Q. What is your first computer or video gaming memory? (Answer!)
A. Duck Hunt / Super Mario Brothers on NES
Q. When do you play, including timezone? (Answer!)
A. Usually from 6:00-11pm EST, but times vary on the day
Q. What are your thoughts on roleplaying in games? (Answer!)
A. As long as roleplayers respect others' wishes to not roleplay, its fine with me.
Q. Where did you get your gaming names from? (Answer!)
A. My head (probably various sources subconsciously)
Q. What are the specs on your gaming rig? (Answer!)
A. ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard<br>Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 65W<br>BFG Tech BFGR88640GTSE GeForce 8800GTS 640MB<br>CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Q. What are your favorite tabletop (RPG, board, miniatures, etc.) games? (Answer!)
A. Haven't played in years, but D&D was always good
Q. How do you feel about playing characters of the opposite sex? (Answer!)
A. Acceptable if you have some name that makes it pretty obvious you are doing so (IE making a female named mangina)
Q. How do you feel about selling virtual items for real money? (Do NOT advertise RMT services!) (Answer!)
A. If its sanctioned by the company like SOE's items for EQ2, its fine.
Q. What experience do you have beta-testing games? (Answer!)
Q. What is the most memorable flamewar you can remember? (Answer!)
A. Dragejegerene vs Acts of War in EQ fighting over Emp and Vex Thal.
Q. Do you feel relationships within games are meaningful? (Answer!)
A. I feel that loyalty to one's friends and guild are, yes
Q. If you could meet any game developer, who would it be? (Answer!)
A. Brad McQuaid so I could bitch slap him for fucking up Vanguard
Q. What are your thoughts on player-made mods/addons for games? (Answer!)
A. Great for UI mods, but having things that automate functions and thus give some players advantages over others should be banned.
Q. Do your quiz results on GamerDNA reflect your personality, and if not, what did it get wrong? (Answer!)
Q. If you could cancel any online game, which would it be? (Answer!)
A. WoW so the other MMOs would have larger populations :)
Q. If you could bring any book, movie or comic to life in a game, which would you choose? (Answer!)
A. Stephen King's Dark Tower Series
Q. What is the most overlooked or misunderstood game? (Answer!)
A. EQ2 or Vanguard perhaps since they both had horrid launches and turned a bunch of people off, but have since apparently turned into quality games.
Q. What do your characters and avatars usually look like? (Answer!)
A. Pretty standard for the class: IE a tank will be big & burly, a rogue shifty, etc
A. Yes, and I have a microphone
Q. When you are not playing games, what do you do for fun? (Answer!)
A. Watch & Play sports, drink, spend time with the girlfriend
Q. What do you love or hate about PVP? (Answer!)
A. Love: adds a whole new dimension to the game and acts as a way to measue your skills against other players.</p><p >Hate; Gets old when a level 70 is out camping and killing level 20s
Q. How many hours a week do you play? (Answer!)
Q. Other than your console or PC, what is the piece of hardware you can't live without? (Answer!)
Q. What are your most memorable achievements in a game? (Answer!)
A. Beating Emp in EQ that first time
Q. In real life, are you male or female? (Answer!)
Q. What music do you like to play games to? (Answer!)
A. Game's if it has a good soundtrack, otherwise depends on what I'm doing: for just grinding, usually classic rock or sometimes alternative. For more uptempo things like pvp, a lot of really hard, quick songs like metal or punk rock is pretty good.
Q. What sort of players annoy you the most? (Answer!)
A. People that don't respect when a camp is taken.
Q. Beside GamerDNA, what are your favorite websites? (Answer!)
A. Woot!, slickdeals.net, digg, ytmnd, cnn.com
Q. Have you ever had a memorable real-life meeting with other gamers? (Answer!)
A. Just LAN parties and such with people from the area while in school.
Q. What is a feature you would like added to GamerDNA? (Answer!)
A. No features; just higher bandwidth so it doesn't lag so much
Q. What question would you add to the Attitudes system? (Answer!)
A. Rank from 1 (Best) to 3 (Worst) how you enjoy: Grouping, Soloing, Raiding
Q. Why do you join guilds or clans? (Answer!)
A. 1) Base of friends & community<br>2) To have a base of people to group with<br>3) To advance through end game content
Q. Have you ever had a romantic encounter with someone you met in a game? (Answer!)
Q. If you made your own game, what would it be like? (Answer!)
A. The game, at least pvp-wise would be less gear dependent and much more skill dependent, like UO
Q. What sort of tools (calculators, builders, spreadsheets, etc.) do you use to plan your characters? (Answer!)
A. talent calculators in wow, but that's been it
Q. Are you interested in working within the game industry? (Answer!)
A. If I had the opportunity, it'd be cool, but I'm not like die-hard about it or anything
Q. What are the proper uses of tank guns and bubblegum? (Answer!)
A. You kick ass and chew bubblegum, unless you're all out of gum.</p><p >Tanks use a sword & board, not guns.