A. Yes, and I have a microphone
Q. In real life, are you male or female? (Answer!)
Q. Other than your console or PC, what is the piece of hardware you can't live without? (Answer!)
Q. If you made your own game, what would it be like? (Answer!)
A. PvP guild-oriented conquest. Capture regions & control the entire world. Build alliances, betray them, or become mercenaries and fight for the highest bidder.
Q. What are the specs on your gaming rig? (Answer!)
A. never good enough. I upgrade about every 2 years.
Q. What sort of players annoy you the most? (Answer!)
A. guys who try to prove how badass they are & brag about pvp kills like it makes them a bigger man.
Q. If you could meet any game developer, who would it be? (Answer!)
A. Raph Koster. He's Noah, and we're the beavers.
Q. What are your most memorable achievements in a game? (Answer!)
A. Owning a planet in SWG? Playing my Hunter in Daoc (when they were gimpy) and being the last person standing after a huge battle between 20 stealthers, then killing a paladin without any RAs or action!
Q. What are your most memorable achievements in a game? (Answer!)
A. Owning a planet in SWG? Playing my Hunter in Daoc (when they were gimpy) and being the last person standing after a huge battle between 20 stealthers, then killing a paladin without any RAs or action!
Q. What are your thoughts on roleplaying in games? (Answer!)
A. roleplay is fine as long as people aren't obsessive about being "in character."
Q. What question would you add to the Attitudes system? (Answer!)
A. something about pvp or cyber i'm sure...
Q. Beside GamerDNA, what are your favorite websites? (Answer!)
A. I don't believe in the Internet.
Q. How do you feel about playing characters of the opposite sex? (Answer!)
A. I'm probably the last person to be giving an opinion on this topic.
Q. What are your favorite tabletop (RPG, board, miniatures, etc.) games? (Answer!)
A. HUNGRY HUNGRY FUCKING HIPPOS, BITCH
Q. What is your first computer or video gaming memory? (Answer!)
A. dying a lot playing TRON at the arcade with my friends.
Q. Do you feel relationships within games are meaningful? (Answer!)
A. Just like the relationships you can build in the real world with your coworkers or other people you spend time with, they can be as meaningful as you'd like.
Q. How do you feel about selling virtual items for real money? (Do NOT advertise RMT services!) (Answer!)
A. I have no problem with it ethically.
Q. What is a feature you would like added to GamerDNA? (Answer!)
A. PRON!
um... I mean... I NEED ALLIANCE PERMISSIONS, TARINTH!!
Q. Where did you get your gaming names from? (Answer!)
Q. Do your quiz results on GamerDNA reflect your personality, and if not, what did it get wrong? (Answer!)
A. definitely my ingame/guild leader self. I'm a bit less sociopathic IRL
Q. What do your characters and avatars usually look like? (Answer!)
Q. What is the most overlooked or misunderstood game? (Answer!)
A. SWG. Ignore the combat & ignore all the bad revamp crap. The non-combat core systems of that game are STILL years ahead of their time.
Q. What sort of tools (calculators, builders, spreadsheets, etc.) do you use to plan your characters? (Answer!)
A. everything available. If nothing exists, I typically build a spreadsheet
Q. What music do you like to play games to? (Answer!)
Q. Are you interested in working within the game industry? (Answer!)
A. only in a design or community role. looking at code makes me stabby.
Q. What is the most memorable flamewar you can remember? (Answer!)
A. lots. I've pretty much always stayed out of them.
Q. Why do you join guilds or clans? (Answer!)
A. I don't. I build them. So I can kill more people.
Q. Have you ever had a romantic encounter with someone you met in a game? (Answer!)
Q. What are your thoughts on player-made mods/addons for games? (Answer!)
A. i don't like fucking with my setup... so when patches come out and screw up the mods, I don't like updating or reinstalling them... too much hassle.
Q. What do you love or hate about PVP? (Answer!)
A. IRL I get in trouble for stabbing people, ok?
Q. What are the proper uses of tank guns and bubblegum? (Answer!)
A. FYI - search the forums for the answer to this question. (warning: you may also learn some odd things about elf panties)
Q. What experience do you have beta-testing games? (Answer!)
A. lots. Pretty much every major release since UO.
Q. How many hours a week do you play? (Answer!)
Q. When do you play, including timezone? (Answer!)
A. 6-10 CST weeknights, every other weekend I'm on a LOT
Q. Have you ever had a memorable real-life meeting with other gamers? (Answer!)
A. Nuke and Pave has an annual "con," where quite a few of us actually get together and.. uh... well... we pretty much get really drunk and do weird stuff.
Q. If you could cancel any online game, which would it be? (Answer!)