HOTSEAT INTERROGATION Thread

[vern]

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To HS, here's my questions
1. If you could go back to any age, which age would it be and why?

2. Do you have a philosophy of life?

3. What’s your best piece of advice for everyone here?

4. How do you define a “good life” or a “successful life”?

5. What do you see as your place or purpose in life?

1. I had most fun as a teenager because everything was so new, rather than a certain age, I'd go back to a certain stage of life.

2. Everyone has a philosophy in life. It cannot be explained here. It would take too long.

3. Life goes on.

4. If I am content with where I am today and where I will be in the future, to me that is a good and successful life.

5. I do not bind myself to any particular purpose. What happens ... happens ... without purpose or explanation.

[vern]

para sa HS

kung taga-an ka'g chance, na maki'g colaborate nimo si bansky, para mag-buhat ug street art, asa mn nimo ganahan na place sa cebu e-buhat? and why?

I'd leave the art to Banksy. I haven't been back to Cebu in a while so I wouldn't know of any particular place. All that is required is a lot of dull concrete to cover.

[vern]

my questions for today

1. What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special?
2. Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you?
3. What one thing have you not done that you really want to do?
4. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?

1. Why must people limit themselves to a single happy memory? I have lots of them.

2. Worse in what way? Without knowing what you mean, it would be a shame that one loses touch with a good friend who lives nearby.

3. Join the Peace Corps? I don't know. I don't like dreaming about things that are within reach.

4. No matter what happens ... life goes on.

[vern]

pila imu age ka2 gi tuli ka?

A few months? A few days? I never asked.

[yiennahs]

thanks
5th question

If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?

[cliff_drew]

1. How many years you've been here in Cebu? there in Minnesota?
2. If you are to choose a place, Cebu or Minnesota or both? Why?
3. I believe you are a gamer. Do you learn things from games?
4. Do you think there is a need to create new "Internet"?

[vern]

thanks
5th question

If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?

No.

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[vern]

1. How many years you've been here in Cebu? there in Minnesota?
2. If you are to choose a place, Cebu or Minnesota or both? Why?
3. I believe you are a gamer. Do you learn things from games?
4. Do you think there is a need to create new "Internet"?

1. I lived in Cebu for ten years plus times I've visited. The rest I've lived in Minnesota, but I have spent time many places.
2. If you could have both, then why not both?
3. I believe I am one of the biggest gamers here. I was one of the first "founders" of the LAN party here. Now that I'm older, I tend to not play as many games ... but I still play games thoroughly. For example, I've been playing Just Cause 2 for a few months now just to get the extra long achievements. I have all Bad Company 2 medals ... which takes a few months if you are able to get it at all. I've finished most Call of Dutys on Veteran. I don't know anyone who has more Xbox Live gamerscore than me in this forum ... which frankly isn't even that much, but that is only because I never really play games anymore.

When I played World of Warcraft before the expansions came out, I belonged to the top guild ... and later when server transfers were allowed, another top guild. We were so hardcore that we were at one point sponsored and given gaming gear.

When I played Warcraft 3, I was ranked in Kalimdor in 1v1.

I have run gaming servers whether it be CoD4 or Counterstrike.

I have every console since the PS2 I believe except the Dreamcast in my possession. I don't game on the PC anymore except maybe for an occasional game of Civilization 5 and I don't feel the need to upgrade anymore, but I almost always had close to the best PC specs. My computer is two years old, but I still hardly see people with 12GB of RAM which I do have. I still don't see many people with dual 24" screens. I still don't see people with 30mbit connections to the internet. All of this was because I gamed.

So yes, I am a gamer ... a bigger gamer than most ... although I don't really talk about it anymore. I'm sure many older iSTORYAN's might remember my many gaming rants in the past when I used to participate in gaming discussions.

[cliff_drew]

1. Care to share your current desktop screenies?
2. What is you opinion about this news?

Gaming: 50 Years in the Future

3. Any other hobby aside from playing games?
4. Are you an open-source software advocate? Why?

[yiennahs]

can you show us a pic of your pc? i'm just intrigued, that is if you don't mind