Valentine's Day with the EQII Developers! [Archive]

Gnobrin

02-14-2008, 10:23 PM

It's the time of year for love, when amour springs anew and rans rampant like a hungry yak through the EQII Development offices. We posed some questions to the developers, and look what we caught!Jeff Jonas- Sr. ArtistWhat's your favorite Valentine's Day Candy? Message hearts Have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever broken any hearts? Yes, Yes Have any of your characters ever been married in game or have you ever attended an ingame wedding? No Who's your real life sweetheart? My late wife, and my Cyber gals What's the best Valentine's Day gift you ever received? (Or possibly... what was the worst?) Best gift, some cologne I still wear What's your favorite Love Story? My own. When was your first kiss? When I was in third grade...lol What's the best break-up song? Misfits - Die, Die, My Darling Chocolates or Flowers? Flowers -----------------------------------------------------"Kander"What's your favorite Valentine's Day Candy?M&M's, those are my favorite anytime!If you could create your own Candy Heart Message, what would it say?Be mine or else!Have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever broken any hearts?Hasn't everyone? Yup and yup!Have any of your characters ever been married in game or have you ever attended an ingame wedding?Yup, I had a character married in-game back in the ole EQ days, before I was even at SOE! Boy...that was a long time ago!Who's your real life sweetheart?Naylie!What's the best Valentine's Day gift you ever received? (Or possibly... what was the worst?)The lord of the rings 50th Anniversary leather bound edition! Yes I am a nerd!What's your favorite Love Story? No idea...I don't read a lot of love stories!When was your first kiss?Oh man, I plead the 5th...What's the best break-up song?Hah...Shortest Straw by Metallica? lolChocolates or Flowers?Chocolate, definitely!-----------------------------------------------------Williamson, Ed - Sr.ArtistWhat's your favorite Valentine's Day Candy? Russell Stover Pecan Delights (sugar free)If you could create your own Candy Heart Message, what would it say? ForeverHave you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever broken any hearts? Yes and YesHave any of your characters ever been married in game or have you ever attended an ingame wedding? NoWho's your real life sweetheart? Sylvia (wife/college sweetheart)What's the best Valentine's Day gift you ever received? (Or possibly... what was the worst?) Best: I better keep that one a secret J... Worst: Nada (during my lonely bachelor days)What's your favorite Love Story? Titanic (starving artist gets the adventurous lady)When was your first kiss? Jr. HighWhat's the best break-up song? Garth Brooks - The DanceChocolates or Flowers? Chocolates (sugar free)-----------------------------------------------------Brett Scheinert - QA TesterWhat's your favorite Valentine's Day Candy?ChocolateHave you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever broken any hearts?No and not that's been admitted to me.Have any of your characters ever been married in game or have you ever attended an ingame wedding?I have notWho's your real life sweetheart?Your mom. (hehehe, sorry. I don't have one)What's the best Valentine's Day gift you ever received? (Or possibly... what was the worst?)I started a 3 ½ year relationship on Valentine's Day when I showed up with chocolates and a card as a surprise. I guess that counts as a gift? =PWhat's your favorite Love Story? Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindWhen was your first kiss?8th grade...at the premiere of one of the Star Wars remasters...yeah, I was that cool.What's the best break-up song?Slow Dancing in a Burning Room - John MayerChocolates or Flowers?Chocolate.-----------------------------------------------------Dok Whitson - Sr. ArtistWhat's your favorite Valentine's Day Candy?A Chocolate Bruce Ferguson. Yes, the Chocolate Antonia Bayle was appealing, but you don't get as much.If you could create your own Candy Heart Message, what would it say?Better be, " jk Mr. F. "Have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever broken any hearts?Once by a nag I bet on in the fourth. "Mount Dragon" was her name. Didn't even place. There went my Valentine's Day gift money, just like that. The only hearts I break are those expecting Valentine's Day gifts when the fix is in.Have any of your characters ever been married in game or have you ever attended an ingame wedding?So many times I have a special rice-kernel particle system all my own. Rich Sjoberg and Tom Moon whipped it up for me to use in the game. I had it spraying out bird seed but all the birds were gathering around and well...It got messy.Who's your real life sweetheart?Did I mention my Chocolate Bruce Ferguson? I did? Then I'll go with... the woman with the most active EQII accounts... or my wife.What's the best Valentine's Day gift you ever received? (Or possibly... what was the worst?)The best was a colored paper cut out heart from my son when he was but wee. The worst was all that barf he donated to my game t-shirt shoulders.What's your favorite Love Story? "The Bride of Frankenstein" C'mon, they were made for each other!When was your first kiss?Where do I camp? No. I think I first saw them in '74 up in Detroit at this ugly club with this really mean vibe. Gene was out like a light and somebody had to wear his face paint and get up on that stage. But that's a different story.What's the best break-up song?The one that costs the least amount of money I guess.Chocolates or Flowers?Did I mention...-----------------------------------------------------"Jossin"What's your favorite Valentine's Day Candy?Well I like Sees <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> but that is not valentine specific. Probably the little hearts with the printed text. (It is favorite because of the memories not the taste : ) ) (memories from elementary school and fun - not really from any events that are really valentines day related.) If you could create your own Candy Heart Message, what would it say?Can't say. sorry <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever broken any hearts?Yes and possibly yes. Have any of your characters ever been married in game or have you ever attended an ingame wedding?I have never been married in game but have attended weddings. Who's your real life sweetheart?I am married What's the best Valentine's Day gift you ever received? (Or possibly... what was the worst?)Don't really remember any valentines day gifts. Though some really bad memories of some of the days themselves. Valentines day is usually bad for me. What's your favorite Love Story? I used to have one but I guess I lost it somewhere along the way. When was your first kiss?1974 What's the best break-up song?<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r41U_T7pQjQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One more minute</a> with you by Weird AlChocolates or Flowers?Well chocolate is great if you are looking at wild action to follow (and that is not from experience) but flowers are probably better. Typically both and a balloon (the Mylar kind)-----------------------------------------------------"Kaitheel"- Assoc. Game DesignerWhat's your favorite Valentine's Day Candy?ChocolateIf you could create your own Candy Heart Message, what would it say?Eat me!Have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever broken any hearts?Yes, when I saw Episode I.Have any of your characters ever been married in game or have you ever attended an ingame wedding?Yes, attended.Who's your real life sweetheart?You know who you are!What's the best Valentine's Day gift you ever received? (Or possibly... what was the worst?)The most creative was a bear with a single word hand-stitched on its butt. "Stupid" What's your favorite Love Story? Bullets Over BroadwayWhen was your first kiss?Long, long ago.What's the best break-up song? "Lullaby (Divorce Song)" by Stephen LynchChocolates or Flowers?Chocolate!-----------------------------------------------------Doomcookie - DesignerWho's your real life sweetheart?My Lord of Emus Tom. What's your favorite Love Story?I am going to have to go with the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's a flawed but eternally hopeful love story. When was your first kiss?When I was four, I met a little boy around the same age at a campground. Apparently every time our parents turned, we were smooching, and they kept having to stop us. They still have a picture with the two of us in it hugging. No smooching in the picture though. What's the best break-up song?I have to say that "Paid in Full" by Sonata Arctica off the album Unia strikes me as something to wallow in in the wake of a break up. As for your more well known break-up songs, "All Outta Love". The name says it all. Chocolates or Flowers?Flowers. I love having fresh flowers around, and though I do enjoy my chocolate, receiving large quantities of it makes for a potential waistline distress.-----------------------------------------------------Cronyn the Drunken Dwarf- Associate Game DesignerWhat's your favorite Valentine's Day Candy?Beer flavored candy. Stout be best, although porter be good, too! Ale be too weak, but works inna pinch. Wine-flavored is fer sissies, like elves. If you could create your own Candy Heart Message, what would it say?Beer be proof that beer loves us.Have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever broken any hearts?I broke a full mug o' stout once... it was a terrible thing, and I was so distraught that I had ta get another stout to drown me sorrows.Have any of your characters ever been married in game or have you ever attended an ingame wedding?I canna say that I has. However, if she made a stout that could knock me to the floor... it'd be love at first taste!Who's your real life sweetheart?Beer.What's the best Valentine's Day gift you ever received? (Or possibly... what was the worst?)Beer (these answers be repetitive!).What's your favorite Love Story? There be a lot of good drinkin' songs, and after a few pints they all begin ta sound like love songs!When was your first kiss?I dun remember. My first stout, though... I remember that like it be yesterday.What's the best break-up song?It never be good to break a stein of beer, so there be no good answer to this one!Chocolates or Flowers?I dun think either would make a good flavor of beer, but meh - to each be his own, I guess.-----------------------------------------------------Domino - Game DesignerWhat's your favorite Valentine's Day Candy?Wait ... is that a candy that can only be eaten on Valentine's Day and no other time? What a bizarre idea ... candy should be free and unrestricted by the day of the year!That said, the Rise of Kunark expansion was definitely brought to you by Trader Joe's dark chocolate covered macadamia nuts. If you could create your own Candy Heart Message, what would it say? That's a trick question -- it wouldn't say anything because it would have been eaten... Have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever broken any hearts? Definitely to the first, and I hope not to the second. On the whole I'm very fond of my ex's (or I wouldn't have dated them in the first place) and try to stay in touch on friendly terms!Have any of your characters ever been married in game or have you ever attended an ingame wedding? Yes to both. Who's your real life sweetheart? I'm currently madly head over heels in love with my new TomTom navigator. He's patient, loyal, always there for me, and has such a sexy Australian accent. If only he made a better pillow, he'd be the perfect man!What's the best Valentine's Day gift you ever received? (Or possibly... what was the worst?) A customized calendar (1994 I think) with the day February 14th omitted entirely. The worst was probably the time my boyfriend got food poisoning and spent the entire evening throwing up in the bathroom while the $150 tickets I'd bought for a show that night went to waste. Though there have been a lot of other disasters! What's your favorite Love Story? Halfling meets boy. Halfling pursues boy. Halfling and boy live happily ever after, with plenty of jumjum pie. When was your first kiss? About 4:30 in the afternoon, I think. What's the best break-up song? My current favorite is "Always On My Mind" by the Pet Shop Boys. Though, my ex played me "Canadian Rose" by Blues Traveller, which is nice too. Chocolates or Flowers? Nothing's worse than getting either from the wrong person.~Gnobrin!