Recently I tried out for the reality show/gaming competition WCG Ultimate Gamer season 2! Yes, I know most people would describe being put on the spot in front of casting producers and judges as nerve-wracking, but to tell you the truth, it was pretty exciting and exhilarating! Lets start off with day 1 of my experience- Saturday.

For the past 2 months, I’ve gone on several interviews for several different jobs, and my first rule to live by is: Dress to impress. Now, of course since this is for a reality show where many many gamers would be seen all throughout the day, and I would be one of the first interviewed, I decided to “Dress to be unforgettable”. I showed up with my black satin and lace ruffled sleeved shirt, perfect fit boot cut jeans, and super cute teeny tiny top hat headband adorned with a feather and pearl, and waltzed into that audition with my 3 inch heal boots that made me as tall as a short supermodel! I looked confident, I walked confident, and in the Atlanta audition- with some of the rowdiest loud mouth gamers around- I smack talked confident too!

Surprisingly enough, there was not a lot of WCG Ultimate Gamer wannabes waiting in the room at 9am when the audition started. I counted 12 at most, but little by little more gamers started trickling in and began getting called back for game testing. I was in the second group called to the back. In the game testing room there were 2 tables, both with 3 TVs on them with the 3 games we would be tested on: Forza 3, Modern Warfare 2, and Street Fighter IV. Not a surprise at all. What was a surprise was the fact that we couldn’t change any of the settings provided for us when we sat down, which is a BIG deal for someone like me who drives a manual on Forza- the first game I played- and was forced to drive an automatic. But like the judges said, “If you’re good at the game, you’ll adapt”. Adapt I did, and by the second lap, I was leading the race in first place! It literally felt like I sat down at this game for a minute before the judges were telling me to switch seats and start on Modern Warfare 2!

For this game we had to play on the mode Special-ops on level Favela on “hardened” difficulty. I figured this would be a piece of cake since I play Special-ops with my husband every day on “Veteran difficulty, but playing without a partner definitely ups the anti by a mile! I was caught off guard and was taken down fast. The sight of the words “mission failed” on my screen kicked my confidence in the ass a bit, especially with FPS being my strong genre. Luckily the judge let me have another go at it! This time I played more tactical and more aware of my surroundings, and managed to stay alive in the minute left on MW2 testing.

The last game in this mini gauntlet was Street Fighter IV. Again since fighting games are my strong genre, I wasn’t nervous at all, but I learned from dying early in Modern Warfare 2, that I didn’t want to underestimate my CPU opponent. I chose Chun-Li to fight with since that’s who I played with in Street Fighter II as a kid, and my opponent was El Fuerte (the Lucha Libre style fighter). I smashed him, almost landed a perfect, and even threw in some sass so the judges could see that I could be fun to watch playing video games!

The next part of the audition was the interview with the casting producer. While waiting for my interview, I got to watch some of the other gamers get tested in the mini gauntlet, and let me tell you- it was NOT good. I witnessed lots of crashing, spinning out, and off-roading in Forza 3. There was a ton of missions failed in Modern Warfare 2, and some of the gamers got KO’d in Street Fighter without even laying a scratch on their CPU opponents. My worries about my 1 death in MW2 suddenly faded away, and my confidence was soaring before my interview; again, a seemingly nerve-wracking experience that I was figuratively jumping out of my seat to get done!

The last part of the audition was easy as pie. A few simple questions- “Why do you want to be the Ultimate Gamer blah blah blah”- and I was out the door with my callback for 9:15am the next day!

Sunday, or Day 2, was serious business. This was literally D-day. The most important interview. The one that gets filmed for the show’s directors to see and convinces them to chose you over maybe 100 other hopefuls for the show. A cool twist to my story is that my husband- who only came there to support me- ended up with a callback too! So my callback interview was definitely special compared to the rest. Here’s how it went: I got called back into the hot seat, then my husband was called into the room and we were interviewed together, then I was asked to leave the room so that he could get his solo interrogation. I use the word “interrogation” lightly of course, but I must admit, this was the only time during this entire process that I actually broke into a sweat. There were some obvious questions asked from the application I already answered in writing, but there were some questions thrown out to see how I would react, and others that twisted the words from my previous answers around (jokingly of course) to see how quick I could think on my toes. Yet, I did amazingly! I managed to answer all their questions while slapping on the CHICKAMUNGUS sassy cuteness, slip in some info about myself I thought would be interesting to directors, and they even let me do my signature sign off (from my vlogs and game reviews) for my audition tape!

The interview with me and Mr. Mungus was even better. It allowed them to see our personalities meshing together. Our super cute giggling corny bubbly ball of geeky romance actually impressed the casting producers enough to want to pitch the idea of “the married gaming couple” to the directors! The idea is golden! But, of course, I’m biased. When we were asked, “What would it be like if both of you made it on the show?”, the answer was unanimous. We would steal the show and dominate the competition. Mr. Mungus is very strong and athletic, and specializes in racing, sports, and shooters. I’m fit, but great at puzzle solving, fighters, shooters and rhythm. Our team- Deathlock of Love- would be a force no one could reckon with!

All-in-all, it was a great interview. It left me feeling like there was no way I couldn’t be on the show! I’ve been spending too much time training for this competition. Yes, I say competition because as a competitive gamer I’ve been putting the same hours preparing as I would a normal tournament. If you add the time spent in the gym, getting in shape, then it would equal more. Whatever happens, I just want to be able to represent as much as I can for the people who have been supporting me through this process. Especially all the female support I’ve gotten from my team Gamer Beauties, the ladies here at Gaming Angles, and all other well wishers and congratulators who just believe in me and want to see me smash some kids on TV!

Don’t worry, I plan on running through these kids like a freight train! Or like a Chicky train with a teeny tiny top hat adorned with a feather and pearl!