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You know, when we re-titled this section, we didn't do it because we thought it was a cool-sounding name. You see, we don't believe there's a game developer or publisher out there today that owes as much to the loyalty of its fans as we do at RWS. We have done everything in our power to thank you all for that support, but now we want to encourage you to give us you full force feedback. The GoPostal.com site has been completely reconstructed and we'd like for you to add to the mayhem by making us a regular stop on your surfing schedule. Hit the Forums and shake things up; tell us what you like and what you don't, what you'd like to see as well as any suggestions to improve future iterations of the game. We'll be checking personally to make sure you show up. Please, don't make us shoot the Gimp (I mean, how do you think he became a Gimp to begin with?).  Last issue, we started something new by featuring a special member of our POSTAL community in close-up fashion. This time out, we're speaking with the legendary BAMF (That's short for Bitch Ass Mother Fucker, if you're curious, though he may also be a Nightcrawler fan), the man who mans our POSTAL League Reports (which, it just so happens, begin with this issue). The first installment of that report, by the way, follows this interview. Enough talk. Read. BAMF Interview
Q: How did you first encounter POSTAL or P2 (whichever you played first)? A: Well a couple years ago I built my first PC capable of playing high end PC games and was hooked from the start. I would go to EB Games every weekend and buy at least one new game, if not two or three. I saw POSTAL 2 on the shelf, which I had never heard of, picked it up, looked at it, saw the price ($50), and ended up buying Battlefield 1942 that day instead. When I got home I downloaded the POSTAL demo but accidentally got the wrong one. I had downloaded the Postal 1 demo and when I saw it I was happy I hadn't paid $50 for the game. Next weekend I was back at EB games looking around and picked up the POSTAL 2 box again. After looking at it I decided there was no way this was the same game that I had played on the demo, so I bought it. Once I got home and installed it, I was hooked. When I heard that RWS was working on a MP version, I couldn't wait and bought P2: STP the day it hit the shelves. Q: Explain your transition from someone who enjoyed playing POSTAL to becoming a Hall of Fame Fan? A: When I first saw that there was a POSTAL League forming, I thought that might be fun. I originally joined BTrip's team, HeD. About a month later, a friend of mine suggested: "Why don't you start your own team?" So I did. Little did I know what I was getting into. I started [BAMF] and about a month later put up the 1st [BAMF] dedicated server. I had NO idea what I was doing at the time but got some help from Scott of Scottshome.com and met DaveyBones who also taught me a few things. Anyway, after a couple years of trial and error and a lot of help from good people like DaveyBones, Kamek, Daiceman and others I have pretty much mastered the P2 dedicated server and have become one of the top custom mappers for the P2 community (although my opinion may be somewhat biased on that matter). I currently run two dedicated servers, am the lead mapper for Eternal Damnation, and have just taken over as head of the POSTAL League. Q: Tell us a little about yourself - your age, where you live, what you do for a living/school, how much your home town sucks/rules, what else you like to do and anything you think would be interesting to the readers. A: I live in hell. Tucson, Arizona. As I write this it is the end of May and it's 110 degrees outside. Needless to say, we spend a lot of time inside in the air conditioning. I'm 38 but I don't feel a day over 50! I work in sales and fundraising which gives me a lot of free time to go Postal. My favorite games include POSTAL 2, Medal of Honor (the whole series), Battlefield1942, and many more FPS games. I usually will play the single player through once but I'm more of a multiplayer guy. I've always been fascinated with the fact that when you're playing, every other person you are playing with is just another guy/girl sitting in front of their PC. Q: What's your #1 POSTAL Fantasy? A: Ever seen the Shane's World College Invasion movies?? :) Q: Express yourself regarding the way cheap politicians in search of an issue and fascist "think-of-the-children" groups have attacked and exploited the POSTAL games for their purposes. A: Christ. I could write pages on this. First off, I don't like politics or politicians or government. They do whatever they want to do, regardless of public opinion or "voting". People who blame violence in this world on video games and/or music are absolute morons. Period. The problem is that any dipshit who has no idea how to be a good parent (because the only example he ever had was his own alcoholic parents) can still pump out 3-5 kids that he/she has no idea how to raise or take care of. Kids today are suffering from a lack of parenting. To blame all the bullshit and violence that goes on in this fucked up planet on video games, television, and music is just asinine. Q: How do you feel about the fact that OTHER games rated "M" are carried in the major retailers, whereas POSTAL, POSTAL 2, etc. are shunned because RWS is a single-franchise company? A: I think RWS has gotten fucked. I can go to a video game store today and buy 20 games that would all be about killing. What's the difference between shooting someone and hacking their head off with a shovel? A little more blood? I often wonder about WW2 veterans that were actually on the beaches of Normandy and what they think of their experiences there being trivialized now to the point of making a video game out of it. Don't get me wrong, I love a good wartime FPS as much as the next guy but it's just stupid that you can go buy dozens of war games but POSTAL 2 is almost impossible to find. Why? Because they mix some humor in with the violence? Pfft! Q: How do your friends and family feel about your POSTAL devotion? A: It keeps me out of trouble. There are much worse things I could be doing (and have done in the past) so they don't mind. Q: Any other thoughts you'd like to share with fellow POSTAL fans? A: PLAY POSTAL!! Support RWS!! Come check out the [BAMF] servers!! Check out our website WWW.BITCHASSMOFOS.COM And get ready for the upcoming Season 2 of the Postal League beginning in August. Get some teams formed and get ready to Go Postal! "Let the tournaments begin! I just put my crack pipe down and I'm delighted to announce that BAMF is the new Postal League Admin. As I always say, this thing of ours we call RWS will go on forever, long after I'm gone; that's what I want, and it's because of good people like BAMF!" -- Vince Desi POSTAL LEAGUE NEWSWho will take it all? The heavily favored Elite Bastards?? BitchAssMotherFuckers?? Hell's Evil Death?? Or will one of the Euro teams surprise us all? Only time will tell. After the tournament, we will be taking a break until around the end of August in order to get the league site re-organized and promote the HELL out of Season 2. So get yourselves on over to www.postalleague.com, get registered, get some new teams started, and get ready to pop some fucking heads, whore some rockets, and snatch some bitches!! GO POSTAL MOTHERFUCKERS!!!! -- [BAMF]BitchAssMoFo Vince Desi vs. the Palestinians?"On another matter, after watching the Apocalypse Weekend trailer, I was laughing to the point of losing control over my waste-ejecting organs. Seriously, someone should write an Aboriginal chief or whatever, and thank him for inventing the Boomerang. Seeing that one, I couldn't resist pre-ordering a copy! Well done! Best regards, S. Klinger, Tel Aviv, Israel." To which Vince responds: "Dear Dr. Klinger, My role would best be served by managing the Presidential campaign of The Postal Dude, but I do appreciate the consideration. Then, after the election, I would serve in his bathroom cabinet. We appreciate your support!" [And people wonder why we call this newsletter "The Urinal"?] Postal 3 music musings You can download all their songs over here. That is like THE best band for POSTAL. And another thing: when will people learn that POSTAL is about making fun of violence, not "fomenting racism". The other day, when I was drinking coffee, it hit me. I had a vision. I think that it would be really cool if Postal Dude had his own little house in POSTAL 3. Like a really small wooden house with two floors. On the first there would be the kitchen, toilet etc. and the second floor would be the attic. Now in the attic there would be a small table with a sniper rifle on it (maybe some extra bullets too) and there would be a small window from which an office building could be seen. :) Happy hunting! Underpaid office workers would be so much fun to shoot. And the attic would have little dust particles flying around and little beams of light would enter through the roof. Oh yeah again... I didn't see a liquor store in POSTAL 2... be sure to FIX THAT MISTAKE in POSTAL 3. :)… And that's all for this month. Remember, it's even more fun if you participate! |
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