Nick
Name: Gunpwder
Real Name: Don La
Background:
Being that Gunpwder lived in the Washington, DC area...
he participated in DC-Con 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. He won the
finals at DC2 for team and 1 on 1. Other than that, he
took 2nd place team finish at the PGL finals and a top 10
finish at Quakecon 2 (I think it's 2) in the 1 on 1
competition.
Question
1: Can you explain your 'current activity' in the
gaming community? What are the games you have enjoyed since
you stopped playing Quake 1? Have you entered any other
non-related Quake 1 events?
Answer: For
all intents and purposes, my "professional" gaming
career ended with the 1998 PGL team finals in San Francisco.
Since then, I've indulged in the excesses of Everquest, Diablo
2, and a little bit of Quake 3 (when it first came out).
As far as games I play now, I have little time between work
and planning a wedding... but I do find time to play a little
Counterstrike each day.
Question
2: In what way do you feel the Quake
community has changed since Quake III Arena came out last
year?
Answer: I'm
not familiar with the landscape of the Quake community at this
time, but I do believe that the original Quake 1 community
became fragmented when no one FPS game was able to cement
itself as the de facto standard for competitive gaming.
Question
3: Have you had a chance to check the Team
Arena Demo yet? If so, what do you enjoy the most about it?
Answer:
I have not taken the time to check it out.
Question
4: With id Software's new project being focused on
Doom, is there any features you would like this upcoming game
to include?
Answer:
Given that the only id Software game I've enjoyed
this year (or since August 1996) is Quake 1, I'd like to see a
return to the old Quake 1 netcode, weapons, and maps.
You can apply all the latest 3D technology to it and call it
Doom 2000 if you'd like ;)
Question
5: What gamer besides yourself do you feel comes to
mind as one of the most respected gamers? This would be
someone who you felt is respected not only
for his gaming skills (any game) but for his/her attitude.
Answer:
In the time I played competitively, there is no
question that Thresh garnered the most respect and attention
from fellow gamers... myself included. As for today's Q3
players, I'm not familiar enough with them to comment on it.
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