First of all, I want to say thank you to the leadership of this clan for selecting me as Player of the Month for March, 2008. Whether I'm working on the website, or cracking skulls in Matchmaking, I enjoy every minute spent with each and every person in this group. This is a haven for me, my hobby, if you will, that I enjoy immensely, and you all out there make it worthwhile; make it worth coming back to when I just think I'm about to get bored with Halo. I have enjoyed helping get this gaming community/ministry off the ground and watch it grow to become what it is today.

A little about me is worth noting here. In real life, I go by Tristan, and have a lovely wife named Erinn. We became one on July 7th, 2006, and I enjoy every minute of her company; I am intoxicated by her, and thank God every day for putting all the little wheels in motion that made our relationship possible. We live in the small city of Fairmont, West Virginia. I just started work for a company nearby where I use AutoCAD to draft schematics for automation systems they create to serve the Coal industry.

In the online gaming realm, I go by wyoming. I can probably count on one hand the number of times that someone has correctly guessed the origin story behind my gamertag. The obvious answer would be that I am from the State of Wyoming, but as you've already read, that is incorrect. When initially signing up for Xbox Live via my free 2 month trial included with Halo 2, I wanted to create something that was unique; something that wouldn't easily be copied. I was into cars at the time, and hadn't delved too deeply into the sub-cultures of the internet, or even the gaming scene, for that matter. I did, however, watch the Red vs. Blue series, at the insistence of my cousins, and there was an obscurer character named Wyoming who played an assassin. I figured that anyone watching the series would pick more popular character names as their online psudonyms, so I figured I'd be safe going with him.

Once again, thanks for taking the time to read a little bit about me, and thanks to the leadership for bestowing upon me this honor!

-wy