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Name: Matthew Vines
Alias: Matthew
Role: Webmaster (and founder)
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Favorite HP Book: Goblet of Fire
Favorite Characters: Lupin and Umbridge
HP & Me: I've always harbored a deep affinity for the Harry Potter books, and though I can't say they were the reason I started reading, they certainly top my list of favorites. I picked up the first Harry Potter book in 1999 after hearing some positive things about it at school, and I will readily admit that seven or eight chapters in, I thought it was rather absurd and headed nowhere. Fortunately, though, I pressed on and was soon completely captivated by JK Rowling's story, her characters, and her world.
I started Veritaserum after the release of the fifth Harry Potter book, The Order of the Phoenix, in the summer of 2003. It's grown exponentially over the past four years, and my love for the books has only intensified as Harry's story has reached its end. |
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Name: Matthew Heck
Alias: Fuoco
Role:
Maintenance
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Favorite HP Books: Half Blood Prince and Goblet of Fire
Favorite Food: Fettuccine Alfredo with Shrimp
Favorite Bands: Blink-182, Coldplay, Yellowcard, Dashboard Confessional,
Boxcar Racer, Green Day, Relient K
Favorite Characters: Dumbledore, Lupin, Mad-Eye Moody, Sirius Black
About Me: Harry Potter has been a big part of my life since the beginning
of Veritaserum. I developed a liking for the series almost immediately
after it was released and I have since been a devoted follower of the boy
wizard. Some highlights as of recently (at least rather recently)
include the Prisoner of Azkaban movie release, my amazing trip to
Europe with the Kansas Music Ambassadors, and the Half-Blood Prince
release party I attended in my home town. |
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Name: Rodrigo Noyola
Alias: Rodrigo
Role: Site Maintenance and Administration
Gender: Male
Age: 20
E-mail: rodrigo (at) veritaserum.com
Location: El Salvador, Central America
Favorite HP Book: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Favorite HP Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Favorite TV Shows: Heroes, Family Guy, Gossip Girl
About Me: I discovered Harry Potter in February 2000 when I received the first book as a gift. I was unaware that the Harry Potter books were part of a big phenomenon until I read an article about the fourth book release in Newsweek months later, that motivated me to buy the other books (in Guatemala, as they weren't available in my country back then). In 2003 I became a staff member at Veritaserum.com. I started studying Computer Science with Business Administration in May '07. Besides HP I enjoy studying languages. I learnt English at school, Portuguese at the Brazilian Embassy, and studied French by myself. |
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Name: Rares Mihai
Alias: Rares and Michele
Role: News Poster / Editor, Site Maintenance & Administration,
English to Romanian and English to Italian Translator
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania, Europe
Favorite HP book: Prisoner of Azkaban, Deathly Hallows
Favorite HP character: Dumbledore, Umbridge, Weasley twins
Favorite food: Italian
Favorite TV show: Lost, Prison Break, House M.D., Survivor, Amazing Race,
Favorite music: House, R&B, Rap, Pop, Rock
About me: I study marketing and business management at University. I also have a part time job in a Italian company. I must say that I'm a very active person that likes to be in the centre of action.
Harry Potter & me: I first read a Harry Potter book in Italy. I was visiting my grandparents and a friend of mine borrowed me the 2nd book. I liked it a lot and after that I read the 1st and the 3rd.
Despre mine: Momentan studiez management si marketing la Facultatea de Business, UBB Cluj. De asemenea am un job part time la o companie cu capital italian. Trebuei sa recunosc ca sunt o persoana activa care mereu vrea sa se implice si care simte nevoia sa fie in centrul actiunii.
Eu si Harry Potter: Prima oara am luat contact cu un volum din seria Harry Potter in Italia. Eram la bunicii mei si un prieten mi-a imprumutat volumul 2 al seriei. Mi-a placut si am citit tot in limba italiana si volumul 1 si 3. De indata ce au aparut si in Romania, am citit si restul volumelor si mi-am intregit colectia.
Su di me: Studio marketing e management all’Università. E lavoro part time per una ditta italiana. Abito in Romania, sono appassionato delle lingue, ed ho acetato tradurre in italiano per imparare a scrivere meglio. Sono anche traduttore per Veritaserum Romania.
Io e Harry Potter: Ho letto per la prima volta un libro Harry Potter in Italia. Stavo visitando i miei nonni ed un amico mi aveva prestato il secondo libro. Poi ho letto anche il primo ed il terzo. |
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Name: Darren Smith
Alias: Darren
Role: Site Manager: Development & Administration, News Editor
Dogsbody etc.
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Location: England, UK
Favourite HP Book: Order of the Phoenix
Favourite Food Product: Regular full-fat Coca-Cola
Favourite Bands: No one has yet to produce a good enough range of
songs to fit that category
Favourite HP Characters: Harry, McGonagall and Umbridge
Favourite Comedy: Blackadder
About Me: Shamefully, I'm a late comer to the Harry Potter scene,
only been hooked since the amazing adaptation by Alfonso Cuarón. Since
that day I have been addicted to finding out the latest up-to-date information
on all film developments and snippets of clues leaked from JK Rowling herself
about future books. After seeing PoA, I read through all of the books
many times, and came to the decision that although all are great, my favourite
has to be OotP. I just cannot fault it (ok, Grawp gets skipped on
the third and fourth read through).
I discovered this great site when looking for sites that had the latest
news all the time, and Veritaserum filled that gap perfectly and amusingly,
I ended up helping to post the news when Matthew's asleep. |
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Name: William Lang
Alias: Lang
Role: PHP Programmer
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Location: Ontario, Canada
Favorite HP Book: I love them all!
Favorite Bands: I have way too many to decide on one. Though Linkin Park, Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin are among the top.
Favorite TV Shows: Smallville, Family Guy (best animated show EVER. Period.)
Favorite Characters: Harry, Ron, and Hermione
About Me: I started reading Harry Potter when I was 12. I read the first 11 pages of the first book and didn't pick it back up for a month.
I just wasn't into it. Then my best friend forced me to read it. I'm now in love with the series.
My alias: Lang, comes from my last name. When I was about 5 I played hockey and of course was called by my last name and since then
its stuck from then on.
I started web based programming when I was 10. I only really learned PHP because I had people doing it for me and they were far too slow.
So as the old saying goes "If you want something done properly, do it yourself." |
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Name: Jordan Sandrini-Cooke
Alias: Jordan
Role: Designer and Forum Administrator
Gender: Male
Location: New York, NY
Favorite Harry Potter Book: Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows
Favorite Harry Potter Movie: Order of the Phoenix
Favorite Harry Potter Character: Lupin and Ron
Favorite Food: Frosted Cornflakes
Favorite Artists: John Mayer, Seal, Sufjan Stevens, Switchfoot, The Perishers, Chris Brown.
Favorite Movie: Tropic Thunder
About Me: I do the web.
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Name: Patrick
Role: PHP Programmer
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Favorite HP Book: I love them all
Favorite TV Shows: LOST, Treasure Hunter, Big Brother, Star Trek
Favorite Characters: Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny
About Me: I've been doing all kinds of programming for the longest time and when I saw Matthew's call for PHP help, I couldn't pass up an
opportunity to match my fervor for Harry Potter with my excitement for web application development. Honestly, I'm not sure the exact reason why I like Harry Potter, but can tell you that it has become my favorite book series to read and re-read. It could be the fact that we can relate to Harry, struggling through his childhood, in the many ways that we did at his age. Maybe it's the time honored fight between good and evil that draws us to each novel, eager to see good triumph in the end. Or maybe it's the wonderfully simple, yet provocatively complex writing style of JK Rowling that is so amazingly addictive. Maybe it's subliminal messaging... |
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Name: Gabriela Santos
Alias: Gabaluba
Role: Cartoon Contest Manager, English to Spanish Translator
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Location: Perú
Favourite Food: Mmmm…all Peruvian food, Italian, and almost everything!
Favourite TV Shows: Show, Next, Survivors…
Favourite Bands: Maroon 5, Avril Lavigne, My Chemical Romance, Fergie, Christina Aguilera…
Favourite HP Book: The last 3 are my favourites!
Favourite HP Characters: All Weasley’s, Neville, Luna, and Lavender (Won-Won!!!)
About Me: I love reading, and HP is my favourite. When I finally had internet on my house, I search for HP everywhere, and I found this site. I t was interesting, so I kept on reading it everyday. I applied and I’m a News Translator now =)! Also, I’m very happy because there’s a little star in the map, where I can see my country ^^
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Name: David Jones
Alias: Dave
Role: Head Application Developer
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Location: England, UK
Favourite HP Books: Half-Blood Prince
Favourite Food: Pizza
Favourite Characters: Harry, McGonagall and Snape
Favourite Programmes: Blackadder, Red Dwarf and Mythbusters.
About Me: I started reading Harry Potter after finally deciding that I should find out why Darren was always spending so much time on this website. So to understand what the deal was, he let me borrow his HP books and I've been reading them non-stop since! Just finished HBP and what an
ending! I cannot wait till the next book! |
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Name: Kelly
Alias: BRoyals
Role: News Comment Moderator
Favourite book: Order of the Phoenix. It was the one where you really saw the seriousness of Voldemort's return, and the way they fought through it is great.
Least Favourite: I love them all equally, but if I had to pick one, it would be Deathly Hallows, because too many people died, and I never wanted the series to end.
Favourite character: Hermione. She stays strong, grounded and clever. A good sidekick and person to have on your side.
Least Favourite: Umbridge, but she is the kind of person one loves to hate. She was the perfect villian.
Favourite Movie: The first two. I found they stayed closest to the books, and weren't too over the top.
Least Favourite: Goblet of Fire. How can one of the longest books be condensed into one of the shortest movies, I ask you? They cut too much out, which I understand, but they mutilated the storyline.
About Me: I'm Kelly, and I have been called many different variations of that. I am a News Comments Moderator on the main board, and an obsessed member of the forums.
I joined VTM about a year and a half ago, and it was one of the best decisions I could have made. There are so many wonderful people and I have made a multitude of friends. I became a news moderator almost a year ago, and I find it very rewarding. (Did I mention how much I enjoy small, mundane tasks?)
I am, first and foremost, a writer. I have several fanfictions on the site, and piles on notebooks on my shelf at home. It is my greatest dream to become a published author, and I appreciate constructive criticsm. Other than that, I do online school, currently in grade nine, I am a Canadian, and I have more national pride than a hockey playing beaver.
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Alias: Magelirose
Role: News Comment Moderator |
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Name: Janet (but you may call me Conquistador!)
Alias: passerby
Role: Forum Administrator
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Location: Ohio, USA
Favourite Food: Chocolate with Chocolate Sprinkles
Favourite Bands: I plead the fifth. Though I'm going through a Queen phase, for some odd reason.
Favourite Book: Harry Potter related, Half Blood Prince. Anything else related, GACK, we'll go with "A Voice in the Wind" by Francine Rivers.
Favourite Characters: Snape, Voldemort (because he's such a great villian), Sirius, Lupin, Hermione, and I sometimes even like Harry.
About Me: I love my family! I've got a wonderful husband of seven years (EEGADS) and two adorable little kids who aren't twins, but are close enough in age to be twins anyways! I love my space (not to be confused with Myspace); so I don't think I could ever manage to live in a city. Except Rome. I think I could handle Rome. I love the intricacies of the Harry Potter world. I have a lot of respect for Jo Rowling to be able to weave such a compelling story together, and I really don't want the series to end! Two of my other passions are reading anything I can get my hands on, and the Firefly/Serenity series. LOVE IT! I majored in English, Communication and Drama. I like to tell people that I can speak, listen, and act like I care. In reality, though, if you talk with me, I really will care about what you have to say. It won't be an act. I have a dry sarcastic sense of humor, and I'm not afraid to use it. I love goofing off and playing games. And I apparently love talking about myself! |
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Name: Tahra
Alias: Triad (formerly TriadOfDarkness)
Role: Forums Moderator
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Favorite HP Books: Prisoner of Azkaban, Half-Blood Prince
Favorite Food: Caesar Salad with Southern Fried Chicken
Favorite Music: Pink, Kelly Clarkson, R.E.M, U2, Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy
Favorite Characters: Lupin, Sirius, Luna, Snape, Neville, Oliver, Fred, George and Lee
About Me: I'm a Narnian. Aslan is my King and Narnia is my home. But I'm not delusional, so please don't mark me as that just yet. Anyway, I am a casual cook at a Bowling Alley in Brisbane and although I don't like the job I love some of the people I meet there. I usually work nights so you'll often find me online and pestering members from about 11pm onwards. Veritaserum is like my second home. I've been here since it first began, ok so a little while after it first began but you know what I mean! I've been a fan of the HP world since 2002 when I got my first taste of it and I haven't looked back since. It's sad that the series has ended but, being a Mod on the forums, I know the debate won't cease for a long time as people dissect every little thing and come up with new questions that need answering or find answers to questions that have been asked a thousand times. Plus, we still have two movies to look forward to!
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Name: Michelle/Shelly
Alias: Pixymajik (and will answer to Pix)
Role: Forum Moderator
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Favourite Food: Pasta with Alfredo Sauce and Hot Chips/Fries (not together)
Favourite Singer: Bryan Adams
Favourite Movies: Hook, Empire Records, POTC, LOTR
Favourite Actors/Actresses: Elijah Wood, Johnny Depp, Robin Williams, Julia Stiles, Kate Winslet
Favourite TV Shows: Lost, One Tree Hill and the 90's shows like Boy Meets World and Home Improvement
Favourite HP Book: Order of the Phoenix
Favourite HP Characters: Sirius Black and Severus Snape. Both are psychologically interesting.
About Me: I'm an Aussie girl who loooooves ice hockey. Which usually stuns people when I actually get to go to games and is a great conversation starter (and it's gotten me free drinks on more than one occasion!). I am a long time Anaheim Ducks fan and I actually have original merchandise in my collection. I've got degrees in Psychology and Human Behaviour and I'm currently studying my Masters in Counselling, which keeps me pretty busy. I'm also very active in Girl Guiding and Scouting and also with Gang Shows and Revues. I love performing and have been on stage for years. I have no problems getting up and calling attention to myself and will make a fool of myself if it makes other people feel better.
Me and Harry Potter: I started reading the books just before the first movie came out. I work with school aged children and I was taking a bunch of them to see it and I wanted to know what I was getting myself in to. I read the first book on a plane flight from LA to Vancouver. The next day I went and bought the other 3 books that were out at the time. |
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Name: Laurette
Alias: Capricorn
Role: Forum Moderator
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Favourite Food: Harrie's Butternut and Feta pancakes with sweet chili sauce.
Favourite Book:Heh, tough call. Of course the Harry Potters are brilliant, but I love the Jane Austen novels, Charles Dickens's books, To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela, Cicero's Philippics, Agatha Christie, Shakespeare… anything legendary, I guess. I'm a snob. :P.
Favourite Characters: Snape! And Hermione. Also, Harry has been rising in my estimation lately, and I really like Dumbledore, Remus and Sirius.
Favourite Music: I like classical music, I collect movie scores, and I prefer VH1 to MTV, if that's an indication.
About Me: I'm an Afrikaans South African, and for reasons unknown, I'm incurably proud of that. I'm a Computer Engineering student and loving it. I've been playing the violin for as long as I can remember, and I'm a sports fanatic, having spent the first 6 years of my school career on the tennis court, and the second 6 years on the hockey field. I love history, mathematics, debates, literature, traveling, Blackadder, Alan Rickman (oh my!), Emma Thompson and collecting coffee mugs. |
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Name: Elaine
Alias: etphonehome
Role: Forum Moderator
Gender: Female
Age: Please, I'm trying to forget!
Location: Gloucestershire UK
Favourite Food: Chocolate
Favourite Bands: Jamiroquai, but I have an eclectic mix in my cd collection that includes anyone from James Morrison and McFly to Corinne Bailey Rae and Take That!
Favourite Book: Order of the Phoenix
Favourite Characters: Harry, there's something irratatingly naive about him and Sirius even now he's dead!
About Me: I am a married mum of 3. I work as a TA in a junior school. I trained as an accountant, but it's really is as boring a job as they say. Ofcourse I am still good at maths which is handy in my current job. I hate diets, but always seem to be on one. I like people but can't stand rudness for rudness sake. I detest bullies. I gave up smoking nearly 6 months ago woot! I could live on chocolate, toast and diet cherry coke!! |
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Name: Aubrey
Alias: Just the Droobles
Role: Forums Moderator
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Location: Kentucky, USA
Favorite HP Books: Order of the Phoenix and Deathly Hallows
Favorite Food: chips and salsa, milkshakes
Favorite Music: Franz Ferdinand, The Vines, The Decemberists, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.
Favorite Characters: Ronald, Sirius Black, Luna Lovegood, Snape, Voldemort
About Me: I started into the HP scene after the Prisoner of Azkaban movie came out, and it has been the best obsession I have ever gotten in to. I joined Veritaserum in 2005. I'm a senior in high school now, and it's boring, but in my spare time I enjoy being with friends, reading, playing and listening to music, writing or making things, or going to the movies. I'm on the computer a lot and I'm always lurking somewhere on the forums. |
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Name: Greg
Alias: gaburdette
Role: Forum Moderator
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Location: Florida
Favourite Food: Crab Legs & Lobster!!
Favourite Bands: I am still living in the 80's enjoying bands like Iron Maiden and Metallica.
Favourite Book: Order of the Phoenix for Harry Potter and Stephen R. Donaldson's Thomas Covenant series for my overall favorite books.
Favourite Characters: Severus Snape and Delores Umbridge. A good book has to have a stong bad guy to play against the hero. Snape I believe is Rowling's best creation. The character is so deep it just keeps your mind guessing what is going on with him. Umbidge is is an evil witch. She was perfect for the purpose of pitting Harry and Dumbledore against the Ministry.
About Me: I have been married now for sixteen years. I have three beautiful daughters. The two oldest love Harry Potter. I am a Mechanical Engineer with a degree from the University of South Florida. I do not have the most exciting job but it is perfect if you have a love of engineering.
I got into Harry Potter first by watching the movies. After Prisoner of Azkaban, I read the first book and have been hooked ever since. My only hobby is photography. I hate the new digital age of photography we are in. I am still clinging to the old black and white silver based films. I have my own darkroom for developing my film and printing photographs.
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Name: Justin
Alias: Tuitus
Role: Forum Moderator
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Location: Maryland, USA
Favorite Books: Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince
About Me: I first was introduced to Rowling's work by my sister. At the time I stubbornly resisted reading Harry Potter for about six months. Once I started, I've never looked back. My favorite book is the Order of the Phoenix and my favorite character is Albus Dumbledore. In the real world, I'm on the verge of entering college to pursue web technology and sociology. In my leisure time I enjoy drawing, being outdoors, seeing a good movie, reading and being here. |
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Name: David
Alias: felix_felicis_444
Role: Forum Moderator
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Location: New York
Favourite Food: Umm...chocolate and steak (though not together!).
Favourite Bands: The Beatles, Queen, Billy Joel
Favourite Book: Order of the Phoenix. Action and maturity...finally! =P
Favourite Characters: Dumbledore, Luna, Hermione, Sirius, and Umbridge
About Me: I clearly remember being very hesitant to read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone when I was in third grade. Even as young as I was, I believed that any book about wizards, witches, and magic was for little kids. Boy, was I wrong! I read the first chapter, and I was unable to put the book down! I read all of the books and saw all of the movies in the order which they came out...a rarity in the HP fandom!
I'm pretty much your typical high school kid. School, friends, eat, sleep, [VTM], school again. I've been a member of VTM since October 2005 after the release of HBP, and I won't ever turn back! =) |
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Alias: Aethonon
Role: Forum Head Auror/Prefect |
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Alias: Hilly
Role: Forum Head Auror/Prefect Forum Head Auror/Prefect |
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Alias: Ygraine
Role: Forum Head Auror/Prefect |
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Alias: Mayfair
Role: Forum Head Auror/Prefect |
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Alias: After the Burial
Role: Forum Head Auror/Prefect |
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Alias: alkisti
Role: Great Hall Area Moderator |
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Alias: Sirren
Role: Great Hall Area Moderator |
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Name: Louise
Alias:
Louise
Role: Forum Administrator & Moderator
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Location: Wales, UK.
Favourite Food: Lasagne
Favourite Bands: Coldplay, Keane, Del Amitri, Texas, Moby, Bryan
Adams, anything R&B, Joshua Kadison, Robbie Williams, Level 42
Favourite Book: PoA
Favourite Characters: Lupin, Harry, Snape and Sirius.
About Me: I'm a recent graduate with a BSc in Forensics, though I'm
currently working as an Analytical Chemist. I was lurking on Veritaserum
for a few months before I actually joined in May 2004 and I've been here
ever since! I love reading - particularly crime fiction, horror and
political thrillers and, of course, HP! I also love going to the movies,
writing, driving, Guinness, Jack Daniels, 24, Carlos Bernard, Alan Rickman,
The X Files, spending time with my nephews, long hot bubble baths and loads
of other things that I don't have room to mention! My favourite
book of the series so far is tough - very close between PoA and OotP. OotP
was a much more mature book and very emotive, but PoA was a "happier" read,
if you know what I mean! Least favourite for me was HBP, but the least
said about that the better! ;) |
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Name: Nicole
Alias: pigwidigon
Role: Forum Moderator
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Location: Ontario Canada
Favorite Food: pierogies..I cant help it im married to a polish guy!!!, shawarmas and flaming cheese (mexican style!)
Favorite Bands: Ive loved Oasis since I was in 7th grade which is.. well.. a long time ago!
Favorite Book: Goblet of Fire..thats when the story really started to get going!
Favorite Characters: Hagrid..I will always love Hagrid hes just so loveable, and irrational at times, but he just doenst get it..hes great!
About Me: well I have lived in canada all of my life, I love it here..so much to do and see, common misconception we dont live in ice and snow all the time...I do have a swimming pool and it gets used quite a bit in the summer lol..I love to travel and have been around a good chunk of North America..I am married to a wonderful man named Jakub since September 2006..and am loving every minute of it so far. I came to veritaserum around the time the prisoner of Azkaban movie came out but didnt join the forums until after OOTP..i havent looked back since..I have been a memeber here for over 2 years now..and on staff for over a year now..and Im loving every minute of it!! Happy Reading |
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Name: Tom Stanton
Alias: Albus Dumbledore
Role: PR Team and obsessed Forums Member
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Location: Manheim, Pennsylvania, USA
Favorite HP Books: Order of the Phoenix and Deathly Hallows
Favorite Food: Chicken and Rice (with Adobo seasoning, mmmmm)
Favorite Music: Enya and just about everything else
Favorite Characters: Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape and Lord Voldemort
About Me: I've been an obsessed Harry Potter fan since 1999 when I was first introduced to the Books. The Series have survived many side obsessions to emerge as my #1 most favorite thing! I've been a member at VTM since July '06 and will keep coming back for more. In my spare time I read, see tons of Movies, hang out with friends and try to enjoy a more cultured life. I've recently graduated from high school this past June and I will be taking advantage of my younger age to take a year off to relax and travel before I pursue further education to become a History Teacher--- I'm thinking 7th Grade World History. I love talking and getting to know people, PM me on the Forums where I am known as "Albus Dumbledore". I look forward to hearing from you! |
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Name: Iván
Role: English to Spanish Translator
Location: Dominican Replublic |
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Name: Desiré
Alias: DeSs
Role: English to Spanish Translator
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Location: Entre Ríos. Argentina
Favourite Food: milanesas & french fries!
Favourite Bands: U2,m Coldplay, The Police, some songs from Oasis, REM, Maroon 5, and so on. I really like a lot of random songs, but of good level
Favourite HP Book: between Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows, because it's when you realize that magic can't help to deal with your feelings and that you've got to have something else to vanquish your fears
Favourite HP Movie: Prisioner of Azkaban, but I'm looking forwards to replace it with Half-Blood Prince
Favourite Characters: Dumbledore, Ron and a bit of Luna
Favourite Relationship: Ron and Hermione, forever
Favourite Movie: The Butterfly Effect, I think, but I've got more
TV Shows: Friends and Pushing Daisies
About my HP beggining: I didn't like HP when SS came out, and it's so embarrassing: I wanted to see Monsters Inc. instead! Luckily, my cousins convinced me, and ... I bet they regret it now! But really, I didn't bear lil' Dan's face in the beggining! But HP changed my life.
About Me: I want to become a Translator and Interpreter, but next year I'm studying Journalism. Translating is one of my passions; I spent all my summer holidays translating DH, and my whole family thought I was mental. It was an interesting summer. Things I love: reading, movies, music, love, nature, images, landscapes, Harry Potter, animals, clothes, parfumes, Veritaserum, laughing with friends, and lots of more things. I also write fanfiction; I started at the beggining of the year and never stopped since then. I'm an avid reader and so I can proudly say that I haven't got a lone spelling mistake in Spanish, which is my original language. I'm always in the forums, so you're welcome to pm me or ask for help." |
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Name: Felipe Sabogal
Alias: Felipe
Role: English to Spanish Translator and English to French Translator
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Favourite Books: The HP books, The Dark Material of Philip Pullman and Eragon, Eldest by Christopher Paollini
Favorite TV Shows: Lost 1, 2. Desperate Housewives, Futurama.
Favourite HP Characters: Albus Dumbledore, Grawp
About Me: I first met Harry Potter in my 10th birthday when my best friends gave me the first and second book. When I had read them I went straight to buy 3 and 4. Then I bought 5 and 6 on the release dates. I got into the Harry Potter world really fast and since that I've just loved it. |
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Name: Jutta Salm
Alias: Su Li
Role: English to German Translator
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Location: Krefeld/NRW/Germany
Favourite HP Book: I like both The Goblet of Fire and The Half-Blood Prince
Favourite HP Characters: Dumbledore, McGonagal, Harry, Weasley twins, Hermoine
About Me: So far the oldest here. But HP fan since 1999. Normally I am working the whole day, but when I come home the first thing I do is tocheck the VTM news and translate them. I love the books, the German audio version read by Rufus Beck and the movies. Not only the HP movies... all sorts of them ... I am a little bit mad about watching DVD! With regards and greetings! Jutta |
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Name: Madalina Martin
Alias: Maddie
Role: English to Romanian Translator
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Location: Abrud-Alba, Romania
Favorite HP book: HP and the Goblet of Fire, HP and the Deathly Hallows
Favorite HP character: Severus Snape, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Lord Voldemort (lol!)
Favorite TV show: Survivor, The Amazing Race, Avatar, Gossip Girl, Desperate Housewives
About me: I've loved Harry Potter since the first chapter. Everybody wonders why we're so crazy about this book. I think they should read the book before asking such a simple question...
Besides being a Hp addict, I love computers, movies, music, shopping and I dislike mean people, in reality ('cause on paper, bad boys rule :P:P)
Despre mine: M-am indragostit de Harry Potter inca de la primul capitol. Toti se intreaba de ce ne place asa de mult aceasta carte. Cred ca ar trebui sa citeasca si ei cartea inainte sa puna o intrebare atat de simpla... Pe langa faptul ca sunt o dependenta de HP, iubesc calculatoarele, filmele, muzica, shoppingul si dispretuiesc oamenii rautaciosi, in realitate
(in carti, baietii rai sunt cei mai tari :P:P) |
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Name: Vlad Turc
Alias: Vlad
Role: English to Romanian Translator
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Favorite HP book: Deathly Hallows
Favorite HP character: Dumbledore, Harry, Tonks
Favorite food: french
Favorite TV show: I don't have one
Favorite music: Rock, Punk, R&B
About me: My first impression of Harry Potter was actually a bad one. I never liked books until I read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.The result was outstandig, I was so obsessed about Harry Potter and so happy beacause it was summer and well... I haven't anything to do. I read
first 5 books in 2 months and then in July 2005 I buyed my first Harry Potter book in english (Half-Blood Prince). Besides Harry Potter, I love to write and to program computers.
Despre mine: Prima mea impresie despre Harry Potter a fost una proasta. Niciodata nu mi-au placut cartile pana cand am citit Harry Potter si Piatra Filozofala. Rezultatul a fost peste asteptari, am fost atat de obsedat de Harry Potter si in acelasi timp si fericit pentru ca era vara si nu aveam sa sa fac. Am citit primele 5 volume in 2 luni apoi, in Iulie 2005 mi-am cumparat prima cartea Harry Potter in limba engleza (Printul Semipur). Pe langa Harry Potter, imi place sa scriu si sa programez calculatoare. |
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Name: Nae Oana
Alias: Oana
Role: English to Romanian Translator
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Location: Bucuresti, Romania
Favorite HP book: Half-Blood Prince
Favorite HP character: Luna Lovegood
Favorite food: Big Mac
Favorite TV show: Wizards of Waverly Place,Hannah Montana,The suite life with Zack&Cody
Favorite music: Punk, R&B,Pop
About me: When i first saw Hp it was on a tv. I liked the movie very much, at that time i didn't have internet so i don't know about the books and the other movies, but 1 year later i found out about the other books and i read it all, first the sixth book and then the rest. And meanwhile i saw the second, the third and the fourth movie. And i was astonished.
Despre mine: Prima data am vazut Harry Potter la televizor. Mi-a placut foarte mult,atunci nu aveam internat asa ca nu stiam de carti si de celalalte filme, dar un an mai tarziu am aflat despre celalalte carti si le-am citit pe toate, prima data a 6-a carte si apoi restul. Si intre timp am vazut al 2-lea, al 3-lea si al 4-lea film. Si am fost uimita. |
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Name: Catalina Paul
Alias: Catalina
Role: English to Romanian Translator
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Location: Brasov, Romania
Favorite HP book: All HP books
Favorite HP character: Albus Dumbledore
Favorite food: salats/salatele de tot felul
Favorite TV show: Deal or no deal
Favorite music: Dance
About me: After I’ve read the Harry Potter book I’ve start goggling for online communities of Harry Potter fans. I’m studying biology and chemistry at the University in Bucharest. During my free time I like to travel a lot, to read and to listen to the music.
Despre mine: Am citit HP intamplator si mi-a placut. Mai departe, am cautat sa aflu comunitati ale fanilor. Sunt studenta a facultatii biologie-chimie din Bucuresti. Imi place sa calatoresc, iar in timpul liber citesc sau ascult muzica. |
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Name: Laurentiu Petre
Alias: Laurentiu
Role: English to Romanian Translator
Gender: Male
Age: 20 years old
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Favorite HP book: HP and the Goblet of Fire
Favorite HP character: Snape
Favorite food: sarmale (traditional dish)
Favorite tv show: Jepperdy
Favorite music: Ska Punk Punk
About me: I first read Harry Potter in the 2000, when i received volumes 1 and 2. Unfortunately, I am a student of the Automatics Faculty in the Bucharest University, and that’s why I don’t have a lot of free time. I listen to “ska” because it relaxes and calms me. I’m a very impulsive person, with a lot sense of humor, maybe to much.
Despre mine: Prima oara am citit Harry Potter in 2000, cand am primit cadou volumul 1 si 2. Din pacate, sunt student al Facultatii de Automatica din cadrul Universitatii Bucuresti, si e foarte solicitant. Ascult muzica ska pentru ca ma relaxeaza si ma calmeaza, fiind o fire foarte impulsiva, dar am un simt al umorului iesit din comun...poate chiar prea iesit din comun. |
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Name: Giusy Granatiere
Alias: Giusy
Role: English to Italian Translator
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Location: Milan, Italy
Favourite HP books: The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Half-Blood Prince
Favourite HP character: Hermione
Favourite HP movie: The Goblet of Fire
Favourite movie in general: Big Fish
Favourite music: pop-rock
Favourite bands and singers: Green Day, Queen, the Beatles, Elisa, Alicia Keys, The Fray
About me: I study Foreign Languages and Literature at university- English and Spanish (but I speak English much better!). I also work as babysitter at nights and weekends. When I grow up, I’d like to be a translator, or work with books, or languages, or something like that. In my free time, I like reading, watching movies and listening to music.
Harry Potter and me: I must admit it wasn’t love at first sight... When the first book was released in Italy, I was about ten or eleven, and I was a keen reader. But when I saw HP on bookstore shelves for the first time, I thought I wasn’t going to read it, as it’d be such a long series, and they’d surely turn it into commercial stuff. Which proved to be true, of course! But then, at Christmas time, I ran out of new books, and didn’t really know what to read. Out of desperation, my mind was struck by two words, beginning with H and P... I phoned my mummy, who was at the supermarket at that moment, and told her to grab and buy all the hp books she could find! And after I began reading about Harry’s world, I completely forgot my worries, because it’s really worth it, I mean, waiting so long, and realizing your favourite character’s becoming sort of show business stuff, and what have you... It’s such a wonderful story I really don’t care now!
Su di me: Studio Lingue e Letterature Straniere all’università, Inglese e Spagnolo (ma conosco l’inglese decisamente meglio!). Lavoro anche come babysitter la sera e nei weekend. Da “grande”, vorrei fare la traduttrice, o comunque lavorare con i libri, o le lingue, o qualcosa del genere. Nel tempo libero, mi piace leggere, guardare film e ascoltare musica.
Io e Harry Potter: Se devo essere sincera, non è stato amore a prima vista… Quando è uscito in Italia il primo libro, avevo circa dieci o undici anni, e adoravo leggere. Ma quando ho visto HP in libreria per la prima volta, ho pensato ‘Non lo leggerò mai!’, perché ero certa che sarebbe stata una serie lunghissima, e che ne avrebbero fatto un fenomeno commerciale. Quello che è successo davvero, in effetti! Ma poi verso natale, avevo finito tutti i libri e non sapevo cosa leggermi. Presa dalla disperazione, mi sono venute in mente due parole, che iniziano per H e P… Ho telefonato a mia mamma, che in quel momento era al supermercato, e le ho detto di comprarmi tutti i libri di hp che sarebbe riuscita trovare! E una volta entrata nel mondo di Harry, mi sono del tutto dimenticata delle mie preoccupazioni, perché ne vale davvero la pena, voglio dire, aspettare così tanto, e vedere che il tuo personaggio preferito sta diventando un affare per lo show business, e tutto il resto... E’ una storia così straordinaria che davvero non mi importa ora! |
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Name: Luca Greco
Alias: Repeat (in comments pages)
Role: English to Italian Translator
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Location: Rome, Italy
Favourite HP book: The Sorcerer’s Stone, The Prisoner of Azkaban
Favourite HP characters: Weasley twins, Ron, Ginny (:P), Trevor
Favourite HP movies: The Sorcerer’s Stone, The Prisoner of Azkaban
Favourite movies (in general): Senza Filtro, 8 Mile, American Pie, School of Rock, SLC Punk, Get rich or die tryin (and others)
Favourite music: Rap, Hip Hop, Punk-rock, Techno
Favourite bands & singers: Blink 182, Sum 41, System of a Down, korn, Eminem, Art. 31, AVA, Jesuly, Nach Scratch, El Porta (and others)
About me: I’m attending a Linguistic high school near Rome, I really like music (it has a magical effect on me :>), I also have a silly-punk band, I’ve been playing drums for a couple of years; for the moment I’ve not real plans for my future, I’d like to become a famous drummer with my band and get lots of money & girls, or I’d like to use my languages knowledge (I speak English, Spanish and a little of French) to be a steward or something like that.
Harry Potter & me: I first met Harry Potter's world when the second movies was released, a friend of mine lent me the first book and I fall in love with Harry Potter's stories; when I read all the 5 books (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince wasn't released yet) I couldn't wait to read the last two, so I restarted reading HP1-2-3... and so on. Since February 18th 2007 I'm the translator with Michele of Veritaserum Italy!
Su di me: Sto frequentando un Liceo Linguistico vicino Roma, amo la musica(essa ha un effetto magico si du me :>), ho anche una band stile silly-punk, suono la batteria da un paio di anni; al momento non ho dei veri piani per il futuro, mi piacerebbe diventare un famoso batterista con la mia band, fare un sacco di soldi e avere tante ragazze, oppure mi piacerebbe usare le mie conoscenze linguistiche (parlo Inglese, Spagnolo e un po’ di Francese) in qualche lavoro come steward.
Harry Potter & me: La prima volta che sono entrato in contatto col mondo di Harry Potter fu quando uscì il secondo film, una mia amica mi prestò il primo libro e da allora mi innamorai perdutamente delle storie di Harry Potter; dopo che ebbi letto tutti e 5 i libri (Harry Potter e il Principe Mezzosangue ancora non era uscito) non vedevo l'ora di leggere gli ultimi due, quindi ho ricominciato a leggere HP1-2-3…e così via. Dal 18 febbraio 2007 sono traduttore con Michele per Veritaserum Italia! |
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Name: Monika
Role: English to Polish translator
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Location: Poland
Favorite HP Book: i like all of them equally;)
Favorite Characters: Ron
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Name: Marta Markiewic
Alias: Milka
Role: English to Polish Translator
Age: 21 |
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