Drizzy_Dan

Quantum was already interviewed and it was pretty freaking fun. Although I always have a blast doing these. Check here if you want to skim through all of them: http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/8505-interviews-with-stars-of-the-community-index/

I had been planning this interview for about 3 weeks now and keeping it hidden from Tyrael no matter how much he asked about becoming the next interviewee or who would be next . This was something I think a lot of people were looking forward to and I find this to be really informative. It lets you know his perspective of the site and what he likes and what you can do to contribute. Enjoy: DD: "What can you tell us about your name change history? When I joined you were Shagyhomeboyz still so start from there." AT: "Well i got pretty tired of using "shaggyHOMEBOYZ" (random name from xbox live and family came up with haha.), so i thought about it for a while and changed it to "Kill the King", after my favorite song from MegaDeth people like it of course but I felt it needed changing again. I decided to use this name because, he is my favorite character from diablo trilogy and I will never change it from this for sure. I want to change my XBL GT, but I feel it's a waste of 800 Microsoft points. DD: "I like your name the way it is now, you shouldn't change it. You're our other half of our beloved News Group besides adamj and you provide us with an excellent daily wrap-up on gaming news that I feel goes overlooked a lot. What is your source for those daily and weekly wrap-ups?" AT: "Well I am currently using http://www.g4tv.com/. They are a great place to search for news. They go more in depth than most gaming news websites, sometimes I also use http://www.computera...m/homepage.php?. Also, yes sometimes I feel they get over looked myself. All I want though is people to enjoy them and they do, to me that is all that matters." DD: "I appreciate a lot of the news you bring because it's not just Halo related, it's got a lot for all gamers on the forum. So you created the Top 15 list with ShadowMagnum and Luke. Can you tell people who do not know what this list is what it is and how it is possible to get your name onto it? I see a lot of confusion when it is mentioned." AT: "The list is comprised of several categories you must fall into. Dedication, A nice guy/girl, helping members without getting something in return, playing with fellow members of the community, being active in the shoutbox and forums(no spamming)!!! I hope people understand the list we are making is not bias, and it is currently a work in progress at the moment. The other people working on it with me haven't really been suggesting names recently. So i will contact the moderators about re-evaluating the top 15 list into something better. I am sure we will have a top 15 at the end of this month for sure, no worries. I hope that helped." DD: "Great and I look forward to it! Now with Luke being back on the site, do you think you will be collaborating with him on making the list since this group you're working with is being a bit quiet?" AT: "Yes, I been meaning to ask him about it. He is one of the original creators of the list anyways. It would be nice having him back on here. Although he needs to get accustomed to the new people on the site first. Also, I been thinking of resigning from it and letting other people take on the responsibility for it since people are so eager to have something to do and what better way.. then make them in charge of an award. Firstly, I must talk to the mods about certain things of it before I make any drastic decision." DD: "Right that'd be best, I agree with you there. Is there anything you would rather do on the site than what you do now with all your contributions whether it be news related or not?" AT: "I am always willing to help where I can. Even if i wasn't news group or etc on this site. News is what I enjoy. This forum is my second home and I like to take care of it best I can with my fellow staff/mods and ordinary members. Nothing much more to say on this question." DD: "Well said, Tyrael. Do you aspire to become something higher, like a Moderator?" AT: "We all have a need to become something higher than what we are, no one on this forum can deny that they would like to be one, even me. I would like to yes. It is up to the moderators and Twam to make that decision on any member to become one and that is something that is very rare and people shouldn't expect it to be handed to them. All I have to really say on it is, I work hard, dedicated and try to do my best for this site and if the moderators and Twam see me fit to be there then I am happy with it and if they decide not to I am happy as well. I want everyone to know our moderators are having a hard time and we should respect them and give them compliments and not make their days horrible. They have to manage, control and watch over this site daily. So please be appreciative towards them." DD: "And that is something that everyone should really take in. Moderators have a tough job, it's not just banning people and joking with members. It's much tougher than that and they don't get many days off if any at all. So is there anything you feel is missing from Staff? Like a new department you'd like to see that you think deserves to have it's own Staff position or anything?" AT: "Well I don't think a new "staff department" but.. the Mods and myself are working on an idea our fellow members "Bullet Storm aka Mr. Bullet and "ZB-85" have came up with. We have been paying attention to you guys, especially me when it comes to ideas and I had pushed through I can't go into details but people will like it and it will be a rare ranking like Legendary Membersbut given out when Mods deem the person fit." DD: "Alright this sounds really interesting! This is another hint, as John said in the previous interview, that there are big things to look forward to on the forum in the future ! With June coming to a close and the Director's reign as Member of the Month ending, whom do you feel is fit to don the pink name for July?" AT: "There are quite a few people who i think should be MoM. My honest opinion would be Undead. He does playdates, tournaments, well liked in the shoutbox and a generally nice person to talk to and play with and he can help wherever he can. So this is the person I think will be MoM of July. We will have to wait and see though. ;)" DD: "I like Undead a lot I think he's a great member and his monthly tournaments bring constant excitement to our community. But yes as far as I know it's a mystery and we'll all just have to wat and see. Shouts to the Director for being a great MoM and Forum President. Now with DragonMonday's USF Elections and our Top 15 lists and the MAMs, what's your opinion of the site's progression towards becoming a popularity contest, as Twinreaper had mentioned a couple of weeks ago? Do you think some of these are necessary, unecessary, or just fun that doesn't hurt the community in any way?" AT: "I really don't like popularity contests. It can hurt people's self esteem on the site because this person likes this person more and etc. The Top 15 isn't really about "popularity". MAM and the USF Election are. Think of the top 15 as a step below MoM just without the pink name and there are 15 of you . I don't think there should be all this popularity stuff going around though and iIdon't think the forums is such a place for it. Most people join forums for social interactions to find a place from real life to feel accepted, a new home if you will. Popularity contests either remind them of high school, college or any other place where popularity is "the thing" and I honestly don't think these popularity contests have any unbias to them either. Also, there is many other ways to have fun besides making these contests with no reasoning behind them, bias can hurt people emotionally and you guys don't even know it. It should stay off the forums but I don't mind if they turn into what I said there, but why have it if we have the top 15? Be kind, fair, think of how others feel and take care of your fellow members equally, they are your 2nd family." DD: "I think all of that is very important to keep in mind: that some of these things may seem harmless to some but could be hurtful to others. So far I haven't seen any problems or negative actions made against those two but that is something that all the readers should remember. To conclude this then, Tyrael, can you please give the readers your advice on becoming a contributing member and maybe making the Top 15?" AT: "As i said before, The list is comprised of several categories you must fall into. Dedication, A nice guy/girl, helping members without getting something in return, playing with fellow members of the community, being active in the shoutbox and forums(no spamming)!!! I would like members to always be this way towards each other and not just to get into the top 15." This is what I really like about my interviews, when you really get to know someone's opinions on things and sort of see what they're about through reading their answers. Tyrael is a great member of our community forum's News Group. Thank you Tyrael for allowing me to do this with you and for being patient with me because I know I tend to run late . Again, thank you 343i.org because I love you. Don't miss next week's interview.

I like this part. Very well written Roun. I don't ever do this but: Requesting thread lock por favor. This has been solved and I fear a new conflict will arise if it isn't locked.

He's lying, the subject would be True Reclamation >/[[email protected]] which is the same email that it's sent from. Also he said "Go nuts ;)" thinking we'd believe him and rave over this email that only he got.

It's impossible because we witnessed both of them die in Halo: Reach

A league like MLG for the forum??? This is brilliant!! Everyone gets assigned to teams of 4 with team names and all that just like MLG, that' be great!

She's my favorite Spartan besides John, itd be nothing short of amazing if she was in the game

I think Killer was talking about Abject Testament, Fal.... Awkward...

Tu = you in Spanish

I love all the members, old and new. Everyone brings something to the forum when they join because everyone on here is so diverse. The ones that don't bring anything good, we kick em to the curb. It keeps this place awesome. Sorry to the people who get out of hand and get banned but it's a better place without them . So many members are constantly active and stand out it's great, it's not like there's a few elite members that everyone knows or like just Staff that everyone knows. There are plenty of members who are on often that everyone knows and I love it.

And the mongoose. The UNSC Buffalo however will probably never be in a Halo game buy I'd love to see it in an animated film like Halo Legends of they make more

28,470 is mine

This is a promise Anarchy. You will be interviewed.

This was an interview that I originally thought I had been blown off on but it turned out John was just busy and read it late and by that time I had already had another interviewee lined up so I promised him I would make it up to him this week. It really was a fantastic interview and I had so much fun that we went above 10 questions but I'm only posting 10 for your guys' sakes haha. Here is, John-117: DD: "Why is your member title: 'A.I.'?" 117: "You see Drizzy, my title is 'A.I.' because an A.I. is artificial intelligence that has the power to find things that humans cannot see. When I got near my later days of News Group, I asked for that title because I think and act like an A.I. I am able to find news that other people could never find or know about no matter how hard they tried. Take Halo 4's Forge for example, they are planning to reveal that at RTX or Comic Con, they are trying to decide which venue would fit is best. I learned that info from going to places people wouldn't normally go for info. That's why my title is, 'A.I.'" DD: "I love it! I hope everyone gets a look at this interview because that right there is important news! So what was the cycle of your jobs in the Community Staff? Where did you start and what other positions have you gone through before you became our new Youtube Channel Co-Ordinator?" 117: "Well, I started as a basic user like everyone else (excluding Twam). I began my first two weeks on the site as just your everyday poster, that is when I decided I wanted to be more than that. I decided I wanted to be helpful to the site. I thought, it's not what the site can do for me but, what can I do for the site? That is when I decided to created a post under announcements to act as a HUB for all Halo info. I of course followed the procedure and reached 200 posts and became a Trusted Member. I then began talking to Twam. After many long personal messages back and forth to each other, he and I finally came to an agreement. That is when the News Group was created. I then held that job for about 3 months and the site continued to increase. That is when Fire, took a league of absence and we needed someone to take over his duties of Community Moderator. I (being the clever man that I am) teamed up with my good friend Vitamin PWN and created a viral campaign on the site for me to take over Fire's position. It was crazy! I know for a fact Twam got a little mad at it but, I can tell somewhere inside him, he was impressed with how I will stick to my dream until I achieve it. I then got promoted to a community moderator. I was also happy that Vitamin got to join me as one also! About two months later, the site had grown a lot! The thing was, we had too much staff, that is when Twam gave me an honorable discharge from the position and kept the two more active people while promoting Spectral Jester to Moderator. I then took my own league of absence from the site because of personal issues. I got to the point to where I lost everything. I lost my girl friend, my job, my house, everything! I then took a small life journey and found out how to live my life the good right way, through Jesus Christ. Anyways, I make my return and everyone still accepts me with open arms. That is when I realize this is more than just a site, it is my home. Everyone on the site is family, no matter if we get along or not. Back to the story, I then saw that we had a position for YouTube open and I decided what the heck, I should at least try! Turns out, Spectral and Twam being my two awesome friends, we're waiting to see if I was going apply. After seeing that I did, they knew I was good at what I do and promoted me to the position. That is how I got to where I am now." DD: "Original News Group member, Community Mod, and now our Youtube Co-Ordinator. You have a long history with Staff here and I feel like as long as there's a position open, there's a good chance you'll get it John. That was an interesting forum life story there, I read it all the way through. All the people you mentioned are fantastic members and great at what they do, Vitamin, Fire, Spectral, Twam (of course). When you were demoted from the Community Moderator position, were you surprised?" 117: "Yes, I was surprised but I was more disappointed than anything else. That is due to the fact that I realized I wasn't putting enough time into the site. It made me very angry also, that was a reason why I went off the radar for a while. Absolute Dog, being one of my best friends and my mentor, decided to talk to me a month after I left and just helped me with how I felt about it and everything else. Absolute is by far one of the wisest men I have ever met. He has plans, he will go very far in life! Anyway, he then persuaded me to come back. I agreed to it and started back up, I was still not as active and I know I could be more active now but I have a family to take care of now! I am very thankful that everyone welcomed me back with open arms, it means the world to me!" DD: "It was a surprise to us as well to see your name in normal Dedicated Member silver. I have to agree with you and I'm sure everyone else will too when you say AD is an amazing person. Not just member but person. So how many submissions have we had so far to the Youtube Channel and how many have made the cut?" 117: "So far I have had tons of videos sent in! Right now we currently have one up and it is our featured video! I am trying to take the time and look over every single one in detail to see if the followers on the channel would actually like the videos or not. Most people think that it is easy but, the process is actually very difficult. You have to narrow down the videos, check for anything that could possibly be added to it, get info for it, and then publish it! Not as easy as it looks if you ask me." DD: "I didn't know that, that does sound like a harder process than I originally thought. So you're working towards becoming a more active member now correct? How do you balance the time with your family and other real life needs with time on the forums?" 117: "I just try to be on the site whenever I can. Whether it be a the crack of dawn or in the middle of the day, I am always on, whether it says I am or not. I make time with the family by spending dinner with them, going to church with them, doing fun weekend activities with them, stuff like that." DD: "That's awesome John, truly. Which position were you most satisfied with on the site, if there was one (News, Mod, Comms, Member)?" 117: "Most people would say Community Moderator but I have to go with News Group. I love it there and would love to go back to that! It just gives me a certain feeling that none of the other positions give me!" DD: "I know you were able to play Halo 4 earlier this year and others may not know that. Could you tell the readers why you were able to do this?" 117: "Well you see my dad used for Microsoft, he was friends with many people there so I got lucky and we were able to contact one of his old friends and I was able to get my hands on a Halo 4. I was allowed to play one game of infinity's later on the map that is now known as Haven. The game looks a lot different since when I've played it most likely because they have been in update the build. I am very proud and pleased on how far Microsoft has come with Halo 4 so far from when I last played it." DD: "That is sick. I'm sorry if this leads to the flooding of your PM inbox John, but I thought it was an interesting thing for the readers to know. With all the positions you've held and how long you've been here, do you ever feel undercredited? Or are you just grateful to be apart of this community?" 117: "I don't feel undercreditied. I am just thankful to be apart of making the site what it is today and contributing to the future of the site. As you know, we have a couple of surprises for the site coming in the future! :)" DD: "That's right, there's much to look forward to in the future . What are your views on how the site's going at this point in time? If you read last week's you'd know that Twin believes it's going south, but how about you?" 117: "I actually think we are going 'North' so to say. HALO 4 IS COMING OUT PEOPLE! I have noticed an increase in activity and size due to that! I remember 6 months ago it was hard to have 130 member on, now our regular activity is from 436- 800, it's crazy that someone would say we're going South!" DD: "Well that was in terms of quality of members and activity, I saw Twin's points and in a way I agreed but not fully. He was right about the complaining needing to stop and us needing to be a better community and not a popularity contest and learning to accept everyone's opinions even if it is against Halo 4. What are your words of advice to the members of the site John?" 117: "My words of advice to the members would have to be, it's not what can the site do for you but, what can you do for the site. Always remember that." Thank you John for being so damn interesting I hope we can become better friends. And I know this was long readers but I hope you read through it because it's great! Thank you community for being awesome and supporting these. See ya next Tuesday!

Well done Brute. I've liked you since the day you rejoined the site coming from Waypoint. Your title suits you! Keep on postin Brute!

This is long overdue. A Halo Wars playdate . I'd love to join this, the only problem is that I'm really busy Thursday - Saturday. Can I PM you and maybe we can make this work next week?

The UNSC BURR and the Covenant Corvette Lemon

WOW. Just wow. This is a fantastic idea! Great job Nova and good luck moderators!

You know what? I can't believe no one's brought this topic up before! If you tilt your head a little and squint really hard, this game is EXACTLY like COD! WHAT IS 343 DOING?? Thank you for bringing this to our attention konnonwest.

That symbol is the Didact's but it's filled in to resemble the new AI's symbol. His symbol has not change I don't think