*reads interview*

I've seen this but I don't remember what its from......

500 days of summer sausage

hint, summer was the name.... eh, nm :o

how did you read the interview and formulate that post in 2 minutes. you must of been tipped off with inside info.

mods, arrest this man and take him away....

Good moive btw :)

best of '09 imo

agreed

one of for sure!

no it's not

can someone please help me with these hide tags :P

ye

thanks :D

weird title btw

it didn't fit :( feel free to pick any other quote you want from the interview to use!

mmmmm I wont interfere that much !

just get rid of the "than", imo.

or: "Strenx comments on arrogance" ;)

hehe. I was up all night editing this one to have it up in time (we spoke around 2am) so I ran out of brain power to think of something good. next time i'll just hire you :)

sadly the times of me being up at 2 am during week-days are over :[

"i like to party"

go away, she already chose me ;<

is the picture black and white to cover up his hideous teenage spotface skin?

either that or for more emo drama

first av3k and now this hahahhahahahahaha
time to bookmark esr again

I like his attitude, though his goals are weird and i can't really judge if those are facts or lies.

"I will just say “that’s bad, you wasted your time for nothing”. When you do perform badly and you know you trained 24h/24h for months, how do you feel?" Although i wouldn't mind punching him into face either.

edit: apperantly those are lies afterall.

Stenx is pissed xD

He really doesnt like people that practice does he, funny though that his ql activity has been greater than anyone elses the past week :<

To infinity and beyond!

i tought he was a gay little boy... but the winz smashing and pro gamer shit... hehe i like him now... go go strenx

hmmm NO

I think Liefje interviewed him and like the little kid he is, he was trying to impress her ... I party all the time etc.

I think you hit the nail on the head here.

yeah I guess when I was 19 I was impressed at how much guys can drink. How else did PURRI win my heart? hahahahaha :D

What does it take to impress you now then? ;)

jesus christ ..

Don't blaspheme against the LOLD

Finally.... becks pic!

I wish :(

Blame it on the Al Ah Ah Al cahol

hitler really let himself go

hahahaha awesome

Skills!!
- Guys who have +net in TDM
- Quadrunners
- guys who can cap a lot in CTF! (Defenders are kinda boring cos they're essentially camping.)

...Ok, don't take this seriously because I don't really have a serious answer :D

determination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgNpEPx3DzM

actually I like your list, thts what I think too.

"Defenders are kinda boring"

You broke my heart :'(

Same here :DDDDDD

hehe go strenxie ! want a cheeseburger?

Royal wit cheese!

tbh ... he really really is the most shizophren guy according to these interviews. and i'm really happy for the hate-comments so close before the tourney. hopefully all his self selected, most disliked opponends find time to read that interview before the matches.

ENTERTAIN ME!!!!!!! \:DDDDD/

haah im sure theyll have plenty of time after seeing how this fucking lan is being run

butt

...

...

...hurt

pretty straightforward boy id say

"Please note that these quotes have been edited to make the English easier to read and understand"

$$$$

thank you very much good sir! else me and nukm wouldnt have been able to get any sentence at all.

<3

?????

what are you talking about?

What would happen if strenx ever went to prison?

..

He'll be shown far superior shaft work, that's for sure.

lol i love this interview

nerd rage

exactly!

Just the picture of him makes me go mad, I really hate that guy, god I wish I'll meet him on a lan sometimes soon.

Landöden har talat.

is that spartie trying to defend that hes the real party king?
XDDD

j'outfaced?

Hey ESR... Blame on me... You all where right... He is a huge cunt!

man this kid has his own problems to cover up obviously.

it looks like a couple of pages of himself making excuses, thats one way to see it :P an interview to get his own nerves in control .

He is dissing people who try and put alot of effort into something they like , and that party is so much smarter.

In a few years he will look back to his own interview and get embarrassed.

ahahhah
let the e-drama begin, nerd rage ftw

hillarious how he points out how much he likes to party and drink all the time for example, so much good stuff in this interview :D

the interview was taken from liefje ... :P

I think he's spot on in some of his remark, others like the comments on winz are just childish.

.

just a sensitive young guy taking words too seriouly got really pissed by cooller and dahang
thats why all he talked about is "luck" and "pro"

some one should tell him never take an interview when ur pissed and cant control ur words

hahaha 'is this for real' was the first thought that popped up in my mind :ASD

WTF. He think for example Cooller and americans don't party? OMG. I know even some school geeks that like to party. WTF, really? Talking about geek players... Never seen anyone exept strenx who even don't want others to spec him (cos they will learn his style). I bet strenx drink some gay shity coctails and getting drunk after 2-3, and he calling it "party". C'mon french arrogant little boy, teach us how to party, cos we do in our real lifes is playing quake. I hate arrogant fags. Better to be quake geek, then arrogant fucker, who don't know anything about life, but talking like he is P.I.M.P. Fuck Off little boy. P.S. Anyway good taht he speak waht he thinks, but his arrogance is something from another planet, he even do not realise how arrogant is he.

you don't look like smarter person either by making such comments imo

I NEVER want to look like a smart person, GTFO.

too bad

Smart may have the brains, but Stupid has the balls (C)

nice quote :D

Diesel also thinks so :D

Let me be the first to congratulate you on doing a superb job achieving your goals!

How big is your beer stomach? Geek.

my beer belly is just fine.

Is "geek" supposed to be an insult?

I'm sure u are fat beer lover, system admin or smth like this. In Poland u will lost your shoes and cellphone in 5mins!!!

A little overweight at the moment, yes. :(
Not a sys admin, far from it.

I'm a beer lover, but I'm not fat. :P
Also, not sys admin, but pretty close. DSLAM, Calix and Adtran provisioning, and assigning static ips and registering domains/ setting up DNS.
I still party more than you though ;)

p.s. don't rage. :D

no. it supposed to be a signature

thanks.

That really needn't be a concern for you.

if i would take a guess, i think this is a new attitude from him.
a mechanism to cope with losing. trying to convince him self that he doesn't rly care to much, as not to hurt hes ego if he doesn't achieve as much as he wanted to.

also i think he belongs to the players that practice the most, so that no life comment is kind of, dunno:)

and i remember him not wanting cooller to spec hes game pre eu championship, so basically the same thing as dahang. as far as the stfu comment, dunno, doesn't sound like dahang.

yea doesnt sound like he'd say that but dahang can get pretty bitchy about who's in server when
he's playing. really annoying

never seen that tbh

Get a fucking job.

give the guy a hug already, he feels emo to me with his "i don't care" attitude...

dude of course you care, else you wouldn't attend... get real.

I can agree on some of your opinions but damn, skip the hatred man, i can feel it weighing on your shoulders from all the way over here in the comment box...

He says a few good things but some of his statements don't seem to fit in with others.
I guess he needs to straighten out his view on the world a bit.

he's what, 19? I think he's got a bit to go before his worldview gets straightened, imo.

But I agree, he seems to be arguing one side, and then takes the opposite.

yap.

yeah but even for a 19 year old this is bad
he got mental maturity of 14 year old

Hey little fucker.

"You will never meet a guy who leaves bad comments on ESReality at a LAN. That’s a fact."

You never been to a russian lan, stupid emo.

yeah, else he would meet you...

Hate cats...

I don't

What is it with all the ESR hate, also? First Av3k, now Strenx...

oh, wait... these are the two that got all pissy when they threw temper tantrums and ESR called them on it....

nevermind, I answered my own question.

Ok strenx your pr agent failed really... no one ever will make a "bad boy" from emo kid.

strenx you suck bro. no reason to waste anyone's time at a tourney... stick to playing online u French waste of space.

Didn't read yet but from what I know of strenx I am already sure the interview is full of oxymorons.




And no strenx, I am not saying you are a moron mr has-a-life-but-can't-communicate.


edit: hillarious interview. It's like a huge nerd bash by a huge nerd.

I hope he gets to settle things with Dahang on the pitch.

Apart from that, I really want a Cooller vs Av3k match.

DaHanG = Buzz Lightyear

EPIC

omg kid who only Partys and plays quake ( obviously with not poor parents ) teachs others how to live
get a job goddamit

DaHanG looks like a smart guy, nothing wrong with it, strenx looks like a arrogant french emofag.

Do you really need to express your point five times?

ill express it for him once again:

strenx looks like a arrogant french emofag

these re my words QFT

yeah yeah get a life
parties pics or never happened

hahaha oh man

He should have taken Dahang's advice on this interview

I dont feel superior to you strenx but I don't feel inferior either.
I never said that I thought you played your best.
I was just happy about my own tactics during the games and didn't like the fact that you tried to take that away from me with your whine. Just like you don't like it when cooller does excuses.

"Madix is better than me? No way." im up 2-1 wins in official games for the record.

madix no one cares about what this gay kid says just look everyones laughin at him

hes a scum an after such an interview hes a scum with no class

and i just love when a shit like him uses "life argument"

if one rly have a great life he doesnt have to scream about it 24/7 in each interview lol

LOOK PPPLLLLL I HAVE A LIFE AND THE OTHERS DONT AND I CAN STILL BEAT THEM!!!! IM SO ABOVE THEM WITH MY LIFE !!!!!

the point is his real life is all written in what he says and he says is rly fucking sad so get a clue

apparently he likes to party

lol
winz 1 : 0 strenx
dahang 1 : 0 strenx

and madix 2:1 strenx

heh ye, forgot madix;P

and i'm 0:0 strenx so im guessing we're equally good

eh :p

Rofl, oh the emo.

DaHanG’s attitude:

DaHanG takes the game seriously. Quake Live is his life. I hate DaHanG since he said this to me; He watched my games vs Stermy all the time. I asked him the server password when he played cooller. : \
He said no. :|

I said why? :O

He replied: STFU, private server >:((((

He told me that 2 days ago. I really don’t like this attitude. :'(

The End.

who else in server did you ask for password from? and what did they say?

On US servers we typically have 16 people on private servers watching out games, those games typically consist of sets traded between players, myself tehnewbz sparks chance dkt and dahang. If he said stfu private server, it's because you really shouldn't be messaging people while they are in game on a private server. You ask the spectators if there are any, if not you wait until the game is over and message them.

If they still say no, it's because they do actually want the privacy they sought out by creating a private server. You can't really hold that against them, and it doesn't mean they have an attitude. Dahang especially is a very tolerant person, so I'm willing to bet you messaged him mid game.

finally strenx got a chance to say all his whine not in ql chat, lol.

First i must admit i fucking like all this latest sincere, straightforward interviews. Just epic.

As for strenx goes i liked his answers. Honest, direct answers. This guy will gain respect which was unthinkable only few months ago. He just has to stop mentioning party in every sentence and stop pretending he is not practicing. I doubt anyone believes him about that.

Oh and yeah, if there was only russian english so far we are now faced with zhe french one. Gotta love this diversity.

These interviews make a change from the boring, samey, nothing interesting-nothing new interviews that pop up alot.

If what it takes is for ESR to completely troll pro's, then I'm willing to do my part.

Is it funny to anyone else to think about strenx seeing a trailer for Toy Story 3 and going batshit because he sees DaHanG as Buzz Lightyear?

AHHH! I Hate him and now he's everywhere! AHHHH!

Oh the EMO!

oh dear, that wasn't very nice, was it.
incoming rage

LOL strenx is awesome. Anyone who creates so much drama is ok in my book. He's so insecure its funny.
S T R E X
R T
E E
N X
X X

who's srenx?

So you've heard of strex and ttexx?

The evil twins?

They are friends of srenx.

Ok.

or.. strex and ttexx

LOL (and I haven't yet read the full ITW)

I didnt like strenx much before but now i think he's a pretty cool guy. Eh rages in interviews and deosn't afraid of anything.

But seriously - some open & honest comments rather than the normal sugarcoated BS is nice for a change. I'm sure other players have similar thoughts but don't say them out loud.

go strenxa!

I find it pretty obvious who's the no-life :(

he is actually 19? Hard to believe

If ESL would arrange for Buzz Lightyear merchandise to be at the event, that would be awesome.

I'd pay money to see the crowd shaking their Buzz bobblehead dolls at him the whole time.

To Infinity and Beyond!

(there's just so much good material out of this article, lol!)

Man you made me laugh out loud so much with this :D

Now imagine strenx making a bind out of that quote of Buzz Lightyear during a dahang vs strenx match

OMG

needs to be done

"I asked him the server password when he played cooller.
He said no.
I said why?
He replied: STFU, private server"

Why would he say this if you are so nice? Doubt he talks in such way to everyone

"Americans are more no-life than Europeans. They are putting in more practice hours than the Europeans. OK, they win tournaments but let’s look statistics: if you train A LOT for a year you are not sure to win prize money. If you work hard for 1 year you can earn more than [the equivalent of] 50 1st places in a tournament."

I am pretty sure that someone like DaHang doesnt play for money and is aware that he can earn more money than out of gaming with any job. This is healthy sport wish to be the first in game he plays

"But they [the rest of them] are in their dream world. They all think they can reach the top; they should be a little more realistic. I’m realistic; I know I have a small chance to go through the group."

Thats why the USA owns the world!

"Dkt is also in his dream world. He thinks he can reach the top but he should be a more realistic about what he can reach or not. I mean he did top 7 during IEM in USA, so please :)"

Every American highly wants to be the best in what he does. Nothing bad

About Cooller:
"For sure he isn’t the best at quake like he thinks he is."
He doesnt think so. He said after IEM Europe that he, Cypher, av3k, DaHang and rapha would be top contenders for the win at the World Finals. Isn't it true?

"But really I don’t mind, it’s their life, they do what they want. I enjoy my life, I play and I go to parties, I study etc."
And so much talk about it...
Nah, an every single phrase is shitty. The whole story is a great mix of whine,hate and frustration. I had better opinion about Strenx before

Well, wouldn't say healthy but it's fun and you might get money from it, also progamers get to go to countries they normally wouldn't due to expense.

bottomline: av3k and strenx made an ass out of themselves today.

travelling expensive? dont be kidding.
If you get 300 euro payment, yes, but not like 1600 in month @ UK. for 300 euro u can spend 7 days in Turkey etc or for 600 euros @ mexica.. its more cheaper then cheap..

no shit sherlock, but then there's people who are still students or dont earn much money or are jobless, and it's surely cheaper to go somewhere with a sponsorship deal/prize money and have some of your expenses covered, than not having any of this. take it to the extreme, I doubt all painkiller players would have been able to travel around the world as much in a year without their sponsorships and prize money. it's not exactly news that a well paid job allows you to travel the world, but it's stupid to deny that some deals these players get are helping as well.

if you are 18+ and dont have own money, its your problem. Most pro gamers are 20+ so if they worked normal job, they could travel more! :)) but as I said, it much depends where u live. if you live in midle china and earn 25$ in month , so its expensive.

In Germany you usually won't finish uni before 23/24, depending on what you study or did before it might take even longer. Most students tend to not have shitloads of money to piss away for traveling during that time.

I'm in this category in the US. I'm currently a full-time student with no real income and won't finish university until I'm 24. It's also likely, due to my choice in careers, that I will have to start out at a little to no pay internship until I have professional experience. Let's say that I won't be making real money until I'm 25. =(

You probably agree with me in that Strenx is off his rocker to think that the US players have no lives. DKT is married with a job, rapha has a job, Dahang goes to school full-time, and chance also works. I don't believe it true of anyone who plays quake that they ONLY focus on quake. There has never been a player in the history of the game who has that sort of luxury.

really? What about Sujoy and his sponsorship with razer for the gaming house in Sweden (2001 - 2002 i think)? What about Fatal1ty?

Haha, good point. Alright so two professional quake players have had the luxury lol. What I was really trying to say though, is that everyone has obligations, quake is only a portion of anyone's life. I think that holds true even for sujoy and fatal1ty.

yeah ofcourse, imo the interview is pretty much full of immaturity and narrowminded views and contradictions. I'm a full-time student myself (well, slacking loads lately :p) and will finish uni soon at the age of 25. University degrees have been reformed (or should I say fucked up) in the past years, moving from regular old diploma to the bachelor/master system. I myself am doing diploma, and I know plenty of students who are in the new bachelor courses. Especially in the beginning you got shitloads of work to do (physics), even if I wanted to I couldn't work enough to have enough money for a decent life myself, let alone travel around the world regularly.

Partying vs gaming or other activities is quite a stupid discussion. It's most likely a good idea to socialise with other people regularly, and much of that happens at parties especially if you're 19. But you'll eventually get bored of it, and some people never enjoy it much in the first place. Some prefer clubs, others pubs, or maybe dinners with friends. Some drink, others don't, some do sports, others don't. As long as you don't get too disconnected from friends or environments (or let's say too fucked up), you should be fine no matter what. And even if you decide to be a complete stranger and never leave the house, well so be it? Do whatever makes you happy, it's a good idea to be aware of the consequences but at the end of the day who's got to say what your life should look like? I'd rather play games and love it than go to parties and hate it but oh well everybody goes to parties?!?! time to get out of puberty

I hate the way he says to earn money you just have to work and you can party and play quake at the same time. When he finishes school and figure it's not that easy to find a job, maybe he'll eat his own words and practice more quake and become a Nolife, like Americans.

But the real question is.... what about Griffin?!

but the events being all over the world is a huge factor. I'm an old man (29) and I don't get to travel the world, but this is more due to time restraints and having a child than the money factor.

Just remember he's a young 19y old boy. Having this attitude is what is cool at his age.
Besides, he talks about working and making a living although he's never worked yet, must be something he heard from friends/parents.
He's just young, he'll change his mind, and it's quite obvious that he MINDS about quake live.

Can't blame his age.. 19 isn't that young anymore

i blame all 19 years old children !

19 years old is still pretty young.

Okay "young" or not is relative, but it's not an excuse to act like a moron. His answers are as if he's a 15 year old who can't think properly yet.

I am at the same age and it sounds weird for me:)

nice work liefje :o))

Quite an honest interview actually, although their maybe a few things he overstated.

DaHanG as buzz lightyear is the most epic comment anyone has said in an interview, and that's a good enough reason to like strenx for me :D

Dammit, this guy is HILARIOUS !! Can't wait to see him play.

\o/

ofc strenx is just emo-kid but all your whines here are just hilarious...av3k this, cooller that, now strenx...and the funniest thing is that they all don't give a shit about esr-nerds opinion...

yeah, they really don't give a shit about it. And they let us know that in every interview.

and i'm sure noone gives a shit about your opinion either

they do, they read all this stuff very carefully

they wouldnt rage so much if they dont

7herm is right..

there's no reason to rage, if you don't care.

also someone should save this interview and show it to strenx when he's older..

he wont get any smarter

ppl like him dont change

hes already excusing himself for not winning iem finals but the saddest thing is that he spend exactly the same amount of time on quake as the others

<3 this

ty strenx

I'm not really a quake nerd, i'm cool i drink beer blah blah

:)

This obviously all stems from the mentality of wanting to cheat in quake 3, so i don't know why half of you are suprised about it since the majority of you are well informed of his history.

Sorry, but can you elaborate?

He was actually caught cheating or just accused? I can see how someone who has the shaft aim that he does would get accused a lot online for cheating...

People told me he was caught, but i don't really care whether that's true anyway, i was just summarising what i've been given.

what's this kid's problem?

his life

sorry, I lol'd :D

how ironic that strenx whines about DaHanG not letting him spec.

wasn't he the first to say :

"cooller plz leave you analysze me too well, i changed my play... lul wut you mean don't matter?"

theres something about top players and not visiting esr..

those that do post here tho are generally really well accepted and seem to be well mannered nice guys...

that includes fox madix and k1llsen, can't think of any others atm. i think rapha said some stuff aswell.

czm used to post here.

I think 99% of them visit but not post :)

you forgot our beloved noctis <3

online hero �‚ top player.


Yes, you heard me, noctis!

this piece of shit is pissed isn't he ?

why is that douche saying 1000000 times that he likes to party?!?!
btw Time Played: 12 days sounds quite nerdy to me but....

actually Quake Live adds one day so he's played for 11 days for sure, but not 12

lol why they add

This kid's an idiot:

"If you work hard for 1 year you can earn more than [the equivalent of] 50 1st places in a tournament.

So what’s the best? Play a geek game to win only $10000 in a tournament? Or work 1 year and earn a lot more WHILE playing at the same time."

50 x $10,000 = $500,000 no? Is he saying that if I work hard at walmart for a year I could make half a million dollars?

$10,000 (before taxes) once per year, and only if you win.

I can't tell if you're agreeing with him or me. Either way he said that getting a full time job is equal to getting first 50 times in 10k tournaments.

Pretty sure he meant those 100 euro day cups

nah
you are lazy...

some kid desperately telling an older female interviewer that he is really cool and doesn't care about anything and doesn't practice..

fun

jesus christ this is awesome :DD

wow, thought you were cheering for satan actually

traitor. I'll tell dad

Kid needs to get his phone and shoes stolen.

definitely need to be schooled in poland

HAHA

by the nr4 kids cause poland is holding it down for real.

LOL

Quake is about who can play the least and still win. That makes you A WINNER!11!

My thoughts about practise vs no practise and strenxs view on this.
Quake is like learning how to ride a bicycle - Once you've learned it you will never forget.
Practise is merely for trying some new shit and see how it translates into your game or to boost your selfconfidence.
Strenx seems to protect himself in advance for a failure by stating that he does not practise and that he's so extremely outgoing and awesome but oh you won't fool me you insecure you.

Im pumped about the games btw ! and the fact that strenx and buzz lightyear will be sharing a sofa in the near future :D

Every tourney player does this. Pretty sure the only one to admit that it wasn't a real excuse was czm.

I don't quite agree about Quake like a bicycle, although game knowledge and general strategy is hard to unlearn.

But dropping the game for 6 months and your aim/movement goes to shit. I think the benefit DaHang gets from practicing heavily is that his aim/movement is very comfortable and it helps against uncertainty. Instead of getting nervous and uncertain about what to do in a situation, a well-practiced player won't hesitate, but will act (either for good or bad) on what they think is the best action. Also, I think there's the added benefit of when a player is extremely comfortable with all possibilities, they can play and *think* at the same time. If a player is struggling to hit shots they feel they should be hitting, they're focused more on their technique than strategies.

Practicing to find tricky strategies to use might be more a will-to-win that goes beyond just heavy practicing but a drive to understand how to do things better (working smarter, not harder). I think Cooller is famous for this, playing smarter and not "harder".

if i dont play for 2-3 weeks, i just come back and play 4hours, for 3 days, and my aims back :)

woah, massive rant :D. gj liefje, much better than that love-peace-and-harmony stuff delivered by other interviewers ;)

if it ends with a punch from dahang would be even more epic than prozac's btritney. I am sure all other players would happily testify that he accidentally fell to the floor.

i like to drink as much as the next guy, but let's not pretend it's a superior hobby, eh strenx?

Hell, it's not even a hobby, only a way to piss away time. Just like games.

just woke up to watch streams to see it's delayed .. .. and now this. awesome beginning of a day ..

"I don't care about the games, I just party. And if all else fails I cry like a kid who dropped his icecream."

He doesn't know what the fuck he is talking about on the luck part hahaha just sounds like an idiot, contradictions all over the place

il est un français fou

You're missing Av3k's face on the horse :P

they all still have their shoes!

Cooller is a girl ??? o_O

Co1nCo1n is not a duck??

this picture is missing Mr potato head, i mean dkt

wow, just wow...

I have to say all the cooller interviews got me bored out of my mind. But now this?? And then there's the epic avek interview as well! zomg this week turned out to be great after all!

Jesus christ Strenx you are one pathetic little ho.

DaHanG rape this asshole, please.

interview Dahang now and ask him about what happened and what he thinks of strenx :]

i've seen strenx whine and flame numerous times, but I always assumed that it's the ingame rage which a lot of gamers feel that makes him do those things. After reading this interview, however, it seems he's just a total moron :D

done

hhahaha raging hormones ftw. what a read

I can bet my balls, with my eyes closed, that I will find the word luck in each interview I watch.

quite risky to bet something you don't have

Wrong, thats not risky at all.

Yeah he must be modest and nice to everybody, only you guys are allowed to bash others arrogantly in ESR threads.... Because apparently you're blind to your own behavior and super-sensitive to the behavior of others. Either accept that you're arrogant and immature and don't bash others for being the same, or change your own behavior first to get a convincing right to blame others.

So, we earn the right to criticize him as soon as we stop criticizing?

That's the point. You criticize only because you don't recognize that you're the same. Otherwise you'd have to cope with the shock that you really hate your own character, and I know only two ways to do that: lowering the moral standards both for yourself and others, or becoming a true saint and wielding a crusade against others who're not as saintly. =) You may invent a different way if it's possible, I just can't think up anything else.

Btw of course I'm not referring to you specifically.

Well in that case, your criticism just made you one of us ;)

I was pointing out double standards, not ordering people around or insulting them.

Because apparently you're blind to your own behavior and super-sensitive to the behavior of others

#

some might see this as an insult ;)
It also means that you see yourself in a position to judge.

I understand what you are trying to say and I kinda agree, but judging without assuming superiority is pretty much impossible.

I don't see that as an insult, but if it is, so be it. I didn't say that I was a saint, so there's no reason to defend that status.

judging without assuming superiority is pretty much impossible

Imho, you just have to judge positively, not negatively =)

Agreed, judging positively is possible without assuming superiority.

This post was very agreeable.

You don't find it odd that this child disrespects excellence by shaming a competitive mindset (taking a game seriously, for example) towards playing FPS games?

This child is a walking, talking three inch skin flute with zero consistency or coherence.

If Strenx has any friends on here, do him a favor: run up to him and slap the ho as hard as you can. You'll do it because you care. You care for your little buddy. Tough love goes a long way.

I absolutely agree with you. Strenx needs to have some self-confidence. He's showing some sorta fake arrogance, but really he's a little boy inside. What he wants is a style like av3k, cypher or cooller without practising. That's kinda impossible, you have to practise a lot, but it is possible to get it and then relax a bit with it like they have done. It's like he's such a wannabe, he's given up on himself. Wake up, Strenx :)

"but really he's a little boy inside"
like you? :D

Yeah, that' s why I empathize with him so well.

Criticizing people who spend too much time playing is nothing new. Maybe it's the manner of criticizing that made you so angry, but I personally find it normal. So we have entirely different perception of the same thing, for unknown reasons.

you do realize you're talking about the guy who used to cheat in quake because he couldn't stand losing all th time? ...and then later became good by playing 10x as much as everyone else in europe? wtf.

strenx almost lost it when he played cooller at iem europe "i played so much dm6 i can't understand why i lose what am i supposed to do!?" were his words... that guy is a hypocrite and you're falling for it :x

Sorry it still sounds normal to me, cannot start hating =)

cheating out of frustration sounds 'normal' to you? hm :/ i hope i'll never have to play you then.

The past doesn't condemn the future.

what.

I mean that you can't judge by the past, people change.

TT, angry? Are you kidding? I use strong words sometimes, but this is not anger.

...and why is this behavior of Strenx "old" (not new) in the Quake community? That's my question. It seems some people (many?) in the Quake community are confused. Demonize practice but yet still revel in the competition. What?

As a spectator the more practice the players do, the happier I am. I want to see Quake at its highest level with competitors which have assimilated themselves for competition. I don't look down on them. I don't judge them. I don't make bogus claims about their lives.

If dreams of slapping have nothing to do with anger, then I'm really confused =) Anyway, I just don't get it, that's why I've been arguing with people here. You know how it usually goes, if somebody insulted you personally you will get angry, it's very difficult to avoid it, almost impossible. And there's no real reason to avoid it, it's normal! But if no personal attack is happening and no hurt pride is involved, then you will not get angry, no matter what people do. That's how I operate at least, and so I can't understand why people bash strenx or av3k like this, moreso strenx, because he seems to be so easily influenced by opinions of others, it' s just unpleasant for me to see, to be honest! I'd rather see him cocky all the time, instead of controllable. Well surely these guys haven't insulted each of the people who're bashing them personally in past, so I can't see the reasons for strong reactions. Maybe I misunderstand something, and it isn't really serious and is merely "trolling". =)

As for practicing, I'll refer you to fox and cooller who don't believe that practicing is the key to success for them anymore, but people aren't bashing them for harming the competitive mindset.

I hope we can lay it all to rest now, unless you want to say something else about it, of course.

TT really? Dreams of slapping? Do you make this shit up on your own, or twist and contort a point-of-view to fit your limited one?

\If dreams of slapping have nothing to do with anger, then I'm really confused =) Anyway, I just don't get it, that's why I've been arguing with people here. You know how it usually goes, if somebody insulted you personally you will get angry, it's very difficult to avoid it, almost impossible. And there's no real reason to avoid it, it's normal! But if no personal attack is happening and no hurt pride is involved, then you will not get angry, no matter what people do. That's how I operate at least, and so I can't understand why people bash strenx or av3k like this/

You're completely missing the point. I'll get back to this later.


\I'd rather see him cocky all the time, instead of controllable./

That's fine. Cocky is and blind arrogance is fun. I understand this.

\As for practicing, I'll refer you to fox and cooller who don't believe that practicing is the key to success for them anymore, but people aren't bashing them for harming the competitive mindset./

Again, missing the point. More later.

\I hope we can lay it all to rest now, unless you want to say something else about it, of course./

heh Well we can, but I'm running out the door. I've said: "more later" but if you want to be done, we can be done.

If you want to continue we can continue, of course.

But I wonder why "dreams of slapping" sounded offensive. It was said in a joking way, there was actually a smilie there! As for missing the point, I was mostly explaining my own point of view, how could I miss its point =)

And btw I do value independence, not arrogance or politeness. These things aren't directly connected to it, anything at all can be connected to it. Ok a quick fix done!

Maybe we should continue in PMs. Or here. As you wish.

TT..

In all honesty, I meant to delete my first paragraph, as I was sure you would get the wrong impression, and you have.

Long night, we can PM, that's no problem. I'll clear up some conceptual muddles.

Exactly, apparently it's ok for people here on esr to throw insults left and right but if you dare to do it for real, then you're an idiot. I don't agree with everything he says but he definitely got a couple of valid points in there.

Such as?

All this immature angst will go away when he gets laid. It's pretty hilarious for now. Rage on!

19 or not, this kid is an idiot. Straight up.

No, he's right. About everything. Strenx rules. :D

And how is your comment here any different from what he says in the interview?

he didn't say a whole lecture on how he's cool while strenx is an idiot, he just pointed out what you can see about him from his interviews - and you can certainly see more than in gellehsak's post.

Overall, I saw way more insigt in most of the comments than in the interview.

Because I'm coming on here claiming I party all the time, I don't play the game at all and I'm still super amazing too, right?

Get real, he's bashing his opponents because they're better than he is, and his excuses are that they play more than he does and that he parties all the time. That somehow makes him better?

If he claims to not play as much and do other things in his life, he can say that without the consistent bashing on those who enjoy to compete in the game.

I think he makes some very valid points !

did he send u this gay pics of himself liefje?
or did u add them all by urself? :>

I took them from facebook.

Pretending to be all anti-gamer and shit.

What a baguette muncher

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Prick. How can you argue about American's practicing too much and then fucking QQ when you get raped. If he's so "ANTI-THIS AND THAT" he should get the fuck outta Quake and let someone who's going to PLAY TO WIN take his spot.

No offense but that attitude is total shit and I won't be disappointed if he's not given a chance (or loses) again.

I so agree man.
I never bought that idea where some players tries to to look cool by saying "that group practices so much, and i practice so little".

If whoever wins is a guy who practices and try hard he has my respect.
Saying "they practice more" is just a way of trying to put pressure on the others anways. I doubt any of the players would believe him, or even care. It's a bit arrogant.
Never heard someone like Roger Federer say "Nadal only beat me this tournament because he practiced more".

Clearly if someone else had been good enough they would be in Strenx's spot. Id rather watch a pissed off frenchman causing drama than some polite mannered nerd who isnt going to add anything beyond frags to the entertainment value of Quake.

As someone rather knowledgeable about promoting e-sports I am sure you recognize the value of such banter between players. I agree that Strenx has a shitty attitude from that interview but I think it is hilarious that you don't at least comment on the entertainment value of it all.

Strenx deserve that spot more than most in that tourney simply because he can play with the big boys and can add infinite more character to the games than anyone whos posted here.

Smells like 19 year old french pussy in here. Strenx needs to get his ass beat up terribly. he is complaining about practicing and people training so hard when there is no financial gain in doing so. well maybe some people actually enjoy playing the game and want to be the best at it and the tournament money is a just a bonus.

It's not banter. If this was a rap battle between Strenx and the rest top QL players, Strenx looks something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggUSIsvTlDc#t=2m06s

Strenx seems very bitter. Don't hate on the American quake live gamers. They are good and behave. At least better then strenx. BTW, i loved it so hard when Cooller "lectured" him :)

Stop your crying strenx. Show some god damn respect.

solid interviews, good answers.

strenx seems to be a sharp kid, and obviously a sharp shooter( hehehe pun intended).

what will he be upto next?

shit attitude, he doesnt really deserve the talent he must have... but i agree about winz, what a dick

Move along people, nothing to see here. Puberty strikes even the French, albeit at a later age.

hahaha N1

Haha so funny :D <3 Strenx

wtf? he gets lectured by cooller but god forbid he says anything back to him, so he takes his anger out on the Americans?!?!

Remember, he's French.

Sorry but... the link ?

Don't judge a country with strenx as symbol :)

this ...

is...

it

BOO!!!!

haha you scared him

who says I'm using strenx as a symbol for france? Strenx merely echoes the stereotype of france that most people have.

Yeah and i'm french :D

France > u

bwahahha

haha this kid is the epitome of a hypocrite

he is making more excuses than anyone in this interview

it was actually pretty amusing

Ljefie,

I just want to congratulate you on the finest pro-gamer interview of all time. Seriously, it really is amazing.

So many oxymoron's, so much denial, so much anger/jealousy and so much insecurity all captured in one condensed interview.

"The complete epitome of someone who is their own worst enemy."


Strenx,

Even though you didn't mean to; I thank you for being the one to embody all the worst things that could possibly go wrong in the mind of someone aspiring to be something.

In years past and with much humility you will look back and realize this, I really hope others learn from your example today.

GL in Life.

I dunno, it seems like a more responsible thing for Ljefie to do would have been NOT to publish this interview. Strenx is clearly upset when writing this and will probably regret saying it. It's a shame, too, because who knows if QL will grow in popularity and might bring more tournaments? Strenx kinda throwing it away by setting himself up for public ridicule for his comments.

That's a bit silly. The whole point of being able to be graceful in the media is to realize wtf you're saying and what's going to be published. People have accused me of making the whole thing up or that someone was pretending to be strenx during the interview (!).

The fact that he said so many times that he doesn't care shows that he knew this interview would get strong reactions. I'm not his mother and to be fair I actually think hes got big balls for just having the guts to trash talk so openly. Look at how interested all of a sudden everyone got into this tournament, if they weren't so already.

Maybe I sound like a bitch but it's not my responsibility (or place) to "direct people to say the right things so they don't regret it later" in interviews. If they want to say something, they should be able to say it and in their own words. In the av3k interview for example, the journalist was putting words in his mouth by saying "You must admit, that Cooller's sportsmanship didn't really do him good".

Do you think this is right too? What is better, to publish what somebody wants to say or to put words in their mouth and let them answer with something I want to hear? What I think is that Strenx just wanted to say his piece and I let him. I didn't even have to ask many questions, I let him cover what he wanted to talk about.

"I actually think hes got big balls for just having the guts to trash talk so openly."

nah, thats just being oblivious idiot, most of the stuff can be rephrased to not make you look like a complete tool even if you trash talk..
"I don't like him at all. Even his face... really, he doesn't look good" - seriously..?
and as far as age "excuses" go: 19y should be enough to get your shit together..hell, youre considered adult by that time and people about that age are going to college..

just my impression, comments made me read it :(

yeah... but most people are ballsy because they're idiots and can't grasp forethought or consequences :D so call him ballsy or stupid, either way its entertaining.

do you think he's a good looking guy ?

I'm pretty sure you're interested :D

trick question, I only have eyes for PURRI <3

then it's ok

;D

have fun with purri ;DDDD

I agree, you're not his mother, but it is exploitative when someone is raged/frustrated and writes an incoherent/rambling rant even if he knew it was a public interview. He should know better than to write these comments when he's upset. I suppose at the very least he'll learn a lesson from all this.

I actually just felt sorry/embarrassed for Strenx after reading the interview. His comments don't make the championship anymore exciting, all it does is give more ammo to the trolls and flames that are going to happen against the kid.

What you're completely unaware of is the things that aren't included as there was a point where I said "I won't put that, it's too much". If I was manipulating his words, approaching him when he's obviously upset and coercing him to speak on things he didn't want to then yes I could agree it could be exploitative. But theres nothing in there that he didn't want to talk about and had no problem talking about anything.

It's weird to place the responsibility of his words on me.

I never said you manipulated anything and you didn't do anything wrong (not that you need me to tell you this). But I did suggest in my original post on this subject that you could have just withheld the whole interview after realizing it could do nothing beneficial for Strenx and rather only make himself look sad and get ridiculed by everyone on ESR.

ok then we have a misunderstanding here. I don't interview people just so that they can look good. I like to interview people because I think that gaming is interesting and it's nice for myself (and others) to know the personalities behind it. I'm not a PR agent for the players.

Livi I have to say that I agree with their comments here. Ultimately the negative impact to Strenx here will hit him hard as he will read this and take offense and no doubt people will think less of him because of it. Like many have mentioned here before he is just very immature which is fine for somebody his age but if this was a real sport or journalism such as the bbc it would never have been broadcast because of the knock on effect.

I am not blaming you but in future I think you have to realize these people you are interviewing are kids who have no idea what they are saying regardless of whether they are willing to say it or not.

Peace

Ultimately the negative impact to Strenx here will hit him hard as he will read this and take offense and no doubt people will think less of him because of it.

if he was that worried about what people would think of him, or how he would look, then he should have thought about that in the first place.

Like many have mentioned here before he is just very immature which is fine for somebody his age but if this was a real sport or journalism such as the bbc it would never have been broadcast because of the knock on effect.

even in pro sports people talk smack- so what? I've seen much worse televised, published, blogged about such-and-such said this, such-and-such said that.

I am not blaming you but in future I think you have to realize these people you are interviewing are kids who have no idea what they are saying regardless of whether they are willing to say it or not.

this "kid" knew what he was getting interviewed for. He knew where it was going to be posted. He knew what kind of reaction it would get, otherwise he wouldn't have done it.

There was no complaint of this nature when Av3k ran his mouth recently. I don't see the point of it now, just because its strenx.

Ultimately the negative impact to Strenx here will hit him hard as he will read this and take offense and no doubt people will think less of him because of it.
if he was that worried about what people would think of him, or how he would look, then he should have thought about that in the first place.

Thats the whole point... when your young and immature you don't think about the consequences of your actions.

Like many have mentioned here before he is just very immature which is fine for somebody his age but if this was a real sport or journalism such as the bbc it would never have been broadcast because of the knock on effect.
even in pro sports people talk smack- so what? I've seen much worse televised, published, blogged about such-and-such said this, such-and-such said that.

Name me an example as bad as this?

I am not blaming you but in future I think you have to realize these people you are interviewing are kids who have no idea what they are saying regardless of whether they are willing to say it or not.
this "kid" knew what he was getting interviewed for. He knew where it was going to be posted. He knew what kind of reaction it would get, otherwise he wouldn't have done it.

Maybe so but I am pretty sure he is wishing he hadn't said this stuff when a lot of the other players's opinion of him just plummeted.

There was no complaint of this nature when Av3k ran his mouth recently. I don't see the point of it now, just because its strenx.

I didn't read that interview so I cant comment.

Name me an example as bad as this?

What Av3k thinks about ESR

Thats the whole point... when your young and immature you don't think about the consequences of your actions.

Well, he's in a tournament for professional gamers. He's a member of Fnatic (a well-established gaming group), surrounded by other pro-gamers (whether he considers himself one or not is another issue entirely and not part of my point), and probably has a manager or the equivalent.

Maybe so but I am pretty sure he is wishing he hadn't said this stuff when a lot of the other players's opinion of him just plummeted.

He may very well be, but he didn't really seem concerned with what any other player or person thought of him. If he feels that bad about it though, then perhaps he can learn some kind of lesson and not speak in the same manner next time. =)

Edit: You are right that he wished he hadn't said this stuff. See here. From the sounds of it, he's sorry.

James it's been ages :D

if i show u my party sausage will u think i'm cool too???

Did you make it perfectly clear for strenx that you would put this interview on your site and reference to it on a major gaming site like ESR? Was he fully aware that everyone in the QL community would read those words?

I think he was counting on the Quake community reading those words.

I just don't see how he could NOT know that it would be published, considering how big of an event this is around the world.

...of course.

i bet strenx thought this was some chick chick coming on to him,
asking him questions.

only later he realised this was an interview

damn he is sexy, i would totaly fuck him.

+1

+1

Strenx needs a vacation or break from QL.

He says, "I don't care about ego", "Don't make excuses", and then he says Madix should admit he's better (ego?) and his headphones weren't working (excuses?).

He says, "get a REAL job" (trying to sound responsible and mature) and then says, "I live to party."

The whole interview reads like some nerd-raged blog entry. Not sure if he's trying to convince everyone of this imaginary version of himself or he's trying to convince himself????

He has zero logic.

"Luck is for losers"

Really? Random chance uncontrollable by anyone is for losers?

This kid needs common sense.

I think he meant "luck as an excuse" is for losers.

He says, "I don't care about ego", "Don't make excuses", and then he says Madix should admit he's better (ego?) and his headphones weren't working (excuses?).

He just says the truth. He knows Av3k owns him. And he knows he owns madix.

Is this your troll attempt ? :P

No, I actually think he is much better than you. :) (Nothing against you ^_^)

I agree with some statements from strenx, but that "i don't practise at all practise is for losers who don't have a life" is total bullshit and he's just being hypocrite. Like he's where he's playing the bots 1 time a month.
You can act cool and careless but don't lie please.
Bashing esr or others site community isn't correct since he's allowing giving interviews that will appear in such sites.. so pointless shit.

And ofcourse he expects to go to playoffs.. he has been playing with stermy for at least 4 days.. but no.. he doesn't plays the game.. he was drinking and smoking pot with stermy the whole time.

Shit.. someone needs to grow up.

At least av3k keeps it real.

Freelance there is no need for him to go to poker, he already makes 500,000 a year...

Perhaps it's true that younger kids have better reflexes and shit but whoa....on the IQ level and life experience they sure have wheaties to eat...

What is this week? Biggest pro failure award week ?

Get this idiot off the gene pool. Waste of talent.

( he will probably move from QL to poker, for a real job )

Good stuff. Good job letting the interviewee really open up. Please do more! :D

.

You can most definitely hate on a dude for acting like a whiney little bitch. Well, unless you're Buddhist.

You said "buzz" :D...







i'll leave now..

i noticed too :D

It's like reading a Fullflush interview

Pretty sad. His story and that i was a strenx fan :-(

I'm so proud that there is a link to my interview translation in there ^^. Thanks liefje.

of course :) It's helpful in case people didn't know what he was talking about.

A young guy who thinks drinking and partying all the time is the most important.

He is truly 1 in a million with this outlook on life.

i get it now.

you must not party, for success

strenx's worst nightmare.

LOLOLOL

ahahah

OK GUYS; IMMA READ THIS ONE MORE TIOME

cut your wrists now

esr is so much full of flame (read win) material these days.

Hard Core

This was like reading a progamer version of the Catcher in the Rye. FUCKING AWESOME :D

That strenx character is something else. How can you not like him?
- When all other progamers are playing mr. nice-guy in their interviews, he comes up with pure teenage anger and smashes everything.

- When all other progamers are discussing tactics and brain in QL, he's there taking top places by rushing like a maniac with his 45% shaft.

It's refreshing to have someone like that in the scene :)

exactly :D

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7545/98082673.jpg

About strenx ITW.


1) Imho it is not a great idea to flame Dahang or Winz (your words are quite strong against winz, whatever he said to you), or Cooller or anybody else... especially when you say that you don't care about guys who have not the same way of life or concept of life than you (or ppl who don't appreciate you).

Simply let them alone. By saying what you said, it's like if you switched on the dark side of the force and it discredit you.

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2) Perhaps to "play QL" all day long is waste of time, by partying and drinking it is also waste on time...

The only thing which is not waste of time is to having sex (lol) and also develop your culture/knowledge.

No seriously, it's not because something is not your main interest that it is necessarily a waste of time for somebody else.

Everybody is free and can find their own interest in what they like to do. Of course it is usually better to diversify your activities (sports, reading, playing), but what do you know exactly about Dahang life ?

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3) French culture/mentality and north Americans ones are different... And ? What's the point ? Is there a winner and a looser ? No they/we are just different.

In France we have the "Baron Pierre de Coubertin" symptom.

For the ppl who don't know (see my 2nd point about waste of time and knowledge/culture interest :), this man (Pierre de Coubertin) has reinvented the (modern) Olympic games (~more a century ago <=> That is why we kept French language during OG official ceremonies/protocol).

In French culture, since you are a child you learn (like a brainwashing) that "the important thing is participation and not winning". (*)

Philosophically speaking you can admit that it's a great idea, and it seems that strenx concept is the same. Why not.

But is there any better EXCUSE when you loose than this fucking joke !?

<my life>
I never, but never adhered to this philosophy (especially for official competitions). OK that's why I whined so much during my quake carrier... haha :-) Sorry again for those who have suffered during 7 years)
</my life>

But it is often because of this excuse that France is not on the top5 during Olympic competitions. "We" always have this MAIN excuse in "our" pocket... That is the best way to be a looser in fact as you will always have an excuse.

Hopefully some sportsmen have the fighting spirit and kept in mind that if they are here it's to win, not to be a tourist !

That's what I like in other culture (especially in US... and closest to us (geographicaly speaking), the GER one).

It's is not because you want to win that you are a bad guy... If you stay fair, have a good mentality (not whining when you lost...) and never go through/behind the rules, there is no problem about that.

[Pour strenx (in French) : Si tu veux en discuter il n'y a pas de soucis, je n'ai rien contre toi, je ne suis pas un moralisateur, c'est juste mon point de vu par rapport à cet interview ]


(*) In fact the real idea developed by De Coubertin was :

The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle, the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

Quite badly summarized/truncated by teachers.

Plussed for Coubertin's quote.

People live by that quote here too.

In the 80's we had tv ads called participaction. The whole concept was about being noob and finding solace in the fact that you at least took part in an activity.

WIllpower 101

Actually Coubertin quoted someone else when he said that line. And from what I've heard on TV Coubertin didn't care about participating at all, he was more about winning at all costs and why not cheating and taking drugs. He was a friend of Hitler according to wikipedia's page too.

Godwin point?

it has all to do with satisfaction and confidence. if you have those 2 attribute in your life, youll talk and judge others fewer to a certain extend.

its not easy tho to stand others if you cant even stand urself !
the whole interview shows simple how he is lets say occupied with thoughts about "his own value" in life in general.
i mean hes 19, what to expect. for sure no stood personality.

its actually good to see how people really are if you just watch what comes to their mind primary and often :) (ofc its always like this rofl). im sure a decent personality would talk about like blabla cbit, journey, friends, fun competition and so on.

ofc he gave answers to question, but he didnt hesitate to make it as much controverse as possible. witch is also a character trait of inferiority complexes because he begs for attention.

im getting to old for this i think

that's about what i wanted to say when i read this interview but couldn't decently express what i felt.

however,
point de vuE!

.

whoa whoa, nobody here said they wanted to hurt the guy, they're just making fun of him for making fun of them for being nerds, while he's a big ol' nerd. That's all.

how can strenx talk about "it's just a game, i don't take it seriously" while he ALWAYS cries after losing a match? lol wtf

interesting read, glad to see some diversity amongst the players lol.

q;D

liefje video interviews!!!.

aaah i wish i could make them!! but i'm not at CeBit :(

maybe next event in köln :D

quess he needs more lessons in school.

in cooller school that is

Yo Strenx, I'm really happy for you, I'ma Let you finish, but Avek had one of the best interviews of all time. One of the best interviews of all time!

People like this are just terrible for the game. In reality, he isn't practicing, he isn't going to go anywhere, so that's good at least.

This is the best interview ever. He is completely right about "professional" Quake. There is no professional Quake anymore. There never will be ever again.

Quake is entertainment and strenx contributed to that entertainment immensely. He is up there with Cooller for me as far as personalities go.

This is going to be a rad tournament.

if it ever starts.

the winz bitching was good. would have been better if it wasn't so painfully obvious that he wants to look like stermy.

"Every player finds excuses all the time. They never say “He was better than me”. Never."

Knowing the scene, people would just flame the players who admit X player is better than them anyways.

i like the part where he said "People who whine about this game are sad cos it's just a game" and then "ZOMG BUT IN DUBAI I HAD TOTALLY LEGIT REASON TO CUNTWHINE". Still, love him or hate him, hope he has a nice tourney.

Hopefully not as nice as DaHanG Cooller Cypher Fox Jibo cos those guys are really showing personality in a positive way.

I thought gaming was good vs evil players, I've just learnt evil players fight each other not to be evil.

typical emo.
dont attend the tourneys if u aint got balls to admit u suck.

Said the ano man. Thx for the ip, i try to hack you now.

http://esreality.hexus.net/?a=post&id=1831364

Take note.