This month’s spotlight is on Manny and Mary from Orange County! A console gamer and a PC gamer, both with a great passion for gaming!
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Names: Manuel Martinez / Mary Carlson
Status: In Hell! 
Boyfriend/Girlfriend
Which one of you games? Both
How often do you game?
Mary: An hour or 2 most evenings, up to 8 hours on the weekends
Manny: Average at least 4 hours a day
Do you prefer to play online multiplayer or locally?
Mary: I mainly play MMORPGs, with some pen and paper D&D and MTG along the way
Manny: Online multiplayer games
Do you prefer competitive or cooperative multiplayer?
Mary: I enjoy both, cooperative edges out competitive though – I always end up in the sterotypical female role – the healer, LOL!
Manny: Both
Fave game to play with others?
Mary: WoW (D&D, MTG for non video-games)
Manny: Left 4 Dead 2, Monday Night Combat
Fave game to play with each other?
Mary: WoW or MTG
Manny: WoW
Currently playing?
Mary: WoW, trying Dragon Age but I’m horrible at console games at the moment, Fable 3 looks like fun, I may try that!
Manny: WoW, Fable 3, Metal of Honor, Civ 5
Do you consider yourself to be a hardcore or a casual gamer?
Mary: Casual, used to be much more hardcore but life doesn’t permit these days!
Manny: Hardcore
What do you like about gaming with Mary?
Fun having something in common with her, able to spend time together both enjoying a game
What do you like about gaming with Manny?
Love spending time with Manny on a common interest, just need to get better at console games
What DON’T you like about gaming with Mary?
She always takes the good gear!
What DON’T you like about gaming with Manny?
He never listens to me!
What has been you most memorable gaming experience?
Mary: Raiding in EverQuest, will never forget the CH rotations (Complete Heal – macros and all, each cleric starting their heal at a specific number of seconds after the last in order to take out the big NPCs)
Manny: Bad Company on 360: Lots memorable moments of online play with friends in the room
What has been your most frustrating gaming experience?
Mary: Trying to play Bad Company 2 on 360 and only being able to look at the ground or the sky, and getting smushed a lot, getting killed in Everquest on a PvP server and having my gatorscale leggings taken
Manny: WoW PvP – The lack of balance in PvP whatsoever (very gear and level dependent, no skill required)
Who is the better gamer and why?
Console games – no comparison, Manny rocks! MMMORPGs – Mary rocks as a healer
What is your system of choice and why?
Mary: PC Games
Manny: XBox 360
Fave game of all time?
Mary: EverQuest, WoW
Manny: Battlefield Bad Company 2
What do your gamertags mean?
Mary: Servilia – I saw the character in a book called “First Man in Rome”, and loved what she stood for – beautiful, nasty, treacherous scheming bitch who got what she wanted, but was still all about her family (and this was WAY before Rome came out on TV, now people keep stealing my names!)
Manny: Midnitereaper – Driving rigs on the midnight shift and always running over something!
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