Fed Meet and Greet with Quqi

September 24, 2000

Fresh from the oven Quqi has just arrived.

Quqi smiles, "hello, Cg!"

"Hiya Quqi!", exclaims Chiefsgirl.

Chiefsgirl stands up from her barstool and clears her throat

"Good evening and welcome to tonight's Meet & Greet", says Chiefsgirl.

"My guest tonight is Quqi, Baron of Que", says Chiefsgirl.

"Que just won a Carpenter's award for planet design recently", says Chiefsgirl.

Quqi smiles

"hello, everyone", smiles Quqi.

"Quqi will tell us about himself and his plans and answer any questions you may have", says Chiefsgirl.

Chiefsgirl plops down on her barstool and applauds wildly

"well, as far as I know, I am the only cookie in Fed", smiles Quqi.

"I want to thank you all for coming", says Quqi.

Chiefsgirl says, "tell us how a cookie such as yourself came to be here and owning a planet"

"I just recently made baron", says Quqi.

Quqi says, "well, i started playing on Aol"

Quqi says, "I found the game one night when i was looking for something to download"

"after about an hour of trying to accept a job, i gave up", says Quqi.

Quqi smiles

"i came back about a month later, and tried again", smiles Quqi.

"and this time, I was able to get a job...that was all it took", says Quqi.

Rere smiles

Quqi says, "my character's name was P3to"

"So the working aspect of the game hooked you?", asks Chiefsgirl.

"it was a bit tougher to promote then, especially when there would be 600 players in the game at the same time", says Quqi.

"i'm not really sure what the hook was", smiles Quqi.

Quqi smiles, "I do remember Killrwhal gave me my first meg, though"

Chiefsgirl thinks something must have kept you coming back again and again and again

Chiefsgirl applauds for Killrwhale

"And what did you think of that first meg?", asks Chiefsgirl.

Chiefsgirl remembers running around thinking she was rich

"i think what kept me coming back was the challenge of promoting", says Quqi.

Quqi says, "I was awed.."

Chiefsgirl nods

"p3to was a female, and I thought he gave it cuz she looked so hot", smiles Quqi.

Chiefsgirl peers closely at the cookie

"i found out later that gifts were quite common", smiles Quqi.

Chiefsgirl asks, "Do you have a gender now as a cookie?"

"if anything, I am definitly male", smiles Quqi.

Chiefsgirl checks off something in her notes and looks up smiling at Quqi

Chiefsgirl asks, "You mentioned gifts. What sort of things did you receive?"

Quqi says, "groats for stats.."

Quqi smiles, "help when I got lost in the caves"

Chiefsgirl smiles and nods

Rere winks and says, "Thank goodness for that hey Q"

"You're lucky you didn't get eaten by the grizzly", says Chiefsgirl.

Quqi grins

"yeah..I was lost big time", smiles Quqi.

Quqi says, "i wish I could remember who got me out"

Quqi says, "i hung out with Madd0g a lot"

"his friend Boatenbear fell for P3to in a big way", smiles Quqi.

Quqi says, "that was when P went in for a sex change"

Chiefsgirl laughs

Quqi smiles, "boat was a little upset, but we stayed close friends...just no more kissing after that"

Rere snickers

"then Ivvy came along....", says Quqi.

Quqi says, "I think P was a squire at the time, and he had created an alt to help a GM"

Quqi says, "the alt was a cookie, and Ivvy fell for him"

"well, the alt died a sudden death...had a run-in involving a gang of kids and a milk truck", smiles Quqi.

Chiefsgirl says, "Oh no"

Rere asks, "milk truck?"

Chiefsgirl giggles

"Must have been hungry kids", says Skiierdost with a wink.

Quqi says, "but so as not to break Ivvy's heart, P morphed into the cookie that I am today"

"they were ravenous, and they had just finished watching Sesame street", smiles Quqi.

Chiefsgirl laughs

Chiefsgirl says, "that would be pretty hungry"

Quqi frowns and says, "Ivvy left the game all of a sudden...told me that she could not deal with the feelings she had for me"

Rere frowns

Chiefsgirl says, "awwww"

Chiefsgirl passes around the box of kleenex

Rere thanks CG and takes one

"How did you deal with that Quqi?", asks Chiefsgirl.

Chiefsgirl wonders if it was difficult

"she told me she was in love with me...well, that did not go over well with my rl wife, as you may imagine...", says Quqi.

Chiefsgirl nods

Rere cringes

"actually, my wife and i stayed in touch with her thru email, but the game had no more interest for me", says Quqi.

Quqi says, "it was not the same without her, and P died, one build away from thane"

Chiefsgirl dabs her eyes

"Now, what made you return?", asks Chiefsgirl.

Rere sniffs

"that was just before fed went to the web", says Quqi.

"I was sitting around the house, wondering if fed was still alive, so i found it, and logged on..this time starting as a cookie", smiles Quqi.

Quqi smiles, "i soon realized that a few things had changed....like waiting for puzzle pieces"

Quqi smiles, "there were still some old acquaintences in the game..wolfyn, olias..Chiefsgirl"

Chiefsgirl beams

Quqi smiles at Cg

Quqi says, "the hauling was the same, but promoting was a lot faster"

Quqi smiles, "I was a squire in no time"

"all my old po friends were gone, Trout was closed...", says Quqi.

Chiefsgirl asks, "how fast was your rise?"

"i think i made squire in 6 weeks", says Quqi.

Chiefsgirl says, "wow"

Quqi smiles, "there was a 50 meg gift to make merch, but the rest was haul, haul and trade"

Skiierdost asks, "How long has it been since you started again?"

"i just finished the downside build this morning, and am trying to build up the treasury now", says Quqi.

Quqi says, "I started again around the first of this year"

"Congrats Q", smiles Rere.

Quqi smiles at rere

"You will be shimmering in no time", smiles Skiierdost.

"maybe", smiles Quqi.

Rere sprinkles some shimmer dust on Q for luck

Anjuli smiles, "Good job!"

Quqi says, "as you may know, the planet got a Carpenter when reviewed.."

Rere cheers

"I wish Corazon was here, because her planet was the inspiration", says Quqi.

"The writing of Coeur is incredible", smiles Quqi.

Chiefsgirl smiles

"Has she put it up for review?", asks Chiefsgirl.

Quqi says, "after visiting Coeur, I was inspired to do a re-write of Que"

Quqi says, "she had it in the second glance, but not for a review yet"

"It's incredible, but not complete yet", says Rere.

Quqi nods

Quqi smiles, "very incredible"

Quqi smiles, "she made a few suggestions, which I tried to follow, and they paid off"

Chiefsgirl needs to explore more since it sounds like she's missing a lot

Quqi smiles, "Que currently has about 80 locations, only one which can be fatal"

"I tried to make it a fun place to visit", smiles Quqi.

Anjuli asks, "Are there plenty of cookies on the planet? Did you bring some for dessert?"

"Can people eat you Q?", asks Skiierdost.

Quqi smiles, "I have been nibbled a time or two"

Anjuli tries not to grin.

"and sometimes, a hot kiss has been known to cause a chip or two to melt", smiles Quqi.

Chiefsgirl laughs

"The odd thing is, that melted chip always lands in cleavage", smiles Quqi.

Rere giggles

"and, gentleman that I am, I always clean it up", smiles Quqi.

"how convenient", says Skiierdost with a wink.

Quqi laughs

Anjuli fails on the trying not to grin.

Chiefsgirl giggles

Quqi smiles, "that has been the best perk of being a cookie, I must say"

Chiefsgirl asks, "Does anyone have any questions for Quqi?"

"What is the origin of your new name?", asks Rere.

Anjuli grins, she knows.

Quqi says, "it used to be the planet name when P was a squire"

Rere asks, "Does it have a meaning?"

"well, Ivvy told me it was chinese for cookie", says Quqi.

Chiefsgirl smiles

Quqi says, "Ivvy was a Chinese engineering student from Beijing"

"when I wrote Que, I included some history", says Quqi.

Chiefsgirl looks around at the audience, "Any other questions?"

Anjuli asks, "History of the planet?"

Quqi says, "there are also some player monuments at the Wobegone Lodge on the planet"

Quqi says, "yes"

Quqi says, "there is a planet history in one of the tours"

"Cool!", exclaims Anjuli.

Rere asks, "Do you have a favorite fed moment Q?"

Quqi says, "there are some of the most unique droids in fed on the planet"

Quqi smiles at rere

"yes", says Quqi.

Rere giggles bout the droids

"Do tell!", exclaims Anjuli.

Rere winks and says, "You'll have to see for yourself"

"i would say, it was when I found out that the planet had received a Carpenter", smiles Quqi.

Chiefsgirl smiles

Quqi says, "In the writing of the planet, there are a lot of commods mentioned"

"there is some humor", smiles Quqi.

Anjuli smiles, "But you never did answer me about it you brought the cookies."

"and there is one HECK of an insurance agent", smiles Quqi.

Quqi smiles, "I'm sorry..could you ask me again?"

Anjuli says, "Opps, sorry. I wanted to know if you had cookies on the planet, and if you brought them tonight."

Skiierdost chuckles.

Chiefsgirl grins

Quqi smiles, "I can arrange for some, if you would like"

Anjuli grins.

"but no..there are no cookies except me", says Quqi with a frown.

"Aw.", says Anjuli.

"I even tried posting for a couple of days", smiles Quqi.

Chiefsgirl remembers those posts

"no animal crackers", smiles Quqi.

Anjuli laughs.

Quqi wonders if there are any other questions

Rere asks, "Are you planning on going Duke?"

Quqi smiles, "not in the near future"

Chiefsgirl asks, "Any other questions?"

"Wouold you date a biscuit?", asks Risadeamoconia.

"if she had a little honey, yes", smiles Quqi.

Risadeamoconia giggles

"ok", says Risadeamoconia.

"I would invite you to come visit Que..", says Quqi.

Rere whispers that she can arrange for honey flavored whippy ;)

"it will relax and amuse you", smiles Quqi.

Risadeamoconia says, "I have seen the hamster flavored whippy"

Midrats grins

"make mine molasses flavored, rere", smiles Quqi.

Rere winks and says, "Sure Q"

"I'd like to thank our guest Quqi for coming tonight and sharing with us", says Chiefsgirl.

Rere applauds and cheers

"I hope to see you all next week when my guest will be Sparhawk", says Chiefsgirl.

Midrats winks and says, "Again????"

Quqi smiles, "and I thank you all for coming, too"

"Spar likes to appear every fall", says Chiefsgirl.

Chiefsgirl smiles