Marc Vaughan's Face The Board Questions

[Antmeister]

Marc Vaughan is a person that has a long presence on this message board well before the move to Operation Sports. Like many of the game designers who visit, you can mostly find him responding to a lot of off-topic subjects. But most know him because of his affiliation with one of the greatest text sims on the market (Football Manager) and he seems to be an all-around good guy who happens to be a gamer himself.

The next participant is Marc Vaughan. Questioning will continue until Monday (May 18th). The FTB will be posted on Wednesday (May 20th). Any questions after that questioning deadline can be answered if he chooses to do so.

The first 50 Questions:

1. Where did you grow up?
2. What brought you to the FOFC?
3. Have you ever played werewolf?
4. Do you have any superpowers?
5. What do you do for fun? What do you do for money?
6. How long do you expect to live?
7. What do you look like?
8. What do you prefer physically in a woman?
9. How did you get your username?
10. What sports do you follow?
11. Which are your favorite teams?
12. Why or how did they become your favorite teams?
13. What do you do for a living?
14. Do you have any post-secondary education? if so, where?
15. Are you married? Have a common law partner? Have kids?
16. What would you say is some of your favorite music?
17. What would you say are some of your favorite movies?
18. Where were you born?
19. Where have you lived and where do you live now? Do you have any opinions on the places you have lived in?
20. Do you play any sports? Have you played any sports in the past? Are there sports you want to try out?
21. Happiest moment of your life?
22. Saddest moment of your life?
23. If you had to re-live one moment in your life, what would it be?
24. What regrets do you have?
25. Do you consider yourself to be an introvert or an extrovert?
26. What is your favorite catch phrase?
27. What are your top 5 movies?
28. What would you do with 1 million bucks? 10 million?
29. You're at a party and as it progresses, everyone strips naked and jumps in the pool, do you join?
30. What's your beverage of choice?
31. Do you have an abnormal fear?
32. What food do you never tire of?
33. What better: vanilla or chocolate?
34. What better: sweet or salty?
35. Favorite YouTube video?
36. If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
37. Which bad habits drive you crazy?
38. Do you have any annoying habits?
39. List 1 thing you would change about yourself.
40. What's your favorite thing to do on a Saturday night?
41. Do you have any hidden talents?
42. What happens to us after we die?
43. Would you break the law or lie to save a friend?
44. Did you ever have a realistic dream that truly scared you?
45. What are you not afraid of?
46. Which is worse: rejection or failure?
47. What are you hoping for in the future?
48. You are on a flight from California to Texas and the back of the airplane catches fire. You have
enough time to make ONE phone call, who would you call?
49. You are at the doctor's office and she has informed you that you have one month to live.. what do you do?
50. Lincoln Logs or Legos?

[SirFozzie]

Have you ever gotten into an argument with an American whether it should be called Soccer or Football..

Do you find a segment of American soccer fans to be posers..

Have you seen a MLS game in person?

I know you mentioned Blood Bowl, are you buying it next month when it comes out.

Can you play FM09 and still have fun, despite knowing what's "Under the hood"?

What made you stick around on FOFC?

Is FM10/WWSM10 going to be released at the same time, or are we going to have to keep waiting after the game's release?

[DaddyTorgo]

What's the most difficult thing that you've found adjusting to everyday life in the US versus life in the UK?

[hoosierdude]

If the opportunity to bring another sports sim game to your company to develop and distribute that wasn't related to futbol would you recommend it? Why? Why Not?

[Big Fo]

Have you ever met anyone in your day to day life who, when they found out what company you work for/what game you make, complained about how a certain player was rated in the game? (perhaps more applicable to when you lived in the UK)

[fantom1979]

What changes (if any) would you suggest Markus makes to OOTP if SI was still involved?

If you ran SI (or Sega for that matter), name one thing you would change.

[Mac Howard]

Is your term in US simply related to you job with SI/Sega or is this a lifestyle change for you and the family?

[Icy]

As most of personal questions are covered already, my questions are more related to your job in SI.

How/why/when did you meet/join the Collyer brothers and get into programming CM/FM? My first CM was CM Italy (1996 i think) and it was one of my first dangerous gaming addiction, were you already part of their team?

Was it a full time job with big future plans since the beginning or was it more of a hobby that turned into a profitable business? (i mean for you, as i know it started as a bedroom project for the Collyer).

Are the Collyer and you still working directly in the game development or has it become more of a PR/business manager job with less involvement in the game due to becoming a big company?

[flere-imsaho]

OMG MARC!!!

What was the first version of CM you played?

How has it been working "remotely" from the U.S.?

Who's really in charge these days at SI?

What's the office like in London?

Are the SI messageboards as bad as they used to be, or are they getting better? If they're still bad, why do you think they have been so difficult?

What have you liked most and least about moving to the States?

Can you get me some Branston pickle the next time you go to the UK?

Do you, or anyone else at SI, ever fire up an old version of CM/FM for nostalgia's sake?

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Do you ever feel guilty for being involved with a game that has ruined so many marriages and caused so many to do poorly in school?

[Flasch186]

What's your sweet tea of choice!? hint----v

[Neon_Chaos]

Is there a super tactic for FM? If there is, will you send it to me?

[Noop]

Have you and your company ever thought about venture into other sports?
You live in Florida? Why?
Florida State or Florida? College football where do you stand?

[Young Drachma]

Couldn't you anticipate all of the FM questions you'd get? Why did you agree to do this?

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Couldn't you anticipate all of the FM questions you'd get? Why did you agree to do this?

I'm a sucker basically ...

(but do realise some questions I can't answer ...)

[DaddyTorgo]

i was hoping we'd all move past the FM-questions too and get to know more about Marc the guy

[flere-imsaho]

Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan

I'm a sucker basically ...

(but do realise some questions I can't answer ...)

Wimp.

Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

i was hoping we'd all move past the FM-questions too and get to know more about Marc the guy

Who?

[flere-imsaho]

Mushy peas: your thoughts.

Lager, Bitter or Stout?

Out of all the states you could have chosen to live in, you picked Florida. Was it really #1 on your list? So, what was #50? #25?

How do taxes work, being a UK person living in the States? Or did you just call up an accountant and call it a day?

What's the best thing about your hometown that people not from your hometown don't know about?

[Klinglerware]

How much have American English idiom, spelling, usage, accent, etc crept into your own communication style since you've moved to the US?

[MIJB#19]

I'm stubborn, thus:

Do you play FOF? If yes, how? If no, why not?

[SirFozzie]

Do you miss watching "English" sports (I know you can get soccer and rugby through the various networks, but not as much as you probably are used to)

[Big Fo]

I was impressed with the variety of potato chips available on my one trip to the United Kingdom. Do you miss the crisps from your homeland or do American brands get the job done?

[Antmeister]

Bump....unstick.