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Kinetic - In the Well!
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31-08-2009 6:57pm#1
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1. When did you realise you had 'some' talent
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2. What steps did you take to brings things further along?
3. What would you do differently if you were starting your career in pro gaming all over again? (if anything)
4. What would you like to see happen in Ireland with regards to the gaming community?0 -
1. Earliest memory of gaming?
My old neighbour used top have some old console, couldn't tell you wtf it was though. So probably my C64, I got the cartridge with Flimbo's Quest and 3 other games on it. Don't think I ever did fiished FQ but it was a great game. Used to spend ages collecting the coins in the right order to maximise the dollar bills.2. Longest time spent on a game?
I'd have to say Metal Gear Solid 2 on the PS2, I remember there being hype about it in work at the time (HMV Grafton St) so I picked it up and literally spent the next 3 days completing it, I did get some sleep but as soon as I was awake I jumped straight back on it.3. If you could stop time in terms of gaming gernerations, what would it be?
I really really liked the N64. it was the first console to do 3D somewhat successfully and the titles it had like Goldeneye, Banjo Kazooie, Mario 64 & OoT were just amazing. The controller was pretty nice too and the implentation of the rumble pack was a good feature. I miss those games but with them being very early on in the 3D lifeline they ain't aged well at all.4. Recommend 1 game to a person who has never played computer games (PC or console) that will instantly get them to understand what it's all about.
Sonic 1. Very basic game with nothing else to do but run and jump. If you don't get the grasp of that then computer games aren't for you.5. What is the best gaming system in your opinion?
PC. I've played consoles for about 20 years at this stage and have only been PC gaming for about 2 years at this stage. What really turned me off consoles is Sony and Microsoft shoving ads down your throat every time you turn on your console, it just really fricking annoyed me. I don't get much of that when playing PC online.6. What do you think of the introduction of 'achievements' / 'trophies'?
If they got rid of the emphasis on points/number of trophies then it would be good. This sort of e-penis thing in relation to them is retarded. (yes I have about 20k on my xbox 360 account).7. Can you go back and play through old games without them (or would you buy them from the arcade store now just for the glowing feeling when you hear that sound)?
I still enjoy playing Mario or Sonic from back in the 16 bit days but I tried Mario 64 recently and wasn't that much of a fan so I stopped before I ruined anymore childhood memories. I did recently play through HL1 which rather underwhelmed me but then I'm not a fan of single player games anymore, playing AI bores me.8. What are your top 5 games at the moment (can be all-time or currently playing)?
5 games that I'm playing atm are:
Team Fortress 2
Peggle Deluxe
QuakeLive
Counter Strike Source
ArmA2
All Time:
Ocarina of Time
Goldeneye
QuakeLive
Counter Strike (1.6/CSS) - purely from an e-sports spectator pov.
Gran Turismo 19. What system do you currently do most of your gaming on and why?
PC. More powerful, better servers online, easier to communicate with people in terms of quality and steam friends/xfire. Games are better online too. Team Fortress 2 online is such a great game when you've a few friends on a server (I'm still gash at it though).10. What's the worst game you've ever played that you seen through to completion?
I generally put games down when I don't like them. I did try to play through King Kong on the xbox 360 on a quiet day in the old Xbox Live Cafe but it was just painful trying to work my way through it. I'd say HL1 but it wasn't all that bad, just not my cup of tea.11. Just how much of a button bashing n00b are you?
The only time I button mash is when I rage..........so quite often.
I gotta split to B-ball training so I'll come back to your question's later DaBounca.0 -
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1. How does it not to be a grudge match dodging SFIV wuss like Jazzy :P
2. Any memorable videogame soundtracks or composers you like (original music please)
3. Best and toughest videogame bosses you've ever played.
4. If you could choose one game to hold up as an example of videogames as art what would it be. If you don't see games as art then why don't you?
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1. When did you realise you had 'some' talent ?
Um, not really sure tbh. I think when I started to attend some of the WGL events with the Celtic Snipers I started to like competing but it was never focused on just one game, I won some team events in COD2, GRAW& R6 and even came away with a FNR3 title at one event. Probably my first series PGR competition was the one for the opening of the xbox live gaming centre when they had Nikki Hayes in there. Ye were still working on getting the net set up and I had made the final but couldn't bloody connect. I practiced a lot for that and it wasn't a case that it was just PGR, it was more so the fact that it was a competition with a sweet prize, one of the PGR limited edition Xbox 360s. That was the start of it all. I'm not sure I would've won the final tbh but I would've come close.2. What steps did you take to brings things further along?
After that I started playing the game quite a bit online and when WCG was announced for the first time and PGR was there I decided to start putting more and more time in to it. As someone who was relatively new to your side of the LAN scene I knew nobody and the game selection was not final so I'm nearly sure I pestered the crap out of Bio to make sure it was selected, much like any other gamer that and following years I'd imagine. The main thing for me was Time Trials. Any time I was on the game I was in competition mode and would only race the giuven tracks with the F50GT. I was way off the first year tbh but it was one of the greatest experiences I've ever had at WCG 2006, it opened a whole new world to me.3. What would you do differently if you were starting your career in pro gaming all over again? (if anything)
I'm not sure I'd change much at the start tbh. I played it pretty well, got involved in the community, spoke with the right people, got different tips from different people (1 person isn't going to give you them all so you need to converse with a lot) and put them to work. The one thing that I really regret is not getting out of my group at WCG 2007, it was there for me and the last race against the Austrian just went absolutely terrible. Had I won that I would've got out and got some prizes, no way I was going any further. Any time I think about that it really pisses me off.
4. What would you like to see happen in Ireland with regards to the gaming community?
There's a lot of horse shit in Irish gaming. With the country so small if someone bad mouth's someone first then they're forever the black sheep. It's easy for this to happen in the UK/US when their demograph is 50 times greater but when you have such small numbers and such silly politics going on it's hard for the entire Irish community as a whole to grow. What I'm delighted to see is the smaller communities start to flourish like the way you started with the SC gaming days and now a few with the SF4 scene. I also think that the console players/teams need to start making themselves heard, there's some really good players here on our island but you generally don't hear much in terms of what they're doing. If they could get in contact with esports.ie, Sabre and Rzelky will ensure that you get the best coverage to your home fans.
If I could kill World of Warcraft I would. It's taken too many of our top gamers away from where their talents really are. It's a shame that some of the longer standing community members spend their time on it.
The other thing we're missing is the smaller LAN sessions. I spent a few evenings about 3 months ago going through the LAN Party forum (research and curiosity) and the scene was vibrant back 5-7 years ago when there was LANs every few weeks either BYOC or in cafes. I'd love to see that happen again but I fear that our broadband, as bad as it is, has killed off the small LAN party leaving just a few larger ones to run every few months.0 -
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Retr0gamer wrote: »1. How does it not to be a grudge match dodging SFIV wuss like Jazzy :P
The longer this goes on the more the hype, I reckon if we leave it go on for a few more months we could get Don King in to promote it.Retr0gamer wrote: »2. Any memorable videogame soundtracks or composers you like (original music please)
Hmm, no. Only one that springs to mind was Skate 1 and that wasn't original and not even sure it was good. 
Retr0gamer wrote: »3. Best and toughest videogame bosses you've ever played.
I remember playing Devil May Cry and thinking wtf is going on here.....on the first level. I soon got rid of my PS2 after that but not for that reason.......obviously! The best was probably the end of MGS2, fair bit of fighting in it.Retr0gamer wrote: »4. If you could choose one game to hold up as an example of videogames as art what would it be. If you don't see games as art then why don't you?
I don't see games as art because I think of them more as entertainment or something to pass the time. I don't look at a picture and think.....oh, that's very entertaining. I generally don't read too much in to video games in terms of their sound track or who is directing them. I turn them on and I play. Throughout my 20 or so years of playing I never really got involved in the hype before a game, in fact a lot of the games I got were from recomendations from friends. I didn't know wtf the orange box was when it came out, someone said yeah it's good (think it was either Asok or PPC). I haven't read stuff like reviews/preview sites/magazines since some magazine gave Forsaken on the N64 something like a 90 and I went out and bought it and it was the biggest load of horse shit ever.0 -
Why do you never reply to me on Steam
Hmm, I don't think I have you blocked on steam........./goes to check. Nope not blocked. I've been busy the last week or 2 getting servers up online (New Arma2 server as well as CSS, L4D and soon to be TF2 server) as well as trying to get some preparation work done for the LAN in October so if I missed ye then I apologise.What is your favourite TF2 class, and why?
Probably heavy weapons guy. Just an awesome dude. "You did well!!" /waits for the photoshop pic of me and his body!What game got you "hooked" on gaming?
There was never really one that got me hooked in until I played Forza Motorsport 1 over Xbox Live, that rocked my world. I got first Xbox Live subscription about 3/4 months before the 360 (I also didn't know wtf this console was all about either, I just don't read up on the crap) came out and I'd say I spent every other night playing it online with a few sound lads from Scotland & England.And what os your favourite sexual fanatasy related to Tom Cruise?
Top Gun, I play goose, he plays Maverick obviously, the volleyball scene. Game over!0 -
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Menengroth™ wrote: »Question 1:
"but due to the fear of being mocked by their peers they say nothing, looking at you menefail!" - what the deuce?
Ya heard me Menefail!Menengroth™ wrote: »Question 2:
Would you say the highlight of your gaming career was losing to a woman on the Den?
Life Lesson No. 1: You always have to let the woman get 1st place.Menengroth™ wrote: »Question 3:
Can you describe in detail the finer points of racing games from a spectator's point of view?
It's no different then watching formula 1 or touring cars. They go around the track and first to cross the line wins. I think the CGS ruleset was pretty poor with the collision chaos that ensued and the WCG with ghosting on wasn't great either. Somewhere in between would be good. There's a lot of other stuff that comes in to it but if you're only spectating then you don't need to worry about it.Menengroth™ wrote: »Question 3:
Did you ever meet mOE at the CGS events, was that the greatest moment in your life? (Ya hear mOE?)
Never met moe as his team wasn't in the CGS finals the season I was there.
Greatest moment of my life, probably making the Irish U16 basketball team, making the starting 5 and going on to beat England to win the 4 nations.Menengroth™ wrote: »Question 4:
On a more serious note, do you see the PC gaming culture growing in Ireland, with more people starting to play online in Irish communities and showing up to events?
It's getting cheaper and cheaper to build a decent spec PC so I hope more do get involved. The ease of use with the consoles and their now online capabilities will make it that side more appealing though. *fingers crossed*Menengroth™ wrote: »Question 5:
Where do you see the LanParty.ie events in a years time and further down the road?
If I can get 100 attendees in October then a year down the line I'd like to have the same next year. I want to have it so it runs like clockwork and the admin team have already started putting things in place so the LAN in October runs flawlessly (no LAN ever turns out that way though).
Further down the line, I'm not sure. I'm working on getting a large venue in Dublin City centre atm and I may have the place but it's just to get a good picture of what we need for something of it's size and how to reach as many possible PC/Console gamers to maximise attendance. If it goes ahead, it'll be mega big.Menengroth™ wrote: »Question 6:
Is abeyance the greatest thing to happen to Irish CSS?
Yeah he's fairly dedicated to the scene tbh and with the woman and 2 kids I'm surprised he's found the time. I think what he did with the trials for the ED regional team was great a few months back as every single other team captain picked their mates. Hopefully he can continue to do this as finding someone who doesn't get dragged into e-sports politics is hard.Menengroth™ wrote: »Question 7:
How have you found the transition from racing games to CSS, ie: from a game that requires the use of one button, to a game that involves in the region of 30-40 buttons AND a mouse?
I think it was more 4/5 buttons for PGR but w/e. It was difficult because I'd never really played any FPS on PC so getting used to the M+K took a long time. When I was over in LA my PGR practice sessions would generally be shorter then CSS so I'd always go in and watch the lads play matches. I got my config from a mixture of all the lads on the magnetik's css team. Part of it was not having the right equipment in terms of right mouse, mousepad, decent FPS from the gpu. I've got all that now and am still gash so not sure how to advise people on the transition!0 -
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If you could sit down with a group of people from the gaming / eSports world, who would they be and what would you ask them?
I'd probably sit down with the entire staff and team managers from the CGS to get some sort of idea of how they were approached to get involved. When I was over there it was clear that the TV studios didn't really give a flying frick what the gamers or even the managers wanted so it would be interesting to get their opinion on the whole thing. The one thing that I will give some of them is that they'd speak their point to anyone on the CGS management team.What game would you like a sequel to?
Not so much a sequel but I'd really like to see a decent star wars game. It's been years since one has been developed. Probably based around the original 3 movies.What game would you like to see updated (same gameplay - new shiney graphics)?
Rock and roll racing. That game just super mega awesome. I spent many hours playing it on the Mega Drive. If you haven't played it, do it. Possibly Destruction Derby as well, was really good for the PS1.What game are you most looking forward to at the moment?
Nothing really stands out although I'd like to play some of Gran Turismo 5 whenever the hell it comes out. I'm really curious as to when Valve are going to push out another Counter Strike installment just to see how the 1.6 and CSS communities as well as the esports competitions react to it.What's your guilty gaming pleasure?
I used to spend a lot of time on 8 ball pool on miniclip but atm it would have to be either Peggle Deluxe on PC or New Super Mario Bros on the DS. I've finished both several times but they're just really easy to get into to pass 10-30 minutes. Trials Construction on miniclip is another I spent a lot of time on.Do you wish that the guys at eSports.ie would stop harassing you for interviews? And are you afraid to actually do anything related to eSports knowing that you are likely to get pestered?
Nah, I'm getting better at making excuses for not doing stuff on the site :pac: I get pestered to do stuff all the time but I've no real issue with it and if I can help I will. I have been mega busy the past few weeks so if I'm ignoring anyone don't block me on msn/steam please. I'll get back to you soon.
For a more rounded view:When and how did you get involved in Basketball?
Before I get in to when/why I actually started playing, when I was about 2 I managed to throw the remote control from the TV in to the fire over something like this.....
MAD SKILLZ!
We moved house when I was about 9, just before starting 4th class. When my folks came back from the school she said they played Hurling, GAA Football or Basketball. Obviously as a smart 9 year old I thought there's no way in hell I'm going outside during the winter in Ireland so I choose Basketball. I was just lucky in that the school and the nearby secondary school churned out some of the best teams in the country. We used to have basketball before school in primary school for an hour and then in secondary school I used to go practice outdoors in the morning on my own. It was probably the best thing I could've done growing up as it kept me busy and essentially out of trouble 7 nights of the week, I can be quite mischievous at times. :cool:What music do you listen to (now // in general)?
Variety of things. I tend to just put on an album and will listen to it over and over for a few weeks and then change and then a few months down the line go back to it. Some of my favourites are Rage Against the Machine - Battle of Los Angeles, Nirvana - Nirvana, Oasis - what's the story and a few others. I'm not that much of a music fanatic.Other favourite sports?
Other then basketball, Soccer and American Football are sports that I'll sit down and watch pretty much any team compete in. Over the past 5 years I've been following Dublin GAA football but I wouldn't sit down and watch another county play. I support the Dubs but I'm really in to the other 3 sports.What other hobbies and activities do you partake in?
Outside of Basketball & Gaming there's not much time left to do anything else. During the summer I try and play some tag Rugby, great fun and something to do during the break from basketball.Any talents that you wish others knew about?
None really.
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Why did you start up the 'In The Well' series in Games?
I've seen how well they'd worked with the fitness & poker forums. The difference between those and games though is that a good chunk of their activity within their respective communities is from events away from the internet. With LANs and other offline events not so frequent I thought it might give people an insight in to people's gaming knowledge/habits as well as the rest of their life, which is side you don't generally don't hear about from gamers. The one I was hoping for from it is more interaction from people who may not have known the person in the spotlight but hopefully that will come as the series evolves on here.What questions did you secretly hope people would ask? (and would you like to answer them now)
There's nothing really that stands out. I think there's been some very good questions so far and those in the well have been great, as least up until me. The one thing I'd like to change is taking away the initial 10 questions, they may be a bit pre-emptive in terms of taking questions away from people who may want to get involved.What 'grinds your gears'?
I'm not sure I can fit enough in here as vbulletin limits the amount you can type!
One of the big things that irritate the crap out of me is boosting/glitching to get to the top of the leaderboards when there's nothing to gain. PES seems to be notorious for it and I remember there was a fair bit of it in Test Drive Unlimited as well. They don't gain anything from it so I don't know why they do what they do. Just strange.
Onlince again, hackers in game. Only the other night, the CSS team I play for when in a 1 night cup and the first team they played against got kicked for hacking. There was no prize for this competition so I don't understand the mindset a person would have to be in for hacking. At the end of the day, if you go to LAN you'll get destroyed and people will know wtf is up with your online results.
Lack of preparation. The shenanigans with the CSS Irish team earlier in the year really pissed me off. You're representing every other gamer in Ireland and no preparation is done, just let someone else have a go if you're not willing to put the effort in.
Ungrateful gamers. I'm sure some of the other Irish LAN organisers get this as well, when you organise a LAN and put up prizes be they either cash, hardware or otherwise and people complain that LANs in the UK have this or that. In order for the scene to grow we need people to get their ass on a seat at LAN and big sponsors will start to notice large attendances. Sure I-series is going to have a prize pot of 5-6k but the chances of the people moaning at us of getting a piece of that is non existent. Support the LANs you have and instead of you going abroad to I-series we'll get to the stage where English teams will return to our country trying to take our money away from us (hopefully failing).
PGR is easy. I got this quite a bit. I asked people if it's so easy then go practice and come to the qualifiers for WCG . None of them showed up. I was dissapointed. Presumably because they realised they were awful at it and cba putting in the work to get better.
Dishonest gamers in Ireland. Might cause a bit of a stir if I go in to details with this but there's people out there asking for games at major events here in Ireland with non existent activity within their scene to justify it. Please stop, you're not fooling anyone and if I were to spread links you'd be made look like idiots.What scene (if any) is Ireland most likely to get recognised for?
I'm not sure we'll ever be recognised for a scene tbh. I think we'll always have those 1 or 2 breakthrough players in a game (team or individual based) like Crow, Koopa etc. I think we were very lucky to have a team of DNC's standard but I'm just not sure when we'll see a team based game see similar succss. Halo might, I know that guys like Wardy and Viv from the WCG team last year are still very much active within that scene and the Irish had a good showing at i-37, I'm just not sure what their plans are as of yet. Hopefully I'll get around to running that Halo lan soon to see how much they've progressed. Hopefully when COD:MW2 comes out it brings some new players to the scene and will hopefully rejuvenate it.Is there any LAN (international) / series that you would like to see the back of?
Not that I want to see the back of them but I was really displeased at how Enemy Down treated the ex-CSS admin team. It was a disgrace and will probably cost them a few thousand users. I'm delighted for the new admin team, they're doing great but ED doesn't deserve them. I wish the old admin team all the best with the new Eurokrieg leagues. Outside of that, there isn't a whole lot of major events going on compared to 2/3 years ago so to lose one would be very bad for the entire competitive gaming world.
Even if you'd asked me a few years ago I probably would've said none. Losing major events is not something I like to see......well, maybe CPL with Mr. Munoz being such a sly muppet.0 -
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Mario or Sonic, If you had to remove one of them from history who would it be?
I don't think you'll like my answer on this. Sonic. I think that Mario has been more consistent in terms of quality throughout the years. If sega were still in the console hardware market then I think things may be different.Favourite stimulant(s) of choice to see you through an all night gaming session?
None. I just got the stamina to keep on trooping!
I rarely have red bull and I don't drink coffee/tea (well tea one or twice a year) so there's nothing really that I'd be inclined to take tbh. Maybe some Mi Wadi Orgins of your username with the caret on the end, any particular reasons for it?
I used to go under the handle "Keyser Soze" and just got really fed up with the dual name thing. I wanted to keep the K at the start of whatever I was going to go with and Kinetic just popped into my head. The circumflex accent at the end was just because someone else on here had Kinetic when I went to change and I've just carried it over onto steam/xfire/irc and wherver else I'm registered. Nothing too deep about the thought behind it tbh. All the cool kids are using them these days, I set a trend. :pac: 0 -
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brian plank wrote: »1. sounds familiar, did you play on pesrankings?
No, I'm terrible at the game. I still play offline on it from time to time, tis a fun game but they need to get it back on track before their entire fanbase is gone.brian plank wrote: »2. i drove a bad career race on forza2 and still placed 1 higher than you on the leaderboard. should i turn pro? :P
No, I was never pro at FM2 I did put a small amount of work in for CGS season 2 but I just couldn't face another 2/3 months of 6-8 hours a day playing the same 3 tracks over and over again, I just didn't like the game as much as PGR. If you're interested you should check out the IFCA as they run some great leagues and everyone in the community is pretty sound. They've leagues to suit all type of racer. The standard is pretty high and you regurlarly get Top 20 times being set in the races/qualifiers. Some of them will even share setups. With the imminent release of FM3, it's going to get crazy busy over there too so it would be a good time to sign up. 0 -
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