Spring 2010 "Tribe Awards"-----PATSY

The KTDA Council of Tribes "Tribe Awards," honoring our game-characters who parallel the original "Tribe" characters we all know and love.

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Patsy was definitely one of a kind.

In a lot of ways, she was just plain normal. Normal interests, normal curiosities, normal fears and insecurities.

Patsy was pretty, lively, curious, and she always wanted to be in the middle of things.

Krystal is also pretty, lively, curious, and she always seems to find herself in the middle of things whether she wants to be there or not.

Krystal came into our game-world having lost a brother. She found a new home with the River Rats, and she's stayed loyal to them.

Krystal inherited her parents' talents and interests in medicine and has put that to good use.

But very much like Patsy, Krystal's curiosities have taken her into and out of love, into and out of trouble, into and out of more strange circumstances than one girl should endure.

But endure she has. Krystal is dependable and true, and she always seems to show up where she's needed most.

Now if we can just straighten out her love life and settle her into a good life for the future!

-Chyna

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Spring 2010 "Tribe Awards"-----MEGA

The KTDA Council of Tribes "Tribe Awards," honoring our game-characters who parallel the original "Tribe" characters we all know and love.

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Ah, the paradox of leadership.

Witness Mega, who literally tossed Ram on the trash heap and took over the Technos.

And once he was tribe leader, his incredibly sadistic side started showing. Need punishment? Gee, lets get Jack to make us a virtual game that hurts people and THEN let's test it out on Jack's girlfriend!

Oh, our boy Mega made previous-leader Ram look downright normal. And the icing on the cake? Well, if Mega goes down then the whole city goes with him because he has his OWN VIRUS he can unleash to destroy everyone!

*Sigh*

Those of us playing KTDA have dealt with our own version of Mega, believe me. His name was Crux, and he was tribe leader of the Moths.

He was secretive, sadistic, charismatic, and totally a lunatic.

Unfortunately Crux didn't survive his Grand Scheme. He died trying to take us all with him.

Fortunately for Fort River, the river came flooding back and doused that damned Virus before it had a chance to do its worst.

Sorry, Crux.

-Chyna

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Spring 2010 "Tribe Awards"-----MAY

The KTDA Council of Tribes "Tribe Awards," honoring our game-characterse who parallel the original "Tribe" characters we all know and love.

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If there was one girl who was consistently underestimated throughout all the seasons of "The Tribe," that girl was May.

May was a gadfly. She showed up here & there when she was needed.

In Season-2, she was needed to teach Lex a short lesson in humility. She was needed in Season-3 to bounce between the Chosen & the freedom fighters, leaving us mostly to guess which side she was really on. She was needed in Season-4 to help Pride cope, even though that ultimately broke her heart.

In Season-5, May was needed to make Salene think...think very, very hard...about the nature of love & hearts that speak to each other.

Unfortunately, when all was said & done, May was still the gadfly. She didn't really belong anywhere.

Our KTDA gladfly of a different sort is Katara.

Katara is a medic from a tribe called The 100. As we got to know Katara, we realized that everything about her was camouflage. That extended even to her clothes and her gender.

It seemed that most people thought Katara was a guy.

They were wrong. Katara was a lovely, sensitive, lonely girl trapped in a situation that was not of her making.

And then Katara met Arianna, tribe leader of the Misfits.

And then they fell in love.

And then Katara...vanished.

But the thing is, as with all gadflies, you never know when they might turn up again. Usually when they're needed.

-Chyna

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Spring 2010 "Tribe Awards"-----LUKE

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The Chosen gave us a lot of over-the-top characters. What was surprising was how NOT over the top the character of Luke was portrayed. He was almost...normal?

Luke was one of the Guardian's most trusted lieutenants, and I think I know why. The guy was straight. He was a less crazy face for the Guardian to the public. Kind of like, with the Technos, Jay was a more normal public face for Ram.

But this IS a post-Virus world, and normal is debatable. Luke was a sad figure. That was probably why girls were attracted to him. Salene certainly was. Luke was the one man Ellie chose over Jack and THAT was a total shocker.

A striking man with a troubled past, who carried his distress and sadness with him like an open wound...

That describes Luke, and it very much describes KTDA's Llysander.

Llysander (or Llys) is pretty much normal, as normal goes in our post-Virus game world. He's striking and friendly and courteous. He wants to work and pay his way, not just taking from others. The girls certainly seem drawn to him too.

Mostly he's carrying a lot of sadness and determination...sadness at the state of the world around him, determination to find the missing sister that this crazy, dysfunctional world separated him from.

We hope he finds what he's looking for. We hope he finds all the things he's looking for.

-Chyna

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Spring 2010 "Tribe Awards"-----LEX

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How does a Tribe-fan actually define Lex?

Starting with Season-1 all the way through Season-5, Lex was predictable & yet always surprising.

He was a bully & a brawler who could show surprising moments of sensitivity.

He was uneducated yet street-wise enough to survive--and thrive!--in the post-Virus world.

Our "Sexy Lexy" was a lover, a scoundrel, a devoted husband, a womanizer...sometimes a heart-throb and sometimes just a downright bastard.

Yeah, Lex was certainly one of a kind and did we ever enjoy it!

KTDA has a true Lex revenant in Sypher.

What can we say about Sypher that we haven't already said about Lex? Well...he wasn't a husband, at least as far as we know. But fighter, lover, womanizer, scoundrel?

Oh, yes. And over in our game, we're enjoying every minute of it!

-Chyna

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Spring 2010 "Tribe Awards"-----KC

The KTDA Council of Tribes "Tribe Awards," honoring our game-characters who parallel the original "Tribe" characters we all know and love.

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In "The Tribe," the little kids were so great! One of our favorites was always KC. Since he fumbled his way into the Mallrats and began to idol-worship Lex, we knew this kid was gonna be interesting.

KC was a go-getter. He always had a plan, a scheme, a brilliant idea--either that or he was on the verge of one. Anybody who saw it just has to admit, when he recruited Patsy & Cloe to sell watches & then buy the watches back with sunglasses (unfortunately they failed to check if the watches had batteries), it was hilarious!

Need some entertainment? Time for KC's famous "Rat Race"!

If we'd seen KC grow up, he might've become KTDA's Rio.

Fort River's opportunity-guy, Rio's biggest claim to fame so far has been electricity. Yep, he's our Power Czar--he figured out how to get the water wheel working at the hydroelectric center and voila! Power!

Like KC, Rio knows how to stay out in front of the pack. Also like KC, Rio has a thing for gambling apparently. Whether it's the tables at Mirage or the arena at Jet's fight club, Rio seems to spend as freely as he makes.

Now we wonder, can he keep it up? KC's scheming got him in and out of a lot of tricky spots. Last we saw of him, he was in a cage guarded by Chosen.

Last we saw of Rio, he was cheering at the local fights.

-Chyna

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Spring 2010 "Tribe Awards"-----JAY

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When you think of "Tribe" and "honorable," our man Jay has to be pretty high on your list.

Ok, yeah, he was one of the invading Technos. He was actually one of the Techno leaders who orchestrated their shock-n-awe takeover of the city. Jay was Rom's trusted general, and he did his job very well.

Not sure what it was that brought out his ethical side. It might've been there all along, just waiting for a catalyst.

Or it might've been him getting the hots for Ebony.

Oh, wait--make that "hots for Trudy."

Um...no. Wrong. He had the hots for Amber.

Ok, my head's spinning. Let's just admit the guy was a man-ho & leave it at that. Still, he tried to do the right thing. It was just that the right thing kept changing up on him all the time.

So far, the beginning part of this Jay-description seems to apply directly to KTDA's Kane.

There's a lot we don't know about Kane, but we know that so far he's played things pretty much on the up-n-up. Since he's been in Fort River, he established a small business for himself & his friends to pay the bills.

Somehow he hooked up with Valentine, and that's where things have started to get interesting. Kane's played it pretty much honorable as far as we can tell. And, ok, yeah...he may have the first indications of a man----

Oh well, never mind. We'll have to wait & see what happens with that. Should be fun!

-Chyna

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Spring 2010 "Tribe Awards"-----JACK

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Ah, Jack. From the beginning, Jack clung to the Old World with a vengeance.

Living in a mall, stocking up on all the junk food he could get his hands on, but especially the old established technology - that's where our Jack excelled.

Purify the water? He was on it with his trusty assistant Dal. Wind power? No worries.

In that same role, KTDA has Rook. With a portable science lab in his backpack and a brain filled with sometimes-useful knowledge, Rook is lucky he has his brother to keep his feet planted more or less firmly on the ground.
Want to bring a river back to life? Rook is definitely your man.

We can't wait to see what he'll come up with next!

-Chyna

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Spring 2010 "Tribe Awards"-----HAWK

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When it comes to the tall, dark & silent type, the Eco-tribe (or Gaians) had Hawk.

Hawk wasn't around a whole lot. You could catch him now & then in the crowd of Ecos usually hangin' around Amber/Eagle. Mostly he appeared in Season-5, after Pride died & then again when Mouse wanted to get out of the city.

When he was on screen, you noticed.

We didn't know a whole lot about Hawk. He just had a presence that drew you. He seemed sad, alone, the same kind of guy that Pride probably was before he was corrupted by the city and his attachment to Amber.

And that really, really reminds us of KTDA's Llysander.

Llysander, or Llys, hasn't been around our game very long. He's tall, dark, broody & totally compelling when he's in a scene.

Llys also has the whole wanna-hug-him thing going on when you learn he's this sad figure in the landscape searching for a long-lost sister.

There's nothing "metro" or confusing about either Hawk of Llys.

While Hawk was almost a throw-away character in "The Tribe," we hope that Llysander gets more development in the game. His attraction to the fight club is an interesting twist. I think we might enjoy where this leads us.

-Chyna

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Spring 2010 "Tribe Awards"-----ELLIE

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Ellie was a lot of fun as a character.

From the moment she came on-screen as Alice's Virus-infected sister who got helped by the Mallrats' antidote - and especially when she came like a whirlwind into Jack's & Dal's lives - Ellie was just delightful. And if I'm right? Ellie was one of the very few females who didn't fall for Bray! hehe...

Ellie was a pretty, bright, intelligent, fun-loving girl who had a hard time taking no for an answer.

She also had her serious side. With Jack's help she created "The Amulet" newspaper that focused on finding out what REALLY happened with the Virus - who was responsible & why did it happen. (Danni really, really wished Ellie had let that one alone!)

When it came to boys? Ellie had some very definite opinions. It took her 4 seasons! in the game before she finally experienced love. Despite Luke or anyone else, it was always Jack who touched her heart and brought her to life.

Bless Jenna's heart, she's very much like Ellie. She can be fun and entertaining. She has her serious side and her socially conscious side, which is illustrated in her work as a bard. She can be fun; and in all truth, our girl Jenna is sooooo innocent in a game-world that ... well ... isn't.

Don't change, Jenna! We want to see you grow and develop and stay true to yourself, just the way our girl Ellie did.

-Chyna

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Spring 2010 "Tribe Awards"-----EBONY

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Make a roster of truly unique, stand-out characters from "The Tribe," and Ebony is one you can't miss. Through all 5 seasons, we could depend on Ebony to ultimately land on on her feet.

Whether she was acting as the Mallrats "muscle" or taking on the Chosen or even fighting her own sisters, Ebony always gave us a good show. And almost as fun as watching her establish her authority was enjoying the men she challenged -- Zoot, Bray, Lex, Ram, Jay, Slade.

Good times. Definitely good times.

Sneaky. Selfish. Spoiled. Street fighter. Survivor. That was our Ebony.

It's also our Villa.

And more and more, it's becoming our Jet.

Villa is a force unto herself that no one--nope, not even Marionette--has been able to stop or tame. She's wicked strange most days. She loves as hard as she fights, and doing either or both seem to keep her happy. She doesn't have Ebony's strategic focus, but she definitely has Ebony's passion. And boy, can this girl put on a show!

Jet is showing the same kind of potential, but she is more an inheritor of Ebony's wild strategies. The show Jet puts on has more to do with what she can get other people to do. Like...say...the Fight Club. Interesting choice for her, and we're loving every minute of it. This girl has lots & lots of Ebony-style potential. We're enjoying watching it develop.

Congratulations, ladies!

-Chyna

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Spring 2010 "Tribe Awards"-----DANNI

The KTDA Council of Tribes "Tribe Awards," honoring our game-characters
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It was just one season, Season 2, yet the character of Danni left an indelible impression on Tribe-world.

This girl wasn't a primal survivalist. Danni carried her civilization and ethics and ingrained democratic beliefs with her--just as important to her as food and water and living to the next day. It was obvious in the things that drove her. Getting the trading market going, her Bill of Rights, leadership of the MallRats. . .

Danni was also driven by her past, a past that wasn't her fault and she couldn't be blamed for. It was harsh when everyone found out Danni's father was the scientist responsible for the Virus that devastated their world.

She was working through all that, beginning to live up to her potential and change her world, when the Chosen came and the Guardian captured all the tribe leaders.

Danni disappeared, but she has never been forgotten.

Valentine came from a different background but has faced, and is facing, a lot of the same challenges Danni knew. Val's back story led her to be an anarchist, and it seems she has always been a natural leader if anarchists have leaders. She is a magnetic personality, and people respond to her.

Where Danni had the Guardian, Valentine had kidnapping and slavery and a near-death experience that totally changed her. Today our girl is a bona fide capitalist, one who seems to be using her influence to help others. For every wildly successful business like Home (an inn/bar) and Mirage (a casino), there is also an indoor trading market and a free shelter/clinic for the city kids that she either sponsors or pays for.

Where Val truly parallels Danni seems to be in her choice of men. These girls aim high, and that will definitely lead to broken hearts along the way.

We were sorry to see Danni disappear after one short season.

We hope Valentine is with us a very long time.

-Chyna

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