Vortex Wars

Seeing as Beaver is essentially the new developer for this game, I think it would be nice to know a little bit more about him in the context of VW, so I'm submitting a few questions that I hope I can get an answer to.

~ Why "Beaver"? I'm assuming it is a random name?
~ When did you first start playing Vortex Wars?
~ Are you very good at this game or are you a total noob?
~ What is your favorite mode/settings in Vortex Wars?
~ What is your favorite race in Vortex Wars?
~ When did you start working on Vortex Wars?
~ Why did you decide to work on Vortex Wars?
~ Is this "just a hobby" to you or is this something you will dedicate a considerable amount of time almost every day (or somewhere in between)?
~ Are you an active participant in the forums, or do you just browse here occasionally?
~ What are your hopes/goals for this game?

I will probably think of more questions later, but for now that is all I can think of.



~ This is probably better in the Vortex Wars General Discussion but whatever.

If the "who is online" thing is anything to go by as far as I can tell beaver browses the forums 24/7

Beaver is a hive mind of all beavers.

I can tell you Strafe12 ,firstly calling the new owner a noob, not a good idea.Secondly as a player ,Beaver is far better than you'll ever be Strafe12.

highlander wrote:I can tell you Strafe12 ,firstly calling the new owner a noob, not a good idea.Secondly as a player ,Beaver is far better than you'll ever be Strafe12.

I don't see him calling beaver a total noob anywhere. All I see is a user trying to get to know our admin a little better in good heart. There's no need to cause strife in yet another subforum.

He asked a question, he didn't make an accusation.

I wanted a username that was an animal, but one most people wouldn't choose. I liked how beaver sounded. I don't really like or dislike the animal. It's been a couple years since I've used beaver when creating an account.

I started playing Vortex Wars in March, 2012.

I am probably an average player. I am a defensive player and like to see how long I can last before losing my last region.

My favorite game settings are 3 players, xxl random map, hardcore and borders.

I usually use reptiles or Frankenstein.

On April 12th, I started discussing with Lopdo ways he could overcome potential problems due to player.io having new owners. About 2 weeks later he started transferring the game to me. During the early part of May I started experimenting with possible options to rewrite the client into html5. I have enjoyed playing Vortex Wars, I enjoy creating games, and I've always wanted to try to put new life into an existing project.

Time-wise, this is like a part time job.

I am an active forum reader. I use a chrome extension to notify me of new posts and PMs. I don't think I would consider myself an active participant.

My hopes for the game are:
- A growing community that has a minimal number of negative experiences
- Regular updates to the software
- It would be nice if Vortex wars paid for itself. Maybe even enough to pay myself a couple pennies an hour.

beaver wrote:I am probably an average player.

If anything Beaver said in his post was true, this would be it.

beaver wrote:*Answers Questions*

Thanks for answering these questions! It's nice to know a bit more about who you are, why you are doing this, and what your goals are.

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Fangfallen wrote:

highlander wrote:I can tell you Strafe12 ,firstly calling the new owner a noob, not a good idea.Secondly as a player ,Beaver is far better than you'll ever be Strafe12.

There's no need to cause strife

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Cheesy but funny, IMO. Anyway, it is true that I was not calling him a noob; rather, I was asking him if he was really good at the game, not good at the game, or somewhere in between. As far as him being better than I, I would not say that that's much of feat. I cannot play this game very often because I not only play other games but I choose to spend most of my free time practicing and learning stuff.

Nice reply Strafe!

I would like to thank you for this thread and also thank Beaver for taking the time to answer your questions.

I have a few more if Beaver has time

How old are you?
Where are you from?
What is your favourite Sport, Film, Band/Artist and Book?

Thanks

Bulldog