Check out the 1998 Neo-Maxi Zoomdweebies
Natalie
Natalie was the team co-captian and co-hostess, simply because it was her house. It was her boyfriend's team that soared above us in points, but that's cool because she still loves him. Natalie ditched out on us on Saturday for a Nollij Bowl meet, but when she was home she pulled through with multiple answers.
Chandra
Our other co-captian and co-hostess, being as she is Nat's younger sister. She is the only Neo-Maxi Zoomdweebie who did not leave the premises for the entire fifty hours. Obviously a model of trivia perfection (she wishes), Chandy managed to place quite a few answers and a couple challenges to other teams under her belt.
Molly
Molly is the illustrious driver that led our raid on the House of Insanity, which culminated in the taking of Kim as a hostage, plus she provided us with hours of amusement. Molly was also hitting on "I'm Single," one of the scorekeepers at KVSC. Not only that, but she answered some questions as well.
Matt
The creator of this web site and instigator of the rivalry between the Neo-Maxi Zoombweebies and the House of Insanity, Matt gave the majority of his weekend to trivia. Not only did he lead the team to find "interesting" sites in a caffeine-induced stupor in the wee hours of Sunday morning, but he also got Kim dumped in his lap during the raid. Bonus: He spent his entire Trivia Weekend experience in his pajamas, even when he had a hostage dropped on him.
Lisa
Lisa, who fueled our contempt towards the Electric Pussycat Swingers' Club, brought a certain flair to the Neo-Maxi headquarters. That, and she sang the entire Tiny Toon Adventures theme song for 300 points. Plus, she got a little "friendly" over the phone with the guys at the University Television Station. If she hadn't abandoned us for choir on Saturday, they would have shown up with the cameras.
Tasha
Tasha is Lisa's younger sister, and all she really did all weekend was gloat about how she was putting more into the team than Lisa was. Henceforth, we let her sleep in on Sunday.
Sam
Stephanie, better known as Sam, was our resident movie expert. She was more than happy to provide us with the answers, even when we woke her up at 3:00 AM on Sunday.
Aja
Aja was another of our long-haulers. Although ditching us Saturday morning to work, Aja still managed to work her brain and magic fingers.
Angie
Angela showed up Saturday night and took the long-haul Sunday night shift answering phones and disapproving our viewing of "interesting" Star Trek photos. She caught some shut-eye late Sunday morning, but she stood out to be one of the more durable people.
Brendan
Brendan was just there. What more can you say?
Steve
Steve was there while Matt slept, henceforth he has not appeared on this page until Jan. '99, a month after alerting the webmaster of his presence on the team.
Bree
Our sweet and luscious Bree endured Saturday night snoozing in the living room, but she did wake early and enjoy an early breakfast of cardboard pizzas in the wee hours of Sunday morning. She also leapt to catch a mid-air pizza at the awards ceremony. That, and she answered a couple critical questions.
Michael
Michael showed up for a couple hours and didn't do much. But he did answer a question or two, so we love him anyway.
Blake
Blake arrived and took a Saturday morning shift as the best Internet commando we had all weekend. Or maybe we thought that just because we were all still hazy from being awake since Friday morning.
Jacob
Jacob was one of the warped minds that took the unbearably early Sunday morning shift with the infamous Star Trek site.
Gnick
He was there, too. And we're so proud of him.
Bordo
For five hours Bordo slaved over trivia for us. Thanks, bud, now grow your hair back.
Sarah
Sarah was there, and then she disappeared into Chandra's room at about the same time Michael took off. Or so we thought, until they both emerged an hour later. Hmmm...
Owen
Owen played Risk for a couple hours and left. A little Trivia trivia: Owen's sister is marrying the eldest of the Lingl clan. The Lingls are prominent members of the Digital Dungeon Dwellers.
Mer
Mer was our out-of-residence member. She called us with a few answers.
Brandon
Brandon was so kind as to make a cameo appearance. He grabbed a couple cans of Dew and left.
"Sitting with Angie and my sister when the first question was read (we were the only ones there) (I still remember what the answer to the question was... it was Crater Lake) and saying, 'maybe we should, like, log onto the Internet? Maybe we could find it there?' We were so clueless that first year."
Indeed, we were a young and naive team. Stymied by the initial hours, baffled by the concept of collecting books (indeed, we relied on the circa-1960's encyclopedia that we dug up from the captains' father's room), and often completely clueless, it's a wonder that we did so well. The year was marked by cameo appearances, Mountain Dew pyramids, and late-night science fiction porn. We set such standards as the dress code (any pajamas will do), our rapport with the phone bank (don't just love your answer guru, loooooove your answer guru), and sleeping arrangements (lie amongst the books at your own peril). It was a year of adventure.
1998 was indeed quite the year for the Neo-Maxi Zoomdweebies. The team lacked strategy, lacked a solid identity, and lacked resources, but never lacked in spirit. This was a trial by fire that most teams do not endure, as proven by the multiptude of single-year teams that have been out there. Thankfully, we survived.
Why did you pick "Neo-Maxi Zoomdweebies"?
"We wanted something that was kind of an inside joke but not totally obscure, and if you remember around then we went through the phase where you'd get someone to put their hand in front of their forehead, and you'd slap 'em the old high-five, thus making them hit themself in the head, like in The Breakfast Club. Since we often would call each other Neo-Maxi-Zoomdweebies after performing this ritual, also like in the movie, we settled on that name. As I recall, Sam the movie goddess was the main proponent of that name."
This is a pretty slick website you've got here
Indeed. But it wasn't always like this. Originally, the site was a bit simpler and with poor design choices. A recreation of the original one-oage site can be found here.