I think of myself as quite the straight shooter, so when I say I mulled about how to start this introduction blog for minutes I hope you believe me. I finally settled on how many important documents or works of literature begin. With a quote. “How the fuck do I even start this?”- Brian “AuricPolaris” Wisniewski October 25, 2023 1:59 PM.
This is just a simple, quick blog introducing myself, the second member of a the dynamic duo that make up Moonstamp Sports. I’m Brian, or as those that follow me on twitch AuricPolaris (two paragraphs in, already shamelessly plugging [https://www.twitch.tv/auricpolaris]). I fancy myself a lover of sports, video games, hypothetical gambling, and terrible attempts at humor (Dad jokes and puns don’t count, you know who you are). While I will be primarily blogging about the first two loves, I will do my best to sprinkle in the latter as well. This is something I have been wanting to do for a long long time and with the support and, quite honestly mainly, efforts from Jorden, finally taking the first steps into the world of blogging. Before I give you the usual early small college class icebreaker information, I must warn you on three big points.
1. I will not go back and edit these, I prefer my writings as God intended with my dyslexic ass: full of grammatical and spelling errors. I am actually dyslexic so you can’t cancel me. Not yet at least. 2. Don’t come at me with a bunch of nerd stats about my sport takes or hypothetical gambling picks. I go by the three most tried and true methods: eye test, the heart, and what’s the most fun. Quick side note, I live in Texas where there is no legal sports gambling, so that’s why I call it hypothetical gambling. The picks I would make if I lived in a state where I could have the pleasure of losing money to a billion dollar sports book. And 3. I don’t play every video game ever and don’t have the time to. I play and will write about the games I will be able to play.
Alright, after reading my terms I suppose I should let you know about myself. I spend way too much time doom scrolling on the internet and watching sporting events that should mean nothing to me just to see if my hypothetical bets/picks would hit. I am an avid Notre Dame and Houston Sports fan and my emotions are swayed way too much by the way they preform. But as an ND/Houston veteran fan, I feel it has hardened me into learning how to take L’s and to massively over-celebrate surprise dubs. I have been hurt more times than you can count. I remember distinctly sitting on my friend’s couch up 24-0 Texans over Chiefs on January 12, 2020, us turning towards each other and saying we’re going to lose this game. And we did. Houston Sports BAY-BEEEEE.
Moving on from sports, I have a fun little hobby of giving out Joke of the Day’s to my friends. Will you ever see them? Probably not. Why did I include this? Because I just gave one away as I’m typing this blog.
Next point: Just to get a quick taste of the kind of #Gamer I am, here are my top 7. This purely subjective and I didn’t own a mom-hand held gaming console until the GameCube, so good chance yours ain’t on the list. And that’s okay. Gaming is all about preference. I don’t care so much about graphics and air tight mechanics as did I enjoy playing it, did I have fun, or did the story/atmosphere capture me. Though sound tracks are a HUGE plus in my book.
7. Stardew Valley
6. Dead Space 2
5. Fallout: New Vegas
4. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
3. Mass Effect 2
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
1. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Although I love Pokémon, you won’t find any of their games cracking my top 7, probably not even top 12. But I’m not going to put that much thought into it right now. Your boy is currently suffering from food poisoning and desperately trying to finish this out before another trip to the bathroom.
Well. It was nice meeting you. I hope you enjoy your stay at Moonstamp Sports Blog and Resort. I also hope to catch you at a stream sometime. There you get to see my scatter brain scramble to come up with interesting or funny commentary on the fly (Shameless plug número dos, baby). I’ll end this off just as we began. With a quote. “I couldn’t come up with an ending to this if it stung me on the dick”- Brian “AuricPolaris” Wisniewski October 25th, 2023 2:35 PM
