Interview with GameOnline!

I caught up with GameOnline's; mySSe, zaffe and Hyb to try and learn a little more about them and their progress since we last spoke to them nearly a year ago.

Most people already know who you are and more importantly who GoL are but just in case could you start by telling us a little about yourselves?
GoL|Hyb: My name is Johan Carlund, I'm 23 years old, a Swedish geek and I play for GameOnline. I'm also working in a secret cult which adores girls with beards.

GoL|zaffe: My name is Mikael Säflund, I'm 17 years old and live in Örebro, Sweden. I'm finished with my first year at gymnasium. Outside school I'm playing a lot of CS and on the weekends I go to my girlfriends or just geek in front of the cpu.

GoL|mysse: My name is Antti Larte I'm 19 years old, I'm Finnish but play in a Swedish clan and live in Norway. I currently play for GameOnline! and I'm a professional geek.

What was life like before you started playing Counter-Strike? Did you play any other games or sports?
GoL|Hyb: Before I started playing CS I played some QWTF and basketball for a real sport. Had "somekind" of a life then! :P

GoL|zaffe: Hmm I played some sports games like NHL or FIFA, but not that much, I just hung out with my friends and did that kinda stuff.

GoL|mysse: I dunno if I was like having a life or whatever people call it. I went to school and I was drinking every weekend.. and i played a bit of basketball/football.

How did you all get into Counter-Strike?
GoL|Hyb: A friend of mine introduced it to me and said that it was a kickass game, I tried it and liked it. :)

GoL|zaffe: I was at a small lan with my friend and then a guy showed it to me and after that I sat LAN with my friend zanne and played 2on2 24/7.

GoL|mysse: Hmm I played some HL TFC before CS and then one day I saw my friend playing cs and i was like "EY CAN I PLEASE HAVE UR BABY MAN I WANNA TRY IT OUT" and he was like "WTF U GOT FLIED LICE" and I was like "YEAH" and then like I started to play some cs because he forced me.

Er, what do your friends and family think of you playing games at a professional level?
GoL|Hyb: I don't care what my friends think, don't care what my family think either CUZ IM HEMAN. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS MY FRIEND .... ehm.

GoL|zaffe: They whine somtimes but they like that I got free travels and some prize money. So i can deal with it. :)

GoL|mysse: Hmm... "Friends" ?????? Do my imaginary friends count? Like Spock, Data and those guys? Nah but really they dont mind, my parents support me all the way. So do my "friends".

What do each of you do to calm down and warm-up before an important game?
GoL|Hyb: For an important game I try not to be close to mysse that's about it because he draws negative energy to himself. :D

GoL|zaffe: Hm, I'm not calm when I play a big game, my hands are shaking and so on, I can't hit a shot in the warmup but in the end it goes pretty good after all.

GoL|mysse: Hmm I just take a cigarette and drink something usually before a important game and then I just concentrate on my own game.. usually helps.

What is your favourite match (which you've played in) of all time?
GoL|Hyb: NiP vs X3 at Dallas <-- ownage game!

GoL|zaffe: Hm, it must be vs 3D in Clikarena, I havent played that many big games so it's the one I think. :)

GoL|mysse: Has to be the loosers bracket final against SK in CPL Winter Dallas 2002.

What hardware do you all use?
GoL|Hyb: AMD 1.8, gf3, mx300 and ms explorer 3.0 mice, ingo and funcpad. :P

GoL|zaffe: AMD Athlon 1400mhz, GeForce3, MS explorer 3.0 mouse, func mousepad.

GoL|mysse: amd 2.2, gf4, ms ie 3.0, xperience mousepad.

Right now let's talk about GoL itself. What is your current line up at present and how has it changed in the last year?
GoL|Hyb: Our current lineup is: Mysse, zaffe, solly, snajdan and me. The roster has changed a lot during the year with some players leaving/joining and these are: element, vicon, damien, mikk, and gozie (i think).
How often do you practice as a clan?
GoL|Hyb: We try to play at least 2 praccs a day except friday/saturday, that's our day off.
How do you all prepare tactics for the various maps?
GoL|mysse: Hmm well usually it's Snajdan doing the tactics and I dunno how he does them. He seems a bit disturbed with his tactics sometimes... but so far they have worked
What are your plans for the future? Which events do you hope to attend?
GoL|mysse: Every one possible. Maybe some minor lans in Sweden also but mostly concentrating on the upcoming CPL dallas summer. We have to win it so loosing ain't an option this time.
Why's that?
GoL|mysse: Well cos I'm getting sick and tired of getting 2nd and 3rd place. Would be nice to have the 1st place someday! ;)
What are you current sponsors/partners and what do they provide you with?
GoL|mysse: Our partners are GameOnline only but thats all we need, we get everything we want from them. They sponsor our travels and they will pay us to go as long as we just play good. We don't wanna let them down, they've given us an opportunity to go all over the world so we want to pay them back by making a name for ourselves. So a big thanks goes to Zvezdan and Micke for giving us the opportunity to go all around the world. :) You can visit GameOnline cafe at Gothenburg, Sweden, Magasinsgatan 26 - the best cafe there is!
I think each clan has its own comedian, its own joker. Who's the "mestlol" in GoL?
GoL|mysse: hahahah.

GoL|Hyb: lol

GoL|zaffe: Mysse is the mest lol with his whine, he thinks everyone gets scared of him saying to people that he will kick them in the face when he see them at lan, but he's just so cute when I whine. Snajdan is pretty mest lol also because he just dont get anything right.

(At this point the three of them break into a rage about who whines the most)

Some opinion now. What's your favourite weapon, pistol and map ?
GoL|mysse: AK47, deagle, inferno

GoL|zaffe: AK47, USP, train

GoL|Hyb: Colt, deagle, dust2

CounterStrike 1.6 - good or bad and why?
GoL|mysse: Haven't tried it that much yet.. only for like 1 minute or something when we were in Dallas. Seemed really weird then so can't say nothing yet.

GoL|zaffe: I haven't tested it, but I hope they will fix the buggy WWCL, it sucks totally. Hope they fix it so you can hit on the server in 1.6 :P

GoL|Hyb: Tried it once didn't get an impression to judge it really.

Who do you think is currently the best clan in the world?
GoL|zaffe: Us! :D

GoL|Hyb: SK is pretty good also. But I want an SK INSIDER SO I CAN GET FREE DEMOS!! So I dont put them higher.

GoL|mysse: GameOnline! EoLithic or team 3D - at least at the moment.

Finally, we want an exclusive from each of you
GoL|zaffe: Luck isnt something you have, it's something I build up and use as a skill!

GoL|Hyb: GOL: The one and only retard camp.

GoL|mysse: m00mindalen! [Translation: The childrens show http://www.tampere.fi/muumi/ (The little white thing)]

Thanks to GoL and good luck to them in the future.

Comments

Sincy
12:47 4/6/2003
"I'm 23 years old, a Swedish geek and I play for GameOnline"

ROFL [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Sincy
12:53 4/6/2003
nice interview tho =] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
St_George
g30rg3h
UKTerrorist
12:54 4/6/2003
gj! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
duck.
Online Multiplayer Gaming
13:01 4/6/2003
lol sound guys =] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nicklearse
Missing In Action
13:16 4/6/2003
nutters :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Term`
New Elite Org
13:26 4/6/2003
seems they dont take themselves too seriously... which is nice :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Un4z
Team-EviL
13:33 4/6/2003
lol mysse wot a f***in legend
they just make me laugh cos there everything that uk ppl arent

eg ppl wont admint there geeks even though they blatently are ;) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
StriKeN
unicon.cs
14:13 4/6/2003
man, they are on drugs i swear [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Otis
Rush!
15:06 4/6/2003
they are tounge in cheek about the whole geek thing... I think you missed the point. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
amarc
15:09 4/6/2003
Theyre all on snus, it rocks. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Otis
Rush!
15:14 4/6/2003
snus is weird s***. My mate brought some back from sweden after going over to see his gf over there. Its like putting a mini teabag in your mouth and gives you minging breath :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
jD
15:23 4/6/2003
GoL|Hyb: I don't care what my friends think, don't care what my family think either CUZ IM HEMAN. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS MY FRIEND .... ehm.

Geordie has some competiton [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Velta
Professional Gamer
15:50 4/6/2003
My God.. this is only half of the log that went on.. at one point they were arguing about who "Muff Dives" the best... Some of the funniest guys ive ever talked to, i spent most of the time laughing. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
pJ
15:52 4/6/2003
a bit weird..... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
chron
Last Chance
16:00 4/6/2003
pld [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
spicyjj
17:11 4/6/2003
velta post the rest of the inbterview unofficially :o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Antmoo
17:51 4/6/2003
Did he keep going on about kebab velt? ;]]

nice interview, gj. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
madmk
18:06 4/6/2003
"loosing" it's spelt 'losing', swedish gimp. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Samje
18:55 4/6/2003
nice interview.

GoL seem quite strange :> wonder what the conversations are like in their priv. channel :o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Velta
Professional Gamer
21:57 4/6/2003
haha not this time Antmoo, they were more intresting in flaming each other and that other little thing i mentioned earlier.

Seems there favourite thrase is "oh plz" or "PLZ". [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ratem
07:14 5/6/2003
heh funny ;)
When i was in the Gameonline (RTCW) team
We almost never talked to them , more with Ralea it was quite fun over there :) - when they talked- maybe cuz we aint svenska :P ?
Men jag kan pratar svenske (a bit)
ses senare [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ratem
07:14 5/6/2003
ps. <3 GoL [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ratem
07:14 5/6/2003
ps. <3 GoL [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Geordie
Last Chance
08:05 5/6/2003
>:| [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
09:17 5/6/2003
<3 geo [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smiffeh
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
01:20 10/6/2003
haha [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
xyGen
04:31 6/7/2003
LOL madmk [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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