What are your other hobbies?

[Kieran Oloughlin]

What are your other hobbies?
Well that sums it up.
My other hobbies are guitar which Ive been playing for two years onto my third, quite enjoyable jamming out when I am in the mood
and Judo, a martial art and sport, no kicks/punches just flips and throws (damn they hurt:p:cry:) and arm locks and strangles. I am a grren belt the first belt of what is considered to be a high belt and have been doing it for 3 years onto my fourth.

I used to juggle:(. But I slowly lost intrest in it, I used to juggle 30-60 mins a day after I got home from school. I eventually found practice boring and felt like I was going nowhere! I made one last effort to get back into it but I failed.:( I just dont enjoy it anymore.

So yeah what are your other hobbies and how long have you been doing it for

[la0o9]

well, my other hobbies doesn't fall that far from the magic world, i enjoy pen spinning and dice stacking, because they keep me occupied for a long time( i hate being free without having something to do, "boredom kills me", i might say).

Aside from those, i enjoy reading manga( japanese comics) and discuss them with friends, i also like to write short fantasy stories that pop up in my mind from time to time( heh, i have like 3 good storylines that i like that i haven't seen published before, but my skills are just too horrible to make them appealing to others)

Contrary to most boys my age( High school sophomore), i actually hate playing computer games for some reason...

[MarkoViner]

I really don't have no other hobbies then card magic. Because I'm a student all I do is read books and do card magic.

[TheMisdirectingHand]

I am a hardcore gamer.

[TommySteal]

When I'm in the mood I like to draw and paint - but to stress, I must be in the right mood because I believe that to create something worthy of merit takes a lot of patience and concentration which are two things I very often lack. I once sold a portrait to a friend for £70 - something still to this day I'm quite proud of. Currently I'm working in an A6 size book sketching mini portraits of famous inventors/scientists. Next in line is Nikola Tesla.
I also love cooking and building stuff out of wood - though I am certainly no carpenter.

[la0o9]

hmmm, i think a nicely drawn painting of a magician that have just finished with a sandwich routine would be appealing to magicians( suddenly that old painting with the dogs playing card pops on my head)

[Jordan]

Other hobbies..
Archery, been doing that for about 3 years now - achieved 4 internationally recognised awards in the sport.
Gaming, I love it - also trying to get my own game review show made and onto TV.
Don't have a lot of time to do either really, what with it being exam period and I'm doing A Levels.

[TheMisdirectingHand]

^Jordan

What games are you into? =)

[Jordan]

All sorts really.
I'll play the game, and if I like it - I'll play it :P
Most games I play are RPGs though, WoW, Final Fantasy, DMC ect; but on occasion I'll play beat 'em ups like Tekken and MK :)

[Travmang]

I just recently got back into WoW, so I guess that would be my main hobby besides magic!

[Jordan]

Trav, what realm are you on? :P

[Travmang]

Illidan

[Jordan]

Get on Hellfire and join my guild! :P

[Travmang]

I've been playing with my friends for 2 years now I can't leave them!!

[TheMisdirectingHand]

Anyone into shooters? Hahaha

[Albert]

My hobbies are:
1) Games - not so much anymore. I do occasionally play a little bit of CoD MW2 from time to time if I'm really bored.
2) Watching random YouTube videos xD
3) Doing random research when something pops up in my head. Example: After you eat, on average, what percentage of food leaves the body as waste? Weird? I know. :D
4) Listening to Music and Chill-laxing. Good moments~
5) Read manga too! :D

[TheMisdirectingHand]

Whatttt?!?!?! Albert ISN'T a gamer?! (Stereotypes are the win)

[la0o9]

what? you mean the "everyone who wear glasses is a gamer" stereotype?( well, you haven't seen my face so you can't know, but i also wear glasses and i don't play games either).

[TheMisdirectingHand]

The Korean Stereotype. =)

[Kieran Oloughlin]

I love alberst third hobby it is really wierd. I used to game but not much anyomre might play a bit of ds here and there or a bit of minecraft but not as much as I used to.

[la0o9]

Is it? i thought curiosity is a good thing? i do that when i'm bored as well...

[Kieran Oloughlin]

Well I think it is a bit wierd but there is nothing wrong with doing that. Curoisty generally is a good thing isnt it? Its what got me inot magic

[Albert]

Haha my friends (non-Korean) plays StarCraft II and I don't, so they are like "You are defying your Korean blood! Play SC II NOWWWWWWWWWWWW" xD

[TheMisdirectingHand]

But... YOU ARE! YOU MUST PLAY, FULFILL YOUR DESTINY!!!!

[Albert]

But... but... I want to catch'em all! :cry:

[Jordan]

But... but... I want to catch'em all! :cry:

I wanna be the very best...

[TheMisdirectingHand]

.... that no one ever was...

[Jordan]

...to catch them is my real test...

[TheMisdirectingHand]

andd.. TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAUSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

[la0o9]

more pokemon references... lol

[TheMisdirectingHand]

It's always Pokemon when it comes to Albert!

[Albert]

... I will travel across the land *doo doo do* searching far and wiiiiiiiiiiide~~~

P.S. Pokemon is da bomb :)

[Kieran Oloughlin]

"Each Pokemon to understand, the powers that's inside"

[Fin]

I love a bit of gaming every now and then.. Battlefield Bad Company 2 most recently. And loads of retro games, like Wizardry 8, Baldurs Gate, Partician 3, UFO enemy unknown, etc.

I also like writing music, although I haven't done any for over a year. Mainly techno/chillout. My hurricane video features one of my tracks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDLLkXAnyqI

I used to love doing a bit of abstract oil painting and photo art in photoshop but again, not for over a year..

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs5/i/2004/344/f/e/Entrance_to_another_place_by_Finhandley.jpg

[TheMisdirectingHand]

Bad Company 2?! Let's play!

[Fin]

lol Well I would but its card magic all week for me. Gotta perfect the Shadow Bertram ;)

[Kieran Oloughlin]

I really like that pic fin. I am a terible art maker.

Does anyone else here play an instruemnt. If so what and for how long?

[TheMisdirectingHand]

Magic is important.


... but then again... I would not mind playing some time... :S

[Kieran Oloughlin]

Hey albert!
Do you actually play pokemon?

[Mark]

Yup, Albert sure does. :)

My other hobbies other than magic: music (in the broadest meaning of the word), HTML/CSS webdesign, creating performance acts, YouTube and hunting down possibly upcoming viral videos.

As for instruments, I've been playing the piano for my whole life (my first official private lesson was when I was 4). I also play a bit of guitar, violin, accordion, cajón and Irish flute. ^_^

[Kieran Oloughlin]

Mark how do you find the time...
I play guitar, do magic and do judo aswell as school (although school is DEFINATLY not a hobby) I sometimes dont get time to do stuff like play guitar or practice magic.

[la0o9]

Mark is twenty something years old, he's not going to school or college( at least, he shouldn't be, since uni classes are at most 6 years...) so the time taken up by those things are cleared up, plenty of time to do things like practice magic or play music( more so since those things are apparently part of his job).

[Mark]

LMAO, I wish!! I just got 22 and I'm currently at university, 2nd year. In between high school and university I did two studies at once, taking 1.5 years (make that two because I couldn't join the 1st year of university till half a year later).

[la0o9]

hmmm... wondering how many people from your uni knows of your existence( to me, the more people that know of me, the more meaning i have to live, but i prefer not to be known personally, so i would very much like to know something as trivial as this).

Well, if that's the case, i think you are truly admirable to be able to do so much.

One more thing, what does DSZ the company do for profit? youtube partner, as stated by Albert, doesn't gain that much money from partnership, the magic products of DSZ aren't sold for commercialization so they're quite cheap at low in number, the music products couldn't have that many buyers( could it? i mean, music is good and all, but it's not exactly the interest of any people), and maintaining this site costs some money as well does it not? So, what does DSZ do for profit?

[Mark]

Whenever we need money, we just go out performing. It's great to live in the only place in the country in which you don't need a special license for street performances. ^_^

[Albert]

Mark the crazy combination of many different forms of art. Truly amazing :D

And... YES! Pokemon is the BOMB!!! Although I hate the fact that they are even taking garbages literally to make a pokemon -_____________-;

[Kieran Oloughlin]

Yes pokemon is da bomb!!!

I do think that there ideas are kind of becoming wierd mutated mosnters and the garabge pokemon is very weird.

Any mark your only 22!!! Haha I thought you where double that age...

[TheMisdirectingHand]

The creator of Pokemon died this year. 'Tis a shame. I'm seeing many... many... screwed up Pokemon...

[la0o9]

@kieran: lol, he isn't THAT old... the oldest i could see him at is about 30...

[Kieran Oloughlin]

I am REALLY bad at guessing ages... I though he was in his foutrys and I have no idea why. (Sorry mark)

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I know the first 493 pokemon of by heart and their types and attacks and most of their eveloution levels (I have been playing pokemon for 8 years) but these new pokemon look weird and have weird names.

[Fin]

but these new pokemon look weird and have weird names.

The same happens with music.. It's probably just a sign that you are getting old! lol ;)

[ItsMagicITellYou]

i read, i write, i play guitar, i attempt writing songs, i used to paint but it failed, used to play videogames, but im starting my junior year so my life's meaning will be defined by SAT books :D

[TheMagicianUnknown]

I play the Piano and the drums (Not very much drumset. But I play the snares and quads in the drumline) I enjoy gaming like most. I play CoD MW2 with my friends and LOTRO every now and then (To keep in touch with my sister in Australia) I also enjoy doing random research on medical topics (I want to become a doctor) I also like to play random pick up games with my friends (Soccer, football, ultimate frisbee, baseball{i used to play baseball for a long time}) Soo yeah hahaha.

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Oh and I played the piano since i was about 8. though i played for four years, quit for 3, then have been playing for the last two years again :) And I have played the drums since I about.... 10? so 7 years? And when it comes to gaming, i'll play pretty much anything. From Zelda and Pokemon (All the time!) To Madden NFL and CoD.

[Kelan]

Just realized I never posted on this thread:P

Apart, from card magic, I love baseball and basketball. I also love chatting with friends and stuff like that. I also like playing COD and Halo from time to time. I also love karate. I've been doing it for 8 years and I'm testing for my black belt test near the end of September. I've placed in the AAU (A tournament where people from all over the country come and show off their mad skillzzzz). Thousands of people come to that and that makes me perty proud. =)

[Kieran Oloughlin]

Hooray! Another martial arts dude. I do Judo (which I said before) and have been doing it for 3 and a half years (I wish I started younger but I didnt). I am in thr Nationals which is a comp where people come from every where over Australia (you have to be invited though from doing well in a state titles comp) and fight each other (this is how judo comps are done, instead of showing of our moves, all though there is a comp to do that, you fight each other and try to rip each others head off :) ) I am getting tested for my blue belt before the end of the year probably after the nationals then after that I have brown and then Black to go.

[KGaborMagic]

Well, I play football and I'm addicted to any kind of films.:cool:

[oliver]

I like doing card magic and Kung Fu.
xD

[Kieran Oloughlin]

And another XD
Do you do Kung Fu or wing chung?

[oliver]

In fact it's Ching Wu Men.xD

[Travmang]

Other hobbies? Hmmmm. Probably finding new and unique ways to make fun of Albert. I pump 32-40 hours a week into this hobby. It's pretty much my job. Too bad I don't get paid for it... yet. ;)

More seriously, World of Warcraft and Halo: Reach atm!

[Kelan]

Kieran, I do Shotokan.

[Kieran Oloughlin]

Shotokan?

[Kelan]

Yep, the way of empty hand and created by Gichin Funokoshi (however that's spelled :P)

[Kieran Oloughlin]

you mean you learn to fight weponsless? Judo means the gentel style (but it is no where near gentle) or the gentel way. Is that similar?

[Kelan]

Yes, no weapons are required. Our styles are pretty different because last time I remember, judo has a lot of throws, locks, and arm bars. I think shotokan focuses mostly on technique.

[Kieran Oloughlin]

Yeah thats right

[Fin]

I also like dressing up as a ninja and stalking the streets at night

[Kelan]

LMAO Fin

[Albert]

Fin is awesome when it comes to making random funny comments xD

[Kayne]

Sometimes I stuff little babies with goats and pigs for that babies birthday. There delicious with gravy :devil:

And I started to learn some very cool pen spins.

[Kieran Oloughlin]

I tried to learn to pen spin...I failed.

[Rokk]

Hobbies?
-Music
-Electric guitar
-Gaming (mostly retro because my computer sucks)
-Reading about science
-Cooking
And sometimes when I'm outside I pick up a random rock and try to guess what kind of rock type it is and what minerals it contains...

Btw is it a bad sign if you have to look up your CV/Cover letter to see what hobbies you have?:hm:

[Albert]

I started to partake ring magic recently.

Wait... that's still magic -_____-;

[la0o9]

lately... i've been into hypnosis and the likes... and now i've developed a strange urge to mess with people's heads... is that considered a hobby?

[Kieran Oloughlin]

Why of course, there is only a few people who can mess with others heads proply

[Randy]

My other hobby's are Fishing on carp and sea fish.
Playing guitar and i have like 3 aquariums 1 40cm with some fish and a blue lobster. and a 80cm with tons of red shrimps and some black and white.
and a 60 cm with 2 salamanders.

Playing on XBL and Pc but at the moment im playing allot on my pc .

Here is a pic from my biggest carp ever like 16,5kg .

http://94.100.116.17/634400001-634450000/634415701-634415800/634415777_5_CZdN.jpeg

[oliver]

wow!xD

[KGaborMagic]

It's almost as big as you. whoa

[TheMisdirectingHand]

I still do nothing but game. I feel so... empty :(. I am a hardcore PC gamer, though.

Also Albert, you're forgetting one thing! Your other... hobby... is accounting!

[la0o9]

@David: i think you can hardly call that a hobby if it's just to earn money( unless Albert actually likes sorting out numbers and figures and wreck his brain over little minor details that might pop up)...

[TheMisdirectingHand]

Nah dude, Albert even said so himself. He's a BEAST AT ACCOUNTING!

[Albert]

LMAO!!! YAY YEAH! Accountants~~ WOOOOOOAAAAAAHH xD

[Kieran Oloughlin]

hehehe NERD

[TommySteal]

That fish is pretty impressive dude

[Randy]

That fish is pretty impressive dude

Ha thanks man :)

[Mike]

I breakdance for about 2 years I realy love dancing!!:D:D

[Fin]

Crikey Mike, for gods sake you're surely killing yourself! Most people just do it for a few hours, at most :eek:

[Mrbuster]

Chess,Astronomy,Playing music,Photography,Geocaching

[TheWezku]

I know how to juggle but thats just part of my bigger hobby... I enjoy learning stuff... yeah I train all the time jugling, dice stacking, magic etc. and i think about starting pen spinning it could be very useful if i do magic with magic wand or something :) i alsoe collect warhammer miniatures and games are awesome i play shootters, rpg, racing... anything that i happend to like... Good game is just very entertaining


one example of training hobby... I just LOVED to train muscle pass... i started with very light weight poker chip and worked my way up to eisenhover dollar and that was just awesome... I still do it regulary every day and get better and better in it

[thetophatfirm]

Juggling, Martial arts of Distance, Drawing, Full time student, Musician, Orator, Security, Meditation, does learning count as a hobby? :thinking: because that's pretty much all I do, but attach to different subjects and masteries lol

[TheFourAces]

Other than magic, I enjoy playing the drums, reading, watching comedy movies and basketball.

[MysteryHand]

Magic, Editing video, Editing image, Learn Aikido, Kendo, Karatedo :)

[Pig]

Although Longboarding and Playing MMOs contradict. I have those for hobbies besides impromtu magic.

[abbiealto]

nice :)

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i like to see magic tricks .......

[Wyattsb]

If you click on over to my channel, you might just see a few. Aside from magic, I play piano, several kinds of juggling, unicycle, fire twirling, a lot of things people would normally relate to the circus, though not in a circus context.

[Des]

Magic's my main hobby, but I like drums and reading really classic books.