[Shinrei]

Hey Zanth, if you get around to it, answer #12 too please.

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1) How were you introduced to the Malazan series?

Through Amazon.com actually. It was 2006 and I worked at a hospital in Iraq (US Army)... being bored during down time caused me to be a "one click" addict... and Gardens of the Moon happened to be one of the books I bought, after reading it I bought all the ones that were out.


2) What brought you to Malazan Empire forums?

I was so damn confused about some of the books that I googled it, and stumbled upon the forum... It kind of grew one me and pretty soon I was using it for entertainment purposes as opposed to research reasons.


3) How did you choose your username?

I was originally Xanth13, I just picked it out of habit, I’ve been using it since I was 13 and read the Xanth novels (see not very original)
At some point we had the change a name thread and I felt like I wanted to distance myself from Piers Anthony's Xanth series so I switched the X for a Z.... (I think me and Xander had an X fight too, people confusing us for some reason)

4) Do you remember your first post? What was it and who responded?

Uh, I do not remember the specifics, but it was a short introduction to who I am, I remember it felt like it took me a while to feel "accepted" on the forums...maybe because there are a lot of people who just come and go.


5) If you were given (for free) 5 items from which to start your available booze collection, what would they be? (bud light lime?)

bastards!! No not Bud light lime....

Jack Daniels
Jeagermeister
Greygoose Vodka (I don’t really have a preference when it comes to Vodka)
Crown Royal
A case of Fosters and or Bluemoon

(Oh and I will challenge any number of Forum members to a drinking contest, I feel slighted that I was not included in the last!!!) Bring it.



6) What are your favorite parts of the forum?

I have a deep infatuation with the Awesome/Funny pic thread... so I guess the Inn is my favorite place now...
When I first joined I was snooty(ish) and stayed mostly in the book forums... Now it’s the opposite and I spend most of my time in the inn.

7) What have been your favorite forum "events"?

Well I was particularly proud of the 2 book club events I had started a while back, they went really well I thought... if that doesn’t count then I don’t know.


8) What members would you particularly like to meet in real life? Who have you met?

I have met no one. I would like to meet everyone though; maybe I’ll be able to go to a BBQ one year. I would particularly like to meet Bubba, he is a Vet and has been pretty supportive of me.

Also I think it would be epic to go on a drunken rampage with Apt and Illy HoosierDaddy and Bent... though not at one time, because I doubt we would survive...


9) If you were a horse, would you try to jump the corral fence and make a break for freedom?

Weird question... If I was a smart horse I would stay where I was at... most human pets get treated like gods... I would have food and woman "brought" to me and would have human servants who washed me and kept me safe.... If I broke free I would probably never find a girl friend, and chip a hoof and end up a sad lonely horse, like SJP.


10) With your bold military moves and dashing good looks, how many beautiful women have fallen at your feet around the world?

Oooooo, now this is a personal question... is a tricky one too... if you mean literally, then like one or two have tripped in front of me... I

f you mean how many I have dated or fooled around even a little bit then with... well damn I don’t know 30ish

If are trying to get more personal and find out how many woman have been kind enough to ummm let me "zanth" them then not a whole lot. I don’t have dashing good looks (hopefully good looks but they don’t do a lot of dashing) and I am shy at times... so my number is probably smaller then a lot of guys... and its 17 women... 93% of which where beautiful IMO.


11) If you were stranded on a desert island with only one MBotF, which one is it?
The Crippled God...so I could at least know how it all ends


12) If you met Steven Erikson and you could only ask one question, what would it be?



13) Who is your favorite character from the series?

There are so many, it’s hard to choose,

Tehol for comedic purposes, QB for entertainment, and Fiddler for being Gansta.


14) Has the MBoTF changed your personality/outlook on life/etcetera?

Uhhh, it has affected me, like anything I put a lot of time into (i.e. reading the books and posting on the forum) but I wouldn’t say I have changed.


15) Who wins?

It depends on the situation but it changes between Abyss, Aptorian and me.... and sometimes Bubba when he feeds me funny pics.


16) What is the fundamental principle behind spam?

Well to be a good spam artist you have to be able to post off topic in such a way that people don’t really notice at first... it’s not until the entire thread is completely screwed and you go back and look at what started it all and you're like... "oh ok" very sneaky... anyone can just out right spam a thread... it takes a true master to not get caught... or not get caught for days or weeks after a post has been posted.


17) Do you do any creative writing yourself?

I love to write and may even try it as a profession (maybe) I have been published twice. The first time I was paid 10 bucks and it was online (I’ve bragged about it before you can read it if you so choose

http://ravingdove.or...ersummer08.html

The 2nd time I wasn’t paid anything, but I won a competition for a 100 word drabble contest... nothing special but I got to see my name in an actually book.


18) When not reading MBotF, what are you typically sitting on the john with?

90% of the time it’s a fantasy novel... and now days I take all my suggestions from this forum... So I read Joe Abercrombie, Glen Cooke, Jim Butcher or whoever else is recommended at the time.


19) Do you keep a personal library, or do the books just cycle through your possession?

I do keep a personal library it used to be more extensive, but I lost about 2000$ at least in books when my grandmother’s house burned down in 2006.


20) Please bare one random little known fact about yourself for the peanut gallery please.

I hate katchup

I’ll do one better, I’ll let yall see my myspace page... and ill even leave it where anyone can view it for a limited time (if I can figure out how)

www.myspace.com/tx85

[Slow Ben]

Dude Zanth. Love ya and all, but Fosters is worse than Bud Light Lime!

[Zanth13]

oh yeah, i skipped that and meant to come back to it...

my bad


mmmmh one question for S.E.

What is your fav alcoholic beverage? did someone already ask that?

[Slum]

Zanth and the art of zen spamming. Nice.

Thanks for sharing, man.

[teholbeddict]

Great interview Zanth, thanks for sharing!

[Slow Ben]

Slumgullion Spitteler, on Aug 16 2009, 08:04 PM, said:

Zanth and the art of zen spamming. Nice.

Seriously Z, i've never thought about spamming that way before. Its like you've opened my eyes to a whole new world.

That or i've been drinking all day. Toss up either way.

[HoosierDaddy]

Zanth, it would be like dividing by zero using a calculator made from anti-matter.

[Zanth13]

back in the day spam use to be an art, an art that me Apt and xander where kings at....

[Mezla PigDog]

Slumgullion Spitteler, on Aug 17 2009, 02:04 AM, said:

Thanks for sharing, man.

teholbeddict, on Aug 17 2009, 02:06 AM, said:

Great interview Zanth, thanks for sharing!

What is this, Alcoholics Anonymous?

Actually, I suppose in a literal sense the forum does resemble that at times.

[Bhurnae]

Mezla PigDog, on Aug 17 2009, 07:48 AM, said:

What is this, Alcoholics Anonymous?

<cough> sig(duh I changed it....)
it reffered to a Mezla Drunkdog saying alclodol was still her friend.......

This post has been edited by Bhurnae: 17 August 2009 - 03:20 PM

[Macros]

Mezla calls the pot black.

glad my horse question made it

a fine answer too Zanth, you show great wisdom

[Bent]

I'd throw down a few with you anytime there Zan. Of course, you might get upset at me continuously walking up to random people and shouting things in a made up language, but meh.

[Zanth13]

Slow Ben, on Aug 17 2009, 01:02 AM, said:

Dude Zanth. Love ya and all, but Fosters is worse than Bud Light Lime!

I just cant win... you know what, i rebel lol... I drank straight Budwieser last night and it was glorious... and so was this honey blue moon i had... just wonderful.

HoosierDaddy, on Aug 17 2009, 01:25 AM, said:

Zanth, it would be like dividing by zero using a calculator made from anti-matter.

twice

Mezla PigDog, on Aug 17 2009, 06:48 AM, said:

Slumgullion Spitteler, on Aug 17 2009, 02:04 AM, said:

Thanks for sharing, man.

teholbeddict, on Aug 17 2009, 02:06 AM, said:

Great interview Zanth, thanks for sharing!

What is this, Alcoholics Anonymous?

Actually, I suppose in a literal sense the forum does resemble that at times.

My name is Zanth13 and I'm an alcoholic.... wait... no... my name is Zanth13 and you're an alcoholic... there we go

Bent, on Aug 17 2009, 11:59 AM, said:

I'd throw down a few with you anytime there Zan. Of course, you might get upset at me continuously walking up to random people and shouting things in a made up language, but meh.

Thats a risk i may have to take... and what are random people for if not to shout things at

[caladanbrood]

Zanth13, on Aug 17 2009, 05:09 AM, said:

back in the day spam use to be an art, an art that me Apt and xander where kings at....

Pffft. Pfshaw, I cry!!

[Darkwatch]

I'm going to side with Brood here, I don't see how you can say "back in the day".

[Zanth13]

be quite ancient ones...

go back to your dusty tombs...

i can use whatever generalizations I want... its my interview you hear... mine...

[caladanbrood]

*creaks in consternation*

[Salt-Man Z]

I'm enjoying these threads. Is this a recent thing, or have these been going on for a while?

[Aptorian]

This is the third.

The other two were Hoosier Daddy and Tehol Beddict.

[lobo the wolfman]

Great interview Zanth

Hey Slow Ben, what the hell is wrong with Fosters????

This post has been edited by lobo the wolfman: 18 August 2009 - 12:34 AM