CHAT WITH XPLAYN TRANSCRIPT. 2007-08-03. 3/4
2007-08-03 4:37 PM PDT
Who’s your fav cs player and why ??
Phil - XplayN.com: Must be Lancelot, he was the one I admired most when I was a kiddy playing public. The way he could throw the AWP was amazing (if you don't know him, try dig up some CB-demos from 1.3 from erratic, he's a monster)
Do you see yourself keeping this job over a period of years?
Crash_ - XplayN.com: I've been with XplayN.com for three or four years now and I expect that I'll be here at least three or four more years
eSports and XplayN.com has a bright future
Phil - XplayN.com: Well I've worked on the site since late 2003 and I still enjoy it a lot. Right now I can't se myself working for any other community-site in the world.
Did you meet with some clan which was on your tournament or event and that wasn’t from Scandinavia ?
guddo - XplayN.com: I have now been travelling to internationally events for about 4 years - and yes, of course I’ve met several non-Scandinavian teams.
could you explain why Sca players rule cs?
Phil - XplayN.com: I think it is because fast paced games, especially FPS-games, have always appealed to Scandinavians. Must be our Viking-blood
guddo - XplayN.com: Yes its easy. They were the first to play the game, and since then, they strive to improve and perform the best as possible. Simple.
Snapy: Who are your main rivals (HLTV, Fragbite??)
Lizzard - XplayN.com: HLTV and Fragbite are our friends. We don’t really have any rivals in Denmark, and those who wants to rival usually end up whining about monopoly.
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Our main rival is meetYourmakers who recently launched their Danish community section. We don't regard HLTV.org has rivals actually they are more our partners. And Fragbite... well in my opinion it's the best community site in the world, so you could call them some sort of rival I guess
What crosshair scale/colour works best for you?
Phil - XplayN.com: Large and red, but trust me - it doesn't work very well for me
guddo - XplayN.com: Large, non translucent, white crosshair ftw :p
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Small, non translucent and green
What gaming rigs do you own (specs?)
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Check out our Xfire profiles
What mouse do you use?
guddo - XplayN.com: Currently Logitech G1, but normally MSIE 1.1SE and 3.0.
How do you think the gaming community grows as the technology develops?
Phil - XplayN.com: The community will only be bigger. As computers and games are having bigger influence almost day by day, the community will be involving all ages and races.
was that non-Scandinavian team good? Were you surprised by their level or they didn’t own ?
guddo - XplayN.com: Well for sure we got talented teams who aren’t from Scandinavia. Look at PGS or mibr for an example.
What was your 1st event XplayN.com sent you to??
Phil - XplayN.com: ESWC 2004, I guess I'm a luckbox
How do you think the gaming community grows as the technology develops?
Crash_ - XplayN.com: I don't think technology has that big an effect on the gaming community. What's important is game development. Right now we're keeping our eyes closely on World of Warcraft Arena that might prove to be interesting as an eSport, and of course we also look forward to Starcraft 2 that might bring RTS back to Denmark
TheATXKiller: Do you have any favourite hardware vendors or game developers?
Lizzard - XplayN.com: SteelSeries are my favourite brand, not due to the fact that they support our site They just produce Quality gaming hardware and looks cool. My favourite game developer must be Blizzard, loved Warcraft and Starcraft and wasted to much time on Diablo and WoW
what was your first pc game u buy ?
Phil - XplayN.com: Settlers 2, old school strategy ftw
Lizzard - XplayN.com: Doom I - Phil you’re still a kid i see....
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Command and Conquer (the first version) :p
Hey, do u have a public server where we can play with you?
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Afraid not.
guddo - XplayN.com: Yes our partners own these servers: 194.17.31.79:27015 - 194.17.31.80:26015.
What gaming rigs do you own (specs?)
Phil - XplayN.com: I got a Shuttle SN25P, with a 3700+ AMD64, 1gigs of ram and a 7800GT with 256Mb Ram
why large rather than really small crosshair like lots of gamers i know use?
guddo - XplayN.com: I’m not a pro-player. I'm not going to answer this in an appropriate way.
` M u r h a a j a ~: Do you have a lot of work this dates ? How long do you work normally?
Lizzard - XplayN.com: All day, all night.
guddo - XplayN.com: At the moment its taking a bit overhand. Lizzard has been awake for almost 26 hours now. These last couple of days we peaked 32 hours. Unhealthy
aside from guddo who is running the team, do you think you know cs better than the average esports fan?
Crash_ - XplayN.com: guddo is the only one of us who manages a eSports team and I believe he knows a lot more than the average eSports fan…
Phil - XplayN.com: That depends on what you mean by "know" cs. I guess most CS-players are more aware of the in game dynamics than we are (regarding money, save-rounds and tactics). But regarding the scene we probably have a greater knowledge than the general player
What’s your fav game genre ( mmo rts fps) ?
guddo - XplayN.com: FPS for sure.
Phil - XplayN.com: RTS and manager-games (I love Football Manager - sorry guys
)
Crash_ - XplayN.com: FPS without a doubt. But RTS does come in handy sometimes if you just want to kickback and relax
have you played Wolfenstein enemy territory???!!!!!
Phil - XplayN.com: yeah, great free game. I'm looking forward to QuakeWars
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Why should I when I've got Counter-Strike 1.6!
` M u r h a a j a ~: when do you sleep then ?
Lizzard - XplayN.com: Hard question Every Thursday afternoon, so I lied a little
guddo - XplayN.com: Sleep is overrated. You can sleep when you get old (Lizzard is old already - but he got a teenie brain).
Cold cathodes: Yes or no?
Crash_ - XplayN.com: No..
guddo - XplayN.com: Fish!
cosmoton: quake or ut?
Lizzard - XplayN.com: Depends on versions… First version of UT and Quake III is the best.
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Tough one… But I would say quake
Phil - XplayN.com: Quake for sure
where did you find Sunde? He rocks
guddo - XplayN.com: Sunde has been an upcoming talent at the Danish cs-scene for a long time, he showed professionalism and potential. That was our reason to pick him.
When you do interviews do you know what your going to say or do you think of it as you go along ??
Phil - XplayN.com: Depends on if it is for an article or if it is live. You should always be able to change or modify questions you have written to get the interview to look more flowing - so to speak
Crash_ - XplayN.com: A combination. We always prepare for interviews - especially if it's an article dedicated to the person. But of course it sometimes is relevant to ask some extra questions as the prepared questioned are being answered
{Oracle} Anime: Are you attending le cpl?
Lizzard - XplayN.com: CPL is a shadow of its former self and no, we do not.
guddo - XplayN.com: CPL Summer is going to be CS:S - and maybe my CS:S team are going to participate.
what was your most interesting itw with a player? Who’s the "golden mic" of CS players?
Phil - XplayN.com: If I could choose anyone I'd like to interview it would be elemeNt. I would ask him if he still thinks calc is the most overrated player and if he still dislikes XplayN.com for making fun of his clan jumps
Lizzard - XplayN.com: Have to mention the Danish player KK, he never fails to do a competent and interesting interview
which one verse of Counter Strike do you think its best ?
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Counter-Strike 1.5!
guddo - XplayN.com: 1.1 no doubt at all.
are you studying or working besides xplayn?
Phil - XplayN.com: I have been working, have been in the army and I'm going to start a new study and a few days. So that’s gotta be a yes
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Phil - XplayN.com: Must be Lancelot, he was the one I admired most when I was a kiddy playing public. The way he could throw the AWP was amazing (if you don't know him, try dig up some CB-demos from 1.3 from erratic, he's a monster)
Do you see yourself keeping this job over a period of years?
Crash_ - XplayN.com: I've been with XplayN.com for three or four years now and I expect that I'll be here at least three or four more years
eSports and XplayN.com has a bright futurePhil - XplayN.com: Well I've worked on the site since late 2003 and I still enjoy it a lot. Right now I can't se myself working for any other community-site in the world.
Did you meet with some clan which was on your tournament or event and that wasn’t from Scandinavia ?
guddo - XplayN.com: I have now been travelling to internationally events for about 4 years - and yes, of course I’ve met several non-Scandinavian teams.
could you explain why Sca players rule cs?
Phil - XplayN.com: I think it is because fast paced games, especially FPS-games, have always appealed to Scandinavians. Must be our Viking-blood
guddo - XplayN.com: Yes its easy. They were the first to play the game, and since then, they strive to improve and perform the best as possible. Simple.
Snapy: Who are your main rivals (HLTV, Fragbite??)
Lizzard - XplayN.com: HLTV and Fragbite are our friends. We don’t really have any rivals in Denmark, and those who wants to rival usually end up whining about monopoly.
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Our main rival is meetYourmakers who recently launched their Danish community section. We don't regard HLTV.org has rivals actually they are more our partners. And Fragbite... well in my opinion it's the best community site in the world, so you could call them some sort of rival I guess
What crosshair scale/colour works best for you?
Phil - XplayN.com: Large and red, but trust me - it doesn't work very well for me
guddo - XplayN.com: Large, non translucent, white crosshair ftw :p
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Small, non translucent and green
What gaming rigs do you own (specs?)
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Check out our Xfire profiles
What mouse do you use?
guddo - XplayN.com: Currently Logitech G1, but normally MSIE 1.1SE and 3.0.
How do you think the gaming community grows as the technology develops?
Phil - XplayN.com: The community will only be bigger. As computers and games are having bigger influence almost day by day, the community will be involving all ages and races.
was that non-Scandinavian team good? Were you surprised by their level or they didn’t own ?
guddo - XplayN.com: Well for sure we got talented teams who aren’t from Scandinavia. Look at PGS or mibr for an example.
What was your 1st event XplayN.com sent you to??
Phil - XplayN.com: ESWC 2004, I guess I'm a luckbox
How do you think the gaming community grows as the technology develops?
Crash_ - XplayN.com: I don't think technology has that big an effect on the gaming community. What's important is game development. Right now we're keeping our eyes closely on World of Warcraft Arena that might prove to be interesting as an eSport, and of course we also look forward to Starcraft 2 that might bring RTS back to Denmark
TheATXKiller: Do you have any favourite hardware vendors or game developers?
Lizzard - XplayN.com: SteelSeries are my favourite brand, not due to the fact that they support our site
They just produce Quality gaming hardware and looks cool. My favourite game developer must be Blizzard, loved Warcraft and Starcraft and wasted to much time on Diablo and WoWwhat was your first pc game u buy ?
Phil - XplayN.com: Settlers 2, old school strategy ftw
Lizzard - XplayN.com: Doom I - Phil you’re still a kid i see....
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Command and Conquer (the first version) :p
Hey, do u have a public server where we can play with you?
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Afraid not.
guddo - XplayN.com: Yes our partners own these servers: 194.17.31.79:27015 - 194.17.31.80:26015.
What gaming rigs do you own (specs?)
Phil - XplayN.com: I got a Shuttle SN25P, with a 3700+ AMD64, 1gigs of ram and a 7800GT with 256Mb Ram
why large rather than really small crosshair like lots of gamers i know use?
guddo - XplayN.com: I’m not a pro-player. I'm not going to answer this in an appropriate way.
` M u r h a a j a ~: Do you have a lot of work this dates ? How long do you work normally?
Lizzard - XplayN.com: All day, all night.
guddo - XplayN.com: At the moment its taking a bit overhand. Lizzard has been awake for almost 26 hours now. These last couple of days we peaked 32 hours. Unhealthy
aside from guddo who is running the team, do you think you know cs better than the average esports fan?
Crash_ - XplayN.com: guddo is the only one of us who manages a eSports team and I believe he knows a lot more than the average eSports fan
…Phil - XplayN.com: That depends on what you mean by "know" cs. I guess most CS-players are more aware of the in game dynamics than we are (regarding money, save-rounds and tactics). But regarding the scene we probably have a greater knowledge than the general player
What’s your fav game genre ( mmo rts fps) ?
guddo - XplayN.com: FPS for sure.
Phil - XplayN.com: RTS and manager-games (I love Football Manager - sorry guys
)Crash_ - XplayN.com: FPS without a doubt. But RTS does come in handy sometimes if you just want to kickback and relax
have you played Wolfenstein enemy territory???!!!!!
Phil - XplayN.com: yeah, great free game. I'm looking forward to QuakeWars
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Why should I when I've got Counter-Strike 1.6!
` M u r h a a j a ~: when do you sleep then ?
Lizzard - XplayN.com: Hard question
Every Thursday afternoon, so I lied a little guddo - XplayN.com: Sleep is overrated. You can sleep when you get old (Lizzard is old already - but he got a teenie brain).
Cold cathodes: Yes or no?
Crash_ - XplayN.com: No..
guddo - XplayN.com: Fish!
cosmoton: quake or ut?
Lizzard - XplayN.com: Depends on versions…
First version of UT and Quake III is the best.Crash_ - XplayN.com: Tough one… But I would say quake
Phil - XplayN.com: Quake for sure
where did you find Sunde? He rocks
guddo - XplayN.com: Sunde has been an upcoming talent at the Danish cs-scene for a long time, he showed professionalism and potential. That was our reason to pick him.
When you do interviews do you know what your going to say or do you think of it as you go along ??
Phil - XplayN.com: Depends on if it is for an article or if it is live. You should always be able to change or modify questions you have written to get the interview to look more flowing - so to speak
Crash_ - XplayN.com: A combination. We always prepare for interviews - especially if it's an article dedicated to the person. But of course it sometimes is relevant to ask some extra questions as the prepared questioned are being answered
{Oracle} Anime: Are you attending le cpl?
Lizzard - XplayN.com: CPL is a shadow of its former self and no, we do not.
guddo - XplayN.com: CPL Summer is going to be CS:S - and maybe my CS:S team are going to participate.
what was your most interesting itw with a player? Who’s the "golden mic" of CS players?
Phil - XplayN.com: If I could choose anyone I'd like to interview it would be elemeNt. I would ask him if he still thinks calc is the most overrated player and if he still dislikes XplayN.com for making fun of his clan jumps
Lizzard - XplayN.com: Have to mention the Danish player KK, he never fails to do a competent and interesting interview
which one verse of Counter Strike do you think its best ?
Crash_ - XplayN.com: Counter-Strike 1.5
!guddo - XplayN.com: 1.1 no doubt at all.
are you studying or working besides xplayn?
Phil - XplayN.com: I have been working, have been in the army and I'm going to start a new study and a few days. So that’s gotta be a yes
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