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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:
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Youtube
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/FNMpYy5.jpg)
(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! :-)
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Really been enjoying all the interviews you've been doing. Thanks for this one! Maynarde is a boss.
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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!
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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!
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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!
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Great interview, thanks a lot for the effort!! Love maynarde, he's an awesome guy.
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@xtorn
thank you, pleasure Yes, Maynarde is really worthy of our love and support
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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!
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Cool, thanks for the reply sounds like a great journey!
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@zyce
Thanks
@Stallion
whats there not to love
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