Tied The Leader: Gunslingers

This week’s Spotlight interview features a rare breed of Gunslinger – the pirate ninja. (Or is that ninja pirate?) Give the man a set of wheels, turn him loose, and what you have is TTL Ballistic.

Pony: C’mon fool, let’s do this!
Ballistic: Werd
Ballistic: I guess I could talk with my mouth full.
Ballistic: Not like it will hurt my reputation or anything.
Pony: Hey, most of the people who will read this have seen you eat anyways.
Ballistic: True enough.
Pony: The word “splatter” comes to mind.
Ballistic: And I probably talked to them while I was doing it.
Pony: Haha.
Pony: QUESTION ONE!
Pony: The usual starter question… Where did you hash up your gamertag?
Ballistic: Well, my original gamertag was BallisticNinjar.
Ballistic: I always liked the term ballistic, because that is my preferred way to work out. Ballistic training, also known as plyometric training, involves quick explosive movements. As opposed to slow and controlled motions. And a ninjar, as everyone should know, is a pirate ninja hybrid.
Ballistic: Later on I changed to TTL Ballistic, because I was sick of people calling me a ninja, and completely ignoring my pirate heritage.
Pony: Don’t tell anyone, but I’m on the Pirate side of the fence.
Ballistic: Werd
Pony: Y’know, Hijacking and all.
Ballistic: I should’ve known.
Pony: Good answer by the way.
Ballistic: Thankee-Sai.
Pony: Let’s see, question two.
Pony: The last default question I’m going to ask… What does a ninja pirate hybrid do in his everyday life?
Ballistic: Pwn.
Pony:
What an answer! Question three…
Pony: …
Ballistic: Did I stump you already?
Pony: ANSWER THE QUESTION!
Ballistic: Oh wait. I am supposed to tell you what I do like, in real life?
Pony: Oh thank the heavens…
Pony: Yes sir!
Ballistic: Gotcha.
Ballistic: Well, I do pwn.
Ballistic: But there is more than that I suppose.
Ballistic: I have a couple jobs, I work full time for a Title Insurance company (with Sandman, Blubberfet, and Redpsycho) as a courier. So I am racking up the assists all day while I deliver commision checks and loan documents and such.
Ballistic: At night I work at Body Dynamix. We do personal training, nutritional counseling, and kickboxing and self defense classes.
Ballistic: I am primarily an instructor, but I do some personal training occasionally.
Pony: Damn man, you keep busy.
Ballistic: Yeah.
Ballistic: But at least I look good while I do it.
Pony: Haha, and the Train keeps on rollin’.
Pony: Here we go, time to twist this thing.
Pony: What worries you the most about the transition to Halo 3?
Ballistic: Wow.
Ballistic: Give me a second on that one.
Pony: No rush man. A good answer shouldn’t be a hasty one.
Pony: You are my guinea pig
Ballistic: I am mostly worried that it won’t have the same staying power H2 did. The gameplay is similar enough that I am wondering if people will get sick of it too fast.
Ballistic: H2 lasted us three years.
Ballistic: 3 years of doing the same things over and over again. I know some people are sick of H2, and are just waiting for H3 to relight their fire. But what if that fire doesn’t last?
Ballistic: I would say that is my biggest worry, but that won’t keep me from playing the hell out of it.
Pony: Perfect dude, nice.