$27,000 ESET Masters 2013 - Page 6

HomerJ.de: Hello ShoWTimE, before we go into the interview, I want to say: Congratulations! You did very well in the recent tournaments winning an ESET Masters 2013 Qualifier, getting 2nd in the Season 1 Final, making a big run through the Go4SC2 June Final beating LucifroN and many more and then winning EPS-Cup #4 (on the day the interview as done) - are you already satisfied with those results, or do you want more?

ShoWTimE: I am happy about my recent success, but I am not yet satisfied. Even when I get really far in a tournament, I am rarely happy with my own performance and I want to practice again to play better next time.

HomerJ.de: You are right into a progamer-year at the moment, before you go to university. Is there anything you want accomplish under all circumstances, one solid goal?

ShoWTimE: There is no special goal I have, but I want to go to more offline events in my time as a progamer!

HomerJ.de: Is there something that will make you delay going to university and continue your progaming-career?

ShoWTimE: If I win WCS EU next season I will definitely continue my progaming-career! :D
In earnest: At the moment I am thinking about being a progamer longer than planned, maybe half a year longer, but there is no special condition. As long as I have the feeling of making progress I will have it in mind.

HomerJ.de: Will you be active in eSport while you study, if you have the time for it?

ShoWTimE: If I still have fun with SC2 I will absolutely stay active in the community. Maybe not as a pro-player, but I will follow the scene.

HomerJ.de: You came to our community as an absolute "noob", a Bronze-player and now you are a pro, are always in the top regions of the GM league. What did you make play on and on, what is your motivation to get better, to get this good?

ShoWTimE: I think my nature is to be very competitive and I always set myself new goals, that I wanted to reach. To see how you make progress and learn something new is so much fun and gives me new motivation every day.

HomerJ.de: Who is your idol gameplay-wise?

ShoWTimE: I am a very big fan of SK Telecom T1 Rain. His style is very impressive, because in contrast to other Protoss-players, who a relying on Allins and Timing-Attacks, he plays very defensive and tries to get into long games, to win with his gamesense and mechanics.

HomerJ.de: Can you remember your first braodcasted game? How did you feel back then?

ShoWTimE: Hmm... thats a long time ago. I think the first time I was casted in front of thousands of viewers was by TaKe in a Go4SC2 against Nerchio. In the beginning I was very nervous, my hands were shaking, but after a few minutes ingame everything was fine. When Nerchio made a typical Nerchio-Comment ingame to insult me, I was shaking again. But in the end that made my victory over him even sweeter.^^

HomerJ.de: I remember the game, that was a macro game on Ohana, where you destroyed him after he began to flame. :D
Do you want to share with us, what you did with your first prize money?

ShoWTimE: I did not buy anything with the first prize money I got, but after a few more wins I bought a new monitor, because my old one was going downhill.^^

HomerJ.de: ESC took you into their team after the ESET Winter Masters 2012. How did you react when they contacted you? Did you have doubts about making the last step into progaming, or did you know immediately that this was your big chance?

ShoWTimE: I did not have that many doubts. I was in contact with a few other teams back then and knew that I wanted to make that step, so when ESC contacted me my decision was easily made.

(Here I asked a balance question, where he answered that Hellbats are a problem and they shouldt nerf their damage, but after the interview the patch was announced, so this is not that interestung anymore.)

HomerJ.de: Do you think, that there shouldt be more variation in the map pools of tournaments? Many players are vetoing new maps, because they don´t know them, but that also makes the evolution of maps difficult and leads to the use of the same maps over and over, f. e. Daybreak. Do you think, that Blizzard maybe couldt fght against that by using more variation in the ladder map pool?

ShoWTimE: As a viewer it surely wouldt be more interesting, if there are more new maps to watch. In the long run it gets really boring to always watch the same maps and more variation wouldt surely be good.
But as a player I don´t really know, wether I wouldt like it. You want to play maps, on which your race has an advantage, or no big disadvantege. On the new maps it takes some time to figure out the advantages and when you play tournament you always want to play a map you already know and you played a lot on.

HomerJ.de: Some random questions:
Your favourite food?

ShoWTimE: Spätzle and a good piece of meat! :D

HomerJ.de: Are you a cat- or a dog-person?

ShoWTimE: Dog-person!

HomerJ.de: Which unit do you hate the most?

ShoWTimE: Swarm Host!

HomerJ.de: Which movie/series did you see most recently and how did you like it?

ShoWTimE: A few days ago I watched Django Unchained for the second time and I still think that one is awesome. Normally I think the most movies are boring when I watch them the second time, bur Django Unchained I wouldt probably watch even a third time.^^

HomerJ.de: Thanks for the interview ShoWTimE, it was a pleasure. Good luck in your next tournaments, we will see each other at the ESET Masters 2013 finals I hope! If there is anything you want to say to your fans or your team, this is your chance - the last words are yours!

ShoWTimE: Thanks for the interview and a big thank you to all the fans, who always cheer me on and are happy about my wins. Of course a big thank you to ESC for letting me play in their team and supporting me!

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