DevilDog#1 Interview!

[Lakie]

o WHAT IS YOUR NAME/NICKNAME?
DevilDog#1

o HOW DI YOU COME ABOUT TO GET THAT NICK?
Playing DF1 I kept dogging people like a devil ... hence DevilDog 1 from DF1

o THAT SOUNDS LIKE DD1 LOL, WHAT COUNTRY DO YOU LIVE IN?
US of A

o IF THE US, WHICH STATE?
Midwestern

o HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING GAMES?
About 20 years now, in different shapes and forms, from original Pong to XBox 360

o WHAT WAS YOU FIRST GAME YOU THINK YOU PLAYED?
Pong

o HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN NOVAHQ?
Well before it was NHQ

o HOW DID YOU FIRST COME ACROSS NOVAHQ/DFHQ?
Ah ok ... actually P told me about DFHQ while i was playing on his squad forum.
I saw an opportunity to make things happen for a fun squad and community ...

o LOL FAIR ENOUGH, DO YOU REMEMBER THE DF-HQ.COM DAYS?
Yep. There were very few posters but they were posting quality items, mainly from P's and SB's squads mainly

o COOL, SO IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME YOUR FIRST DF GAME WAS DF1?
Yep. But Comanche was my first NL game

o INTERESTING, DO YOU THINK YOU'D WOULD HAVE GOT INVOLVED IN DF HAD YOU NOT HAD COMANCHE?
Probably.

o DID YOU HAVE ANY SQUADS ALONG THE WAY IN YOUR DELTA FORCE CAREER?
Been a loner since beginning. Though Zzzz did try to recruit me for his squad. I ended up playing matches as a merc.

o SNIPER?
Yep through and through.

o WHAT WAS THE BEST NL GAME FOR SNIPING? AND WHAT'S YOUR LONGEST SHOT?
Longest kill shot that is LW was the best one for sniping. 2k I mean… with a Barrett, Target was taking the last flag.

o CURRENTLY PLAYING ANY GAMES?
Only mind games.

o LOL THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE DD I KNOW, YOU'RE NOT MESSING WITH ME NOW ARE YOU?
Who? Me? Neva!

o LOL K, MOVING ON THEN, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE FOR THE FUTURE OF NOVAHQ?
Ah ha! My Fav question! More quality content. I know the absence of NL game is the reason for most content but that shouldn't stop us in branching out and tapping other avenues, i.e. other games from various other platforms, Control on same repeated thread would also be nice, eg what color undies you wear? What color car you have? Etc.

o YOU ADVOCATING TO STICK WITH NL GAMES ONLY OR BRANCING OUT BEYOND NL?
Well, the lack of games from NL on PC is main reason for branching out. But while we are at it why not look into other games on other platforms ...

o WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE FOR THE FUTURE OF NOVALOGIC?
Bought by Battlefield 2 manufacturer (can't remember the name) so we can have best of both the worlds. Oh and fire the NL marketing department! If there's any left

o GAME WISE, DO YOU THINK NL SHOULD SHTICK WITH THE TREND OF "ARCADISH" GAMES OR GO BACK TO THE OLD SCHOOLD TYPE DF GAMES?
I think they should produce more LW like games instead of OFP like ones. Maybe use OFP engine and mechanics from LW?

o ON THAT, NL HAS BEEN TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT THEIR NEW GAMES. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS? IS THIS GOOD OR BAD?
That's a double edged sword. They have been quiet too long now. They need to come out and announce atleast what they are working on. I don't want the full blown Marketing spread but something like a statement we are still kicking and working on such and such game. Stay tuned.

o DOES NL STILL HAVE YOUR SUPPORT? ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL WILL YOU BUY THE NEXT NL GAME?
Lot has changed since the last game I bought. Priorities have changed considerable. However, having said that I'm willing to BETA test the game for them provided they listen to what I'm saying. After all that's what I do for living.

o HAS THE LIKES OF EA AND THE OTHER BIG COMPANIES MADE IT HARDER ON NOVALOGIC?
NL's approach of individual attention to customer Marketing has been unique in Gaming industry. With 20 years of gaming behind me I have still see a company which is on 1st name bases with its customers and their Marketing coordinators know you as friends.

o INTERESTING, BACK TO NHQ FOR A MOMENT, WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU REMEMBER ABOUT NOVAHQ THAT THE NEW MEMBERS WOULDN’T KNOW?
Sense of having fun as a community

o YOU DON'T THINK THE NEW MEMBERS ARE HAVING FUN?
They are just hanging around and killing time, that's my personal opinion. They are not learning anything from site, i.e. map building, signature contest, squad tornaments, etc.

o FOR STEVE BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW HE WANTS TO KNOW WHO YOUR FAVORITE ADMIN IS?
Oh boy! lol I plead 5th! lol

NO ONE WILL HOLD IT AGAINST YOU
Well, the truth is if I disliked even one of the admins/moderators/etc I'd have been gone long time ago. There's no point hanging around a place to which you can not be honest to ...

So, you'll rock!

Thanks for takeing the time dd

[DevilDog#1]

Me likey!

Thanks guys

[Stephen]

SO the truth really is out there. If only DD's picture was 2.

[Hellfighter]

good reading

[Matt]

good interview DD

[Scott]

nice one

[zza1pqx]

Battlefield 2 was designed by a swedish company called DICE after it was already bought out by EA. FYI

[SilentTrigger]

Good interview DD/Mike!

[Chrispy]

HAHA Wanted Poster FTW!

Nice interview DD.

Chris