My claims to fame in games

Boy, that first post was pretty depressing, huh? This blog isn't supposed to be all gloomy and serious. I plan to mostly talk about fun and frivolous stuff, like computer games, board games, movies and TV shows. Stuff like that.

So to lighten the mood, here is a partial list of my game-related "achievements", in no particular order.

Chess
- Best Singapore Chess Federation rating: 1775. This was back in 1993 when I was 18, though.
- National Schools Under-16 and Under-18 team champions.
- Best Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) ratings: Blitz 2210, Standard 2108 under the nickname UnsndSac. I lost the password to this account though; my current nickname is ExcuseMe, whose record is not nearly as good.

Magic: the Gathering
- Was 2nd-ranked player in Singapore in 1996.

Boggle
- Current holder of best score of 245 on www.wordrampage.com (nickname UmExcuseMe).

Fantasy Football
- Best finish in fantasy.premierleague.com: 200+; I was as high as 3rd overall before I crashed and burned in the last 8 weeks. See how I did this past season (20,095th position).
- Wrote a monthly "Hot Prospects" article on the FISO forum for 3 seasons. It was reasonably well-received.

So yeah, I've played a lot of games and spent a lot of time on them. I guess that's one of the reasons why I'm 37 years old and still only a postdoc. :P