Greetings.
This is my first time on any gaming-related boards, so please be kind. I've been playing D&D and other RPGs for about five years now, Magic for much longer than that, though only sporadically after they finished the Urza cycle. I discovered Character Optimization through the Gleemax board when I got roped into a 12th-level campaign last year, and while the campaign bombed, I was cranking out damage on par with everyone else who had gestalted their characters.
I now run a campaign (first time DMing) in Japan, where I teach English to ungrateful high school kids. My players are ECL 13, and I turn once again to the CO boards and the fine people of the Internet to help give the blighters a thoroughly immersive challenge, and hopefully to break free of the railroads I had to start them on.
Regards
-Red, who is of the masculine persuasion.
PS: The campaign is not run for the high school kids. The campaign is for other native English speakers who are also teaching in Japan. If my kids could play D&D, they would not need me to teach them English.