Who is Shadowpuma?

Many people may not know who Shadowpuma is. As a quick recap of events so far, Shadowpuma is a character name created back in 1999 when the online role playing game Everquest was released. A very low level wizard without much previous knowledge of online games, wandering around the different game zones within the online world.

Over the years the name Shadowpuma became recognised by friends and other online users, not just for the playing ability, but for the real life abilities that he brought to everyone. Short reports of in game events were often a pleasure for people to read. Along with the reports also came short movie videos of the in game events. Everything that was written or created was a further personal development of the person behind the character.

At the beginning of 2002 the setup of the first Shadowpuma website was completed. It was located in some free webspace on a webserver hosted by 50megs.com. It was very basic, very orientated around the Everquest side the character, and not very productive. But it served it's purpose of sharing information between friends and guild members.

And then things progressed, at the start of 2004 the domain names shadowpuma.com and shadowpuma.co.uk were purchased and set up. News updates and movie downloads were the main concentration of the site.

Today, the Shadowpuma website is a demonstration of personal achievement and ongoing web development including different games that have seen the Shadowpuma character come and go.

What about Shadowpuma in the 3Dimensional world?

The person behind the character? Well that would be the person responsible for all that you see on this site. Paul Rayment. With a background in IT (support, software, hardware, programming) website creation played a large part in his career progression. Working for a well known global bank and producing single handed some of the highest quality websites they own, the skills have progressed more in to a role of managerial and technical expertise. The talent for websites comes from experimenting and seeing what can be achieved with the Shadowpuma site, before applying the techniques into working environments.

Paul's recent activities include the start up a company and creation of custom websites built to the specifications of the customer. These range from small information sites, to e-commerce sites with full customer experiences.

You can also see the latest news in the pages of this site. They include updates on Paul's engagement, wedding, and becoming a dad.

Shadowpuma's Online Adventures

Since the time when Shadowpuma was created, the character name has been recognised throughout a few of the games. Of course the original was Everquest. Going for many years, but the passion it held in the heart of Paul faded. There was a long hard decision to make, but after careful consideration from all angles it was time to quit the subscription and let Shadowpuma, level 70 wizard on the Veeshan(Luclin) server stop.

The adventures didn't stop there though. Next was World of Warcraft, and then Vanguard:Saga of Heroes. Both were played for many months, but the appeal just wasn't the same. A few Free To Play games came and went including Runes of Magic.

The latest online adventure to come and go was Aion:Tower of Eternity. A new idea of being able to fly and glide in the online environments. Again, another online experience that just seemed to take more time to progress and became a lonely experience.

Where is Shadowpuma currently?

Shadowpuma is currently not registered and online in any MMORPGs. His friends continue to play and update the Shadowpuma forum with information and discussions. Maybe one day the name Shadowpuma will appear once more in the online communities.

So with no online activity, the focus is on his family and friends.