[swelt] first up, care to tell us a little about the Team? I know you've been active in more games than just CPM.
[a|citizen] The history question. :)
[a|citizen] Abuse was formed by a group of friends in Portland over 5 years ago. We all attended a monthly LAN party called PNGG. We started out competing in Q2 TDM and have since then competitively played VQ3 TDM and CTF, RTCW, and CPM TDM. We prefer to all focus on one game at a time. Check out the "About" section of our website for more detail. :)

[swelt] So last week, you beat nobles (bastard!). How has it been to compete with European clans in an online competition?
[a|citizen] Having the EU presence in WANsanity was awesome. Not only did it greatly increase the talent level of the West (or Other as I like to call it) division, but it also bridged a community gap that was missing in the VQ3 world. Getting to know the EU players and teams more was great, and I hope to meet many of them at Lansanity 3. :)

[swelt] Care to shed any more details on Lansanity 3?
[a|citizen] Seattle, this coming winter, a CPM tournament of some form. Partial sponsor backing already sorted out, but MUCH work still has to be done so that is about all I can say. I am also toying with ideas of bridging WANsanity 2 with LANsanity 3 somehow.
[a|citizen] Right now I am just looking forward to a break from "running things" in July before the madness of QuakeCon really hits me in August.

[swelt] Finally, your thoughts on the upcoming game vs AoP? They've surprised alot of people by defeating Stickmen, do you think they can do the same against you?
[a|citizen] We have been mentally preparing to play The Stickmen in the grand final for weeks now (assuming we got to it of course), so we were as shocked as anyone to see them get defeated so convincingly. We'll bring that same gameplan to the table though for Alliance of Pain. We take big matches very seriously.

[swelt] Thanks for your time :) and GL!
[a|citizen] thanks!