game choices

General:

Female Shepard (I prefer to match Shepards I play against in appearance, origins, reputation, and class; otherwise I default to an Asian-Canadian Earthborn Sole Survivor Infiltrator)

Mostly Paragon

All squadmates recruited including DLC squadmates

All DLC except Pinnacle Station completed (... because I played on PS3.)

Mass Effect:

Met Samesh Bhatia on the Citadel; Shepard released Nirali's body

Feros colony saved

Rachni Queen saved

Cerberus quests completed

X57: Engineers found, hostages saved

Wrex survived Virmire

Shepard aided Kirrahe

Assigned to the bomb

( and if playing as survivor at later canon points )