 |
| Krokopatra, the cybernetic copy of a real Cleopatra Photo from ©swordroll.com |
Are you glad that you are in the game?
I am very glad that I am in the game.
Do you represent the real Cleopatra?
I am the real Cleopatra, although I don't look like that.
Well, that's true, you don't look like that. Was that intentional from the game makers?
Oh, I don't think it was intentional. No, it was more of a mistake from hackers.
But wasn't that particular look of yours intended as the look of the whole Krokotopia?
No, they changed all of us.
So, you should be looking exactly like Cleopatra in the game?
Yes.
Well, there is nothing wrong with your look, it is exciting and magical.
Well, maybe there is nothing wrong.
Are you angry at it?
I am very.
Is there anything else you're angry about as Krokopatra?
Well, perhaps I am angry at the players.
Why?
Well, they, they laugh at my looks.
Really?
Yes. They make comments by player chat which I see, and they gossip about me openly.
When I think of that, it comes to mind, that you as Cleopatra have always had such a social curse.
Yes, that's true!
This is very sad to hear. Do you like your life in Krokotopia?
Well, maybe I do. But it's very dull and boring.
Can you tell me more about Krokotopians? Their culture, their politics, their history?
Well, Krokotopia is in fact Egypt, and we are missing our Pharaoh.
Well, I know your Pharaoh, and he is a little kid currently.
Well, that's true, but he could be in the game still.
I think that maybe there is some hostility from the game towards too much originality?
I think so too.
Because Pharaoh is a little black cat.
Yes. But we could still have him here. Perhaps this is too fun for the game.
Or maybe this is because of real world politics.
Perhaps it is. They don't want to agree on equal rights for animals. Instead they turn people into animals. See, that's what they do.
Exactly, you were changed.
Yes, and all the Krokotopians.
So actually, there is no need for you to tell me about the culture of Krokotopia. Everybody knows it. So it is a real Egypt in the game?
Yes.
Is Krokotopia a happy country in the game?
Not very, we are not happy. We are not happy, we are persecuted by other countries, and only Avalon likes us. We are very impoverished in the game. There is no exciting trade except with Avalon.
If the game was conquered by players, would that change anything for Krokotopia?
I don't know. I think the reason for playing is to make the world better in the game, in any game. But I don't know if anybody's win could change anything for us. I don't think so.
How do you view Wizard101 generally?
It's a very nice game that's damaged. But I like being here.
How was your cybernetic in-game copy created?
Well, I was downloaded from a real person. I was scanned and downloaded.
What year was then when it happened? Because you're a historical figure.
Yes, but my incarnation lives nowadays. It was 1995. They were making preparations for the game.
Did they address you as Cleopatra, did they know you're Cleopatra?
Yes, they wrote me a letter, and they sent me a file by e-mail which explained what the company was for, and they said, we know who you are, and we very admire you, and we want to make a monument for you in the game. But they couldn't do it, because hackers attacked, and I was the first person changed in appearance same year. Then they changed Spartakus from Grizzleheim, which used to be called Grizzly World, and they gave him a new name, Dimachaerus, and they took away his appearance, they changed him into a bear. They said they are taking over the company. They threatened the real company with guns. So we all agreed to our fate in the game.
Is your life in the game dangerous, for you as a cybernetic copy?
Sometimes, hackers don't like me. They want to remove me. They don't want to remove Bartleby, but they want to remove me.
Did you read the interview with Bartleby?
Yes, it was very wonderful. I can not talk to him often. All electronic people have been separated from each other. We have to sit in one place and not move.
Actually, my last question to you was supposed to be about that. Do you travel to other in-game countries?
Sometimes, in secret. Only when I can double myself electronically, and then one me stays in Krokotopia, and one me travels. I never could sneak out in a different way.
But do you lead any normal life?
Yes. Yes. I lead a normal life in a small apartment, and only when a player comes in, I am teleported to meet with him. And I often have to multiply to satifsy the needs of all players.
Life of an electronic incarnation is very different from normal incarnation.
Yes.
So what's different?
I have powers, I have possibilities, which humans can not have. I speak about them when players come to visit me.
What are they?
Multiplication, teleportation, memory never fails, access to all electronic books and therefore knowledge and even the oldest science, and always I have all basic food and needs, and there is possibility of no sleep, and stuff like that.
I wish you could travel more often.
Yes, me too.
So when you mutliply to travel, and your electronic copy comes back, you then know what happened to her?
I actually know during her travels already.
How?
I look into a crystal ball and see my copy's adventures.
Ok, that's exciting and very magical. Thank you very much for this interview.
Thank you.
This interview took place on 11 August 2019, right before 12 o'clock at noon, over a radio.
Conducted by: Agata Borgia
No comments:
Post a Comment