Q. When you are not playing games, what do you do for fun? (Answer!)
A. Outdoor activities, movies
Q. If you could cancel any online game, which would it be? (Answer!)
A. I don't want to cancel any game, even the worse game in my opinion
Q. Do you feel relationships within games are meaningful? (Answer!)
Q. What is the most memorable flamewar you can remember? (Answer!)
A. I don't know, I skip flamewars
Q. How do you feel about playing characters of the opposite sex? (Answer!)
A. I tried one time, it lasted just 5 minutes. I cannot play characters of the opposite sex.
Q. What music do you like to play games to? (Answer!)
A. No music, i love environment sounds
Q. Are you interested in working within the game industry? (Answer!)
A. I would, but i think i'm a bit old now to start thinking on that.
A. Yes, but only when absolutely needed
A. I prefer to rise above such debates
Q. How many hours a week do you play? (Answer!)
Q. What sort of tools (calculators, builders, spreadsheets, etc.) do you use to plan your characters? (Answer!)
A. I can use any kind, but not often. Anyway i never use tools at beginning, to avoid spoiling the fun.
Q. If you made your own game, what would it be like? (Answer!)
A. I like a single instanced world, sandbox style with soryline-quests only, player-made items only, and classless. Exactly the opposite of all that the actual MMO's offer.
Q. What sort of players annoy you the most? (Answer!)
A. Same as in real life: stupid people.
Q. Have you ever had a romantic encounter with someone you met in a game? (Answer!)
Q. What do your characters and avatars usually look like? (Answer!)
A. It depends on the game they live.
Q. Have you ever had a memorable real-life meeting with other gamers? (Answer!)
Q. What are your favorite tabletop (RPG, board, miniatures, etc.) games? (Answer!)
A. O liked some old board game (monopoly, risk), but i don't play any now.
Q. Where did you get your gaming names from? (Answer!)
A. Sumer legend about immortality, one of the ancient masterpieces, is my favourite name, if I can do. Otherwise they depend by the context of the game.
Q. What are your thoughts on roleplaying in games? (Answer!)
A. I prefer being IC naturally instead of forcing the language. I don't RP but I am always IC while playing.
Q. How do you feel about selling virtual items for real money? (Do NOT advertise RMT services!) (Answer!)
A. Anything that can affect the balance of the game experience of the players is really really BAD. The 'rich' and the 'poor' should always play with same advantages in online games. MMOs should not be the same as real life.
Q. What is a feature you would like added to GamerDNA? (Answer!)
Q. Do your quiz results on GamerDNA reflect your personality, and if not, what did it get wrong? (Answer!)
A. I think they reflect my gaming personality pretty well
Q. Beside GamerDNA, what are your favorite websites? (Answer!)
A. Official forums, mmorpg.com, mmorpgitalia.it, some game fansite.
Q. What is your first computer or video gaming memory? (Answer!)
A. Uhm, being a bit 'old', i remember the first ever videogame: 'pong'.
Q. What do you love or hate about PVP? (Answer!)
A. I like it If it's meaningful
Q. What are your thoughts on player-made mods/addons for games? (Answer!)
A. They are good if they don't exploit the game.
Q. What are your most memorable achievements in a game? (Answer!)
A. Dinging 2 masters almost at same time in Ryzom was a great feeling: Avatar of Destruction (250 offensive magician) and Master of Blade (250 2h sword). Reaching a total of 3 masters (also Celestial Guardian, 250 defensive magician) and almost another (240 Lake Forager) not counting other skills at 150+ and 200+ was an hard job, but it was the best fun i ever had.
Q. What experience do you have beta-testing games? (Answer!)
A. I have beta tested some game.
Q. In real life, are you male or female? (Answer!)
Q. When do you play, including timezone? (Answer!)
A. evenings and, sometimes, at night. My local timezone is GMT+1
Q. What are the specs on your gaming rig? (Answer!)
A. Asus P5BSE
Intel Core Duo 2.66GHz Conroe
2 GB DDR2-6400 RAM
2x HD Sata-1 7200rpm
ATI X1650 PRO 512 PCI-e
Onboard Realtek HD Audio
Windows XP and Ubuntu
uhm... yes, I should update my GPU.
Q. If you could meet any game developer, who would it be? (Answer!)
A. Raph Koster, because he's one of the few that speaks about virtual worlds and not just games.<br>Rand Miller, because Myst is in my heart.<br>Entire Nevrax team for the fantastic concept that was Ryzom.
Q. What is the most overlooked or misunderstood game? (Answer!)
A. Ryzom. Many people that joined few days before the shutdown (because of the free trial available) were angry because they didn't know about this beautiful and unique game before. Unfortunately the devs did'nt done anything to ads properly the game.
Q. Other than your console or PC, what is the piece of hardware you can't live without? (Answer!)
A. My brain, also if it seems often empty.
Q. Why do you join guilds or clans? (Answer!)
A. Grouping is a big part of any MMORPG. Guilds and Clans are just the right way to be part of any virtual world also if you wanna play solo often.
Gilgameesh (IT)
