Canibal:
We are here with the Leader of TRaP, also Known as BigMat.
BigMat: Hi everyone 
Canibal: Let’s get started shall we?
BigMat: Let’s do it.
Q: First off introduce yourself to the readers
A: Hello, my name is Mat, I’m not a user of the forums, so you won’t know me there, but I joined World 1 a little late, after world 5 had started, and I’ve enjoyed playing the game ever since
Q: How long have you had lead of TRaP?
A: I’ve was the War General of TRaP and before the earlier incarnations, organising operations for members of the tribe in my area. Eventually I ended up taking on the role of Duke after zstajerski finished playing, and from then on the tribe has been run by a council of leaders, and has worked well in that way.
Q: Where do you expect to see TRaP in the next 4-5 months?
A: As you are all aware World 1 has lost more players to inactivity than from any other reason, and it is a malaise which afflicts every tribe. I am concerned that the grey tribe are going to beat the rest of us, perhaps the four biggest tribes sgould join together to see if we can overcome them! It is difficult to tell what will happen at the end of world 1, forces are fairly evenly balanced, and diplomacy does not play any great part between the tribes any more as positions seem to be entrenched, but things can change quickly if the conditions and time are right. Remember how strong the old TW tribe seemed for so long, and any of the top four tribes could come out on top if they have the right combination of circumstances.
Maybe all the old rivals will join together in the end just to make an honourable end to things, or maybe it’ll just be the last few players who can be bothered to stay on! Who knows….I don’t!
Q: Can you tell the readers a bit about your relations with the top three leaders (eg: OGO, Seren, etc.)
A: I have good working relations with the leaders and members of ToRE of course, but never really had contact with leaders in HELL. As for WLE, I usually have a nice chat with Seren on the intermittent occasions I send her a few attacks, it’s really just for fun rather than the serious assaults we sometimes send or receive, I like having a good defender nearby, and in the contact I’ve had I must say I rather like Seren. I’ve never really spoken to OGO, but I have taken a few villages off him before, hehe!
Q: Have you yourself gone bored of this world?
A: I went through a bored phase, but my interest gets reinvigorated every so often. Recently I got a couple of thousand attacks coming in from HELL which was fun to defend against, I tried dodging on the first round in some villages, but realised I preferred killing off every attack, so I tried that on the second round. Unfortunately that put them off trying again, so my ODD is likely to stagnate again for a while! That’s the main danger, if the fight is too one sided it does become less interesting. I sometimes enjoy the long term tactics of breaking into new enemy areas, and gradually building up there, but I haven’t really done that since our move south into K68 and K69 then later into K78. I noticed your own tribe has done that well recently, getting quite a few players involved together.
Q: If you could change how the world was played, what would you change?
A: One difference I notice between this world and the other world I play on (world 5) is the nobles in fixed places here but a gold coins system on world 5. I like the fact that strategy here is much more important as nobles can’t be moved and a lost village matters here, whereas on world 5 you can just take another one and you have lost very little. Overall I think I prefer this world’s system.
Q: What is your most memorable W1 memory?
A: I really enjoyed the early days when my tribe were fighting against the biggest tribe at the time (TW), and doing well. There were some good players then with a real camaraderie. I’m sure you can all relate to missing the old friends you made when you were starting out! Let’s hope they’re all enjoying whatever games they are playing now as much we enjoy TW!
Canibal: We seem to be running out of time here, BitMat, Thank you for you time today and goodluck to you and everyone on W1. It has been a pleasure having you.
BigMat: Thank you Canibal, pleasure to be here. All the best to our rivals in WLE! See you at the end of the world!
