GtKaP Interview Thread 2: Anxe

[John Cribati]

How’s life at the moment?
Busy.

Favorite color?
Red

Favorite fruit?
Grapes

Favorite ice cream?
Rum & Raisin

What is your theme song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJafRYJHec0

What is your alignment?
Neutral Good

What is your Magic: The Gathering color?
I think it was Blue last time I checked.

What is the meaning of life?
To evolve, beyond the person you were a minute before, with each rotation, advancing a bit further.

What are your thoughts on:

Love?
It hurts, but lasts forever if it's true

Friendship?
See above, but to a lesser magnitude, and possible with more people.

Freedom?
It's not for doing things, but for being something.

What is the color of your aura?
I'd have to say This Color.

What does your essence taste like?
Probably almonds.

What’s your elemental affinity?
Water. Adaptable and fluid, rolling with the punches and taking the path of least resistance.

Who would you ask to the next Playground Prom, if we had one?
CoffeeIncluded. Because we're both writers who thing about our worlds way too much. We'd talk for hours about totally random things.

Are you part of any other online communities?
Oh, yes. I've been drifting around the internet with various names: SalFishFin, C1991, Herpestidae (obviously), Jancro, If you've seen any of those names, it's likely to be me.

What fictional character do you most identify with?
Sokka, from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

• Genius under the guise of abject stupidity
• whose every word can drip sarcasm under the proper circumstances
• odd sense of humor
• terrible luck
• the utter inability to draw
• we also kind of look the same.

Socks: Yes or no?
No. No shoes either.

What’s your cutie mark and its significance?
It would be... a rubber band. Because I stretch a lot.

Do you know any Playgrounders in real life?
No.

What is the highest compliment you have ever received?
"You are a god among jokesters"

What is the highest compliment you can imagine receiving?
"Your manly, attractive physique is matched only by your biting, hilarious wit."

What do you want to be when you grow up?
A writer of some kind. Or an animator.

What’s your favorite greeting?
A flying glomp.

Your favorite way of saying goodbye?
A flying glomp.

What’s your favorite smilie?
It would have to be because my sarcasm face looks almost exactly like that.

Why did you choose your username?
Because mongooses are the first animal that I think of when I think of Jamaica (where I was born), and someone on FanFiction.net (where I first used the name) was already named "Mongoose," so I looked up the scientific name of the Mongoose family on Wikipedia and... here I am!

Why are you in the Playground?
Because there's so many different people here, and it's fun to interact with them

Why did you abandon your Redwall liveblog?
See the answer to the very first question. I'm continuing it soon, though.

[Reinholdt]

Who's your favorite author?

[John Cribati]

Who's your favorite author?
That would have to be Brian Jacques. Say what you want, only a great writer can make the same book 22 times and only fail thrice.

[Reinholdt]

Thanks for joining us Herpestidae. I'll be lurking in that Fire Emblem game you have running.

Up next we have a member of a rare and elusive race around here, the KenderWizard! Give her a warm greeting.


Reinholdt's Riveting and Rhetorical Questions:
What question would you like to be asked?
What traits do you look for in an ideal pet?
What is the square root of Pi?
What's your favorite OOTS strip?
What's your favorite Erfworld strip?
How does your ITP persona relate to you in real life?
Sadistic choice time! You must choose to save either the life of your most loved one or the lives of a large group of strangers. Which do you choose?
What is your favorite word?
What is your least favorite word?
What makes you enthusiastic?
What disappoints you?
What sound do you love?
What sound do you hate?
What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
What profession would you not like to participate in?

[mangosta71]

Do you, in fact, have any cheese here at all?

Will you go quietly when they come for you?

What is your anti-zombie weapon of choice?

Are you running to something, or from something?

What's the magic word?

[KenderWizard]

Reinholdt's Riveting and Rhetorical Questions:

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What question would you like to be asked?
One I have a really interesting answer to. I'd be wary of picking one, though, because then someone might ask it, and then the answer would be all built up and people would probably be disappointed that it wasn't more interesting!

What traits do you look for in an ideal pet?
(a) Being a cat
(b) Short-haired, not very shedding
(c) Litter-box expert
(d) Quiet
(e) Not bite-y

What is the square root of Pi?
Tricky to calculate.

What's your favorite OOTS strip?
Oh God I knew I should have studied for this! My favourite joke is when Vaarsuvius says that as the size of an explosion increases the proportion of social situations remaining unsolved approaches zero and Blackwing tells them that would be wrong. I honestly don't think I could pick a strip. I just flicked through the 4 main-story books and nothing jumped out. Sorry!

What's your favorite Erfworld strip?
I never got into Erfworld...

How does your ITP persona relate to you in real life?
Well, I can be pretty kender-like, except I do understand personal property and do not generally take people's things. I also like dressing like a wizard. I don't think I behave too differently online than offline. I'm taller in real life!

Sadistic choice time! You must choose to save either the life of your most loved one or the lives of a large group of strangers. Which do you choose?
Loved one. But I'd try do my best for the strangers, and I'd feel bad after. It's probably ruin my life, to be honest!

What is your favorite word?
I try to treat all words equally well. I found out that no known language has a word for the backs of one's knees, but I get eczema there so I have to talk about them sometimes. So I call them "rachettes". I like that word because I made it up!

What is your least favorite word?
There are some words that just aren't nice. I don't like "giblets".

What makes you enthusiastic?
A wide variety of disparate and often not particularly exciting things. Rocks, glitter, Christmas, shopping, IKEA, travelling, the deformation of the lithosphere beneath northern Turkey, colour coding, LGBT Pride, D&D, Playmobil especially Hype The Time Quest, kittens, things that are the wrong size (like doll's house furniture)...

What disappoints you?
People (especially governments (especially especially the Irish government)) making terrible decisions.

What sound do you love?
Laughter.

What sound do you hate?
Other people's tinny earphones blasting their music. Especially if they listen to rap or techno.

What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
Oh, loads! I'd love to be a primary school teacher, actually, but I can't speak Irish well enough.

What profession would you not like to participate in? [/QUOTE]
I wouldn't like to be a doctor unless I really had to for some reason, like if there was a small group of people trying to survive some calamity and I was for some reason the best-qualified. Hopefully by way of being the least squeamish, because I'm not squeamish, but it'd be great if one of the other squeamish people knew lots about doctor things, because otherwise I think this group is pretty screwed. But outside of this very unlikely hypothetical scenario, I think being a doctor would be too much pressure. I'd get too upset about people dying and having horrible things wrong with them and probably go mad. Madder.

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Do you, in fact, have any cheese here at all?
There's some in the fridge, should I go get?

Will you go quietly when they come for you?
Hell no! I fight dirty in a corner.

What is your anti-zombie weapon of choice?
Shotgun. I don't think I'd like hitting them with something, that's too close-combat for me. I'm a pretty good shot, so that'd be better. I'd be on a roof, because they tend to be pretty crap at climbing.

Are you running to something, or from something?
Definitely to something!

What's the magic word?[/QUOTE]
Please?

[Blue Ghost]

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How’s life at the moment?

Favorite color?

Favorite fruit?

Favorite ice cream?

What is your theme song?

What is your alignment?

What is your Magic: The Gathering color?

What is the meaning of life?

What are your thoughts on:

Love?
Friendship?
Freedom?

What is the color of your aura?

What does your essence taste like?

What’s your elemental affinity?

Who would you ask to the next Playground Prom, if we had one?

Are you part of any other online communities?

What fictional character do you most identify with?

Socks: Yes or no?

What’s your cutie mark and its significance?

Do you know any Playgrounders in real life?

What is the highest compliment you have ever received?

What is the highest compliment you can imagine receiving?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

What’s your favorite greeting?

Your favorite way of saying goodbye?

What’s your favorite smilie?

Why did you choose your username?

Why are you in the Playground?

[wxdruid]

What color(s) do you prefer to wear?

What do you like to collect?

How many avatars do you have?

Are you coming to GenCon in 2012?

What type of chocolate do you prefer?

What type and how many pets do you have?

Do you enjoy watching the Weather Channel?

[KenderWizard]

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How’s life at the moment?
Really good! I live with my wonderful partner, I have a fantastic summer job, I won an award at college in the last set of exams, I like my course, I have friends and family. The only things I'm missing are a kitten and a pile of money.

Favorite color?
Changes all the time! I like most colours. I am particularly fond of purples and blues and greys.

Favorite fruit?
Strawberries. Little wild ones.

Favorite ice cream?
Probably Rolo (chocolate and caramel icecream with caramel on top and chocolate chips). Can't go wrong with vanilla, though. I also love Mars Bar icecreams.

What is your theme song?
I'm going to say U2's Beautiful Day, based on next to nothing.

What is your alignment?
Neutral Good.

What is your Magic: The Gathering color?
Magic: The Gathering is for geeks.

What is the meaning of life?
I'll get back to you!

What are your thoughts on:

Love?
Is amazing and makes life worth living. All kinds of love are important; romantic, platonic, feline-ic.
Friendship?
Is also amazing and is what gets you through.
Freedom?
Is important, but not to the exclusion of all else. My freedom ends where yours begins. I have a big happy bubble of freedom to make my choices, and you have one too, and we can't pop each other's bubbles because that's not playing fair.

What is the color of your aura?
It's the colour of being interested in things.

What does your essence taste like?
Hugs.

What’s your elemental affinity?
Fire. Even though that's really a combustible.

Who would you ask to the next Playground Prom, if we had one?
I don't think I'd manage to do that. I'd be too shy.

Are you part of any other online communities?
No, not really.

What fictional character do you most identify with?
Oh my gosh, I have no idea. I'm going to say Tasslehoff from Dragonlance, but it's not a perfect answer. It just fits with the kender thing!

Socks: Yes or no?
Yes! Except on the beach, then definitely not. Also, in bed, not. Also, places that are not for socks, such as the bath. But in shoes? Yes, always.

What’s your cutie mark and its significance?
Going to be honest, I had to look that up... My totally-not-made-up-on-the-spot answer is three charcoal-coloured randomly oriented andalusite crystals, because that was the first mineral I learned to identify in the field by myself and reflects my love of geology.

Do you know any Playgrounders in real life?
I've met quite a few at GenCon. I would claim to actually know Zeb and Alarra, because we were in touch for real and organised and stayed together at GenCon.

What is the highest compliment you have ever received?
Loosely, that I'm not afraid of what others think of me and am true to myself. It's not totally true, because I am constantly afraid of what others think of me, but I try really hard not to let it stand in my way of being me.

What is the highest compliment you can imagine receiving?
That I'm literally the best person in the world ever, told to me by a group of world leaders, including the Elders, and everyone actually wants to be more like me? I suppose?

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Happy, a mother and grandmother and great-grandmother, a respected academic, and President of Ireland.

What’s your favorite greeting?
A hug, if I know the person. Successfully learning the person's name, if I don't!

Your favorite way of saying goodbye?
A bigger hug.

What’s your favorite smilie?
"As pure as the driven snow". It works so well, both sincerely and sarcastically!

Why did you choose your username?
Because my first D&D character was a kender, and it was that D&D game (still going strong!) that was how I heard about OOTS. Also, the idea of a kender wizard is inherently hilarious to me. And it's the kind of thing I'd like to do; successfully build a ridiculous yet adorable character combination.

Why are you in the Playground?
Because for that D&D game, I made models for us to use, as a Christmas present to the group, and I made them cute and stick-figure-like so I could focus on giving them character and cute little props instead of going mad trying to make 6 (at the time, before we had to make second characters!) realistic little people. When I showed them to the group, one of the guys said "They look like Order of the Stick. Is that what you were going for?" and I was like "What's Order of the Stick?". So then I fell in love with the comic, and I looked at the forum to find out Haley's cryptograms because I'm too impatient to do that stuff myself. And after a while, the forum seemed nice and friendly, so I joined. I don't usually join/stay on forums because I get upset when people are mean, even on the internet, but this one's nice, so I'm still here!

[KenderWizard]

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What color(s) do you prefer to wear?

I really like greys. I used to wear a LOT of black, but I've softened in my choices. I still like black trousers. Greens and browns suit my colouring.

What do you like to collect?

Dice. Strange acquaintances. IKEA pencils. Fabric scraps.

How many avatars do you have?

Like, two. I'm terrible. I made my normal one in Paint, because I didn't have anything else at the time, and now that I've got all set up, I haven't gotten around to making a proper version on Illustrator. I should do that.

Are you coming to GenCon in 2012?

That is the plan! I really hope I can afford to. My partner is big into Warmachine and Hordes (he's a Press Ganger) and they're releasing the new Iron Kingdoms RPG next year, so he definitely wants to as well. Fingers crossed!

What type of chocolate do you prefer?

Cadbury's Dairy Milk. The Irish type, not the British type, which is slightly different. Generally, milk chocolate. The best way to eat chocolate is in the form of Easter Eggs, the bigger the better. The best Easter Egg is Cadbury's Dairy Milk or Mini Eggs in the biggest size, which is about the size of my head.

What type and how many pets do you have?

I don't have any pets. I used to have a beautiful, affectionate, quick, adorable and damn stupid cat. He was amazing and we had a wonderful time together, but he was killed trying to cross the road outside our house. He was only there for eight months but he has a really nice little grave and I wear a cat necklace to remember him by. He was my only pet.

Do you enjoy watching the Weather Channel?

We don't have the Weather Channel here! But I do like watching weather things, because I like maps and the little weather icons are cute.

[ghost_warlock]

gw's Questions of Questionable Intent

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1. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? If so, who?

2. What is one thing about yourself you're the most proud of?

3. Roses or orchids?

4. What sustains you, keeps you going every day?

5. How did you get to be so awesome?

6. Where were you ten years ago, and what do you know now that you wish you knew back then?

7. If the human race vanished tomorrow, leaving only you and one other person to keep you company, who would you want that person to be?

8. Who is one person who died before you were born that you'd most like to speak with?

9. When your life comes to an end, how do you want to be remembered/what do you want to be remembered for?

10. Ga! These questions have taken a turn for the depressing! Quick, what is your favorite lolcat!? (Bonus cookies for posting a pic.)

11. What super-power would you want to use to stop Godzilla if he was attacking where you live?

12. Beards or babies?

13. Have you ever made up a word? If so, what is that word and what is its definition?

14. Define the following word: whiloplenulent?

15. What's an old-fashioned song or short schmaltzy bit of poetry that's stuck in your head?

16. Favorite mythological monster?

17. Enough of this! I am your arch-nemesis! Where will we fight our final, climactic battle?

18. In #17, above, did you defeat me? If so, how?

19. Do you prefer the silly questions or the serious ones?

20. Why did you decide to submit yourself to these torturous, probing questions?

[KenderWizard]

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1. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? If so, who?
Oh, so very often... I'm very inclined towards having crushes! Legolas and the Pharaoh from YuGiOh! stand out.

2. What is one thing about yourself you're the most proud of?
Probably being smart.

3. Roses or orchids?
Roses.

4. What sustains you, keeps you going every day?
You know, food, water, sleep... Also, my partner and my parents.

5. How did you get to be so awesome?
I'm pretty sure it was a fluke, but don't let on to my legions of adoring fans.

6. Where were you ten years ago, and what do you know now that you wish you knew back then?
Ten years ago I was 11, so I was almost at the end of primary school. I know now that people who say that school days are the best days of your life are not necessarily telling the truth, and that college is actually sooo much better.

7. If the human race vanished tomorrow, leaving only you and one other person to keep you company, who would you want that person to be?
My partner.

8. Who is one person who died before you were born that you'd most like to speak with?
Albert Einstein. He seems nice.

9. When your life comes to an end, how do you want to be remembered/what do you want to be remembered for?
Being a good person. Who was fantastically rich, hopefully!

10. Ga! These questions have taken a turn for the depressing! Quick, what is your favorite lolcat!? (Bonus cookies for posting a pic.)
Do I get a cookie for EVERY lolcat I post? Seriously, though, I have two. Most adorable and funniest.

Most adorable:


Funniest:


11. What super-power would you want to use to stop Godzilla if he was attacking where you live?
Weather control. Because it's just cool.

12. Beards or babies?
DEFINITELY babies. I don't like beards. But I love babies!

13. Have you ever made up a word? If so, what is that word and what is its definition?
Oh, like I said! Rachettes. Means the backs of one's knees.

14. Define the following word: whiloplenulent?
That feeling of walking into a room and having absolutely no idea why you went in there.

15. What's an old-fashioned song or short schmaltzy bit of poetry that's stuck in your head?
I actually don't have anything at all stuck in my head right now! This is so werid!!

16. Favorite mythological monster?
Has to be dragons.

17. Enough of this! I am your arch-nemesis! Where will we fight our final, climactic battle?
On a rooftop.

18. In #17, above, did you defeat me? If so, how?
Of course I did! You foolishly chose to fight me on a rooftop, giving me a huge advantage, given my well-documented weather-control powers.

19. Do you prefer the silly questions or the serious ones?
I like both. I think the serious ones tell you more about the person, but the silly ones can be fun to answer. Although I get more pressured by the silly questions, because there's usually one, true answer for the serious ones.

20. Why did you decide to submit yourself to these torturous, probing questions?
Seemed like a good idea at the time? I like answering questions! I love filling out forms, and this is a lot like a really weird long form that asks frankly bizarre questions that I probably would be deeply suspicious of if they came up on a real-world form...

[KenderWizard]

So, half asleep last night, I had one of those sudden realisation moments; that "smilie" is pronounced "smile-ee" and refers to the cute little faces, and is not a misspelling of simile, which is what my question-addled mind took it to be.

My favourite is the classic

[Zeb The Troll]

Do you have intentions of ever coming to the Southeast Trogland meetup held in Johnson City, TN the last weekend of June every year?

What are you studying right now?

Your fella seems like a pretty awesome person, too. Why's he so quiet?

If you won a lottery for a million dollars (or pounds or Euros or whatever you prefer ), what would you do with the money?

You obviously play D&D, which editions have you played? Do you have a preference? Do you play any other tabletop RPG's?

[Reinholdt]

Thank you KenderWizard. Feel free to answer Zeb's last questions, and make it to the Johnson City meetup some time. We'd love to have you.

Up next we have a fairly well known dual wielder, Ranger Mattos! Give him a warm welcome.


Reinholdt's Riveting and Rhetorical Questions:
What question would you like to be asked?
What traits do you look for in an ideal pet?
What is the square root of Pi?
What's your favorite OOTS strip?
What's your favorite Erfworld strip?
How does your ITP persona relate to you in real life?
Sadistic choice time! You must choose to save either the life of your most loved one or the lives of a large group of strangers. Which do you choose?
What is your favorite word?
What is your least favorite word?
What makes you enthusiastic?
What disappoints you?
What sound do you love?
What sound do you hate?
What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
What profession would you not like to participate in?

[ghost_warlock]

gw's Questions of Questionable Intent

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1. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? If so, who?

2. What is one thing about yourself you're the most proud of?

3. Roses or orchids?

4. What sustains you, keeps you going every day?

5. How did you get to be so awesome?

6. Where were you ten years ago, and what do you know now that you wish you knew back then?

7. If the human race vanished tomorrow, leaving only you and one other person to keep you company, who would you want that person to be?

8. Who is one person who died before you were born that you'd most like to speak with?

9. When your life comes to an end, how do you want to be remembered/what do you want to be remembered for?

10. Ga! These questions have taken a turn for the depressing! Quick, what is your favorite lolcat!? (Bonus cookies for posting a pic.)

11. What super-power would you want to use to stop Godzilla if he was attacking where you live?

12. Beards or babies?

13. Have you ever made up a word? If so, what is that word and what is its definition?

14. Define the following word: whiloplenulent?

15. What's an old-fashioned song or short schmaltzy bit of poetry that's stuck in your head?

16. Favorite mythological monster?

17. Enough of this! I am your arch-nemesis! Where will we fight our final, climactic battle?

18. In #17, above, did you defeat me? If so, how?

19. Do you prefer the silly questions or the serious ones?

20. Why did you decide to submit yourself to these torturous, probing questions?

[wxdruid]

What color(s) do you prefer to wear?

What do you like to collect?

How many avatars do you have?

Are you ever coming to GenCon?

What type of chocolate do you prefer?

What type and how many pets do you have?

Do you enjoy watching the Weather Channel?

[Ranger Mattos]

Yay! My turn!

Reinholdt's Riveting and Rhetorical Questions:
What question would you like to be asked?
I'm not really sure.
What traits do you look for in an ideal pet?
Loving and furry.
What is the square root of Pi?
square root(pi) = 1.77245385
What's your favorite OOTS strip?
Number 803. Mr. Scruffy shows Sir Scraggly who's boss.
What's your favorite Erfworld strip?
I don't really read Erfworld.
How does your ITP persona relate to you in real life?
Well, I like to think that I'm similar to my ITP persona in personality. However, I don't have the dual-wielding skills of my ITP persona.
Sadistic choice time! You must choose to save either the life of your most loved one or the lives of a large group of strangers. Which do you choose?
You know, I've been thinking about the question since the first time you asked it. I suppose it would matter how large of a group of strangers.
What is your favorite word?
Love.
What is your least favorite word?
Suffering.
What makes you enthusiastic?
Lots of things. Computers, for instance.
What disappoints you?
Lots of things. Not getting straight A's, for instance.
What sound do you love?
My cats purring.
What sound do you hate?
Heavy machinery.
What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
Well, I'm a student right now, but I intend to become a software engineer.
What profession would you not like to participate in?
Food service. Which sucks, because as a teenager, it's one of the few jobs available to me.

gw's Questions of Questionable Intent
1. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? If so, who?
Hermione Granger
2. What is one thing about yourself you're the most proud of?
My intelligence.
3. Roses or orchids?
Orchids. They don't stab you.
4. What sustains you, keeps you going every day?
Hope. And Mountain Dew.
5. How did you get to be so awesome?
Dunno. It just sort of happened, I guess.
6. Where were you ten years ago, and what do you know now that you wish you knew back then?
I would have been 5, so probably in preschool. And I wish that I knew how to create web pages.
7. If the human race vanished tomorrow, leaving only you and one other person to keep you company, who would you want that person to be?
I'm not sure. Someone intelligent that I could get along with. (And female, of course, for repopulation purposes)
8. Who is one person who died before you were born that you'd most like to speak with?
Jesus.
9. When your life comes to an end, how do you want to be remembered/what do you want to be remembered for?
I want to be remembered for helping the human race in some great way. Maybe writing a virus on a Powerbook to defeat an alien race, or something.
10. Ga! These questions have taken a turn for the depressing! Quick, what is your favorite lolcat!? (Bonus cookies for posting a pic.)
This one:

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11. What super-power would you want to use to stop Godzilla if he was attacking where you live?
Telepathy. I would turn him into my mind-slave.
12. Beards or babies?
Beards.
13. Have you ever made up a word? If so, what is that word and what is its definition?
Not that I can think of.
14. Define the following word: whiloplenulent?
A misspelling of the word "plenipotentiary" (according to Firefox)
15. What's an old-fashioned song or short schmaltzy bit of poetry that's stuck in your head?
Nothing stuck in my head currently.
16. Favorite mythological monster?
A dragon, of course.
17. Enough of this! I am your arch-nemesis! Where will we fight our final, climactic battle?
At your doom fortress hidden in Mt. Everest.
18. In #17, above, did you defeat me? If so, how?
Well if I told you, you would take precautions so that I would not be able to defeat you. So I'm not telling.
19. Do you prefer the silly questions or the serious ones?
Both are fine.
20. Why did you decide to submit yourself to these torturous, probing questions?I have no idea.

What color(s) do you prefer to wear?
Green.
What do you like to collect?
Coins.
How many avatars do you have?
I'm not sure of the exact total.
Are you ever coming to GenCon?
I don't know if I'll be able to make it. I'd like to, though.
What type of chocolate do you prefer?
Milk chocolate.
What type and how many pets do you have?
I have three cats. Their names are Rookie, Calvin, and Hobbes.
Do you enjoy watching the Weather Channel?
Not particularly.

Keep the questions coming!

[Blue Ghost]

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How’s life at the moment?

Favorite color?

Favorite fruit?

Favorite ice cream?

What is your theme song?

What is your alignment?

What is your Magic: The Gathering color?

What is the meaning of life?

What are your thoughts on:

Love?
Friendship?
Freedom?

What is the color of your aura?

What does your essence taste like?

What’s your elemental affinity?

Who would you ask to the next Playground Prom, if we had one?

Are you part of any other online communities?

What fictional character do you most identify with?

Socks: Yes or no?

What’s your cutie mark and its significance?

Do you know any Playgrounders in real life?

What is the highest compliment you have ever received?

What is the highest compliment you can imagine receiving?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

What’s your favorite greeting?

Your favorite way of saying goodbye?

What’s your favorite smilie?

Why did you choose your username?

Why are you in the Playground?

[Ranger Mattos]

How’s life at the moment?
Pretty good, except for school starting. I miss not having to do homework.
Favorite color?
Green
Favorite fruit?
Pear
Favorite ice cream?
Chocolate
What is your theme song?
Don't know. Still searching for a perfect song.
What is your alignment?
I think I'm NG
What is your Magic: The Gathering color?
Probably Green or White
What is the meaning of life?
Life:   [lahyf] noun
1.
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
2.
the sum of the distinguishing phenomena of organisms, especially metabolism, growth, reproduction, and adaptation to environment.
3.
the animate existence or period of animate existence of an individual: to risk one's life; a short life and a merry one.
4.
a corresponding state, existence, or principle of existence conceived of as belonging to the soul: eternal life.
5.
the general or universal condition of human existence: Too bad, but life is like that.


What are your thoughts on:

Love? Gives meaning to life
Friendship? A form of love
Freedom? A wonderful thing

What is the color of your aura?
Green
What does your essence taste like?
Mountain Dew, but sweeter.
What’s your elemental affinity?
Air
Who would you ask to the next Playground Prom, if we had one?
I don't know.
Are you part of any other online communities?
I've posted a few times on some technical forums, but I wouldn't say I'm a part of the community.
What fictional character do you most identify with?
I honestly can't say.
Socks: Yes or no?
Yes
What’s your cutie mark and its significance?
I still haven't decided on one.
Do you know any Playgrounders in real life?
No, unless you count the two or three people who I've had make accounts, but then made one post and left.
What is the highest compliment you have ever received?
I'm not sure.
What is the highest compliment you can imagine receiving?
Not exactly a compliment per se, but "Welcome to the kingdom of heaven"
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Probably a software engineer.
What’s your favorite greeting?
Just a simple "Hi".
Your favorite way of saying goodbye?
*waves*
What’s your favorite smilie?

Why did you choose your username?
Well my cousin gave me the nickname Mattos during a LARP because it sounded medieval-ish, and the ranger is my favorite D&D class.
Why are you in the Playground?
Well if you mean how I found this site, it's because I heard about OotS on Wikipedia, and decided to check it out. After a long time of just reading the comic, I decided to join the forum.

Moar questions!

[KenderWizard]

Zeb:
(Hi Zeb! )


Do you have intentions of ever coming to the Southeast Trogland meetup held in Johnson City, TN the last weekend of June every year?
Is TN Tennessee? I'm not sure I want to go any further south in the US outside of the months November through February...! I'd love to. If I'm in the States killing time in June, I'll totally be there, but it's a long shot.

What are you studying right now?
I study Geology at Trinity College Dublin. I'm going into 4th year. Geology is part of Natural Sciences, so before 3rd year I also did Physics and Maths. I didn't start in Natural Sciences, I started in Theoretical Physics, but I much prefer Geology. RIGHT now, it's summer, so I'm not in classes, but I am doing both my final year project (geologically mapping Howth) and a seismology internship, which I love.

Your fella seems like a pretty awesome person, too. Why's he so quiet?
He is awesome! Also, a ninja to my pirate. His first language, from a young age, is the stare: contemptuous, incredulous, exasperated, contented, even excited. I don't really have an answer to this, is what I'm getting at, but I'm in a chatty mood, so I'll instead tell you a story about it:

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The first time he came to visit my parent's house, my father was in full intimidation mode, which, given he's a big, heavily armed, glaring man, was nothing to be taken lightly. So, as you can imagine, he didn't talk At All. My mother, who is as chatty as I am, really wanted to talk to him, and she KNEW he was talking to me when the two of us were alone, so she started trying to creep up on us to catch him talking. Luckily, she's not very sneaky, so it wasn't like she was constantly jumping out of improbable hiding spots or anything, because that definitely wouldn't have helped with the whole "Your parents appear to be incredibly scary people" thing!

If you won a lottery for a million dollars (or pounds or Euros or whatever you prefer ), what would you do with the money?
Okay, so, I'm going with euro. Even though pounds (if we're talking sterling) would probably be more, but whatever, I'm going to keep saying "euro" automatically, and it's hypothetical money anyway. I would put almost all of it in the bank, in a savings account with good interest, and live off the interest. I'd rent a really nice city centre apartment close to Trinity, and make them let me have a kitten. I'd travel every holiday: to the States to see boyfriend's family, around Europe, to Asia, on one of those cruises that goes to the Antarctic. I'd buy an electric car and a home cinema system and a really nice sewing machine and a geek chic gaming table. When the time came, I'd buy a really nice house, maybe a Martello tower, maybe just a nice big house with a tower. Definitely towers are involved. I'd want the house in a nice area close to Dublin, on the Dart or Luas line, so I could get into the city easily, but in a self-contained ex-village, like Howth or Dun Laoighre. Also, I'd buy rounds in the pub, which I can't afford to do at the moment.

You obviously play D&D, which editions have you played? Do you have a preference? Do you play any other tabletop RPGs?
My favourite is Pathfinder, probably just from familiarity. I've played 3.5 and 4 of D&D, and I don't like 4th ed. I also like Savage Worlds and Gumshoe. Basically I like any system, provided I play the first time with people who are patient with me learning. I don't think I learn particularly slowly (although I do forget things a lot if I haven't played in a while, and sometimes even if I have...) but I get really tense if everyone else knows the rules and I don't. RPGs are really why I'm a gamer, they're my favourite passtime.

Jaysus, I have to stop talking so much! Sorry!

Thank you KenderWizard. Feel free to answer Zeb's last questions, and make it to the Johnson City meetup some time. We'd love to have you.

Thank you!

[mangosta71]

Do you, in fact, have any cheese here at all?

Will you go quietly when they come for you?

What is your anti-zombie weapon of choice?

Are you running to something, or from something?

What's the magic word?

[Ranger Mattos]

Do you, in fact, have any cheese here at all?
Am in Wisconsin. Therefore, cheese.
Will you go quietly when they come for you?
Never!
What is your anti-zombie weapon of choice?
Tigers
Are you running to something, or from something?
Both
What's the magic word?
Abracadabra

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[Reinholdt]

Thank you Ranger Mattos. Enjoy your free Tiger. Just in case.

Up next we have a musician from friendly banter, Perenelle! I'd say give her a warm welcome, but she probably helps run the orchestra that does that for everyone else. Maybe just drop by and ask some questions instead.


Reinholdt's Riveting and Rhetorical Questions:
What question would you like to be asked?
What traits do you look for in an ideal pet?
What is the square root of Pi?
What's your favorite OOTS strip?
What's your favorite Erfworld strip?
How does your ITP persona relate to you in real life?
Sadistic choice time! You must choose to save either the life of your most loved one or the lives of a large group of strangers. Which do you choose?
What is your favorite word?
What is your least favorite word?
What makes you enthusiastic?
What disappoints you?
What sound do you love?
What sound do you hate?
What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
What profession would you not like to participate in?

[Blue Ghost]

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How’s life at the moment?

Favorite color?

Favorite fruit?

Favorite ice cream?

What is your theme song?

What is your alignment?

What is your Magic: The Gathering color?

What is the meaning of life?

What are your thoughts on:

Love?
Friendship?
Freedom?

What is the color of your aura?

What does your essence taste like?

What’s your elemental affinity?

Who would you ask to the next Playground Prom, if we had one?

Are you part of any other online communities?

What fictional character do you most identify with?

Socks: Yes or no?

What’s your cutie mark and its significance?

Do you know any Playgrounders in real life?

What is the highest compliment you have ever received?

What is the highest compliment you can imagine receiving?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

What’s your favorite greeting?

Your favorite way of saying goodbye?

What’s your favorite smilie?

Why did you choose your username?

Why are you in the Playground?

[wxdruid]

What color(s) do you prefer to wear?

What do you like to collect?

How many avatars do you have?

Are you ever coming to GenCon?

What type of chocolate do you prefer?

What type and how many pets do you have?

Do you enjoy watching the Weather Channel?

[mangosta71]

Do you, in fact, have any cheese here at all?

Will you go quietly when they come for you?

What is your anti-zombie weapon of choice?

Are you running to something, or from something?

What's the magic word?

[ghost_warlock]

gw's Questions of Questionable Intent

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1. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? If so, who?

2. What is one thing about yourself you're the most proud of?

3. Roses or orchids?

4. What sustains you, keeps you going every day?

5. How did you get to be so awesome?

6. Where were you ten years ago, and what do you know now that you wish you knew back then?

7. If the human race vanished tomorrow, leaving only you and one other person to keep you company, who would you want that person to be?

8. Who is one person who died before you were born that you'd most like to speak with?

9. When your life comes to an end, how do you want to be remembered/what do you want to be remembered for?

10. Ga! These questions have taken a turn for the depressing! Quick, what is your favorite lolcat!? (Bonus cookies for posting a pic.)

11. What super-power would you want to use to stop Godzilla if he was attacking where you live?

12. Beards or babies?

13. Have you ever made up a word? If so, what is that word and what is its definition?

14. Define the following word: whiloplenulent?

15. What's an old-fashioned song or short schmaltzy bit of poetry that's stuck in your head?

16. Favorite mythological monster?

17. Enough of this! I am your arch-nemesis! Where will we fight our final, climactic battle?

18. In #17, above, did you defeat me? If so, how?

19. Do you prefer the silly questions or the serious ones?

20. Why did you decide to submit yourself to these torturous, probing questions?

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Perry! Was I the one that first gave you that nickname? I vaguely remember having to come up with a nickname for you...

[Reinholdt]

Well. Hmmm. It's a no show. Oh well, life goes on. Maybe she'll pop on right after I write this, answering all the questions.

Up next we have an avatarist who's won some awards for her creativity, C-Lam! Try not to flood her with requests.


Reinholdt's Riveting and Rhetorical Questions:
What question would you like to be asked?
What traits do you look for in an ideal pet?
What is the square root of Pi?
What's your favorite OOTS strip?
What's your favorite Erfworld strip?
How does your ITP persona relate to you in real life?
Sadistic choice time! You must choose to save either the life of your most loved one or the lives of a large group of strangers. Which do you choose?
What is your favorite word?
What is your least favorite word?
What makes you enthusiastic?
What disappoints you?
What sound do you love?
What sound do you hate?
What profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
What profession would you not like to participate in?