Lyons

L98: How did you get into mudding?

L: in college I picked up a copy of internet magazine...
L: I read an article in there about tdome 2...
L: I had no idea about online games...
L: so I checked it out.. and I was hooked...
L: this was early 94
L: or some JUNK

L98: What made you decide to stay on TDome?

L: the challenge...
L: I played 3 lame ass hunters when I started...
L: they were terrible...
L: I loved exploring and doing new things...
L: I was challenged...

L98: You currently lead the clan, Arena.
L98: Tell me about how you got into Arena, and your history with the clan.

L: well... I was leader of a clan that I will not name before I joined...
L: I used to group with Roc and Stonefist all the time...
L: before long... they were asking me to join...
L: at that time stonefist (djinn) was kinda in commmand..
L: were were only 5 or 6 ppls strong...
L: over the years our numbers built, and stonefist became the true leader...
L: about 3 or so years ago, djinn became a jacker....
L: when that happened... I was voted into leadership...
L: I have been here ever since...
Lyons flashes the  sign.

L98: Lyons is female. Why?

L: eheh... 
L: Well......
L: the char was originally going to be a junk char...
L: I wanted to have a char that I could throw into the fray and not care...
L: so.. I named the char after my bitchy ex girlfriend...
L: I got SOME gratification when ever this char died...
L: but.. again over the years... I kinda kept her.. and she is what she is.. :p
L: now.. I just like the name...
L: screw her.. :p

L98: Are you ever going to apply for the Jacker position?

L: no
L: I don't want to be a jacker... maybe an imm...
L: I know it is usually a stepping stone...
L: but... I don't want to become a jacker...

L98: What do you like the most about TDome?

L: the people mostly... the game itself is getting a little old...
L: new areas are not popping up as much as we all would like...
L: the people here are different then anywhere else...
L: the people who make it on this mud are usually the cream of the crop...
L: there is a "forced" hierarchy...
L: a kill or be killed mentality...
L: and besides... I love the taste of blood...
Lyons licks her mouth and smiles.

L98: What do you not like about TDome?

L: it's rate of change...
L: I understand the big wigs are getting tired of us sniveling mortals...
L: they get burnt out...'
L: understandable... but... then we need some lower level imms to step up and make changes...
L: and not settle for the same old thing...
L: it is quite apprent in the lack of quests and quest items...
L: the majority of the imms either don't have the time/levels/or inclination...
Lyons shrugs helplessly.
L: shit happens...

L98: If you could change anything about this game, what would it be?

L: hrm... few things...
L: 1) Not make Strahd an immortal.. :p
L: 2) make more areas...
L: more challenges...
L: 3) more quests... god run ones... for kick ass prizes...
L: other then that... I think the shop/cash problem has been solved.. 

L98: What is your favorite zone, and why?

L: fav or frequented?

L98: Favorite

L: hrm... Danger game...
L: it's prolly stock code... but...
L: that area has quite a few interesting twists to it...
L: or rock grotto when it was in play...
L: I like area that have kewl little things that make you think...
L: areas even...
L: alcatraz
L: machine
L: all cool...
L: I cannot say I have a REALLY top favorite...

L98: What has been your greatest accomplishment on TDome?

L: well.. probably when feeb got his heart...
L: or the time when feeb tanked grond for Lugnut's old char.. :p
L: now that was a log...
L: fight musta lasted 20 min...
L: mucks repoped a time or 2 on us in there.. :p

L98: What is the most important thing you've learned from TDome?

L: hrm.. I have learned quite a bit from tdome...
L: most important lesson is that real life stinks.. :p
L: I wanna be a slacker.. :p
L: uhm...
L: I don't know... it taught me how to find the challenges in most things...
L: adapt and overcome... :p

L98: What are some of the things you do IRL?

L: how did I know that this question was coming sooner or later??? :)
L: well...'
L: I am a computer consultant... (wish I were a slacker)
L: I am the CEO/President of my own web development company.. (again.. wish I were a slacker)
L: I am a working musican...
L: and I have no real life....
L: it's work work work work work work work work...
L: oh and mud...
L: :p

L98: Tell me about your band.

L: currently I am in a 3 piece acoustic act...
L: we play stuff like...
L: steely dan, the eagles, the doors...
L: mostly classic rock and some JUNK...
L: it's kinda kewl taking a song everybody knows and rework it...
L: when we play in the bars and clubs... we always play someone's favorite song...
L: it's different every time...

L98: If you were lost somewhere in Milwaukee, had no money and no food, you were starving
L98: but found a canteloupe with a small hole cut into it...would you eat it?

L: eheh not if morg has been there...
L: I would rather eat grass or bark... or dog turd...
L: not Morg's little love toy...

L98: You're the only normal person among the TDome players in Milwaukee.
L98: What made you decide to live there?

L: I am far from "normal"...
L: I am just not socio- or psychopathic like my neighbors...
Lyons twitches nervously.
Lyons twitches nervously.
L: I went to college out here...
L: I didn't want to go back home..
L: so.. I stayed...
L: I mudded 6 months straight... with no job...
L: after graduation...
L: I was broke.. tired... and hungry...
L: so I got a job...
L: I went from slacker to work-aholic...
L: I will move... soon...
L: dunno where...
L: I gave myself 10 years here...
L: I have been here for 9 atm...
L: 1 more year... I will pick up and move somewhere...
L: all I know is I am tired of this cold and snow bullshit...

L98: IRL, if you, and every other Milwaukee TDomer were thrown into a giant cage
L98: and forced to fight to the death, who would be the last person alive? Explain.

L: hrm...
L: the last 3 standing would probably be myself... alias... and merciless...
L: in no particular order...
L: as far as we 3...
L: dunno...
L: alias and I both have a major mean streak...
L: merc is pretty smart... he maybe able to outwit brawn with brain...
L: he does it here all the damn time..
L: I guess it would depend on who has the least to lose...
L: I cannot answer your question any clearer... I just wouldn't know.. :p

L98: Now, what if every Milwaukee TDomer's crew was thrown into the Technodome. Who would win?

L: crew eh?
L: hrm...
L: alias or merc prolly...
L: I would be the first to go...
L: I would be the most formidable if I were left alive...
L: so I would be hunted first...
L: all the BCC guys are pretty smart when it comes to pkillin...
L: they all have their own little tactics...
L: it would be a toss up between Alias and Merc... prolly Alias tho...

L98: This will be the last question.
L98: Where do you see yourself in the future?

L: eheh irl or tdome?

You shrug.

L: eheh
L: okay as far as tdome...
L: I don't know... maybe active... maybe not...
L: depends on what happens irl...
L: as far as irl...
L: I don't know...
L: rich....
L: powerful...
L: inline for world domination... :p
L: I have no clue...
L: I have enough trouble getting through 24 hours...
L: let's put it this way...
L: I never thought I would have lived to be as old as I am now...

L98: Thank you.

L: nods... say do I have a chance for a question?

L98: go ahead

L: if slacking were a paying job.... how much money would you have 

L98: maybe 200 thou

L: that's some good slacking...

L: keep up the good work...