Q. How do you feel about selling virtual items for real money? (Do NOT advertise RMT services!) (Answer!)
A. I feel that if it is going to be tolerated it needs to be in the game from the beginning, or else its really not worth it and wrecks the experience of the game. Though it could be said that the presence of a grey market in RMT is a clue about your game.
Q. What are your thoughts on roleplaying in games? (Answer!)
A. I think it is possible, but nothing is quite like face to face interaction. I think that the CRPG market has really removed a lot of the roleplaying from the RPG. It is getting better, but we are along way off from general acceptance of true roleplaying in mainstream games.
Q. What experience do you have beta-testing games? (Answer!)
A. Some betas were good experiences, some were not. The smaller companies tended to listen to the testers while the larger ones were a bit ignorant of what the testers would find annoying/broken.
Q. If you could bring any book, movie or comic to life in a game, which would you choose? (Answer!)
Q. What are the specs on your gaming rig? (Answer!)
A. Let's see.. I am finishing my upgrade:<br>Athalon 64x2 4000+<br>1GB ram (upgrading more next paycheck)<br>GeForce 7200, 256mb<br>400GB HDD<br>MSI k9n Neo V2 / V3 Motherboard<br>HP Lightscribe DVD writing Drive
Q. Other than your console or PC, what is the piece of hardware you can't live without? (Answer!)
Q. What sort of tools (calculators, builders, spreadsheets, etc.) do you use to plan your characters? (Answer!)
A. Plan? What is this plan you speak of?
A. Why isn't there a multiclass option?
Q. What music do you like to play games to? (Answer!)
A. I usually play the game with the speakers off, so none.
Q. What is a feature you would like added to GamerDNA? (Answer!)
A. Maybe some interoperability with the XML from Games and places like Steam
A. Yes, and I have a microphone
Q. If you made your own game, what would it be like? (Answer!)
A. Hard saying... I liked UO's open ended creation stuff, I liked AC's Experimentation, I like the ability to explore areas with a little risk, but not instant death without reason.
Q. If you could meet any game developer, who would it be? (Answer!)
A. Garriott, only if i were to visit his house though. I'm so fricking jealous.
Q. What do your characters and avatars usually look like? (Answer!)
A. Depends on the mood. Sometimes a lot like me, sometimes as alien as I can get.
Q. Have you ever had a memorable real-life meeting with other gamers? (Answer!)
A. I met RasputinAXP and we watched a ballgame and got really drunk on German beer in Liter and a half glasses.
Q. Why do you join guilds or clans? (Answer!)
A. Mostly for the socialization and the boost to playing.
Q. What is your first computer or video gaming memory? (Answer!)
Q. What are your most memorable achievements in a game? (Answer!)
A. Do i have to pick one? Mostly exploratory stuff, really.
Q. When you are not playing games, what do you do for fun? (Answer!)
Q. Where did you get your gaming names from? (Answer!)
A. Pull them out of my ass mostly
Q. Do you feel relationships within games are meaningful? (Answer!)
A. Friendships yes. More? Can't say.
Q. How do you feel about playing characters of the opposite sex? (Answer!)
A. Indifferent. Depends on what i feel like looking at.
Q. What are the proper uses of tank guns and bubblegum? (Answer!)
Q. What are your favorite tabletop (RPG, board, miniatures, etc.) games? (Answer!)
A. Eh? Euchre, though I have had a calling towards Faro lately.
Q. How many hours a week do you play? (Answer!)
Q. If you could cancel any online game, which would it be? (Answer!)
Q. In real life, are you male or female? (Answer!)
Q. What are your thoughts on player-made mods/addons for games? (Answer!)
A. They can be cool or they can be disasters.
Q. When do you play, including timezone? (Answer!)
Q. What sort of players annoy you the most? (Answer!)
A. Bossy when they don't know what they are doing.
Q. What do you love or hate about PVP? (Answer!)
A. Love: Adrenaline<br>Hate: My general suck at it
Q. What is the most memorable flamewar you can remember? (Answer!)
A. Myschyf vs the World on LtM.net
Q. Do your quiz results on GamerDNA reflect your personality, and if not, what did it get wrong? (Answer!)
Q. Beside GamerDNA, what are your favorite websites? (Answer!)
A. Bloglines. I can seethe universe from there
Q. What is the most overlooked or misunderstood game? (Answer!)
A. SL is incredibly misunderstood by most people. The media is a prime example of that.
Q. Have you ever had a romantic encounter with someone you met in a game? (Answer!)
Q. What question would you add to the Attitudes system? (Answer!)
A. What was your first online Multiplayer Game?
Q. Are you interested in working within the game industry? (Answer!)
A. Sure, when my bills are manageable.