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Strategist's Hideout   Table of Contents   A Change for the Better?

Q: To start, what exactly brought you to TTA?

A: Well that's actually a lo~ng story. It all began when my "previous life" began to "crash". I spent most of my time outside horse-riding every day in the past but one day that suddenly changed. That's when I started to spend more time at home. I got bored every now and then and started playing FF7 again and had a problem with it so I used the Internet to find a solution for the problem. Searching for help I found that German gamer forum where I spent around 15 minutes once or twice a week, later on I visited that forum every day for a little more then 15 minutes. There I met Cife, Xero, RinoaLovesSquall, Dan and Zero. One day Cife and I come up with the idea to play TT against each other. He was often like "I'm the best at TT" and I was like "Oh yeah su~re". We were horsing around a bit and one day he found that link to TTA and posted it on that forum.That's how I came here

Q: How long have you been kicking around here?

A: I think around it's 3 years in June this year. If I remember right the first time I logged in with my account was on the 27th of June 2004. I remember when I started I was probably the worst newbie TTA has ever seen. I think I had my first win after around...50 losses or something like that. It was funny, those times. Sometimes I wish it could be like that again; just for one day.^^

Q: Would that be your fondest moment at TTA? If not what would you say it is?

A: No, my fondest moment at TTA would be... well actually there are two. One of these fondest moments was when Shuriken made me Sub-Leader of TF. Seeing that there's someone believing in me like that and trusting me in that way made me very happy. It was a great feeling I'll never forget that day. The other very special thing for me was when I pulled that Rinoa card in a platinum pack around 2 years ago. Almost everyone I knew around that time said that I would never get that card in a pack. No one but me really believed in it and then one day I bought a pack, the page needed ages to load and then I saw a girl with black hair, brown eyes and 2 A's on it.^^

Q: Nice one! Speaking of cards, what is your favorite ruleset to use?

A: That depends on my mood.^^ I usually play lvl 1-10, S,P,SW,PW with Open. Whenever I get bored of that I switch to Closed, Lvl1-10 and S,P,SW,PW,R. It's a bit like playing lottery, pretty funny. Last but not least I sometimes play Lvl1-4, S,P,PW with Open.

Q: How would you say your graphic skills are, and what do you like to make?

A: My graphic skills? They are far from being good if you ask me. I actually make everything. Avatars, sigs, banners, my own wallpapers and desktop pictures and whatever else I feel like doing. The only thing I didn't get into that much yet are cards. I still need to learn a lot about making cards and graphics in general. I'm still a poor graphics noob.

Q: So, it's pretty obvious where you get your username from, would you say FF8 is your favorite game?

A: Haha yes. I love the game so much because of the storyline. That whole witch thing is something I've always been interested in, and since I played FF8 that interested has grown quite a bit. It might sound silly but ... that game has changed my way of thinking a bit. And I also like all the characters, how each of them is connected through their childhood and I really love the love story between Rinoa and Squall. It's so cute. And hey ... last but not least without FF8 there wouldn't have been Triple Triad and probably no TTA. So how can you not like it?

Q: Good point. Speaking of TTA, there is a small section called "TTA Quest" ever play it? If so, what are your basic stats? (Guest question asked by Hells_angel)

A: Well yeah I played TTA Quest once for around 2 weeks or so. But I got bored of it pretty quickly. I'm not patient enough for things like that. Running around towns and villages and deserts doing special tasks, that's really a cool idea. I neither hate nor dislike the Quest in any form. But I guess it's just not my thing.^^ So, I can't really remember any stats, sorry.

Q: Talking about real life for a moment, what do you do? School, work, or both?

A: I wish I could finally start working or studying but at this time I'm still a student who's going to a school comparable with college. So it's not always easy and I really need to spend most of my time preparing stuff for school which sucks. It's not like I hate school all that much because my school is actually pretty cool. But it takes way too much time and it also keeps me here in this town and to be honest I'd rather be able to finally move out, leave the past behind me and start over completely new.

Q: What would you say is your favorite song at the moment?

A: Man...I don't really know I have so many favorite songs; it's hard to make a decision. But....I'm currently listening to Placebo - Because I Want You and that song has a cool rhythm and well, Brian Molko's voice is the greatest voice I've heard in my life yet so take that song as an answer.^^

Q: Finally, what do you think TTA holds in the future for you?

A: That's a pretty good question. I haven't really thought of that to be honest. Well... I don't believe that I'll ever be able to win any big tournament though I'm still hoping for a chance to get SE Rinny somehow.^^ But I know there is loads of brilliant players around, so I know I'll never get that card and I probably won't be lucky in tourneys either. So, I don't know we'll see what happens. But since TF is the main reason I'm still here I'll try to focus on it a bit more in future. :]

Random Opinions

(Xero) Rinny is one of my best friends. She’s always there if you need her and a very, very helpful person. You’re missing something if you don't know her <3
(Xero) iiiiieek, Rinny <3

(Shuriken) She's a nice girl, full of life and great to talk to, regardless of the topic. It's always a pleasure and a privilege to receive her help and support with Triforce.

(angel) Rinoa? She’s absolutely lovely...just doesn't come into chat enough =(
(angel) though maybe its just me being here too much =p

(Sage) Well, she's really awesome with photoshop and has always been nice to me. One of the better people a part of the site I think.