Woot go NerVe.

Myll_Erik -Italian food or Chinese?


Viper -Anyone who answers Chinese to this is very odd!

I'm sure if you guys had a few question Viper wouldn't mind answering them.

Viper what's the meaning of life?

Oh, you finally got this up It looks bad when you post it now and I'm 100-200 points below my normal rating :P

Don't forget that this was put together pre-1.01, so while my suggestion for improving doppels stands, I think coyote runners are fine now.

And the meaning of life is...

The meaning of life is that 6 x 9 = 42. So there. Does that make me an expert now?

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Oh, you finally got this up It looks bad when you post it now and I'm 100-200 points below my normal rating :P

Wow your such a n00b

You can't have interviewed the right experts if I wasn't interviewed

I have a question:

Viper, you run the Cheatbusters team still, which ofc isn't ES bound, and those judged by Cheatbusters aren't always banned by ES.

Don't you ever fear that some of those you judge migth be innosent?
What about those ES does ban, wouldn't it be fair if someone would be their lawyer and look over the evidence as well?

(BTW, tnx for doing this interview, and tnx for busting cheaters)

Question: How far do you think AOE3 will go? Will we see a z pack, or Age4? Or will it just stop?

Viper, you run the Cheatbusters team still, which ofc isn't ES bound, and those judged by Cheatbusters aren't always banned by ES.

Don't you ever fear that some of those you judge migth be innosent?

What about those ES does ban, wouldn't it be fair if someone would be their lawyer and look over the evidence as well?

I trust the judgement of ES in banning someone. If they have been banned, then the evidence against them must be strong (often more than what just Cheatbusters has).

People we put on our list are allowed to appeal. We don't stick them on there and refuse altogether to consider any evidence that points in the opposite direction.

Question: How far do you think AOE3 will go? Will we see a z pack, or Age4? Or will it just stop?

I think the decline of the PC market will see ES possibly move in the direction of console gaming (if Halo Wars is a success). Their titles are selling less and less as time progresses. For sure there will be an AoE4, and/or an AoM2, but thereafter?

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Btw, just to confirm something else in this outdated interview :P

Viper - I'm 20 years old - although probably 21 by the time this interview is posted (birthday in a few days' time).

I am indeed 21 now.

Quoted from StR_VipeR:

For sure there will be an AoE4, and/or an AoM2

Interesting. What makes you so certain? Do you know something we don't, or do you just think it's very likely?

I kinda agree - the market for console games is much bigger than that for computer games. In my class about 50% of people must have a 360 whereas very few would play a game on the PC like this.

It's not just the more limited market that constrains PC developers, it's that the console platforms inferior graphics performance means developers don't have to spend as much of the development funding on graphics in order to remain current and competitive.

In the long run, the migration of most titles away from consoles, while being not so good for PC gamers, will be better for smaller PC developers, who will face less competition from the big publishers.

What bugs me, from the POV of a PC gaming enthusiast, is how the consoles position themselves as the 'less expensive' alternative to a PC system. That assertion is only true if you have no other use for a personal computer other than playing games or media. As our economy and society becomes more integrated with computer technology, however, the opposite will be more and more true. Computer hardware is getting comparatively cheaper, and it's far more important for people wishing to compete in the job market to have computer skills. What better way than to have and use one in their home?

So if you assume that having a computer is an investment in something more than just a gaming platform, how much of the cost of your computer is devoted to pure gaming? How does that compare with the cost of an xbox or PS3?

Anyway, sorry, threatjack over.

omg omg omg a celeberty!!

Hehe just whanted 2 know, how mutch you play a week?
(prob less than me:P)

lol I'm no celebrity. Just another AoE player who is well known because of contributing a lot to the community.

I play about 5 hours a week usually.

You said you're going into international relations and being a correspondant... Does that correlate with, if at all, your love of AoE3 and RTS games?

Viper u said agesanc was top age website for all the stuff what about gamereplays its better for noobs like me :P

Viper is op. ClamMan is op (though he tries to mislead us by calling himself a noob). This thread rocks.