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Vorticity is one of the admins around this place. You can blame him for all of the errors that were made in importing from [[TV Tropes (Wiki)]].
Vorticity is one of the admins around this place. You can blame him for all of the errors that were made in importing from [[TV Tropes (Wiki)]].


Vorticity is a [[So Calization|Southern Californian]] meteorologist. And no, it's not [[Its Always Sunny in Miami|Always Sunny in California]].
Vorticity is a [[So Calization|Southern Californian]] meteorologist. And no, it's not [[Its Always Sunny in Miami|Always Sunny in California]]. He got his degree from [[California University]], [[California]], [[Eagle Land]] -- [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s signature is on his diploma.


His real name is Brent Laabs. A Google search says the name is [[One Steve Limit|unique]]... that whole list is his ridiculous exploits.
His real name is Brent Laabs. A Google search says the name is [[One Steve Limit|unique]]... that whole list is his ridiculous exploits.


Vorticity got into this whole wiki editing in college where our town has it's very own wiki, daviswiki.org. Since he hates [[Facebook (Website)|The Facebook]], Davis Wiki still has his [http://daviswiki.org/Users/BrentLaabs profile page].
Vorticity got into this whole wiki editing in college, where the town has its very own wiki, daviswiki.org. Since he hates [[Facebook (Website)|The Facebook]], Davis Wiki still has his [http://daviswiki.org/Users/BrentLaabs profile page].


His personal website is at [http://www.brentlaabs.com].
His personal website is at [http://www.brentlaabs.com brentlaabs.com].


== Favorite Works ==
== Favorite Works ==
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** Crossover: [[Undocumented Features (Fanfic)]], [[Drunkard's Walk (Fanfic)]]
** Crossover: [[Undocumented Features (Fanfic)]], [[Drunkard's Walk (Fanfic)]]
** Source: Osaka and the Yellow Sign, I suppose.
** Source: Osaka and the Yellow Sign, I suppose.
* Video Game
** Console:[[Chrono Trigger]]
** Arcade: [[Dance Dance Revolution]]
* Text Editor
** vim (suck it, emacs), Text Wrangler.app


== Tropes that apply to Brent: ==
== Tropes that apply to Brent: ==
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* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: The relationship between me and my current not-a-girlfriend.
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* [[Edit War|Edit Warrior]]: Veteran of the Edit Wars over on Davis Wiki, though I've been told that less than 6% of my over 5000 edits were reverts, so not that bad. (For users of this wiki, take that to mean that Edit Wars are not all that bad -- refusing to compromise is the actual problem for most Edit Warriors.)
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* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: constantly
* [[For Science]]: Science is always a valid reason for all sort of social experiments, right?
* [[For Science]]: Science is always a valid reason for all sort of social experiments, right?
* [[California]], [[Eagle Land]]
* [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s signature is on his [[California University]] diploma (from the pepper spray one).
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* [[Newspeak]]: Brent is fluent in it due to his participation in the [[The Ministry of Truth|Inner Party]] of the Students for an Orwellian Society (at UCD)
** [[Insane Troll Logic|Orwellian Goodthink]]
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* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: Maybe he would have actually gotten a degree in grad school if he weren't involved in other fields.
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* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]: UC Davis' ASUCD runs the city bus service, and that's not even half the budget.
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* [[Student Council President]]: Well, more like vice president (for external affairs) in the Grad Student Association, but in the undergrad association, he was more like [[The Man Behind the Man]]
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* [[All Elections Are Serious Business]]: *sigh*, too much student government stuff, in addition to running polling places for City Council elections.
* [[If Its You Its Okay]]: With a college friend, though he sadly has an [[Incompatible Orientation]], so we're still [[Just Friends]]
* [[If Its You Its Okay]]: With a college friend, though he sadly has an [[Incompatible Orientation]], so we're still [[Just Friends]]
* [[The Lancer]]: My most comfortable position is in helping someone else get to the top, and giving them [[What the Hell Hero]] speeches when they need it. I am not comfortable being the lead administrator of this site, but here we are. I hope this means I'm just more open other people's input, and I'll grow into [[The Hero]].
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* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: The relationship between me and my current not-a-girlfriend.
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* [[Newspeak]]: I'm fluent in it due to my participation in the [[The Ministry of Truth|Inner Party]] of the Students for an Orwellian Society (at UCD)
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* [[Spoony Bard]]: Brent tends to [[Jack of All Trades|avoid specialization]] and sings tenor. And play Bard [[Player Characters]] too often.
** [[Insane Troll Logic|Orwellian Goodthink]]: Playing the [[Strawman Political]] at the [[Bourgeois Bohemian|Whole Earth Festival]] was just too much fun. Naturally, the [[Ayn Rand|Objectivist club]] thought we were [[Late to the Punchline|serious]].
* [[Occidental Otaku]]: My telecommuting job just enables my [[Crack is Cheaper|anime addiction]].
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* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: Maybe he would have actually gotten a degree in grad school if he weren't involved in other fields.
* [[Playful Hacker]]: Suspended in high school for "hacking", for walking through [[Swiss Cheese Security]] and literally using [[MS Paint]] to add a hammer-and-sickle to a find-your-career program's splash screen. My language of choice is [[Vaporware|Perl 6]], where I contributed a bit to the IO system of the [http://rakudo.org/ Rakudo] compiler, though I use Perl 5 the most for my day job.
* [[Principia Discordia]]: Made a pilgrimage to Emperor Norton's grave on [[Five Five Five|5-5-05]].
* [[Principia Discordia]]: Made a pilgrimage to Emperor Norton's grave on [[Five Five Five|5-5-05]].
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* [[Edit War|Edit Warrior]]: Veteran of the Edit Wars over on Davis Wiki, though I've been told that less than 6% of my over 5000 edits were reverts, so not that bad.
* [[Pungeon Master]]
* [[Pungeon Master]]
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* [[Spoony Bard]]: I tend to [[Jack of All Trades|avoid specialization]] and sing tenor. And play Bard [[Player Characters]] too often.
* [[Occidental Otaku]]
* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]: Well, book smart, anyway.
* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]: Well, book smart, anyway.
** [[Adjusting Your Glasses]]: Type 3. Make of that what you will.
** [[Adjusting Your Glasses]]: Type 3. Make of that what you will.
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* [[Student Council President]]: Well, more like vice president (for external affairs) in the Grad Student Association, but in the undergrad association, he was more like [[The Man Behind the Man]]
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* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: constantly
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** [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]: UC Davis' ASUCD runs the city bus service, and that's not even half the budget.
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** [[All Elections Are Serious Business]]: *sigh*, too much student government stuff, in addition to running polling places for City Council elections.

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Revision as of 07:38, 29 November 2013

Vorticity is one of the admins around this place. You can blame him for all of the errors that were made in importing from TV Tropes (Wiki).

Vorticity is a Southern Californian meteorologist. And no, it's not Always Sunny in California. He got his degree from California University, California, Eagle Land -- Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature is on his diploma.

His real name is Brent Laabs. A Google search says the name is unique... that whole list is his ridiculous exploits.

Vorticity got into this whole wiki editing in college, where the town has its very own wiki, daviswiki.org. Since he hates The Facebook, Davis Wiki still has his profile page.

His personal website is at brentlaabs.com.

Favorite Works

Tropes that apply to Brent:

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