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Interview with a Random

Posted by uk Ecto on 14th Sep 2008 @ 9:00pm
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  The fourth in the series of Interview with a Random comes straight from the depths of the newly formed but fragtastic TF2 scene, Stealthy from the brand new TcM.TF2 squad found some time to give us some words..... Enjoy!



Hey, first off all thanks for taking some time out to speak to me today, I know things have been a bit hectic today of all days with the clan, could you tell everyone a little bit about who you are, what you do, what your background is?

 

Its not a problem, my name is Nigel I am 19. I currently live in Scotland and am currently playing TeamFortress 2 in a clan called WOTR - now officially known as Team-CoolerMaster! I started gaming back in 2000 at the age of 11 with my 33.6k modem on Counter-Strike 5.2 I got on a demo disk in a Pc Gamer magazine. I then moved onto a game introduced to me by my brother "Team Fortress Classic" where I then started to take interest in clan style matches. I played Team Fortress Classic for 3-4 years. then moved back to Counter-Strike for a more serious approach and then moved onto playing Painkiller for 2 years. After Painkiller died I decided to take a break from gaming. 2 years later TeamFortress 2 was announced and my interest in gaming was picked up again :D





Could you give us a run down of the members of the team, strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes..... what they're all like to play with?

 

Xman: I don't think I will ever meet anyone so willing and dedicated to a team and game. WOTR/TCM would not have been here without his support. He is the back bone of our success. He runs us, he keeps us right, he's now a little inactive because he is a very busy man. Its hard to believe the man can do what he does, with his busy lifestyle of his job wife and family. So I have a lot of respect for Jim.

Byte: Our Demoman and A huge team binder in game and in game team leader. With ridiculous game-sense and knowledge of all classes he is probably one of the most valuable in game players we have.

Evil: Our soldier with Accurate long range rockets and a good survivor without his medic, he delivers the pressure on the opposing team.

AppZ: brilliant scatter gun aim and confidence in game, shame the bugger is the most negative person in the universe haha.

coinz: Quiet on Communication but a very effective defensive soldier, lack of comm's now and then, but there is sometimes a language barrier for coinz because he's from Portugal. But his Ability to read the game makes up for it.

albert: Probably plays the most blamed class in the game, he delivers under pressure from rockets and grenades, and the great ability to command and put up with our shouting and calls for a medic.

Topgear: Plays the multi-role in the team, delivering a 2nd demoman, heavyweaponguy or soldier when needed.

 



You mentioned TCM, it was announced on Wednesday of this week that your team WOTR had been taken into the TCM organisation; is it fair to say WOTR picked up a few awards in there time? could you give us a bit of an overview of the team for those readers who don't know much about the scene or your team?

 

For months we could not decide whether to be picked up by an organisation or not. WOTR was originally founded by Xman your SGL TF2 head admin as a fun TFC clan. We could not decide for Xman, it was an extremely hard decision to make. The reason we became interested was due to how successfully the alpha team have been performing in the last 2 months. WOTR were starting to make an impact on the TF2 scene and were developing a known name in the lower standard e-sports communitys. I think one of the hardest things was the possibility of upsetting our other division in our team. The Beta, Gamma TF2 squads and the CSS division. Anyway from what I could tell the guys took it well and in an understandable way. For the people that don't know us. We currently play in ETF2L Division 1 and seeded first to win this season, our latest achievement was coming first at i34 and taking first place in the ETF2l 3rd Cup.

 



Well it sounds like it's fair to say that your team is certainly one not to be underestimated under any circumstances, which sort of makes me wonder about why you decided to join TCM. The organisation is certainly a good one, but there CSS team recently folded and there CS 1.6 team can't get past Dignitas or 4Kings in the UK scene, why them?

 

Its a good question. The decision to join TCM was on our own accord. One of the things we were looking for in an organisation was workable friendly people but with the professional approach. When Xman and the team spoke to Whitley (The new front man of TCM) we felt he was approachable and such a great person to work with in our game and the future of TCM. Our other possible candidates that I can not really mention but we felt TCM were the right Calibre for us and allow us that sort of freedom that other teams and organisations wouldn't allow us. It all boils down to the fact that they offer what we need and vice versa but with the fantastic friendly yet professional approach. However I am not one to criticize other divisions in my team, TCM have now picked up a new CSS team which have great potential from what I can tell, and the CS team are all fantastic players! Got to remember the 4k and Dignitas 1.6 squads are very strong teams in 1.6. I wouldn't be to disappointed with the results the CS squad delivered in the latest qualifying matches for the ESL-Pro Series!

 



Well lets move away from the team side of it, the TF2 scene on the whole is one that is obviously not as established as some of the other games about at the moment, games like counter-strike, AA, the COD series and CSS have been around for a lot longer, do you feel the TF2 scene is still growing and developing or is it now at it's peak and the best it's ever going to be?

 

Yeah completely correct. TeamFortress 2 hasn't even been around for a year. The Counter-strike Source community is stupidly big. I think I can safely say that TeamFortress 2 will never be as big as CSS however I can't back that up - no one can tell. I guess the success of any competitive game is the interest in professional organisations and people who actually play the game e.g. the community. Over the past months I have seen a huge increase in the number of people in war channels and pick-up channels. Also the interest of Pc Gamer delivering a LAN in late September with a prize pool of £15000 for TeamFortress 2 is a massive step in the development in competitive play with TeamFortress 2. And lastly Multiplay have now announced prize money for i35. The future still looks bright for the game.





Just for anyone interested out there, on a global scale at the moment, who you do think comes in the Top3 best teams around, and how do you think the UK's teams would stand up to them?

 

I cant really decide, i have about 7 teams in my head right now that could come on the top 3 bracket. I think the top teams are in no particular order are: Pandemic, 4Kings, Oslo, TCM, Interrobang, TLR, Ubersexuals. Then the underdogs and to watch out for teams are crucimentum and Vale- teams like that. I hate to say that most of the top level teams are central European as there are not many massively competitive clans in the UK that play TF2 the only ones that stand out are wotr|tcm, TLR, and the clan that were UK based "Knights" now known as Ubersexual. But they have recruited a lot of Swedish players so they aren't really a UK based team any more and DSCB red team which has just folded last Tuesday.

 



Well thanks for your honesty, and your time, I know it's always an hour lost to sit here and talk to me, but still, it's very much appreciated. I wish you all the best with your new organisation, I'm sure we will be hearing a lot more about you in the future as you continue to kick ass in TF2. If you have any shouts, feel free.


A special thanks To Xman aka Jim for his divided time and attention to the team. Thanks to the rest of wotr teams that are supporting us with this change. Another massive thank you to TCM and their sponsors for this massive opportunity and believe in TF2- K'boy, whitley and rapture. And lastly thank you to the TeamFortress community and the people that show interest in this game to get it where it is today and its not a problem thanks for the interview and your time. But please remind me not to do another interview because I am so bad at them haha... cheers all

 


 
   ..........Tune in next week for number five in the series!
 

Comments

#1 | en numlocked | Posted on 14/09/08 10:30pm
Nice interview. Good to see you guys are doing good over at TCM Smile
#2 | uk nGen | Posted on 15/09/08 1:33am
Nice interview yet again, keep em coming! Nice to get an insight into different games. x
#3 | jm lgn | Posted on 15/09/08 2:18am
yo props to Xman, The guy is a ledgend played for these in the TFC days. Wheres Led gone ?
#4 | uk Vance | Posted on 15/09/08 11:24am
hate highlighting text for fucks sake.
#5 | uk Ecto | Posted on 15/09/08 2:12pm
No you don't vance, you love it, it makes your day....
#6 | uk Monsta | Posted on 16/09/08 7:03am
Napalm says hi and congrats you bunch of cunts
#7 | cz randa | Posted on 16/09/08 2:14pm
great interview, is good too see you looking at other games other than 1.6 Gurn
#8 | uk evd_- | Posted on 16/09/08 6:03pm
who scouts??
#9 | en numlocked | Posted on 16/09/08 7:07pm
Stealthy and appz
#10 | uk Ecto | Posted on 17/09/08 8:08pm
Much love to the uzi for the new background. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW VANCE. ARE YOU.

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