User:Stephenmay

Stephenmay
Stephenmay is the name of a player created character in Square Enix's Final Fantasy XI game.

Located on the Caitsith server, this Hume character is often seen on main job as Ranger. He was widely regarded to be one of the most skilled and best equipped rangers on the Caitsith server between 2004 and late 2005. Although lacking in current equipment (2006-2007) he is still considered to be one of the most skilled Rangers on the Caitsith server. Currently, he is part of an HNM linkshell known as Millennium.

Final Fantasy XI Background
Created in October 2003, this player quickly reached level 75 Ranger in early 2004 and was among the first few players from the US release to reach this level. He is credited with popularizing the Ranger job among other North American players during that time.

Other Final Fantasy XI credits include (from US Release date): (On Caitsith)
 * First player to unlock the Ranger advanced job
 * First Ranger to reach level 75
 * Third North American player to enter Dynamis areas (early 2004)
 * First North American Ranger to obtain Relic Armor
 * First North American player to reach maximum allowable Merit Points

Other Gaming Background
Stephenmay is a character name which has been used in several other games and MMORPG's believed to be created by the same player.


 * In Gravity's Ragnarok Online, there was an influential level 99 Hunter named Stephenmay which boasted 307 million Zeny (currency name) on the Chaos server. During his peak, he was part of guilds known as "Quicksilver" and "Avant Garde".


 * In Blizzard's Diablo II there was a level 99 Champion class Barbarian named Stephenmay on the USEast server. This character is known due to the fact that the character previously known as Stephenmay on the USEast server was a Necromancer with 210 strength and was often seen roaming about with a giant Great Sword.

Aside from MMO's, other records of the player name Stephenmay include:


 * Records of a Stephenmay located in the Cyberathlete Amateur League database of CAL-Intermediate and CAL-Main play.


 * Records of a Stephenmay located in the Cyberathlete Professional League database of Quake III individual play.


 * Records of a Stephenmay located in the Online Gaming League database for 1st position of the following ladders: Quake II Team Deathmatch, Quake II 1v1, Quake III 1v1.

Other Information
Stephenmay was born July 21st 1983 in New York City. As a child he had a passion for music and performing arts until one day he laid his eyes upon his cousin's Nintendo entertainment system, picked up the square shaped controller and started playing a video game titled Super Mario Bros. At that point in time, Stephenmay's life changed forever. Finishing up his off broadway productions at an early age, he decided to dedicate his life to the design and development of video games for the PC and console.

Graduating from Brooklyn Technical Highschool in the year 2001, by the time he had started attending a business college, he experienced first hand the carnage and mayhem of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center at that time in Lower Manhattan. Shortly thereafter, Stephenmay decided to pursue his childhood dream of becoming involved in the games industry.

In 2007, Stephenmay graduated from University of Advancing Technology with a Bachelor's Degree in Game Design. With a passion for video games and the will to succeed in the industry, it is a safe bet that he will have a successful career as a professional in the video games industry. Especially after all job offers are sent to Stephenmay at smokeysm@hotmail.com