Teldon

Basically right now I am trying to balance out the number of people I interview across all servers. Week two really messed that up when I was looking for folks. I looked on four different servers and found four different players. When we did the interviews, it turned out three of them happened to have Virtue as their home server.

Week 3 was different as I wanted to do four players who are big villain supporters. That time I did not check to see what server they were on and again I ended up with three more virtue players.

When I noticed the uneveness I tired to figure a way to start balancing the numbers and I started going to indivdual server forums asking for help to find natives to that server. The people there pointed me to folks that were at the very least interesting.

Right now I have just goot done with Liberty and Champion. I am currently working on Infinity and Victory. In addtion to this I am working on two new types of interview sections.

My goal is not to get those that feel they are entiltled to be featured but to get players that are interesting and besides EVERY player has a story to tell. Be they famous or not across all servers.

To those that beg to be featured, keep holding your breath. I doubt I will pick you. I learned my lesson from that when I started this on Pinnacle. It gave some folks a feeling of superioity and made some turn into jerks.

w00t!!! Congrats and may many more come your way!

Well I think I did link yours to last week's scoop for a classic BtM becuase I got flooded with other things that week.

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I like the recipes, and the stock reports on wentworths, and the black market. Seeing as I am both a villain and a hero, I need the information from both to make informed decisions about what to sell and how much to sell them for. thank you.

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As the person behind the recipes, I thank you for your "Kudos". And I thank you for your post, welcome to the community tlitshel.

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As someone who actually makes these recipes each week I look forward to seeing what you will give me each week.

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Yeah I give them the whole thing and they trim what they have to. I am glad I was able to get you in there.

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Yeah I figured that's probably what happened...or all a conspiracy to make me look crazier than I already am.

EDIT: Teldon your avatar is evil.

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Working as intended! But it's month in the sun is almost done. Getting ready to change it.

Yeah I give them the whole thing and they trim what they have to. I am glad I was able to get you in there.

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I blame my South Georgia edumacation.

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I think someone needs some berries and cream.

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Berries and Cream, Berries and Cream, I'm a little lad who loves Beries...And Creammmmmmmmm!

seriously though, if it comes to a bribe, so be it, but nothing of any reall monetary value, as I am poor as all hell.

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Look at sig

Here are the old BtMs that are still up. Out of all that I did only 9 were not purged a few months ago. If I can find the ones that were, I will repost them.

Lady Dee

Big Mike

X-Funk

Mojack

DJ Mindsycthe

Cholera

Knight of Iron Star

Kung Pau Chicken

lemur lad

Well this is how I picked the first four servers and players. I Wrote all 11 servers down on a piece of paper and then drew them out of a hat. After I got my 4 servers picked I randomly picked a thread on a random page and started reading. I picked four players I thought were interesting.

As for my selection for week 2 was I was looking for 4 different perspectives. One is a Die hard PvPer, one is a brand new player, one is a 40 year old woman and this is her first MMO, and one I picked based off helpful things they posted in their server forums and I liked thier avatar.

The process in which I select folks is totally random and sometimes I have a theme and sometimes I do not. I WILL NOT pick people that campian for it.

When I started this on Pinnacle a few months ago I tried to stick with themes for each week. Some players were really well known on the sevrer some were not. Some of the players were well liked some were not.

I hope this helps.

Well after (finally) getting a chance to read issues 17 & 18, I am excited. This set up a good many things and I am gonna be sorry to see it go. I loved the fact the last few issues focused on something other then the Manticore and friends that have been goin gon for 16 issues.

Well I like to throw in some questions that relate to all of us. Afterwords I try to tailor the interview the person. Cholera was the one who gave me the idea to add the one's about books in there.

Well now that beta testing is over with, I can finally focus back on my home server. Here is the last interview I did before I was invited. DJ is our unofficial ambassador to the outside world. He is a great player and always fun to talk to and team with. Enjoy, disscuss, question, but no flaming.

So tell me a little about your self? Your current age, where you live, etc.

I'm 41, and live in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. I teach broadcasting, news, and broadcast & cable law at the University level, and I'm trying really hard to finish a lengthy Ph.D. When I get it done, I may change my global ID to Dr Mindscythe... not sure yet.


Do you have any pets?

Definitely. I have my two computers, WPOS-1 an WPOS-2 (Worthless Piece of SH**). They take up all my time, they constantly need to be fed, pet, and disciplined. They occasionally get sick, and I make them better. It's just like having kids... or so I'm told.


Do you have any brothers and sisters?

Yes. I'm the oldest of five, I have three brothers and one sister (who just gave birth to my 2nd niece on March 13th). My sister is dance instructor, and my brother's jobs include DVD Buyer for Borders Corporate, Manager at a Barnes and Noble, and Warehouse Manager for the University of Michigan.


What is your favorite movie?

Easy: V for Vendetta. The idea of a hero who's not a hero, and who turns a heroine into a dark heroine, all the while fighting an oppressive, fascist regime... if the movie had had actual Nazis in it, I'd have died right there in the theatre.


What is your favorite type of music?

I'm a huge classic-rock-head, and I'm still discovering "new" bands just about every month, or at least new albums/songs from bands I already knew about. My favorite group is "Steely Dan," although I also really like Kansas, America, Boston, and the Eagles. I'm also a newbie Jazz fan (I know very little, I only know a few artists/groups, but I know I like it). Other than that, I like just about every kind of music, with a few notable exceptions: No rap, no grindy, growly, screaming rock, no opera, and NO COUNTRY. I grew up hearing old country-western music, and I've never recovered. Now consider that my first full-time radio DJing gig was at a country station. Yes.


Who is your favorite author?

I've had many throughout my life... R. A. Salvatore, Robert Jordan (through book five anyway), George R. R. Martin... but the one that I keep coming back to time and time again is Stephen R. Donaldson. I've gotten the chance to meet and get to know him over the last few years, and that's just increased my appreciation for his writing even more. He writes epic fantasy, but with an anti-hero lead who's self-loathing and has to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into doing the right thing. The "hero" in the Thomas Covenant books is a flawed man, but I can understand him, so I connect with the books.


What is your favorite series of books?

The First, Second, and Third Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, and the "The Man Who" mystery series. After that, any of the Drizzt books by R. A. Salvatore, and recently the Jarlaxle/Artemis Entreri books as well.


What is your favorite Simpson's quote?

I'm not really a Simpson's fan, but the one line I find has inserted itself into my daily live is simply: DOH! I am a South Park fan, though, and the line that keeps reappearing in my conversations from South Park is "Screw you guys... I'm going HOME!"


So how did you get introduced to MMOs in general?

I started MUDding in the early 90's, and eventually joined the team running (and later took over running) a MUD called "Realms of Aurealis/Aurealan Realms," which I still run. However, I had a lot of friends who just couldn't get into the "no pictures" aspect of that style of gaming, so when Everquest came out, they all started playing that. The MUDding community reacted badly to EQ. The accusation was raised that EQ was based on a type of open-source MUD code, and that making EQ violated the MUD licensing agreement. Nothing ever came of that allegation legally, but due to the negative reaction of others in the MUDding community, I wasn't interested at first.


So how did you get introduced to The City of series?

My friends found City of Heroes, and fell in love with it. They tried to convince me to get involved, but I was still resisting the "evil graphical MMO's" at that point. In the summer of 2004, I stayed with my best friend before moving to where I am now and starting my teaching job. While I was there, he let me "try" playing CoH while he was at work. And that, as they say, was that. I signed up as soon as I got moved into my house at the end of the summer, and have never looked back. Almost all of my friends have moved on to other MMO's' (mostly to the game that shall not be mentioned), but I've just made new friends and stuck around CoX.


Who was your first character and do you still play them?

My first character was based on a pencil-and-paper superhero character I'd played: Fix'er. He's a rad/kinetic defender. However, I made him on Champion, and moved to Pinnacle after the first few months in CoH, so I don't really play him anymore. I do have a version of him on Pinnacle, however, but he's languishing at L20 and has been for over a year.


What, if any, powersets would you say are your favorite?

I've found that I really like /rad controllers. The /rad secondary is so incredibly helpful, soloing or teaming, that it's allowed me to really be of use in a teaming situation, and I think I've finally gotten a decent feel for using to its fullest advantage. The next toon I'm going to be work on is an Illusion/Radiation controller.


What ATs or powersets do you hate and why?

I'm not a fan of stalkers. I see them as inherently game-unbalancing in PvP (which I don't do), and weak for too many levels in PvE.


What is your favorite zone in the game and why?

I'm a huge fan of the whole Fire Base Zulu/Cascades area. I spent so much time trying to navigate that zone with my first L50 (a SJ/TPer) that, now that I have a flier, I just zip around and enjoy myself. I'm looking forward to trying the task forces in the zone, which I've never done.


Any particular story arcs or contacts that you love to do? Even when you have done them a million times already?

My favorite contact in CoX is, hands down, the Radio in CoV. Being a radio DJ for many years, I read those missions and laughed. Whoever wrote them has also DJ'd before... they were dead on as far as how they talk, the way they interact with their "callers..." I even produced the missions, voicing every one of them, and posted them online. I got good feedback about them, even from some of the Dev staff. They're at http://www.theschoolofrock.org/theradiospeaks/ if anyone's interested in hearing them.


What is your favorite feature of the game?

The fact that, with a few notable exceptions, the game designers don't force you to team to get things done. I tend to be a solitary player, mostly because my old SG-mates have left for other shores, so I appreciate being able to do everything now by myself (either I can do it, or I can drop it). On the other hand, I enjoy how easy it is for me to come out of my virtual hermit cave when the mood strikes me too.


What was the most amazing moment you had while playing the game?

Doing the Eden trial. I only did it for the first time with a group of PinnacleBadge-channel members a couple months back. The scope of it... I was staring at the screen with my mouth open for a while before I remembered that I wasn't just on a sight-seeing tour. I've also enjoyed finally getting to participate in the Hami raids. That many people all working together for a common goal is a very cool experience.


What is your favorite enemy group?

It _was_ the 5th Column. I, like so many others apparently, love beating the living daylights out of Nazis, so I took to fighting that group right away. Since their disappearance... I'd have to say I enjoy taking down the Circle of Thorns. They're wimps when up against a mind controller, and I have fun "persuading" the big winged flaming demons to help me beat up on its fellows. Muah.


What is your least favorite enemy group?

Until I learned the marvel that is "Confuse" it was Malta, but I can handle them now (confused sappers are a blast to watch!). The group I hate the most now are the Carnies. They're highly resistant to the Mind pool, so they're a pain in my [censored] to try to take down.


What is one feature you would like to see added to the game?

I would really like to see something that would enable me to transfer influence/infamy between alts. I can use base storage to trade inspirations, enhancements, and salvage, but not influence/infamy. That's the one thing I'm still completely dependent on other people for. Oh, and inducting offline members into SG's, or least extending invitations, so I don't have to call my old SG members and beg one of them to log on just to induct a new toon into our SG.


What would you say is your greatest strength in the game?

I seem to be pretty good at figuring out tactics against the various groups. I tend to see patterns and can figure out how to take the opposition efficiently most of the time... in PvE that is.


What is your greatest weakness in the game?

My low tolerance for people who are too stupid or too greedy to be a team player. My tolerance is about -><- long. The way I see it is... if you're going to team, you're part of a group, and you do what's best for the group, not revel in the fact that you have a captive audience you can make watch you be an idiot/jerk. When this happens, I don't yell or make a scene, but I do tend to bow out of the team as soon as I can.


If you were any AT in the game which one would you be?

Definitely a mind controller. Not sure what the secondary would be, but that primary suits me really well, to the point where one of the friends who got me into CoX was visiting, watched me play, and said something to the effect of "Wow, you really _do_ know how to play him, don't you?" That was a very cool compliment to get, because he's a much better gamer than I am.


With I9 "Breakthru" almost getting here, what feature of it are you most looking forward to?

I'm really curious, since I've just started doing them, how the Hamidon encounter is going to change. I hope it'll still be as much fun, and still involve large groups of people. I'm also mildly curious about inventions, but I'm not very good at doing the whole "salvage" thing, so I'm also a little hesitant.


How bad is your badge lust?

Before joining PinnacleBadges a few months ago, it was virtually non-existent. I just got my second character to L50. My first has 173 badges, but I haven't actively played him in close to a year. My current character, my signature toon, has 171 and I'm going to keep working on him. Suddenly badges seem both fun and very interesting. I blame the PB crew for that.


Which ones do you like to get the most?

I enjoyed getting all the giant monster badges that I've gotten, and look forward to getting the rest soon. With a /rad controller, I can actually really help on those teams, and I enjoy participating in something where I'm actually useful to my teammates.


So I finally had a Friday night off the other night and I got to hear your webcast it was fun. How did you get involved with W00tradio?

I saw something about CuppaJo's going away party, and it said it was being covered by w00t Radio ( http://www.w00tradio.net – the 0's are zeros). I'd never heard of them before that, but I thought "Wow... a virtual going away party, for a virtual representative to a virtual community, being covered on a virtual radio station? I've got to hear this!" I tuned in, took part in some of the event, and really enjoyed the interaction I heard on the station with the listeners. So, I decided to see if they'd let me be a DJ for them as well. Jester, the station owner, found out that I was the "The Radio Speaks" guy and told me I was hired. I get to do my two favorite kinds of music, Movie Soundtracks and Classic Rock, each week. The Theatre of the Mind is on Monday nights from 7-9 EDT, and The School of Rock is on Friday nights from 7-11 EDT. Each show has its own website too, at http://www.theschoolofrock.org/ .


Where you assigned CoX or were you already here?

I was already here, and although Fridays are supposed to be "Freedom Fridays," I told Jester early on that I was only in CoX, and only on Pinnacle, so I'd be there every show, unless I was cross-server covering a special event. I keep hoping he'll rename Fridays "Drunk Fridays" and then people will ask what that's about.


How many servers are you on for webcasts?

w00t Radio has a primary and a secondary server that handles everything. For special events, they fire up additional servers to handle the load. For the CuppaJo event, they had something like 8 servers going, and all were full. But regardless, if you just connect to the main server, it'll bump you along if need be, or there will be info as to how to connect up to the additional servers on the website. Jester's very good about making sure people know how to listen.


How do you decide what events to cover?

We cover events that people come to us and ask us to cover. Dev-run, player-run, SG/VG-sponsored, doesn't matter. If we get a request, and we have someone (or can get someone) on-air during the event, we'll cover it. I'm hoping that Pinnacle will do something cool some Friday night so I can cover it. I covered the Hami raid a couple weeks ago, and that was a trip... trying to DJ, handle requests, and take down Hami all at the same time. A real test of my multi-tasking skills, which aren't as good as I hoped actually: I face-planted so much I hit the debt cap, but it was still a blast!



What one lesson have you learned in game that would be helpful to share with everyone else?

Take invisibility, and scout the missions before you start. Since I started doing that (when I can), it's saved me from sneak attacks by Illusionists, Sappers, and other assorted nasties. Sure, it removes the surprise element, but I'm ok with that.


Any other advice you would like to give to new players and other players that are learning the game?

Join the PinnacleBadges channel. Join the Pinnacle Community. Everyone there has been kind to me, helpful, and understanding as I try to find my way through some of the more advanced elements of the game, and that has inspired me to try to do the same thing for other folks as well. It's a great way to get a feel for the community, and to make a connection. Learning the game is much less daunting when you know you have a place you can ask questions and actually get answers, as opposed to someone virtually sneering and calling you a "stupid n00b."


Any final things you would like to say to everyone before we go?

As a scholar, I've been researching internet-related topics for about a decade at least, and I ran across something once called "The Ten Commandments of the Internet." Even though I'm not at all religious, I though the first "Commandment" was very good: Remember the Human. What they meant was to remember that, behind each toon, or name online, is a living, breathing, feeling, thinking human being. That idea is a good one to embrace as a member of any online community, and it's certainly saved me from making an [censored] out of myself many times.

Sweet TY Alarys!

Thanks Shakhra.

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I know teh bim has left the forums. I miss bim's comments. If we set up a shirne to teh bim you think they will come back?

That is becuase I cuaght it in time and thought I had the correct spelling saved.

doh!

There happy now.

This one is better late then never. I had sent this out during the S/VG leader week. I am glad he got it back to me. Enjoy, ask questions. comment, no flaming, have fun.

So tell me a little about your self? Your current age, where you live,etc.

Hi all, my name is John (or Jock) and I live in the North East of Scotland, I am 23 years old, just outta university and I work as a programmer for a small gaming company in the area. I have a lovely 4 hour commute each day so I really only get on CoV at the weekends and I'm sick of leveling and love PvP. My forte is maths, java. I also have to do alot of work in lua (scripting language used in World of Warcrap.) , Im currently building the AI for our mobs and also an agro system. Out of work I tend to play any sort of games, I play drums in a rock band when I can and also play the piano. I smoke and drink too much aswell, but hey I'm still young :P

Do you have any pets?

A cat named after my favourite soccer player

Do you have any borthers and sisters?

Yeah 1 of each both younger.

What is your favorite movie?

Ugh, I'm like a DVD-aholic, I can't list just 1! I-Robot, Star Wars III, FF7 Advent Children, Alien.

What is your favorite type of music?

A bit of everything - classical, rock, punk, rap, metal, recently picked up that album by the RHCP and I love it.

What is your favorite Simpson's quote?

Ugh I'm more a family guy person. And I can give you a quote - "Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah, yeah it's caught in the window this time."

So how did you get introduced to MMOs in general?

Early 2003 I checked out a trial for Star Wars Galaxies and hated it. However a few weeks later I tried it again and really got into it. Spend about a year and a bit unlocking the Force etc. then spend about 3 months of 10 hours a day (I love skipping university) spin attacking with my Lightsaber to complete my Jedi. Played SWG religiously until the first combat upgrade. At that point I went and played WoW (was a big Warcraft 3 fan) got a level 60 but realised how much time needed to be wasted in loot and went back to SWG. I also tried EQ2, ShadowBane, Guild Wars and a few others back then. Spent about 9 months PvPing for 5+ hours everyday in SWG and they had a great system where when you reached level cap you could still get more skills and enhancements however you were permenantely flagged for PvP regardless of where you were in the world.

So how did you get introduced to The City of series?

About 70% of NITES in Star wars picked up CoV due to the fact that they changed SWG for a second time. I held off as long as I could and was 1 of the last to quit SWG but eventually crumbled and bought CoV.

Who was your first character and do you still play them?

A Ninja Blade / Regen stalker that I actually thought was good for a while. Oh how naive was I? I long in about once every 3 months and go hunt for Evil Dad in Warburg ^^

What, if any, powersets would you say are your favorite?

At the moment I'm enjoying my 3rd (and final level 50 corruptor) Fire / Thermal. I have Radneto for Solo but like last 3 solo tournaments its been a /rad that has won (can you say Imba?) so from now on I'm mainly just concentrating on teams. It does suck imo that a good player using a FOTM will win 90% of the time in CoX tho :S

What is your favorite feature of the game?

PVP!!!! (Arena matches where is more about fighting than running and theres none of the boring immature smalk talk)

What was the most amazing moment you had while playing the game?

Dunno if there was a single defining moment, being the first level 50 villain on pinnacle, the first VG to complete the RSF, giving some of the best PvP guilds on the server a run for their money and winning the solo PvP tournament while the DJ was covering the event was really cool. Watching Nites climb from a top 30 SG up to rank 1. A guess a year of power leveling for 5-6 hours a day will do that lol.

What is your favorite enemy group?

ArchVillains / Heros and Players.

What is your least favorite enemy group?

Malta or Carnies, most of my toons struggle for /end as it is. I'm all about DPS, screw my end.

What is one feature you would like to see added to the game?

Live CoP - Base Raids........Guild Wars and / or World PvP.

What would you say is your greatest strength in the game?

Nites of Darkness.

What is your greatest weakness in the game?

Challenging anyone / exeryone to the arena when they insults my SG.

How bad is your badge lust?

If they don't give an accolade I wont be getting them. Two of my toons have almost 200 and thats more than enough imo.

Which ones do you like to get the most?

Ermmm. Cage Fighter is my new favourite I think. (as long as there isnt a Ice/EM in the Cage)

Any particular story arcs or contacts that you love to do? Even when you have done them a million times already?

Heh, nope, I have about 6 accounts and I love to PL (I am completely and utterly bored with the PvE in COX these days). I recently just finished "Defeat Burch and all Negotatiors" on my 50 so I can get my cape mission (which I'm still too lazy to do).

We know you guys originally came here from SWG. We all know of the drastic changes that cuased a mass exodus from the game. Though why did you all choose City of Villains?

Alot of my friends came here, sure alot of them have quit but met alot of new friends and no way do I want to go back to SWG / WoW or even grind another toon. Working as a game developer you see how grinding / badges / etc is used to get people to pay subscribtions and I guess I lost motivation for that sorta stuff. I choose CoV due to the fact there was "no loot" and I wouldn't waste my time gathering it only see it nerfed and also because I hear there were PvP base raids. (Which were alotta fun in SWG)

As someone who has come from a pvp mmo, why this one? IMO there much better ones out there?

There are.....? I am waiting to see what Fury / Warhammer / Stargate bring to the table. I know somepeople are always moaning (banichi, wicked furies, mcleish) for us to find a new game due to the lack of updates / bugs and lack of content.

Despite what people have said you guys DO know your stuff. Could you share how your VG has evolved since it started?

Dunno, we have always just worked as a team, tried to help each other, not cared about our reputation and kicked [censored] in PvP. Our leadership in CoV has changed a little but for the great players we lost we gained some new ones. We hope 1 day to join up with our guys currently playing WoW in a new game.

Any final things you would like to say to everyone before we go?

Someone tell the Dev's to nerf Nites!

But on a serious note, Nites of Darkness are availible for arena matches every weekend, we tend to run at 2PM or 7PM (EST) on Saturdays, send me a message if you want to spar.

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I could have used the Mickey Mouse Club Theme.......

Lemur!! Maggie. Leeeeemuuuurrr!!

They call him Lemur, Lemur, faster than lightning,
No-one you see, is snarkier than he,
And we know Lemur, lives in a world full of wit,
Flying there-over, over the boards!
Everyone loves the king of the boards,
Ever so mean and witty is he,
Smack talk he will do when morons appear,
And how they cringe when he's near! <<appoligies to the person who came up with the Flipper Theme song>>

Well here he is the man, the myth, the flying monkey lover. As always keep things on topic and no flaming.

So tell me a little about your self? Your current age, where you live, etc.

I am *counts on fingers* 34 years old. I live in Maine. It's been cold here this winter. Haaaaaaaate cold.

Do you have any pets?

Approximately 4 fur bearing thumbless creatures in the house, yes. Not counting me.

Do you have any borthers and sisters?

No, the world is safe, my mom came to her senses.

What is your favorite movie?

Favorite? hrmmmmm that's hard. Too many. I recently re-watched Zulu and North by Northwest, among literally hundreds, those two stand out. I can't even narrow down a favorite kind of movie, I like them all, even a lot of sappy couple movies.

What is your favorite type of music?

Much easier choice, They Might be Giants. Also a band called the Glengarry Bhoys.

Who is your favorite author?

John Steinbeck or Isaac Asimov.

What is your favorite series of books?

Older: the Robot novels by Asimov (the Baley/Olivaw detective stories)
Recent: the Wee Free Men and Hatful of Sky by Terry Pratchett.

What is your favorite Simpson's quote?

"Ralph: That's my swingset, and that's my sandbox. I'm not allowed to go in the deep end. And this is where I met the leprechaun.
Bart: Right, the leprechaun.
Ralph: He told me to burn things."

So how did you get introduced to MMOs in general?

My friends played EQ and I never did. So when they started in SWG I joined them. I like scifi better. I was pretty instantly addicted and played for over 2 years unti SOE and the dev team destroyed the game.

So how did you get introduced to The City of series?

I was lost in the wilderness after swg. I needed something to fill the hole and some of those same friends were playing here. I was a really tough sell this time though. It took me a long while to become the "raving fanboy" I get accused of being in the forums.

Who was your first character and do you still play them?

My first character was a conversion of my favorite Champions character, Golden Boy. I had to compromise on the name to Goldyn Boy. Some may recall that as my global for a long time. Lemur Lad was my 4th or 5th character, but the first one I really "clicked" with.

What, if any, powersets would you say are your favorite?

Plant Control without a question.

What ATs or powersets do you hate and why?

Hate is such a strong word. There are so many I haven't played yet, and several I'm not terribly interested in playing, but I don't dislike them. I will say there are a couple I've tried that weren't as much fun because they made the game seem harder for me as a player. Force Field is one. Empathy is a another. But I don't "hate" either one, they just didn't work out when I tried them.

What is your favorite zone in the game and why?

Hero side- Striga Isle. Dude, there's a giant volcano base, what's not to love?

Villain side- St. Martial. I love Casino row, and I love the Golden Giza. I wish there was more interesting things going on there, but I love the look of the zone.

Any particular story arcs or contacts that you love to do? Even when you have done them a million times already?

Doc Buzzsaw!! Always and forever every time I can manage it!

What is your favorite feature of the game?

The sidekick/exemplar system. Makes playing with friends so much easier.

What was the most amazing moment you had while playing the game?

This will sound like I'm talking out of my [censored], but every day is a little amazing. There's always something that makes me smile, and that's in large part due to the people I see and talk to. Thank you everyone.

What is your favorite enemy group?

The Rikti for their storyline, but Nemesis and Freakshow are close seconds

What is your least favorite enemy group?

Carnies bore me or annoy me. The only story I liked involving them was Viv Verandi's

What is one feature you would like to see added to the game?

I posted this idea for a Freaklympics Strike Force If there's anyone who hasn't read it yet and likes it, feel free to necro the thread. (shameless plug).

What would you say is your greatest strength in the game?

My intense focus on what I'm doing (most of the time)

What is your greatest weakness in the game?

My impetuous nature can get helpful teammates in trouble.

If you were any AT in the game which one would you be?

Dominator. No, not for that. Get your mind out of the gutter. Because they are so wildly variable and unpredictable.

With I9 "Breakthru" almost getting here, what feature of it are you most looking forward to?

Pat answer would be Inventions because it will be the thing I end up doing the most, but truthfully I'm excited for the Villain Hami Raid the most.

How bad is your badge lust?

Not as bad as you might think. I slack. I really do. I do have a lot of alts that I tend to collect on out of habit, but there are still several I could get pretty easily on my main Hero and Villain that I haven't yet. Me r teh lazy, if you didn't already know.

Which ones do you like to get the most?

I like the stories I get to remember with certain badges more than any one badge. "Hey that's the one I got the night I met Tsugaru" "That one was the first time I hunted with Beef's villain" "That's the one where theBejeeber (forum buddy shout out!) forced me to stand there and entertain her while she went and killed stuff for me" All fun times and fun stories. The badges are just gravy.

What one lesson would you learned in game that would be helpful to share with everyone else?

Read the stories for the missions you're doing, if you're running a contact. The game feels a lot less like a grind if you know the story you're playing a part in, and if you try to imagine your character in it. I don't get bored with this game, because it's not me doing the same mission for the fifth time, this time it's this character doing this mission and he is thinking.... that's how my head keeps it alive for me.

Anyother advice you would like to give to new players and other players that are learning the game?

Make friends, that's the best gift this game will have for you. The people you meet make things so much more interesting than any specific mission or AT.

Any final things you would like to say to everyone before we go?

I'm a straightforward person. A lot of times that means I say things people think I mean hatefully. I don't hate people, I just have a low tolerance for people who aren't willing to think and do for themselves. If I say something and you think I'm attacking you, stop me and ask me what I meant before you let emotions take over and get angry. A lot of times I will say something and then realize after I was too harsh. Other times I'm just really subtle and the meaning gets missed. But I'm almost always willing to stop and explain myself. I like almost everyone I meet. I like them enough to be honest with them. If you think that through, you will see that means both the good and the bad. It's not malice on my part, and it's not a lack of empathy, and it's not my ego. It's just me being who I am without apology.

Thanks Pinnacle, Good night!

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I took out the standard warning becuase I thought eveyone got the basic idea. I was wrong.....