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Kitten
Leader/Founder of Kitten's Litter
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Biography:
Nick: Kitten
Name: Valerie
Previous Nick(s):Always been Kitten
Location:Abita Springs..north of the Lake from
New Orleans, Louisiana
Clan Site:http://web.archive.org/web/20041014072427/http://www.clan-kl.com/
Least favorite CTF map:q3ctf4 - Space CTF
Least favorite food:Beets
Least favorite odor:Sulfur
Least favorite color:Orange
Top 5 PC games of all time:Quake, Doom, er....haven't
really played other games
General Questions:
Q How and when did you get your start in Quake?
A I bought Quake when it first came out. Eight
years ago, I had been playing Doom with my best
friend Vixen long distance.
Q How and when did you form KL?
A When I first started playing Quake, there
were only a few servers. When people started
forming clans, someone asked me what clan I
belonged to. I just came out with "Kitten's
Litter". Then went and told my best friend,
Vixen, we have a CLAN! That was almost 8 years
ago! I have had the KL going, sometimes strong
and winning, sometimes few and only for fun,
continuously ever since. Most of the present
members have been either with me from the
start, or at least 4+ years, some 6+. My Clan
is a true "Family" Clan. That was Sept or Oct
1996.
Q How do you juggle your leadership duties of
KL and your "real life"?
A I can watch TV, talk on the phone, and play
Quake at the same time. LOL It's EASY, and it's
my "sport". Like I love tennis, I can't get
enough of what I love.
Q Do you feel that interest in Quake 3 is dying
out?
A No, but Quake 3 is getting stale. Everyone
who has always loved Quake still does, but so
many people have played it for hours, day in
and day out for years. If Quake came out with
some new maps, maybe tossed in some of the old
weapons like nail gun, made it newer. They
would all come back. It needs some of the
Leagues and Ladders to be revived and that
needs some newness to the game. But the Love of
Quake is always inside. It just needs to be
refreshed.
Q What leagues/ladders does KL compete in?
A Tournaments, Ladders and Leagues we have been
in almost 8 years. I have forgotten many but
here's some from Quake, QuakeWorld, Quake 2 and
now Quake 3.
Battle Command, Bannockburn-BCTFL 6 of the 8
seasons (HPB and LPB teams), Clan
BeanieBabies(Beanie Bash!), FlagShip Arena,
QOTH I & II (QuakeWorldQueenof The Hill
Tournament), GoC: Gathering Of Champions, OGL
Ladder: Q2 Modem and Open, OGL Q2 League, OGL
CTF Q3 Ladder, BiCTF, Shrubfest '98,
Stinkbutt's CTF Challenge, Termination Central,
HPCL-High Ping Capture league, QWHPCL,
Armageddon, Civilwar, Crayola Q2CTF Tournament,
HPB Madness, Leagueof Capture - Home of CTF (KoC),
LSD Tournament, Q2CTFi.(Q2CTFinvitational),
Ragnarok--LM Tournament, ShredFest, The
Ascension, Who's Who Tour, Head ON Collision
98, FaTe's Minions-EIT-The Real Deal,
NetherRealm CTF League Season 1 through Season
8 (won the NR7 and won our Division in Season
8), Proving Grounds Q3 CTF from startup,
Stronger Than All Q3 CTF, Teamplay Ladder,
ClanRing's/Invitational League/Tournment for
CTF QW, Winterhaste tourneys 01 and 02, TWL
ladder, and CTFx. I have probably forgotten
some..muhahaha
More Questions:
Q How do you feel about the community's
leinency toward "skippy" players?
A There's 2 reasons for skippy players:
Connections are not good. We have one in the KL
now who skips. He's in Canada and his connect
is just like that, so he plays and everyone
needs to understand. It's like everyone has the
right to play as best they can.
Someone's settings are set where they "skip"
and those players, will BURN in HELL! *Kitten
coughs up a hairball on these players*
Q You are sometimes referred to as "hardcore"
or even a "bitch". How would you respond to
this?
A First off, that's not quite right, it's "The
Bitch" please. I have earned my "names" over
almost 8 years of leading the KL. I refuse to
tolerate rudeness or vulgarity, and feel just
because someone is playing an online game they
still should behave as they would if they were
in the same room with us. Where I could take
out their adams apple if they weren't nice. I'm
also a sticker for following rules. Hell, they
were written and put on the site. Follow them,
maybe the fact I'm a lawyer makes me like that.
I also always have logs and screenshots and
such so I'm ready to dispute and refuse to be
intimdated or pushed around. I don't understand
the attitude many have. "He thought about being
on their roster, hell let him play in the
match." Grrrrrrrr
Q If there was any one thing you could change
about the way you play. What would it be?
A I had carpel tunnel in both wrists and at
times it's BAD. I'd love to be able to move and
turn my mouse like many players can, who help
my speed, strafe-jumping, etc etc, blah blah..
Q . Is there anything unusual about your
configuration or setup?
A Nope. Except I don't use negative time
nudges. Muhahaha! (Seems that's unusual now
adays, everyone seems to be nudging.)
Q How do you feel about the general attitude
toward females in the Quake community?
A Many years ago there were many different
"attitudes" about women in gaming, but there
are so many less ladies around. And women have
been in Quake so long that I don't think
there's too much left but the question "Okay,
Can she shoot?". There will always be asses and
gentlemen. God bless the Gentlemen! To Hell
with the Asses! I have 30 active members in the
KL right now. Some more active then others, and
2 different teams that play in each Ladder and
League. We have 4 ladies that play and so you
can be SURE of at least 26 "Gentlemen" out
there with Great attitudes about Lady Gamers.
purrrrrr
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