Hello, my name is Mihai Avrigeanu, I live in Montreal, Canada and I'm 17 years old.

Essentially it's just a joke between some friends of mine and myself. We would yell out AHHBOXXAH whenever someone tried to micro in broodwar, as a sort of homage to Boxer of course, but it was mainly used ironically as we would use it whenever some failed at microing haha ^^, however I think that I will eventually switch my name because it's pretty awkward when I introduce myself to other people at events rofl.

The strategy itself isn't too complicated, but uses quite a few thought out transitions, which I won't cover in this interview as I don't want to write an entire essay haha ^^. Basically, I try to get out an expansion as fast as I can, as well as getting quick upgrades. These upgrades obviously allow my marines to become more effective, and give me good push timings. Moreover, marines are easy to mass as they are really cheap, which allows me to constantly pressure the zerg, and this works really well when executed with drops. On the other hand, tanks are the main unit that allow me to fight a zerg army head-on, as I usually never engage with marines because banelings completely destroy them, which is why you must use stim a lot to constantly kite banelings. For most of the game, however, the tank's main purpose is to defend my side of the map, hence defend my expansions, until I get a critical mass and push. Medivacs are used for the obvious reasons of support and added mobility. Actually, I also use BCs intentionally late game, as they offer a very strong transition in that they abuse the very ground heavy army the Zerg usually uses to counter my army composition, as mutas and hydras progressively become more obsolete. In short, the units have really good synergy, and it allows for good offense and defense. I would be happy to comment extensively on the deeper thought behind the build if the interest is high enough ^^.

I've been playing computer games since the age of 5 or 6, having played games such as RA1, Dune 2000, warcraft on dos rofl! Eventually I started playing broodwar at the age of 9, fastest map/bgh and what not. My first encounter with competitive gaming was during my warcraft 3 period, which was when I was around 13-14 years old. It was the first time when I discovered the world of eSports. However I eventually gravitated back to brood war, and have been playing it competitively for the past 3-4 years, having established myself as a solid player after having joined team NrG, playing amongst the B ++ level players.

There is no specific strategy I fear the most. However I really think that once zergs become more proficient with their multitask, as well as start using broodlords and infestors more, complimented by good baneling positioning and constant creep spread, my play style will have a harder time, and I might eventually have to start incorporating other units, more specifically marauders again.

Yes I am currently on team NrG, along with brood war superstars NrG.stev aka YoonHo, NrG.Humble aka Jackass, NrG.dde aka Tidy, NrG.eve, NrG.v1ktor, NrG.Bamboo, as well as our newly added WoW progamers NrG.Kvz and NrG.ViBE, and up and coming superstars NrG.Deph and NrG.CrY! Also shoutout to our always loyal nergs NrG.ZaM, NrG.Cirno, and NrG.fcuk, and last but not least the best leader of all time NrG.Neverexpo. Woot my first true shoutout! haha

Haha this was quite the fiasco! Long story short, amidst the competition there was some good trash talk, nothing serious! In case you're up for some good drama http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=150845
No hard feelings though, I actually really respect CatZ from what I see him doing with team ROOT, and with the bonds that he seems to share with all of his teammates, he seems like a really cool guy ^^.

I don't really have any favorite SC2 player, although I'm really looking forward to seeing old BW pros play (NaDa, Boxer, JulyZerg, etc). Besides that, I find watching all of the high caliber NA/EU players entertaining! I must say though that former brood war players will always have a place in my heart <3!

Hmm what a controversial topic haha! I find that I have no major complaints about any matchups really. I find that, at least from my style of play, the matchups are pretty balanced, and that ultimately the better player will win. The only regrets I have are of the very stagnant map pools for tournaments i.e. the constant use of blizzard maps. I really wish that we could explore different types of maps, with different architecture and dimensions, so that we can further assess what truly affects matchup balance and metagame. Other than that nothing major!

I just wanted to say that I am really humbled by this interview! This is the first time I actually get some exposure, and I hope that perhaps I gained some fans from this haha! Ultimately, I would really like to thank you for this opportunity, and I'd be happy to contribute in anyway possible to the community, and I can promise you that this isn't the last time you will have heard of me! Shoutout to team NrG, the best team ever! =D