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CF: You ready to be interviewed Oh speical one?
Luca Fioretti: (think)
Luca Fioretti: you gonna make me a sandwich at the end right?
CF: Possibly
CF: okay lets start
Luca Fioretti: excellent
CF: Tell us a little about yourself, any personal information you’d like to share with us? What if any other hobbies do you partake in?
Luca Fioretti: Well I'm half Italian as my name should show and half English, however perfectly bilingual despite growing up in Italy, although now in England for uni, i am a hard-core A.S. Roma fan, so if you want to attack me, when they are playing is the best time so yeah i love football, im pretty good at windsurfing too and enjoy any sport really
CF: So Luca TW is a very addictive game, but tell me when did you start playing and how did you discover Tribal wars?
Luca Fioretti: Well i was pretending to study for my exams back in November 2009 and basically any game was an acceptable excuse to procrastinate... so i stumbled upon TW, and well i got lucky, made it through start up and from that point on unable to leave it!
CF: Lol, well as you say its a very hard game to leave. What is it that makes you stay? What do you love about this game?
Luca Fioretti: I like both the social aspect, (forums and skype) but also, probably a lot more than others, the attacking, defending and leading aspect of the game, sending in nukes after nukes, nobles after nobles, and leading a group of people with a common goal to victory, the satisfaction you get is pretty good, of course being good at it makes it a lot more fun ]
CF: Hmm, well what in your opinion are the down sides to this game? What do you dislike?
Luca Fioretti: hard to say, well i dont like the people who annoy me ingame, like all those people who ask you why they are being attacked or people in the tribe who refuse to help or participate, i dont really like the fact that farming is so essential to doing well, especially late game nobles become annoyingly expensive,
Luca Fioretti: oh and i hate people who disappear without saying anything and just abandon their account,
CF: All valid points, Who is the best leader and player you have played with during your time on TW?
Luca Fioretti: well best leader i would say talon without doubt, not afraid to shout in someone's face, but most of all like the mentality, the offensive approach he has to the game and to leading, which he then tries to pass on to all his members and which ultimately he passed on to me and its that mentality which wins you wars and worlds, i owe him most of my stlye of play, as for best player well my co for w6 and w8 and tribemate on w4, mike, awesome at everything, it's a pleasure playing with him as a co and as a tribemate
CF: Is there any particular TW experience that stands out in your memory? Good or bad
Luca Fioretti: well probably the 2 weeks when i was taken out on w3 by Egg, was my first experience against top players and I was without any support lol, and their op and the whole experience of being opped is one which stands out, all their perfect timings, me having to learn how to snipe, renoble, i was never taught anything much, and despite ultimately being nobled up it was damn fun and taught me a lot
CF: Lol, Time for a bit of a random question, If you could choose celebrities to be on your council who would they be? Max 4
Luca Fioretti: justin bieber, the pope, gheddafi and george bush...i think that would be an interesting mix (chuckle)
CF: Wow Luca creative ...What are your views on co-playing? It seems to be a hot topic of discussion atm
Luca Fioretti: I think I've been quite clear about my views on co-playing on the externals lol, allowing coplaying despite being counterintuitive as a concept evens the playing field, so no reason why it should be outlawed, plus its something which helps create bonds between players and makes playing a lot more fun and less of an impact on rl
CF: Finally, How do you see w4 panning out? Who will win the world? PLease give a reason...
Luca Fioretti: I see =FATE= winning (devil) mainly cause I'm not quitting till we rule this world and I know there a few others who think it exactly like me, and even if everyone else does quit...I'll carry on alone, and there is not stopping me...except when Roma is playing
CF: Lol, well Luca thanks for the interview. Its been a pleasure speaking to you.
Luca Fioretti: thank you cf...so where's my sandwich?
CF: what would you like on this sandwich?
Luca Fioretti: hmmmm mozzarella and salame (mm)
Luca Fioretti: (think)
Luca Fioretti: you gonna make me a sandwich at the end right?
CF: Possibly
CF: okay lets start
Luca Fioretti: excellent
CF: Tell us a little about yourself, any personal information you’d like to share with us? What if any other hobbies do you partake in?
Luca Fioretti: Well I'm half Italian as my name should show and half English, however perfectly bilingual despite growing up in Italy, although now in England for uni, i am a hard-core A.S. Roma fan, so if you want to attack me, when they are playing is the best time
so yeah i love football, im pretty good at windsurfing too and enjoy any sport reallyCF: So Luca TW is a very addictive game, but tell me when did you start playing and how did you discover Tribal wars?
Luca Fioretti: Well i was pretending to study for my exams back in November 2009 and basically any game was an acceptable excuse to procrastinate... so i stumbled upon TW, and well i got lucky, made it through start up and from that point on unable to leave it!
CF: Lol, well as you say its a very hard game to leave. What is it that makes you stay? What do you love about this game?
Luca Fioretti: I like both the social aspect, (forums and skype) but also, probably a lot more than others, the attacking, defending and leading aspect of the game, sending in nukes after nukes, nobles after nobles, and leading a group of people with a common goal to victory, the satisfaction you get is pretty good, of course being good at it makes it a lot more fun ]
CF: Hmm, well what in your opinion are the down sides to this game? What do you dislike?
Luca Fioretti: hard to say, well i dont like the people who annoy me ingame, like all those people who ask you why they are being attacked or people in the tribe who refuse to help or participate, i dont really like the fact that farming is so essential to doing well, especially late game nobles become annoyingly expensive,
Luca Fioretti: oh and i hate people who disappear without saying anything and just abandon their account,
CF: All valid points, Who is the best leader and player you have played with during your time on TW?
Luca Fioretti: well best leader i would say talon without doubt, not afraid to shout in someone's face, but most of all like the mentality, the offensive approach he has to the game and to leading, which he then tries to pass on to all his members and which ultimately he passed on to me and its that mentality which wins you wars and worlds, i owe him most of my stlye of play, as for best player well my co for w6 and w8 and tribemate on w4, mike, awesome at everything, it's a pleasure playing with him as a co and as a tribemate
CF: Is there any particular TW experience that stands out in your memory? Good or bad
Luca Fioretti: well probably the 2 weeks when i was taken out on w3 by Egg, was my first experience against top players and I was without any support lol, and their op and the whole experience of being opped is one which stands out, all their perfect timings, me having to learn how to snipe, renoble, i was never taught anything much, and despite ultimately being nobled up it was damn fun and taught me a lot
CF: Lol, Time for a bit of a random question, If you could choose celebrities to be on your council who would they be? Max 4
Luca Fioretti: justin bieber, the pope, gheddafi and george bush...i think that would be an interesting mix (chuckle)
CF: Wow Luca creative
...What are your views on co-playing? It seems to be a hot topic of discussion atmLuca Fioretti: I think I've been quite clear about my views on co-playing on the externals lol, allowing coplaying despite being counterintuitive as a concept evens the playing field, so no reason why it should be outlawed, plus its something which helps create bonds between players and makes playing a lot more fun and less of an impact on rl
CF: Finally, How do you see w4 panning out? Who will win the world? PLease give a reason...
Luca Fioretti: I see =FATE= winning (devil) mainly cause I'm not quitting till we rule this world and I know there a few others who think it exactly like me, and even if everyone else does quit...I'll carry on alone, and there is not stopping me...except when Roma is playing
CF: Lol, well Luca thanks for the interview. Its been a pleasure speaking to you.
Luca Fioretti: thank you cf...so where's my sandwich?
CF: what would you like on this sandwich?
Luca Fioretti: hmmmm mozzarella and salame (mm)
INTERVIEW 2
CF: Well, to start it off tell me a bit about yourself, any personal info or hobbies you'd like to share?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: My name's Shane, named after the cowboy in the film with the same name. I think my Mother had a liking for the actor or something. Grew up in England, moved to Ireland in '95. Lived in Cork first before moving up to Galway. My family all live in or are from Co.Limerick hence the link to my biggest hobby - Munster rugby. I live and breath Munster, season ticket holder, go to all home games and as many away matches as possible. Less since the recession here started to bite. Used to play a bit of rugby at Amateur level but knees are shot now and wont hold up. Other hobbies would include playingPoker both live and on-line and of course TW. Somewhere in the middle of that is family life. I have a fantastic wife and a teenage son. I should have used paragraphs shouldn't I
CF: Hmm paragraphs might be good, so tell me how did you find this addictive game? and when did you first start playing?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: During the spring/summer of 09 I saw a google ad for TW on the Munster rugby forum (you see I will always bring the conversation around to rugby where I can) I'm a member for. Clicked the link and joined W1 pretty early on. I was hooked within a few days.
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: Joined SWARM pretty early on and we did ok there for a while. Ended up on the council and also set up the tribe on W2. Was a pretty steep learning curve for most of us as it was pretty much all the councils first ever world. Lots of mistakes made but lots learned too.
In the end burnt out and I quit the game on both worlds at the same time. Learny my lesson, recharged the batteries came back on just the one world here. Joined this world April of last year
CF: What made you come back? What is it you love about Tribal Wars?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: My Brother in law (yep, I hooked him on the game too) was playing on W2 and asked me to take over an a/c in his tribe till they could internal it so I did. I guess the bug bit me again and I decided to start on W4 and see where it took me.
I love the game. I like the tribal aspect of it and the psychology involved in getting all the personalities working together for the tribe.
I love organising op's. I'm currently working on some new creative ideas for the next op. I like to keep the enemy guessing.
CF: Lol, I'll look forward to seeing that Op. Is there anything you dislike about TW?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: All you need to do is tell me your in game name and I'll organise one on you if we are close enough. lol
Lots I dislike about the game. I hate getting up early in the morning to send attacks. Like my bed too much.
I really hate those who hide in the tribe. They try to use the tribe for protection and do nothing, no sending attacks, support etc. I have no time for them at all. I will try and help them early on and show them what to do because I do understand it may be confusing, daunting early on but if I don't see the effort it drives me potty.
CF: I understand...Who is the best leader you have played under? Also who is the best player you've played with?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: This is a hard question. First leader on W1 was in SWARM - JTEE. He taught me an awful lot before RL caught up with him and he had to quit. I wonder how things might have progressed on that world for SWARM if he had manged to carry on playing. So for the teaching of the basics and generally encouraging players he would be best.
My BIL (PeterDGreat1) took over the reins in SWARM on W1 and W2. Many admirable qualities. Great diplomat, fierce protector of the little guy and totally commited to the game. Has been known to be online over 24 hours straight and he has no co-player. So for work ethic he wins hands down. However he has quit due to burn out so maybe the work ethic was too hectic.
Currently in WET we have the two reds leading from the front. They are a great double team. The duchess - redleg and the fierce REDFELLA. They work so well in tandem. Good cop/bad cop, lead from the front, encourage, cajole and demand when neccesary. Due to the success (yes I class being in the top 2 as some success so far) they are having so far on this world I have to give the award jointly to them both.
CF: Who is the best and most enjoyable player you have played against?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: Best I played against was T3RR0R on W2 for the brief while I was there. I suspect I will come up against better players further along in this world and possibly soon. Who knows? Most enjoyable player I played against was Lord Dan Win. I was kicking the doo doo out of him and he was so polite about it I spent most of my evenong laughing my head off at the convos we were having.
Did I mention Paul O'Connell - Munster capt.? No? I actually reckon he may well have been the best player I played against, except I haven't. See I told you I'd bring it back to rugby
CF: Lol, I wouldn't like to play against Paul O'Connel. What is your most memorable moment on w4 so far?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: Xmas break. The few days peace was fantastic. No seriously the most memorable moment was when Ade commended me for the timing of my attacks against a player he was sitting (apparently) at the time. Maybe he was spoofing but seeing as he was far more likely to flame on the externals I was pretty chuffed about that.
CF: Ah Ade my good old friend(I probably shouldn't say that out loud), seeing as you suggested a possible question ill use it for you,what person has influenced you the most?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: I presume you mean in RL?
CF: Well if someone in TW inspires/influences you let me know
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: I think my biggest influence would probably have been Dennis Taylor. 1985 World Snooker Championship against the King of snooker Steve Davis. Steve is winning 10-0. Dennis fights back to win in that epic final frame that everyone has seen. I was only 11 at the time. Allowed to stay up way past my bedtime and the whole drama and tension stayed with me for a long time. It also taught me to never give up.
In more recent times an inspiration for me was the late Stuart Mangan. here is a link to his life story : http://www.stuartmangan.org/smangan/default.asp?contentID=3 May he RIP
You fallen asleep?
CF: Nope internet broke
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: ok. lol. You like me on one of those crappy dongles?
CF: Well Z~P have declared on =FATE= whats your views on that?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: Naturally as a member of WET I am delighted by the news. They are long term allies of ours from even before I was a member WET and so to be honest it was expected and I would suspect it wasn't much of a shock for =FATE= either.
CF: No it wasnt really a surprise, Finally Shane, how do you see the future of w4 panning out?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: Hard to tell. I think both sides of the world war (which if we are honest it pretty much is) have had issues with inactivity although we are fairly efficent at this stage in dealing with these I do feel that one way or the other it may come down to which side suffers down the line from one of their BIG stars going inactive, quitting etc. I'd like to think that WET will win out but I have to admit it's so evenly poised at this point in time that I could see this playing out for quite a while yet.
Was that diplomatic enough?
CF: Perfect
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: I forgot to add G"WAN MUNSTER!!!!!!!!!!
CF: One last question, If you could pick any animal to be for one day what would you pick and why?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: A stag. Once again. G'WAN MUNSTER!!!!!
CF: Lol, well its been nice talking to you Shane. My name is Shane too btw
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: Likewise Shane. Still need to find out your TW name though.
CF: Well, to start it off tell me a bit about yourself, any personal info or hobbies you'd like to share?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: My name's Shane, named after the cowboy in the film with the same name. I think my Mother had a liking for the actor or something. Grew up in England, moved to Ireland in '95. Lived in Cork first before moving up to Galway. My family all live in or are from Co.Limerick hence the link to my biggest hobby - Munster rugby. I live and breath Munster, season ticket holder, go to all home games and as many away matches as possible. Less since the recession here started to bite. Used to play a bit of rugby at Amateur level but knees are shot now and wont hold up. Other hobbies would include playingPoker both live and on-line and of course TW. Somewhere in the middle of that is family life. I have a fantastic wife and a teenage son. I should have used paragraphs shouldn't I
CF: Hmm paragraphs might be good, so tell me how did you find this addictive game? and when did you first start playing?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: During the spring/summer of 09 I saw a google ad for TW on the Munster rugby forum (you see I will always bring the conversation around to rugby where I can) I'm a member for. Clicked the link and joined W1 pretty early on. I was hooked within a few days.
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: Joined SWARM pretty early on and we did ok there for a while. Ended up on the council and also set up the tribe on W2. Was a pretty steep learning curve for most of us as it was pretty much all the councils first ever world. Lots of mistakes made but lots learned too.
In the end burnt out and I quit the game on both worlds at the same time. Learny my lesson, recharged the batteries came back on just the one world here. Joined this world April of last year
CF: What made you come back? What is it you love about Tribal Wars?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: My Brother in law (yep, I hooked him on the game too) was playing on W2 and asked me to take over an a/c in his tribe till they could internal it so I did. I guess the bug bit me again and I decided to start on W4 and see where it took me.
I love the game. I like the tribal aspect of it and the psychology involved in getting all the personalities working together for the tribe.
I love organising op's. I'm currently working on some new creative ideas for the next op. I like to keep the enemy guessing.
CF: Lol, I'll look forward to seeing that Op. Is there anything you dislike about TW?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: All you need to do is tell me your in game name and I'll organise one on you if we are close enough. lol
Lots I dislike about the game. I hate getting up early in the morning to send attacks. Like my bed too much.
I really hate those who hide in the tribe. They try to use the tribe for protection and do nothing, no sending attacks, support etc. I have no time for them at all. I will try and help them early on and show them what to do because I do understand it may be confusing, daunting early on but if I don't see the effort it drives me potty.
CF: I understand
...Who is the best leader you have played under? Also who is the best player you've played with?Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: This is a hard question. First leader on W1 was in SWARM - JTEE. He taught me an awful lot before RL caught up with him and he had to quit. I wonder how things might have progressed on that world for SWARM if he had manged to carry on playing. So for the teaching of the basics and generally encouraging players he would be best.
My BIL (PeterDGreat1) took over the reins in SWARM on W1 and W2. Many admirable qualities. Great diplomat, fierce protector of the little guy and totally commited to the game. Has been known to be online over 24 hours straight and he has no co-player. So for work ethic he wins hands down. However he has quit due to burn out so maybe the work ethic was too hectic.
Currently in WET we have the two reds leading from the front. They are a great double team. The duchess - redleg and the fierce REDFELLA. They work so well in tandem. Good cop/bad cop, lead from the front, encourage, cajole and demand when neccesary. Due to the success (yes I class being in the top 2 as some success so far) they are having so far on this world I have to give the award jointly to them both.
CF: Who is the best and most enjoyable player you have played against?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: Best I played against was T3RR0R on W2 for the brief while I was there. I suspect I will come up against better players further along in this world and possibly soon. Who knows? Most enjoyable player I played against was Lord Dan Win. I was kicking the doo doo out of him and he was so polite about it I spent most of my evenong laughing my head off at the convos we were having.
Did I mention Paul O'Connell - Munster capt.? No? I actually reckon he may well have been the best player I played against, except I haven't. See I told you I'd bring it back to rugby
CF: Lol, I wouldn't like to play against Paul O'Connel. What is your most memorable moment on w4 so far?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: Xmas break. The few days peace was fantastic. No seriously the most memorable moment was when Ade commended me for the timing of my attacks against a player he was sitting (apparently) at the time. Maybe he was spoofing but seeing as he was far more likely to flame on the externals I was pretty chuffed about that.
CF: Ah Ade my good old friend(I probably shouldn't say that out loud), seeing as you suggested a possible question ill use it for you,what person has influenced you the most?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: I presume you mean in RL?
CF: Well if someone in TW inspires/influences you let me know
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: I think my biggest influence would probably have been Dennis Taylor. 1985 World Snooker Championship against the King of snooker Steve Davis. Steve is winning 10-0. Dennis fights back to win in that epic final frame that everyone has seen. I was only 11 at the time. Allowed to stay up way past my bedtime and the whole drama and tension stayed with me for a long time. It also taught me to never give up.
In more recent times an inspiration for me was the late Stuart Mangan. here is a link to his life story : http://www.stuartmangan.org/smangan/default.asp?contentID=3 May he RIP
You fallen asleep?
CF: Nope internet broke
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: ok. lol. You like me on one of those crappy dongles?
CF: Well Z~P have declared on =FATE= whats your views on that?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: Naturally as a member of WET I am delighted by the news. They are long term allies of ours from even before I was a member WET and so to be honest it was expected and I would suspect it wasn't much of a shock for =FATE= either.
CF: No it wasnt really a surprise, Finally Shane, how do you see the future of w4 panning out?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: Hard to tell. I think both sides of the world war (which if we are honest it pretty much is) have had issues with inactivity although we are fairly efficent at this stage in dealing with these I do feel that one way or the other it may come down to which side suffers down the line from one of their BIG stars going inactive, quitting etc. I'd like to think that WET will win out but I have to admit it's so evenly poised at this point in time that I could see this playing out for quite a while yet.
Was that diplomatic enough?
CF: Perfect
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: I forgot to add G"WAN MUNSTER!!!!!!!!!!
CF: One last question, If you could pick any animal to be for one day what would you pick and why?
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: A stag. Once again. G'WAN MUNSTER!!!!!
CF: Lol, well its been nice talking to you Shane. My name is Shane too btw
Shane a.k.a shaneyboycian: Likewise Shane. Still need to find out your TW name though.
CF: Tell us a little about yourself, any personal information you’d like to share with us? What if any other hobbies do you partake in?
Gavin Burke: Hello, I'm Gavin, I'm a solicitor by trade and run my own practice specialising in Contract and maritime law. I'm originally from Wales and am a keen rugby fan! I have recently moved back to my home town of Llanelli! I also dated a girl called stacey once...but thats another story
CF: Lol,so Gavin you're in Z~P on w4 tell me a bit about them because they're pretty unknown to me
Gavin Burke: Haha, we're unknown to pretty much everyone, myself and included and I helped found our current tribe's formation! We're a bit of a hodge podge really, formed from HoB (my old tribe), BK then later some Virus and STA players. We changed name to Zulu Patriots from BK, mostly because people kept getting confused as to when they could order burgers from us. After that and a brief little war we were joined by one or two from PEST. If we were an army unit, we'd be called the irregulars, as we aren't always the most orthodox but we always get the job done.
We've been allied with WET for a long time now, and have used that time to build ourselves a nice little patch of African heaven in our corner of the world
CF: Lol, thats quite a history. Your tribe has recently declared on =FATE= hows that going?
Gavin Burke: We're doing better than I thought really given the size difference at this stage, we've not had much off of FATE thats gotten through yet so I don't know if thats a good or bad thing!
Its still quite quiet though, I think mostly due to this lovely weather and the bank holidays, our tribe seems to like being outside.
We're still in the lead village wise (24-15 I think), and have now gotten rid of members that I didn't even know we had (woops) that were on the rim the other side of FATE, so the stats dont paint the whole picture.
CF: Hmm, So tell me how did you find TW? When did you start playing?
Gavin Burke: Oh, now thats a tough question, mostly because these days my memory is going!
I had a brief 2-3 months on the first .de server in about 2006, before then going onto the first world on .net. After playing a couple of worlds on .net (i think maybe up to world 7) I had to give up as my US coplayer decided to quit, and the wife of the time had a few choice words about what she thought I should be doing with my spare time...
I came back to .net at about world 37 I think, and then played w1 on the UK servers when it opened.
Then came here!
CF: Wow you've been around a long time...What is your favourite part of TW?
Gavin Burke: Staying up until 3 am to send fakes to scare people when they wake up! Jokes, no I think it always has been the people and the jokes and friends you develop over the time your in a tribe. When you've been talking to the same people for a year every day, you get quite close, and I like to think that if I met them in person they'd not change from who they are on skype!
CF: Who knows those females could be 50yr old men
Gavin Burke: oh god no!
CF: Is there anything you dislike about TW?
Gavin Burke: One bug bear of mine has always been the people in tribes who are selfish! It really annoys me, and I'm not afraid to see them booted and rimmed if their attitude is like that, as they contribute nothing but suffering and a selfish ego to the tribe!
CF: Have to agree with that, Is there any particular event/experience that stands out in your memory from w4?
Gavin Burke: Personally, and most traumatically, getting my first village nobled by Battleaxe in the first few weeks I'd cleared my 7X7 and had sent my noble train out to another village I'd just cleared and he nobled me before it could land. Set me back, but I wouldn't be in ZP now if it wasnt for that!
For the entire world, I think the disbanding of Bi!, and more interestingly the adellion/grant saga on the Smile account has been the most memorable. Never seen co-players fall out quite so spectactularly, or with so many knock on effects!
CF: Ah my old friend Ade,on a side note seeing as its easter, What is your favourite chocolate bar and why?
Gavin Burke: ah for me, its always been the turkish delight cadburys. Nothing else quite compares when you get that contrast between turkish delight texture and chocolate.
Now I've realised I have none and all the shops are shut due to it being a bank holiday. Tarnation!
I've always felt a chocolate bar defines a person, I wonder what yours is...
CF: Hmm, I'd have to say mine is a galaxy cookie crumble. Finally to wrap up the interview, if you had to pick a celebrity that best displays your personality who would it be and why?
Gavin Burke: Aha, I've always pondered that question so that when a film is made about TW and its excellent players I'd be able to tell them who to cast! I think though I'd like Rhod Gilbert to do it, he has the same sort of grim welsh outlook on life that I share and he has a beard of sorts, so fulfills all my requirements
CF: Well ive never heard of him but okay, oh I almost forgot, seeing as world war has broken out on w4 its only right to ask. Who will win?
Gavin Burke: Anyone from the UK will know him as the man with a torch the power of a million candles rant, or the tog rating system. Gets me everytime.
I have to say that I think that it will be interesting to see. As the zulu's proved all those years ago FATEs numbers don't mean anything if they get killed easily! I think by the end of May we'll have more of an insight as people will get bored/go on holiday/get crushed under the weight of attacks, so for now I'll call it 51% WET and ZP, 49% FATE
CF: Lol okay mate, thanks for the interview (y)
Gavin Burke: ta muchly!
Gavin Burke: Hello, I'm Gavin, I'm a solicitor by trade and run my own practice specialising in Contract and maritime law. I'm originally from Wales and am a keen rugby fan! I have recently moved back to my home town of Llanelli! I also dated a girl called stacey once...but thats another story
CF: Lol,so Gavin you're in Z~P on w4 tell me a bit about them because they're pretty unknown to me
Gavin Burke: Haha, we're unknown to pretty much everyone, myself and included and I helped found our current tribe's formation! We're a bit of a hodge podge really, formed from HoB (my old tribe), BK then later some Virus and STA players. We changed name to Zulu Patriots from BK, mostly because people kept getting confused as to when they could order burgers from us. After that and a brief little war we were joined by one or two from PEST. If we were an army unit, we'd be called the irregulars, as we aren't always the most orthodox but we always get the job done.
We've been allied with WET for a long time now, and have used that time to build ourselves a nice little patch of African heaven in our corner of the world
CF: Lol, thats quite a history. Your tribe has recently declared on =FATE= hows that going?
Gavin Burke: We're doing better than I thought really given the size difference at this stage, we've not had much off of FATE thats gotten through yet so I don't know if thats a good or bad thing!
Its still quite quiet though, I think mostly due to this lovely weather and the bank holidays, our tribe seems to like being outside.
We're still in the lead village wise (24-15 I think), and have now gotten rid of members that I didn't even know we had (woops) that were on the rim the other side of FATE, so the stats dont paint the whole picture.
CF: Hmm, So tell me how did you find TW? When did you start playing?
Gavin Burke: Oh, now thats a tough question, mostly because these days my memory is going!
I had a brief 2-3 months on the first .de server in about 2006, before then going onto the first world on .net. After playing a couple of worlds on .net (i think maybe up to world 7) I had to give up as my US coplayer decided to quit, and the wife of the time had a few choice words about what she thought I should be doing with my spare time...
I came back to .net at about world 37 I think, and then played w1 on the UK servers when it opened.
Then came here!
CF: Wow you've been around a long time...What is your favourite part of TW?
Gavin Burke: Staying up until 3 am to send fakes to scare people when they wake up! Jokes, no I think it always has been the people and the jokes and friends you develop over the time your in a tribe. When you've been talking to the same people for a year every day, you get quite close, and I like to think that if I met them in person they'd not change from who they are on skype!
CF: Who knows those females could be 50yr old men
Gavin Burke: oh god no!
CF: Is there anything you dislike about TW?
Gavin Burke: One bug bear of mine has always been the people in tribes who are selfish! It really annoys me, and I'm not afraid to see them booted and rimmed if their attitude is like that, as they contribute nothing but suffering and a selfish ego to the tribe!
CF: Have to agree with that, Is there any particular event/experience that stands out in your memory from w4?
Gavin Burke: Personally, and most traumatically, getting my first village nobled by Battleaxe in the first few weeks
I'd cleared my 7X7 and had sent my noble train out to another village I'd just cleared and he nobled me before it could land. Set me back, but I wouldn't be in ZP now if it wasnt for that!For the entire world, I think the disbanding of Bi!, and more interestingly the adellion/grant saga on the Smile account has been the most memorable. Never seen co-players fall out quite so spectactularly, or with so many knock on effects!
CF: Ah my old friend Ade,on a side note seeing as its easter, What is your favourite chocolate bar and why?
Gavin Burke: ah for me, its always been the turkish delight cadburys. Nothing else quite compares when you get that contrast between turkish delight texture and chocolate.
Now I've realised I have none and all the shops are shut due to it being a bank holiday. Tarnation!
I've always felt a chocolate bar defines a person, I wonder what yours is...
CF: Hmm, I'd have to say mine is a galaxy cookie crumble. Finally to wrap up the interview, if you had to pick a celebrity that best displays your personality who would it be and why?
Gavin Burke: Aha, I've always pondered that question so that when a film is made about TW and its excellent players I'd be able to tell them who to cast! I think though I'd like Rhod Gilbert to do it, he has the same sort of grim welsh outlook on life that I share and he has a beard of sorts, so fulfills all my requirements
CF: Well ive never heard of him but okay, oh I almost forgot, seeing as world war has broken out on w4 its only right to ask. Who will win?
Gavin Burke: Anyone from the UK will know him as the man with a torch the power of a million candles rant, or the tog rating system. Gets me everytime.
I have to say that I think that it will be interesting to see. As the zulu's proved all those years ago FATEs numbers don't mean anything if they get killed easily! I think by the end of May we'll have more of an insight as people will get bored/go on holiday/get crushed under the weight of attacks, so for now I'll call it 51% WET and ZP, 49% FATE
CF: Lol okay mate, thanks for the interview (y)
Gavin Burke: ta muchly!
INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY WHITE
CF: Tell us a little about yourself, any personal information you’d like to share with us? What if any other hobbies do you partake in?
JIMMY WHITE: sorreh, my dad was annoying me
Names Jimbo (hehehe), I'm 16 years old and I live in Sheffield I was born in Bath (town, I wasn't born in a bath lol) before moving to La Palma in the Canary Islands for 2.5 years cos my dad got a job at the observatory. Then I came back to Bath for a while, then move to Cambridge for two years, again cos my dad got a job at the uni. Then we moved to sheffield (you'll never guess why) where we've lived ever since. I'm in Y11 doing GCSE's so that doesn't leave me with much spare time, but I manage to find enough time to train for a swimming squad in Ponds Forge called City of Sheffield Swimming Squad. I was pretty good at it at one point, almost getting to a national standard, but I got bored and didn't want to fail school so I dropped down the number of sessions. Now I'm playing tw (what has my life come to ) which I started doing sometime around Christmas in 2009, so Uk4 is my first world
CF: Yes...Life story FTW!
JIMMY WHITE: Paha, makes a good interview!
CF: Sure does,So how did you actually come across TW?
JIMMY WHITE: In ICT, I was playing games (as usual) and one of my friends was playing tw, so he made me an account somewhere on .net. I didn't play it much at first, but I got really bored over the christmas holidays so came to UK4 and a .net world.
.net world flopped so i gave up and carried on here
CF: Where your also a flop, I joke ...Hows life as the rank 1 player on w4?
JIMMY WHITE: Hahaha, probably it's not too bad! quite busy, especially running up to exams, but soon I'll have a co, so I won't have to be on as much first nub to rank 1 btw, i'd like that written on my gravestone please
CF: Ill organise it,What happened to Olis? Didnt he co play you?
JIMMY WHITE: Cheers. Yeah, he did for a while. At first he was on a lot, but he dropped off cos he was really busy, and then it got down to as low as once a week or two, so he came to me and resigned. But I should have a new one soon, so all good
CF: Lol, I can do it if you want? Anyhoo whats your favourite thing about TW?
JIMMY WHITE: Too late, I've already got one and it'd give Shaney even more of an excuse to attack me definitely the social side of it, as you've probably guessed. I love talking to people and getting to know them, even if I'll never meet them. But i also enjoy attacking peeps and defending, as long as it's not too much. Don't like it when it deprives me of sleep. I'm not a happy person when I'm tired
CF: I sleep way too much ..,Is there anything you dislike about the game?
JIMMY WHITE: getting up early, going to bed late, FARMING (EUGH), ego's, people who are online 24/7 and think it's an achievement, people who put tw before rl (or tw is there rl), and you
probably more, just can't think
CF: Hmm, Ego's I quite like them
JIMMY WHITE: (face palm)
CF: Your name is quite unusual for a TW name, whats the reasoning behind it?
JIMMY WHITE: I live in Sheffield, so every year the snooker world championships is on so I heard it there. It's a cool name and.. and.... no, I have no reason hahha
CF: Lol, Whats life like in WET?(the rank 2 tribe )
JIMMY WHITE: very good! probably the best tribe I've been in, we have a very good balance between fun and work (... no thats a lie, there is definitely more fun), we talk lots of crap and get to know eachother, but it's all good! We get stuff done at the end of the day, as you guys know!
CF: How do you see this world war panning out? =FATE= vs WET/Z~P?
JIMMY WHITE: 1337s vs nubs? i honestly don't know! Before you merged with ~UR~, i'd have said nubs, but now it's looking even! Will have to wait a while and see! wbu?
CF: Well imo if =FATE= get their ass in gear we'll win ... So what is your most memorable moment on w4 so far?
JIMMY WHITE: That's the problem though isn't it lol. Wow, there are loads hahaha. Bi! disbanding was funny, DRebel was very funny, the scraps with Morning Star and SHERLOCK HOLMES were good times. K54 has been a very good contienent throughout the whole world, probably the most turbulent on W4, so there have been a lot of good moments!
CF: Yup thats true, now something ive been wondering for a while, why are you the only one nobling Sir Jermanium?
JIMMY WHITE: It was a personal war between me and him. We weren't getting on, so we decided to have a fight nah, he's going to be my coplayer once we get this hell merge sorted. My nobles luck has been impossibly low haha. Just got to try and get that done before exams, and then we'll have an uber noob account ;D
CF: Oic, the guys in the =FATE= chat want to know who your favourite popstar is?
JIMMY WHITE: Hmmm... Rebecca Black, obvs can I join =FATE= chat please?
CF: lol, mebbe,now a question we all want the answe to...Does Radarr annoy you?
JIMMY WHITE: I think you all know the answer too.... *YES*
a lot haha
CF: lololol, well to finish off the interview what is your favourite colour?
JIMMY WHITE: Pink or purple
can I join =FATE= chat now?
CF: :O Girly
No you cant
JIMMY WHITE: Awwwwhh, why?
I wuv fate!
CF: Lol, well thanks for the interview (hug)
JIMMY WHITE: no probs
CF: Tell us a little about yourself, any personal information you’d like to share with us? What if any other hobbies do you partake in?
JIMMY WHITE: sorreh, my dad was annoying me
Names Jimbo (hehehe), I'm 16 years old and I live in Sheffield
I was born in Bath (town, I wasn't born in a bath lol) before moving to La Palma in the Canary Islands for 2.5 years cos my dad got a job at the observatory. Then I came back to Bath for a while, then move to Cambridge for two years, again cos my dad got a job at the uni. Then we moved to sheffield (you'll never guess why) where we've lived ever since. I'm in Y11 doing GCSE's so that doesn't leave me with much spare time, but I manage to find enough time to train for a swimming squad in Ponds Forge called City of Sheffield Swimming Squad. I was pretty good at it at one point, almost getting to a national standard, but I got bored and didn't want to fail school so I dropped down the number of sessions. Now I'm playing tw (what has my life come to ) which I started doing sometime around Christmas in 2009, so Uk4 is my first world CF: Yes...Life story FTW!
JIMMY WHITE: Paha, makes a good interview!
CF: Sure does,So how did you actually come across TW?
JIMMY WHITE: In ICT, I was playing games (as usual) and one of my friends was playing tw, so he made me an account somewhere on .net. I didn't play it much at first, but I got really bored over the christmas holidays so came to UK4 and a .net world.
.net world flopped so i gave up and carried on here
CF: Where your also a flop, I joke
...Hows life as the rank 1 player on w4?JIMMY WHITE: Hahaha, probably
it's not too bad! quite busy, especially running up to exams, but soon I'll have a co, so I won't have to be on as much first nub to rank 1 btw, i'd like that written on my gravestone pleaseCF: Ill organise it,What happened to Olis? Didnt he co play you?
JIMMY WHITE: Cheers. Yeah, he did for a while. At first he was on a lot, but he dropped off cos he was really busy, and then it got down to as low as once a week or two, so he came to me and resigned. But I should have a new one soon, so all good
CF: Lol, I can do it if you want? Anyhoo whats your favourite thing about TW?
JIMMY WHITE: Too late, I've already got one
and it'd give Shaney even more of an excuse to attack me definitely the social side of it, as you've probably guessed. I love talking to people and getting to know them, even if I'll never meet them. But i also enjoy attacking peeps and defending, as long as it's not too much. Don't like it when it deprives me of sleep. I'm not a happy person when I'm tired CF: I sleep way too much
..,Is there anything you dislike about the game?JIMMY WHITE: getting up early, going to bed late, FARMING (EUGH), ego's, people who are online 24/7 and think it's an achievement, people who put tw before rl (or tw is there rl), and you
probably more, just can't think
CF: Hmm, Ego's I quite like them
JIMMY WHITE: (face palm)
CF: Your name is quite unusual for a TW name, whats the reasoning behind it?
JIMMY WHITE: I live in Sheffield, so every year the snooker world championships is on so I heard it there. It's a cool name and.. and.... no, I have no reason hahha
CF: Lol, Whats life like in WET?(the rank 2 tribe
)JIMMY WHITE: very good! probably the best tribe I've been in, we have a very good balance between fun and work (... no thats a lie, there is definitely more fun
), we talk lots of crap and get to know eachother, but it's all good! We get stuff done at the end of the day, as you guys know! CF: How do you see this world war panning out? =FATE= vs WET/Z~P?
JIMMY WHITE: 1337s vs nubs? i honestly don't know! Before you merged with ~UR~, i'd have said nubs, but now it's looking even! Will have to wait a while and see! wbu?
CF: Well imo if =FATE= get their ass in gear we'll win
... So what is your most memorable moment on w4 so far?JIMMY WHITE: That's the problem though isn't it lol. Wow, there are loads hahaha. Bi! disbanding was funny, DRebel was very funny, the scraps with Morning Star and SHERLOCK HOLMES were good times. K54 has been a very good contienent throughout the whole world, probably the most turbulent on W4, so there have been a lot of good moments!
CF: Yup thats true, now something ive been wondering for a while, why are you the only one nobling Sir Jermanium?
JIMMY WHITE: It was a personal war between me and him. We weren't getting on, so we decided to have a fight
nah, he's going to be my coplayer once we get this hell merge sorted. My nobles luck has been impossibly low haha. Just got to try and get that done before exams, and then we'll have an uber noob account ;DCF: Oic, the guys in the =FATE= chat want to know who your favourite popstar is?
JIMMY WHITE: Hmmm... Rebecca Black, obvs
can I join =FATE= chat please? CF: lol, mebbe,now a question we all want the answe to...Does Radarr annoy you?
JIMMY WHITE: I think you all know the answer too.... *YES*
a lot haha
CF: lololol, well to finish off the interview what is your favourite colour?
JIMMY WHITE: Pink or purple
can I join =FATE= chat now?
CF: :O Girly
No you cant
JIMMY WHITE: Awwwwhh, why?
I wuv fate!
CF: Lol, well thanks for the interview (hug)
JIMMY WHITE: no probs
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