When the Rebel class launched, we had a competition on Thor and Chaos to see who would get to the top first. Paul WaIker (named after the late actor of the Fast and Furious franchise) lived up to the speed of his namesake and was one of the first to reach Top Rebel on a character created right after the launch of the update! Here's his interview, conducted on April 8th
 

Paul WaIker : hey buddy	
iRO CM Oda : How's it going?	
Paul WaIker : hows your day so far Oda	
iRO CM Oda : very good!	
Paul WaIker : Tgif eh?	
iRO CM Oda : getting some screenshots to put up on the website	
iRO CM Oda : Sorry it's been such a long time since the contest ended	
Paul WaIker : lol its ok, sorry i've been a pain about it	
iRO CM Oda : No worries	
Paul WaIker : Originally i wanted this to be something like what Olga and Bato did	
Paul WaIker : If you remember those names	
iRO CM Oda : I'm literally looking at Heim's old interviews to see how to do this	
Paul WaIker : demise, Old chaos	
Paul WaIker : Bato proposed to olga after a woe	
iRO CM Oda : Oh, neat.	
iRO CM Oda : I was a Iris player myself	
~*Miyu*~ : Its nice to meet you Oda~!	
Paul WaIker : My how things have changed	
iRO CM Oda : RO has changed, but not changed in many ways	
iRO CM Oda : I'm very happy to see that there are still a lot of people who play	
iRO CM Oda : who started a long time ago	
Paul WaIker : i meant that in all states of being lol	
iRO CM Oda : So, Mr. Paul Walker. Please introduce yourself for the interrogation	
iRO CM Oda : er...interview	
Paul WaIker : you got a nice promotion from a player thats for sure	
Paul WaIker : ok serious time?	
iRO CM Oda : We can still BS and such	
Paul WaIker : I'm paul walker, and i died for your sins	
Paul WaIker : But originally 	
iRO CM Oda : quite right	
Paul WaIker : What i wanted to do was tell this story	
Paul WaIker : that all started with the olga and bato reference	
Paul WaIker : Anyway, so as you know, i've been playing this game for a bit, 	
Paul WaIker : And i've managed to make some great friends along the way	
Paul WaIker : Shoutout to Viri (steve)	
iRO CM Oda : I've met viri	
iRO CM Oda : seems like ages ago	
Paul WaIker : yeah he's a good guy. A bit androgynous but doing well for himself	
Paul WaIker : have you met sharon?	
Paul WaIker : one of the co-leaders of EA i believe i was	
iRO CM Oda : About how far back did you get started in the game Paul?	
Paul WaIker : I started since beta	
Paul WaIker : but i couldn't pay for the beginning years	
iRO CM Oda : Kind of wish I could have played back then	
Paul WaIker : came back into it 2005-2006	
iRO CM Oda : so many of our veterans started back then	
Paul WaIker : anyway, viri, when there was a hangout dragged me out to meet	
Paul WaIker : Heather (leader of windfall)	
iRO CM Oda : maybe a dozen gms	
Paul WaIker : Sharon, EA's leader, 	
Paul WaIker : Dani and a few others	
iRO CM Oda : what happened after that, Paul?	
Paul WaIker : Well, side, note, Viri married sharon	
Paul WaIker : And its a bit relavant to the story	
Paul WaIker : Yeah	
Paul WaIker : they did	
iRO CM Oda : Nice	
iRO CM Oda : Lots of RO marriages, ha ha	
Paul WaIker : And i didn't know Dani played, but i found out that she did, 	
iRO CM Oda : I think in part because there's a good balance of genders playing	
Paul WaIker : I mean, 5 years later, we're now living together	
Paul WaIker : And what the point of this story was.	
Paul WaIker : We were both losing interest in the game	
Paul WaIker : and this contest came out	
iRO CM Oda : kinda brought you back in huh	
Paul WaIker : i was dying to get her to play something with me multiplayer related	
Paul WaIker : not much you can do with tales games	
iRO CM Oda : That's pretty cool, paul	
Paul WaIker : So yeah, due to the event, got her to play with me.	
iRO CM Oda : Aw, that's super cool	
Paul WaIker : but sadly she quit not too long after	
Paul WaIker : Hahah	
Paul WaIker : theres an additional note i want to tag to this	
Paul WaIker : interview	
Paul WaIker : 1. im throwing in the towel. 	
Paul WaIker : Its about that time to take the next step in the relationship,	
Paul WaIker : originally i wanted it to be corny and be like	
Paul WaIker : Ro brought us together, it'd be fitting to send us off 	
Paul WaIker : But she's at work and couldn't make the interview	
Paul WaIker : A lot of friends helped along the way when i was leveling though	
Paul WaIker : shoutout to Henry, Erin, Amanda, Thao, Jer	
Paul WaIker : I know they should be included in this	
iRO CM Oda : So do you have a message for your special lady?	
iRO CM Oda : or are you waiting for her to be here	
Paul WaIker : She won't be able to see it, she's at work	
Paul WaIker : I'm just gonna do it the old fashioned way and do it in person	
iRO CM Oda : nice!	
Paul WaIker : And this is my quitting speach as well lol	
iRO CM Oda : Good luck, Paul. 	
Paul WaIker : I promised this ranger that if he can level to 150 in 2 months	
Paul WaIker : I'll buy him something nice	
Paul WaIker : Nah, One of these days in the coming months	
Paul WaIker : i'm going to make a lot of people very happy for a short period of tim	
Paul WaIker : Time*	
Paul WaIker : mostly close friends	
iRO CM Oda : Very cool!	
Paul WaIker : As a way of giving back	

iRO CM Oda : What would you say was your favorite part of the game?	
Paul WaIker : At the peak of my enjoyment?	
iRO CM Oda : yeah	
Paul WaIker : Duoing nameless 3 with a high wizard	
Paul WaIker : I was the AB	
Paul WaIker : er	
Paul WaIker : High Prist	
Paul WaIker : Priest*	
iRO CM Oda : nice, gotta represent priests out there	
Paul WaIker : The amount of work to make the gearset was difficult, but	
Paul WaIker : I  managed to  make a +7 evil holy robe	
Paul WaIker : before there was safe certs and the enriched 	
Paul WaIker : And slotting was like .... a low chance, and upgrading even riskier	
Paul WaIker : Tanking for days with the teddy	
iRO CM Oda : it was rare as heck back then	
Paul WaIker : What always got me going was improving myself.	
Paul WaIker : i was never satisfied with my gear	
Paul WaIker : I probably paid for a month of bills for you guys when i tried to 	
Paul WaIker : upgrade my CEB lol	
iRO CM Oda : ha ha	
iRO CM Oda : many thanks. 	
Paul WaIker : Dedication	
Paul WaIker : never really got to play that chaser much	
Paul WaIker : I loved the sorcerer class	
iRO CM Oda : Was that your favorite class to play?	
iRO CM Oda : Where was your go-to place to level it?	
Paul WaIker : i have 9 of them to say that it is	
Paul WaIker : well now its just the TI	
Paul WaIker : But when i was leveling WilIy Wonka	
Paul WaIker : i utilized a marriage to a soul linker	
Paul WaIker : To give myself buffs	
Paul WaIker : And soloed al2	
iRO CM Oda : Yeah, can you give people hints on how to quick level a character?	
Paul WaIker : I mean, I'm an old head	
Paul WaIker : What i have access to, after years of playing was the result of a lot 	
Paul WaIker : of hard work	
Paul WaIker : there really isn't a get rich quick solution	
Paul WaIker : you can stumble upon oppourtunities	
Paul WaIker : such as the merger of the servers, and (as the result) of being in a 	
Paul WaIker : guild, Do (back in the day) bios stairs parties with the HWIZ	
iRO CM Oda : That was a v. popular thing back in the day	
Paul WaIker : you accumulated a lot of KK cards that (were) worth billions upon merg	
Paul WaIker : merger*	
Paul WaIker : You could upgrade, (which i was addicted to)	
Paul WaIker : nothing quite like repeated motions to drive a man crazy	
iRO CM Oda : yeah	
Paul WaIker : lol	
Paul WaIker : i loved to upgrade and enchant	
Paul WaIker : no lie	
iRO CM Oda : even one level of upgrade can make a big difference	
Paul WaIker : Depends, usually has to do with card effects and also possible outcome	
iRO CM Oda : well, compared to most games	
Paul WaIker : Well if you use it in a woe setting, it might look nice, 	
Paul WaIker : but a thanatos will shred you	
. HerSheYs. : hello?
. HerSheYs. : can i ask? :D
iRO CM Oda : Hey there HerSheY
Paul WaIker : You already did	
. HerSheYs. : how can i go to bio 2? xD
Paul WaIker : Buy a dungeon teleport scroll from the handy kafra shop button	
Paul WaIker : Located at the top right of your screen	
. HerSheYs. : i was planning to hunt rouge treasure	
Paul WaIker : Eh eh oda? not a bad plug	
iRO CM Oda : Pretty good!	
iRO CM Oda : *hands you a bag of money*	
Chuchie : lol
iRO CM Oda : *winks*
iRO CM Oda : Thank you for your time Paul! Is there any last thing you'd like to sa	
iRO CM Oda : say?	
Paul WaIker : Yeah, I hope that if (and when) i come back, you'll still be runnin th	
iRO CM Oda : All of us on the team want to have RO stick around for a long time	
Paul WaIker : the gig, and to all the people i've known through the years	
Paul WaIker : thanks for the memories	
Paul WaIker : And for everyone else	
Paul WaIker : So long, and thanks for the fish	
 iRO CM Oda : Thank you again and congrats Paul.