Digital Youth Awards Coverage: iMpUniTy

With the finals of Digital Youth Award HoN Tournament starting next week, GosuGamers presents some pre-DYA coverage by interviewing the qualified South East Asia Teams. The event will be hosted in Singapore during the Singapore GameFest, November 25-28. 8 qualified teams from Singapore, Malaysia, Sweden, Germany and China will fight for the champion title and a total of US$20,000 prize money.


Impunity [iMp]

Thanks for doing this interview. Would you like to start by introducing your roster for this upcoming tournament?

Ricardo: Yeah, of course! There will be 6 of us. Ricardo, Air, Act, Ken, Beanbeanbean and Capellzor.”

In this 6 man team of yours, who is the core of the team and do you guys have any specific roles?

Air: We do have a few specific roles per person. But it ultimately depends on the match lineup and scenario that we will be facing and we will go on from there.”

It is probably safe to say that the SEA scene is not as big as the US/EURO scene.
With such a limited pool of players, who do you train against? Any specific teams you guys scrim against reguarly?

Act: Well, we recieved 'special' accounts to play in HoN INT from participating in the GosuGamers Tournament. So we used the majority of our time to train Banning Pick games over there.”

Ricardo: We used to train regularly with Duskbin.NvD at HoNGarena, but as of late, there has been a few scheduling conflicts. Thus, why we try to play 'no-ab' games against high rated teams as much as possible. And we occasionally hop on to HoN INT to scrim with open 17/18 rated teams. ”

With the recent nerf of Striders, will this affect how your gankers and supports plays in the field?
Will you revert back to the good ol' Ghost Marchers/SteamBoots?

Air: Hell No!”


Act: Hahaha. What Air is trying to say, is that the nerf really didnt affect much to the whole meta-ganking gameplay. Furthermore, Striders is way better than PhaseBoots/SteamBoots due to its low gold cost.”

How well do you think your team will do in the DYA Tournament?
And who do you see as your biggest rivals in the tournament?

Ricardo: With our full lineup, I think we stand a fairly good chance of securing a decent position.Team EG are the reigning champions so they are a huge threat for us. However, I do believe we are on par with Team EG in terms of skill. Its just that their teamwork and execution are way superior, and we would try our best to cope with such during the matches.”

Air: We have to keep an eye out for Team OK and Team ICE as they have proven to be pretty consistent in the competitive scene.”

Will we be seeing you guys play professionally in the near future?
Are there any sponsorships in the works?

Ricardo: Currently there has been talks. But most of them are still vague and unfinalized, so there's really not much to talk about. But we're greatly appreciative towards the invaluable support and guidance rendered by the Singapore Cybersports and Online Gaming Association (SCOGA)”

Thanks for your time guys. Would you guys like to end it with some final words?

Act: It's been a pleasure. We greatly appreciate our Manager, Check. As well as SCOGA who helped us along our journey.”