Maniac: „Szerintem a nagyszerű történetekhez kedvencekre van szükség, akik a legjobb Counter-Strike-jukat játsszák”

mániás a Counter-Strike egyik legtermékenyebb képernyő-tehetsége, aki a naptárban szereplő nagy események többségén díszíti képernyőnket. Sikeres játékos volt a játékunk kezdeti napjaiban is, 2014-ből néhány nagy versenygyőzelmet aratott, és még az ESL One: Köln 2014 Majoron is a legjobb négy közé került.

2022 olyan mozgalmas volt a svájci elemző számára, mint valaha, amikor az év négy nagy eseményén dolgozott, mind a Majors, mind az IEM Katowicében és Kölnben, szóval ki jobb betekintést kérni a közvetített életbe, valamint gondolatokat az év helyzetéről. pro jelenet most.

A BLAST Premier őszi döntőjében mániás elszakított egy kis időt a kamera előtt, hogy a fent említett témákról, csapatáról és játékosáról csevegjen a 2022-es évre, és még merész jóslatokat is közöljön a 2023-as CS-re.

So I’ll get the drama out of the way first. You were overlooked for the Esports Awards initially, does something like that bother you?

Genuinely I wish it didn’t matter to me, but I try to be honest with myself and the emotions within and I was a little bit bothered at the time. Not that I believe I need this validation to be happy in my life, but I thought I had a really great year and I performed well, I was very strict with myself in how I wanted to improve in my career, and I thought that I could see my name in there, at least I was hoping to see it. That’s the genuine truth.

Once it wasn’t the case, of course life goes on (smiles). You cannot give it too much weight, you can just accept that you were disappointed, live with it for a few days, then move on and keep working, which is what I did. I think I processed it the way it was supposed to be.

Jó volt ez a kiáradó támogatás, mert sokan hangosan kijelentették, hogy figyelmen kívül hagyták, és fel kellett volna kerülnie a listára?

Yeah definitely. Not only from the fans, because I always appreciate any show of support and I like to think that maybe humbly for a few people I make a difference and they appreciate the broadcast when I’m on and the energy I put in, that matters to me, but also when I have some of the key actors of the scene coming in and speaking on my behalf. It is obviously a great boost of motivation and validation, but I am far from thinking that I am perfect at what I do, I still have a boat-load to learn and improve on, and I think it’s an evergreen job…

Ongoing always, isn’t it?

Abszolút, így az érvényesítés mindig szép.

It’s almost better to get it from your peers in a way, the people who know what they’re talking about.

Yeah absolutely, again you cannot lie to yourself and say that fans’ opinions don’t matter because that’s just not true, right? I think as human beings we like to be appreciated and we like to be celebrated, there’s no way around it, but there are just a few voices out there that mean a lot, especially from the professionals of the broadcast, people who I know who have been around in the industry a long time. When I get praise from these people, for example when Richard Lewis goes and says he appreciates what I do, that means something to me.

Ha megnézzük az elemzőket a jelenetben, olyan emberek vannak, mint te, Pimp, Kassad, YNk. Gondolod, hogy profi játékosnak kell lenned ahhoz, hogy a közvetítésben belekerülj a dolgok elemzésébe?

No I don’t think so, if you have a genuine true passion for the game and you find the vein that you want to be in and own it, you can make it without having that etiquette. I do believe that being a former professional gets the foot in the door way easier, which is what happened to me. When I stopped in 2018 I had a level of credibility on the desk that was extremely high because I was fresh off the professional scene, so people wanted to know what I had to say about the game. This is just a foot in the door, I think once you realise how much this is a unique job, you’re not just a former professional talking about the game you are a broadcast talent, an entertainer, you have to educate but also entertain people. You either except that challenge and turn a new page in the book of your life, and you try something new, or you don’t. I think you can do it without being a professional player, it just helps you get there.

Volt-e olyan gondolata, hogy visszatérjen a szakmai szcénába, különösen edzőként, vagy esetleg volt ajánlata?

I think I might have had a few people asking me if I would consider it. I never had a real concrete offer, that didn’t come my way, but I also don’t believe that I would because I am aware of how much time it takes when you have to follow a team 24/7, I think it’s an incredible investment. I am very happy with the balance I have in my life, not that the talent life isn’t also at times exhausting (smiles), at the moment we are in a rush, fresh from Rio and then to Abu Dhabi. It can be exhausting and can be tiring, but I am very happy with where I am and I always want to improve in what I do and I take this as if I was a pro player, just in a different game, my game is entertainment. There are days when I am good on the server and days when I am not, there are things that I have to improve and things that I have to change, so it’s very rewarding. It’s very challenging but very rewarding, and I don’t really want to leave this space right now.

Áttérve néhány Counter-Strike kérdésre, milyen volt az őrnagy az Ön szemszögéből? Egyedülálló perspektívája van a színfalak mögötti műsorszolgáltatónak.

Szerintem a Challengers Stage és a Legends Stage nagyon egyedi volt, mindenki számára tanulságos élmény volt. Lenyűgöző volt látni a részvételt és a hangulatot néhány meccsen, de azt hiszem, a játékosok valószínűleg nem veszik észre, milyen furcsa ez. Olyan időkből származom, amikor a torna azon szakaszában egy tornateremben játszottunk, ezért nagyra értékeltem. hogy. Számomra is egy teherautó tonna energiát égetett el, hogy két hétig abban a környezetben kellett dolgoznom, és a mögötted lévő energiához igazodnom, rendkívül fárasztó volt, nyilván örülök, hogy ilyen erőfeszítéseket teszek az őrnagyért. ideje megtenni.

I think the playoffs didn’t deliver what we were hoping to see, but there is a reality in that you don’t control the teams that make it through, you don’t control the stories that come out of a tournament, so we had to work with what we had. In the end I still believe we managed to tell the stories of some of these heroes, seeing Jame for example lift a trophy at the Major, someone who had been criticised a lot for his playstyle, it was a sweet story of vindication. So yeah, it burned out a lot of energy for me, I was happy I was there and gave my everything. What happened in the playoffs is not something I could control, unfortunately.

Mit gondolsz arról, hogy hol tart a jelenet most, az őrnagy után? Nincs egyértelmű első számú csapatunk, és azt gondolom, hogy sokan küzdenének most egy erős rangsorért. Pozitív dolog-e a bizonytalanság korszaka?

There are pluses and minuses, I think. When your favourites are a little bit fragile, you are missing out on some of these key matches in moments that should matter, right? Technically if you could ask someone “hey would you like to see FaZe vs NAVI in the final of a Major?” then everybody would say “oh yeah, that would be incredible, the closing of 2022, oh my god what would happen?” obviously you don’t control that. I do think that it’s great to see, for all of the teams out there in the top say 10 or 12, there is a way to trophies. It was not always the case in Counter-Strike, there were periods of time where if your name isn’t FaZe, Astralis or NAVI, you’re not putting your hands on a trophy, that’s it. So I appreciate that openness and that we can be surprised by players, but I do think that great stories require favourites playing their best Counter-Strike. If there is an upset, good, then I am absolutely happy to see it, I just want whoever upset a team to have that sense of having earned it.

Még van egy kis Counter-Strike-ot játszani, de ki lenne az év csapata és az év játékosa, ha most a helyére tennélek?

Azt hiszem, a FaZe eleget tett azért, hogy megszerezze ezt a címet…

Az idei négy nagy esemény közül három!

Absolutely, I know that there have been a few tournaments where they missed the mark, Dallas is a good example, the Major is very obviously on that list, but you cannot take anything away from what they’ve been able to do in 2022. Truth be told they still have two tournaments to play, as we speak now they could lift a trophy in Copenhagen and one in Abu Dhabi and that would close out the greatest year in the history of CS:GO. I don’t think anyone can push them away from that seat, they will be my team of the year.

When it comes to player, I also believe that s1mple has done enough. It is true that he has slowed down significantly in the last few weeks, and there is nothing against that, but his dominance over the Counter-Strike world in the beginning of 2022 was so marked that I don’t really know who could challenge him honestly. I even cannot come up with an argument for ZywOo, so that must mean I’m honest (laughs).

Ha egy merész jóslatot kellene készítened 2023-ra, egy csapatot vagy játékost, aki pozitívan vagy negatívan fog meglepni, ki vagy mi lenne az?

A fenébe, merész jóslat… (nevet).

Tudom, hogy itt a helyére teszlek (nevet).

Yeah, I’m just trying not to come up with some BS answer and give you something I actually believe in…

Rendben, úgy gondolom, hogy a NAVI és a Vitality is megváltoztatja a névsort, és mindkettő jobban fog kinézni más névsorral.

That’s a bold prediction, I’ll take it!