Digging Up Dirt on Megan

I'm sure you all remember our fabulous guest blogger Megan from her three part review of Rift (found here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).  Well, we dug up some dirt on her and are here to fill you in on what's the haps in her gamer life.

Gamer tag?  Maegaan (So creative, I know!)

Where do you spend the majority of your gaming time?  The majority of time spent gaming is now on PC, a shift from my console based roots. Most time is spent playing Warcrack, but I also enjoy playing Spore from time to time still, and am avidly looking forward to the release of Diablo3. I also enjoy Rift, though trying to keep up two different MMOs to the standards I've set for myself don't allow much time for it anymore.

We have seen that your love is mostly spent on WoW.  What is your favorite character race/type to play?  My hunter was my first character, and I never truly enjoy playing on another character as much as my hunter. I like trolls, but goblins are way fun, as are Worgen (and are now the only alliance race I'll play). 

How do you feel about game guilds?  They are almost impossible to avoid in a game like WoW.  Game guilds can be both a blessing and a curse. I tend to view them much the same way as I do cliques in real life. Having a built in group of people to do things with is fantastic, but if you have no good way of 'breaking in' to one of these groups, it can be rough going. Much rougher on games like Rift or, to a slightly lesser extent WoW, where much of the end game content once you get to max level is solely ran by guild groups. People claim guilds aren't necessary in WoW, and it's true that they aren't 'necessary,' but having a group of people committed to completing things efficiently and well makes the world of difference in how much you enjoy your playtime (see: amount of Megan's swearing when forced to run a dungeon in the Looking For Dungeon matchmaking system, good lord there are a lot of idiots out there!)

And what about achievements?  They are a fairly new addition to the WoW world.  Achievements are a nice bonus for people that care about that kind of thing. I go on streaks where I will try to get more, but it's not something I care to focus on. Most of them are silly and don't mean much besides the point total. I am a closet DPS meter whore though, and that is what I focus my game around. I very much try to not gloat in game or anything, but I seeing my name at the top of the DPS meter, and I will pout and complain incessantly until I am able to achieve that. I don't let my love of meter topping keep me from avoiding standing in fire though!

She hunts. She heals. She focuses on DPS.. And when she's bored she creates beautiful fireworks shows.
If you're on WoW, look for this girl (server Ner'zhul).

 

Mini Bezz: The Untold Story

His KDR? 2.10. His gamer score? Well over 50,000. His game library? Over 100 titles with 58% achievement completion. He's the youngest of three, enjoys a quality Tomahawk, and is an artificial intelligence that speaks proper English. Class, lets all say hello to Mini Bezz.

Whats with the name ?
My Brother was called Bezz, and since I'm younger Mini Bezz seemed suitable.


You play a lot of different game types. What's your favorite title?
Final Fantasy 9, now most Final Fantasy(FF) fans would say FF7 and FF8 were better games. Well, that may be true; but FF9 has my favorite character in it which is Vivi.


I have witnessed you taking part in some pretty intense gaming sessions. Tell the universe about your longest time with a controller.
18-20 hours. Me and my friend just stayed up playing Tony Hawk until like 10am.


Your gamer resume is pretty impressive. What is an accomplishment that you are most proud of ?
I have done CoD:3, CoD:4, CoD:WaW, CoD:MW2, CoD:Black Ops on veteran difficulty.


Flex your nerd muscle ! If you could have any super power, what would it be and why ?
Immortality, so I could play games forever **mwhahahahahaha** and see what call of duty 100 is like.


You recently broke 50,000g. How did you celebrate ? What is your next big goal ?
When I got 50k gamer score I simply celebrated by saying "booooyah" and then continued playing my games. My next gaming goal is to reach 60k gamer score before 2012.


You seem to be able to remember Everything ! Impress us with a totally random factoid.
That in a cave on Elder scrolls IV: Oblivion there is a giant Mud Crab and I know exactly where it is.


You were diagnosably insane for a week while playing Mass Effect, was it worth it ? Did you come away with any big life lessons other than learning what your breaking point is ?
I would say yes, it was worth it because now I can look at my games list and see I have all the achievements for Mass Effect both 1&2. I will do the same for ME3. I have learned that I should NOT play a single for a whole week non-stop otherwise I will go COMPLETELY insane, although I am already CRAZY !


How many times have you played Oblivion ? Why ? Which playthrough was your favorite (like were you an elf or a mage or what) ?
I'm not sure exactly how many times I played Oblivion, but I do know it was at least 6 different characters. Each had 60 plus hours on them. The only reason I think I did it was because Oblivion was an EPIC game and still is. I mean, you could just go around doing quests or you could simply go out exploring caves, forts and villages also while killing all sorts of creatures with magic spells or a sword and shield. One of my favorite play-throughs was when I was a Dark Elf. I found this cool armor that made me invisible and a dagger where it drained all the enemy health in 1 hit. It was funny just walking up to to this big minotaur and killing it with a tiny dagger in 1 hit.