[Xfire] Chatteox
CHAT WITH SEULES TRANSCRIPT. 2007-08-02. 2/3
2007-08-02 3:54 PM PDT
#CoMpulsive - Ŗīp: Outside of gaming do people notice u from counter-strike and ask for autographs or do u just live a normal life?
seuleszelena: Yes sometimes people does recognize us - I have been recognized on the street in Copenhagen, and also in clubs when going out. I don’t enjoy it much because it feels weird being known by people you don’t know yourself. We don’t see ourselves as famous, so it doesn’t come natural to us, to sign autographs and such - we have done that more than once though.
-[BW]- stoned™: will source ever take over 1.6 concerning the professional gaming?
seulesaurora: I think eventually it will take over the professional scene, although i think that CS 1.6 will be played for years to come. I still know people that are playing 1.3 for example :)
[SOS] sjk: Did you see yourself playing in a professional gaming competition, or did you have other ambitions?
seulessophie: No I did not plan on becoming a professional gamer its kind of a side step i just happen to slide in on. My plans were and are to become a fashion designer. :)
#CoMpulsive - Rip: When you have kids would u allow them to play this game? if u don’t already
seulescazzidy: well, that’s a tuff question when u do not have children urself. But it would depend a lot on the age of my kids and also if they wanted something from it, like becoming professional. I would accept them playing but maybe I wouldn’t like it much if it would ruin for the school and education. Its hard to tell your children no! I know that, cause my parents always hated me playing but I just never listened. My goal was to become something within gaming and I wanted to be the best all the time.
Snapy: were you happy with your place at ESWC ?
seulesaurora: Yes and no.
Yes in the fact that we were not even supposed to be there, and actually didn’t play for 1 month before the even. No because we didn’t win the freaking thing (which is something we have been striving for since the day we started this clan)
Gilnar\Gilring: what do you think about a tournament where male and female teams can play together?
seuleszelena: I think it would be great if it happened more often. You know it is already possible for girls to play in "male" tournaments, and we have done it a couple of times. Problem is that the skill of males is so much higher than females that not many girls dares to take on the boys. I really believe and hope that in the future girls will start putting more effort into the game and become good enough to compete with the guys.
Gilnar\Gilring: have you ever played in Italy?
seulessophie: Seules as a Team has never played in italy, but iv boot camped there a lot with my boyfriend.
Homer Pimpson!: do you believe that you might be the best css women only clan out there and for any game in that matter?
seulescazzidy: I have always believed that if you really really want something and fight and give all you got, you can be the best at anything you want. So yes, I believe if we really tried and fought for it we could be the best female css team in the world
AnThRaX: Do you work real jobs, or do you coast through life playing games for money?
seulesaurora: I actually have been working non stop since i started my gaming career in 2003. Through gaming i have actually been given the opportunity to get a wonderful job
within the gaming scene. Working at Sennheiser is one of the best jobs i have ever had in my life. BTW SENNHEISER ROX - go buy one if you don’t have it yet!!!!
NeonSoldierX: Do you think that many players develop a hidden problem for separating gaming experience from real life? (Like buying a sniper rifle by thinking that they really like real sniper)
seulesaurora: I think those that think this way are mentally challenged or just need a reason to blame something. Those people that are unable to separate the gaming world from the real world have some serious issues and should seek help
??¢?: What was the best country you have been to on a tournament/lan event? and why...?
seuleszelena: I think the tournament where i enjoyed the country most must be CPL Spain. It was great weather and we had a lot of time on our hands to go shopping and spend time in the sun. But Paris has always been fun to be in as well, it is a nice city with lots of things to do -its just too bad we almost never have time to see the whole thing :)
=D.a.C= #PoRkY BE: how many years you are playing CS? and from when you are pro?
seulessophie: I think iv played CS for about 8 years now, but i think i went pro at my first tournament at ESWC 2003. :)
Snapy: Would you say the gear (eg: mousepads, headset, etc.) improve your game play by a lot ?
seulesaurora: Hey snapy again!!! :) Well i think its extremely important. Just like in any other sport you need the best quality and the best comfort for YOU as a person to improve your game. Its individual of course so i think its important to have many competitive companies on the market
+--|1.DP| Rkt. Graf ---+: What Voice Communications Software do you ladies use and Why?
seuleszelena: We use Ventrilo. I’m not quite sure why the choice went on that program, since there’s others out there. But for some reason most games uses that, and we are satisfied with it.
=D.a.C= #PoRkY BE: how many years you are playing CS? and from when you are pro?
seulescazzidy: I started in the end of 1.5, beginning 1.6 :D I first got pro when I joined Les Seules in the end of 2005 :D my dream was to join Les Seules
NeonSoldierX: What hardware changes do you expect in near future for more advanced games?
seulesaurora: Well here i have some inside information but i wont endulge you too much. I can say that hardware and gaming equipment companies are focusing a lot on what gamers want and need for future games. Listening to both the progamers and also the general community gamers. The changes i expect are the same as most i guess. Better hardware that is affordable and can run the game i play without me having to change every 6months. (just an example)
Yragorn: do you all live in kobenhavn? or are you all spread around the Scandinavian countries?
seulescazzidy: No, we are only 2 girls living in Copenhagen. I live in Norway near Oslo, right now I am the only Norwegian girl. Then you have Sophie and Queen who lives in Sweden. One girls in Stockholm and the other one up north in Sundsvall. So yes, we are pretty much spread
#CoMpulsive - Rip: Do you think you are better then most cal-i clans or do u say everyone who plays cal and cpl are pretty much equal but with different weaknesses
seuleszelena: Since we don’t use the cal system, Im not quite sure what level of skill cal-i
is, but I would say we are definitely above the majority of gamers in both skill and experience (when we are at our best). But there’s no comparing us to progamers just yet, we will need to go some way in team play and individual skill before that happens.
[SOS] sjk: Do you like how recent video games are more oriented towards realism?
seulesaurora: Well i love CS because of the simplicity of it all. The more real the games get the harder it is for me to adapt each time. But in small increments everything is adaptable :)
[Xfire] ChatteoxSE: We remind you that we will raffle 6 spots to play a mix map with Les Seules at the end of the live chat! 6 lucky Xfire users will get a chance at playing with the girls.
You have to have Counter-Strike 1.6 installed and to be located in Europe to take part. Stay tuned!
Kintaro: What other games do you currently play, and what games are you looking forward too?
seulesaurora: I play shitloads of DOTA!!! Its so addictive :) I think the next game i look forward to is probably the CS promod
Desidiosus: do you have time for any other hobbies besides gaming?
seulesaurora: I wish. With work and gaming, i have only a little time in-between for my social life. If i ever get the time though i love to swim and play golf :)
-tT- chris -gO?-: do you girls ever fight or get mad at each other when you lose your matches?
seulescazzidy: I dont think we really get mad at each other, we are a team and if you lose its everyone’s fault. Of course it sucks losing but I think we more blame ourselves than each other
Desidiosus: what are your ambitions with life?
seuleszelena: I have very high ambitions in my life. I expect to graduate in about 4 years, and after that ill study for about 2 more and become major in law as well. With that i can become a lawyer with specialty in economics. I think every one of us has ambitions regarding other things than gaming in our lives, but I also think we all have goals to reach within gaming. We all want to be the best, and that is what makes us keep fighting. But gaming isn’t the only thing in life, and therefore it is important to have goals in the real world.
Desidiosus: are any of you girls into console gaming?
seulesaurora: Not really, but i totally kick zeleNas ass in SINGSTAR!!!!
Yragorn: lol since you like to play dota, did you listen to your fellow basshunter dota song?
seulesaurora: Actually i found it kind of catchy when i first heard it. But then i saw the music video and i was ashamed :P
Snapy: Do you train online or bootcamp and would you say bootcamp is the best way to train ??
seuleszelena: We train both online and at bootcamp, depending on what we are training for. Before any major event we try to find time for bootcamps but because of work and school it is sometimes hard for us to do it. But we definitely consider bootcamping as the best possible training for us, and I’m sure all of us would like to be a LAN team - playing together in the same room every night!
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seuleszelena: Yes sometimes people does recognize us - I have been recognized on the street in Copenhagen, and also in clubs when going out. I don’t enjoy it much because it feels weird being known by people you don’t know yourself. We don’t see ourselves as famous, so it doesn’t come natural to us, to sign autographs and such - we have done that more than once though.
-[BW]- stoned™: will source ever take over 1.6 concerning the professional gaming?
seulesaurora: I think eventually it will take over the professional scene, although i think that CS 1.6 will be played for years to come. I still know people that are playing 1.3 for example :)
[SOS] sjk: Did you see yourself playing in a professional gaming competition, or did you have other ambitions?
seulessophie: No I did not plan on becoming a professional gamer its kind of a side step i just happen to slide in on. My plans were and are to become a fashion designer. :)
#CoMpulsive - Rip: When you have kids would u allow them to play this game? if u don’t already
seulescazzidy: well, that’s a tuff question when u do not have children urself. But it would depend a lot on the age of my kids and also if they wanted something from it, like becoming professional. I would accept them playing but maybe I wouldn’t like it much if it would ruin for the school and education. Its hard to tell your children no! I know that, cause my parents always hated me playing but I just never listened. My goal was to become something within gaming and I wanted to be the best all the time.
Snapy: were you happy with your place at ESWC ?
seulesaurora: Yes and no.
Yes in the fact that we were not even supposed to be there, and actually didn’t play for 1 month before the even. No because we didn’t win the freaking thing (which is something we have been striving for since the day we started this clan)
Gilnar\Gilring: what do you think about a tournament where male and female teams can play together?
seuleszelena: I think it would be great if it happened more often. You know it is already possible for girls to play in "male" tournaments, and we have done it a couple of times. Problem is that the skill of males is so much higher than females that not many girls dares to take on the boys. I really believe and hope that in the future girls will start putting more effort into the game and become good enough to compete with the guys.
Gilnar\Gilring: have you ever played in Italy?
seulessophie: Seules as a Team has never played in italy, but iv boot camped there a lot with my boyfriend.
Homer Pimpson!: do you believe that you might be the best css women only clan out there and for any game in that matter?
seulescazzidy: I have always believed that if you really really want something and fight and give all you got, you can be the best at anything you want. So yes, I believe if we really tried and fought for it we could be the best female css team in the world
AnThRaX: Do you work real jobs, or do you coast through life playing games for money?
seulesaurora: I actually have been working non stop since i started my gaming career in 2003. Through gaming i have actually been given the opportunity to get a wonderful job
within the gaming scene. Working at Sennheiser is one of the best jobs i have ever had in my life. BTW SENNHEISER ROX - go buy one if you don’t have it yet!!!!
NeonSoldierX: Do you think that many players develop a hidden problem for separating gaming experience from real life? (Like buying a sniper rifle by thinking that they really like real sniper)
seulesaurora: I think those that think this way are mentally challenged or just need a reason to blame something. Those people that are unable to separate the gaming world from the real world have some serious issues and should seek help
??¢?: What was the best country you have been to on a tournament/lan event? and why...?
seuleszelena: I think the tournament where i enjoyed the country most must be CPL Spain. It was great weather and we had a lot of time on our hands to go shopping and spend time in the sun. But Paris has always been fun to be in as well, it is a nice city with lots of things to do -its just too bad we almost never have time to see the whole thing :)
=D.a.C= #PoRkY BE: how many years you are playing CS? and from when you are pro?
seulessophie: I think iv played CS for about 8 years now, but i think i went pro at my first tournament at ESWC 2003. :)
Snapy: Would you say the gear (eg: mousepads, headset, etc.) improve your game play by a lot ?
seulesaurora: Hey snapy again!!! :) Well i think its extremely important. Just like in any other sport you need the best quality and the best comfort for YOU as a person to improve your game. Its individual of course so i think its important to have many competitive companies on the market
+--|1.DP| Rkt. Graf ---+: What Voice Communications Software do you ladies use and Why?
seuleszelena: We use Ventrilo. I’m not quite sure why the choice went on that program, since there’s others out there. But for some reason most games uses that, and we are satisfied with it.
=D.a.C= #PoRkY BE: how many years you are playing CS? and from when you are pro?
seulescazzidy: I started in the end of 1.5, beginning 1.6 :D I first got pro when I joined Les Seules in the end of 2005 :D my dream was to join Les Seules
NeonSoldierX: What hardware changes do you expect in near future for more advanced games?
seulesaurora: Well here i have some inside information but i wont endulge you too much. I can say that hardware and gaming equipment companies are focusing a lot on what gamers want and need for future games. Listening to both the progamers and also the general community gamers. The changes i expect are the same as most i guess. Better hardware that is affordable and can run the game i play without me having to change every 6months. (just an example)
Yragorn: do you all live in kobenhavn? or are you all spread around the Scandinavian countries?
seulescazzidy: No, we are only 2 girls living in Copenhagen. I live in Norway near Oslo, right now I am the only Norwegian girl. Then you have Sophie and Queen who lives in Sweden. One girls in Stockholm and the other one up north in Sundsvall. So yes, we are pretty much spread
#CoMpulsive - Rip: Do you think you are better then most cal-i clans or do u say everyone who plays cal and cpl are pretty much equal but with different weaknesses
seuleszelena: Since we don’t use the cal system, Im not quite sure what level of skill cal-i
is, but I would say we are definitely above the majority of gamers in both skill and experience (when we are at our best). But there’s no comparing us to progamers just yet, we will need to go some way in team play and individual skill before that happens.
[SOS] sjk: Do you like how recent video games are more oriented towards realism?
seulesaurora: Well i love CS because of the simplicity of it all. The more real the games get the harder it is for me to adapt each time. But in small increments everything is adaptable :)
[Xfire] ChatteoxSE: We remind you that we will raffle 6 spots to play a mix map with Les Seules at the end of the live chat! 6 lucky Xfire users will get a chance at playing with the girls.
You have to have Counter-Strike 1.6 installed and to be located in Europe to take part. Stay tuned!
Kintaro: What other games do you currently play, and what games are you looking forward too?
seulesaurora: I play shitloads of DOTA!!! Its so addictive :) I think the next game i look forward to is probably the CS promod
Desidiosus: do you have time for any other hobbies besides gaming?
seulesaurora: I wish. With work and gaming, i have only a little time in-between for my social life. If i ever get the time though i love to swim and play golf :)
-tT- chris -gO?-: do you girls ever fight or get mad at each other when you lose your matches?
seulescazzidy: I dont think we really get mad at each other, we are a team and if you lose its everyone’s fault. Of course it sucks losing but I think we more blame ourselves than each other
Desidiosus: what are your ambitions with life?
seuleszelena: I have very high ambitions in my life. I expect to graduate in about 4 years, and after that ill study for about 2 more and become major in law as well. With that i can become a lawyer with specialty in economics. I think every one of us has ambitions regarding other things than gaming in our lives, but I also think we all have goals to reach within gaming. We all want to be the best, and that is what makes us keep fighting. But gaming isn’t the only thing in life, and therefore it is important to have goals in the real world.
Desidiosus: are any of you girls into console gaming?
seulesaurora: Not really, but i totally kick zeleNas ass in SINGSTAR!!!!
Yragorn: lol since you like to play dota, did you listen to your fellow basshunter dota song?
seulesaurora: Actually i found it kind of catchy when i first heard it. But then i saw the music video and i was ashamed :P
Snapy: Do you train online or bootcamp and would you say bootcamp is the best way to train ??
seuleszelena: We train both online and at bootcamp, depending on what we are training for. Before any major event we try to find time for bootcamps but because of work and school it is sometimes hard for us to do it. But we definitely consider bootcamping as the best possible training for us, and I’m sure all of us would like to be a LAN team - playing together in the same room every night!
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