Q. When do you play, including timezone? (Answer!)
A. 5 PM - 12 AM EST Sunday - Friday.
Q. What is the most memorable flamewar you can remember? (Answer!)
A. Between myself and Takako on the Shadowbane forums over one Jane of the East. 40+ Pages of pure fun.
Q. If you could bring any book, movie or comic to life in a game, which would you choose? (Answer!)
A. I would really love a next-gen game based around R.A. Salvatore's series in the Forgotten Realms universe. Yeah, yeah, I'm a Drizzt fanboi.
Q. What do your characters and avatars usually look like? (Answer!)
A. They're always various characters from various stories. Vash the Stampede from the anime Trigun and Dante from Devil May Cry are probably the most popular.
Q. What question would you add to the Attitudes system? (Answer!)
A. "How many more questions are you willing to answer?"
Q. What is your first computer or video gaming memory? (Answer!)
A. My first video game memory would probably be playing Pitfall on an Intellivision my parents owned. My first computer memory would have to be playing Quake I.
Q. What sort of tools (calculators, builders, spreadsheets, etc.) do you use to plan your characters? (Answer!)
A. For Shadowbane, a game with actual character diversity, I would use anything from Excel spreadsheets to web-based, player created applications.</p><p >For WoW, I use a web-based character profiler to map out a gear set, because that's all there really is.
Q. How do you feel about playing characters of the opposite sex? (Answer!)
A. I prefer it most of the time, actually. Elves are awesome, but unfortunately most games don't capture the male elf well at all. Shadowbane had crappy graphics, so at least they had an excuse. But Night Elves? Come on.
Q. What is a feature you would like added to GamerDNA? (Answer!)
A. A dating service?</p><p >I kid, I kid.</p><p ></p><p ></p><p ></p><p ></p><p >...or do I?</p><p ></p><p >Yeah, I do.
Q. What is the most overlooked or misunderstood game? (Answer!)
A. Superman 64. I mean, you could fly around, and then fly through rings. How this game got a bad score baffles me to this day.</p><p >Seriously though, I would have to say Shadowbane.
Q. Do you feel relationships within games are meaningful? (Answer!)
A. People are people /shrug</p><p >But I definitely am an internet tough guy, so I might appear be an ass at first.
Q. How do you feel about selling virtual items for real money? (Do NOT advertise RMT services!) (Answer!)
A. In some cases, I say it's the greedy developer's faults for putting in pointless time sinks that only cause you to pay and play more. I'm not going to name names, but let's just say it rhymes with "hurled love more raft" and is actually the game "World of Warcraft."
Q. Do your quiz results on GamerDNA reflect your personality, and if not, what did it get wrong? (Answer!)
A. I faked my Bartle test to reach 100% Killer.</p><p >THERE, I SAID IT. I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO HUG.
Q. Have you ever had a memorable real-life meeting with other gamers? (Answer!)
A. No. I find it's best to leave the "e" in "e-friend."
Q. What are the specs on your gaming rig? (Answer!)
A. Intel Core 2 Duo 6400<br>Radeon X1950 XTX<br>2 GB RAM
Q. What experience do you have beta-testing games? (Answer!)
A. I'll let you know when I find a developer who doesn't reject anyone that doesn't have Pong Beta experience.</p><p >Seriously people, it's a vicious cycle, and it's starting to piss me off.</p><p >Open Betas just aren't the same. =(
Q. What are the proper uses of tank guns and bubblegum? (Answer!)
A. This is the stupidest question I have ever heard.</p><p >And I say this only because it appears to be about some obscure reference I actually don't know.
Q. If you could cancel any online game, which would it be? (Answer!)
A. Everquest 3.</p><p >I like to get a head start on things.
Q. Other than your console or PC, what is the piece of hardware you can't live without? (Answer!)
A. My iPod. I just don't know what I would do if all my friends at the local Starbucks found out I lost my iPod, especially after that summer day I forgot my scarf, wore pants that fit, and didn't have an aura of undeserved self-satisfaction permeating around me.
Q. What sort of players annoy you the most? (Answer!)
A. Bad ones that aren't new to the game and don't feel they need to get better.
Q. When you are not playing games, what do you do for fun? (Answer!)
A. LOL, not playing games. Good one.
Q. What are your favorite tabletop (RPG, board, miniatures, etc.) games? (Answer!)
A. Unless the table is a plasma monitor lying on it's back, none.
Q. Beside GamerDNA, what are your favorite websites? (Answer!)
A. The WoW forums are tragically entertaining.</p><p >Like a car wreck, or someone getting gored in the ass by a bull. Or Lindsay Lohan.
A. Yes, and I have a microphone
Q. What are your thoughts on roleplaying in games? (Answer!)
A. xXxKillerXxX is the greatest knight in all the land!
Q. Where did you get your gaming names from? (Answer!)
A. Maverick - The old western television show of the same name. I'm named after the main character in real life.
Q. What music do you like to play games to? (Answer!)
A. The same music I like to do other things to as well: Punk. I call it Punk and not Emo, or Pop Punk, because I know it pisses you off. And in the end, isn't that truly what punk is all about?</p><p >Oh, it's not? Then stop being a hypocrite you piece of human waste, because that's all you do.
A. Omen/DeadlyBossMods/Bartender/etc.
Q. If you could meet any game developer, who would it be? (Answer!)
A. Myself from the future. That level of awesomeness that would follow is far beyond what this question was ever intended for.
Q. What are your thoughts on player-made mods/addons for games? (Answer!)
A. GUI - OK<br>Anything else - You've failed as a developer.
Q. If you made your own game, what would it be like? (Answer!)
A. You expect me to depict my game in mere words? You disappoint me, GuildCafe.</p><p >Really, though. I would best describe it as a mixture of all the greatest things ever to happen to humanity emanating from a screen, but that's probably too vague as well.
Q. Are you interested in working within the game industry? (Answer!)
Q. What are your most memorable achievements in a game? (Answer!)
A. When I became unbeatable at Quake II and had to quit due to lack of competition.
Q. How many hours a week do you play? (Answer!)
Q. What do you love or hate about PVP? (Answer!)
A. I get to watch Jack Thompson waste his life.
Q. In real life, are you male or female? (Answer!)
Q. Have you ever had a romantic encounter with someone you met in a game? (Answer!)
A. Not yet!</p><p >...ladies.
Q. Why do you join guilds or clans? (Answer!)
A. To experience all there is in a game.