Toni Stradling: I am here today with Avatar Ametza who has
kindly agreed to meet with me and have a bit of a natter about his
Empires involvement and I am also looking forward to hearing about his whole second life as it looks a little different to mine.
Mr Ametza welcome and thanks for joining me today.
Avatar Ametza: Thank you for having meToni Stradling: Perhaps i can start by asking you how you came to hear about the empires game?
Avatar Ametza: Well it was from my brother and SynsualSyn Sawson and Juice [Zanzibar]
Avatar Ametza: my brother is Maliki
Toni Stradling: is he your brother in real life or on here?
Avatar Ametza: Both rl and sl
Avatar Ametza: he brought me into sl in 2008
Toni Stradling: I see and what attracted you to both second life and the empires game?
Avatar Ametza: Well after they told me about it I looked at some UTube videos and saw what it was about and decided to give it a try then it was not as good as it is now and then TE came along with them and well next thing you know I was playing it also and progressing right on up the chain
Toni Stradling: oh in what way was it not as good as now?
Avatar Ametza: well if you saw what I looked like then and what I have become now you would see it takes a while to find the right look for yourself and make yourself look as good as you can. I looked like something from... well... lets just say I was a mess then and now I look like a person. lol
Toni Stradling: yes, please tell us what do you enjoy about playing the empires game?
Avatar Ametza: It is exciting with the Trader coming and going; and the Alchemist coming and trying to get the potions right, and that Dungeon Quest [with] the mean creatures that beat you up and kick you out, omg that is too funny
Toni Stradling: Right I think I have not encountered the dungeon quest yet but am sure I will fail as I am terrible at those things
Avatar Ametza: Well the problem is finding the right path in the caverns to follow and then having the items needed to get thru it, I will make it sooner or later
Toni Stradling: well good luck with that, do you have aspirations to be a king yourself in the empires game?
Avatar Ametza: Oh yes who wouldn't want that but of course staying in Charm not leaving my family it is the Best I have been with they are a lot of fun
Toni Stradling: well some do not want it because of the time it takes and the worries involved
Avatar Ametza: Well I am a Vampire King in Bloodlines so I figure if I can do this with all the people under in this i can do it as a King in Tiny Empires too, it should be just as fun or even better
Toni Stradling: Please excuse my ignorance but could you tell me what a vampire king means on here?
Avatar Ametza: Well when I came in to Bloodlines I was under a King in Bloodlines and learned a lot of what to do. As I came to be a King I formed my own clan and started getting people to liege to me like in Tiny Empires and formed a union like that and soon i had a lot of people that have followed me around and stayed with me as in the same way, yes lots of people call us a bunch of Blood Suckers but we are just a family and a bunch of good friends that like to have fun just like in TE and it has become a great part of my SL life here also
Avatar Ametza: The King is the Ruler in the Family
Toni Stradling: I see I think it is a good aspect of second life that one can choose different lifestyles, thank you for explaining that. May i ask you if you think that Charm should be doing anything it is currently not doing?
Avatar Ametza: No it is doing great and our Queen is awesome she is there helping us and she has events for us to go to and always there in some way to to help, explain and save the Charm Family when needed. It is a great Kingdom and I myself are glad to be part of it
Toni Stradling: Well that is good to hear, tell me if you were the designer of the empires game what changes would you make to it if any?
Avatar Ametza: Wow that is a good question, I would really have to think about something like that, but I know if you gave me some time to think about it as I get further along in it, I would have something, but right now all I can say is that the Alchemist is the one that needs work -still trying to figure out all the potion mixtures, that is the hard one
Toni Stradling: oh I am clueless on that whatever I choose has no effect
Avatar Ametza: haha
Toni Stradling: tell me do you play the other empires game the science fiction one?
Avatar Ametza: oh know I have enough work just trying to keep up with this one and remembering the potions and what I have already done
Avatar Ametza: smiles
Toni Stradling: yes I agree
Toni Stradling: May I ask you about your profile on second life? You make it clear that your real life is your own concern, do you not see any crossover between real life and here? For example do you not think it is important to know about someone's real life before you become attached to them on here?
Avatar Ametza: Yes I do agree as a matter of fact the one you can see in my profile now with me is the woman I have actually made a rl and sl relationship with and we plan to see each other soon, it takes a right connection in here to find someone but once you are around them enough and you have or make the right connection with them, it is possible to have something become of it in rl, trust me, but then like I tell a lot of people this is not just a game to all, sometimes things do happen and feelings do come out and you get attached to someone then things can happen in good ways and in bad ways. But we are all people and we have feelings everyone needs to remember that and figure which way you want the game to go.
Toni Stradling: Yes I agree with that
Toni Stradling: well alas i must go off to the day job soon, is there anything you would like to say about empires or second life that I have not asked you?
Avatar Ametza: Well all I can say if you haven't tried it you should cause you don't know what you are missing, there is a lot to do here and you can be what you want and achieve so much in here maybe be King or even a Millionaire
Toni Stradling: yes indeed well it was kind of you to invite me to your home and I hope you have continued success both in the empires and in your bloodlines kingdom and thanks for sharing your thoughts with us today.
Avatar Ametza: Thank you and I was glad to share it with you. It was great meeting you and doing this others need to do the same and maybe more would come to have as much fun as I have.
