1) Gamer Tag/User Name
x L0TUS x
2) Any writing experience that you may have (it’s okay if you have none)?
I have some experience in writing
3) What type of news are you interested in sharing or reporting?
Interviews, Blogs, Quotes, etc
4) Based on your interests for the News Team, please submit a sample of an article.
I had the opportunity to do an interview on KoG Drifdar XS. I remember meeting KoG Drifdar XS few years ago when I first joined the XG community. I didn't know much about him then, except for that he camps on BO2 with an LMG.
x L0TUS x: WHAT CLAN WERE YOU RECRUITED INTO AND WHO RECRUITED YOU?
KoG Drifdar XS: I WAS RECRUITED INTO SYN MAFIA BY SYN GAMBIT. WE ORIGINALLY MET ON MAY 31st, 2014 ON BLACK OPS 2, AND I TURNED HIM DOWN. EVERY NIGHT FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS, HE WOULD SEND ME GAME INVITES, AND WE WOULD PLAY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. EVERY NIGHT, HE ASKED ME TO JOIN, AND I ALWAYS SAID NO. ON JULY 4th, 2014, WE WERE PLAYING, AND DUE TO A GLITCH, I WAS PUT ON THE OPPOSING TEAM. A PLAYER WAS DISPARAGING SYN GAMBIT AND THE REST OF HIS CLAN MATES, SO I TEAM KILLED HIM. NOT ONCE, BUT THREE TIMES, AND GOT KICKED FROM THE GAME. I FIGURED THAT I WOULD NEVER SEE OR HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN. BEFORE I COULD COMPLETE THE THOUGHT, THEY BAILED FROM THE GAME AND JOINED ME. THEY ASKED WHAT HAPPENED, AND I TOLD THEM THAT I TEAM KILLED THE GUY 3 TIMES, AND BEFORE GAMBIT COULD SAY ANYTHING, I ASKED HIM HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE CLAN.
x L0TUS x: WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST INITIAL THOUGHT OF XILED GAMING?
KoG Drifdar XS: MY FIRST INITIAL THOUGHT OF XILED GAMING WAS WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH ALL THESE KIDS.
x L0TUS x: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ALL TIME GAME?
KoG Drifdar XS: MY FAVORITE ALL TIME GAME HAS TWO ANSWERS. CLAN WISE, IT IS BLACK OPS 2, OVERALL. RATCHET AND CLANK. MY DAUGHTER AND I HAVE BEATEN EVERY GAME THAT THEY PUT OUT IN FRANCHISE.
x L0TUS x: WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO BE A BETTER LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY?
KoG Drifdar XS: WATCHING PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP IN THEIR LIFE WORK HARD TO TRY AND MAKE SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES, AND BEING ABLE TO HELP LEARN THE ROPES, FROM HARDCORE TRAINING, TO SOMETIMES SIMPLY BELIEVING THAT THEY CAN DO THE JOB AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT I BELIEVE IN THEIR ABILITIES.
x L0TUS x: IF THERE WAS A WAY TO BETTER THE COMMUNITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
KoG Drifdar XS: THAT IS A TOUGH QUESTION. FROM MY FOUR AND A YEARS IN THIS COMMUNITY, I HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS VERY WELL RUN, AND MOST OF THE KINKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKED OUT. BUT TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY, YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WEAKEST LINK IS WHAT DEFINES THE STRENGTH OF THE COMMUNITY, SO I WOULD STRIVE TO BE THE BEST CLAN MEMBER THAT I CAN BE SO THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A WEAK LINK.
x L0TUS x: ARE THERE ANY ADVICE YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE TO THE FUTURE LEADERS IN THIS COMMUNITY?
KoG Drifdar XS: THIS MAY JUST BE THE EASIEST QUESTION TO ANSWER. ALWAYS STRESS TO THOSE THOSE UNDER YOU TO SIMPLY DO THE BEST JOB THAT THEY CAN DO AND TO DO THE BEST JOB THAT YOU CAN DO. THIS WILL LEAD TO EVERYBODY WORKING HARD TO THE SAME GOAL AND THAT CREATES AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE THAT CAN AND WILL MOVE THE IMMOVABLE OBJECT.
Since being in KoG under KoG Drifdar XS, I've learned so much more than I did before. I've learned to be more humble and respectful and understanding and yet still be a better leader. It has been an honor doing this interview.
x L0TUS x
2) Any writing experience that you may have (it’s okay if you have none)?
I have some experience in writing
3) What type of news are you interested in sharing or reporting?
Interviews, Blogs, Quotes, etc
4) Based on your interests for the News Team, please submit a sample of an article.
I had the opportunity to do an interview on KoG Drifdar XS. I remember meeting KoG Drifdar XS few years ago when I first joined the XG community. I didn't know much about him then, except for that he camps on BO2 with an LMG.
x L0TUS x: WHAT CLAN WERE YOU RECRUITED INTO AND WHO RECRUITED YOU?
KoG Drifdar XS: I WAS RECRUITED INTO SYN MAFIA BY SYN GAMBIT. WE ORIGINALLY MET ON MAY 31st, 2014 ON BLACK OPS 2, AND I TURNED HIM DOWN. EVERY NIGHT FOR THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS, HE WOULD SEND ME GAME INVITES, AND WE WOULD PLAY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. EVERY NIGHT, HE ASKED ME TO JOIN, AND I ALWAYS SAID NO. ON JULY 4th, 2014, WE WERE PLAYING, AND DUE TO A GLITCH, I WAS PUT ON THE OPPOSING TEAM. A PLAYER WAS DISPARAGING SYN GAMBIT AND THE REST OF HIS CLAN MATES, SO I TEAM KILLED HIM. NOT ONCE, BUT THREE TIMES, AND GOT KICKED FROM THE GAME. I FIGURED THAT I WOULD NEVER SEE OR HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN. BEFORE I COULD COMPLETE THE THOUGHT, THEY BAILED FROM THE GAME AND JOINED ME. THEY ASKED WHAT HAPPENED, AND I TOLD THEM THAT I TEAM KILLED THE GUY 3 TIMES, AND BEFORE GAMBIT COULD SAY ANYTHING, I ASKED HIM HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE CLAN.
x L0TUS x: WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST INITIAL THOUGHT OF XILED GAMING?
KoG Drifdar XS: MY FIRST INITIAL THOUGHT OF XILED GAMING WAS WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH ALL THESE KIDS.
x L0TUS x: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ALL TIME GAME?
KoG Drifdar XS: MY FAVORITE ALL TIME GAME HAS TWO ANSWERS. CLAN WISE, IT IS BLACK OPS 2, OVERALL. RATCHET AND CLANK. MY DAUGHTER AND I HAVE BEATEN EVERY GAME THAT THEY PUT OUT IN FRANCHISE.
x L0TUS x: WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO BE A BETTER LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY?
KoG Drifdar XS: WATCHING PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP IN THEIR LIFE WORK HARD TO TRY AND MAKE SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES, AND BEING ABLE TO HELP LEARN THE ROPES, FROM HARDCORE TRAINING, TO SOMETIMES SIMPLY BELIEVING THAT THEY CAN DO THE JOB AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT I BELIEVE IN THEIR ABILITIES.
x L0TUS x: IF THERE WAS A WAY TO BETTER THE COMMUNITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
KoG Drifdar XS: THAT IS A TOUGH QUESTION. FROM MY FOUR AND A YEARS IN THIS COMMUNITY, I HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS VERY WELL RUN, AND MOST OF THE KINKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKED OUT. BUT TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY, YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE WEAKEST LINK IS WHAT DEFINES THE STRENGTH OF THE COMMUNITY, SO I WOULD STRIVE TO BE THE BEST CLAN MEMBER THAT I CAN BE SO THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A WEAK LINK.
x L0TUS x: ARE THERE ANY ADVICE YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE TO THE FUTURE LEADERS IN THIS COMMUNITY?
KoG Drifdar XS: THIS MAY JUST BE THE EASIEST QUESTION TO ANSWER. ALWAYS STRESS TO THOSE THOSE UNDER YOU TO SIMPLY DO THE BEST JOB THAT THEY CAN DO AND TO DO THE BEST JOB THAT YOU CAN DO. THIS WILL LEAD TO EVERYBODY WORKING HARD TO THE SAME GOAL AND THAT CREATES AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE THAT CAN AND WILL MOVE THE IMMOVABLE OBJECT.
Since being in KoG under KoG Drifdar XS, I've learned so much more than I did before. I've learned to be more humble and respectful and understanding and yet still be a better leader. It has been an honor doing this interview.