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AtheneWins: A Serious Interview

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AskJoshy
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States1625 Posts
March 08 2011 08:31 GMT
#1
Hello everyone. I know that in the past, some people went a little bit overboard here at Team Liquid when Athene announced to the world that he was setting his sights on StarCraft 2. Threads were made, threads were closed, time rolled on. But now it's been a couple of weeks since Athene, the Best Protoss in the World, has entered the scene and people still have some questions.

Is Athene really as good at SC2 as he says he is? Is KiWiKaKi really the one playing on that highly-efficient European account? Is Athene really considering coming to Major League Gaming Dallas to "pwn all the pros and lol in their faces"? I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Athene and getting his sincere thoughts on StarCraft 2, Major League Gaming, educating the gaming masses, whether he will join a team in the near future, and whether he will continue to play StarCraft 2 after he has fully made it his bitch. Might League of Legends or Heroes of Newerth become his newest conquest? All you have to do is watch this exclusive interview to find out!



If you have any questions or comments, perhaps Athene himself will come provide some answers.... we should only be so lucky.

+ Show Spoiler +
Don't get too riled up about this. Just sayin'.


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Heroes, Hearthstone, and SC2 videos: http://www.youtube.com/AskJoshy
Sheekthief
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States267 Posts
March 08 2011 08:41 GMT
#2
Great interview. Someone should get a showmatch of him versus a top player to see if its legit.

Thanks for the interview.
Commentator at RageQuit.tv | www.RageQuit.tv |
fearus
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
China2164 Posts
March 08 2011 08:41 GMT
#3
People only watched him cause he had that cute girl popping up here and there in his vids...
bisu fanboy
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-08 08:44:30
March 08 2011 08:42 GMT
#4
This guy is so funny. He has legit skill but then adds the ego of your average 12 year old LoL//WoW//HoN player who thinks he's hot shit onto it. It's amazing.

Like, he had some popular WoW videos as well, and they ALL started with a clip of his gf (Tania or something) like at the halfway point so where you saw video it would show a girl, and they would be named like sex tips and tania would give a retarded sex tip and then the next 10 minutes would be about Athene pwning noobs on WoW. LOL

On March 08 2011 17:41 fearus wrote:
People only watched him cause he had that cute girl popping up here and there in his vids...


Don't be jelly!
Reason.SC2
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada1047 Posts
March 08 2011 08:43 GMT
#5
Best
Intever
EVARRRRRR!!

Athenewins just made a new fan lol
SolHeiM
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden1264 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-08 08:53:03
March 08 2011 08:52 GMT
#6
I just can't find his trolling funny anymore. I think it's been way overdone since he released his first video a couple of years ago. If we were to see some actual proof of his playing skills, his trolling wouldn't be as dull to be because a trash talker with the skills to back it up is always interesting to follow.
puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3137 Posts
March 08 2011 08:56 GMT
#7
Idk to much talk...not enough proof.
Why would I play sctoo when I can play BW?
fearus
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
China2164 Posts
March 08 2011 09:01 GMT
#8
On March 08 2011 17:42 Slayer91 wrote:

Show nested quote +
On March 08 2011 17:41 fearus wrote:
People only watched him cause he had that cute girl popping up here and there in his vids...


Don't be jelly!


but i cant help it!
bisu fanboy
Kleinmuuhg
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Vanuatu4091 Posts
March 08 2011 09:03 GMT
#9
oh god not this again
well thanks for the effort op
This is our town, scrub
PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
March 08 2011 09:03 GMT
#10
On March 08 2011 17:52 SolHeiM wrote:
I just can't find his trolling funny anymore. I think it's been way overdone since he released his first video a couple of years ago. If we were to see some actual proof of his playing skills, his trolling wouldn't be as dull to be because a trash talker with the skills to back it up is always interesting to follow.


He's actually done some impressive things in WoW, not like he's completely talking out of his ass.
We have multiple brackets generated in advance. Relax . (Kennigit) I just simply do not understand how it can be the time to play can be 22nd at 9:30 pm PST / midnight the 23rd at the same time. (GGzerg)
tSaR
Profile Joined May 2010
United States22 Posts
March 08 2011 09:06 GMT
#11
I really like Athene, his character reminds me alot of Jeremy from the PurePwnage web series, and with that gone its nice to have someone around to make me nostalgic of when I first discovered the pro schene and PP.
Cthulhu waits dreaming.
SolHeiM
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden1264 Posts
March 08 2011 09:10 GMT
#12
On March 08 2011 18:03 PanN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 08 2011 17:52 SolHeiM wrote:
I just can't find his trolling funny anymore. I think it's been way overdone since he released his first video a couple of years ago. If we were to see some actual proof of his playing skills, his trolling wouldn't be as dull to be because a trash talker with the skills to back it up is always interesting to follow.


He's actually done some impressive things in WoW, not like he's completely talking out of his ass.


The only actual impressive things he's done in WoW is managing to figure out how to power-level incredibly fast and whether or not he actually figured it out himself could be argued at least he was the first to popularize it.

Getting world first 80 and 85 is nothing impressive since it's all about getting enough people willing to participate in the publicity stunt for no monetary gain so that he can earn more money off of YouTube.

He got Merciless Gladiator which he shared with multiple teams because they decided to wintrade and make sure they all had the same rating at the end of the season which questions the legitimacy of his previous "accomplishes" in WoW.

Until we see some proof of his abilities I don't see why we should be riding his dick and feeding him more viewers and subscribers.
Vorenius
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Denmark1979 Posts
March 08 2011 09:11 GMT
#13
On March 08 2011 17:56 puppykiller wrote:
Idk to much talk...not enough proof.

Well, he's a profesional troll and he was pretty lackluster in WoW.

Those two facts combined really makes me doubt he is suddenly the most solid SC2 player in the world.
aimaimaim
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Philippines2167 Posts
March 08 2011 09:20 GMT
#14
Let's see him play BW, then we'll see if he's really good.
Religion is a dying idea .. || 'E-sport' outside Korea are nerds who wants to feel like rockstars. || I'm not gonna fuck with trolls on General Forum ever again .. FUCK!
kodas
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States418 Posts
March 08 2011 09:22 GMT
#15
I model my life after Athene. Don't hate
Get paper, fuck bitches, smoke trees, mass thors.
Kleinmuuhg
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Vanuatu4091 Posts
March 08 2011 09:55 GMT
#16
On March 08 2011 18:20 aimaimaim wrote:
Let's see him play BW, then we'll see if he's really good.

We didnt even see him play sc2 yet ^^
This is our town, scrub
Manimal_pro
Profile Joined June 2010
Romania991 Posts
March 08 2011 09:56 GMT
#17
this guy needs to make a FPVOD of himself while playing if he really is that good, the rest is just cheap talk
If you like brood war, please go play brood war and stop whining about SC2
xrayEU
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden571 Posts
March 08 2011 11:10 GMT
#18
Yeah i really want to see some kind of proof like FPVOD or something but i suppose that wont happen for a long time because he loves the ****talk and attention around him.
maahes`ra
Profile Joined January 2011
United States255 Posts
March 08 2011 11:43 GMT
#19
The reason I love Athene so much is that he's the master of getting people to take him seriously.

If you're able to sit down and appreciate this apparently delusional Belgian's rants about everyone sucking balls, it's very easy to enjoy the hyperbole.

If you're responding to his videos with any sort of skepticism or demand for proof of his claims, I hate to be the guy that says it but you're the punchline of the joke he's telling.

Eat broccoli, keep your seed, and listen to Celine Dion. Rules to live by. <3
( ._.) ( ._) ( .) ( ) (≖ ) (‿≖ ) (≖‿≖ ) (≖‿≖) ( ≖‿≖) ( -‿-)
dapierow
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Serbia1316 Posts
March 08 2011 11:48 GMT
#20
I love Athene
Eat.Sleep.Starcraft 2
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