Peter Blood was a 17th Century
Soldier-of-Fortune turned physician,
resigned to a quiet life in England, until he was arrested while
tending a wounded acquaintance on the night of a rebellion.
Despite his innocence, Blood was sent to the British colony of
Jamaica to work as a slave. Ignored during an attack by the
Spanish,
Blood led his fellow slaves to capture the raiders' galleon and
escape.
Captain Blood quickly became the most feared
buccaneer in all the Carribean, and yet demanded a strict moral
code be practised among the crew where the taking of women
was concerned.
Blood's cunning and gentlemanly reputation are based on real
life buccaneer Captain Morgan. The character Captain Blood is from the
Sabatini novel of the same name, as well as the classic 1935
film starring Errol Flynn. The movie is available on video.
What does the cap'n do in real life? By day,
a mild-mannered Customer Relations Manager for a growing
ISP in New York City. On many evenings he might be found tutoring
a new subscriber in Windows or the wonders of the Internet.
But the Capt's main thang is creativity.
Having trained in commercial art, traditional character
animation, and film history (focus on silent comedies & early
musicals), the captain always has something going. He's also a
writer, which accounts for his excessive gab in chat (well, it
ISN'T called "chat" for nothing!).
Captain Blood maintains many homepages, including one for his
continuing comic book series, and the only existing site for
screen legend Errol Flynn. Capt has also successfully hosted
an IRC channel for over two years.
Captain Blood came across the Internet
version of Acro on its original IRC channels on Thanksgiving
1996, and found it to be pleasant and relaxing until channel
politics reared its ugly head. He relishes this new version of
the game, and plays often. When you enter the room, you'd better get down
to the
business of acro, or you're liable to get the Cap'n sore enough
to walk you off the plank!
When the Capt isn't busy tossing lamers overboard or building
homepages, he can be seen doing any of the following:
- Reading Preacher
- Watching/reviewing classic film (ß, VHS, 16mm,
etc)
- Drawing
- Taking pictures
- Casting spells
- Designing desktop themes
- Playing vintage arcade games
- Posting to alt.bad.clams
- Ranting & raving
- Wishing Tales of Suspense #40 didn't cost so bloody much
- Following Australian Football
- Listening to music from The Alan Parsons Project, Split Enz,
Oingo Boingo, Fastball, The Residents, Haruomi Hosono, Crowded
House, Tim & Neil Finn, Squeeze, Elvis Costello, Thomas Dolby,
The Beatles, Movie Music, Glenn Miller, Paul Whiteman,
Benny Goodman, Annette Henshaw, Rachmaninoff, and many many more,
but especially ELO and anything involving Jeff Lynne.
When Acro crashes, runs to #Games-ABC1 on chat.talkcity.com
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