article by Freeedom

pic by Moreen Guese

Tiamat with EnDerr

Interview with Tiamat (Zimon Padro), highest placing non-GM/Master in the Starcraft 1st PH CUP tournament last Sunday.

Tell us about you.

Hi! My name is Zimon Padro My sc2 ign is Tiamat Im from team eXorbitant Im currently taking up legal management at university of the east manila. 3rd year na ako ngayon and may balak pa akong mag compete hanggat wala pa ako sa lawschool hahaha.

translation: I’m 3rd year at the university and I want to compete until I get to law school.

How did you get into Starcraft ?

I started playing sc2 nung release lang nung heart of the swarm.. and what got me to play sc2 is yung competetiveness nya siguro? parang ibang iba kasi yung level nya compare sa ibang games..

translation: I liked the competitiveness of the game, it was on another level compared to others.

How about other gaming interests?

Back then i used to play dota and may team din ako nun. haha medyo may balak din pumasok sa competitive scene pero ang daming problema pagdating sa pag oorganize etc. i think isa rin to sa dahilan kaya nag decide ako mag sc2 dahil sarili ko lang ang iispin ko haha

translation: I was in DOTA team, and wanted to get into competitive scene but there were so many problems with the organization with other players. SC2 only requires myself.

What made u join psistorm tourney, how u heard of it, imperium etc?

Ok lang naman tagalog diba? Haha Medyo olats kasi english ko eh hahaha

hmm. i want to join as many lan tournaments as possible. and tuwang tuwa ako nung nakita ko na may nag post bigla sa scph na magkakaroon ng tourney sa imperium! parang nung nakita ko yun may *sawakas* moment eh! tapos nalaman ko pa na magiging monthly yung tournament. haha kasi bihira nalang ang mga tournaments ng sc2 dito sa pinas as in bihirang bihira.. yung tipong mga mall events nlng yata(napakamalas ko nga ata at nung nag start ako maag sc2 nawala na yung mga monthly tourneys). and nagpapasalamat pala ako psistorm gaming and imperium para sa tournament!

translation: Is it ok if I speak Tagalog? My English isn’t very good. I was happy to see there was a tourney for SC2 at Imperium, finally! And I heard it’s monthly, and since it is rare here for SC2 tourneys in the Philippines, just mall events. I’m unlucky that I started SC2 when tourneys started dying out. Thank you PSISTORM Gaming and Imperium for the tournament.

Final words?

Hmm.. and i want to say thank you to KJfreedom for the interview and sa psistorm gaming for supporting sc2 dito sa pinas! mabuhay kayo! at sana dumami pa ang mga katulad nyo hahaha! and syempre ang imperium para sa venue at super lamig na beer ayay! muntek ko na makalimutan syempre para sa mga mentor ko Caviar and Mark! Maraming salamat sainyooo

translation: thank you for support of SC2 here in the Philippines, and hopefully there’ll be more of you guys. Thanks to Imperium as the venue of course, with super cold beer! Almost forgot thanks for my mentors Caviar (EnDerr) and Mark.

article by Zelevin

With several members of PSISTORM Gaming attending RedBull Battlegrounds, I thought it would be appropriate to ask them a few questions about it.

The Questions:

1. If you have been to any other major eSports’ events, then tell me how RedBull compared to the other events you attended.
2. The stream showed that the walls of the venue were decorated with huge sketchings of the players faces. How cool were they up close? Were there other decorations similar that weren’t shown on stream? If you have pictures, I would appreciate it if you sent them to me.
3. Who did you want to win?
4. Who were you most excited to see? This doesn’t just mean the eight players. Personally, if I would have been there, I would have been most excited to see Rotterdam, and if I had any friends attending, I would also be excited to see them.
5. Is there anything about the event that stood out? (Great, bad, strange… whatever.)

The Answers:

Mordred

1. Can’t compare cause I have not been to any, that was my first.
2. They looked liked they were from by a plotter printer from where I was sitting. The theater windows outside had a tint with the faces of the players too. Sorry no pictures.
3. Scarlet
4. Of all the pro players I was looking forward to see Scarlet. Also wanted to see the whole PSIstorm crew.
5. What stood out for me was that there was no good food in the theater. There was only popcorn, soda, energy drink, etc. It would have been great if some decent food was there (burger, hotdog, etc.) and therefore you don’t have to go out and miss all the action. But I guess because it was a small theater that’s what they can offer.

SirMalagant

1. I have been to World Cyber Games back when I was still in the Philippines (10-12 years ago). It was really big as it was sponsored by Samsung. I actually competed as a representative of my region along with 5 others. The Redbull DC was definitely a step up in terms of technology… streaming, in-game casting.
2. Yah, those pictures on the wall made it even better… gave it a good sense of who were competing. I do have pics and will post them here for you to use. They also have those pictures plastered at the entrance of the theater. Unfortunately I don’t have any pic of those.
3. Scarlet hands down… I love her gameplay and the fact that she is the only non-korean in the tournament.
4. Scarlet
5. The energy of the place was amazing… people cheered when good plays were made and no bad manners like booing or throwing stuffs. Have to say that the SC2 crowd is a good one. The good thing too is that they gave the fans the chance to ask for autographs from the players. You can buy a mousepad (with red bull logo) for $10 and have it signed to any player you like.

Freeedom

1. First one for me!
2. I will add good pics to this article. They were definitely a nice touch to the event.
3. Scarlett and Bomber were my favorites. Happy Bomber won after Scarlett got eliminated.
4. All the 8 pros, and of course the casters. Also was excited to meet some of the local players, and some eSports personalities. Of course was psyced to meet our first signee to PSISTORM, MygraiN.
5. It was smaller than the huge tourneys, but big enough to be intense. Heck it was intimate and huge at the same time if that makes any sense. The production was excellent, sitting VIP and getting special access didn’t hurt!

some video clips:

On to the pictures (courtesy of Carl Parker, ADV MOTO):