Mulge.  That’s how I would pronounce MLG if it were supposed to be spoken as a word instead of an acronym.  Mulge – that’s a good word.  I should make up a definition for it. Wait.  Let’s see if there already is one… Google: Mulge.  Doh!  Nevermind.  *Activate Men in Black memory eraser* heh heh, suckers.  Anyway, Mischief, Samurai, Strider and I spent our last days before the tournament practicing Halo 3 for 10 hours a day. We felt like Halo super heroes the way our shots were so crisp when we arrived at the venue last Friday.  Most of the day was spent warming up while the MLG personnel organized the tournament.  For those of you who haven’t attended an MLG tournament before, let me set the mood for you.  Here are some pictures to start you off –

Now you have a pretty good idea of what the place look likes, but add the loud noise – hundreds of console video game nerds talking, laughing, yelling, music playing from the Rock Band station and an announcer over the loud-speaker.  Mix that in with your heart pounding in your chest.  The pre-tournament butterflies are almost enough to make you want to throw up (also the smell of all those gamers can trigger the same reaction – FREE Online Tutorial!).  I read a quote a couple weeks ago, it went something like this – “The only difference between the professional and the novice is that the professional’s butterflies fly in formation.” Everybody gets butterflies or nervous energy right before a tournament.  The trick is to use that extra energy to enhance your concentration and focus.  I think I’ve nearly perfected this.  But just being around THIS MANY people who love these games as much as you do is enough to make you happy and stand there in awe.  People watching becomes a fun little pass time.

We spent our days playing and competing in Halo 3, and we spent our nights at the nearby pool hall shooting balls and making Christmas tree stars out of straws and sugar packets … we’re creative that way. 

Needless to say, we didn’t win… you all would have known by now, I’m sure.  We would have placed higher in the tournament had the brackets not been so screwy, but I won’t make excuses.  We got top 100 out of 250 teams.  Not terrible, but we definitely could have done a billion times better (that’s right, one billion).  The games we lost were SO close.  Close, as in 5 seconds in King of the Hill close.  Samurai and Strider were amazing teammates, and I’m sure Mischief had as much fun as I did competing with them.  We love you guys. <3

Anyway, back to Frag Dolling as usual, R6V2-style.  I think I’ll pronounce it “Rissivtu”.  Google: Rissivtu.  Phew, safe.  I gotta say, though… I’m going to miss my Master Chief (and Miss Chief! Ha, Miss-chief, Mischief, get it?).

It’s another ask a dizzle in the hizzle for rizzle.  That’s right, I bet you guys didn’t know I was fluent in snizzle dizzle speak.  *sigh* sometimes I amaze myself.  Ok, let’s see what questions you have for me today…

Numero uno, from EZeast - Do the Frag Dolls ever do small touraments. We host some small ones in Iowa. it would be cool if you did. What did i have to do to play agaist you. I’ve signed up for different times when u did halo2 and GRAW but i never got a chance to????

I like how you used all those question marks at the end there, it really almost made me believe you were asking a question.  I even did the question voice inflection on “to.” That’s a good trick.  Whenever I find out about a local tournament being held on a game I’m playing, I will always compete in it.  I love competing, and I don’t limit myself to big tournaments.  In fact, I prefer local tournaments because I really enjoy winning.

Also, if you want to play with us, I hold a Halo 3 Community Game Night every Wednesday.  You can sign up to participate in this thread in the Frag Doll forums.  Or you can join us for Frag Doll Friday. 

SeductivePancakes - Why is Seppuku’s Sig so awesome?

For those of you who haven’t seen Seppuku’s Sig.  Here’s what it looks like:

First of all, it has two Corgis on it, which as we all know are hated by God.  He took regular size dogs and gave them stubby legs to be ridiculed and laughed at by other dogs (and some humans). Being that I have a basset hound which is in the same God-hated category as Corgis, I have come to realize that these dogs are good for more than just laughing at… especially when one of them has LASER VISION!  As you can see in her sig, that’s very surprising to the other dog.  That combined with Seppuku’s year-round Snoopy Christmas spirit makes her sig awesome.

TinyShaz wants to know - as we are always faced with new game releases regularly, how many of your games have actually been completed? Are they slowly being pushed further and further away among your game boxes?

The nice thing about Xbox Live is I don’t really have to answer questions like this! You can just go look at my gamercard, see my gamerscore, look at my achievements and get a pretty good idea which games I’ve beaten. As for games being pushed back, the answer is a sad yes. I haven’t gotten to touch Eternal Sonata yet, because of my sadistic addiction to Blue Dragon.

If you had six fingers on each hand, would you be a better gamer? Asked by A_Ninja_Boot

Yes I would.  I would be able to press two more buttons without sacrificing any others… though, controllers aren’t really designed for the 12-fingered so I’d probably have to improvise to make full use of the extra two phalanges.  I don’t know about you guys, but I’d rather have two extra arms.

StaringCracker - so as young women in gaming, what is your take on the language in games like rb6v2? i am not speaking to the “violence” but the shear fact you cannot turn off the language which makes it tough for some to play wether it be kids in the house or the fact the language is undesirable. do you really think it adds a level of realism to the game that without it the game would be lacking?

I’m sort of a prude when it comes to language.  In fact, I joined the No Cussing Club a week ago.  Instead of cussing, we say things like, “Sassafras!” “Barnicles!” or “Oh Pickles!” But cussing in media, like games and movies, doesn’t bother me.  If a child is too young to hear the F-word spoken in a game, they’re also probably too young to see the mature themes in these games. But that’s left up to the parent’s discretion.  There’s a reason why the ESRB exists.  Also, I really do think it adds to the level of realism to the game.

Why – SeductivePancakes

Good question.  But I’ve got one for you… why not?

Any Frag doll ever play dungeon keeper2?  - NBK Sphiroth

Ah!  I love Dungeon Keeper 2!  There was a period in my life when all I would play was Creatures and Dungeon Keeper on PC. Now that I look back, it’s probably kind of weird for a little ten year old girl to kill and torture heroes.  Man, it’s been a long time since I’ve even thought about that game.  Remember how you could possess a chicken?  That was awesome.