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Tournament XXV Winner Interview

By Basilone™ - 15th July 2012 - 05:24 AM

Tournament XXV Winner Interview
Featuring DevM
Interview by RiSiN
Editing by Basilone™


DevM: Ok game is paused, you can start.

GameReplays: Great, what were you playing?

DevM: Darksiders.

GameReplays: Taking some time off Company of Heroes?

DevM: Well, I have been streaming lately, but yeah it's a bit relaxing. Got it from the Steam sale.

GameReplays: Ok so let's start with your name, and a little about yourself. Where are you from, and what's your occupation?

DevM: My name is João Miguel, I am from Portugal, I am 15 years old and I am in high school at the moment studying tecnology and science and I am thinking of going for electronic engineer for occupation. I play video games of course and I go to a gym.

GameReplays: Great, also congrats on winning the recent tournament!

DevM: Thank you!

GameReplays: What do you like to do in your free time, other than Company of Heroes?

DevM: As I said, in my free time I go to a gym and go to walk sometimes with my dogs and go with friends.

GameReplays: Do you have any other hobbies?

DevM: I don't have any particular hobby myself apart from chess.

GameReplays: A chess player, I should've seen that coming. Does playing chess help you with Company of Heroes?

DevM: I'd say it helped a bit, the counter part and knowing what your opponent is doing.

GameReplays: When did you first start playing Company of Heroes?

DevM: The first time I played Company of Heroes was from a demo that came in a 2006 magazine, I really liked the campaign so I bought it soon after. At first I played versus CPU's at easy then normal, hard and finally expert. When I beat the expert CPU I started playing online.

GameReplays: Tell me about your tactics in the tourney.

DevM: In the tourneys I tend to try new strategies that my opponents are not used to seeing from me, I prefer more a secure strategy than a risky one. I am known for my solid tier 1 play because it's more of a secure strategy.

GameReplays: For both factions (Americans and Wehrmacht)?

DevM: Yes, as Americans I don't do the jeep since it's a risky unit. If it dies early it's one less unit on the field. In the early game I try so secure as much territory as possible with a strong T1/barracks play.

GameReplays: Were you worried at all before the tournament? Seeing as how there was much competition.

DevM: In the first tourneys I was worried yes, but as I played in more tournments I became used to it and finally in the last torney I was relaxed.

GameReplays: Who was your toughest opponent?

DevM: I'd say the oponents I fear most are M3allem and Aljaz, probably because of their playstyle. I play an agressive style both as WM and US, but the way they play is different from other people, making these two the best opponents for me at the moment.

GameReplays: Do you think if Aimstrong and Seb were in the tourney, you still would have won?

DevM: It depends if they had practice or not. I never had many problems versus Aimstrong before. Seb would be more of a problem, but I think I could still beat him.

GameReplays: So confident, I remember you were like this against Siberian. What do you think of him losing, and do you think you can still beat him?

DevM: I think this is a matter of playstyle, I seem to beat Siberian more easily than others, while some people may struggle more to beat him. He plays a defensive style which I am at good beating. I'm pretty sure I could beat him once again.

GameReplays: Tell me about the finals. Did you have any trouble beating Symbiosis?

DevM: It wasn't the first time I beat Symbiosis, think it was in the WmD Invitational I faced him in the finals too and I won, so I was confident. In the first game I played very well early in the game, but completely failed mid game. I knew that I could have beaten him if I wasn't so careless after the early game, so I was more determined for the next games and I won those.

GameReplays: How does it feel to win your first tournament?

DevM: Well it doesn't feel as good as it should only because I have had another tourney before which I got to the finals and totally screwed up. I feel like that tourney would have been mine If I was better focused. There weren't so many players like Seb and Aimstrong in this tourney which took a bit of the fun, but nevertheless it was still a pretty good sensation.

GameReplays: When did you get your expert badge and how?

DevM: I am not sure of the exact date of when I got the expert badge, probably after that tourney where I got second place, posting replays regularly, replay packs, and I wrote the 3 MG's aggressive guide which helped a lot.

GameReplays: Enough about the tourney, let's finish with a few random questions for the audience. What's your favorite game, Company of Heroes aside?

DevM: League of Legends.

GameReplays: What’s your favorite movie of all time?

DevM: Lord of the Rings (any of them).

GameReplays: What’s your favorite TV show?

DevM: How I met Your Mother.

GameReplays: Ha, my mother advertises that show. How many books do you read each year?

DevM: One or two depending on the mood for reading.

GameReplays: Damn kids and their video games! What would you do if you had a million dollars?

DevM: Hmm... hard question.

GameReplays: What's so hard about it?

DevM: Many things to do with a million dollars.

GameReplays: I'd give it to Relic and tell them to patch our beloved CoH!

DevM: If I had one million dollars I'd give half to Relic to do a perfect game (fingers crossed) and another half for something like trips around the world with my family.

DevM: Hahaha good one!

GameReplays: What’s your favorite kind of music?

DevM: I'd say punk rock. Rock's that kind of stuff every kid my age likes, although I do like some kind of classic music.

GameReplays: I like classical as well, I try to stay in the older realm of it. Who’s your favorite singer or band?

DevM: Another hard question... probably Muse.

GameReplays: What was your favorite game to play as a child?

DevM: Halo.

GameReplays: Wow that brings me back.

DevM: You played too?

GameReplays: Four people sitting in a room with one TV, yelling at each other not to look at their portion of the screen.

DevM: Hahaha, I always looked!

GameReplays: Everyone did! Would you rather be rich or healthy?

DevM: If by being rich I could pay to be healtly, it's rich. If not, it's healthy.

GameReplays: Good answer. Would you rather be good looking or rich?

DevM: Same answer as above haha!

GameReplays: Cheating.

DevM: If by being rich I could pay to be good looking, then rich. If not, good looking.

GameReplays: Would you rather have super strength or super intelligence?

DevM: Super intelligent, of course.

GameReplays: Not both like above?

DevM: Haha, nah.

GameReplays: Ok, well thanks for pausing Darksiders and taking this time to do the interview. Congrats for winning the tourney!

DevM: No problem, and thank you once again!

GameReplays: Do you have any shoutouts you want to give?

DevM: Yes, I would like to thank my whole clan, and finally saying to Inverse that he sucks for not OP'ing me in his stream chat!

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