Date: 9/29/05
Xbox Live Gamertag: Mr. Butler
Welcome to a new little feature called ‘Q & A with Yaters’. The idea is to feature a member of our community each week. Call it a ‘Get to know your fellow gamer’ or perhaps ‘Another waste of time’ section of the website, but one thing is for sure…you’ll know more about some of these people than maybe you’d like to.
First up on the block is the one and only MR. BUTLER. Previously known as ‘SHPV’, Fred, or Mr. Belvedere! Did the Butler do it? We’ll find out!
Yaters: So where are you from and what do you do?
Butler : Hometown: Germantown , WI ….NW suburb of Milwaukee . My business card says I’m a Mortgage Consultant….I do home loans for people.
Yaters: So you like cheese and you put people in debt?
Butler : Well….yes…in a way I suppose that’s true.
Yaters: Your gamertag is Mr Butler, what's the story behind that?
Butler : My first name is Rhett…not Fred, Francis, Belvedere, or Ichabod, despite what some may believe. My mother loves “Gone With The Wind” and when I was born my father said “Well now you have your Rhett Butler...” and that was that. One of my first jobs was a cashier at one of the local gas stations. Every Sun. morning a group of guys would come in and drink coffee and bs with each other. They started to refer to me as Mr. Butler and it kinda stuck. Its also the license plate on one of my cars.
Yaters: Wait, so a bunch of old cronies at a gas station coffee shop are responsible for your nickname? That I wouldn’t have guessed. Now all my jokes about the Butler with the Candlestick aren’t going to work. At least it’s easier to pronounce than ‘SHPV’.
Butler : It was pronounced ‘SHPV’….not ‘SHPV’
Yaters: Yes, thanks for finally clearing that up.
Yaters: What’s the status on the home front? You married? Have kids? Any pets?
Butler : Not married, no kids, and my dog which I had since I was 12 died just earlier this year. Will probably get another when I move.
Yaters: I love dogs, so I’m sorry to hear that. Instead of pouring all this money into things like AIDS research and the space program, we should figure out a way to make dogs live longer.
Yaters: What are some things you like to do outside of Xbox for recreation?
Butler : I enjoy basketball, both playing and watching. Anything to do with cars. During the summer months I spend a lot of time on the water either being lazy or trying to kill myself on one of the jetskis.
Yaters: Don’t bring the ball inside on me Butler . I play ‘old man’ basketball now. That means I foul hard and often. So you must be a big fan of those jetski games? Are you excited for Def Jam Wave Racer coming out in the Spring?
Butler : No…not at all actually.
Yaters: ok, so What games are you currently playing?
Butler : Lockdown, GR2:SS, SC:CT, College Hoops 2k5 are what gets most of my attention. Although I have a lot of other games that I will occasionally play when others are on.
Yaters: And you are pretty good too Butler . Come back and talk to me when you’re 35 and we’ll see how good you are!
Butler : Thanks – I just like to play for fun.
Yaters: Have you played Links? I can kick your tail in that game!
Butler : Have you tried anything else? I can kick your tail in all of them.
Yaters: Good point…
Yaters: What would you consider your all-time favorite game?
Butler : Very hard question….not sure if its my favorite of all time but it was the first thing that came to mind: Final Fantasy VII
Yaters: I wouldn’t have guessed you are a D&D freak!
Butler : I’m not, but it is a role playing type fantasy game.
Yaters: Yeah I know…and I’ve actually played it. Certainly it’s one of the better RPG titles of all time.
Yaters: Give us a mental picture of Mr Butler playing Xbox at night...
Butler : Hmm…me in shorts and a t-shirt wrapped in a blanket sitting on a black leather couch in a dark room about 8ft away from 52” of glorious HDTV
Yaters: Now we’re talking! That’s the only way to play – in HD. You guys that are still on your little 27 inchers….you’re missing out! Wrapped in a blankey though…that’s a little odd Butler .
Butler : It’s all about comfort Yaters….
Yaters: As long as you aren’t sucking your thumb too.
Yaters: How did you find the Zero Commit Site?
Butler : November of ’04 I was looking through the Xbox.com forums and found a post made by Blkdog. Figured Id give y’all a shot.
Yaters: What were you doing on the Nintendo Love Fest Boards?
Yaters: You're a developer and have been given unlimited resources for a game. Tell us what you'd create?
Butler : Some sort of MMORG for the next gen consoles. I like the idea of having your own character and it would be nice to have one on the consoles over Live because I have typing to others. I think it would great to go out on quests with your friends on Live.
Yaters: HA! I knew you were a D&D freak!
Yaters: What next gen console do you have your eye on?
I am the king of impulse buys so I will probably own all of them. But the 360 has most of my interest mostly because of Live. I just get too bored playing games by myself and I expect that will be the system most of those I enjoy playing with will be on.
Yaters: I have to agree with you there. LIVE is the big selling point for me. You’ll even get the Revolution?
Butler : Yep, can’t wait to wave around my magic pom-pom controller stick at the screen.
Yaters: Will you wait or get it at launch?
Butler : 360 is already reserved for launch along with GR:AW, PGR3 and Elder Scrolls:Oblivion
Yaters: Well make sure to post some reviews for things on the site – a lot of us are holding out!
Yaters: On one end of a bridge stands Blkdog. On the other lies Yaters. Both are tied down to railroad tracks and a train is coming. You only have time to save one. What do you do and why?
Butler : I try and use “the force” to stop the train and if that doesn’t work then I with die with them because I couldn’t imagine life without either of them.
Yaters: That was a girly-man answer. Sweet…touching…sensitive…but girly man.
Yaters: Give us the top 3 Mr Butler Movie recommendations.
Butler : I’m not much of a movie buff but I enjoy, Top Gun, Tombstone , and the LOTR trilogy.
Yaters: All solid picks. Are you ICE MAN or MAVERICK?
Butler : Definitely Ice Man.
Yaters: I’m your huckleberry. $500…that must be a peach of a hand… You tell them we’re coming…and Hell is coming with us…
Butler : Yaters…I’ve seen the movie…you don’t need to quote it for me.
Yaters: Tell us something about Mr Butler we don't already know.
Butler : I hate Tennesee! Maybe someday I’ll let yall know why J
Yaters: HA! I know why! I promised not to say anything, but it involves a midget, a bicycle pump, and some whip cream. Send $20 to me and I’ll tell you!
Yaters: What would you change about zero commit and why?
Butler : I wish it was more of just a close knit core group of players…maybe like 20-50 good guys. I just hope if that ever happens I get to be one of those few J
Yaters: Yep…I’m kinda with you on that one. Although to an extent we really just find our own niche and play with those people. So you’re saying all the new people suck?
Butler : Uh…no…I’m just saying…
Yaters: We know what you mean.
Yaters: What is your greatest accomplishment so far in life?
Butler : I am very hard on myself so its hard to say…I don’t really consider much of anything an accomplishment. But I do feel that I am doing pretty well for myself. I am about to turn 26. I’m buying a house in a couple months and I have a career that I do well at and will probably do for the rest of my life. Until I get married and have a family I don’t consider anything else I do in my life all that important.
Yaters: So winning the Splinter Cell tournament doesn’t top the list?
Butler : ok – yes…I change my answer to that.
Yaters: Well that’s going to do it here for our first Q&A session. Thank you Fred for taking the time to participate. We all know a little bit more about the mystery wrapped up in a riddle known as Mr. Belvedere.
And here is the glamorous Mr. Butler…fresh off a dizzying three hour marathon session of that ‘fishing’ game on the Xbox….
Next week…a kid from Bosnia stops in to tell us tales of escape and setting things on fire.
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