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Interview with TT1

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Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-07 04:40:56
June 07 2009 04:40 GMT
#1
Maybe some of you will be interested...

Today I had the chance to sit down with our very own Payam "TT1" Toghyan. For those of you who don't know, TT1 is undoubtedly the #1 Iranian Starcraft player in the world (I'm #2!). He has been one of Canada's very competitive players for quite awhile.

As many people know already, TT1 has been notorious for being caught maphacking in the past, and his name had been tarnished for quite some time. Over the past year and a half, he has grown as a person and now has been re-accepted back into the community, proving he is a very strong and capable player in his own right, and has contributed greatly by releasing replays and serving as a model citizen... showing that even former cheaters can be reformed!

Here is the interview with him:

Interview With TT1

Xeris: Alrighty TT1, introduce yourself to people who may/may not know you

TT1: Hi my name is Payam Toghyan, I'm 21 years old and I live in Montreal Canada

Xeris: How long have you been playing bw and what made you decide on protoss ?

TT1: Hmm, I've been playing for around like 7 years, I used to be a Z user but I changed to p a while back because I had alot of friends to learn p from and zvt was too hard

Xeris: Your most known aka is TT1, have you used any other nicks before and what is the significance of TT1 ?

TT1: When i was a newb I started off using TheYellow, then I joined a korean clan and used Pop.SenSe. I started using TT1 when I joined Shield on west and just kept it since then

Xeris: What made you deicde on that name in particular ? Just something that you thought koreans would approve of ?

TT1: Honestly I was pretty young when I made my nick; the reason was stupid.. I just wanted a nick that looked korean lol. I took TT because alot of kors used it and added a 1 to make it look original

Xeris: Haha, alright

Xeris: (I think) Your first major foreign team was MgZ, what made you decide to join up with them ?

TT1: My first major team was uT) and rS., I don't remember how I got to join MgZ. I think when deto joined MgZ I joined with him too, he was in uT) with me and I knew him for some time

Xeris: Alright so have you participated in any major tournaments or anything? And what would you call your most memorable achievement?

TT1: Online just the random tourneys and stuff, offline just wcg

TT1: I don't have any major achievements.. I'm a pretty unproven player still

Xeris: I met you last summer at the Canada LAN... most people didn't think you would actually go to it, but you did and played pretty well

Xeris: But you had said you were quitting BW forever after that LAN and yet, here you are... what made you start again?

TT1: Well my first lan was the year before that for the wcg regionals and then the following year we both setup the canada lan, I played decent.. still didn't get the results I wanted and that was the same year I got banned from tsl and stuff so I was telling myself after the lan I would stop playing. Which I did for like 4-5 months, and then I came back and started playing for fun on iccup like 2 seasons ago

TT1: I started 1v1ing again since last season and I recently joined LighT in order to get a bit competetive again since I missed that aspect from bw... bw is pretty addiciting.. I tried to quit, but its too fun ^-^

Xeris: I know

TT1: I decided to join LighT because I was with them previously too, I knew the members and stuff, it was a perfect fit. Plus all my bans came to an end, it was a good time ^^, and I was motivated to start practicing again

Xeris: If you were to list maybe 3 goals for BW that you have right now, what would they be ?

TT1: Obviously the first one would be to win wcg canada, 2nd would be to just keep having fun with bw, not take it too seriously and just enjoy myself. Thats what motivates me the most to practice and improve. The third goal isnt a personal goal but I just hope my fellow comrades/gamers or w/e start to respect each other more.. we've all spent alot of time together and we might be reaching the end of the road soon, honestly its been so long that weve all been interacting with each other that alot of us know each others personalities and understands one another even if we havnt been that close to each other. Hopefully one day all the useless drama can stop and people can just start enjoying the game more.. Once upon a time I was also a douche but we can all grow out of it, just be yourself
(DEEP!)

Xeris: Last question - if you had to give 2 tips to newer players trying to get better what would you say

TT1: Lol that whole 3rd goal sounded so corny

Xeris: Haha =D

TT1: w/e just keep it, rofl

Xeris: Ok

TT1: My tips would be to 1) just practice and watch progamer replays on x2, learn their builds and look at how fast they play and try to mimic them. By practicing u gain game sense.. timing etc, if you put the effort you'll get better. And 2nd is to just have fun and dont take the game too seriously... if you look at the practice time as somehting negative then you won't get better because you won't have any motivation, just enjoy yourself when you're playing

Xeris: Alrighty cool thanks

TT1: That was long, rofl

Xeris: Any last words or anything that's it?

TT1: Hmmm no, just hi to everyone ^_^

Xeris: Thanks yo

TT1: Np

Source: Go-eX.com


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Racenilatr
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2756 Posts
June 07 2009 04:41 GMT
#2
nice interview!
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
June 07 2009 04:44 GMT
#3
niiiiceeeee
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
June 07 2009 04:47 GMT
#4
awesome. thanks xeris
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6771 Posts
June 07 2009 04:47 GMT
#5
cool
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Sprite
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1015 Posts
June 07 2009 04:59 GMT
#6
very cool interview
Firebathero is still the best!
Dgtl
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada889 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-07 05:40:10
June 07 2009 05:40 GMT
#7
Nice interview, ty :D
^______________^
MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
June 07 2009 05:55 GMT
#8
Aw end of the road sad and touching! Cheese harder tt1 i believe in u.
Nak Allstar.
LuMiX
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
China5757 Posts
June 07 2009 06:13 GMT
#9
no special hi to me? i thought we were friends...
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 07 2009 06:55 GMT
#10
owned yo
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
June 07 2009 06:58 GMT
#11
This is cool, thanks
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
FirstBorn
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Romania3955 Posts
June 07 2009 07:07 GMT
#12
Awesome interview Xeris. I've started to actually like TT1 recently as he stopped hacking and is now trying to help the community.
SonuvBob: Yes, the majority of TL is college-aged, and thus clearly stupid.
littlechava
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States7218 Posts
June 07 2009 08:51 GMT
#13
TT1 has my respect for being one of the few former cheaters to transform into a decent member of the community
as for the interview, pretty basic, but thanks
Entusman #12
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
June 07 2009 14:13 GMT
#14
i used to ban tt1 from tl on sight but he has evolved past all the dumb bullshit and seems to be a cool dude these days
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66160 Posts
June 07 2009 14:15 GMT
#15
lol @ ZvT being too hard

How bad did this guy hack?
POGGERS
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
June 07 2009 14:17 GMT
#16
There was a post by artosis on GG.net that accused TT1 of hacking, it was on ROV i forgot when.
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
June 07 2009 14:35 GMT
#17
what's this wcg canada he keeps referring to, did we get a bw slot?
:S
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 07 2009 16:28 GMT
#18
maybe, who knows O___O!
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10009 Posts
June 07 2009 16:31 GMT
#19
not yet
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
June 07 2009 17:05 GMT
#20
was it when you were in [some] when you were first caught hacking? I'm not trying to be a fuckface it's just an honest question.

Nice interview. Thanks for all the reps you've been giving out, too;)
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10009 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-07 17:23:38
June 07 2009 17:21 GMT
#21
i know dont worry lol, it was in rs. when we had a cw against lg)
second time was during wgt beta
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
June 07 2009 17:33 GMT
#22
oh, ok
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
ilovezil
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4143 Posts
June 07 2009 19:46 GMT
#23
I was very surprised after reading this interview and I have to give you benefit of the doubt because I've been away from BW for so long.

What inspired you to change your attitude and look at BW, and perhaps views outside of BW, so positively?
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10009 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-07 20:20:54
June 07 2009 20:12 GMT
#24
dunno i think i just realised how stupid and useless it is to go through everything with a negative mindset always, playing 2vs2 when i came back helped me too.. i started playing bw for fun again and didnt even really care about what was going on around the scene, i think that helped me in not taking everything so personal, i realised i was the person who was wrong and that everyone else had the right to act however they did

plus because i was young at that time i really craved the attention(thats why when i see people like morrow who are new to the scene i can understand how they act a bit more), as you grow up you just feel more relaxed and calm, theres always going to be 2 sides to everything, you just have to realise that you cant make everyone happy and like you, you just need to be yourself

bw was like a marketing job for me when i was still in my douche phase instead of it being the hobby i loved doing when i started playing, it was a waste of time/energy
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
June 07 2009 20:13 GMT
#25
^ lol at morrow XD
sMi.Gladstone | BW: B high| SC2: gold T_T
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10009 Posts
June 07 2009 20:21 GMT
#26
lol, alot of players have gone throught the same thing.. they just want to get noticed when they start coming onto the scene(i dont mean this in a negative way to insult him.. i can actually relate to him)
as time goes back and they look back their going to be laughing at themselves like i did
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
Xeris
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Iran17695 Posts
June 08 2009 03:52 GMT
#27
I'm not gonna lie... Morrow is pretty dumb
twitter.com/xerislight -- follow me~~
Nal_CrayOn
Profile Joined December 2004
600 Posts
June 08 2009 07:01 GMT
#28
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

#1 gm intervew so far lOl
TT1 gets so happy that he got his interview oo;;;

<3 payam

#1 Pharmacist zerg~ =]
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