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= About me =
 
= About me =
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I'm majoring in math. Math is really difficult. I pretend to take CS classes, to code, to sing, to write, and to swim. I'm quite unskilled at Ultimate and ping-pong as well, and I've dabbled (read: taken PE classes) in badminton and squash. I once thought I could take physics, but was rudely awakened. In reality, I just waste all my time gaming/interneting/eating. How unfortunate.
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== Things I do, except for video games ==
  
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I'm an inactive writer for [http://www.teamliquid.net teamliquid.net] and a teaching assistant/<del>assistant</del> grading captain on [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com AoPS]. I also spend way too much time watching my Facebook live feed, so don't be too creeped out if I like something you just posted 1 second ago (or if I like something you posted like 3 years ago...)
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Don't be fooled; I actually spend all my time gaming/interneting (on Teamliquid, facebook, Art of Problem Solving)/IMing/eating. Sigh.
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=== Academic ===
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I like playing [[Super Smash Bros. Melee | SSBM]], mainly Samus/Sheik/Zelda/Link/Ganondorf/Falco, though I'm really bad. I enjoy [[Starcraft]] (Brood War, not that newfangled shiny stuff) as well (hence teamliquid), though I spend more time watching than playing at my D/D- level. Other than that, I jump through phases in different games, ranging from Pokemon to Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup to Tetris. I guess I'm actually ok at Tetris Ultra on [http://www.tetrisfriends.com tetrisfriends], since I'm <del>#2</del> now #5 on the leaderboard.
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I need a work ethic and some sort of anti-distraction mechanism.
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* '''Major:''' Course 18 (Mathematics). May be interested in algebraic topology or number theory, but who knows?
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I mindlessly repeat stupid catchphrases such as "[[How rude!]]," "[[The following]]," "etc.", etc.
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* Other subjects of interest:
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** (Theoretical) computer science: Though my coding skill is lacking, and my tricky-algorithms skill is lacking, I find TCS pretty cool.
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** Linguistics: I did linguistics olympiad, which is really a puzzle contest... but I've taken a few linguistics classes and done a linguistics UROP, so hopefully I'm not totally clueless.
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** Physics: I am terrible at physics.
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** Econ: I guess I'm concentrating in this. I don't know why (something money something?)
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=== Sports ===
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I'm fat and unathletic, and with my sedentary lifestyle and voracious appetite, have been getting progressively more so.
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* Swimming: Horribly, horribly out of shape.
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* Ultimate: Can't run; hopefully improving at throwing while being defended?
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* Ping-pong: Disgustingly bad backhand, but can rally with forehand decently.
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* Badminton: Took a PE class! Woo!
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* Basketball: Can knock down [[User:btran115|Brandon]] while defending him; having mass is useful!
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=== Music ===
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I like harmonizing a lot, and fancy myself a musician... though the list of pieces/songs I know is horrendously short. Please introduce more music to me (except maybe death metal.)
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* Singing: Part of XLinked, a summer version of the Christian a capella group XProducts.
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* Piano: Stopped taking lessons in 9th grade (after 12 years), at which point my skill rivaled that of my friend who had played for two years. Now, I improvise, heavily overusing left-hand arpeggios and pedal.
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* Clarinet: Was first chair in high school, playing in Wind Ensemble/Orchestra/Pit Orchestra; now I sound like a 6th grader.
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=== Other activities ===
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Things that I wouldn't terribly mind for an interviewer to know.
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* Grading captain and teaching assistant for [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com AoPS]; in particular, I work mostly with the Worldwide Online Olympiad Training (WOOT) program. We also grade for the USA Mathematical Talent Search.
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* (Inactive) writer (and sometimes translator/Liquipedia editor) for [http://www.teamliquid.net teamliquid.net]. I am a Brood War elitist, despite my lack of skills at the game. I'm also a (non-contributing) member of Starleague.
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* I usually teach a class for [[ESP]]'s Splash and Spark programs. In the past, I've taught:
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** Splash 2010:
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**# Maxwell's Equations for Dummies (with [[User:jalman|Josh]]): self-explanatory, though Josh took 1.5 of our 2 ours teaching multivariable calculus, resulting in disaster.
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**# Intermediate Olympiad Geometry (with [[User:vladfi1|Vlad]]): turned out to be more like AIME-level geometry.
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**# Canada, and why you shouldn't live there (with [[User:jalman|Josh]] and [[User:jschnei|Jon]]): a horrible but amusing class.
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** Splash 2011:
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**# My Little Set: Compactness is Magic (with [[User:jalman|Josh]]): it turns out that explaining Dedekind cuts really sucks.
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**# ZT Stacking and T-Spinning: stole (with permission) my former roommate flamewheel's [http://web.mit.edu/jiangty/Public/Splash/tetris.htm guide].
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**# Extreme Math (with [[User:jschnei|Jon]]): Kids came up to the board and solved problems on the spot! Jon did most of the work, but it was entertaining!
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** Spark 2012:
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**# Coloring (with [[User:jalman|Josh]]): checkerboard and graph coloring.
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**# Extreme Math (with  [[User:jalman|Josh]] and [[User:jschnei|Jon]]): Again, Jon did most of the work. Again, it was amusing.
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=== Stupid Catchphrases ===
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I mindlessly repeat stupid lots of stupid catchphrases, including, but not limited to:
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* "[[How rude!]]"
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* "[[The following]],"
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* "et cetera" (replacing the end of a sentence, clause, or phrase)
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* "various" (generic pronoun, usually used when it's unclear what is being replaced)
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* "thereof" (generic pronoun, usually used when it's clear what is being replaced)
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* "(Holy) buckets" (variations include "what the buckets," etc.)
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* "Holy [[carp]]"
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* "[[User:Than|Saucebag]]"
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=== Other interests ===
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Other things I'm probably willing to talk about:
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* Christianity (I attend [http://www.redemptionhillchurch.com/ Redemption Hill Church] in Medford.
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* Chinese culture / language (though my knowledge of Chinese is extremely lacking).
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* Food.
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* Professional/competitive Starcraft: Brood War (even though this is a game [which, incidentally, is about to die as a sport in Korea], it's special enough that it warrants being here.)
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* North Carolina, and how it's so awesome.
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* Basketball (college and NBA), competitive swimming, To a lesser extent, World/Euro Cup soccer.
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* Star Wars / Lord of the Rings.
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* Webcomics:
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** [http://www.xkcd.com xkcd]
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** [http://www.abstrusegoose.com Abstruse Goose]
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** [http://www.smbc-comics.com/ Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]
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** [http://www.giantitp.com/ Order of the Stick]
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** [http://www.questionablecontent.net Questionable Content]
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** [http://www.phdcomics.com/ Piled Higher and Deeper]
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** [http://www.qwantz.com Dino Comics].
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* LaTeX and Linux.
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* The US Civil War, though my knowledge thereof is but a tiny fraction of that of [[User:ianask|Ian A]].
  
 
== Classes Taken ==
 
== Classes Taken ==
 
=== 2010 - 2011 ===
 
=== 2010 - 2011 ===
 
* Fall 2010: 3.091, 8.022, 18.701, 12.A32 (Cellular Automata Seminar), 24.906
 
* Fall 2010: 3.091, 8.022, 18.701, 12.A32 (Cellular Automata Seminar), 24.906
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* IAP 2011: Battlecode (with [[user:jalman | jalman]], [[user:vladfi1 | vladfi1]], and Alex Zhai), 6.096 (Introduction to C++)
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* IAP 2011: Battlecode (with [[user:jalman | Josh]], [[user:vladfi1 | Vlad]], and Alex Zhai), 6.096 (Introduction to C++)
 
* Spring 2011 : 14.01, 18.312, 18.702, 8.04, 21M.302, 18.03
 
* Spring 2011 : 14.01, 18.312, 18.702, 8.04, 21M.302, 18.03
  
 
=== 2011 - 2012===
 
=== 2011 - 2012===
 
* Fall 2011: 18.100C, 6.046J, 24.902, 14.12, 8.05
 
* Fall 2011: 18.100C, 6.046J, 24.902, 14.12, 8.05
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* IAP 2012: Battlecode (with [[user:jalman | jalman]], [[user:timchu | timchu]], and [[user:jschnei | jschnei]] as a consultant). (Somehow a finalist!)
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* IAP 2012: Battlecode (with [[user:jalman | Josh]] and [[user:timchu | Tim]], and [[user:jschnei | Jon]] as a consultant). (Somehow a finalist!)
 
* Spring 2012: 18.901, 6.004, 6.005, 6.875J, ES.S61 (Introduction to Trading)
 
* Spring 2012: 18.901, 6.004, 6.005, 6.875J, ES.S61 (Introduction to Trading)
  
  
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== Video/Computer Games ==  
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== Games ==  
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=== Games I've been playing for a while ===
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=== Video/Computer games I've been playing for a while ===
 
Usually I play these sporadically, but in huge (and devastating, to my health and grades) bursts.
 
Usually I play these sporadically, but in huge (and devastating, to my health and grades) bursts.
 
* Game Boy games, usually on [http://vba.ngemu.com VisualBoyAdvance]: Pokemon, Zelda, Fire Emblem, Advance Wars.
 
* Game Boy games, usually on [http://vba.ngemu.com VisualBoyAdvance]: Pokemon, Zelda, Fire Emblem, Advance Wars.
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* [http://www.tetrisfriends.com Tetris].
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* [http://www.tetrisfriends.com Tetris]. I'm <del>#2</del> now #5 on the Ultra leaderboard.
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* Starcraft: Brood War on [http://www.iccup.com iCCup].  
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* Starcraft: Brood War on [http://www.iccup.com iCCup]. D/D- Terran 1v1, D/D+ Terran/sometimes Protoss/rarely Zerg 2v2. I don't own Starcraft II, and will likely not be persuaded to buy it (though I may begin playing if someone wants to donate an account to me and if my computer can handle it without crashing...)
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* [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]] (see [http://www.smashboards.com SmashBoards.])
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* [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]] (see [http://www.smashboards.com SmashBoards.]) I mostly play Samus/Sheik/Zelda/Ganondorf/Link/Falco. I'm among the worst players on hall; I can't L-cancel, frequently do things I don't want to, and don't know what to do besides.
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* [http://t2tmud.org The Two Towers MUD].
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* [http://t2tmud.org The Two Towers MUD]. I've been playing on and off since 2005 or so.
 
* [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft]--the only game I paid for on this list!<sup>1</sup>
 
* [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft]--the only game I paid for on this list!<sup>1</sup>
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* Not technically a computer game, but [http://dominion.isotropic.org online Dominion].
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* Not technically a computer game, but [http://dominion.isotropic.org online Dominion]. I'm not very good.
  
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=== Games I started playing in the past year ===
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=== Video/Computer games I started playing in the past year ===
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* [http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/ Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup].
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* [http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/ Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup]. Best runs: [http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/343/morgue-343-20120306-072257.txt Level 25 MiFi], [http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/343/morgue-343-20120319-204508.txt Level 22 HoPr].
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* [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ Dwarf Fortress].
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* [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ Dwarf Fortress]. Currently procrastinating on succession game with [[User:Theodora|Theo]] and [[User:Charlest|Charles]].
 
* [http://wesnoth.org/ Battle for Wesnoth].
 
* [http://wesnoth.org/ Battle for Wesnoth].
  
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=== Games played on hall ===
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=== Video/Computer games played on hall ===
 
* Super Smash Bros. Melee, again.
 
* Super Smash Bros. Melee, again.
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* Mario Kart.
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* Mario Kart. Haven't really tried Double Dash, though I've played Wii a fair bit.
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* Rock Band.
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* Rock Band. Can do the singing part, hard bass, and medium drums. Urgh.
  
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=== Other games I found fun at some point ===
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=== Other video/computer games I found fun at some point ===
 
* [http://fold.it Foldit].
 
* [http://fold.it Foldit].
 
* [http://realmofthemadgod.com/ Realm of the Mad God].
 
* [http://realmofthemadgod.com/ Realm of the Mad God].
 
* [http://www.planetwolfenstein.com/enemyterritory Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]. ([[Enemy Territory|Wiki link?]])
 
* [http://www.planetwolfenstein.com/enemyterritory Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]. ([[Enemy Territory|Wiki link?]])
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* Halo Trial! Woo!
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* Halo: Combat Evolved Trial! Woo! Also, minuscule amounts of Halo II/III.
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* [http://www.thewayoftheninja.org/n_downloads.html n game].
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* [http://www.thewayoftheninja.org/n_downloads.html n game]. Cleared everything but some (10x+9)-4's and 88-4 (and thus 89.)
 
* Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, Warcraft II. Tiny bit of Warcraft III.
 
* Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, Warcraft II. Tiny bit of Warcraft III.
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* Age of Empires II.
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* Age of Empires II. I really should learn how to play this.
 
* [http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page FreeCiv], and a tiny bit of Civilization III.
 
* [http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page FreeCiv], and a tiny bit of Civilization III.
 
* [http://www.commandandconquer.com/en/games/bygameid/ra Command & Conquer: Red Alert].
 
* [http://www.commandandconquer.com/en/games/bygameid/ra Command & Conquer: Red Alert].
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* [http://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters].
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* Spore.
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* Simcity 3000.
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* Heroes of Might and Magic III.
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=== Puzzles/Word games ===
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* I participate on the hall [[Mystery Hunt]] team each year.
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* [[User:ianosb|Ian]] has lured me into doing puzzles such as [[http://www.puzzle-loop.com/ Slitherlink]], [[http://www.puzzle-nurikabe.com/ Nurikabe]], and [[http://www.puzzle-shikaku.com/ Shikaku]]. I also do Sudoku sometimes.
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* Scrabble (Words with Friends), Contact.
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* 24 (and its cousin 161, with 6 cards).
  
 
=== Evil games I once played ===
 
=== Evil games I once played ===

Revision as of 04:25, 10 July 2012

Tian-Yi (Damien) Jiang
Room H307
Year 2014
Course Mathematics


Hi guys. I'm Damien Jiang. I'm a mommy for the 2012-2013 school year. I'm also apparently a famous professor, but don't believe that. (A shirt with the former picture exists as well.)

About me

Things I do, except for video games

Don't be fooled; I actually spend all my time gaming/interneting (on Teamliquid, facebook, Art of Problem Solving)/IMing/eating. Sigh.

Academic

I need a work ethic and some sort of anti-distraction mechanism.

  • Major: Course 18 (Mathematics). May be interested in algebraic topology or number theory, but who knows?
  • Other subjects of interest:
    • (Theoretical) computer science: Though my coding skill is lacking, and my tricky-algorithms skill is lacking, I find TCS pretty cool.
    • Linguistics: I did linguistics olympiad, which is really a puzzle contest... but I've taken a few linguistics classes and done a linguistics UROP, so hopefully I'm not totally clueless.
    • Physics: I am terrible at physics.
    • Econ: I guess I'm concentrating in this. I don't know why (something money something?)

Sports

I'm fat and unathletic, and with my sedentary lifestyle and voracious appetite, have been getting progressively more so.

  • Swimming: Horribly, horribly out of shape.
  • Ultimate: Can't run; hopefully improving at throwing while being defended?
  • Ping-pong: Disgustingly bad backhand, but can rally with forehand decently.
  • Badminton: Took a PE class! Woo!
  • Basketball: Can knock down Brandon while defending him; having mass is useful!

Music

I like harmonizing a lot, and fancy myself a musician... though the list of pieces/songs I know is horrendously short. Please introduce more music to me (except maybe death metal.)

  • Singing: Part of XLinked, a summer version of the Christian a capella group XProducts.
  • Piano: Stopped taking lessons in 9th grade (after 12 years), at which point my skill rivaled that of my friend who had played for two years. Now, I improvise, heavily overusing left-hand arpeggios and pedal.
  • Clarinet: Was first chair in high school, playing in Wind Ensemble/Orchestra/Pit Orchestra; now I sound like a 6th grader.

Other activities

Things that I wouldn't terribly mind for an interviewer to know.

  • Grading captain and teaching assistant for AoPS; in particular, I work mostly with the Worldwide Online Olympiad Training (WOOT) program. We also grade for the USA Mathematical Talent Search.
  • (Inactive) writer (and sometimes translator/Liquipedia editor) for teamliquid.net. I am a Brood War elitist, despite my lack of skills at the game. I'm also a (non-contributing) member of Starleague.
  • I usually teach a class for ESP's Splash and Spark programs. In the past, I've taught:
    • Splash 2010:
      1. Maxwell's Equations for Dummies (with Josh): self-explanatory, though Josh took 1.5 of our 2 ours teaching multivariable calculus, resulting in disaster.
      2. Intermediate Olympiad Geometry (with Vlad): turned out to be more like AIME-level geometry.
      3. Canada, and why you shouldn't live there (with Josh and Jon): a horrible but amusing class.
    • Splash 2011:
      1. My Little Set: Compactness is Magic (with Josh): it turns out that explaining Dedekind cuts really sucks.
      2. ZT Stacking and T-Spinning: stole (with permission) my former roommate flamewheel's guide.
      3. Extreme Math (with Jon): Kids came up to the board and solved problems on the spot! Jon did most of the work, but it was entertaining!
    • Spark 2012:
      1. Coloring (with Josh): checkerboard and graph coloring.
      2. Extreme Math (with Josh and Jon): Again, Jon did most of the work. Again, it was amusing.

Stupid Catchphrases

I mindlessly repeat stupid lots of stupid catchphrases, including, but not limited to:

  • "How rude!"
  • "The following,"
  • "et cetera" (replacing the end of a sentence, clause, or phrase)
  • "various" (generic pronoun, usually used when it's unclear what is being replaced)
  • "thereof" (generic pronoun, usually used when it's clear what is being replaced)
  • "(Holy) buckets" (variations include "what the buckets," etc.)
  • "Holy carp"
  • "Saucebag"

Other interests

Other things I'm probably willing to talk about:

Classes Taken

2010 - 2011

  • Fall 2010: 3.091, 8.022, 18.701, 12.A32 (Cellular Automata Seminar), 24.906
  • IAP 2011: Battlecode (with Josh, Vlad, and Alex Zhai), 6.096 (Introduction to C++)
  • Spring 2011 : 14.01, 18.312, 18.702, 8.04, 21M.302, 18.03

2011 - 2012

  • Fall 2011: 18.100C, 6.046J, 24.902, 14.12, 8.05
  • IAP 2012: Battlecode (with Josh and Tim, and Jon as a consultant). (Somehow a finalist!)
  • Spring 2012: 18.901, 6.004, 6.005, 6.875J, ES.S61 (Introduction to Trading)


Games

Video/Computer games I've been playing for a while

Usually I play these sporadically, but in huge (and devastating, to my health and grades) bursts.

  • Game Boy games, usually on VisualBoyAdvance: Pokemon, Zelda, Fire Emblem, Advance Wars.
  • Tetris. I'm #2 now #5 on the Ultra leaderboard.
  • Starcraft: Brood War on iCCup. D/D- Terran 1v1, D/D+ Terran/sometimes Protoss/rarely Zerg 2v2. I don't own Starcraft II, and will likely not be persuaded to buy it (though I may begin playing if someone wants to donate an account to me and if my computer can handle it without crashing...)
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee (see SmashBoards.) I mostly play Samus/Sheik/Zelda/Ganondorf/Link/Falco. I'm among the worst players on hall; I can't L-cancel, frequently do things I don't want to, and don't know what to do besides.
  • The Two Towers MUD. I've been playing on and off since 2005 or so.
  • Minecraft--the only game I paid for on this list!1
  • Not technically a computer game, but online Dominion. I'm not very good.

Video/Computer games I started playing in the past year

Video/Computer games played on hall

  • Super Smash Bros. Melee, again.
  • Mario Kart. Haven't really tried Double Dash, though I've played Wii a fair bit.
  • Rock Band. Can do the singing part, hard bass, and medium drums. Urgh.

Other video/computer games I found fun at some point

Puzzles/Word games

  • I participate on the hall Mystery Hunt team each year.
  • Ian has lured me into doing puzzles such as [Slitherlink], [Nurikabe], and [Shikaku]. I also do Sudoku sometimes.
  • Scrabble (Words with Friends), Contact.
  • 24 (and its cousin 161, with 6 cards).

Evil games I once played

  • League of Legends (no link because it's evil).

Notes

1 This excludes: old games my parents/grandparents may have bought for me, hall games.

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