MOTM is here again! And this month a member from SD steps up to take the award. We all know of him, so please give a warm welcome to lostro, lostrozza, lostrozzacava, the Italian guy....

Yeebaagooon: Sooooooooo, what's been your favourite part of SD recently?
lostrozzacavalli: well I like most of the parts of SD but while at start I was mostly interested in scenarios, I now like mostly RM and trigger scripting. If you ask me the reasons then I must admit that I don't like the interface of triggers as they are in editor. it is terribly complicated to get rid of a bug at the first effect in a trigger with like 100 effects while in RM scripting you just take the piece and change it.

Yeebaagooon: But in RM would that not just be code hidden away?
lostrozzacavalli: Yes but I perfectly know where it is and in RM scripting for online maps you never need to duplicate the effects for every player, you just use loops, so you don't have a really huge text. I also prepared an image with a piece of text from my latest RM.

Yeebaagooon: So how difficult is it to learn RMS?
lostrozzacavalli: It is actually hard but if you know trigger scripting you can basically skip trigger part because it is the same; then you need to study a bit the functions but I would like to say to everybody who wants to learn it that it is very satisfying because with some random areas and decorations objects here and there the maps already look cool, no need of amazing 100 meters high buildings and such. You don't even need a complete knowledge of the commands; I myself don't exactly know what every command does but I don't feel I would need to (you must know some important things, anyway).

Yeebaagooon: How long did your latest RM 'Escape your mates' take you?
lostrozzacavalli: Not much, I think about 3 weeks (and on the meantime I worked on the keyboard one too, which took 2 days).

Yeebaagooon: Interesting, so do you think RMS are the future of ESO?
lostrozzacavalli:
Well there are types of map which can't be done with a lot of success as RM, like RPGs, mostly because you can't work as well as in the editor on placing objects and eyecandies, but for some random types of games (such as escape) I think RM is the best choice because it let you choose the number of player you like and also game modes, and the map is random so you never get boring playing it a lot of times.

Yeebaagooon: So are you planning any scenarios in the future?
lostrozzacavalli: I don't think you will see me designing any multiplayer scenario in the future because as I said I found RM scripting a lot more powerful, though I recently tried some extremely cool effects which involve teleport and I'm now going on designing an RPG for single player. Don't wait for it soon though, RMs have always the highest priority!

Yeebaagooon: Cool . So any sneaky RMS projects going on?
lostrozzacavalli: Yes, me and nottud (which I would like to thank for all his help on entering me on RM scripting) are now projecting a "final escape" which will be the union of my 2 escapes with some of his ones. It will count an amazing number of random events, themes, and more.

Yeebaagooon: Nice. So what's it like in Italy?
lostrozzacavalli: Well I think Italy is a good place to live in because there is a good climate, never too hot nor too cold, and we have a good food like pizza and pasta. I also have a question to you if you eat pasta sometimes: how much time do you cook it?



Yeebaagooon: Depends what it is. What's your daily life like?
lostrozzacavalli: my day can be very different but usually I wake up at 7, I go to school at 8 and I come back home at 1, 6 days a week. After lunch I do my homework which is usually 1-2 hours and then I switch on my computer. After dinner I usually go out with my dog, Zeus, and I go to bed, where I read half an hour before sleep. I also swim 2 times a week and on Saturday I go to the cinema or out with my friends.

Yeebaagooon: Your dog is called Zeus :P? And school 6 days a week ... what?
lostrozzacavalli: Yes my dog is called Zeus and this is not random as you might have thought. And yes, here in Italy we all have school 6 days a week at high school, although from 8 to 1 PM, so we have every afternoon free (except from homeworks)

Yeebaagooon: Ouch. So what's your plan for the future?
lostrozzacavalli: It's really hard to think to the future at my age...

Yeebaagooon: Fair enough, but no idea what would be an interesting job?
lostrozzacavalli: I'm really divided at this point because I'm studying in a classical school where we study mostly Latin and Ancient Greek and so I'd like a job connected to this, but also as a hobby I like to play around computers so I really don't know. Don't misunderstand me though, I like my school and I'm not forced to it or so.

Yeebaagooon: Maybe you could develop the next AOM ;p?
lostrozzacavalli: It'd be a dream but I wouldn't be as clever as ES developers and AoM is unique, anyway (maybe asking nottud...)

Yeebaagooon: Any last words for us?
lostrozzacavalli: Yes, I know I should cut my hair a bit (see the photo) and don't give me chocolate cakes with cream for my birthday because I'm allergic to milk, walnuts and wazelnuts

Yeebaagooon: Whoops. Thanks for taking part.
lostrozzacavalli: