This interview is about Aqvila, the guild master of NONE . I have interviewed him because he created the most powerful guild on Phoenix and because he is a top DarkLord on our server.
Reporter: " At this moment you are the best master guild on the server! Congratulations!"
Aqvila : " Thank you, but 90% of the merit is to our members."
Reporter: " Can you tell us the story of this guild? "
Aqvila : " It all started on Non-Reset server, when me and CowsGoMu wanted to exp together, for a long while we were very few but our policy of recruiting people for their character, not lvl or items paid off and most of our members from non rr are still here now. On Phoenix we were one of the first guilds , we took a slow start but after a month our core was so strong we started to compete for top bosses and CS, and we still gold the Castle."
Reporter: " So, you and CowsGoMu are the founders of NONE? "
Aqvila : "Yes, we are the founders, Cows came up with the name if I remember correctly"
Reporter : "which was the moment when you started to compete with top GUILDS? What made it? "
Aqvila: "The moment we started to shine was when we allied with HOSTILE. I'm srry that the ally broke after I quit game. HOSTILE was a very good ally, our alliance with HOSTILE was Coco merit , he went to a lot of BC's with Ganja and negotiate our alliance ."
Reporter: "When you won the first Castle Siege? What happened then? "
Aqvila : "We won it right after we made the alliance with HOSTILE, to be honest, we didn't expect to win. "
Reporter: "What guild defended? "
Aqvila : " MuPPeTs were the holders, but they were just a shadow of their former guild then."
Reporter: "Do you think that the Castle is Cursed?
Aqvila : " It is definetly cursed, but that curse can be avoided with a secret recipe."
Reporter: " Have you ever been almost overcome by the curse?"
Aqvila :" I think no, but unfortunately our allies felt into the curse at some point."
Reporter: "But I know you had struggles between the members right after you won the first siege. "
Aqvila:" I think that is inevitable for any guild, but part of our secret recipe is exactly that we talk and figure out a solution, in the end. That happened many times."
Reporter : "When did you started to play Mu Online? "
Aqvila : "2003, in a smoke filled internet cafe . "
Reporter: "How you found us and when did you started to play Mu OldSquad??"
Aqvila : "On extremetop100, last autumn during no reset, I was looking for a no rr server and OS server seemed the best on that list. That proved true. "
Reporter: " What nicknames you had in past?""
Aqvila : "NorthStar, Silence and Sasha ."
Reporter: " Have you ever bought VIP on PHOENIX?"
Aqvila : "Yes, I did, 3 times Hunter VIP. "
Reporter: " Have you donated since Phoenix started? "
Aqvila : "Yes. "
Reporter : " Do you think donating can make a difference between players? "
Aqvila : "It does, but especially at the server beginning, and it's quite nicely balanced. "
Reporter:" So a player who wants to be a top guild master have to donate?"
Aqvila :" No, it is not necessary ."
Reporter : " Can you give us some tips about Dark Lord stats build to be a strong Guild Master ? Can you reveal yours?"
Aqvila : "I won't reveal mine, but the main thing for a GM is to have a very high defense and hp, also, command for summon is very important. "
Reporter : " What are best excellent options for a Dark Lord as Guild Master? "
Aqvila : "I prefere DD+HP+DDI for excellent set, but Sunlight set is a very good alternative ."
Reporter: "Why you don't play active anymore?"
Aqvila:" Unfortunately I am very busy with a project and simply I don't have enough time to play."
Reporter:" Did you had (or do you have) any enemies in game? "
Aqvila : "Enemies is a strong word, but I had some rivals over the time. "
Reporter: " Can you name them? "
Aqvila : "DIEEEEEEEE is one of them, ironically, this rivalry made me respect him very much, and now he's one of our top members Another one would be Trau, him I don't respect so much "
Reporter : " What made you and DIEEEEEEEE enemies? "
Aqvila : " With DIEEEEEEE it all started during the Icarus wars, Icarus was a battlefield back then, also DIEEEEEEE had the balls to fight a whole guild alone , he even stole a few bosses by himself. "
Reporter :" And what about Trau?"
Aqvila :" Trau is .... insane, maybe in a good way. "
Reporter:" What happened, why you two became enemies?"
Aqvila : " At one point he decided to pk the top guild while afk. Unfortunately he never showed up for any bosses or important events."
Reporter: " Which is your favorite character in game ?"
Aqvila : "I'd say Coco, CowsGoMu and WhiteRaven."
Reporter: "What you like about them? "
Aqvila :" Coco is hand down the strongest char here, and also a very nice person. Cows is probably the most friendly player here, and WhiteRaven I respect him for being a good SM, probably the most skilled SM."
Reporter : "Everyone talks about NONE's guild core, can you name us the most important players in this guild core? "
Aqvila :" Coco, Cows , Trust, Krass, Selphie, Hana, Noisy, Tool they've been in NONE forever and will stay in NONE, and let's not forget Youpi, cutest of them all."
Reporter: "Can you tell us a short story about each? How you recruited them ?
Aqvila :" Cows is my cofounder, as I said , he's always the voice of reason, Coco was one of the first guys to join us pro from very first week, Thrust joined us when Phoenix started and he quickly became one of the elders of the guild, Noisy also joined us on non rr ,the story of his life is looking for Anubis ring , Selphie and Hana, we recruited on no rr as well."
Reporter: "But NoisyBoy was in BDSM2, if I remember right....."
Aqvila " He was a spy! "
Reporter: "Oooo, a spicy info, can you tell us a short story about that?"
Aqvila :" At that point , BDSM dominated every boss, and held CS for a couple of weeks. We decided that we need to evaluate their strength, and, why not, loot some ancients. Noisy was the man for the job, interesting thing he has 3 chars, BDSM asked him to remove all alts from NONE, but a little EE stayed. The most interesting thing tho is he didn't have much to spy on."
Reporter: "Do you know what happened to BDSM? Why this guild disbanded? "
Aqvila :" I'm not familiar with the details, but a little bird told me smth about greed."
Reporter: "The Curse ripped them?"
Aqvila: "Probably, the castle brings out the worst in us."
Reporter :" What do you need to have in order to handle the challenges of a master guild to become the server leader ?"
Aqvila:" Most important, patience, a cool head and the ability to listen to your guild members, and, last but not least , respect for rivals."
Reporter:" So you need to be a top psychologist and a good strategist? Something like" keep your friends close but your enemies closer"?"
Aqvila :" That's right, matters more than gear or lvl."
Reporter: "Have you ever had a moment in wanting to quit being a Guild Master?
Aqvila :" To be honest, once or twice, but I am happy I didn't."
Reporter: "What happened?"
Aqvila :" Land of Trial drama once, and a condor feather dropped from Medusa, but always, we found a way to solve them."
Reporter: "How did you managed those situations?"
Aqvila :" We solved lot issue by letting our guys enforce, our only two rules and now that I think about it that medusa incident sparked our ally break, even if we settled it for the moment. I don't really like rules, so we had 2 for LoT always re auto and no more then 1 char in LoT, apart from that we didn't had any guild rule, just don't be a dick (too much)."
Reporter: " Do you read the newspaper? "
Aqvila : "Yea , I never missed an article , even after I stopped playing, drama is too juicy to miss."
Reporter: "What do you suggest to improve on it?"
Aqvila : " You should join the main events, CS, evening IT, CW and record videos to report on them, you already do that for CS actually, but the other events are very interesting. Another idea would be to make short interviews randomly just to random event/spot, and find out about a random player."
Reporter:" Thank you for tips!"
Reporter: "On a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you like this server?"
Aqvila : " Phoenix, 9/10."
Reporter: " What do you like the most in our server, and what do you dislike? "
Aqvila : "I think the best features are the xp stages... Dislike , I think the pvp formulas should be kept close to the original principle, something like :SM should be high dmg but squishy, the pvp balance here is not bad, but not what you expect if you played regular mu before, and can you add in your interviews a print screen with the interviewed players?"
Reporter :" So , basically you say that tanks should be tanks and the damage dealers to be damage dealers. "
Aqvila :" Exactly, tweaked, but keep the basic principle."
Reporter: " If you could ask ADMIN any questions, what would be the most important ones that comes through your mind ? "
Aqvila : " When will the next non reset edition come? Admin plays the game as a regular player? Did Admin had any servers before OldSquad? "
Reporter: " Who do you want me to interview next, from OldSquad rankings (top number one) ? "
Aqvila : " I will name Krass , but he is not top ranked 1 on any rankings so I would like to hear Zutto (both most skilled with BK)."
Reporter :" Do you have any questions or message for the last interviewed VIPs?"
Aqvila : "I just want to thank friend and rivals for the best edition of mu I have ever played ! "
Thank you very much for your time and patience, and, as I promised, I will start to add a picture on all the interviews !
