User:JFletcher: Difference between revisions

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Hi fellow GTA fans and wiki editors!

My name is James Fletcher, and I live close to Liverpool (near Sydney), New South Wales, [[Australia]].

I am a long-time user of the [[PlayStation|PlayStation series of consoles]], and one of my favourite video game series' is the [[Grand Theft Auto|Grand Theft Auto series]].

When I was a kid, I wanted a game where I was given a city and a protagonist to do whatever I wanted. I found this in [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]].

Since then, I have palyed and owned many other GTA games. While I still love the sandbox aspect of gameplay, I now enjoy the storylines just as much.

I have completed both the ''Deal'' and ''Revenge'' [[Endings in GTA IV|endings]] of the [[Plot in GTA IV|storyline]] of GTA IV twice, the second time without [[Cheats in GTA IV|cheats]]. I primarily chose the Revenge ending and just played the Deal ending to see what happened. I preferred the Revenge ending. After completing the Revenge ending I simply saved on another file so that I could go back and complete the Deal ending without replaying the entire game. I have also received [[Completion in GTA IV|100% completion]] in my no cheats save game. This makes GTA IV the only GTA game in which I have achieved 100%.

I have also played [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars|GTA Chinatown Wars]] once through the storyline on my [[iPhone]]. I have not played either of the [[GTA IV Episodes|episodes of GTA IV]], and at this point, it seems unlikely that I will. I had wanted to, in order to fill in the missing pieces of the storyline - But the long-term exclusivity for the [[Xbox 360]], coupled with personal circumstances, prevented me from playing them when they were new. Now, particularly with the imminent release of [[GTA V]], these games simply aren't my priority. I am, however, eagerly awaiting GTA V!

My favourite GTA [[protagonist]] is [[Niko Bellic]], followed by [[Huang Lee]] (despite not even having a voice, I like his personality]]). Some of my other favourite characters include [[Roman Bellic]], [[Francis McReary]] and [[Wade Heston]].

I discovered [[Main Page|Grand Theft Wiki]] in July 2008, when I was searching the Internet for a source of information on the [[Wanted Level in GTA IV|wanted level system of GTA IV]], as I noticed that it was very different to that of the past. I then decided to help make this wiki the largest GTA resource on the web. I have used this wiki to get a lot of information, and have added a lot as well. I initially had no intention to stay a part of this wiki, but was convinced by the friendly users here that this wiki was a fun environment. The fact that I initially had no intention to stay explained my original username, ''Biggest gta fan ever''. I just put in the first thing that came to my head, giving no consideration for the future. I had since tried to have my username changed to something more personal, but Wikia staff wouldn't change it, saying that only specific circumstances qualify for a username change. I eventually got my username changed after Grand Theft Wiki [[Grand Theft Wiki:Move from Wikia|moved away from Wikia]].

I used to help [[wp:Main Page|Wikipedia]], but don't any more. When I first started on GTW, I noticed that the people here were much friendlier, and I enjoyed it here. The general idea on this wiki is to encourage the placement of information into pages, so then we can fix it up later - Something is better than nothing. This is always my approach with new users, but in more recent times, however, I have realised that not all experienced users and [[staff]] agree with this notion.

My first GTW friend was [[User:Eganio|Eganio]]. Ironically that friendship started with him correcting my edits. He explained what I did wrong and we became friends (like I said earlier, the people here were much friendlier than Wikipedia). He taught me the power of actually reading and adding to talk pages.

I became an [[Administrator]] of Grand Theft Wiki in October 2008. When I got the email that [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] had edited my [[User talk:JFletcher|talk page]], I had no idea what he was going to say, and the last thing that I thought he was going to say was that I had been promoted. In fact, I was busy and hadn't been on the wiki for three days when I read that email. I however ''did'' know that it was something good, as he had also added me as a friend. Confusing me further was the fact that someone had edited my userpage (I didn't yet know who it was). I later found out that it was Gboyers, adding the {{template|Admin}} template. When I reached my talk page, before I knew that it was about a promotion, my Internet was acting slow, so the extra tools at the top of the page didn't show up straight away, meaning that I didn't notice anything until ''after'' I read the message. Sometimes I wonder if Gboyers regretted the decision to promote me, purely because of the amount of time that I spent asking him stupid questions after that :P.