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Tarrsk
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New Kristen Rutherford interview at TotalVideoGames Hey guys, thought you'd be interested in reading this interview with our Op. Although most of the information is well-known to anyone involved with the game, it's still a great read- Kristen's enthusiasm for the game (and its players) is, as ever, wonderfully gratifying.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:24 pm
ThaJinx
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Still a pretty cool read, thanks for posting it!
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:55 pm
weephun
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One of the players (who was profiled by the New York Times in an Article about the game) - her gamer tag is *******
summed it up brilliantly - she said to me "meeting you is like meeting my favorite movie star of all time - and having them recognize me and be just as excited to meet me".
Go Pita!!!
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:07 pm
WhiteGulls
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Kristen wrote:
Oh sugarplum, I'd love to tell you that but you know, then I'd have to give Microsoft my first born child….
That's the best response in the entire thing! I burst out laughing! Does this mean a second ILB is in store for us? Probably not, but, hey! Laugh at it!
Nice interview, and a great way to see her perspective on things, even if it's only slightly more in-depth than the previous interviews.
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:20 pm
hmrpita
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weephun wrote:
Quote:
One of the players (who was profiled by the New York Times in an Article about the game) - her gamer tag is *******
summed it up brilliantly - she said to me "meeting you is like meeting my favorite movie star of all time - and having them recognize me and be just as excited to meet me".
Go Pita!!!
Cool! Thanks!
I wonder why my gamertag is asterisk'd out?
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:51 am
Gestas
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hmrpita wrote:
Cool! Thanks!
I wonder why my gamertag is asterisk'd out?
Because there are weirdos out there
Purely just for protection I'd assume, and because they didn't have your permission to post it. They'd probably blank out email addresses etc. as well...
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:33 am
weephun
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Gestas wrote:
hmrpita wrote:
Cool! Thanks!
I wonder why my gamertag is asterisk'd out?
Because there are weirdos out there
Purely just for protection I'd assume, and because they didn't have your permission to post it. They'd probably blank out email addresses etc. as well...
Yes, trust me, there are some strange people out there .... other's who are not so nice either. I remember frantically destroying all traces of connection from weephun to Mr. Thorne (and family) after some of the messages I got directed towards weephun after giving away the SP. Thanks to a lot of intelligent people and discussion, that fear went away fairly quickly (thank goodness), but yah, fame (or infamy) attached to one's self can be dangerous. One of these days, I'm going to have to rebuild my website again.
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:06 am
hmrpita
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I am fully aware of the weirdos out there. It's just that in all of the publicity that ILB has received up to this point that also involved me, my gamertag or real name was used. Why is my vulnerability to weirdos a concern now?
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:19 pm
ariock
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"Gamertag" Well, maybe it is that they assumed that by "Gamertag" Kristen was referring to an Xbox Live tag. If so, you could have gotten a ton of messages/invites.
They don't realize that you aren't on XBL.
yet!
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:00 pm
Tarrsk
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It's probably because in the previous interviews, you were quoted directly (and presumably gave them permission to quote you by name/ Gamertag). In this interview, I assume that nobody from TotalVideoGames tried to contact you. It was Kristen who mentions you, and it wouldn't have been appropriate for the website to give out your identity without your express permission.
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:32 pm
DreamOfTheRood
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Ahh, what a great read. Once again, I.m reminded that our little SP is a genius.
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:12 am
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DreamOfTheRood wrote:
Ahh, what a great read. Once again, I.m reminded that our little SP is a genius.
her answer to that third to last question was fantastic! i'm going to assume this was an email-interview due to the length of that reply... but, that IS how Kristen talks in person
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:54 am
hmrpita
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Tarrsk wrote:
It's probably because in the previous interviews, you were quoted directly (and presumably gave them permission to quote you by name/ Gamertag). In this interview, I assume that nobody from TotalVideoGames tried to contact you. It was Kristen who mentions you, and it wouldn't have been appropriate for the website to give out your identity without your express permission.
Salient point, Tarrsk. Thank you.
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:34 pm
hmrpita
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Re: "Gamertag"
ariock wrote:
Well, maybe it is that they assumed that by "Gamertag" Kristen was referring to an Xbox Live tag. If so, you could have gotten a ton of messages/invites.
They don't realize that you aren't on XBL.
yet!
What do you know that I don't know?
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:38 pm
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