Congratulations to Shiner Chick for being May’s Cavegirl of the month! She was choosen for her outstanding organization and activity as the captain of the Rec Team - Cortana’s Daughters. They have been doing lots of challenges lately, and I thought we would highlight their captain for May. Not only that, she is also an alternate for the Pro Team, and I hear she is a fantastic cook! If you would like to challenge The Rec team, head on over to our forums and put in a request. Now, on to the interview!

Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from, what do you do?
My name is Rebecca, but everyone calls me Becca. I’m 24. I was born and raised in Houston, Tx but currently live in Austin, Tx. I just recently graduated from Texas Culinary Academy with an assocites degree in the Culinary Arts. I am working at the University of Texas as a prep cook.

How did you find out about the Cavegirls?
My boyfriend was browsing bungie.net and noticed something about the FLAG tournment and we entered it.

How long have you been with the Cavegirls?
Not too long actually. January of 2008.

How did you get started into gaming?
I had an NES when i was growing up. So I grew up on mario.

Why do you like playing games?
I love to sit back and relax with a great group of friends.

What are some of your favorite games, and what are you currently playing?
I love Halo, Oblivion, COD4 for the Xbox.
I love Pikimin 1&2 for the Game Cube.
Currently I am just playing a lot of Halo.

What has been your favorite Cavegirl event or moment so far?
Ladies Night is my favorite event. And I am even more exited to be hosting it for awhile.

You are the Rec Team captain, can you tell us a little more about the team?
I have a great team. We practice once a week and that is always a blast. My team is made up of Dallavalamp, BeatrixKiddo23, lovegoddess, Calliope. Betty Skeddi and Liz Jade are alternates for the team. We play challenges and Halo or COD4 and have been getting alot of challengs. We have done 2 so far giving us a 1-1 record. I am very honored to be captian of an awesome team

When not gaming, what do you enjoy doing? Do you have other hobbies?
Cooking. I cook all the time. I also love all the girly hobbies, hunting, fishing, scuba diving..lol

Favorite music?
Country all the way.

Tell us something weird or unusual about yourself. Do have a special talent?
I’m kinda strange to start with..lol I guess my special talent would have to be my cooking. I use to be horrible at it too but now I am really good at it.

What is your greatest Halo 3 accomplishment so far?
hmmm…thats a tough one. I guess the other day I was playing I think it was multi flag on Avalanche. I was sniping and I sniped the gunner out of the warthog. They were fliping over and moving behind something so i could barley see them. I generally can’t hit anyone in the warthog while i am sniping so I was proud of myself.

Do you have a favorite or funny screenshot to share?

Eek took this one. We were playing rocket race and I was on the back. I hit a fusion core and we went flying super high.

If you were stranded on a deserted island, what 5 items would you want with you?
Bed, Xbox360, Halo 3, Tv, Ipod

If you have questions for Shiner, leave a comment or visit us in the forums! Thanks Shiner!

Congratulations to Dallavalamp for being April's Cavegirl of the month. She was selected for her organizing of ladies nights, suggestions, and leadership within the clan. We are very proud to have her a part of The Cavegirls and hope she brings even more positiveness to the clan. With that said, we wanted to get to know our Lava a little better, so we asked her some questions. We encourage you to ask her questions yourself in the comments or forums. Congratulations again, and now on to the questions!

Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from, what do you do?
I was born in Massachusetts and moved to Texas when I was 7 where I grew up in Corpus Christi – the city by the bay. Yes, that’s the city’s motto. Went to University of Texas (Hook “em Horns!) and graduated with a degree in Advertising. Did the advertising thing for a bit and didn’t like it very much. Decided to go into sales at Apple in 1996. I’ve been here ever since – with a variety of jobs from sales person answering incoming calls to a manager to a project manager (which I am now). Good thing too cuz I met my hubby here. We celebrate our 7 year anniversary on April 7th.

How did you find out about the Cavegirls?
I played in a random match with Girlwolfie on Ascension playing Capture the Flag . She told me about the group and then I met up with Cayote and some other girls. Thanks Sarah!

How long have you been with the Cavegirls?
A little over a year

How did you get started into gaming?
I’ve been gaming since I was about 12 or 13. I used to go to arcades to pass the time and got really good at Moon Patrol and Ms. Pac-man. In high school, my two best girlfriends and I (shout out to Mereduff and Hopey) played Super Mario Bros pretty much every weekend. Once in college, Hope and I would go to the arcade right by campus to relieve stress and spent about 6 hours at a time playing Streetfighter 2. I was E. Honda. Why I don’t know – that dude was NOT nimble, but he had the hiya karate chop. Then, after college, I would play various things on the Playstation, Playstation 2, XBOX, Nintendo and then finally the 360.

Why do you like playing games?
Strategy, Competition, Social aspect, stress reliever, distraction

What are some of your favorite games, and what are you currently playing?
Nintendo Games – Super Mario Brothers and Donkey Kong Country
Playstation - Kingdom Hearts, Champions of Norrath, Gauntlet, Dark Alliance
Xbox – Halo, Halo 2
Xbox 360 – Halo 3, Gears of War, Mass Effect
Game I always wanted to play but didn’t have a GameCube – Eternal Darkness

What has been your favorite Cavegirl event or moment so far?
Meeting the various Cavegirls online and at PAX. It’s been awesome

When not gaming, what do you enjoy doing? Do you have other hobbies?
I read a lot, I love to write (I actually wrote a TV series pilot one year cuz I was bored) and Photography. Check out my stuff yo: rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://web.mac.com/djlopu

Favorite music?
Dance (Techno), Hip Hop, Rock - I will pretty much listen to anything. Hubby has a side business as a DJ, so we own a lot of music.

Tell us something weird or unusual about yourself. Do have a special talent?
Something weird. I think I’m just kind of weird in general. Hmmm, I think my photography is my special talent. Other than that, maybe my weirdness is my randomness.

What is your greatest Halo 3 accomplishment so far?
Just the other day in a Ranked Big Team game, I jumped over an incoming Warthog, stuck the windshield, it blew up and right after I leap frogged the about-to-explode Warthog. I have the film saved, I just need to save that clip. But I would say in total, it’s generally my grenade abilities. I would prefer to use a sticky or spike grenade as my primary weapon. I can launch them pretty far. If you look in my file share, you will see a great series of 3 screenshots. I launch a grenade on The Pit, running out of the invis corridor. I hit the players foot who was hiding under the sniper/turret spawn. That was awesome!

I like this one – it looks like I’m being chased by a giant fireball. That is all the questions we have! Now it's your turn to ask the questions.

Primal Fear, Cavegirl of the Month for January ‘07!

I met with Cari at a local arcade. We played some games then took a walk along the boardwalk. Me with a Shirley Temple in hand, and her with I think some fruity malibu drink we sat down and had a chat.

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IndianPrincess, Cavegirl of the Month for June ‘06!

One day in Matchmaking, I met Indian Princess. It’s usually obvious that there is another girl in the room, but one can never be sure-so I made the usual joke “omg is there a girl playing halo?” or something like that. I guess she thought it was funny because she accepted my friend request. I was playing with Shoelace Pirate at the time and she had to go, and when she left Indian Princess, aka Talli said, “She is a Cavegirl?” I said yes. And snickered to myself, because my Cayote gt was not in the Cavegirls at the time. Then I was sad because I was thinking “but I’m a cavegirl too!” I thought it was humorous. Besides having a great new friend, I have met many new friends because of Talli. She is a hoot to play with and I adore her completely! I can’t think of anything more to say right now, so without further ado I introduce you to Indian Princess! June Cavegirl of the Month!

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Cayote, Cavegirl of the Month for May ‘06!

Thats right kiddos! Cayote AKA Katie is May Cavegirl of the month! Cayote is the founder of the Cavegirls, and one of the most awesomest (yea, its a word!) person that I know! She has worked very hard in creating and maintaining this group and building it from nothing into the great community that we have here. She has recognized many of us as cavegirls of the month, and now it is time to recgonize our founder! Thanks for all the work you do!

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ShoelacePirate, Cavegirl of the month for March ‘06!

Cayote:

Congratulations to Shoelacpirate, March Cavegirl of the Month! And thank you Melissa for being a part of the cavegirls. You are adored by many.

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Clobberella, Cavegirl of the Month for January ‘06!

Venus Envy :

Without much hesitation it was determinded that Clobberella is the Cavegirl of the Month of January!! I know a little late..but it’s worth it!!! This girl is great! She’s been here since the early days and has always been involved as much as possible! And for that this is our way of saying thankyou!

I thought about doing an interview followed by you girls asking whatever you wanted! But I am just gonna get as those need to know questions out of the way first!!

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Venus Envy, Cavegirl of the Month for December ‘05!

Venus Envy :

Oh wait that is me!

I decided to do it because Cayote is too lazy to do it herself! (*kisses)

I’m not going to go a big spill about everything now, but I will keep the same format as last month and leave the questions up to you gals (and guy). So feel free to ask me anything you want!

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The Don Wan, Cavegirl of the Month for November ‘05!

Cayote :

We all know her and love her, and we all want to kiss her! So for this month’s cavegirl I decided to do something different. I will let you do the interview! That’s right! You get to ask Don Wan whatever you want! There better be some Halo Related stuff in there! lmao! And Kari has agreed to answer all of your questions!

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Tinkerbell, Cavegirl of the Month for October ‘05!

I met with Tink at her home and we had some lemonade as we sat on her couch having a nice chat, in which after we were done we played Halo 2 of course and kicked some ass!

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