and why?

My first mobile was a present of my parents back in 1998, it was on orange on the Just Talk plan, and it was an big Motorola, best thing about it was the plan as the name implies it was not intended for texting, and this phone kept the last text you sent, had to delete it everytime you went to send a new one. Anyway to stop you from sending the texts they weren't billing you for the essentially sent 160 spaces, delete them and free texts for about 15 monhts. The aerial did tend to stick you in uncomfortable places if you forgot to take it out of your pocket before you sat down though.

Apple, Android or Windows?

Firmly a windows user, I have for me a Lumia 950, and I love it, syncs with my desktop, laptop, xbox, tablet and who needs aoos when you can just access a website. Also to be honest I have a samsung s6 for work, dont use apps on that either.

Favourite movie/TV show/actor?

This is not a question I can answer, my list would run several pages - lets just say sci-fi and leave it at that

What are your tastes in music?

As above, but if we get some Zappa or some ACDV going Im a happy man

Do you have any pets?

Do kids count? I do I have three cats, they were meant to be the childrens but soon they got sick of feeding, cleaning, emptying the litter tray and since the canal was a bit of a walk I decided to keep hold of them for a while.

Cats or dogs which is better?

Neither, I never wanted pets, however I would be tempted to adopt a dog in the next question, where he would be my early warning system.

What is your zombie apocalypse plan?

First, you need the right location, I am thinking farmhouse and moors, I intend to ram raid the library, get books on farming and animal welfare, after all I have no useful skills unless the zombie wants its taxes doing. Then we have to setup a lot of big walls and fences, become my own little self sufficient world, might take the Mrs and the kids, but Clara from Dr Who might need somewhere to hide...

Favourite meal?

I love a curry the award winning Jewel in The Crown do a cheese tika, start with that add a mixed kebab starter for two and additional shami, the main is usually a chicken karahi, wash down with dark ale and a couple of rennies to polish off.

Future developments in mobile tech your looking forward to?

At the minute I am awaiting some more AR to become involved in life, I know Google glass never took off, but hololens is looking like a good shot and witht eh advent of games supporting it, popular usage is just around the corner. Hopefully they will also make it compatible with my presciption

Hobbies besides mobile?

Well noly a few of these as I have two children under two so they take up a lot of time, I am involved in local politics, I am currently working towards getting the conservative nomination for local councillor in the Unsworth Ward of Bury South, I coach an under 9s football team (Bury FC Jrs Hawks) aside form this I decided I wanted to expand my horizons so I am doing a part time history degree. Other than this it is Xbox, bit more Xbox, pontificating on ales, and then some Xboix

Awesome stuff thanks Choegyn!

Re: Community Spotlight

MI5 — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:06:12 GMT

Re: Community Spotlight

Cleoriff — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:18:48 GMT

Hi @Anonymous and welcome.

Completely random question here but how did you choose your forum name? See I was mistaken, when you first joined I thought you were female (I think it's because Choe reminds me of Chloe)

I am not really interested in gaming but many of my family members are...so I am used to hearing abuse shouted at the TV screens when a team battle is going on....

Re: Community Spotlight

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:29:42 GMT

Hiya, the forum name is aslo my gamer tag, wanted something years ago where I wouldnt have to put "steve82" or something, So I went to an online welsh dictionary, typed in "dude" and got "choegyn" out. Et voilav

Re: Community Spotlight

Cleoriff — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:41:19 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Hiya, the forum name is aslo my gamer tag, wanted something years ago where I wouldnt have to put "steve82" or something, So I went to an online welsh dictionary, typed in "dude" and got "choegyn" out. Et voilav

Never even thought it could be a gamer tag. Not bad Steve....:smileywink:

Re: Community Spotlight

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:55:27 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

Will you describe your 3 cats & what are their names please ?

Re: Community Spotlight

MI5 — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:56:17 GMT

Bet you can't guess mine.....

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Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:02:40 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Bet you can't guess mine.....

your gaming name @MI5 ... or your pet(s) name(s)

Re: Community Spotlight

Cleoriff — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:08:45 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
Bet you can't guess mine.....

From what I heard last ...you called yours 'that damn dog'....

I doubt you have a gamer tag....

The other name is not known on here .....

Re: Community Spotlight

MI5 — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:15:30 GMT

I have a most underused (by me) gamer tag, actually.

Re: Community Spotlight

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:15:46 GMT

We have Skye, she is a two year old pure bred Bengal, then we have Tenant and Ghosty, they are the kttens of Skye and some random tom from down the road. The funny thing is I was there not only for their birth but for their conception, Skye was a house cat, we never let her out, she escaped one day,so me and the big and ugly eldest went chasing out after her, just in time to turn a corner and explain how the horrible tom from down the road was "attacking" skye...

Re: Community Spotlight

Cleoriff — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:25:05 GMT

@MI5 wrote:
I have a most underused (by me) gamer tag, actually.

Oh.... My mistake.....lol

Re: Community Spotlight

Cleoriff — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:27:43 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
We have Skye, she is a two year old pure bred Bengal, then we have Tenant and Ghosty, they are the kttens of Skye and some random tom from down the road. The funny thing is I was there not only for their birth but for their conception, Skye was a house cat, we never let her out, she escaped one day,so me and the big and ugly eldest went chasing out after her, just in time to turn a corner and explain how the horrible tom from down the road was "attacking" skye...

I love Bengals. I have 3 cats...all moggies. Bugsy 18, Gizmo (ginger) age 6 and his sister Lily a torty....who hates Gizzy with a passion....

Re: Community Spotlight

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:28:29 GMT

@Anonymous you have made me lol

I will Google what a Bengal cat looks like

& @MI5 is your much underused gamer tag ... erm MI6 ?

Re: Community Spotlight

MI5 — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:29:56 GMT

Erm no, lol

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Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:32:36 GMT

Bengal cat from Google ... how beautiful they are

@Anonymous I have 1 cat Marty, ginger / white (10)

Re: Community Spotlight

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:38:33 GMT

I am actually allergic, but didn't realise until after Skye was here for a while, so to teach the kids that you cant just give away pets when they make your eyes itch I put up with it.

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Cairdeas — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:03:26 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I am actually allergic, but didn't realise until after Skye was here for a while, so to teach the kids that you cant just give away pets when they make your eyes itch I put up with it.

Nice lesson @Anonymous and

Good spotlight.

No cats here, but a very nervous border collie currently hiding as fireworks going off .. Don't get me started on that!! x

Re: Community Spotlight

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 20:44:47 GMT

@Anonymous you've told us you are from Bury ... may I ask you a question please ? Many years ago I lived in Castleton, a district of Rochdale, & used to go on the bus regularly to Bury outside market, I particularly remember the black pudding stall ... Is the market still there ?

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Anonymous — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 10:46:31 GMT

Market is still there they rub coach tours now from other parts of the country.... Just don't get it. There are two black pudding stalls, chadwicks and bury black pudding co. Whichever one you go to don't forget the piccalilli