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[Interview] - Leigh "Maynarde" Mandalov - Aug 2017

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Lambertus
Profile Joined February 2010
South Africa969 Posts
August 08 2017 09:43 GMT
#1
Hi Guys,

you may know me from my recent interviews (Tasteless, Nerchio, DIMAGA, NonY, Zombiegrub).

This time I had the chance to interview

Leigh "Maynarde" Mandalov, our beloved caster/commentator from Down Under with the impressive voice, passion and dreadlocks! Please Enjoy

Please support Maynarde here:

Twitch
Twitter
Youtube

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(Copyright as far as I know with Liquipedia)

Part 1

0:00 – Introduction

1:30 - Beginnings of Casting/Commentating – “Old Boys Club”

3:18 - Maynarde? How do you feel about your Nickname? Ever felt the need to change it?

5:55 - Personal Background - Still working full-time in Software/Defense?

8:45 - Starcraft 2 and eSports (Overwatch etc.) - State of the Industry from your perspective?

12:50 – Microtransactions, Longterm - Sustainability of Starcraft, Power of the Community


Part 2

0:00 - Starcraft 2 - State of the Game - ImbaToss, Terran too weak, Zerg op?

6:10 - Opinion on Balance, Cyclone, Oracle

10:15 – eSports vs. “Real Work” and “Real Life”

14:45 – Streaming as a Job – “I see myself as an Entrepreneur”

18:00 – The difficulties of negotiating payments for casting/commentating

25:00 – Counting Live-Events since 2013


Part 3

0:00 - IEM Shanghai - Next event for you?

0:45 - Insights int the State of SEA / Oceania

8:35 – The technical side of casting – focus, voice, not getting exhausted

14:00 - Would you cast other games / sports?

16:20 - Have you, as a prober Australian, ever been bitten by Spiders or Snakes?

19:05 - What place in Australia would you recommend to visit?

21:25 - Shout outs to the community! :-)
The only known Reverend on TL playing SC2 and BW (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=409226)
feardragon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States970 Posts
August 08 2017 16:12 GMT
#2
Really been enjoying all the interviews you've been doing. Thanks for this one! Maynarde is a boss.
Ok Starcraft 2 Commentator
Lambertus
Profile Joined February 2010
South Africa969 Posts
August 08 2017 16:31 GMT
#3
Thank you so much for the kind words Mr. Pareek

And yes he is!

I was really positivly overwhelmed by his energy and thoughts and felt that I missed some chances to give him more room for his opinions and insight.

But next time we just make it two hours or maybe the nine hours we talked about in the interview!
The only known Reverend on TL playing SC2 and BW (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=409226)
Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
August 09 2017 20:56 GMT
#4
This is quite unbelievable, absolute respect!!!

1. Maynarde
Maynarde is a great guy, I hope, we will see him more often on Asian / American tournaments. He has a great "smoking/drinking" voice :-) and I hope, he will be always fairly paid! I also loved his thoughts about "entrepreneurship" instead of 9 to 5 :-)

2. Interviews
I watched (heard the Tasteless one) all the non-written interviews and I am loving them. And as I am loving HomeStory cup as a professional "community tournament" done for the community, after the awesome 40 minutes at the end also financed by the community, I loved these interviews done by a passionate guy from the community. They are interesting, perfectly natural, nothing artificial, pleasant to listen to.

3. You
You must be kidding :-) A German reverend from South Africa is a passionate fan of SC2? This is truly and absolutely amazing! :-) Somehow, I had the feeling, all the fans must be some 15-25 years old students, so I felt a bit ashamed that I like watching top players playing this game. Because I am no student and I am definitely not 25. So, thank you for making me feel more "normal", when I see, other people, from whom nobody could expect it, are also fans of StarCraft 2 :-)

Keep up this work, I am looking forward to future interviews with other interesting people from this community. Actually, I am a traveler, so I can imagine, how "different" must your life in South Africa be! I do not have any idealistic imaginations about this country, as I have walked (with a backpack) through the gang land next to Park Station in Johannesburg. And locals of every skin color always mentioned dreaming about moving to some other part of the world one day ... So being there voluntarily requires some courage. At the same time, I remember well that while in buses in Sudan, they were broadcasting "Rambo I." movie, in South Africa, we were watching some Christian broadcasts during long bus rides. So enjoy it there as long as it is manageable!
sOs | Rogue | Maru | Trap | Scarlett | Snute | MC
Lambertus
Profile Joined February 2010
South Africa969 Posts
August 10 2017 05:46 GMT
#5
Hi Diabolique,

Thank you so much for your kind post

3.
He ja, dont worry there are a lot of "old people" around here I think, but most of us tend to lurk. At least that my theory.

And South Africa is for sure a challenging country but with beautiful people and a lot of opportunities.

(and the Bus you mention I know as well )

Are you still traveling a lot? Then stay safe and keep up the positive spirit!
The only known Reverend on TL playing SC2 and BW (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=409226)
xtorn
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
4060 Posts
August 10 2017 12:55 GMT
#6
Great interview, thanks a lot for the effort!! Love maynarde, he's an awesome guy.
Life - forever the Legend in my heart
Lambertus
Profile Joined February 2010
South Africa969 Posts
August 12 2017 06:40 GMT
#7
@xtorn
thank you, pleasure Yes, Maynarde is really worthy of our love and support
The only known Reverend on TL playing SC2 and BW (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=409226)
Diabolique
Profile Joined June 2015
Czech Republic5118 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-08-13 12:06:45
August 13 2017 12:04 GMT
#8
On August 10 2017 14:46 Lambertus wrote:
Hi Diabolique,

Thank you so much for your kind post

3.
He ja, dont worry there are a lot of "old people" around here I think, but most of us tend to lurk. At least that my theory.

And South Africa is for sure a challenging country but with beautiful people and a lot of opportunities.

(and the Bus you mention I know as well )

Are you still traveling a lot? Then stay safe and keep up the positive spirit!


Well, I am not traveling in the moment, but in 2015, I returned to Europe from a 5.5 years trip around the world - all continents, about 60 countries, hundreds of mountains, volcanoes, Africa overland from Cape Town to Alexandria, survival in the Amazon jungle, crossing Pacific Ocean on a cargo boat, Caribbean sea on a sailing boat, walking 1400 km among bears through American wilderness ... A good map of my trip is here:
http://www.unpreparedtravellers.com/sites/default/files/W2000_SdCe.jpg

And while I was in some places with Wi-Fi, I discovered StarCraft 2 and started following the scene (BlizzCon 2013, IEM Katowice 2014, BlizzCon 2014 ...). Amazing e-Sport!
sOs | Rogue | Maru | Trap | Scarlett | Snute | MC
Lambertus
Profile Joined February 2010
South Africa969 Posts
August 13 2017 15:44 GMT
#9
Cool, thanks for the reply sounds like a great journey!
The only known Reverend on TL playing SC2 and BW (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=409226)
zyce
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States649 Posts
August 15 2017 22:27 GMT
#10
Great job, thank you!
Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports, but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty. The relation is roughly that of courage to war.
Stallion
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand67 Posts
August 16 2017 06:48 GMT
#11
Love this man <3
Lambertus
Profile Joined February 2010
South Africa969 Posts
August 16 2017 07:13 GMT
#12
@zyce
Thanks

@Stallion

whats there not to love
The only known Reverend on TL playing SC2 and BW (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=409226)
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