We started playing a whole bunch, and supertron wanted to assemble a team to play more competitively. First it was the DN guys and me, and we recruited the most skilled guys we spotted on GotRice.

The original lineup was supertron (team leader), me (nothing), killa, isis, mercy, glowskull, kickass00, and davion. glow, kickass, and davion all drifted away for various reasons. but round the time when our ranks were getting thin, XP dissolved their NS squad, so we picked up torak and kiowa. That's pretty much where the team stands right now.

[LadyGamers]:  Since you have deep incite into the whole Natural Selection community, could you fill us all with details about what it's like being a gamer in this alien world? Is there anything different you find in the NS community compared to the other FPS related communities?  

[Nothing]:  Hmm this one's a tough one for me to answer, mainly because I'm not too familiar with any other FPS communities. The thing that's notable is that NS really requires teamwork. You can have a team with amazing skill, but you will get beaten by less skilled teams if you do not develop strong strategies and work together very well. The community in terms of teams/clans has been very chaotic. Lots of teams have split, merged, or been absorbed by other teams. Part of that is because teamwork is so important, that if team chemistry is not there a team cannot be successful. Another part is that the game has stagnated in the months since the last patch was released, and a lot of players have lost interest.

The main developer, who goes by Flayra, is very interested in making the game great for both pub and competitive players. It's really nice to see the type of interaction that goes on in the official NS boards between the development team and the players.

[LadyGamers]:  There are a handful of people who feel you're just one of a kind all around cool guy. From looking at your picture, I can see why the girls would find you a cutiepie, but what about gamers in general? What do you feel you have done to cause so many people to enjoy being around you?

[Nothing]:  Haha wow that's very flattering. Hmm, I guess I just try to be a good friend. Sometimes my temper gets the best of me (especially when I'm frustrated, ask my teammates heh) but my main goal is to have a good time, and to help people around me do the same, both in games and out.

For my friends -- I've been very lucky to meet a lot of nice people, people who are just fun to be around. So if there's some way for me to return the kindness visited upon me, I'm happy to do what I can.

As far as gamers in general, I really like being part of a team. I love playing team sports, and that feeling of loyalty and comradery really transfers over to online games. Doesn't really matter to me if you're on my team or not, if you're a team player I'll give you the respect you deserve.

[LadyGamers]:  With the hype on Half-Life 2 at E3 this year, did the game swoon you like it did the rest of us?

[Nothing]:  To be honest, I'm not exactly a cutting-edge gamer. If my friends give me the heads up on something fun, I'll check it out, but I don't follow the new release news/screenshots/previews too heavily.

You know, I just started playing CS this week. Heh I guess I'm just a little bit behind the times. The only thing that's really caught my eye lately is Doom3. I really like the way the screens have looked so far, I love that dark and creepy atmosphere. It's part of what initially drew me to NS.

[LadyGamers]:  There's a new virtual world called There.com that's pretty hot right now, it's in beta testing mode still. You being an IRC idler, would you ever consider such a gaming life? -or- Would you prefer just plain text like IRC for chatting... leave virtual world stuff to the games?

[Nothing]:  I remember I took a peek at that site a while back, I think I saw it posted on memepool.com. To be honest I'm kind of a geeky coder minimalist. I'm not a big fan of graphical interfaces - not to the command-line-text-only extreme some people go to, but for example I really can't stand flash as a web site interface.

So those who know me (especially isis heh) won't be surprised to hear that I'd prefer the IRC text style over the virtual-world style presented by There.com. I won't even use AIM because I can't get it to be bare-bones enough in its display settings.

Still, I can see the novelty in the There.com approach - being able to have an embodiment of your personality representing you instead of just a name.