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Goober

Goober is a prominent figure, administrator, and developer within the Red Faction community. Based in Canada, he has been a dedicated player of the franchise since September 2001, having picked up the original game just weeks after its release. Professionally, he works in the tech industry, which informs much of his technical contribution to the game’s longevity.

Community Leadership & Infrastructure

Faction Files: Goober co-founded the community hub Faction Files in 2009 alongside Natalie and Nick.
Discord Foundation: He was instrumental in starting the community’s central Discord server in 2018, which helped revitalize community activity by providing a modern platform for matchmaking and map-making discussions.
Master Server Hosting: Through Faction Files, he and the team host the community master server (or "tracker"), ensuring the multiplayer server list remains functional long after official support ended in 2011/2012.
Alpine Faction: He is the project lead for Alpine Faction, a modern open-source patch and fork of the Dash Faction repository. This project introduces new features like radio messages, flashlight functionality, and enhanced graphical settings.

Modding & Content Creation

Cava Mod: Goober created the Cava mod, a single-player prequel campaign inspired by the plot of the Red Faction mobile game.
Map Porting: He has ported numerous maps from other titles into Red Faction, including maps from Quake, Unreal Tournament, Cube 2: Sauerbraten, AssaultCube, and Red Faction 2.
Lego Mod: He was involved in the development of the Lego multiplayer mod, a high-speed variant of gameplay.
Mine Warfare: He produces a series of video interviews titled Mine Warfare, which acts as a historical archive for the Red Faction community by interviewing veteran players and original Volition developers.

Gameplay & Speedrunning

Speedrunning Contributions: While he highlights the work of others like Dwayne Jones, Goober has recorded and provided commentary for several world-record speedruns, including the 39-minute 58-second run by WDSS Grant.
Clan History: In the early 2000s, he ran a clan that included his father and several real-life friends.
Multiplayer Style: Despite having access to advanced weaponry, his personal favorite weapon in multiplayer is the **Submachine Gun** (SMG) due to its accessibility in safe map locations.

Player Preferences & Trivia

Favorite Single-Player Section: The Geothermal Power Plant, which he considers the most well-scripted part of the original campaign.
Favorite Weapons: The Flamethrower (Single Player) and the SMG (Multiplayer).
Stock Map Preference: He identifies Warlords as the objectively best default Red Faction map.
Series Opinions:
He is critical of the shift to third-person perspective in Red Faction: Guerrilla and Armageddon, preferring the first-person immersion of the original.
He considers the PC port of Red Faction 2 to be significantly flawed, though he ironically attributes the survival of the RF1 community to RF2's failure to split the player base.
He once participated in a community "movie night" to watch the Sci-Fi Channel’s Red Faction: Origins prequel film, which he describes as "terrible".

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+== Goober ==
+Goober is a prominent figure, administrator, and developer within the Red Faction community. Based in Canada, he has been a dedicated player of the franchise since September 2001, having picked up the original game just weeks after its release. Professionally, he works in the tech industry, which informs much of his technical contribution to the game’s longevity.
+===Community Leadership & Infrastructure ===
+* Faction Files: Goober co-founded the community hub Faction Files in 2009 alongside Natalie and Nick.
+* Discord Foundation: He was instrumental in starting the community’s central Discord server in 2018, which helped revitalize community activity by providing a modern platform for matchmaking and map-making discussions.
+* Master Server Hosting: Through Faction Files, he and the team host the community master server (or "tracker"), ensuring the multiplayer server list remains functional long after official support ended in 2011/2012.
+* Alpine Faction: He is the project lead for Alpine Faction, a modern open-source patch and fork of the Dash Faction repository. This project introduces new features like radio messages, flashlight functionality, and enhanced graphical settings.
+=== Modding & Content Creation ===
+* Cava Mod: Goober created the Cava mod, a single-player prequel campaign inspired by the plot of the Red Faction mobile game.
+* Map Porting: He has ported numerous maps from other titles into Red Faction, including maps from Quake, Unreal Tournament, Cube 2: Sauerbraten, AssaultCube, and Red Faction 2.
+* Lego Mod: He was involved in the development of the Lego multiplayer mod, a high-speed variant of gameplay.
+* Mine Warfare: He produces a series of video interviews titled Mine Warfare, which acts as a historical archive for the Red Faction community by interviewing veteran players and original Volition developers.
+=== Gameplay & Speedrunning ===
+* Speedrunning Contributions: While he highlights the work of others like Dwayne Jones, Goober has recorded and provided commentary for several world-record speedruns, including the 39-minute 58-second run by WDSS Grant.
+* Clan History: In the early 2000s, he ran a clan that included his father and several real-life friends.
+* Multiplayer Style: Despite having access to advanced weaponry, his personal favorite weapon in multiplayer is the **Submachine Gun** (SMG) due to its accessibility in safe map locations.
+=== Player Preferences & Trivia ===
+* Favorite Single-Player Section: The Geothermal Power Plant, which he considers the most well-scripted part of the original campaign.
+* Favorite Weapons: The Flamethrower (Single Player) and the SMG (Multiplayer).
+* Stock Map Preference: He identifies Warlords as the objectively best default Red Faction map.
+* Series Opinions:
+* He is critical of the shift to third-person perspective in Red Faction: Guerrilla and Armageddon, preferring the first-person immersion of the original.
+* He considers the PC port of Red Faction 2 to be significantly flawed, though he ironically attributes the survival of the RF1 community to RF2's failure to split the player base.
+* He once participated in a community "movie night" to watch the Sci-Fi Channel’s Red Faction: Origins prequel film, which he describes as "terrible".