Q : Hi Thorzain, first at all, congratulations for win the last Champions Series tournament. Please, tell us something about you .
R : My name is Marcus Eklöf, I’m 16 years old and i come from Sweden. My team is Vitastjaerna and I’ve played wc3manager before it was rebuilt and bought by regroup e-sport (back then my team was called Nysande Råtta).
Q : How do you feel after winning Champions? We can say that your team is the best team in the whole wc3manager. Many eyes are looking at you atm
R : Of course it felt really great, and I also won prizes so it felt even greater. I am not really sure if my team is the best team in the game since some of the top contenders for the title didn’t play champions series last season. I guess we’ll have to see who wins this season:).
Q : Who do you think is your biggest oponent this season?
R : Liquid Gaming and TRuE are the thoughest opponents this season, I believe.
Q : What about Swedish league? Someone is able to fight with you at the moment? What do you think?
R : The last season I only came in second place in my league, but it was because I underestimated an opponent and one war i forgot to change lineups. I don’t think that the Swedish league is very hard tbh. And I am pretty sure that if everything works out as it should, I should win this season
Q : Do you think you have advantages for dont play in a top country like Germany or Russia?
R : Yes, definitely. I don’t have to put my best lineup very often so i save a lot of EF. And I don’t have to worry about not getting in to the next champions series since I definitely will get top 3. Tho I sometimes would like to be in one of the hard leagues to have a harder go for the win.
Q : Are you looking forward to get more competitions like bnet ladder or 1on1 tournament? Or you just prefer to focus on league/Champions ?
R : I’ll have one player try to win a 1v1 tour and mb bnet ladder, and the rest will focus on CS more I think. And there one strength of not being in the best leagues comes in. I’ll have more chances to win 1v1 tour since my best players wont have to play as much league games as the other teams best players
Q : so what do you think could be the best solution to “balance” that issue?
R : I don’t think that it’s really balanceable if the leagues doesn’t get international, and I don’t really know if that’s such a good idea seeing as it would take some fun away from champions series and other now international competitions
Q : Can you give us some advices for new users?
R : Upgrade the web very much in the beginning (mb level 10) is the biggest advice i can give. I think that it depends on how hard the league is. If it’s the last division and last group web is more important but if it’s very high but still there’s some chance to win i think you’d have to mix web and players in the first season.
Q : So do you think to buy very good players is needed to reach 3rd or 2nd division? Can you just make a good management of starting players?
R : 2nd or 3rd division in league? :S It totally depends on what league you’re in and what players you started with. If you get into a league, where the others started way before you then you should probably aim more on web and economy stuff and come back next season with better players.
Q : Which is the worst thing in wc3manager atm ? The thing that you dislike more.
R : I don’t know I’m too tired to think right now (which is positive because then there’s nothing really obvious).
Q : xD
Q : What about your favourite thing in the game?
R : this’ll be easier to answer:)
Q : I hope so
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R : My favorite thing in the game is the community and the excitement of thrilling champions series matches. It’s also nice when you make a really good buy, then you get happy:)
Q : Ok, finals questions. Personal top5?
R : 1. Liquid Gaming. 2. My team. 3. TRuE. 4. European Light Knights. 5. Pure Pwnage.
R : I don’t know about w. His average stats aren’t rly that good but I’m pretty sure that his experience levels are sky high. So I cannot place him in the top5
Q : What about countries?
R : Rus, Ger, Spain are the best.
Q : Do you think that rus > ger ?¿
R : Yes
Q : Can Sweden reach these countries some day?
R : Maybe in 2-3 seasons. There are some promising teams in div 2 which has been making fast progress, so i don’t see this as an impossibility.
Q : And the final, and most important question : What are you gonna do with your new Sennheiser headset and Qpad mousepad?
R : Use them, of course. I’m not gonna eat them, don’t worry. It’s good because my current headset broke just this week and I’ve actually taped it to my head so that I can use it
Q : haha nice timing
Q : Thank you for the interview =)
R : Thanks for having me interviewed.