Getting to Know ECC - Beansey
March 5th, 2010 -- Posted in Blog Updates, Getting to know ECC | 2 Comments »This is the inaugural interview of my “Getting to Know ECC” series. Once or twice a month I will set some game time aside to chat with one of our members and bring our conversation to you here. My goal is to give you a chance to learn a little more about your fellow guildmates, and hopefully give you an excuse to chat someone up that you might not have before.
Beansey (you may know him as Gnurman or Manski as well) was kind enough to be my first victim for the segment. I hope you have as much fun reading about him as I did interviewing him.
When you finish reading, please take a moment to check out the trivia contest that Beansey is running. Its called “Do You Know What I Know?” and its happening Sunday, March 14th at 5 PM Server time.
[Ecco]: Would you mind starting by telling me a little bit about yourself outside of your WoW life?
[Beansey]: I’m a father, a husband, huge movie buff, Raider Nation Passport Holder. I like onion rings and shooting Nazis in Call of Duty
[E]: A Raider Nation member? How do you feel about Gradkowski getting a 2nd round tender?
[B]: I am going to stay mum as mentioning my beloved Raiders makes me see blood and poop nails, but I do like Gradkowski and hadn’t heard.
[E]: What got you started playing WoW?
[B]: I was a huge Warcraft buff before hand, had never been disappointed in any Blizzard game to date. I figured it was worth a shot.
[E]: Had you played any MMOs before?
[B]: Everquest and Dark Age of Camelot
[E]: Do you miss either game?
[B]: As I slap my arm trying to make the vein come up for WoW… I mean… No
[E]: So with 3 MMOs under your belt now, it seems like you’ve been gaming for a while. How “out” are you as a gamer in your real life?
[B]: Oh no, let’s see, EQ, DAoC, Champions Online, City of Heroes and Villians, and Star Trek Online… and WoW. But to answer your question, I met my wife in BRD
[E]: Wait, back up. Can you tell me the story of meeting your wife in BRD?
[B]: Absolutely. I was a healer at the time (Druid) and in a huge guild. I was asked by a friend to help out with some BRD. I logged in and there was this Gnome mage named Thimblefinn. I liked her name, thought it was clever, and so I started talking to her.
That night I kinda thought she thought I was an ass and wouldn’t want anything else to do with me. We talked alot, dunno why. She would find me online and discuss her day, or issues with her love life… kinda drove me nuts.
Then one day she asked me to jump on vent and told me she was so in love with me she couldn’t see straight. I moved two thousand miles to be closer to her. That was the beginning of the best thing that’s ever, EVER happened to me.
[E]: Wow! Thats amazing.
[B]: Also there were two other guys who were kind of into her to some extent, and I got to tell both of them that they lost.
[E]: How much time was there between meeting and moving?
[B]: About four months
[E]: That’s pretty quick.
[B]: Makes it sound like a [Match.com] thing eh? It should be told that she lived in BC, and my best friend lives in Northern Washington
[E]: That doesn’t make it any less daring.
[B]: There were some rocky patches, and there will be more. But Joy is the most awesome person ever, and an incredible lay… just saying.
[E]: Do you mind if that last bit makes it to print?
[B]: Nope. She’d be the first to tell you. She’s laughing now.
[E]: Maybe I should be interviewing her. Why hasn’t she joined ECC?
[B]: Her account is down right now. Our son is a needy boy, and doesn’t seem to like me much. She does have a rogue in the guild though, and she’s coming back for Cataclysm
[E]: Maybe down the road when she reactivates, we’ll get her side of the story.
[B]: NO! I mean… Ummm, she’s shy… yeah… that’s the ticket.
[E]: Will you play together when she gets back, or do you need your space from each other in WoW?
[B]: Hell no, I love playing with her, and she’s a slammin pally healer… and a great tank too.
[E]: I want my wife to take lessons from your wife.
[B]: It makes for some stories we cannot share with out families, though. We can’t really brag about a vacation in the barrens.
[E]: Well that gets back to the question you never answered: How “out” as a wow player are you to friends, family, work?
[B]: I am not a shy person. I love to talk about what I love, and I love gaming.
[E]: Are you comfortable telling people you don’t know well that you play WoW?
[B]: Oh hell yeah, how else will I meet gamers? Last night I told the guy at Taco Bell that he needed to transfer here so we can get another pally healer.
[E]: You’re our British Columbian recruiting office!
[B]: I live in Alabama now, but I’ll work here too.
[E]: Speaking of working for the ECC, can we plug your event coming up? Talk a little bit about what drove you to do it, and why a trivia contest?
[B]: I was in the last guild meeting, and I saw some people upset at a loss of a “family” feel to the guild. Honestly I disagreed. I feel that with a minimal effort on my part I was a part of the family. However, I remember being younger and how hard it was to just put myself out there. How hard it was to risk talking to people for fear that I would be rejected. So, I wanted to put forth a touch of effort to get some people who may not join vent and be social an excuse and a format to come on. A way to introduce themselves to us as a body.
Its a trivia contest for two reasons:
1) I can do it in vent, and people do not have to stop farming or instancing or boppin around and come to Ironforge, or Stormwind or whatever. They can keep doing whatever it is they want to do.
2) Trivia means that those of us that have a nerd flag can raise it high.
[E]: The funny thing is I had been talking to a friend before you posted and we were talking about how getting on vent makes such a difference for newer folks but it can be so hard to get them on and comfortable. I was thrilled to see you were 5 steps ahead of that curve.
[B]: I hope it helps; I want the new folks to hear us and know that we’re just gamers, like they are.
[E]: Can you give a tiny preview of what to expect… a category heading or two?
[B]: I’m working on that honestly. I work 50 hours a week and have a wife, two kids and a plethora of other excuses.
[E]: Okay, keep your plans close to the vest, I see how it is.
[B]: Well, suffice to say Video Games will be there… Movies, some sports stuff… You know, topics that people who like couch sitting would know.
[E]: Are 8-bits fair game?
[B]: I wasn’t planning on reaching that far back
[E]: Drat! That’s my long suit
[B]: I will be putting on my announcer voice and getting crazy though. I just hope a few new people come along.
[E]: I’m looking forward to it. Is there anything else about you as a person or player that you really want others to know?
[B]: Yes, yes there is. I like pudding. I like pudding A LOT… and hamburgers.
[E]: Any Particular flavors? Butterscotch? Pistachio?
[B]: Chocolate is okay, vanilla with caramel sauce is king though
[E]: Ah, so you dress it up a little.
[B]: There’s another way to eat it?
[E]: Sugar free or full on sugary?
[B]: I’m Diabetic. So, sugar to the free is all for me, but as a warning for you kids out there who don’t know: Sugar free chocolate is a laxative… seriously.
[E]: This interview is supposed to be about you, not me, but I just have to say: A bag of sugar free Reese’s PB cups, and an airplane flight are a bad combination.
[B]: HOLY CRAP! That was the first candy that I ever ate sugar free.
[E]: Did you have to throw away your pants too?
[B]: No, but I had to hold myself off of the seat. It was all raw and sensetive
[E]: We’re going to have to rate the blog “PG-13” now… unless you say “asshole” again; then we’re at “R”.
[B]: And you used up my last turn there.
[E]: Well, in that case, maybe we should wrap things up. I think we should leave people wanting MORE Beansy, but I do have one last question
[B]: Shoot
[E]: You use Gnurman, Beansey and Manski as handles… can you pick one for all of us to save on the confusion?
[B]: Mystery is my calling card…. ::POOF::
[E]: How about we use Beansey. That’s what you’re listed as up and down my chat log now.
[B]: Sounds good.
[E]: Thanks so much for taking the time to chat, Beansy. You’re going to be a tough act for the blog to follow.
[B]: Nah, and I had a good time yo, but my shy wife is giving me looks. So, I’ll have to say g’night. G’night!
[E]: G’night!
