User:HizakiHitori

Before the Internet
HizakiHitori, known in real life as Tyler, grew up in a growing, rural town in Kentucky. He was born July 1st, 1991, and is an only child. As a child, he enjoyed pasttimes such as Lego, Video Games, and, once in middle school, music.

Early Internet Life: Bob and George Forum and Spriting
HizakiHitori first broke out onto the internet known as Samurai_X99 (based off of his obsession over Rurouni Kenshin at the time), and visited various gaming forums such as GameFAQs and GameSpy. He also played many internet games, such as RuneScape and Neopets, and visited many "nerd" sites, such as the Beta Club chat site.

While on the internet, he came across a website called Fireball20xl, which was a major site that had many sprites and such. Through this, he discovered Bob and George forums. He met a few friends here, most of which were great spriters, and became mentors to Samurai_X99.

Bob and George forums was, ultimately, the place where Hizaki learned to sprite. His first sprites were of himself, in Megaman 8-bit style. They have been lost in time, but they were a very important milestone. Also, through Bob and George forums, he came across something that would push him through to where he is today: Fire Emblem sprites.

Hizaki is Born: Flaming Emblem and Fire Emblem Planet
After coming across sprite rips of Fire Emblem sprites, Hizaki decided to meet the creator. Although he didn't meet him directly until later, Hizaki learned that the sprite ripper was a figure known as Dutchbest. He had a website/forum, entitled Flaming Emblem. This was where Hizaki signed up, still under the name Samurai_X99. This is where Hizaki met many of the people he still works with today, including SwordsAreShiney and Exxeh.

Flaming Emblem seemed short lived in the eyes of Hizaki. It disbanded, and things scattered about. Hizaki kept in touch with Dutchbest and Exxeh (known as XtreameDayz at the time), and soon, a new entity was born. It was known as Fire Emblem Planet.

This is where Samurai_X99 became HizakiHitori, and where Hizaki gained his role of leader. He and another, Field Marshal, began to work on FEP's Roleplaying Section. Although not really noted, Hizaki's mind was the force behind FEP's Roleplaying Section and Web Comic Section. These ideas mostly came from place Hizaki had been to before FEP, such as Bob and George and Age of Adepts, a Golden Sun roleplaying forum.

Mid-Life Crisis: Fire Emblem Planet and It's Struggles
Becoming a leader did not help Hizaki; he became slightly egotistical, and very outspoken. He complained often about how the website was run, often blaming Exxeh for a poor job being administrator. Many flame wars were started by him, between fellow staff members. Everything seemed to come back together though.

Hizaki had been demoted from mod on several occasions, and even suspended. He often did stupid things in order to revolt, such as make Invision Free forums to combat with FEP. All attempts failed, of course.

Eventually, he learned to deal with it, but not after several arguements with many of the moderators and administrators. After many fights and a complete server switch, he became a normal member, and normally goes about his business, ignoring any forum politics.

Recently: feplanet.be and Beyond
Recently, Hizaki has become one of four moderators for the Fire Emblem Planet Roleplaying section. He is still a respectable member of FEP, and gets along with nearly everyone. He has started focusing on making mugshots in the style of Fire Emblem, and has also started writing music, most notably with software such as Fruity Loops and Finale.

He has a Soundclick page, and goes by many other names on the internet, such as DJ e3nigmant and euphonium09. He busies himself playing Guild Wars, Star Wars Jedi Academy, and roleplaying, among other things. Due to an ever increasing busy lifestyle offline, he is finding less and less time to be on the internet, which he thinks is a good thing.

Offline Life
When Hizaki is not online, he is an active musician, specializing in such instruments as the euphonium, electric bass, piano, and others. He is in the school's marching band, as well as jazz band, symphonic band, and choir. He is highly interested in drum and bugle corps, and plans on auditioning for the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps sometime in the near future.

He also often gets together with friends to do miscellaneous activities.