Tune In for our Interview with David!

[Guzrog]

Originally Posted by Nehrak

I don't know how it is now, performance wise, but I was very turned off by the client speed of execution.

I resubbed about a week ago out of boredom and while its not god mode like it was when I built it, in VG... I'm rocking this:

AMD X2 5.2ghz@ 6.0 ghz OC'd
4GB Corsair DDR2 800 (3GB in XP)
BFG 8800 GTX OC 768MB
SB XFI Soundcard (yes, this does affect FPS)

Guess what, the game runs the same on medium as it does on high with the current settings (less crashes in medium however!) I'm very glad to see the shit Dave has said, even if I have played less than 12 hours since I resubbed. My sub originally ended at the end of March, and I will say the game is 100x more stable than it was back then. Then I was crashing a record 8 times in a 5 hour session with my 8800. While it was cool being penalized for having a top end system (at the time; release,) like many things in life even taking it in the ass too much gets boring to believe it or not!

[QforQ]

Originally Posted by Locithon

You certainly like to say "for sure" a lot heh

Nice interview though, and it was interesting to hear how their going to optimize performance and just how arcane their asset loading scheme was when they launched

Yeah listening to yourself for 30 minutes points out somethings that you say a bit too much I dont know what was going on

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by QforQ

Yeah listening to yourself for 30 minutes points out somethings that you say a bit too much I dont know what was going on

sounds like you were a bit nervous, but very understandable, first big interview and all. Keep up the good work though. YOur station idea has the potential to do really big things for the gaming industry.

[QforQ]

Originally Posted by kcxiv

sounds like you were a bit nervous, but very understandable, first big interview and all. Keep up the good work though. YOur station idea has the potential to do really big things for the gaming industry.

Yeah I'll admit to being a little nervous, but not so much. I think this sort of thing just comes with time, as I've never really done interviews like this prior to Vanguard Radio.

Thank you for the compliment, I too think that we can do some sweet stuff with this station.

[fuffalo]

Originally Posted by QforQ

Yeah I'll admit to being a little nervous, but not so much. I think this sort of thing just comes with time, as I've never really done interviews like this prior to Vanguard Radio.

Thank you for the compliment, I too think that we can do some sweet stuff with this station.

Hey, just wanted to pop in and leave you some comments. First off, I'm excited to see where you end up with this project - it looks like fun.

1) As said above, you sounded very nervous. I agree this is something that will hopefully fade with time. Some of the following points may fall under this general category, but I thought I would point them out.

2) Avoid using words such as "like", "kinda", "sooo", "you know", "lets see", "sort of" and "uhhhh"

3) Distinguish between an interview and you "chatting". By this I mean you aren't supposed to be chatting with your interviewee - you're supposed to be interviewing them. Avoid agreeing with them constantly ("right", "ok", "for sure, i can understand that", etc). A bit of interaction to keep things moving is ok - but not after every statement.

4) The flow of questions needs a bit of work. If you sit down and watch something like Letterman or Leno (or whoever you watch) you'll notice that it almost seems like they're casually throwing out questions. While you're getting the answer to your last question you should be a) listening to what they're saying incase you didn't get a worthy response b) reading your next question so you're ready to ask it without really thinking about it and reading it.

Anyways, a lot of this stuff can be attributed to being nervous - but it's also something you can work on. I enjoyed the interview so don't think I'm trying to be mean - just trying to help!

[QforQ]

Thanks, I'll try to keep that all in mind next time. Interviewing people is very new to me so it is quite the learning process

[Moontayle]

I'll be requesting listener reactions to the David Gilbertson inteview for my show from Noon to 3pm. Hit me up on AIM or IRC and I'll read what you have to say on the air in between songs.

[Gnome Eater]

I was really impressed with that interview, really straight up answers and very little PR spin. Let's see how the work actually turns out.

[Mithrull]

I'm glad they seem to be serious about making a go of it. There's still a lot I liked about the game. Funny how David starts every sentence with "so..."