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Interview with iG.ErlinG

» Mats "Karon" Knutsen
13th January 2004 - 5689 hits, 105 coms
For a long time the Norwegian BroodWar society was almost dead. After Norway [GG99]Slayer and Norway [GG8]sVEN@aBs had to do their military service Norway hasn't had any internationally succeeding players except for Norway Eriador[pG], and of course aNc-Erling-. Although none of these have had such success as Slayer and sVEN, they still compete in the top of the world. So I asked my good friend iG.ErlinG for an interview.

Note that since aNc has gone inactive, ErlinG is currently playing for iG. with the nick iG.Erling.

Karon: Hi there aNc-erling- nice to meet you.

    aNc-Erling: Hihi sir, how are you?


Karon: Fine thnx.
Karon: First of all, please introduce yourself to all the readers that don’t know you.

    aNc-Erling: My name is Erling Anders Male Hartviksen and I’m 19 years old. I currently live in Norway. My nicks are aNc-ErlinG- aka uT)Joker, (RT)MesterAli, MesterErling etc. I’m a terran player and if you have played WGTour you have probably met me there ^^

Karon: As I see here you have had many nicks, why did you choose Erling, which is your current nick?

    aNc-Erling: I have chosen ErlinG because that’s my name in real life, and it’s some sexy! It also makes some Koreans confused. They think it says Ling, o_O. My current nick is uT)Joker. I came from uT) when I joined aNc which sadly is dead now .

Karon: Yeah I heard about that, what happened with aNc? You were doing well in both BW and WC3.

    aNc-Erling: Hmm, I don’t really know what happened with aNc, I haven’t played for 3 weeks now, and no one really could tell me wtf happened... It just became inactive. It’s quite sad for we would have won the Clan Wars... It was also some conflicts between WC3 and BW. The BW players could for some reason not use aNc nick when they played WC3, dunno why. Seem some arrogant O_o.

Karon: Hmm, I see.. sad for the BW community though.

    aNc-Erling: Hehe, the players are still here, and the Koreans except Vesta didn’t give a fuck about us anyway :/ Zelotito is still raping, the polish is probably still raping too. I think it will be the same as it always has been

Karon: Right before the break-up there were some rumours that Korean progamers like TheMarine and Xellos were members of aNc. Is this true?

    aNc-Erling: TheMarine no, Xellos yes.

    aNc-Erling: Hmm I think it was like this: aNc-Withme = Xellos aNc-Jesus = Saferzerg aNc-Audax- = I don’t remember aNc-Bank = Oversky aNc-Vesta- = Oversky's apprentice aNc-Zerg- = Gorush.

Karon: That’s a pretty impressive line up!

    aNc-Erling: They joined us only for WSL :/ but Vesta was really cool and mannered, and he learned me a lot.

Karon: Did you have any Korean sponsors?

    aNc-Erling: I don’t think so.

Karon: Back to you again. Why do you play Terran? And did you start with Terran, or have you switched from another race?

    aNc-Erling: Before I used to be random, and I still like to play random vs people that pick random. 98-2002 my best race was actually P, because I liked PvZ a lot then. After I played Heat on Game World tourney (after he exercised with Saft) I found out that I only won against good zergs like Heat with luck/reaver/gay things... After that I switched to Terran, and I started liking TvP a lot. I find it easier being strategic with terran, and terran vs terran reminds me of the good old days with red alert ^^

Karon: Hehe, I’ve played that too!

    aNc-Erling: Hehe.

Karon: How did you first get into BW?

    aNc-Erling: My brother introduced me to it.

Karon: How long have you been playing?

    aNc-Erling: Hmm 98-2002 I didn’t play serious, and then, Christmas 2002 I started playing a lot. Liquid Drone has taken the time, and he says I have been playing 30 games per day.

Karon: Hehe, that’s a lot!

    aNc-Erling: Yes, wonder when I have time to sleep!? ^^

Karon: What is it about SC:BW that makes you keep playing it?

    aNc-Erling: It’s no "Super tactic". Every strat can be countered by doing another strat. It’s a lot about fooling the other one to think you do something but then you do something else especially in TvP and TvZ. TvT most WGTour guys do the same shit every time. 2 fact gol / starport or 2 tank push or 2 starport wraith o_O. Every fucking unit and spell has something gosu with it.

Karon: Are you currently playing any other games besides SC:BW? In that case which?

    aNc-Erling: Minesweeper.

Karon: Hehe.

    aNc-Erling: I think my MSN stats are like 40-20
    aNc-Erling: That’s like c0?

Karon: You think you have developed your own type of style in BW after all these years?

    aNc-Erling: Yes indeed. I have never met a Terran that has the same TvP style as me. And my late game TvZ style I have never seen any VOD/REP of. My TvT is kinda strange but I can’t say "it’s my shit", it’s just a connection between several styles. My PvT I have learned from Sol.norts It works as shit.

Karon: Hehe.
Karon: Got any special tricks you wanna share with our readers?

    aNc-Erling: Yes, don’t always go fast vessel in TvZ. Mass marine/medic/tank/eksp is good medium game too. Vessel is good vs fast guard / no spire users (2 vessel irradiate o_O) TvP people seems to search for the "perfect T strat". TvP you have to build completely after what toss does early game. I have seen people went 4 marine 1 tank 2 scv rush vs 3 gateway because Froz did it in rep vs a guy that went rob:/ robotic before range/second gateway. Make sure you always know why you win/loose a game. And try to learn 1 thing from every game you play. Not do the same shit every time.

Karon: Many mean that replays destroyed BW you agree/disagree on that?

    aNc-Erling: Hmm I don’t think BW is destroyed. If it was destroyed 50000 people wouldn’t have played WGTour. But the skill of surprising and being creative is less now, no doubt about that. There are after my opinion too many replay users. When Gosu watch a replay he will figure out what to do AGAINST this, when a standard guy is watching a replay he thinks "WOW" "I do this too!"

Karon: Agree on that!

    aNc-Erling: Thnx for the support!

Karon: What do you think about the European BW scene atm? Think were loosing or gaining players?

    aNc-Erling: I think we loose more and more player over to Warcraft 3, but more and more people are getting better too so I think it’s kind of is the same as it always has been.

Karon: Lets imagine for a moment you are the head programmer of Blizzard, what would you change in an eventual 1.11 patch?

    aNc-Erling: I would make Valkyrie not being so stupid vs scourge / Valkyrie better vs Carrier interceptors, I would make Dark Archon better, for an example by making mind control less costly or that shield battery would heal it’s mana, then it would become real good! In a new patch I would taken care of the units that is "less" used, making the game even more interesting ^.^

Karon: What do you think about the current patch ?

    aNc-Erling: Its nice, stupid with pylon bug and drone/templars "flying" all around though :\

Karon: Top 3 In the world right now?

    aNc-Erling: iLoveoov, Nada and Boxer,

    aNc-Erling: 3 terrans ^^

Karon: Hehe.
Karon: You got a favourite player?

    aNc-Erling: iloveoov.

Karon: What do you like about him?

    aNc-Erling: The first time I saw a replay of him he did the same TvP strat that I "invented".

Karon: Hehe.

Karon: Some short and quick questions now!

Karon: Alcohol or Soda?

    aNc-Erling: Water.

Karon: BW or School?

    aNc-Erling: Hmm... school actually.

Karon: Friends or BW?

    aNc-Erling: Friends.

Karon: Starcraftgamers.com or Wgtour.com?

    aNc-Erling: WGTour.

Karon: LT or Dahlia?

    aNc-Erling: LT, I don’t like Dahlia that much :/

Karon: WSL or WGT?

    aNc-Erling: WSL of course, better opponents,

    aNc-Erling: More serious play.

Karon: Clan or Lone wolf?

    aNc-Erling: Clan.

Karon: TvP or TvZ?

    aNc-Erling: TvP.

Karon: Boxer or Yellow?

    aNc-Erling: Boxer..

Karon: Europe or Korea?

    aNc-Erling: Europe.

Karon: Manner or Win?

    aNc-Erling: Win.

Karon: TOTALLY agree =)

    aNc-Erling: No one cares about manner, its just internet,

    aNc-Erling: I don’t think people will loose their sleep if I call them newb.

Karon: Ok, thanks a lot for your time Erling, got any last shout-outs?

    aNc-Erling: Hehe, come to Norway and I offer u all gosu pizza! My house is BW's house ^^

Karon: Hehe, and again tnx for the interview !

    aNc-Erling: Thank u! Think it was fun!

Karon: BTW playing that Norwegian tour today?

    aNc-Erling: Yeah.

Karon: Me2 cu there then!

    aNc-Erling: Yupp gl hf and GG ;D


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4 years ago
#1 hockeypulver
gg no re ~~
4 years ago
#2 gud
I love interviews :D
4 years ago
#3 Karon
Erling sent me some really nice replays of him playing, so i will make a little replaypack with some selected games from him for you to enjoy ;)
4 years ago
#4 SandMan
gj karon
4 years ago
#5 GuMMiBeAR
someone should walk into his house going:
"sup, show me the pizza baby" ;)
4 years ago
#6 Karon
hehe, ErlinG is a true pizza lover, he eats alot of pizza :) so next time im in Oslo hes gonna make me a pizza wheter he likes it or not ;)
4 years ago
#7 AniMe
You go Erling :D Love you <3
4 years ago
#8 airshark
nice work man ^.^
4 years ago
#9 ZoXXeR
nice work ;)
4 years ago
#10 LostInDahlia
erling where do u live? I want those pizzas!
4 years ago
#11 Garomaster[MB]
hehe when will the rep pack be up Karon?
4 years ago
#12 Karon
#11 erling live in Oslo ;) #12 workin on it ;) comming up within an hour :)
4 years ago
#13 Karon
ok i have now released the replay pack :) enjoy!
4 years ago
#14 TreK
never realised erling was uT)Joker, i thought of joker as quite mannered eventho alot of norweigan players told me he was superlame..like heat and stinger and the abs crew so i played him anyhow and i think i won perhaps 7-0 straight zvt before he won 1...i even think my zvt is and was my worst so..i find it kinda funny everything he has said to me over the years
4 years ago
#15 Karon
you should play him now , i bet he had put up a good fight ;)
4 years ago
#16 TheAssasin
hehe, I can't stop thinking of going over the border and get my pizza ;)
4 years ago
#17 aNc-ErliNG-
Its true he beated me 7-1 for in Februar 2002. I Remember it cuz i was on LAN when he played me. And the reason why Heat and Stinger said i was lame was that i Desember 2001 beated Heat in GameWorld tour when he claimed me for cheat.

Anything else you wanna discuss from 2002, 2001... maybe 2000 ?
4 years ago
#18 aNc-ErliNG-
Or maybe 2004 ? =) (P.S i was referrering to your hacking)
4 years ago
#19 trek
funny..talked to stinger 2 weeks ago..he still thinks ur a newbie and a lamer... i beat u on wgtour 3-1 perhaps 4-5 months ago i think and i was at friends house then so i doubt its an excuse that ur at lan cause u had ur equipment..i didnt..
the funny thing erling is that u actually think that u gain skill bcuz i was caught hacking in wsl...and i doubt u have never hacked so u can just drop that subject :(
4 years ago
#20 Sabal
I wouldn't call Erling newbie, i do believe it cannot be discussed he's played starcraft some years too much for that :)
But he is too much of a game lamer to understand how to use hacks, so this argumentation of yours is more than just a bit immature.

Last time me & Erling met Stinger on a LAN he seemed like a nice fellow, with a tad bit too much social skills to go talking lowly of people behind their backs. I also do believe a classy gamer like Stinger doesn't need to do this in order to feel good, however when talking to loosers people are rarely too serious.

Nice interview! Keep up the good play R-ling
4 years ago
#21 TuLLe
Erling is a nice guy.

He even made me a Pizza when i was at he's place! :}
4 years ago
#22 aNc-ErliNG-
We played 1-1 last time we played WGTOUR... if u havent played me with fake nicks i dont know about...

4 years ago
#23 aNc-ErliNG-
If you had ended your post with GGnoRE your post would been 100% perfect Sabal :)
4 years ago
#24 Sabal
GG no re
4 years ago
#25 Karon
when im going to TG your gonna make me a sweeet pizza erling ;)
4 years ago
#26 trek
naw...i won 1 pvt and lost 1 pvt and won 2 zvt and in one of those u made valks and tanks i think or some stupd shit :(
as i said i wanted him to drop the subject...since he thought it has anything do to with his skill :c
4 years ago
#27 Sabal
Blind + EMP Shockwave vs toss lategame rulz ?
4 years ago
#28 aNc-ErliNG-
LOL seemed like i played very serious then Trek..
4 years ago
#29 Karon
lets settle this once and for all! BO7 TreK vs ErlinG ! ok with both ?
4 years ago
#30 poGDI (GosuCrew)
na besy of 21 gogog!
4 years ago
#31 uT)Clawson
ErlinG !! <3 I wanna taste ur pizza sometime.. maybe next summer holidays.. we'll see \"\( ^_^)..!..
4 years ago
#32 Eriador
I thought your tank valk bc isle strat was uNbEaTaBLe~3"!#!"#!"

not that I care about this whole dilly
4 years ago
#33 LostInDahlia
trek stop the trash talk u'll get back ppl's respect even slower if u keep doing this... it's for ur own good~~
4 years ago
#34 aNc-ErliNG-
Eriador: he didnt say anything about BC did he ? =)
4 years ago
#35 BlackTemplar
erling is very sexy ^^
4 years ago
#36 trek
nope cause i killed u 2 fast :C
4 years ago
#37 Karon
as said before! Settle this with a BO5/7 ! ok ?
4 years ago
#38 Wohii
nice one
4 years ago
#39 aNc-ErliNG-
Trek you take this game too serious =)
Remembering too old games + maphack proves that..
4 years ago
#40 trek
i dont remember any of those games i just remember the score since i remember the joker incident so well..u asked to play me and i had heard alot of shit about u but i played u anyways and u were very non-arrogant so I didnt think any more of that...the funny thing erling is that both u and I know that I would pretty much own u in any best of serie...hehe I donno what to say u say everything that is old doesnt matter..so then my maphack doesnt matter and the skill u and me have today is what matters...then a bo5 would be great wouldnt it?
4 years ago
#41 Karon
gogo :)
4 years ago
#42 2_1337_4_U
Well.. TreK hack, and Erling don't.. Go Norway!
4 years ago
#43 Karon
hehe probe :P
4 years ago
#44 Karon
thats true, he still is, althou he aint gaming that much now. He and Erling had a BO5 a month agot or so.. and erling won 3-0
4 years ago
#45 soulja
Heyya! Erlig :D nAsq her :D *k i s s i n g * =)
4 years ago
#46 N)Zelebsel
2_1337_4_U some copycat? I had 2-1337-4-U before -_-
4 years ago
#47 Karon
since he is a norwegian i have to take his side here :D
4 years ago
#48 N)Zelebsel
T_T how predictable...I hope that erling is skilled in the arts of baking a good kebab pizza cause I am gonna seek vengeance there!
4 years ago
#49 Karon
hehhe :P kebab pizza OWNS!!
4 years ago
#50 N)Zelebsel
sure does :) yummy..would be fun to see if he could even compete with pizzeria avestas pizzas
 

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