C3G Interview - September 2018

C3G Interview
quozl
Author: Scapemage & Tornado


Fellow Heroscapers, please join me in a journey back to the earlier days of C3G when no one had any idea that this group was built to last. Originally posted on 8–25–2011.

How long have you followed C3G? What was the first set you remember?

I’ve followed C3G since right around the release of World’s Finest, which is still an awesome set. I still haven’t played a few scenarios from that though. Someday soon ....

I started playtesting for the X-Men set, which was a lot of fun. My first playtests were on Ravaged Road, which was the first map I made for the C3G mapmaking group, which Griffin invited me to because I expressed some strong opinions (like I usually do) and I guess some of my Valhalla maps looked okay.

DC or Marvel?

I hadn’t been much into comic books before C3G. I’d dabbled a few times and reading the early Swamp Thing comics when I was a kid had an effect on me, but the few times I read comics I just thought the writing wasn’t very good. Frankly, I still feel that way about a lot of comics.

However, there are quite a few that I really like. Alan Moore’s Supreme is really good and I like Astro City. As for Marvel/DC though, I think the DC titles I’ve read are just so much better written. Identity Crisis is my favorite. I love the Marvel characters and I liked most of Ultimate Avengers by Millar, but, to me, it’s about the story, not the characters, and DC tells more stories that I enjoy.

Without revealing anything, which unreleased unit is your favorite (from playtesting info you may have recieved)?

Oh man, there are so many amazing ones out there! The next SSE (“Super Secret Exclusive”) is going to be totally mind-bending even though I’ve never even heard of the character before. I have to draft an army to try to defeat him because my daughter has already claimed him. He’s gone beyond anything C3G has done before! (Note from Tornado: He is talking about Beyonder, who is still the highest costed unit in C3G.)

Do you have any sayings or expressions you use when playing certain units at home? If so, what?

It’s like the old Batman TV show at our house with a bunch of “biff!” “bam!” “kapow!”s being thrown about. Sometimes I even narrate the characters as they move and attack. I also like to say “Nooooooo!!!!” as a hero gets eliminated.

Which upcoming movie do you look forward to most?

• Spiderman 4 (well, I heard it’s a reboot, or individual movie)
• Superman 5 (or is it 4?)
• X-Men Origins: Deadpool
• The Dark Knight Returns
• The Avengers

I’ll see them all, as I love superhero movies, and I hope all of them are good but I’m a little scared that none of them will turn out that great. The Tobey Maguire Spider-Man was awesome and Spider-Man 2 is probably my favorite superhero movie ever. I’ll probably be constantly comparing this new Spider-Man.

As for Superman, I have higher hopes because I think there hasn’t been a really great Superman movie yet. The first one was good and I really like Superman: The Animated Series (I have DVD sets 1 & 2).

Deadpool could be good as I really like Ryan Reynolds (although I haven’t seen Green Lantern yet) and his character had an interesting 5 minutes in Wolverine. Hopefully, they’ll do something compelling with Deadpool in the movie.

Dude, it’s The Dark Knight Rises! I’m one of the weirdos that thinks Batman Begins was better than The Dark Knight. Yeah, Heath Ledger’s Joker was awesome, but the rest of the movie kind of sagged when Joker wasn’t on screen. I’m hoping Dark Knight Rises doesn’t sag.

I just watched Thor and Captain America and an Avengers movie could be so much fun if they do it right. I’m hoping it has the same feel as the first X-Men movie or the first Fantastic 4 movie which is just a lot of fun seeing these characters come together, bicker, and then unite against a powerful foe.

Do you laminate or print backs for your C3G cards?

I print my cards out on plain paper with a cheap color printer, then laminate them. I don’t bother with the backs. They curve a little bit sometimes but they’ve held up really well. I have everything released printed out and laminated and the next SSE printed out and laminated too.

Additional questions, as submitted by the user indicated in parentheses.

(davidlhsl) If you could have any superpower in real life, what would it be? I’m really interested in the creative process, and I’m wondering if you could give me a brief description of the process you usually go through when you design a map. Do you start in VirtualScape or the physical build? Are there specific things you check during the design?

Superpower: telekinesis. I could move stuff around for fun and profit!

My creative process? Ha! I treat mapbuilding like playing with Lego. I got all these pieces in front of me (which I try to limit—I wonder what I’d do if I let myself play with all my terrain at once) and I just start building until I figure out what I’m trying to make. Then I usually take everything apart so I can do that. Then I take it apart again and again until I have something pretty good. Then I examine it with an eye for gameplay and make all sorts of adjustments. Then I VirtualScape it. Then I let you all playtest it and figure out even more adjustments because I didn’t see some things you all saw. I’m really disorganized though. It’s like some kind of organic thing going on.

(tcglkn) Do you have any words of advice to the other Allies and Sidekicks?

Be like Tickle. Seriously. I can’t think of a better person to model for C3G allies and sidekicks.

(Griffin) If you could fly, would you wear a cape for dramatic effect and fashion, or would you avoid it and all the terrible mishaps with it getting caught on things?

I hate to say this but I’m afraid of heights. Like I get 10 feet off the ground and I freeze. If I could fly, I’d be telling everyone to duck! No cape for me.

(Margloth) How old are you? What do you do for a living? If you had to make a superhero movie, which hero would it be and who would the principal cast be?

39. Next year I’m all grown up!

I work in IT. Currently in systems administration but working on getting a CCNA this year.

I’d make a Plastic Man movie starring Jim Carrey. It would be hilarious!

(Scapemage) quozl, who did you playtest first? Or haven’t you ever playtested?

I haven’t playtested in a long while, Scape, but I’ve playtested! I’m hoping I get some more time as summer ends to do more playtesting.

My first playtest was an army playtest for the X-Men release:

• 640 Sentinel x4
• 225 Hawkgirl
• 135 Civillians x3

vs.

• 380 Darkseid
• 240 Iron Man [Hasbro]
• 220 Captain America [Hasbro]
• 160 Spider-Man [Hasbro]

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