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Belgium9950 Posts
After a short poll resulted in a 'victory' for MoltkeWarding, I went on to interview him. It was not the most standard interview ever, as he isn't the most normal guy either.
Lets start with the obvious: name, nationality, supposed sex, occupation
Moltke: All right: Bob, Canadian, Male, Student
Can you guess the reason why TL chose you to be interviewed? Do you feel 'special'?
Moltke: What tl.net thinks of me influences me very little. I would guess very little, apart from the condition that rekrul's not a particularly interesting fellow, and he's my nearest competitor. I attribute it to boredom
So you know they think you're an odd guy, but you feel normal?
Moltke: I feel normal, and why should I be concerned about the collective opinions of people who know me less? It's an elusive question, since anyone who reads too much is always tempted to transform his own voice into the authorial voice of his own story. Certainly I conform to certain standards of behaviour privately which are steadfast in spite of the mutations of enviornment. I am not a very abnormal person privately. I prefer solitude and peace, I like my music and to watch my films, eat good meals, take long walks. I have the plainest of habits.
Tell me, what got you into SC and TL?
Moltke: I bought Starcraft in 2000. I was looking to purchase Warcraft 2 but the vendor was out of stock, and recommended me Starcraft instead. I recall wasting the summer of 2000 over this game. I do not recall when I stumbled upon tl.net, it must have been in 2003, when TL.net was becoming a force in the coverage of pro-gaming. I began visiting tl.net often for news about the scene. Since then it has provided the best coverage of Korean pro-gaming in the English language, therefore my presence is as steady as my interest.
Isn't it weird that you of all persons, who hates popmusic, longs for the life in the 1800's, are doing something as modern and typical as videogaming? So you're still interested in StarCraft as a game, and the proscene?
Moltke: Yes, although I haven't taken the game very seriously for a long time. Certainly playing video games would not be my ideal way of living, and I play BW much less than your typical tl.net visitor, but it is a consequence of boredom. In comparison to the other main modern reprieves for boredom: masturbation and drugs, it's fairly harmless.
Masturbation is harmless too. I'd choose it over StarCraft any day.
Do you have a favourite SC player? Or does your interest not go that far?
Moltke: I have a past liking for Nada and Reach, and more recently I've been behind Savior's successes. Of the players who are dominant now I have no clear favourite. Although I am glad that the bisu fad is fading.
As many might know, you've had quite the nomadic life. Where have you already lived and where are you planning on going? What drives you to keep changing university and country?
Moltke: Which is again something against my ideal. One cannot be civilized and nomadic. From birth to 7 I lived in Hefei, China. From 7 to 18 I lived in London, Canada. From 18 to 21 I lived in Kingston, Canada for University, and from 21 to present I live in Bamberg, Germany. I've only changed university once, and that was re-location to Germany. The reasons behind it are in order of importance:
1) A love for Germany
2) The continuation of my bitter and tumultuous relationship with my mother
3) My desire to be able to work and do research in a foreign language, and
4) My curiosity about the possibilities such a change would open up.
I have no plans to return in Canada, but that is a back-up option. I dislike retreats however. I plan on staying in Germany for the foreseeable future.
A short test of your TL-preference: I'll say a username followed by two adjectives: choose one and explain.
incontrol : try-too-hard or somewhat funny
Moltke: somewhat funny. Actually I don't find him funny at all which is why I'm puzzled at others having that opinion of him.
stimey: fighting a righteous battle or unable to accept that not everyone likes him
Moltke: fighting a righteous battle. I've always been in favour of him being there no matter how little sense he made.
rpf: someone who you can relate to or someone who should assign less importance to his feelings
Moltke: The latter, by default elimination of the former. But I sympathize with him. He's a lamb among a pack of wolves.
dronebabo: troll or cute
Moltke: Troll. He's never made a post with any value whatsoever.
Strafe: arrogant narcissist or socially interesting?
Moltke: Socially interesting. I don't think he's really a narcissist, like exalted.
Somewhere in his soul he must feel a deep sense of shame about himself.
Tell me the poster you think you can relate most to, besides warding ofcourse
Moltke: I don't relate to warding much. Well, it's very difficult to relate to anyone on the internet. I think I've said this before: I can relate to the way in which obsoletelogic thinks about many things. I'm not sure if he is still present.
Who do you consider the funniest poster?
Moltke: warding, but the humour would escape most of you
Let's round up: Any shoutouts? Anything you still wanted to tell TL.net?
Moltke: I don't do shoutouts, since I don't have much of a personal relationship with anyone there. No one I care about would be reading. There are of course a couple of members on tl.net who have been helpful to me personally in the past several years: Jacen, for his steady assistance with German whenever I have needed it, and more recently drug_vict1m and Krzycho for helping me with Polish translations. I also consider posters like kwark, headbangga, clutch3, newbsaibot, to be valuable contributors to general, while haji, manifesto, pop, honestea, plexa and hot_bid have been invaluable to the coverage of the pro-scene which I follow, even though I dislike some of the members of the latter group privately. Of course there are many good posters at tl.net swarmed by the flood of bad posters, but I am not good with names, so will not attempt a comprehensive list.
That was it. I hope you all liked it. My next interview will hopefully feature My_Digital_Toss, if he's willing to cooperate.
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I agree warding is hilarious.
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Nice interview 
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Reading anything Moltke writes always makes me smile. It's almost surreal.
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Long Live Moltkewarding, no matter how much I disagree with him.
<3!
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On February 23 2008 06:50 gLyo wrote:
Reading anything Moltke writes always makes me smile. It's almost surreal.
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Belgium9950 Posts
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good job rage, nice interview
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United States20661 Posts
Moltke is fucking hilarious
though I'm sure he doesn't intend to be, and doesn't care if he is.
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On February 23 2008 06:41 RaGe wrote:
dronebabo: troll or cute
Moltke: Troll. He's never made a post with any value whatsoever.
bhahahhahaha
I'm inclined to agree til you BUY FUCKING TF2!!!!!!! :0
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Moltke writes like if he is an erudito
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His grammar and word choice make me feel so inferior.
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On February 23 2008 07:21 Pwntrucci[sR] wrote:
His grammar and word choice make me feel so inferior.
Aka vocabulary :O
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Calgary25996 Posts
This is the funniest interview I've ever read.
I'm also saddened by this fact:
From 18 to 21 I lived in Kingston, Canada for University I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH MOLTKE AND I DIDNT KNOW IT.
Nooooooooooo. How awesome would it be to hang out with warding? So fucking awesome I bet.
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On February 23 2008 07:30 Chill wrote:This is the funniest interview I've ever read. I'm also saddened by this fact: I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH MOLTKE AND I DIDNT KNOW IT. Nooooooooooo. How awesome would it be to hang out with warding? So fucking awesome I bet.
I don't think he would like to hang out with you.
Or anyone for that matter....
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i love how he articulates the sentences with words i never heard of.
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ROFL that was hilarious, moltke is awesome
btw who is warding?
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is awesome32277 Posts
L O L
I'm Glad you didn't do the 2 choices with me Royo
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thanks moltke for the shoutout in your analogous clarification =/
good interview choice, though
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
On February 23 2008 07:24 ilovezil wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2008 07:21 Pwntrucci[sR] wrote:
His grammar and word choice make me feel so inferior. Aka vocabulary :O
It is not only vocab, he is way beyond his years, both in maturity and intelligence.
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Braavos36390 Posts
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On February 23 2008 08:23 Hot_Bid wrote:
hahaha moltke hates me
huh?
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awesome interview 
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im absolutely surprised that i read that to almost the end.
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring
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Braavos36390 Posts
On February 23 2008 09:08 baal wrote:
im absolutely surprised that i read that to almost the end.
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring
do you know what is also boring, someone that whines about microstakes bad beats constantly on MSN
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I think inc should get an interview in response to this
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Baltimore, USA22259 Posts
Hahaha, this is the best interview ever, especially with that last paragraph. I'm pretty sure he hates HotBid too.
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certainly nice, exalted writing style, but apart from that neither funny nor too informative to me. I'm tired maybe i just missed it, but I don't even know what he's actually studying, or anything about his hobbies apart from PC or anything that would characterize someone a little more personally, like maybe favorite films, books, religions believe (?) ... , well there are maaaany things
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Sooo... someone fill me in please?
Who the fruck is this MoltkeWarding person? Why is he a TL legend :S?
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Osaka27172 Posts
Pshh, Im sure its me he hates.
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On February 23 2008 09:22 nortydog wrote:
subs plz
Hah! Made me smile.
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On February 23 2008 09:12 Hot_Bid wrote:Show nested quote +On February 23 2008 09:08 baal wrote:
im absolutely surprised that i read that to almost the end.
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring do you know what is also boring, someone that whines about microstakes bad beats constantly on MSN
indeed, many of us have been there, i play 600nl now tho and i dont whine as much
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Damn, this was a really, really good interview. Thanks to both parties for taking the time do it.
On February 23 2008 07:49 Fobbish wrote:i love how he articulates the sentences with words i never heard of.
I do, too. For a long time I thought he was one of those people who intentionally uses verbose vocabulary with the sole intent of feigning superior intelligence, except if you actually have a conversation with him he does it so naturally it can't possibly be fake. Moltke is actually really intelligent if you take the time to read his posts.
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On February 23 2008 09:22 nortydog wrote:
subs plz
looool
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On February 23 2008 06:50 gLyo wrote:
Reading anything Moltke writes always makes me smile. It's almost surreal.
I think this is a really good way to put it.
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hahaha
Somewhere in his soul he must feel a deep sense of shame about himself.
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We all know that's true, though.
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dronebabo: troll or cute
Moltke: Troll. He's never made a post with any value whatsoever.
i almost choked on my food
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Moltke is my favorite poster on tl.net and he's one of the few of whom I would read every post.
The only shame I feel is for this interview to be so short and you not posting here more often Moltke. Please visit this forum more frequent and elaborate on your thoughts in the general forum.
<3
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moltke is opium for intelectual emos
keep up the good work
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i know moltke for his ability to come into a debate on tl that has dragged on for 13+ pages and just dismantle every fucking argument that was made in the previous 13+ pages and then offer his own insight which by the end of reading his post seems like the only plausible standpoint on the topic. You'd need to look up every third word of his post in a dictionary but in the end both your mind and vocabulary would have expanded by kilometers.
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I only had to look up two words from his interview.. so .
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hahahah that was so entertaining... I wish I knew someone in real life who talked like that.
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Moltke is the one that taught me ubiquitous and I will never forget that moment
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LOL. Funny interview. He seems to have a very high GENERAL intelligence, which is rare. For instance, there is this kid at my school that has the most ridiculous spatial abilities I've ever seen, he can pick out almost any pattern in a matter of seconds, but at the same time, asks me what elementary words mean, such as "plausible".
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I am warding. Moltkewarding's proper display name should be Moltke or FM_Moltke.
Long story short, Moltke's an identity thief. But I still love him.
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what music and movies do you like, moltke?
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On February 23 2008 11:47 warding wrote:
I am warding. Moltkewarding's proper display name should be Moltke or FM_Moltke.
Long story short, Moltke's an identity thief. But I still love him. oh damn, this whole time I thought moltkewarding was a shared account or something.
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On February 23 2008 09:19 Elric_ wrote:
Sooo... someone fill me in please?
Who the fruck is this MoltkeWarding person? Why is he a TL legend :S?
I'm not entirely sure I can answer this one fully, because I miss a lot of the active political/ideological/discussion threads on Teamliquid.net since I am at work when this forum is active, but as far as I can tell this isn't a difficult question to answer from what I have seen.
That one should be obvious from the responses and material in his interview. His posting habits are of a high standing, all of them being intelligently constructed replies with a widely ranging vocabulary. His posts in reference to a number of topics from Politics to History indicate that there's a strong amount of knowledge and consideration to support that, as well. Some people may find him hilarious because of his writing style and approach, although I am not one of those people (if anything, that is one of the characteristics I find most intriguing about him). There's no pretense or attempt to be intelligent in those words, which is why I personally enjoyed reading the Interview.
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On February 23 2008 09:28 Manifesto7 wrote:
Pshh, Im sure its me he hates.
you moved to japan. i think we all know moltke's opinion on westerners moving to asian countries
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Cool inteview! I wish it was longer~
When Moltke was a more active poster, I used to save my favorite posts of his in text files. Sometimes I read them to other people haha
Actually I also used to save testie's posts for the opposite reason (substance for planned thread, "testie is an idiot"), but ran out of hard drive space.
+ Show Spoiler +
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Belgium8305 Posts
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Am I the only one who pronoucnes his name as Mole-tech?
I even know, that it isn't even spelt anything like that.
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Interesting. I like how a certain un-adorned confidence shines through his answers.
And I learned lotsa new words too!^^
You forgot to ask his age though in the "obvious" section. =P
@Q3: "It's an elusive question, since anyone who reads too much is always tempted to transform his own voice into the authorial voice of his own story." - I fail to fully grasp the meaning of this sentence. What does the "anyone who reads too much" refer to? Anyone care to explain?;o
I'm quite curious to what Moltke is like IRL.
These interviews are a cool idea, RaGe. Thanks.
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HonestTea
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That was real cool enjoyed the read.
MOLTKE LURVES ME! ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
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<3 Moltke. Nice interview, except I wish it was longer and a bit deeper...we need a part 2!!!!!!
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On February 23 2008 06:51 dronebabo wrote:
LOL
STFU troll! *angery face*
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That was one of the best things I've read on TL in awhile, he didn't give me a shoutout though screw you moltke
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I seriously have no clue who Warding is, does he chat on IRC a lot or something? I demand to see funny posts of his.
What Rpf said about Moltke not feigning intelligence is probably true, but I still think he tries too hard to sound like a 'sophisto'.
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Braavos36390 Posts
On October 31 2006 09:24 MoltkeWarding wrote:
You all have retarded senses of humour.
I'm pretty sure I'm the one he hates.
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HonestTea
5007 Posts
HOW CAN YOU HAVE A MOLTKE INTERVIEW AND NOT ASK HIM ABOUT WOMEN?????????????????
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United States43737 Posts
On February 23 2008 06:41 RaGe wrote:
I also consider posters like KwarK to be valuable contributors....
Fuck yeah.....
Moltke approval is the best kind of approval.
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On February 23 2008 06:41 RaGe wrote:
Masturbation is harmless too. I'd choose it over StarCraft any day.
pervert.
I totally agree on the funniest poster issue.
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Korea (South)17174 Posts
lol his answer to the strafe question is funny as fuck
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On February 23 2008 19:01 HonestTea wrote:
HOW CAN YOU HAVE A MOLTKE INTERVIEW AND NOT ASK HIM ABOUT WOMEN?????????????????
The answer is depressing? ._.
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Masturbating to those holy words felt divine.
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this is either the dryest sense of humor ive ever seen or the most boring person ive ever seen lol
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Wow, he's sooo...intellectual, and charismatic. Hmm and it seems like he knows more words than a webster's dictionary; I am impressed.
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On February 23 2008 23:57 likeaboss wrote:
this is either the dryest sense of humor ive ever seen or the most boring person ive ever seen lol
This whole thing is one big joke, you're missing out ;_;
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On February 23 2008 13:03 HeadBangaa wrote:Cool inteview! I wish it was longer~ When Moltke was a more active poster, I used to save my favorite posts of his in text files. Sometimes I read them to other people haha Actually I also used to save testie's posts for the opposite reason (substance for planned thread, "testie is an idiot"), but ran out of hard drive space. + Show Spoiler +
So, are you going to post that text file?
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United States5262 Posts
This was pretty sweet. I think these interviews may help give people a better idea of the personalities we have at TL. Kind of like giving TL a face.
Edit: ...or gives TL an ass hair.
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On February 23 2008 06:50 gLyo wrote:
Reading anything Moltke writes always makes me smile. It's almost surreal.
You should have a follow up, part 2! =D
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It would be pretty interesting to have a chat with moltke in real life
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Belgium9950 Posts
haha, thanks for all the positive feedback guys, i left out alot of irerelevant informaiton, and made it short so it wasnt too oboring and wal l of texti sh eand stuff
MDT hasnt replied yet, so the next inteerveiwen will haver tioo watit a bit
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While you're waiting, interview yakiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
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post the rest of the interview o_o
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On February 23 2008 10:42 sanftm00d wrote:
moltke is opium for intelectual emos
keep up the good work
lolld
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Good read! For some reason, the idea of connecting Moltke's online persona to a person in real life named Bob just makes me chuckle. One of those Internet-meets-the-real-world weirdnesses. I would have guessed at least Robert.
You should have asked Moltke what Western name he'd give himself, or his kids. Gogogo! Maybe if there's more interviews we can let posters submit their own questions? <wink>
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United States43737 Posts
(00:52:54) <+Moltke> Actually I am an amazingly good roommate
(00:53:05) <+Moltke> So amazing that I got kicked out in 3 months in 1st year
(00:53:41) <@vGl-CoW> it's because of your renegade ways
(00:52:42) <@Carnac_> on what grounds
(00:52:46) <@Carnac_> were you kicked out?
(00:52:51) <+Moltke> Didn't I tell you
(00:52:55) <@Carnac_> i cant recall
(00:52:56) <+Moltke> I slapped a girl
(00:52:59) <+Moltke> :S
(00:53:01) <@Carnac_> wtf
(00:53:05) <@Carnac_> why did you slap a girl
(00:53:11) <+Moltke> I warned her repeatedly
(00:53:13) <+Moltke> not to touch me
(00:53:16) <+Moltke> and she kept slapping me
(00:53:21) <@PuertoRican> walk away
(00:53:23) <@PuertoRican> idiot
(00:53:31) <@Carnac_> why did she touch you?
(00:53:32) <@PuertoRican> get a girl to beat her up
(00:53:34) <@Carnac_> or slap you
(00:53:41) <+Moltke> well on that occasion
(00:53:55) <+Moltke> it was near-dawn before halloween, and I told her to go into the kitchen and cook me some breakfast
(00:53:57) <+Moltke> and she slapped me
(00:54:01) <+Moltke> jeez
(00:54:35) <@vGl-CoW> so you knocked her lights out
(00:54:44) <+Moltke> No
(00:54:51) <+Moltke> I gave her a "love tap"
(00:54:53) <+Moltke> but she started crying
(00:55:01) <+Moltke> Must have been faking it :/
(00:55:27) <@vGl-CoW> wife beater
(00:55:40) <+Moltke> meh
(00:55:43) <+Moltke> Compared to my father
(00:55:48) <+Moltke> I am nothing
(00:56:00) <@Carnac_> hahahaha
(00:56:08) <@Carnac_> im trying to imagine
(00:56:14) <@Carnac_> moltke telling some girl
(00:56:18) <@Carnac_> "go cook for me"
(00:57:12) <+Moltke> I did not deserve physical assault for a request
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refreshing interview, a bit dry tho rofl
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On February 28 2008 07:28 Kwark wrote:Show nested quote +
(00:52:54) <+Moltke> Actually I am an amazingly good roommate
(00:53:05) <+Moltke> So amazing that I got kicked out in 3 months in 1st year
(00:53:41) <@vGl-CoW> it's because of your renegade ways
(00:52:42) <@Carnac_> on what grounds
(00:52:46) <@Carnac_> were you kicked out?
(00:52:51) <+Moltke> Didn't I tell you
(00:52:55) <@Carnac_> i cant recall
(00:52:56) <+Moltke> I slapped a girl
(00:52:59) <+Moltke> :S
(00:53:01) <@Carnac_> wtf
(00:53:05) <@Carnac_> why did you slap a girl
(00:53:11) <+Moltke> I warned her repeatedly
(00:53:13) <+Moltke> not to touch me
(00:53:16) <+Moltke> and she kept slapping me
(00:53:21) <@PuertoRican> walk away
(00:53:23) <@PuertoRican> idiot
(00:53:31) <@Carnac_> why did she touch you?
(00:53:32) <@PuertoRican> get a girl to beat her up
(00:53:34) <@Carnac_> or slap you
(00:53:41) <+Moltke> well on that occasion
(00:53:55) <+Moltke> it was near-dawn before halloween, and I told her to go into the kitchen and cook me some breakfast
(00:53:57) <+Moltke> and she slapped me
(00:54:01) <+Moltke> jeez
(00:54:35) <@vGl-CoW> so you knocked her lights out
(00:54:44) <+Moltke> No
(00:54:51) <+Moltke> I gave her a "love tap"
(00:54:53) <+Moltke> but she started crying
(00:55:01) <+Moltke> Must have been faking it :/
(00:55:27) <@vGl-CoW> wife beater
(00:55:40) <+Moltke> meh
(00:55:43) <+Moltke> Compared to my father
(00:55:48) <+Moltke> I am nothing
(00:56:00) <@Carnac_> hahahaha
(00:56:08) <@Carnac_> im trying to imagine
(00:56:14) <@Carnac_> moltke telling some girl
(00:56:18) <@Carnac_> "go cook for me"
(00:57:12) <+Moltke> I did not deserve physical assault for a request
wow rofl
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On February 23 2008 14:48 fgsvsd wrote:
Interesting. I like how a certain un-adorned confidence shines through his answers.
And I learned lotsa new words too!^^
You forgot to ask his age though in the "obvious" section. =P
@Q3: "It's an elusive question, since anyone who reads too much is always tempted to transform his own voice into the authorial voice of his own story." - I fail to fully grasp the meaning of this sentence. What does the "anyone who reads too much" refer to? Anyone care to explain?;o
I'm quite curious to what Moltke is like IRL.
These interviews are a cool idea, RaGe. Thanks.
In basic terms, it means that if you read too many books, when you speak about yourself, you sound like you're reading a book (about yourself). I don't know what that menas to Moltke, but to me it means it's sometimes too verbose and descriptive (which a book has to be in order to set the "mood/scene", be entertaining, challenging, stimulating etc. etc.).
I think I mentioned before that if Moltke were to do an interview it would read like a novel (as do all his posts). I think I was right.
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Calgary25996 Posts
Bump! More people need to read this, and Moltke needs a reason to come visit us in France!
DO IT MOLTKE!
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On June 21 2008 03:12 Chill wrote:
Bump! More people need to read this, and Moltke needs a reason to come visit us in France!
DO IT MOLTKE!
if he comes, make a video interview of him .
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Rage needs to do more interviews!! These are awesome
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AGREED.
There needs to be more! Hey hawk, why don't you be the next interviewee.
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lol awesome bump... go moltke!
i've had the honor of playing him 1:1
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On June 21 2008 04:02 Avius wrote:
lol awesome bump... go moltke!
i've had the honor of playing him 1:1
thats nothing
once mani obsed one of my games
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hahah
i wish i were a mod so i could read moltke and warding's post history
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haha moltke is always a good read
thx for the bump
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On June 21 2008 04:15 fusionsdf wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2008 04:02 Avius wrote:
lol awesome bump... go moltke!
i've had the honor of playing him 1:1 thats nothing once mani obsed one of my games
I 4v4 with Mani in a UMS before.
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On June 21 2008 05:21 XCetron wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2008 04:15 fusionsdf wrote:On June 21 2008 04:02 Avius wrote:
lol awesome bump... go moltke!
i've had the honor of playing him 1:1 thats nothing once mani obsed one of my games I 4v4 with Mani in a UMS before.
thats nothing
i let mani touch my gonads once....
in my dreams T-T
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On June 21 2008 03:55 Bub wrote:
AGREED.
There needs to be more! Hey hawk, why don't you be the next interviewee.
Nah, there's more interesting people =x
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Chill, agreed. This was one thing where I would have hated myself if I missed it. that is.. if I heard about it and...
You get what I mean.
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