Interview with Pappy-R!

[[BTF]Jehar]

The link to the recorded interview mp3 will be posted here soon, but this is for first-hearers of the interview. Drop off comments, questions, suggestions, and whatnot.

LINKZOR: http://jehar.tastyspleen.net/tc_interviews.html

[peewee_RotA]

 

[Jay Dolan]

Nice interview.  My questions, if you can get him to agree to do another one:

1.  How much free reign does he have over the PQ site?  Both from a content and technology perspective.

2.  My personal opinion as to why the site has slowed a bit over the years is that after being acquired and guarded behind full-screen advertisements, and pushed to a Gamespy subdomain, the site feels too commercial.  It's not terribly inviting anymore, and really feels like a corporate property.  You feel like someone is trying to sell you something when you visit it.  It used to feel more community-centric.  Does any of this ring true for him?  Any advice to help me see the situation differently?  Any head room to change any of these things?

3.  How about hosting a cross-game mapping contest, or becoming a QuakeExpo sponsor, or becoming otherwise involved in non-tournament online events?

4.  Does he have plans to carry more interviews, reviews, and other original and editorial content?  In the 10+ years that these games have been played, modified, cloned, and morphed, the community has become really diverse but also fragmented.  With so many projects headed in different directions, it's really difficult to stay on top of who's who and what's what.  I think PQ could make a difference in this space again, as it once did.  It's one thing to syndicate news updates from various project sites.  It's entirely different to give people a reason as to *why* a particular update is really interesting or not.  That's what a site like PQ can offer.

[[BTF]Jehar]

First post updated with link to the interview page. Pappy has voiced an interest in a second interview at some point, so there's a good chance that your questions may be heard and responded to.

[peewee_RotA]

I just now thought of it, I was always interested to hear more about the friend of his that always fixes his gaming rig. I'd also like to hear him answer the question I asked friar. "If q1 dude and q2 dude got in a fight, who would win?"

[[BTF] Reflex]

lightning gun has a limited range,  railgun does not 

[Pappy-R]

 
  and the winner is... 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksgMgFXDfCo   

[peewee_RotA]

and the winner is... 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksgMgFXDfCo   

Yeah, I sent Friar a link to that when I asked him the same question in an e-mail. I don't think that he likes Tritin films too much. 
 

[[BTF]Jehar]

Out of all of them, those two episodes are by far the best. Yeah, tritin's stuff is really poor from certain angles (voice acting especially), but that was a blast. We'll have to line up part 2 of the interview soon.

[The Happy Friar]

Yeah, I sent Friar a link to that when I asked him the same question in an e-mail. I don't think that he likes Tritin films too much. 
 

I don't remember saying I didn't like like.  I really enjoyed Escape from the Bastil (that it?).  I just think the Q1 guys would kick the Q2 guys ass is all!  I did listen to that part of the interview again.  I didn't mention.  Am I forgetting something again?  Better  ! 

[m4$73r j14u]

  and the winner is... 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksgMgFXDfCo   

WHO CARES WHO WINS ANYWAY?

Where are the real actors? this isnt a movie or an episode - its a comic strip for kids!

 

[peewee_RotA]

Better  ! 

q1 guy wins that match. He just loses an arm at the very end. (Hope I'm not spoiling it for anyone, LOL)

At one point you said, and I think it before the recording started, something along the lines of "at least it was better than tritin films"