[color=gold][b][u]G-52 F.A.Q.: All Around Session #4[/u][/b][/color] [color=green][b][u]The Money Moguls[/u][/b][/color] [b][u]Cripto[/u][/b] Q: Do all those with cash manipulation have the same powers as you? A: Do note that there are severe supernatural penalties that shall be imposed upon us, but the answer is yes. The G-52s with money powers identical to mine include Quiz King, Lotto Lion, and Cash Cat. All those drum and bugle corps members also have the same powers. Q: When can you pull money out of thin air and not be punished for it? A: The only times this happens is if the money effect is automatic, instead of manually doing it by snapping our fingers, waving our hands, or whatever. Q: What automatic events are there? A: They usually revolve around cases where I'm playing a video game adaptation of either a game show or a pinball simulator, or in some other cases, a real pinball machine. If the game is a pinball table or a computer game simulator, I earn one dollar per point, and some tables make it easier to rack of hundreds of millions of points on a regular basis. Only the final total score counts, though; I don't get anything for achieving certain goals within the rules of the pinball table. If the game is a game show game, the money I win is always cash, but equal to the total, so if I'm playing a video game version of "The Price is Right," and the prize is a speedboat worth $9,812 (or whatever it is), then my powers deposit $9,812 in cash into my savings account. (I have a savings and a checking account; all money in my checking account comes from my careers as a rock singer, game show host, money I've made from books, and also my short stint in the National Guard. Sometimes I'll transfer some of that over to the savings if necessary.) All game show video games follow the rules of the show in the year they were published. For example, these days on "Jeopardy!", the third-place contestant gets $1,000, while the second-place contestant gets $2,000. In the old days, they got merchandise items, but no cash. So if I am playing an outdated version of "Jeopardy!", and I don't win, I get no cash out of it. Q: What is your best pinball table? A: There are two. I have over 72 million points on the "Nightmare" table from "Pinball Dreams," and over 170 million points on the "Speed Devils" table from "Pinball Fantasies." -------------- [b][u]Lotto Lion[/u][/b] Q: Are there any unique cases that apply to you, and don't apply to the others? A: If there are, I can't think of any. I'm not one that usually plays computer games, for example, but upon seeing that the CNG effects are the same, I gave some of those games a try. Thanks to Cripto for showing me how the DOSBOX emulator works. Q: What is your best pinball table? A: I can't really say because I haven't done them enough times. My favorite one, naturally, is the "Billion Dollar Game Show" table from "Pinball Fantasies," since it ultimately inspired the "Super Mega Jackpot Show." And yes, I did have one contestant become a billionaire on the show; she used the money to start her own catering business that is now among the top five in the city. -------------- [b][u]Quiz King[/u][/b] Q: Did you have to start from scratch when you reached Earth? A: I did. Nobody knew the relationship between Bengalia's dollar and the US dollar. All the money I had form Bengalia, however, was eventually converted into US currency, and I gave it to charity. ------------- [b][u]Corps Coon[/u][/b] Q: Do you still play some of these games even if they're not your taste? A: I sometimes do. I play the pinball ones more so than the game show ones. Like Cripto, though, I use a savings account for that, and use my checking account for money made from being on the musical payroll, and for being a member of ASCAP.