MEET AND GREET WITH FERRERI April 10, 2005 Clio starts setting up equipment at the back of the room. Just hanging out Ferreri has just arrived. Ferreri is wearing some medallions and is carrying a keyring.
Art breaks out the duct tape and gets ready to keep Ferreri in the hot seat. Ferreri says, "can you put some of that across my mouth too, Art?" Art says, "Oh no, you have to be able to talk" Art signals Clio to start filming. Art exclaims, "Welcome, everyone to Meet & Greet!" Art says, "My guest tonight is the very fabulous Ferreri." Dunavant applauds Art hands Ferreri a mic and starts duct taping her to the hot seat... chair. Art asks, "Tell us a bit about your early Fed life, Ferreri. How did you find Fed?" Ferreri says, "I found Fed in AOL" Art asks, "The welcome banner?" Ferreri says, "it was back in Oct., 1995" Starlina does a small polite golf clap. Ragnor says, "wooohooo" Ferreri says, "yes, had to go see" Art asks, "Were you using a different name then?" Starlina remembers the number 1 in there somewhere. Ferreri says, "I had been playing another Space Trader game and Fed looked better" Stuverats does too Starlina winks at Ferreri Arbutus exclaims, "Yeah, Space Trader!" Ferreri winks, "yes, my name was Ferreri1 ;)" Starlina does another polite golf clap. Jessecka exclaims, "one!" Art chuckles. Ferreri says, "there weren't any player planets at the time" Art asks, "None?" Ragnor drawls, "I actually remember that..." Ferreri says, "no, there were planets beyond the link.. but not player ones." Art says, "Ah" Art asks, "What was it like back then?" Ferreri says, "compared to the game I had been playing it was GREAT" Art grins. Ferreri says, "the old one you took 1 turn a week and emailed it in." Jolia chuckles Art exclaims, "Yikes!" Stuverats says, "Geez, no wonder" Fancy chuckles in amazement. Jessecka giggles. Ferreri says, "so I was having a great time" Art says, "I bet. Even lag would be better than that." Ferreri says, "took vavaction and holiday time to play" Starlina shudders at the thought of lag Starlina says, "nothing like a good vavaction" Stuverats hasn't had one of those in a long time Ferreri says, "that was pay to play AOL, I spent a lot" Starlina remembers getting a side job to pay for those days Art asks, "So, you had those mega bills?" Stuverats asks, "Who didn't?" Bamababe rememebers all those big phone bills too. Starlina giggles. Ferreri says, "bigger than I really could afford" Art nods. Logical nods Art asks, "But then you finally got a planet of your own...?" Ragnor says, "my mom was a chat room director...we had free premium games :x" Ferreri says, "yes, I had Dune" Art exclaims, "Oh, I remember that one!" Starlina applauds Dune. Archer has fond memories of the Dune LP ;) Jessecka exclaims, "oooooo, Dune, I remember!" Ferreri smiles, "thank you, Archer :)" Archer grins Fancy remembers having explored Dune a bit, and it being used in Duchy Safari once. Starlina ahems Art says, "Yes... the spice was orange." Bamababe giggles. Art asks, "What was your highest level?" Ferreri says, "Baroness" Ferreri says, "I didn't want to go higher, looked like too much work" Jolia laughs Starlina laughs Art grins. Archer laughs Logical laughs Art drawls, "Of course, you didn't neglect the more social side of things..." Ferreri says, "oh, I loved the parties and the Bar Crawls... whippy cream fights... pool parties" Art grins hugely. Art asks, "Anything in particular stand out?" Starlina thinks back to bachelorette parties and hot tubs Starlina snickers. Ferreri says, "couple of things, parties in Harem, parades on Bourbon, sitting on the LP and listening to CDs with friends" Art says, "Those were wonderful parades." Ferreri says, "one night some guy came to my LP to tell me I didn't know anything about Dune" Starlina laughs Art asks, "Really?" Fancy laughs in disbelief. Bamababe scoffs, Ferr knows EVERYTHING Dunavant chuckles Art says, "He thought he knew more? The silly boy." Ferreri says, "turned out he didn't know there were books or movies... all he'd ever seen was a video game" Jessecka giggles. Art exclaims, "Oh good grief!" Stuverats says, "Oh, one of THOSE people" Fancy chuckles and shakes his head slowly. Art shudders. Art asks, "Any special people?" Art wants names and dates... Ferreri says, "my best friends from there aren't all in this version." Ferreri says, "I was real close with Deathiscom" Art says, "I remember that name." Ferreri winks, "haven't got him to come here, yet ;)" Fancy smiles, having met him at a Fed Meet. Art winks, "Well, keep working on him ;)" Ferreri says, "I will" Art asks, "Did you make the move to the web when AOL got picky?" Ferreri says, "but I've met sevveral Fedders at meets... they are all great" Ferreri says, "yes, moved to the web, changed my name" Art asks, "What did you change it to?" Logical remembers when we could choose names, instead of aol screen names Ferreri winks, "Ferreri ;)" Art winks, "Naturally ;)" Ferreri says, "I played on the web until 2002" Art nods Art asks, "What happened then?" Ferreri says, "I was in a car accident and couldn't get online for a couple of months... then my finances changed" Art says, "Ouch, I'm sorry to hear that" Ferreri says, "stuff happens" Ferreri says, "but I still got the Star every week and read it." Art asks, "You're ok now, I hope?" Ferreri says, "I set off metal detectors, but otherwise okay" Art smiles Archer chuckles Dunavant grins Angelfowl giggles Art asks, "When did you come back?" Ferreri says, "when I read Fed II was going to go live in 2 weeks I came back... last April I think... wanted to be on Alpha crew" Art smiles, "Best place to be :)" Fancy smiles. Ferreri says, "I worked real hard to get to Merchant (Trader then) in 10 days" Rasal high-fives the Alpha Crew members. They know who they are. Art asks, "10 days?" Art is impressed. Ferreri says, "yes, 10 days... 750 ak jobs too" Art exclaims, "Ouch!" Angelfowl says, "Wow" Jolia laughs Ferreri says, "I just wanted it" Art asks, "What was the toughest thing to do?" Ferreri says, "I asked help once, couldn't figure out how to ask Tracey" Art says, "It can be a bit puzzling." Ferreri says, "seems you couldn't capitalize her name back then" Art remembers. Ferreri says, "actually, figuring out futures was hard too" Art is NOT looking forward to that. Art asks, "Any advice about futures?" Ferreri says, "there wasn't anyone to ask for help" Fancy drawls, "Once you get the hang of it, though..." Jolia rolls her eyes at Fancy and pokes him! Angelfowl mumbles "Nether am I" Art giggles. Ferreri says, "advice on futures... read the Trader Tips, ask questions from folks who know, go to the classroom" Art asks, "So, anything else to add before I turn you over to the lions... er, audience for questions?" Art checks the duct tape and adjusts one place that had come lose. Ferreri says, "no, I'm as ready as I'll get" Archer chuckles Art says, "Ok, if you have a question, please raise your hand." Jessecka rasies her hand. Jessecka raises rather. Art asks, "Jess?" Archer raises his hand Jessecka asks, "Have you ever had a Fed romance, and if so, who and what happened? Is there someone you have a thing for in Fed2?" Art laughs! Dunavant chuckles Catspaws giggles Jessecka smiles, "well, I HAD to ask:)" Ferreri says, "yes, had one with Deathiscom... he and I had a falling out and everytime he saw me in space he would fire on me" Ferreri says, "no one here in Fed 2" Jessecka says, "ah, that's not good" Jessecka says, "the firing and all" Fancy asks, "Was that before or after meeting in person?" Ferreri says, "put me in the hospital a couple of times" Art exclaims, "Eek!" Ferreri says, "before, long before" Catspaws remembers Deathiscom and never liked him Art asks, "So... Archer?" Archer asks, "What do you enjoy most about Fed II?" Ferreri says, "the people" Archer smiles Catspaws asks, "And the felines, right?" Art grins. Ferreri scratches Cats head Jolia grins, "Ferreri is a social butterfly. :)" Catspaws purrrrrrrrssssssssssssss Bamababe raises her hand. Art asks, "Bama?" Bamababe asks, "Have you decided on your next planet theme? or are you gona bring back Dune?" Ferreri says, "I haven't decided, there was something I wanted to put in Dune that I couldn't figure out how to do... this new Fed looks like it will do it." Jolia raises her hand Bamababe wonders what that was. Art says, "You can do a lot of new things in here." Dunavant grins Art asks, "Jolia?" Ferreri says, "ride the giant worms across the desert" Bamababe grins. Jolia asks, "Where did you come up with the name Ferreri? Does it have a special meaning or a name IRL?" Ferreri says, "It has a special meaning, it's my last name in RL" Jolia nods and smiles, "I've always wondered and just haven't asked. ;)" Jessecka raises her hand. Art asks, "Jess?" Jessecka asks, "if you could name one person who has affected your fedlife the most, who was it, and why?" Ferreri says, "in AOL Fed.. it was JWofCA... had my first factories on her planet Tahoe... we would sit on her LP and say to each other what CD are you listening to now? It was always the same." Art giggles. Bamababe smiles. Art asks, "Next?" Ferreri says, "here it's harder for me to say." Bamababe raises her hand. Art asks, "Bama?" Bamababe asks, "if you could change something in Fed2, what would it be? and why?" Ferreri says, "open the link, it's starting to get crowded" Dunavant grins Djentsch chuckles Art says, "Sounds good." Angelfowl giggles Catspaws purrrrrrrrssssssssss Art wonders if anyone is going to ask the usual question... Bamababe raises her hand. Art asks, "Bama?" Bamababe winks, "sooooo, tell us....what goes on in the lounge???;)" Dunavant laughs Jessecka giggles. Archer chuckles Angelfowl giggles Art exclaims, "Oooooo!" Bamababe grins, wanting GOSSIP. Djentsch snickers Ferreri says, "classes for new Traders, parties, gossip" Catspaws likes all the parties Ferreri asks, "Are we done?" Bamababe has heard about bubbles and tickling. Art asks, "Ok, I'll ask. What is the most embarrassing thing that you ever did, either in here or classic?" Art isn't letting you off that easy. Jessecka makes notes for her next article. Ferreri says, "the most embarrassing thing I ever did was in AOL Fed... before I owned factories, I was asked to be Brides Maid at a wedding then to dance at the reception" Art tightens the duct tape... Ferreri says, "the reception was in a bar with a stage where you could change clothes" Art asks, "What was so bad about that?" Art blinks innocently. Djentsch chuckles Ferreri says, "I planned all week different outfits, so it would look like I was stripping" Clio doesn't believe the innocent part. Jessecka might not want to know, knowing Ferr's liking for no clothing. Jolia giggles Ferreri says, "so the night came and I did it... only to find out the happy couple was 12 years old and no one there was over 14" Jessecka laughs. Art drawls, "Oh... my..." Archer laughs Jolia gasps! Djentsch is glad that Desertwolf isn't around to hear this Dunavant laughs Bamababe giggles. Art laughs! Jolia laughs! Jessecka exclaims, "DW would love this!" Ferreri says, "swore I'd never do anything like that again" Fancy chortles. Art howls with laughter. Angelfowl giggles Logical covers Jazir chuckles Logical covers Angelfowls ears and eyes Art asks, "A bit too risqué?" Ferreri asks, "can I get loose now?" Art drawls, "In due time..." Art says, "Any other questions? Now's your chance." Ferreri says, "yes, I really worked hard on my routine... practising in the bar when no one was there" Jessecka still soesn't want to know......lallalallallalalla Art asks, "Ok, if there are no other questions...?" Ferreri winks, "they guys did vote me sexiest woman in Fed that night ;)" Art winks, "Good for them. ;)" Jolia chuckles Art loosens the duct tape. Art says, "I'd like to thank everyone for coming and especially thank Ferreri for being such a wonderful guest." Ferreri says, "thank you" Art applauds. Dunavant cheers Jolia smiles, "Thank you Ferreri and Art! :)" Ferreri says, "Archer playing my request" Djentsch clapps Logical applauds Fancy applauds. Art says, "That duct tape should come off... eventually." Djentsch chuckles Djentsch says, "still trying to get it off" |