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IEM Interviews with Spart1e and l1nkje
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ESL's Extreme Masters Quake Live World Tour is Quake Lives largest and most prestigious event world-wide. With professional players coming out of the woodwork from all over the globe, competition is fierce. Sebastian 'Spart1e' Siira, Pierre-Emeric 'l1nkje' Portier and Kevin 'strenx' Baeza are a few of these world-class athletes. Hailing from France and Sweden, these three Quake Live stars are in the heart of Quake Live territory, Europe.
Europe is exactly where these three set of on their travels to Germany, with the Extreme Masters (EM) European Championship. This online qualifier brought out the best of the best in Europe's Quake Live talent, just to see who would advance to the 16 man EM EU Championship Finals, to see who will attend the Global Finals in Hannover Germany.
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What were your training preparations like before the event?
I just played with different average/good players. By this I learned how to play vs different playing styles and learned the best from all the players I played.
Do you have any specific practice partners you like to train with?
The last days before the event I played with noctis which was really good for me. Except for him I just play with any good player that is around. Strenx has always been one of my favorite practice partners, but I learned lately that I canīt just concentrate my practice with only one player, but needs different players.
How does your personal life affect your E-Sports career? Is it harder to manage things equally when leading up to a tournament?
Of course I have to do sacrifices when I also have a "2nd work" playing games. A lot of times I have to say no to my friends the days before an tournament, or have to say no to them because I am going away for an event. My boss at work is really nice and always gives me vacation when I need it. But I always take as little vacation as possible. Sometimes I even work the same day as an tournament. Which is really bad. I am always really tired going into a tournament. It is like i have to choose between sleep or playing to get into form, and I always picks playing. But it will change in the future. If I didn't have to work like I do, I would be more consistent and do better at tournaments, but E-Sport is still just a hobby -Sebastian 'Spart1e' Siira Interview excerpt
Interviews and a writeup can be found HERE.
Europe is exactly where these three set of on their travels to Germany, with the Extreme Masters (EM) European Championship. This online qualifier brought out the best of the best in Europe's Quake Live talent, just to see who would advance to the 16 man EM EU Championship Finals, to see who will attend the Global Finals in Hannover Germany.
Excerpt
What were your training preparations like before the event?
I just played with different average/good players. By this I learned how to play vs different playing styles and learned the best from all the players I played.
Do you have any specific practice partners you like to train with?
The last days before the event I played with noctis which was really good for me. Except for him I just play with any good player that is around. Strenx has always been one of my favorite practice partners, but I learned lately that I canīt just concentrate my practice with only one player, but needs different players.
How does your personal life affect your E-Sports career? Is it harder to manage things equally when leading up to a tournament?
Of course I have to do sacrifices when I also have a "2nd work" playing games. A lot of times I have to say no to my friends the days before an tournament, or have to say no to them because I am going away for an event. My boss at work is really nice and always gives me vacation when I need it. But I always take as little vacation as possible. Sometimes I even work the same day as an tournament. Which is really bad. I am always really tired going into a tournament. It is like i have to choose between sleep or playing to get into form, and I always picks playing. But it will change in the future. If I didn't have to work like I do, I would be more consistent and do better at tournaments, but E-Sport is still just a hobby -Sebastian 'Spart1e' Siira Interview excerpt
Interviews and a writeup can be found HERE.
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