<consp|OPBR> hey riley !
<rileyriley> hi >:|
<consp|OPBR> can you tell us a bit about yourself? who you are.. your age (
if you don't mind ), how long you've been playing uniball, past squads, etc?
<rileyriley> I'm 20 years old; I'm a computer science major (and math, heh)
at the University of Maryland
<rileyriley> I've been playing ub for like
<rileyriley> I dunno
<rileyriley> 3.5 years?
<rileyriley> maybe 4
<rileyriley> MM was my first squad ever, and probably my best squad ever too
<consp|OPBR> ah yes, LDD's ever-famous squad
<rileyriley> then I think my next one was n0s, new old school
<rileyriley> then I made one with Dios called KM, Kamikaze Mode
<rileyriley> that was the best squad name ever btw
<rileyriley> yeah so that lasted about 2 days
<consp|OPBR> haha
<consp|OPBR> lol !
<rileyriley> then BB I think
<rileyriley> there might have been one in between
<rileyriley> OH
<rileyriley> CG!
<consp|OPBR> ! everyone goes through CG it seems ;)
<rileyriley> ;o
<rileyriley> then BB
<rileyriley> then SWM
<rileyriley> i've been with SWM for the longest
<rileyriley> at least a year I think
<consp|OPBR> how's SWM? they aren't really a competitive squad, are they?
<rileyriley> we are TOO competetive
<rileyriley> we got kicked off the ladder for owning too much
<consp|OPBR> ;o
<rileyriley> we regularly play 2v3 and 3v4
<consp|OPBR> especially that Toker !
<rileyriley> we are quite competetive.
<rileyriley> I actually get a very large number of requests to join SWM
<rileyriley> many people ask to join
<rileyriley> I have to reject 4 or 5 people a week
<consp|OPBR> oh :(
<rileyriley> some people get very mad because they are not l33t enough
<rileyriley> but it is true
<rileyriley> they just aren't l33t enough
<consp|OPBR> does it please you to put people down? ;)
<rileyriley> no!
<consp|OPBR> :O
<rileyriley> it saddens me that they are so unl33t
<consp|OPBR> i see :(
<rileyriley> but what can I do
<consp|OPBR> not everyone can be like you, riley !
<rileyriley> I am only one man
<consp|OPBR> so, how long have you been gaming for?
<rileyriley> I have been gaming since 8th grade
<rileyriley> uhm
<rileyriley> 8 years ago
<consp|OPBR> what were your favorite games?
<consp|OPBR> any games you still play?
<rileyriley> my first game that I got really absorbed in was kings quest I
<rileyriley> "So you want to be a hero"
<consp|OPBR> haha ;x
<rileyriley> that game was hilarious and I felt really smart for getting all
the jokes
<rileyriley> after that...
<rileyriley> SMK for SNES
<rileyriley> probably the best game of all time
<consp|OPBR> SMK?
<rileyriley> then I sort of lapsed out of gaming for a long time
<rileyriley> super mario kart
<rileyriley mutters>
<consp|OPBR> oh !
<consp|OPBR> countless hours of fun ;x
<rileyriley> my parents play a lot more video games than I do actually
<consp|OPBR> what? really?
<consp|OPBR> :O
<rileyriley> so they kept the consoles rolling in and I would pick one up
for a couple hours a week maybe
<rileyriley> but I went a long time, maybe 4 years, w/o serious gaming
<consp|OPBR> wow
<rileyriley> yeah
<rileyriley> I think I have a date wrong
<rileyriley> I started gaming in 1st grade
<rileyriley> wth
<consp|OPBR> lol
<rileyriley> with super mario bros
<rileyriley> of course
<consp|OPBR> skills !
<rileyriley> first console, my mom's bday present
<rileyriley> I paid $1 of the price for it to be from me too ;)
<rileyriley> I started PROGRAMMING in 8th grade
<consp|OPBR> lol
<consp|OPBR> oh
<consp|OPBR> jeez
<consp|OPBR> :\
<consp|OPBR> what language?
<rileyriley> for the first 3 months, TRUE BASIC
<rileyriley> then after that it was like a deluge of new languages
<consp|OPBR> was it easy to understand for your age?
<rileyriley> and I devoured everything I could find
<rileyriley> yeah it was simple enough
<rileyriley> by 9th grade I knew enough to pass the advanced C++ course in
the first 2 weeks of class
<rileyriley> heh
<consp|OPBR> speaking of languages, how do you think the UFL is going to
fare?
<consp|OPBR> oh wow
<consp|OPBR> something i could never do :x
<rileyriley> I'm really optimistic about the UFL
<consp|OPBR> i hear you put a lot of free time aside
<rileyriley> yeah, I put a lot of work into it
<rileyriley> it's about 10,000 lines of code right now
<consp|OPBR> yikes
<consp|OPBR> you did all of it ? :O
<rileyriley> and it keeps getting bigger
<rileyriley> Line wrote about 150 lines I think
<rileyriley> ;o
<consp|OPBR> pssh
<consp|OPBR> slacker ;)
<rileyriley> yeah mb
<rileyriley> I am trying to get more prorgramming help right now actually
<consp|OPBR> are you involved in any other projects besides anything
UB-related?
<rileyriley> surreal is working on a project
<rileyriley> yeah I am
<consp|OPBR> oh, how ironic
<consp|OPBR> ;x
<rileyriley> well, I've been sort of letting an idea for my own game smolder
in my brain since before I started playing uniball
<rileyriley> it was originally inspired by the game HoverRace
<rileyriley> some people saw some prototypes of my game
<consp|OPBR> :O
<consp|OPBR> do you have a name for it?
<rileyriley> it's gone through a couple iterations of names
<rileyriley> for a long time it was SPF100
<rileyriley> then I found out it's not actually a factor but an addition
thing
<rileyriley> so that named sucked then
<consp|OPBR> haha
<rileyriley> it was nicknamed BallChat by some of the early users
<rileyriley> as all you could do was fly your ball around into other people
and chat
<consp|OPBR> oi
<rileyriley> right now I'm thinking of calling it "roll"
<rileyriley> or something with roll in it
<consp|OPBR> same idea, though?
<rileyriley> it's mostly based on the idea of simulating the physics of
rolling balls
<consp|OPBR> is it still in progress?
<consp|OPBR> or have you been putting it off for the UFL
<rileyriley> I started re-coding it last week actually ;o
<consp|OPBR> oh :D
<rileyriley> this time I hope to really finish it
<rileyriley> I have an interview for a job at microsoft in january
<rileyriley> I want to finish it by then
<consp|OPBR> will you pubilcally release it, or just send it to friends?
<rileyriley> assuming I finish it I plan to make it open source
<rileyriley> which means put all the source code on the internet, basically
<consp|OPBR> will it be multiplayer?
<rileyriley> if it's popular I can see myself paying for a server
<rileyriley> yeah
<rileyriley> AI is too hard :x
<consp|OPBR> haha
<consp|OPBR> multiplayer is funner, anyways
<consp|OPBR> :\
<consp|OPBR> back to uniball, how do you think the environment and/or
community has changed since say... 2 years ago?
<rileyriley> hmm
<rileyriley> I'm trying to remember when I became an admin
<rileyriley> I guess that was 2001
<consp|OPBR> when i joined !
<rileyriley> I dunno
<rileyriley> the community is the same
<consp|OPBR> really?
<rileyriley> yeah
<consp|OPBR> i thought it was a lot nicer back then
<consp|OPBR> more mature
<rileyriley> everyone says that
<rileyriley> it's a load of crap
<rileyriley> you were just less mature :p
<consp|OPBR> true :(
<consp|OPBR> what players/squads do you have the most respect for? why?
<rileyriley> it was just different people, is all
<rileyriley> I always liked Glide because I really liked their website
<consp|OPBR> yeah Glide was cool
<consp|OPBR> it was too bad they had to leave :(
<rileyriley> ;o
<rileyriley> I don't have particular respect for squads
<consp|OPBR> oh?
<rileyriley> I mean
<consp|OPBR> even squads like JP?
<rileyriley> MPT DD Phear BB etc are good at uniball
<consp|OPBR> of course ;x
<consp|OPBR> so cliche ;o
<rileyriley> I don't really care though :p
<consp|OPBR> yeah
<consp|OPBR> on the flip-side, who are your biggest in-game rivals?
<consp|OPBR> except me of course ;x
<rileyriley> I have no peers in uniball
<rileyriley> ;x
<rileyriley> no, seriously
<rileyriley> my best area is defense
<rileyriley> so I would say my rivals are offensive people
<rileyriley> you know, people who fart a lot and stuff
<consp|OPBR> lmao
<consp|OPBR> of course. like icup
<rileyriley> I have fun with icup
<rileyriley> I dunno, I don't think I take UB seriously enough to have
rivals
<rileyriley> icup is fun to defend against because it's really satisfying to
stop him
<rileyriley> a lot of people are just really easy
<consp|OPBR> defintely
<consp|OPBR> if you know what you're doing
<rileyriley> yeah
<consp|OPBR> alright, that concludes the main portion of our interview, but
i have two last questions to ask you ;)
<consp|OPBR> last questions*
<rileyriley> go
<rileyriley> 3 minutes
<consp|OPBR> a) Coke or Pepsi?
<rileyriley> both taste like malted battery acid
<consp|OPBR> :O your answer?!
<rileyriley> Dr. Pepper is so much superior to both...
<consp|OPBR> don't say Dr. Pepper
<consp|OPBR> omfg
<rileyriley> it's hard to make a judgement
<consp|OPBR> DP doesn't take like anything
<consp|OPBR> ;)
<rileyriley> really cold Coke with ice in it is better than pepsi
<rileyriley> but pepsi from the can is better
<consp|OPBR> agreed ;x
<consp|OPBR> ok, last question:
<consp|OPBR> when are we going to have that Team Consp vs SWM ( 4v3 ) game?
<consp|OPBR> ;)
<consp|OPBR> or 3v2
<rileyriley> we already had it
<consp|OPBR> ..?!
<rileyriley> you lost miserably
<consp|OPBR> in your dreams
<consp|OPBR> ;x
<rileyriley> lol
<rileyriley> nt
<consp|OPBR> lol
<rileyriley> we owned you + 2 v 2
<consp|OPBR> who was on my team?
<rileyriley> I don't remember
<consp|OPBR> i don't remember having this
<consp|OPBR> exactly ;x
<rileyriley> well
<rileyriley> it was either you or some other challenger
<rileyriley> I'm pretty sure it was you though
<rileyriley> anyway we accept all 3v2 challenges
<rileyriley> and win almost half of them
<consp|OPBR> some other challenger
<consp|OPBR> i'm sure of it
<rileyriley> I have to go
<consp|OPBR> oi
<rileyriley> 'later
<consp|OPBR> ok, thanks for your time, riley :)
<rileyriley> yyp
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