Dynamic[MGW]. The interview victim this time is a sixteen year old Quebecois gamer, 
e1-Taurent, who survived all the questions and gave many mature and intelligent replies. He is currently #1 on WGTour, and is going to participate in the WCG. WGT #1 e1-Taurent 63 wins 43 loses 7035 pts 08/16
I have synthesized the interview and fixed up the English a little. If you want to find out the personal non Broodwar questions you will have to read the whole interview at Wgtour. Nice interview with many interesting questions about the WGTour community and other matters. This version is about 50% shorter.
| Dynamic[MGW]: Name / age / sex / location e1-Taurent: Maxime / 16 / M / Canada, Quebec Dynamic[MGW]: So what made you pick the name "Taurent" e1-Taurent: Lol, well I was looking fairly desperately for a cool name, my last name being Shade. So I seen some word torrent, which means some kind of strong water and modified it a bit Dynamic[MGW]: So when did you start playing starcraft? e1-Taurent: I got the game pretty much when it came out, firstly playing only UMS on east I started playing "competitively" in like WGT season 2 Dynamic[MGW]: So what keeps you playing starcraft for such a long time? e1-Taurent: This game is impossible to master!! However good you will be you can't win 100% of time. I love the challenge So what race do you play? e1-Taurent: All 3 races Dynamic[MGW]: Does that mean random ? Or match-ups? e1-Taurent: Hmm well I usually go Random but for WCG I try to train specific match-ups, cause learning all match-ups very well on 4 different maps is pretty hard Dynamic[MGW]: So I notice on WGTour your the highest ranking random user. e1-Taurent: Am I? haha Dynamic[MGW]: at #7, and the person after you is #16 Fk.Kakarotto e1-Taurent: But TreK is way better then me Dynamic[MGW]: Ok, well let’s move on to your playing style. So why randoM? e1-Taurent: I find using only one race boring. Dynamic[MGW]: But anyway, do you have a best race? e1-Taurent: Hmm, well I can play all Protoss matchups pretty well, contrary to Zerg and Terran, where I can’t ZvT or TvT Dynamic[MGW]: So, what is your favorite map and why? e1-Taurent: I like Bifrost, cause it made me win many bo3 games ^^ Dynamic[MGW]: So any tips for your fellow Random players? Or gamers looking into going random? e1-Taurent: Playing all match-ups is very hard ! If your to play random, play a lot ! But I suggest to stay with only one race Dynamic[MGW]: So right now you are #1 Canadian on WGT, being #7, do you think your best in Canada? e1-Taurent: Hell no! Dynamic[MGW]: Who do you think is? e1-Taurent: Grrrr... by far Dynamic[MGW]: Ok, why don’t you tell the BW Community about your team , e1-dreamteam. I’ve noticed you’ve been using your e1-id for over 1 year, and this is an old team. How do you like it, and what is your role? e1-Taurent: Well, e1 is so manner and were getting many good members recently... I know every e1 members and they’re good friends so it’s cool. I can’t deny I got tempting offers recently though. Dynamic[MGW]: Do you plan on staying e1? e1-Taurent: Only time will tell. Dynamic[MGW]: So for somebody looking to join e1, how would they get in? e1-Taurent: Hmm they have to be good! And get in touch with e1-Cyru[Giske] or e1-LOBO-iS e1-Taurent: We are a WGT team so good WGT rank helps Dynamic[MGW]: Ok I’ve noticed you’re an active WGTour gamer, and also played in some BW4Ever tournaments. You also informed me you have tried out NGI. Dynamic[MGW]: What do you prefer, NGI or WGTour e1-Taurent: Currently WGT, cause its easier to get games on WCG maps, but after WCG I am going to go NGI Dynamic[MGW]: Which ladder has more skill? e1-Taurent: NGI Dynamic[MGW]: Currently I’ve noticed in the past week you have climbed the ranks on WGTour very rapidly. Currently you are ranked #7. What is your goal? e1-Taurent: Win WCG Quebec !! Dynamic[MGW]: If you get #1 on WGT will you keep playing WGtour? e1-Taurent: Yeah, I try to play as much as possible before WCG. Dynamic[MGW]: How many BW4Ever tournaments have you played? e1-Taurent: Hmm like 4-5 I think Dynamic[MGW]: Do you do you like them? And will you keep participating? e1-Taurent: Yeah they are cool tournaments, very well organized but I want English shout-casting! Dynamic[MGW]: Do you perform well in them? e1-Taurent: Well this season I ended pretty well in every tournaments, first one losing only to Mondragon. But they’re Saturday morning and I am with a hang over half of time >.< Dynamic[MGW]: Do you LAN a lot or play at live tournaments? e1-Taurent: Not really, I play sometime at PC cafe with Alu, but I never played in a LAN BW tournament, since there's not any being hosted nearby where I live. Dynamic[MGW]: Do you play better / worse / or same at pc cafe? e1-Taurent: Same when there is none, but when many people are watching me, I get a bit nervous. Dynamic[MGW]: So, I understand your playing WCG Quebec, what do you think of the competition? And how do you think you will do? e1-Taurent: Competition is extremly hard. Dynamic[MGW]: Any notable players attending? e1-Taurent: There are some very good people you never heard of. Notables are like, Alu, Veg, Kiwi, Fayth, Loco, some IntoThe member, many I could name you would not know and hopefully not Grrrr... ! Dynamic[MGW]: So tell me what you think of the WCG maps? e1-Taurent: WCG admins deserve a bullet in the head. e1-Taurent: Just look at gorky?!?!! Dynamic[MGW]: Do you have any preferred players or friends you like to play against? If so, who? e1-Taurent: I like to play vs Alu (aka Fk.Chris).. But I play WGT so I rarely play same people Dynamic[MGW]: Do you listen to music while you play? e1-Taurent: Trance while playing ! Dynamic[MGW]: So what do you think of Canada A? Getting owned by USA B? e1-Taurent: First, USA B is pretty much USA A, and we could have had a better lineup on that nation war... Who's your favorite gamer of all time (besides me)? e1-Taurent: Zergboy is so awesome. Sven was cool too. Dynamic[MGW]: Whats your favorite server? e1-Taurent: nG-i I guess cause there is no hackers!! Dynamic[MGW]: Ya, on the subject, what do you think of BWScanner? Does it work? Should it be mandatory in WGT? e1-Taurent: It should be mandatory indeed! Hopefully it will be soon. Thus, that being mandatory on WGT, we lose half of the people. Dynamic[MGW]: Alright lets wrap this up. Any shout outs? e1-Taurent: All e1, Alu, you! Dynamic[MGW]: GL in top 5 WGT, and in WCG Quebec. |
Well there you have it. It will be interesting to see how he does in the WCG Canada Preliminaries. Best of luck to him.
Links
Wgtour.com - Interview by Dynamic[MGW]
