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Interview with MoltkeWarding

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RaGe
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Belgium9947 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-02-22 21:54:13
February 22 2008 21:41 GMT
#1
After a short poll resulted in a 'victory' for MoltkeWarding, I went on to interview him. It was not the most standard interview ever, as he isn't the most normal guy either.

Lets start with the obvious: name, nationality, supposed sex, occupation

Moltke: All right: Bob, Canadian, Male, Student


Can you guess the reason why TL chose you to be interviewed? Do you feel 'special'?

Moltke: What tl.net thinks of me influences me very little. I would guess very little, apart from the condition that rekrul's not a particularly interesting fellow, and he's my nearest competitor. I attribute it to boredom


So you know they think you're an odd guy, but you feel normal?

Moltke: I feel normal, and why should I be concerned about the collective opinions of people who know me less? It's an elusive question, since anyone who reads too much is always tempted to transform his own voice into the authorial voice of his own story. Certainly I conform to certain standards of behaviour privately which are steadfast in spite of the mutations of enviornment. I am not a very abnormal person privately. I prefer solitude and peace, I like my music and to watch my films, eat good meals, take long walks. I have the plainest of habits.


Tell me, what got you into SC and TL?

Moltke: I bought Starcraft in 2000. I was looking to purchase Warcraft 2 but the vendor was out of stock, and recommended me Starcraft instead. I recall wasting the summer of 2000 over this game. I do not recall when I stumbled upon tl.net, it must have been in 2003, when TL.net was becoming a force in the coverage of pro-gaming. I began visiting tl.net often for news about the scene. Since then it has provided the best coverage of Korean pro-gaming in the English language, therefore my presence is as steady as my interest.


Isn't it weird that you of all persons, who hates popmusic, longs for the life in the 1800's, are doing something as modern and typical as videogaming? So you're still interested in StarCraft as a game, and the proscene?

Moltke: Yes, although I haven't taken the game very seriously for a long time. Certainly playing video games would not be my ideal way of living, and I play BW much less than your typical tl.net visitor, but it is a consequence of boredom. In comparison to the other main modern reprieves for boredom: masturbation and drugs, it's fairly harmless.
Masturbation is harmless too. I'd choose it over StarCraft any day.


Do you have a favourite SC player? Or does your interest not go that far?

Moltke: I have a past liking for Nada and Reach, and more recently I've been behind Savior's successes. Of the players who are dominant now I have no clear favourite. Although I am glad that the bisu fad is fading.


As many might know, you've had quite the nomadic life. Where have you already lived and where are you planning on going? What drives you to keep changing university and country?

Moltke: Which is again something against my ideal. One cannot be civilized and nomadic. From birth to 7 I lived in Hefei, China. From 7 to 18 I lived in London, Canada. From 18 to 21 I lived in Kingston, Canada for University, and from 21 to present I live in Bamberg, Germany. I've only changed university once, and that was re-location to Germany. The reasons behind it are in order of importance:
1) A love for Germany
2) The continuation of my bitter and tumultuous relationship with my mother
3) My desire to be able to work and do research in a foreign language, and
4) My curiosity about the possibilities such a change would open up.
I have no plans to return in Canada, but that is a back-up option. I dislike retreats however. I plan on staying in Germany for the foreseeable future.


A short test of your TL-preference: I'll say a username followed by two adjectives: choose one and explain.

incontrol : try-too-hard or somewhat funny

Moltke: somewhat funny. Actually I don't find him funny at all which is why I'm puzzled at others having that opinion of him.


stimey: fighting a righteous battle or unable to accept that not everyone likes him

Moltke: fighting a righteous battle. I've always been in favour of him being there no matter how little sense he made.


rpf: someone who you can relate to or someone who should assign less importance to his feelings

Moltke: The latter, by default elimination of the former. But I sympathize with him. He's a lamb among a pack of wolves.


dronebabo: troll or cute

Moltke: Troll. He's never made a post with any value whatsoever.


Strafe: arrogant narcissist or socially interesting?

Moltke: Socially interesting. I don't think he's really a narcissist, like exalted.
Somewhere in his soul he must feel a deep sense of shame about himself.


Tell me the poster you think you can relate most to, besides warding ofcourse

Moltke: I don't relate to warding much. Well, it's very difficult to relate to anyone on the internet. I think I've said this before: I can relate to the way in which obsoletelogic thinks about many things. I'm not sure if he is still present.


Who do you consider the funniest poster?

Moltke: warding, but the humour would escape most of you


Let's round up: Any shoutouts? Anything you still wanted to tell TL.net?

Moltke: I don't do shoutouts, since I don't have much of a personal relationship with anyone there. No one I care about would be reading. There are of course a couple of members on tl.net who have been helpful to me personally in the past several years: Jacen, for his steady assistance with German whenever I have needed it, and more recently drug_vict1m and Krzycho for helping me with Polish translations. I also consider posters like kwark, headbangga, clutch3, newbsaibot, to be valuable contributors to general, while haji, manifesto, pop, honestea, plexa and hot_bid have been invaluable to the coverage of the pro-scene which I follow, even though I dislike some of the members of the latter group privately. Of course there are many good posters at tl.net swarmed by the flood of bad posters, but I am not good with names, so will not attempt a comprehensive list.



That was it. I hope you all liked it. My next interview will hopefully feature My_Digital_Toss, if he's willing to cooperate.
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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
February 22 2008 21:50 GMT
#2
I agree warding is hilarious.
Artanis[Xp]
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
Netherlands12968 Posts
February 22 2008 21:50 GMT
#3
Nice interview
gLyo
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
United States2410 Posts
February 22 2008 21:50 GMT
#4
Reading anything Moltke writes always makes me smile. It's almost surreal.
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Pressure
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
7326 Posts
February 22 2008 21:50 GMT
#5
amazing
SIMPLY AMAZING
SayaSP
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Laos5494 Posts
February 22 2008 21:51 GMT
#6
Niceeeeeeee
[iHs]SSP | I-NO-KI BOM-BA-YE | のヮの http://tinyurl.com/MLIStheCV , MLIS.
dronebabo
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
10866 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-02-22 22:11:25
February 22 2008 21:51 GMT
#7
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Meta
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States6225 Posts
February 22 2008 21:51 GMT
#8
Long Live Moltkewarding, no matter how much I disagree with him.
<3!
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Drowsy
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States4876 Posts
February 22 2008 21:54 GMT
#9
On February 23 2008 06:50 gLyo wrote:
Reading anything Moltke writes always makes me smile. It's almost surreal.

Our Protoss, Who art in Aiur HongUn be Thy name; Thy stalker come, Thy will be blunk, on ladder as it is in Micro Tourny. Give us this win in our daily ladder, and forgive us our cheeses, As we forgive those who play zerg against us.
RaGe
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
Belgium9947 Posts
February 22 2008 21:54 GMT
#10
edited some small errors
Moderatorsometimes I get intimidated by the size of my right testicle
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
February 22 2008 21:54 GMT
#11
Haha, Moltke is my hero.
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
Avius
Profile Joined October 2007
Iraq1796 Posts
February 22 2008 21:55 GMT
#12
good job rage, nice interview
aka. Samael
BuGzlToOnl
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States5918 Posts
February 22 2008 22:09 GMT
#13
If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.
Last Romantic
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States20661 Posts
February 22 2008 22:16 GMT
#14
Moltke is fucking hilarious

though I'm sure he doesn't intend to be, and doesn't care if he is.
ㅋㄲㅈㅁ
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
February 22 2008 22:16 GMT
#15
who's warding?
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32051 Posts
February 22 2008 22:19 GMT
#16
On February 23 2008 06:41 RaGe wrote:
dronebabo: troll or cute

Moltke: Troll. He's never made a post with any value whatsoever.



bhahahhahaha

I'm inclined to agree til you BUY FUCKING TF2!!!!!!! :0
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Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
February 22 2008 22:20 GMT
#17
Moltke writes like if he is an erudito
Teamliquidian townie
Pwntrucci[sR]
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada1519 Posts
February 22 2008 22:21 GMT
#18
His grammar and word choice make me feel so inferior.
bg
ilovezil
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4143 Posts
February 22 2008 22:24 GMT
#19
On February 23 2008 07:21 Pwntrucci[sR] wrote:
His grammar and word choice make me feel so inferior.


Aka vocabulary :O
Pwntrucci[sR]
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada1519 Posts
February 22 2008 22:25 GMT
#20
:'(
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