Our next interview is with DeVore, who recently changed his name by deed poll to Tom Murphy. Welcome to the interview chair, comfy is it?

No, it smells of Zero, and a bit like Otto’s jacket.

What’s the best type of chair for playing Quake in?

Would have to be a chair like Captain Kirks, loads of buttons and gadgets. Press one button and you reconnect to Barrysworld, press another, you shoot through the roof. The best thing would be that contraption the Queen borg is connected to in First Contact. Forget aim bots? THAT’S what I want.

Who would be on your Quake dream team (players from any country / planet / movie allowed)?

• Robbie the Robot
• Robocop
• Maximilian from Lost in Space
• Data
• And Arnie (they guy never runs out of ammo, cant be hit and never misses!)

R2D2 can fuck off cos he’s shit at rocket jumps. C3PO is good but no-one likes him.

What prompted you to organise QuakaPalooza?

A number of things. I’ve been running Gaelcon for ages now and I saw the opportunity. But mainly it was Quakelords. I was a month playing when I went to Quakelords and walking in to that hall with the darkness and stage and machines etc? God I wanted to play so bad but everyone was totally ninja to my newbie eyes. I had a total blast afterwards with beast and zero and overlord and blade and the gang. I really wanted to have that happen again and since it didn’t seem likely I decided to do it myself (I’m kinda like that) Also we had been having trouble with pings and servers and over that summer the skill of players (particularly CW and some of CT) had just skyrocketed and it was time to resort the pecking order. I think CW proved that they were here to kick ass and they were the new guys to beat. It was an opportunity to stop the hpbs complaining about ping/lag etc. I was getting a lot of hassle on the CA server about being lpb and how I’d get my ass kicked on even pings. So I had something to prove too?which I’m glad to say I felt I did :p

Was the worst part the hassle from whining muppets or was it well worth the pain and suffering?

No, everyone was totally kewl. The fact that the whole thing rather smooth as silk is a tribute to everyone there. As I predicted the muppets weren’t a problem in real life. I have a certain?um? ‘demeanour’ that prevents people thinking about annoying me heheh. It was eventually worth all the pain etc. But I really didn’t think it was going to work?.

Who’s your Quake hero? Who’s your real life hero? Who’s the vice-president of Mozambique?

I don’t really have heros but I’ve very big on ‘respect’. I give everyone respect (or at least I try to) and I ask it in return. It’s a very good way to live I find. To answer your question I would say that I respect Overlord a lot as he has a similar temperament to myself. He BACK YUNFELLA. NNNEEEEE SQUIORSHHH!

What games do you see yourself playing this time next year?

In my crystal monitor I see Tribes being big, but also Q3A. However I am beginning to think that ID have lost the plot and the gap is there for a fast fps-oriented mosh game. They keep trying to drag the online gamers in different directions, I say give them what they want! Starcraft will still be popular but not as big as Tribes. Quake will still be played I reckon and I’ll have just about completed level 1 of Baldur’s Gate?

Team.ie takes on France this month, who’s next or is it best to wait and see how it goes?

North Ireland and Scotland are in my sights too. Of course we have to look at the WDT too, if it ever happens. I want 9 at QPII but then I also want a Ferrari and a 100000000 mhz computer so I’ll see what I have to live with?

What other Quake sites do you like to visit regularly? Any recommended URLs, gaming or general?

I like Challenge.Au, those Aussies are totally doolally. I’d love to see Overlord or Koopa v Reload I read Threshes articles on gamers.com and of course I post regularly to our board. Non gaming sites I like are www.theonion.com which is just too funny and the rail services at www.clubi.com/railnet. It’s these sort of useful or enjoyable sites I’ll bookmark.

What’s the difference between a Quake 1 player and a Quake 2 player?

You can tell them apart easily, the Quake 1 player is the one running rings around the Quake 2 player while he waits for his weapons to change! “Oh you just wait till I get my railgun out sonny! Ooooo then you’ll be sorry!” “har har!”

Just on behalf of the Quake community, I want to say thanks once again for the time you’ve put in to the local scene lately, firstly organising QuakaPalooza and now the Team.ie journey - well done!

Haha, everyone always says thanks but its not necessary really. It’s all selfishly motivated. I wanted a big lan so I ran one and I had a ball. I want to get Irish players on the international scene and I want us to kick ass so I’m organising it. I’m not doing it out of pure desire to promote Irish Quake, Spin Solutions (the-worlds-greatest-web-and-database-design-company-bar-none) will get some promotion from it to which is nice and I get to muck about and play organiser which is fun. Believe me the day I get bored and don’t enjoy it I’ll stop organising stuff. But I cant see that happening for a long time. If someone had come along and said “ah running an 50 person lan is a doddle, its been done before” I probably wouldn’t have bothered :^) Sooo many people have done a lot more then I for Irish Quake that I still feel like I’m playing catch up.