There are a few hobbies/passions that I have besides game making. One of them is (metal)music. Not only do I adore listening to all kinds of metal (heavy metal, death, black, grind, blackened death, and a bunch of others), but I also like to make my own metalsongs. I've been playing guitar for 15 to 20 years now, and before that I've played the drums and also keyboards/orgue. But, I also make other kinds of music, like electronic, house, trance, atmospheric, and others.
One other passion/talent I have, is playing billiards.
It's been almost 30 years now (makes me feel old
) that I've been playing billiards (bumper billiards or bumper pool, pool, snooker).
I may consider myself being rather good. I've played against men who play in second national division, and beaten them.
Actually, a few weeks ago, I did a trick shot that is quite hard to do (see image).
The white circle represents the ball, and the green arrows show the movement of the ball. The idea is to play the ball against the bumper in front of it, and then make the ball jump in the air and make it move in the opposite direction you aimed at going straight into the hole.
I've tried this shot maybe hundred or more times, and never succeeded, but a few weeks ago, I finally managed.
There are a few more trickshots I can, but not as hard as this one.
Drawing/painting is one more passion of me, but I don't do is as much as I used to. Made a few oil paintings, a comic book about a Ninja (lost it when my first girlfriend fired me), and other drawings.
Nowadays, I keep my artistic skills digital.
NOTE: for those trying to do trickshots, I'd suggest first to learn playing billiards REALLY good before attempting trickshots. I've seen enough guys wanting to show off or be 'cool', but failed terribly while attempting, and even had to pay big time for the damage they did to the billiards table, or even persons that where standing around the billiards table.
Cheers
