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The Important Stuff:Gamertag: BlackJack One The Nomination Mail:Hi TriXie, I'd like to recommend my dad, BlackJack One, for the Xbox LIVE Gamer Spotlight. He's a really good gamer on Gears of War, Crackdown, Oblivion, and many other games. He only has a few friends, mostly family and friends we've met over Xbox, including me. We always love playing together on versus against my aunt and uncle, it's really fun. Anyways, I'd just thought that I'd recommend my dad for the Gamer Spotlight, since he really deserves it in my opinion. I know he would love to be featured, and I hope you actually consider him. Thanks for your time, and keep up the good work! Venome Wolf | Gamer Spotlight:TriXie Interviews BlackJack OneHis daughter nominated him for the Gamer Spotlight, and I am super jealous he got to hang out with Eddie Van Halen. Say hey to BlackJack One. Shoot him a Friend Request and you might get him to tell you some stories … TriXie: What's the story behind your gamertag? BlackJack One: BlackJack is the model name of one of my favorite guitars (Schecter rocks!), and my cell phone as well, so it just seemed to fit. Kind of sounds like a call sign too … TriXie: Where do you live? BlackJack One: Northern California, in between San Fran and Sacramento. TriXie: What do you do for a living? BlackJack One: I work in the healthcare industry, more specifically in Medical Device Sales. TriXie: Hehe. "Medical Device." What's the worst or weirdest job you've ever had? BlackJack One: Worst? A paperboy way back when. Weirdest? Personal bodyguard for Eddie Van Halen at the same hotel the Miss Teen South Dakota Beauty Pageant contestants were staying at … Rough night!! TriXie: Whoa! Eddie Van Halen?! As a guitar player that has to have been the best gig ever! How did you hook that up? BlackJack One: Yeah, it was awesome. Back when I was in the military (Air Force), I moonlighted for Rapid City, South Dakota, doing stage security for concerts. After a Van Halen show, some of us were hired to go on to the hotel as bodyguards (because of the Pageant). Spent the whole night there fighting off the contestants ;) and keeping Eddie supplied with kamikazes. Pretty cool night. I also took Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora to a tanning salon before a show, played video games with Sinderella on their tour bus, raced remote control cars backstage with Def Leppard … it was rough work! TriXie: Wow. Who do you think is the most technically skilled guitar player ever, the guitar player with the most distinctive and influential style? BlackJack One: It was Randy Rhoads, hands down. What he did was amazing. To think where he could have taken us! And of course my other favorite guitar is a Rhoads style Flying V. TriXie: Do you have an archenemy on Xbox LIVE®? BlackJack One: sammcgillicuddy, my brother-in-law. We're our own worst enemies! Honestly, I get along fine with just about anyone … TriXie: Describe your Xbox® setup. BlackJack One: My setup is pretty cool. I run the Xbox 360™ through a surround sound system into the Xbox 360 High Definition DVD Player into a 32" LCD High Definition TV. The whole setup is solely for Xbox (and the occasional DVD). TriXie: What's the best feature of Xbox LIVE? BlackJack One: I think the best feature is being able to play and communicate with people from all over the world … it still amazes me. TriXie: What do you think is the best game of all time? BlackJack One: Got to be Gears of War®. Epic has set a standard that won't be broken anytime soon. TriXie: What's the funniest thing you've ever heard on Xbox LIVE? BlackJack One: "Is this thing on?!?" TriXie: What is your greatest Xbox LIVE moment? BlackJack One: I hosted a Gears match once and turned Friendly Fire on. I was the last one on my team and was outnumbered 2 to 1. I ran right between the two opposing players and they shotgunned each other. What a finish! TriXie: What's your karaoke song? BlackJack One: "Little Wing," Stevie Ray's version. No singing, just playin'! TriXie: If you could trade places with anyone for one day, who would it be? BlackJack One: Bill Gates … and I'd make a bank deposit from him to me. TriXie: Who's your favorite superhero? BlackJack One: Lusiphur from the 'Poison Elves' comics by Drew Hayes. TriXie: Hot celeb you'd like to be stranded on a desert island with? BlackJack One: Hmmm, Scarlett Johansson or Jessica Alba. It's a toss up! TriXie: If you could be any video game character, who would it be? BlackJack One: Baird from Gears. He looks like me. TriXie: What's the worst food you've ever eaten? BlackJack One: Snails … like chewing on rubberbands! TriXie: What's the last book you read? BlackJack One: The DaVinci Code. It was way better than the movie. TriXie: I agree. If you liked that, you should read Angels and Demons. If you could go on tour with any band, which would it be? BlackJack One: Three Days Grace. They rock! TriXie: What do you predict will be the "next big thing" in gaming? BlackJack One: Being able to play Gears of War from my office over Xbox LIVE through my laptop. TriXie: What do you think is the best thing about the Xbox 360? BlackJack One: The games, the new friends, the upgradeability … what's not to like? No PS3 here anytime soon! TriXie: What is the Xbox 360 Achievement that was hardest to get? BlackJack One: I don't have it yet, but it would have to be Seriously (the 10,000 kills in ranked matches in Gears of War). TriXie: What would you like to be doing in ten years? BlackJack One: Anything I want, and getting paid to play my guitars! |
