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Start: 7pm today

The next arena tournament qualifiers starts today and this time it's European.The following teams will attend:

— Eat nerds Get Shredded - Dreamz(R Shaman)/Swapxy(E Shaman)/Dicegg(Hunter) - Dreamzdog Cleave

— Ganadogged On - Blud(F Mage)/Marm(S Priest)/Shezzdog(R Shaman) - Shatterplay

— jebem vam krv - Backmaskw(R Druid)/Rails(Rogue)/Ralio(Warlock) - RLD

— 17, sittin on 17 mil - Enteyjin(DK)/Casie(Warrior)/Jowblob(H Paladin) - TSG

— kayfour - lubbo(Warlock)/Dave(S Priest)/Youngsterx(R Shaman) - Shadowplay

— easY gaming - Detox(Rogue)/Vengie(Warlock)/Buruma(R Shaman) - RLS

— treeple dps - Saffie(Warlock)/Hamzaa(R Druid)/Qeep(Ele Sham) - LSD

— Dancing Potato - Nikaido(H Paladin)/Osskary(Warlock)/Doitcuzucan(F Mage) - MLP

Without a working ladder WoW as E-Sports cannot continue. These dozen are a mere start if Blizzard intends this to be more than a warning. The movie industry, the music industry and even the fucking porn industry started to sue their costumers and I am pretty sure, that Blizzard would be able to press huge monetary charges against firms and players that offer ingame goods and service against money. I think that this is the only way they could bring back a real pvp community. Find one sorry guy and ruin him for lifetime and the rest will shit their pants and stop the sales or at least the prices will sky-rocket and make it something only few can afford.

Anything else is a minor inconvinience noone really cares about. Hopes are that ArenaNet will keep sales out of GW:2 more effictively than Blizzard did. I have hopes that replays will be effective to shame players that bought achievements and ranks there.

The amazing thing is however, what a huge amount of money is spent on pushes even though everyone always says how bad the game is. I think ways to counter this would be for example contacting Team EG on why they sponsor players that do rating pushs. That would actually hurt. Team EG sponsors Azael, Talbadar and Cdew (who is one the players banned).

You can find Team EGs Facebook page right here: http://www.facebook.com/EvilGeniuses/?ref=tsX_3538X

During the last days many high ranked players got banned for doing rating pushes while playing accounts of other players. While this will by no means change a lot it is a step in the right direction. Among the names I read is Cdew, a very well known shaman and team mate of Azael and Talbadar. 

I would be interested to read more names, as this could also effect further arena tournaments (Cdews team was in the unplayed finals of the latest NAO tournament). 

The following interview is not style corrected, but uses the original wording Ryan used throughout our conversation. The interview was made in November 2011, but I hope you will still enjoy it. 

On Saturday the 18th of September I contacted Ryan over the hydramist.tv forum. At that point I expected a long wait for an answer, but susprisingly only one day later he contacted me over Skype. We chatted shortly and agreed on the terms for the interview. Among other things this included the promise not to publish anything before getting the OK from Ryan and also having the interview reviewed by a professional corrector in order to ensure the quality, as I am no native speaker. My hope was to find some time to do the interview directly, but Ryan would stop writing over Skype shortly after. So I sent him a mail with ten introductory questions, which he answered over Skype on Tuesday morning at 7am. 

 

[07:00:27] ryan: excuse any spelling/grammar mistakes 
[07:00:34] ryan: its late and i just replied to about 50 guide emails 
[07:00:35] ryan: >.< 

 

Hildegard: Hello and welcome to the "Forscherliga Interview" Ryan. First of all thank you for the fast reply to the interview request. I guess you get quite a lot of messages per day. Wouldn't you need an assistant by now? 

Ryan van X_2679XX_2680X Sometimes the volume of messages gets a little overwhelming, while i'm streaming for example. But i like to think that ive become fairly efficient in dealing with requests/questions/messages in general over the last few years. 

Hildegard: Is being Hydra a job or still fun and games? 

Ryan van X_2688XX_2689X A bit of both, you're allowed to enjoy your 'job' right?  

Hildegard: It is said that you learn to know someone best by eating together with him. So what did you eat today? 

Ryan van X_2700XX_2701X coco pops... lots of coco pops 

Hildegard: I know few things about your background. Do you study and if not, how do you earn your money? 

Ryan van X_2709XX_2710X Im on a year break from studying right now, partly so that i can spend more time working on Hydramist and partly so i can figure out what i want to do at uni - if anyone feels like hiring me for some sweet ass job, email me!! (im awesome at all things!! <3) 

Hildegard: Do you think that the MMO genre is viable for E-sports? 

Ryan van X_2718XX_2719X yes but blizzard (or any other developer making mmo's) have to change their business model from "MONEY MONEY MONEY", to, "we care about our games again" 

Hildegard: What is the question you got asked most in interviews? 

Ryan van X_2727XX_2728X That very question 

Hildegard: How does your coaching work? For an example, if I would want to be trained by you - what would be the next steps? 

Ryan van X_2736XX_2737X We exchange a few emails, mainly for me to ascertain that you arnt a psycho or anything and then for me to find out what you want and hope to gain from the coaching. Then we talk some on msn/skype. You decide whether you want to stream or send me fraps and we organise a time to do an hour (you pay up front). Firstly i look at your ui to make sure everything is in order (a surprising amount of people forget stuff like class coloured nameplates for example). Then i watch you play some games and highlight your mistakes and good points (bit by bit so as not to 
overwhelm you with info). 

Hildegard: Do you think the reason why you did not get rank 1 in season 9 is because Blizzard was annoyed by your arenarating-add? 

Ryan van X_2748XX_2749X I did not get rank 1 in season 9 because blizzard no longer cares about wow 

Obviously these questions did not get me to far, yet. So I replied and sent him twenty more questions, which he did not reply to for more than ten days. 

04.10.2010: 
[07:19:09] ryan: hey 
[07:19:14] ryan: sorry ive been super busy recently 
[07:19:26] Hildegard: Good morning Ryan, I noticed. 
[07:19:49] ryan: i can try and finish the rest of ur questions now/tomorrow if u post em here 

Five days later I receive a text file from Ryan, containing answers to about 70% of my questions. 

Hildegard: As hydramist.tv is growing you start to become a business man. Do you have knowledge about accounting, taxes and laws? 

Ryan van X_2783XX_2784Xa limited working knowdledge though i know a lot of people so if i run into anything im not sure about i have people at my disposal who i can ask/confirm things with 

Hildegard: Did you ever talk to a business or finance consultant about hydramist.tv? 

Ryan van X_2792XX_2793X no X_2794X

Hildegard: Did you have a look at skill-capped, basically your main competitor on coaching WoW-players? If so, what do you think about that site and their concept? 

Ryan van X_2801XX_2802X we're anything but competing with them, we have an entirely different business model. we offer top quality content free to our users while they charge for their 'content' 

Hildegard: Your videos do not only show high-skilled arena play but also have an arty touch during the interludes. By whom did you get influenced, which video producers or movie makers are you looking up to? 

Ryan van X_2810XX_2811X i usually try to do my own thing, though i am quite partial to british cult films and low budget stuff, i guess guy ritchie is one of my favorite directors among others. 

Hildegard: Can you cook delicious food to impress friends and more importantly women? 

Ryan van X_2819XX_2820X i have 525/525 cooking irl 

Hildegard: Do you sometimes get immoral offers from female or even male players? 

Ryan van X_2828XX_2829X ofc i get the classic 'hydra have my babies' all the time lol, i should hope they arn't serious - i normally reply with a 'soz m8 i'm not bent'. 

Hildegard: Do you hide your web-personality in real life? 

Ryan van X_2837XX_2838X hell yes u get stabbed for that shit in the uk 

Hildegard: What did you study at university? 

Ryan van X_2846XX_2847X computer science/cgi 

Hildegard: Did you design the Hydra snake logo? 

Ryan van X_2855XX_2856X the hydra snake logo from hydra 7 is an ouroboros, it represents self reflexivity in the sense of something or someone constantly recreating themself. (it basically represents my constant desire to improve at everything) 

Hildegard: Are there graphic designers or artists whose work you follow or admire? 

Ryan van X_2864XX_2865X i don't really know any in particular 

Hildegard: The most interesting person you got to know this year is...? 

Ryan van X_2873XX_2874X they know who they are 

Hildegard: If I’m informed correctly about 1% of the English population played oW at some point. Do you get recognized in public sometimes? 

Ryan van X_2882XX_2883X once or twice(i denied it) 

Hildegard: What would you like to do in five years? 

Ryan van X_2891XX_2892X own a pirate ship 

Hildegard: You started playing WoW with heavy addon usage but later played on tournaments and live without any addons at all. Was this hard to cope with? 

Ryan van X_2900XX_2901X i slowly decreased the number of addons i used during practice sessions, it has an impact at first but you get used to it. 

Hildegard: My favourite arena match of all times is Round 2 of the MLG Raleigh 2010 Loaded Black vs Dignitas series. What is your favorite match of all times? 
http://tv.majorleaguegaming.com/videos/3174-lb4-loaded-black-vs-dignitasX_2909XX_2910X X_2911X

Ryan van X_2915XX_2916X the uncasted friendly matches vs them at iem finals (6-4 to us) 

Hildegard: Most top WoW players use bots, switch Realm Pools to get Rank1 and basically shit on fair play. You however attack players often for doing such things, but used an arenarating add in your last movie. Did you change your attitude towards these things? 

Ryan van X_2924XX_2925X stop wintrading, stop mmr abusing, stop gcd hacking, anything else goes 

Hildegard: Do you think playing other accounts for money is legitimate in a moral sense? 

Ryan van X_2933XX_2934X i like money 

Hildegard: StarCraft is often used as an example for an perfect E-Sport, that has a much better community than WoW, high standards regarding fair play and with Day[9] a person that creates views like no other person in E-Sports outside of Korea before. Do you think such a community could be build in a MMO? 

Ryan van X_2942XX_2943X wow had a chance to be huge, blizzard unforunately got taken over by activision at the wrong time and changed their business model to - we dont give a fuck about the playerbase, give us your money. then wotlk came and the rest is history. 

Hildegard: Where you shocked, when you learned that Kalimist lost the probably second most valuable WoW Account by using an archeology bot? How did you react? 

Ryan van X_2951XX_2952X 'told you so' 

Hildegard: Kalimist and you seemed to be the perfect team but except Flýn you never have found a fitting third. Flýn however was not reliable. Is there a mage in Europe that could replace Flýn skill-wise? 

Ryan van X_2960XX_2961X atm raiku but the game is completely screwed up now so it doesnt really matter who u play with now as long as they do damage. 

Hildegard: Many consider you to be the best WoW player, but you never won or even attended (unsure about that) the BlizzCon. Is it because RMP was never at its peak, when the qualifiers started or couldn’t you manage to find the fitting third. 

Ryan van X_2969XX_2970X unfortunate circumstances etc first blizzcon i played priest hunter druid and our druid was a bit lacking, then lost first round as rmp 2 years because of bad luck/lack of practice. lost this year due to lack of team (priest worst class in the game, awesome) 

Hildegard: Most artists are very sensitive about criticism. How does it feels if the trolls start commenting on your movies? 

Ryan van X_2978XX_2979X come at me bro (i make the movies for me/mates, not for anyone else. Hydra 1-5 were never even seen by more than like 10 people before hydra5 got leaked by cherez and everyone went apeshit for some reason) 

Hildegard: Do you think that people will remember you in twenty years? 

Ryan van X_2987XX_2988X i should hope not 

The first note I took was to tell my corrector to not change Ryan's writing style. The short forms, somewhere between lazy, 1995-fashioned and militaristic define his style pretty well and tell more than most answers. He is in his early twenties and answers questions like someone annoyed by the media for decades. He chooses to what he replies, ignores large parts of questions and makes it hard to follow up. When I tell him that the interview would be better, if we had some direct question to answer to question time he simply ignores that. When I ask him to review a game to show his coaching skills, like Day[9] does, he would not reply. Selective perception surely is one of his skills. 

[19:36:08] ryan: some of the questions were dumb so i didnt answer them seriously 

Hildegard: Hydra X, your upcoming movie release is played on the private arena tournament server. Why is playing a private server more attractive than live? 

Ryan van X_3002XX_3003X live is boring 

Hildegard: Did you consider legal consequences of the notions hydramist.tv does for the private server arena-tournament.com, that is product piracy from a legal standpoint and so in legal terms what you do could be seen as paid promotion of copyright violations. 

Ryan van X_3011XX_3012X if blizzard has a proble with the server then they will take it down, i'm just publicising something i enjoy playing on and want to see more people on. no contract or money is involved. 

Hildegard: Do you think Blizzard will react, like other industries did before (music, film, even porn) and bring their own costumers to trial? 

Ryan van X_3020XX_3021X pretty sure if blizzard cared about their game enough to do that, then it wouldn't be shit 

Hildegard: You mentioned before, that you create your movies for yourself and your friends. Doesn't this contradict your signature on the hydramist.tv forums: "they said i was a fucking psycho... but look at me now, all up in the interwebs"? 

Ryan van X_3029XX_3030X like it says, i'm a psycho - there are bound to be some inconsistencies 

Hildegard: Social acceptance for WoW is pretty low outside the community itself. What do you tell people when they ask what you are doing at the moment or how you earn your 
money? 

Ryan van X_3041XX_3042X i tell them im a porn star 

Hildegard: What is your motivation behind coaching players, answering the same questions over and over and operating the hydramist.tv website? 

Ryan van X_3050XX_3051X advanced coaching costs money, answering simple questions costs nothing 

Hildegard: Do you await thank and recognition for what you are doing? 

Ryan van X_3059XX_3060X yes, wheres my fucking money? 

Hildegard: Do you think you can find a profession where you excel in the same way you do now while playing a computer game? 

Ryan van X_3068XX_3069X i excel in all things i can be bothered putting effort into, being good at something is easy, being interested enough in something to put the time to get good is the hard part. 

Still nothing more than the tough guy talking. I am mostly interested in the weak spots of persons and the distinctions they make. He blocks anything that could show the guy behind the keyboard. Still the message he sends to Blizzard with doing Hydra X on the arena tournament private server is something they cannot ignore. And standing there with your real name and not being afraid of Activision's lawyers is kind of impressive. 

Next morning, after reading the whole interview again I find nothing new to add and decide to sendRyan this version, with only some questions cut out. 

Hildegard: Is there anything you would like to add or change Ryan? If not I will have the whole text corrected and send it to you after that. 

Then it happened. Well, better to say four weeks later it happened. Ryan returned from BlizzCon, I wrote him over Skype at seven in the morning, actually the best time to talk to him, as it seems. Ryan responds right away and then we finally talk. Once he talks about what he thinks, about his moves and tricks in the arena another Ryan appears. Not cocky, not arrogant but enthusiastic. The chat has movement, he can't stop, hits enter constantly, while his thoughts move and I can feel the earnestness. At this moment he is truly himself. 

Hildegard:: Well, thank you for the interview Ryan, I wish you all the best and will be waiting for Hydra X. 

Ryan van X_3089XX_3090X ty hope its what u were after 

Hildegard:: Only partially. I like the live interview like we actually do now. Regarding HydraX: I think lumber mill could be entertaining to watch. 

Ryan van X_3098XX_3099X u cant do anything good tho its like ppl have seen mind control used a million times its not like it takes skill or something 

Hildegard:: Not just mind control, but it is small scale 

Ryan van X_3107XX_3108X but i mean the problem is 
in wotlk playing offensive was harder than playing defensive 
but it was still more beneficial to play offensive 
unless you made mistakes 
thats why videos were interesting 
u could distinguish urself above the rest by successfully playing offensive 
and raping people 
now in cata playing defensive is better than playing offensive 
so the easy play is better than the hard play 
and there is nothing left to do that is good that impacts the game and sets u apart from the rest 
doesnt matter where u are 

Hildegard:: But you did everything that WotLK offered. 

Ryan van X_3146XX_3147X there is still more things to be discovered in wotlk 
and still improvements to be made 
just no1 plays it anymore 
granted most of the things were discovered 
but there were tons of little things 
even with movement and faking movement in the meta game 
that made so small of a difference most didnt even bother 

Hildegard:: What exactly do you mean with “faking movement”? 

Ryan van X_3173XX_3174X for example priest vs mage metagame in rmp mirror mage wants to sheep priest 
if possible without using deep priest can be defensive 
and then fake an offensive movement when his team is doing stuff t 
hen instantly go defensive again 
it makes the mage commit to do something 
so he either blinks to get the poly w/o los which then fails 
or sometimes he can deep the priest and u can jump out of los -> no poly 
ofc its all situational and not 100% but if it works 
sometimes its worth it u lose nothing to do it as long as u dont get distracted from ur normal game 
like if u do it when ur defensive and it doesnt work u lose the game ;p 

Hildegard:: Jumping Deep Freeze works like jumping Charge in a way. Means you are stunned out of LoS? 

Ryan van X_3209XX_3210X yes u can look when mage has fingers and try it then 
but ye thats 1 small thing 
if u watch the teaser or 'best game ever' on youtube or w/e its called that best game ever is on there 

Hildegard:: I watched it. 

Ryan van X_3228XX_3229X i play 2 poisition metagames at once perfectly vs priest and mage 
but no1 understands that ;p 
my movement is smoother and more deliberate than most 
because its not random like most people 
it all has a reason to make them go somewhere 
as well as to los if u watch that clip from 2:30 until 2:40 im avoiding poly 
and fear here while getting a fear on priest myself 
move out from pillar slightly to get better angle to fear priest 
so i can fear him earlier than if i was right at the wall 
he doesnt expect it and theres some ping delay so i can always fear him first 
at same time if i go too far i get poly 

Hildegard:: I didn't notice that. 

Ryan van X_3267XX_3268X no1 will rofl 
this is probably the best game i ever played like title suggests 
i almost quit the game after this clip 
because my aim was to play the perfect game the entire time 
i played arena but there was 1-2 mistakes with global in this so too bad! 

Hildegard:: Perfection is not granted easily. You were live at the BlizzCon matches in Anaheim? 

This question was a stupidity on my side. Having Ryan explain moves of him is probably the most interesting thing to hear about arenas. Of course only if you play for yourself and not to impress others. Once I mentioned other players Ryan starts ranting. 

Ryan van X_3292XX_3293X y but i watched sc2 over wow most of the time just watched the eu teams since i am friends with them 

Hildegard:: the game EG vs. DNAW was pretty intense and I liked Talbadars playstyle. 

Ryan van X_3301XX_3302X drudenhaus carried dnaw so hard  was sad he deserved to win the event 

Hildegard:: I think you enjoyed seeing Snutz loose after your history against him. 

Ryan van X_3313XX_3314X tbh even though we have history i hate to see koreans win with all my heart 
its so bad for the game and esports in general 
they were so bad and so lucky to win 
infact no the hunter was rly good 

Hildegard: They won despite using crusader aura mastery in the final match. 

Ryan van X_3331XX_3332X Snutz mls should have won the mage fucked up badly for them like all game 

Hildegard:: Why don't you like Koreans? I heard you even rooted for the EU LSDs vs.Oranges RMP. 

Ryan van X_3340XX_3341X because everyone is deluded enough to think koreans are better at games no, they are not koreans have a better practice environment that is all on average 

Hildegard:: Even for WoW? 

Ryan van X_3349XX_3350X for everything they have a better attitude and thus a better environment 
and i played against orange's rmp on 2 occasions beating them on both and doing better than them in both tournaments 
the mage was good wont deny this 
the first rogue they played with was good 
satz was bad just some idiot stacking pve gear and 1shotting stuff making them look good 
i played against this phd that won blizzcon at iem global finals too 
they played beastcleave there too (with dk) 
and they did the same thing zerged stuff down 
its sad to see a team like this can be viable 

Hildegard:: I think their RMP was good to find ways to beat comps others did not beat regulary, while being generally worse in RMP mirrors. They would have lost their first tournament if Orange would not have done his 1v2. 

Ryan van X_3382XX_3383X true but i mean my friernd redhot was at the event 
the only reason he pulled off the 1v2 was because the other priest was afk celebrating 
and had to run back to his pc when the mage was getting 1shot by 9999 procs 

Hildegard:: The fire blast absorb was the winning thing in the end. 

Ryan van X_3397XX_3398X but i mean : at the early events including the 1v2 that mage was not good they better than flyn probs 

Hildegard:: Did you talk to him when you met at the tournaments? 

Ryan van X_3406XX_3407X he couldnt speak good english rly 
we did a 2v2 vs them tho me and flyn vs him and his priest 
well it was after a 3v3 both rogues died and he had imp burn and i didnt and we still 
won this was at iem we played 6-4 vs them 

Hildegard:: These games where not recorded. 

Ryan van X_3424XX_3425X yea no1 saw em except 2gd watching on spec client 
'these are the best games i ever saw' lol he said to me afterward while were out drinking 

Hildegard:: This is kind of missing in WoW: The ability to do matches against opponents all over the world. Would be pretty interesting to see your team play against Korean and US teams like in 2. X_3434X

Ryan van X_3437XX_3438X yea X_3439X

Hildegard:: What do you think about the new talent trees? Less meta game, more direct balance? 

Ryan van X_3446XX_3447X whole new expansion looks a joke but i will be writing a blog on that probably today anyway 

Hildegard:: Thank you for the interview Ryan. 

If not for this last hour of talking I probably would have seen him as one of the many interchangeable though guy wannabes roaming the internet. But reading this small passage in which Ryan talks about his moves and his positional play changed this. In that half page you could read why Ryan van Buiten is Hydra and is commonly accepted as one if not the most skilled player to ever play this game. The reason is his search for perfection, his will to fight and try and repeat and not give up. He hides this pretty well, but once excitement kicks in he is a lot more impressive than I imagined. It is however nothing for the masses. It is for those that enjoy to see the glimpse of perfection and find it from time to time in his moves. 

Links: 
Hydra X: Teaser: http://www.youtube.com/user/Hydramist/#p/u/0/L05S3uRL-_gX_3465XX_3466X X_3467X
Hydra 9: http://www.youtube.com/user/Hydramist/#p/u/15/cY4pgtfU4WMX_3471XX_3472X X_3473X
Hydra 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=EwLOcI4h_kgX_3477XX_3478X X_3479X
Hydramist movie section: http://hydramist.tv/movies/X_3483XX_3484X X_3485X
Best game ever played: http://www.youtube.com/user/Hydramist/#p/u/3/cOAgZ6pec5oX_3489XX_3490X X_3491X
MLG Raleigh 2010 Loaded Black vs Dignitas series: http://tv.majorleaguegaming.com/videos/3174-lb4-loaded-black-vs-dignitasX_3495X

http://www.youtube.com/embed/LZMJ3sw_IcYX_2388X

Tolles Video.

Hildegard: Heute begrüße ich Bastian Schmoll aka Kajn, Schurke von der World of Warcraft Gilde I atrox I auf dem Server Aegwynn. Herzlich willkommen zum "Forscherliga Interview" Kajn. Meine liebste Einstiegsfrage ist immer dieselbe: Was gab es heute bei Dir zu essen?

Kajn: Nudeln mit Bolognese. Ich kann nur Nudeln kochen, die mich kennen wissen das! :D

Hildegard: Du wurdest mir als "bester deutschsprachiger Schurke" empfohlen und hast eine ganze Reihe von Titeln, Ratings und Erfolgen rund Arena und PVP. Wie schätzt Du Dich selbst im Vergleich zu großen Namen wie Kalimist, Reckful oder Khuna ein?

Kajn: Ich will mich da nie selbst beurteilen, weil ich denke das sollen andere machen. Es ist auch eine deutsche Angewohnheit immer Vergleiche heranzuziehen, auch im Fußball vergleicht man schnell Thomas Müller mit Gerd Müller. (wobei beide eigene Qualitäten haben.). Wieso gibt es nicht einfach mehrere exzellente Schurken?

Hildegard: Schöne Antwort. Ich drehe die Frage noch einmal. Warum hat man Dich nie bei offline Turnieren gesehen?

Kajn: Hat man, leider nie bei den großen Bliz Turnieren. Ich habe bei der ESL mit Daisy und Texi offline Turniere gespielt. Wir haben damals bei der Gamescom Platz 3 gegen Innerfire gewonnen, den Ex-Blizzcon-Gewinnern. Bei diesem Turnier sind wir im Halbfinale 1:4 gegen Hydra/Kalimist/Flyn ausgeschieden. Dann hatten wir uns noch für die ESL Europe Champion Challenge qualifiziert, die in Köln stattfand, wo Fraki/Noonia/Moldran gewonnen haben und zu den World Finals gefahren sind. http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season4/gamescom09/…

Hildegard: Hast Du Pläne bei den aktuellen Online Turnieren auch mitzuspielen?

Kajn: Gibt es da welche, also außer der Blizzcon? Mir wäre mir keines bekannt. Und ja - ich versuche mich immer für die Turniere zu qualifizieren. Leider sind wir beim letzten Blizzcon Turnier an 20 Punkten gescheitert. (Daisy/Effy/Kajn)

Hildegard: Das Prestige Gaming & GameSense Invitational Tournament.

Kajn: Achso online, hab nicht richtig gelesen, sorry. Ich habe mich darum ehrlich gesagt noch nicht gekümmert und fand das letzte auch etwas dubios und nicht ganz transparent von den Regeln her. Also ich habe eher keine Pläne diesbezüglich.

Hildegard: Mir fällt bei Dir, im Unterschied zu vielen anderen Streamern auf, dass Du sehr stark Orte und Richtungen, also Wo ansagst, während andere eher auf was und wann gehen.

Kajn: Das musst Du mir genauer erklären? :D

Hildegard: Du sagst Deinen Mitspielern, wo sie hinsollen, wie sie laufen sollen. Hydra sagt eher Wechsel oder Cooldowns an.

Kajn: Da trügt der Eindruck sicherlich, weil ich viel mit unterschiedlichen m8s spiele, denke mehr wie jeder andere den ich kenne im High Rating. Ich werde halt, wie viele, sehr oft bzgl. Arena angesprochen und ich spiele gerne mit neuen und frischen Leuten. Da kommt es ab und an vor, dass ich versuche die Leute zu verbessern und meine Erfahrung weiter gebe.
Dabei versuche ich ihnen Tipps und Kniffs beizubringen, meistens ist das im Bereich der Positionierung, was vielen schwer fällt. Ich bezeichne mich selbst als mitdenkender Arena Spieler, der versucht viel auf seine Mitspieler einzuwirken und Ideen sowie Taktiken zu entwickeln. Dabei ist für mich die Positionierung extrem wichtig, um meinem Heiler und meinem Caster einiges zu erleichtern.

Hildegard: Machst Du das kostenfrei?

Kajn: Nicht immer. Ich coache viel, spiele ab und an auch aus Langeweile mit vielen neuen Leuten, die ich nicht immer als high rated bezeichnen würde, um ihnen und mir etwas mehr Erfahrung zu geben. Meistens mit meinem zweiten Schurken Kjn.

Hildegard: Würdest Du ein Kräftemessen auf Video mit meinem Priester (fast hoffnungslos) machen, um das zu zeigen?

Kajn: An sich spiele ich nur Arena mit den Leuten und veröffentliche davon keine Videos, ab und an . Mich so zu durchleuchten finde ich nicht so reizvoll, aber wir können das versuchen.

Hildegard: Freut mich. Siehst Du ein Risiko für solche Sachen Ärger mit Blizzard zu bekommen? Es ist ja recht bekannt, dass viele gute Spieler sich einiges an Geld und Gold mit Pushs und ähnlichem verdienen.

Kajn: Es ist ein zweischneidiges Schwert, auf einer Seite macht es den sportlichen Gedanken kaputt, welche ich in diesem Game als wichtig empfinde. Also ich will mich immer messen und zeigen, dass ich ein guter Spieler bin. Durch das Pushen kommen aber andere Leute nicht hoch und werden in ihrer Entwicklung gestört, was ich absolut schade finde. Deswegen spiele ich ab und an auch mit netten Jungs auf niedriger Wertung, um ihnen vielleicht etwas zu vermitteln. Auf der anderen Seite kann ich das Geld gut gebrauchen...

Hildegard: Hydra meinte dazu schlicht "I like money."

Kajn: Das mögen wir alle. :)

Hildegard: Denkst Du man könnte so etwas tatsächlich irgendwie vermeiden, vielleicht durch regelmäßige Turniere, die Geldpreise haben?
Kajn: Ja sicherlich, ich finde z.B., dass man den Turnierserver bestens dazu nutzen könnte, um in regelmäßigen Abständen online Turniere seitens Blizzard oder der ESL zu veranstalten. Man könnte dazu monatlich von den Spielern ca 10 Euro verlangen und das Geld in die Preise investieren oder das mit einer Anmeldegebühr regeln.

Hildegard: Die Online Turniere sind ein erster Schritt in diese Richtung. Zumindest das Turnier von Curse und Skill-Capped war ja ein ziemlicher Erfolg und hatte Sponsoren und solide Organisation. Denkst Du die könnten das ersetzen?

Kajn: Ja das war eine absolut gute Sache, wenn es solide organisiert ist und die Regeln klar sind und keine Vetternwirtschaft betrieben wird, find ich es sehr gut. Außerdem sollte jedem eine Qualifikation zustehen, also jeder sollte sich qualifizieren dürfen, damit frischer Wind reinkommt.

Hildegard: Klingt gut. Hast Du schon mal etwas Größeres organisiert?

Kajn: Wir ,bei atrox, hatten zu WotLK mal ein Blutdurst-Turnier organisiert, welches Daisy und Texi mit mir gewannen. Es war ein 3v3 Turnier, dass durch die Skirmish-Arena umgesetzt wurde.
Hildegard: Eure Gilde ist etwas Besonderes und scheint, zumindest von außen, auch einen ziemlichen Zusammenhalt zu haben. Wie schafft man das bei PVP Spielern, die nicht gerade den Ruf haben sich mit Gemeinschaften zu identifizieren?

Kajn: Wir haben eine sehr gute Gemeinschaft und kennen uns alle auch seit langer Zeit, leider verzichten wir wegen der Gemeinschaft auch auf viele skilled Player, die unserer Ansicht nach charakterlich nicht reinpassen und die Stimmung stören könnten. Was leider unsere Gilde etwas bluten lässt...

Hildegard: Sicher kein konfliktfreies Thema. Wie streng seid Ihr bei Dingen, wie Wintrading?

Kajn: Sehr streng, haben deswegen zwei Member letzte Saison verloren, Qyz und Ludahx, die Casie/Enteyin/Jowblob auf #1 gewintradet haben. Was dann von Blizzard gesprengt wurde.

Hildegard: Du bist angenehm positiv in Deiner Einstellung. Der erste Eindruck von neuen Spielern, die die PVP-Szene betreten ist meist, dass man es mit einer sehr negativen, frustrierten und auch korrupten Community zu tun hat. Ganz anders als beispielsweise bei SC:2.

Kajn: Ich bin aktiver Sportler seit meiner Kindheit und in vielen Bereichen meines Lebens versuche ich mich Gemeinschaftlich zu engagieren. Ich pflege einfach den sportlichen Gedanken, weshalb ich auch PVP spiele, mir geht es damit nicht so sehr um Geld/Gold oder Fame, sondern mehr um etwas Anerkennung in etwas, wo ich glaube gut zu sein und um den sportlichen Wetteifer. Somit halte ich auch lange an meinen m8s fest und denke, dass ich ein netter umgänglicher Typ bin, wie ich mir auch meine m8s vorstelle und den Umgang in wow.

Hildegard: Ein ehemaliger Forscherliga Spieler namens Vishas hat mich darauf aufmerksam gemacht, dass Du Dich während der Streams ausgiebig über Fußball unterhalten hast. Spielst Du Fußball?

Kajn: Ja spiele sehr aktiv Fußball, war auch sehr erfolgreich im Jugendbereich. Habe A Junioren Bundesliga gespielt, später dann Oberliga. Nun spiele ich in meinem Heimatverein recht erfolgreich in der Landesliga. (#1) :)

Hildegard: Was unterscheidet einen sehr guten Schurken von einem exzellenten?

Kajn: Diese Frage stellen mir viele Spieler, sie investieren dieselbe Zeit und spielen nicht so erfolgreich. Meiner Meinung nach, ist wie in vielen Bereichen Erfahrung ein großer Faktor und konstantes spielen auf hohem Niveau. Wenn man z.B. konstant mit guten Mitspielern arbeitet und gegen gute Leute Arena spielt, verbessert sich automatisch der eigener Skill. Außerdem muss man sich mit der Materie auskennen. Klassenkenntniss und Combo-Verständniss sind entscheidend. Was kann meine Combo gegen diese Combo machen? Was ist meine Aufgabe in meinem Lineup, wie kann ich dazu beitragen, dass wir gewinnen?
Speziell Schurken können und müssen in Cata bedingt durch ihre Möglichkeiten(Shadowdance-Spec) zwei Ziele kontrollieren, wenn nicht sogar drei. Dabei ist Überblick und multifunktionelles Denken wichtig. Was macht mein Gegner, wenn ich so agiere? Wie kann ich einen Schritt voraus sein? Dabei hat sich der Spielstil des Schurken im Gegensatz zu WotLK sehr verändert. Man muss nicht mehr an einem Ziel kleben und Mutilate mit Envenoms spammen. Burstschaden und Cooldown-Managment sind entscheidend geworden.

Hildegard: Ist das Schurkenspiel insgesamt anspruchsvoller geworden mit Cataclysm?

Kajn: Allein von der Talentierung her auf jeden Fall. Der Cata-Schurke muss mehr machen, der WotLK-Schurke musste es schneller machen, weil das Spiel einfach schneller und man selbst meist das Ziel war. Nun hat man Freiheiten und muss diese nutzen.

Hildegard: Du hast meist RLS oder RMP als Kombination gewählt. Welche magst Du mehr?

Kajn: Ich fühle mich etwas wohler im RMP, weil ich da mehr Erfahrung aufweisen kann und mein Team besser inspirieren und leiten kann.

Hildegard: Hast Du Fever Pitch von Nick Hornby gelesen?

Kajn: Ich kenne das Buch leider nicht.

Hildegard: Solltest Du mal lesen. Dann zur finalen Frage, eine Bestenliste, wie immer.
1. Das beste Arenamatch aller Zeiten ist:
2. Das beste Fußball Match aller Zeiten ist:
3. Das schönste Tor aller Zeiten ist:
4. Dieses Gericht will ich kochen lernen:

Kajn: zu 1.) http://tv.majorleaguegaming.com/videos/3174-lb4-loaded-bla%C2%ADck-vs-dignitasX_2358X ab Minute 6:30. Das Video, weil Kalimist einfach unglaubliche gute peels macht, um Hydras Life zu saven und trotzdem nicht den Überblick verliert. Dann wie er durch shiv den Priest open Field hält und den kill macht! Gespickt mit den Voices "RUN, RUUUUN CHRIS", als er kiten muss! :)
zu 2.) http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=kTNZPTPGUooX_2360X DIDI HAMANN...... 2te HALBZEIT. :D
zu 3.) http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=ZnXA0PoEE6YX_2362X und http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=30Vy5Fesy_EX_2364X So ein Spin, einfach unglaubliche Schussgewalt.
zu 4.) Enten oder Gänsebraten mit Rotkohl und Klößen, wie es ihn zu Weihnachten gibt.. :))

Hildegard: Dann danke ich für das Interview Bastian.

LINKS:
stream: http://de.twitch.tv/kajnX_2377X
Arsenal: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/…