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I Just wish Mojack would have sent his in that I sent him 
This weeks submissions I got back have all been excellant, thanks in part to feedback I have gotten from other posters. If you have any questions for X please post them here in the thread. If you have any feedback for me please send it via a pm or in game tell.
Shadowy Presence - Absolutely, positively worse than playing a Kheldian... --Myrmydon
If you send one to me, I'll be glad to reply.
Nice job on the interviews.
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I agree completely. Cool interview.
And happy birthday to Teldon. Pisces representin'
Ya STILL a slacker n00blet, X-FUNK!!! hehehe.. nice interview.. *makes notes in little black book for future reference* muwahaha
Happy B'day Teldy!!!!!
Too many to list, just ask. :-)
Main Hero - lvl 50 - pure empathy defender
Main Villain - lvl 50 - ninja/dark mastermind
Proud Member of Jagged Legion
more more more!
rate up spasm!
I'm sorry but this needs to be said.
If its "Just a game" why the personal attacks against certain people by calling one a "Wife Beater" and others different things.
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I'm sorry but this needs to be said.
If its "Just a game" why the personal attacks against certain people by calling one a "Wife Beater" and others different things.
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Who's a wife beater?
link this ain't the place. take it to a pm or start a new thread please. this go's for any one for any vg/sg the 'behind the mask' needs to remain drama free.
so X-funk:
is there a story behind the name? X-funk
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same for your famous(one way or the other) vg's name?
and only because you mention it in your interview do i ask..
why would you admitidly be a 'nice guy' out of pvp, and go out of your way to be a... well... not nice guy in a pvp zone?
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so X-funk:
is there a story behind the name? X-funk
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same for your famous(one way or the other) vg's name?
and only because you mention it in your interview do i ask..
why would you admitidly be a 'nice guy' out of pvp, and go out of your way to be a... well... not nice guy in a pvp zone?
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1. Well a nickname I picked up over the years was B-Funk ,which I also used for things like SNES sports games because my last name wouldn't fit on jerseys. My original Star wars galaxies character was named B-FUNK, and when I made a 2nd account I needed a name and came up with X-FUNK. When I came to cov most of the people i knew that had jumped ship to here knew me as X so i kept that moniker.
2.I assume you are referring to SYPH (Shut Your Pie Hole) SYPH was the first and only guild I belonged to while playing SWG, I took it from 5 members up to about 65 until SOE nerfed the game. I dig the name SYPH and decided to make it my vg's name here.
3. Hmm I wouldn't say I go out of my way to be a not-so-nice guy in pvp zones. My character is built for one thing, cheap fast kills. Of course this kind of behavior is generally frowned upon by the masses but I rolled the toon and grinded it, and therefore i'll pvp with him as i choose. Generally if I kill someone, it's just for the rep and I'll leave them alone afterwards, unless of course they start in on the threat of "i'll bring my scrapper here and kick your [censored]" or the redundant " let's go to the arena"
My battlecry "Silly Hero, Nukes are for NITES" is there to amuse me. It's a play off of the classic cereal commercial for TRIX, in which a cartoon rabbit attempts to obtain TRIX cereal, but at the conclusion of said commercial the children inform the rabbit that indeed "Silly Rabbit, TRIX are for kids"
Now I use this battlecry in all pvp zones, whether or not the defeated opponent is a hero or villain, in or out of Warburg, or in possession of, or attempting to get the Nuke temp powers. I pay close attention to the responses of my battlecry, and have found that a lot of people are confused as to it's usage. They feel they must send me tells explaining that they are not heroes or trying to get nukes. I personally enjoy the increasingly frequent "we're not even in warburg jackass!" and the occasional " i'm on your team!"
Now as i mentioned in the interview, you can't please everyone all of the time, and we can certainly turn this thread into a "proper behavior in pvp zones" discussion that's been beaten to death about a billion times, but let's keep Teldon's interview threads nice and squeaky clean. Feel free to start a new thread to bash me, the NITES, or just to complain that your mother just doesn't understand you.
With that being said, for every 1 person that has a problem with my actions in pvp zones, there are many others who after getting killed and their codes taken, have had them returned and/or received help in acquiring additional nukes. I don't think I need to document every nice thing i've ever done, but if you want to follow me around for a day, you'd be in for some big suprises. It would be a ride-along of sorts.
I don't trash talk everyone I come in contact with and i'm not the only one who does it on the server. One of the very reasons I even made a pvp toon was because of the attitude towards me just for my (NITES) tag while grinding my corrupter up and minding my own business. Heck my highest toon was 29 when I7 went live, and my VG was bashed waaaay before that. But that's a different conversation for another time.
I have come to the conclusion that anyone who has a problem with seeing " Silly Heroes, Nukes are for NITES" has deep rooted issues, perhaps being forced to eat corn flakes as a young child while the neighbor kid got to eat TRIX, and this pain and trauma has burrowed itself deep within, only to be unleashed in a profanity laced tirade towards someone who has bested them in combat in a MMO. Me? I'm a Count Chocula guy myself, and none of that 2% crap, or even bagged milk, give me some vitamin D whole milk!
Happy hunting! Thanks for the questions!
Great stuff. And yeah, there is plenty of room for PvP and SG issues on other threads 
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Nice interview. Keep em coming, Teldon. Happy belated birthday too.
See ya in RV, Blayze!
Jeromus
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Nice interview. Keep em coming, Teldon. Happy belated birthday too.
See ya in RV, Blayze!
Jeromus
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Just saw ya :P thx 4 the rep, and again, nice fight. I felt crummy that you were afk for the first one so i had to come back.
All these interviews are good, including this one. Nice to get to know the guy that kills me all the time =P
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Nice interview. Keep em coming, Teldon. Happy belated birthday too.
See ya in RV, Blayze!
Jeromus
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Just saw ya :P thx 4 the rep, and again, nice fight. I felt crummy that you were afk for the first one so i had to come back.
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... to kill me again. Thanks
Good fun, happy to oblige.
Jeromus
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Great stuff. And yeah, there is plenty of room for PvP and SG issues on other threads .
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None of you shall ever understnd why I made the post. Its a waste of my time to explain it due to the fact I'll get reamed over it.
So...carry on
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Great stuff. And yeah, there is plenty of room for PvP and SG issues on other threads .
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None of you shall ever understnd why I made the post. Its a waste of my time to explain it due to the fact I'll get reamed over it.
So...carry on
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Hmmm, I saw that character name too. It went way too far... But I just think we can keep Teldon's interviews free from those discussions, just like Wolflare suggests.
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I took out the standard warning becuase I thought eveyone got the basic idea. I was wrong.....
Shadowy Presence - Absolutely, positively worse than playing a Kheldian... --Myrmydon
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Great stuff. And yeah, there is plenty of room for PvP and SG issues on other threads .
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None of you shall ever understnd why I made the post. Its a waste of my time to explain it due to the fact I'll get reamed over it.
So...carry on
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Hmmm, I saw that character name too. It went way too far... But I just think we can keep Teldon's interviews free from those discussions, just like Wolflare suggests.
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Ahh, I know what toon you're talking about, and any questions or comments about it can be directed to a future edition of Behind the mask: Evil Dad. Which for a nominal fee i would be willing to translate to english for the boards if there was interest in such a project.
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I took out the standard warning becuase I thought eveyone got the basic idea. I was wrong.....
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kinky
Today's interviewee has gotten a bad rap along with his VG. Lord knows I have gone at it with him. He is here to let us know a bit about himself and remind us of an important lesson. It's all a game.
So tell me a little about your self? Your current age, where you live, etc.
31,M,Outskirts of Detroit, Michigan. Typical middle-class midwest upbringing. I believe in working hard and playing harder. I currently help run a very busy Irish pub and play COV in my off-hours. I was a varsity track and basketball star in H.S. and I worked for 8 years as an apt. maintenance man so I can fix anything but a broken heart (awww) I'm an against the grain individual, I try to be unique in everything that I do. I've always been an avid gamer ever since the atari 2600. It keeps me off the streets and out of trouble!
Do you have any pets?
Yes i have a cat, her name is Kitty, original, i know, but she also responds to Sh*tty and T***Y. She enjoys treats and sleeping.
Do you have any borthers and sisters?
Yes I have a Brother who is going to be 21 this fall. He's a gearhead and enjoys working on his mustangs.
What is your favorite movie?
I prefer comedies over any other genre. I guess Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or The Big Lebowski would be my two main favorites.
What is your favorite type of music?
Growing up in the Detroit area i'm 20 mins away from the ghetto one direction and 20 minutes away from cows in the other. I enjoy everything from hard rock, classic rock, rap, hip-hop, and a lot of dance/electronic music. I also DJ part-time so a lot of different remixes as well. I can pretty much listen to anything that isn't on MTV. No country or pop garbage really.Or that emo stuff...bleh
Who is your favorite author?
To be quite honest, I don't really read all that much. I probably should but if i do read a book, it would probably be sports related. I do read a lot online. Whatever catches my eye. I do enjoy the weird counterculture stuff.
What is your favorite series of books?
Probably the only series of books I own would be a few Star Wars paperbacks from back when I was younger. Never really a big fan of superheroes or comic books. Was into G.I. JOE and Transformers comics as a kid though.
What is your favorite Simpson's quote?
Don't really watch the Simpson's all that much so I can't really think of a quote. However my favorite episode is the one where Homer turns the toaster into a time machine and bounces between a few diferent realtites before he comes to one where the family is dressed nice and well behaved and he asks for a donut, to which they respond "What's a donut" He then flips out and activates the time-machine toaster, only to reveal it rains donuts in that reality. Classic stuff!
So how did you get introduced to MMOs in general?
A friend of mine had a decent computer back in 2004 and He was playing Star Wars Galaxies. I wound up building my own gaming pc and decided to pick up an MMO once it was finished. It was a toss-up between COH and Star Wars and i took SWG.
So how did you get introduced to The City of series?
Well basically Sony screwed up SWG in a major way and there was a mass exodus. I went out and got COV and found out that a few of the people i used to pvp in SWG with (NITES) were playing on the Pinnacle server. I made my own VG with a few people at first, got to level 20ish and quit the game because I had a lot of trouble finding teams. Waited a couple months and decided to give it another shot, and got hooked.
Who was your first character and do you still play them?
My first character was X-FUNK and yes i still play him daily. It's funny, the first screenshot i took was X holding up a number 1 sign in Breakout, which for those in the know, that's quite funny.
What, if any, powersets would you say are your favorite?
I would have to say Dark. I have a 50 Dark/Dark corrupter whcih I enjoy, and i am also working on a dark/dark brute and a dark/dark stalker. I try not to go with what everyone else is playing. What's the fun in playing a toon that everyone else has?
What ATs or powersets do you hate and why?
I don't really hate any, I believe that if slotted properly, anyone with some skill can get the most out of a powerset or at least be useful.I applaud seeing someone with a non-conventional powerset.
What is your favorite zone in the game and why?
Without a doubt...Warburg. Being an NRG/NRG Brute as my main, he's built to be a Pseudo-stalker so I have a lot of fun in there with him. Yes it's true, I do enjoy killing people getting nukes, and people getting badges. I do feel St. Martial is underrated. I enjoy grinding in there as well.
Any particular story arcs or contacts that you love to do? Even when you have done them a million times already?
TV contact rocks. I'm not so much into the story arcs, but I don't like fighting in caves, that much is for sure. I love the spaceship/tech designed maps and anything you don't see in paper missions. Killing longbow never gets old
What is your favorite feature of the game?
I really enjoy the fact that low and high level toons can play together with the LK/MF system. Adn the fact that there is no hardcore looting or spawn camping. Basically after you grind to 50 you can still be functional without devoting a ton of time into the game.
What was the most amazing moment you had while playing the game?
Well besides some underdog pvp wins, I would have to say running an RSF when there were a lot of crashes and basically finishing the last mission with a 5 man non-optimal team in a very fast time.
What is your favorite enemy group?
Silly Heroes, Nukes are for NITES!
What is your least favorite enemy group?
Carnies...without a doubt
What is one feature you would like to see added to the game?
Player housing or a revamp of the base system to include more items and better variety.
What would you say is your greatest strength in the game?
Without a doubt my natural leadership skills. Even in pick-up teams i'm usually the one to take charge and try and hold the team together. Judging by the number of tells i get daily from people wanting pvp or RSF teams or advice, i must be doing a good job. Even in RL i'm always the one organizing events and i guess taking a leadership type role when it comes to my friends and things we're doing.
What is your greatest weakness in the game?
Hmm can't really think of anything, but I will say that I don't dissect my characters builds to give myself the mathematical advantage. I don't know what the stats are of the powers. I choose things that are fun,useful, or just plain look cool. I fare pretty well but I guess a little more time could be spent in researching the game mechanics. I don't take a certain power because it gives a 6% bonus to this or that. I take what I feel will be useful to me or my team and roll with it.
If you were any AT in the game which one would you be?
I would have to say a Brute....I like being the anchor, the main damage dealer and surrounding myself with support toons. I'm working on different AT's but I know that I do prefer the Brute style of play.
With I9 "Breakthru" almost getting here, what feature of it are you most looking forward to?
Looking forward to having something fun to do in the off-peak hours! Can't wait to see the Hamidon instance and how this loot/auction system will work.
How bad is your badge lust?
Well on my mains, Blayze is my badge [censored]..currently around 200ish and X-funk isn't far behind. On those two i'll make an effort to get badges when the opportunity arises.
Which ones do you like to get the most?
Mostly just the ones that are for the accolades powers. If it's not useful in some way it's not really my thing to try and get.
What one lesson would you learned in game that would be helpful to share with everyone else?
Surround yourself with good, active people that you have fun playing with. That's the point of an MMO. If you're bumming around in a small sg or solo, you might as well save your $ and play a console game.
Any other advice you would like to give to new players and other players that are learning the game?
Grinding sucks, But stick with it, because COX is one of the best MMO's out there today. It will take a while to get things figured out but once it clicks you'll have a ball!
Any final things you would like to say to everyone before we go?
Well just like in real life, in an MMO, you aren't going to please everyone. I do a lot of pvp killing, most of it unnecessary and just for S***S and giggles. My VG gets a bad rap a lot of the time but outside of pvp zones, if you're on a team with us or in vent with us, we're all about having fun and getting the job done efficiently. Not everyones play styles are going to mesh, but we are here to have fun just like you, and i would like to thank Teldon for including me in his Behind the Mask series, and anyone that needs a hand with something or an RSF invite i can help with please feel free to send me a tell at @X-FUNK
I would also like to add that I'll be getting my 15 month veteran reward badge in a couple days and it's been a pleasure playing with 99% of the people on Pinnacle!
Shadowy Presence - Absolutely, positively worse than playing a Kheldian... --Myrmydon