Visit Strunky’s profile here on the forums by clicking the above picture.

Well i don’t think i need much of an intro as most of you know him already.. and well if you don’t you should because he is one of the best people around especially to game with!

But i wanted to get to know more about Strunky so i sent a few questions his way…

Who is Strunky? And what do you do in real life?!

My real name is Steve but folks have been calling me Strunky or just Strunk for years. It’s a play on my last name actually. I’m not sure why but it gets me a lot of attention during online play. By attention I mean people screaming my name after they kill me and teabag my dead body. Even people I’ve never met seem to enjoy yelling out my name after they’ve killed me. It’s kind of funny really. I don’t understand it but I suppose I don’t need to, I enjoy it none the less.

I’m a SciFi nut. I find anything Star Wars related to be instantly interesting. I’m a lego maniac and comic fiend. Yes, yes, I know, I scream geek but so be it. We all love our inner geek.

In real life I work in the insurance industry. My family has a small brokerage down in Florida. We set up shop here in August of 2000 after moving from Washington D.C. My father and I started all this back in 1995-96 and it’s been going strong ever since.

So.. does this mean if i don’t switch to geico i can still save money?!

How did you get into the gaming world?

I got into the gaming world when I got my first console system way back in 1984. Most people my age instantly think Atari but no, I was an Intellivision kid. Once it broke though, that was it until about 1989 when I got my first Nintendo. That little box lasted forever too. I eventually moved on to Playstation and then on to Xbox where I’ve found the perfect blend of community and gaming. I originally bought my Xbox only to play Halo. It was the only game I owned for a long time but then came Star Wars: Battlefront and this is the game that really started the ball rolling and led me to where I am now. That’s where I first met bsangel (Sheahem back then), Sinistersixx and a handful of others. The rest, as they say, is history.

Favorite Gaming moment ever?

My favorite gaming moment ever was beating Starfox911 on the old Xband in the original MarioKart. He was ranked #1 in the world and I put it on him with a power jump that knocked him off the track when I landed on him. It was sweet and the ONLY time I EVER beat him. A close second to that moment though is the release of Halo2. Afterall, it is the game that turned Xbox LIVE into what it is today is it not?

If you could be any one character from a video game who would it be and why?

Leasure Suit Larry, he gets layed more in one game than I do in a month AND he gets to drink martini’s the whole time. That’s just too cool. I hope that’s not showing my age too much, LOL. Being 34 isn’t really all that old now is it? Nahh…

Ha ha ha i can remember being way too young playing LSL back in the day on PC.. I loved getting him wasted and trying to get it on with hookers! LMFAO!

Besides being found here at our forums what other organizations/teams do u belong too?

Besides being found in the CG forums I’m also the Overlord of the Caveboys and an active member at Bungie.net. B.net can be rather scarey if you’re not used to it and know where to go. I’ve signed up at other sites such as Loading Reality and such as well but I haven’t been too active over there, Sorry guys. I need to get my bones over to TTL as well before I get disowned by bsangel.

Yes.. my rule of thumb is never to piss off BS!!

How did The Caveboys start?

The Caveboys originally started as a support group of sorts. WAAAAAY back in the day when the Cavegirls were first asked to do a humpday challenge they had needed a name for the write up. I’m not sure how accurate I am here but I think Cayote combined two of her gamertags, Autumn Cavegirl and Cayote to form the Cayote Cavegirls. Our leader back then, Icarus, was joking with DonWan about it and, I suppose, got the idea to do it and made a Caveboy clan. I’m not clear as to EXACTLY how it all happened but needless to say we ended up keeping the name. To be dead honest with you, I never really liked our name and I still don’t. First reason, I don’t refer to myself as a boy but rather a guy or man. Secondly, I get a lot of wise cracks about it as though we were copying the name from the CG’s when that isn’t the case at all. Would I ever change it? No, I wouldn’t. I wouldn’t because we have a lot of members who are proud to be a CB. Except for a few, all of our members have been playing together for well over a year or even two. That kind of makes us a family and we treat each other as such. Just ask one of the guys.

Yes, i agree with the whole name thing sounding a little juvenile.. but whats weird is it doesn’t sound like that saying “Cavegirls” but “Caveboys” would make me think that you are all twelve if i didn’t know any better! I knew it had started a little more as a joke, but i never really got the full story until now

If you could have halo babies with any one Cavegirl who would it be?!

Halo babies? Never gave it much thought really. I suppose I’d have to pick bsangel. She’s already a Mom so I know she’d treat my youngins nice even if they looked like little grunts. LOL

Yes, I’d even do BS.. and i’m not gay!

But thank-you very much Strunky .. or should i say Steve?! LOL, For taking some time out to answer my questions and letting the forum readers get to know you a little better

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