Member Interview Signups

[Charizarzar 1,868]

Hey everyone! After a bit of a hiatus, the Member Interview signups are back. As our usual host Dreggit is busy, I'll be taking over the handling of everything. For those that don't know me, I've been on the Guide Team since the start of last year and spend most of my time looking at guides or hanging out at the Guidewriters Headquarters.

 

Here's the list of interview candidates as it currently stands (including those who signed up to the old thread). It's been a while, so if you no longer want to be involved please let me know! So as to not make it so that new candidates will necessarily have to wait forever to get their interview, the interviews will alternate between the Alpha (much older candidates) and the Beta group, but Alpha won't have any new people added to it until it's cleared and will take preference in cases of delays to the interview process. Interviewees from Alpha are selected at random for the time being due to some sign-up dates being lost over the years, but those in Beta will now be selected in order.

 

Interview Candidates

Alpha Group (16)

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@Revvie

@Zenpai @AK-1138

@Alantor32 @visighost @DreddPirateRobb

@GunfighterHefty @TurtlePM @ChristIllusion12

@DrEvilGuapo

 @Void @ZitMeatloaf
@Super-Fly Spider-Guy @MRTheChez

@Black54Ninja

@AlchemistWer

 

Beta Group (32)

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 @Sofa King @Infected Elite @JethrowRogueSZ2

@SnowxSakura @Baranov_925 @StygianWolf4 @realm722

 @Pirelli913 @Cherrywood @CelestialRequiem @Trumpet_Boi_208

@Golem25 @ViperLance34 @Deluziion90 @DesmaBR @TalesofGaming

@Xillynoc @CptToffer @Mikel @El Duderino @VoidVictorious @Hitman_Spinksy1

@fbdbh @DJ_Murda_Murk @blue_blur_98 @Viper @Dreggit @ITALUKE @PotrikBerger

@serrated-banner9 @Annoyingtiger888 @LuckySlime

 

Current Interviewee

KenjiCBZ

 

 

What are Member Interviews?

The Member Interviews is an ongoing community project in which a random member of the participating community is selected to be interviewed once every month. The interview process is simple. First we select a member from the list of candidates above, then we allow the community to ask that member questions for 1 week. After that week, the chosen candidate will have 2-3 weeks to answer a set of stock questions and any additional questions asked by the community. Once answered, the interview is posted up for the community to read, typically on the first Friday/Saturday/Sunday of the month. We will then take a 1-week break before then starting anew.

 

Format Updates

Please note that due to issues in the past that caused longer waiting times, if you don't get back within 3 days of me reaching out to you to confirm you're still interested, we'll move on to selecting the next person and you may need to sign back up again (if you will only be unavailable for that month though, we can just postpone your interview until it rotates back to your group at a time that suits you). This is just to ensure that you'll be around when it comes to the closure of the thread and the week in which you're meant to be coming up with answers.

 

In addition, you'll need to be an active community member to be eligible for the waiting list. What this means is that your forum account needs to be at least a year old, and you'll need to have made at least 50 posts. This doesn't apply to those already on the waiting list, though you will still need to respond within 3 days once you're selected.

 

Edited January 19 by Charizarzar

[Dreggit 2,756]

While I would have loved to continue the Member Interview Project, I unfortunately have taken on more and more responsibilities annually to the point in where I can no longer manage this project. I hope the community greets our new host with a warm welcome and open arms and may we see new Interviewee's for many months to come =)

[ObsiEez 1,111]

Awesome! I'm glad they're back as I've always loved reading them. I'd be super down to participate in the future as well as I've always loved the idea of it. Looking forward to see the interviews again!

[Deluziion90 8,613]

If it's text based interviews, sure I'll sign up seems like a lot of fun. July I'll be a 5 year member on here and just 10 days left and I'll hit 5 years when I first popped my first trophy  

[Charizarzar 1,868]

40 minutes ago, ObsiEez said:

Awesome! I'm glad they're back as I've always loved reading them. I'd be super down to participate in the future as well as I've always loved the idea of it. Looking forward to see the interviews again!

 

24 minutes ago, Deluziion90 said:

If it's text based interviews, sure I'll sign up seems like a lot of fun. July I'll be a 5 year member on here and just 10 days left and I'll hit 5 years when I first popped my first trophy  

 

Added you both! GarciaFever once did an interesting video interview, but yeah they're usually text based.  

[Deluziion90 8,613]

Great seems fun! I'm curious if people actually got questions if I got picked but I'll wait and see. Thanks for adding me  

[DesmaBR 3,627]

I've already replied on the previous thread, but I'm just leaving myself here too.

[CelestialRequiem 4,332]

waiting until June 13th

[TalesofGaming 3,252]

This sounds intriguing! I'd like to sign up if possible! 

[Sofa King 1,600]

Whether I'm interesting enough to be interviewed or not is debatable, but sure why not? Sign me up as well, sounds fun!

[Baranov_925 2,313]

I don't know if I'm interesting enough but who gives a damn ? Sign me in.

[Infected Elite 9,750]

Sign me up.

 

i feel I may get some interesting questions..

[StygianWolf4 3,747]

I doubt I'm interesting enough haha, but what the heck? Sign me up!

[CelestialRequiem 4,332]

I'll enroll.

[JethrowRogueSZ2 83]

I can hop on 

[realm722 1,685]

I'll toss my hat into the ring for this!

[Trumpet_Boi_208 355]

Eh, why not give it a spin? Sign me up!

[Xillynoc 359]

Hi, I'm definitely interested in participating in this! Sounds like fun

[CptToffer 357]

This sounds like a lot of fun. Sign me up!

[Mikel 293]

Definitely wanting to participate in this. Count me in!

[El Duderino 1,669]

[VoidVictorious 737]

Count me in!

[TurtlePM 1,043]

After reading this, it's unfair for those in the Alpha List. We are YEARS waiting for the interview and we are still behind a random luck pick, altering with new sign ups. Why not choosing 2 from Alpha and 1 from Beta? At least you'll get the Alpha team cleared after a year and half. At this rate, if I'm unlucky and I'm the last of the alpha, I'll be waiting more 3 Years, while 10 or 15 people that signed up last month are already interviewed.

 

I can't even recall exactly when I first signed up. I don't mind to wait another 3 or 4 years, but I think it's unfair being here for so long and we still in the same boat as the new ones. 6 from Alpha and 6 from Beta? 6 people per year that overcome 12. And there might be other people from Alpha even waiting for longer :/

 

Not to mention, if anyone from the Alpha team doesn't reply within 3 days, we have to resign up and wait another turn 😂 I understand that makes things faster, but it's another slap in the face 😲

[Charizarzar 1,868]

On 08/10/2022 at 8:43 PM, TurtlePM said:

After reading this, it's unfair for those in the Alpha List. We are YEARS waiting for the interview and we are still behind a random luck pick, altering with new sign ups. Why not choosing 2 from Alpha and 1 from Beta? At least you'll get the Alpha team cleared after a year and half. At this rate, if I'm unlucky and I'm the last of the alpha, I'll be waiting more 3 Years, while 10 or 15 people that signed up last month are already interviewed.

 

I can't even recall exactly when I first signed up. I don't mind to wait another 3 or 4 years, but I think it's unfair being here for so long and we still in the same boat as the new ones. 6 from Alpha and 6 from Beta? 6 people per year that overcome 12. And there might be other people from Alpha even waiting for longer :/

 

Not to mention, if anyone from the Alpha team doesn't reply within 3 days, we have to resign up and wait another turn I understand that makes things faster, but it's another slap in the face

 

Sorry, those are just the rules I was given to work with. I believe it was something that was considered, but it was ultimately decided it was best not to punish new signees by having them end up at the back of the queue. It's harder for them to be chosen anyway because their group will only keep getting bigger, plus some of the B group isn't even that new anymore. I think the reason for the random selection is that there's been a lot of hosts, and the dates of exactly when certain people signed up have gotten lost.

 

It also unfortunately will take a while given the popularity of the interviews and the fact they were stagnant for a long time because the last host was busy. It's best to just look at it as a thing that will happen eventually if you're a long-time member of the site, you only get one interview after all. Aiming to get two interviews done a month is also the better option because it's easier on my schedule, plus people would likely get bored of seeing them if there were too many happening - then you'd be waiting all that time only to barely get any questions.  

 

The 3-day rule is another rule I was given (like you said, to keep things moving as that had been an issue in the past), but notice I did add in that we can schedule another time that better suits the person if they're unavailable.

[Hitman_Spinksy1 391]

I'd definitely be interested in this, sign me up please