NiP-HeatoN- Interview
So first off, tell our audience who you are
NiP-HeatoN - I'm Emil "HeatoN" Christensen, a 17 year old guy from Stockholm / Sweden
When I mention your name to various CS players throughout the world, people tend to think of various things such as 'Superman', 'living aimbot etc. Any idea why such names and sentences might be associated with you?
NiP-HeatoN - Oh I guess I've played good in some cpl games, and maybe thats why :)
Yeah, I guess so, over here in the UK u seem to be especially famous as a result of your CPL actions, any idea why that is?
NiP-HeatoN - Yes, probably that eco round vs 4k @ aztec :)
Have you had the chance to check this out the avi 'HeatoN the movie' video on noc website yet?
NiP-HeatoN - hehe yeah I was that one, love the music :D
Take us through that from your point of view one step at a time. You're camping *pfft* by the water on aztec...
NiP-HeatoN - ...3 terros jump out infront of me, I shoot the first guy whit like 5 usp shots, then the second guy with 3-4 usp headshots , then I pick up his ak and spray out the third guy, hear someone at the door, throws a granade at him and runs up the ramp, then I know someone are at the bridge area and see a pixel of him and shoot 2-3 bullets, and turn around and shoot the 5th guy at the door whit 2-3 bullets :)
At what stage did you think you might win the round all by yourself?
NiP-HeatoN - When I took out the 3 first guys, I love using ak at long distance :D
Those last 2 headshots... well... are awesome - sheer class, perhaps your 2 best shots ever?
NiP-HeatoN - hehe yeah at least the first one since it was a pure reflex shot after i saw like 0.01 mm of him :)
Does it come as a surprise to you at all when most of the CS world label you as the best CS player in the world? Do you think you are the best?
NiP-HeatoN - I'm not sure, people always look at the nicest frags and most frags, but if you frag the most you dont have to be the best, so it dosent really suprice me sience I frag alot. I don't think I am the best player, potti are no doubt :)
What about NiP, do you believe they're the best CS clan in the world?
NiP-HeatoN - Yes, since we are world champions, and got the guy who made GoL came third at cpl back ( Xeqtr ) I believe we are :)
Ah, au contraire, the CPL official world rankings has NiP firmly placed at no.2 behind X3. Does the fact you beat them twice and are still placed 2nd bother you?
NiP-HeatoN - I really don't care about it, since we proved that we are the best clan in the world in CPL WC.
How did you rate the American clans at the CPL, X3 were surely close to NiP's standards?
NiP-HeatoN - They are for sure the best clan we have ever met, but we sucked in the final so I dont think they are "surely close" to nip standards.
Why did you suck in the finals? $50,000 suddenly get a few nerves jingling?
NiP-HeatoN - hehe I know why I sucked, not much sleep and hadn't event ate brakefast that day, since our sponsors didnt give us the money the promised us :(
Must've been an expensive breakfeast if you needed sponsors to pay for it :), why didn't they cover your expenses?
NiP-HeatoN - We run out of money the day before, we were supposed to get pocket money by our sponsors, but didnt get anything, so ppl had to pay everything them self, and we didnt bring that money since we were supposed to get it all from our sponsors, I really dont know why they didnt cover our expenses, (just 1 sponsors that didnt pay).
Good thing you got your return plane ticket beforehand eh? So after winning the CPL I assume you got your $10,000 share of NiP's winnings, what have/will you spend the money on?
NiP-HeatoN - I'm gonna go on a holiday trip :)
Ooohh... anywhere nice?
NiP-HeatoN - Like flordia or something :D
Ok, moving on, how often to you practice and how?
NiP-HeatoN - With the team we prac like 2 times a day / 2 maps each time and before cpl event we play like all day in lan for 1 week :)
What about on your own? Are rumours of 10 hours a day true?
NiP-HeatoN - huuums sometimes, I don't play public that much anymore, just gathers :D but like 5- 10 hours , yes :)
So, ermm... what do you do for fun? And do you go to college or anything?
NiP-HeatoN - I study at like "college", and I love watch football, and travel :D
Have you ever signed an autograph?
Yes, once @ CPL WC :)
And is there a 'special lady' in your life at the moment?
NiP-HeatoN - yes there is a special someone.
Nice :D, does being a CPL CS world champion have girls lined up outside your door?
NiP-HeatoN - hehe no, not really :)
How famous are you in Sweden in real life? How big is pro-gaming out there?
NiP-HeatoN - Gaming are really big here, and ppl says the like saw you on like the subway ect, and we have been on TV to times, but its not like everybody know who you are then you go out :)
Looking into the immediate future, CS 1.4, have you tried it?
NiP-HeatoN - I seen Ahl try it , but I havent tested it myself :)
If you had been playing CS 1.4 during that 4k game you couldn't of taken out all 5 4k players, jumping stagger would've messed up your usp kangerooing skills.
NiP-HeatoN - yes i know :D *lucky me* :D
Looking more into the distant future, do you ever see a time where you can live only off gaming?
NiP-HeatoN - Yeah I think we in nip can live on gaming VERY soon, so yes pro-gaming = really close now.
Ooh...how soon?
NiP-HeatoN - In a couple of months, let say before summer for sure :)
Sounds great, pity you wasted about 12 years of your life sitting in classrooms eh?
NiP-HeatoN - Well, at least I got a lot of knowledge from school, that are great in life :), and if I can't live of gaming for ever, it might be good to have gone to school :)
How much longer do you think NiP will be the top CS clan? When your at the top you can only go down...
NiP-HeatoN - Well not for a while, since we all are very focused on what to do to still be the nr 1 clan
How stable is it inside the NiP camp? You lost Vesslan recently, amid rumours of money issues, can you explain what happened?
NiP-HeatoN - Its very stable now inside nip, since we all 6 are great friends, both on the internet and in real life. The money didnt have anything to do why he got kicked, read our
statement to get all the facts.
Got a few questions from the public to ask you now :)
NiP-HeatoN - ok :)
Infinity eSports | Wright - How much does score dictate how well you are playing?
NiP-HeatoN - Scores don't say everything but it says a bit, but you can get a lot of eco frags too, and play really bad :)
ki55 - Why do you never use an awp?
NiP-HeatoN - hehe I think the weapon is kinda lame, but I used it in the nations cup final vs. Germany :)
Uninspired | Toomy - How much fun was that eco round against 4k
NiP-HeatoN - The funniest round ever in my life :D
ki55 - Your style seems to differ from other pro CS players, you seem to spray more than pick off headshots - would you agree?
NiP-HeatoN - Well I spray a lot, but I burst a lot for heads too, its a mix style whit spray and burst :)
ki55 - What do you believe are the main differences between the way CS is played in Europe and the USA? I've been told by some top American clan leaders that their CS gameplay is more AWP based, as opposed to European CS which is more colt/ak based - would u agree with that?
NiP-HeatoN - Yes I really would, Americans are overall better then us with the awp, so I think they build a lot of there game on it.
f-e.fluid - What players do you have respect for?
NiP-HeatoN - A lot of players, but I have this one player I hate to play, and thats potti :D
f-e.fluid - What do you think of UK CS clans at the moment?
NiP-HeatoN - The UK are a really good CS country, and there are some top clans there.
Anyway, I'm not sure how familiar you are with my UKTerrorist interviews, but they all require a special 'ukterrorist.com scoop' so tell me something no-one else knows about nip :)
NiP-HeatoN - Maybe this is mean against Cogline from nordic division, but like the guy who get the least frags, get called Line Like xline, heatline becouse cogline didnt get any frags while he where in nip :D. Thats like really secret ;D
And finally, anything u wanna say to the heaton wannabe's reading this?
NiP-HeatoN - I wanna say THX to some special people for being there, you know who you are :)
Thanks for your time m8 :)
NiP-HeatoN - thx :)
Comments
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Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
18:39 7/3/2002
Croydon
18:40 7/3/2002
Official Capybara Herder
UKTerrorist
18:42 7/3/2002
Nice interview. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
g30rg3h
UKTerrorist
19:00 7/3/2002
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theb0g
19:07 7/3/2002
HeatoN doesnt seem big headed, thats pretty cool =0]
GL all clans =0]
(UI will win CPLs) =0P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
19:08 7/3/2002
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Shoot First Ask Later
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Game2XS.Monkey Magic
19:12 7/3/2002
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theb0g
19:27 7/3/2002
myers did u get to play him? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
19:39 7/3/2002
NiP-HeatoN - hehe I think the weapon is kinda lame
true ... true
Shoot First Ask Later
19:41 7/3/2002
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Head CS Server Admin
UKTerrorist
20:18 7/3/2002
deean i worry about u m8 [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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bad english heaton u bad boy
21:49 7/3/2002
21:53 7/3/2002
Kind of greedy to think that the sponsor should pay for everything. Did you bring your toothbrush or did you think that the sponsor should bring it for you?
NiP have made perhaps 70 000$ and they cant even pay for their breakfast. Lame
And the comment about the competition clan GameOnLine "....and got the guy who made GoL came third at cpl back". Right he solo made the clan place third.
Very, very modest NiP [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
21:55 7/3/2002
22:15 7/3/2002
- n00b plz get some skillz0r lh4m4.
then approach your by now stunned victim who is probably using his only braincell to figure out a fitting answer.
Then pull out your primary weapon, wich offcourse is an Sig SG-550 Sniper/H&K G3/SG-1, as all real 1337 playas use these weapons... then zoom in max and jump and hit the head, if you miss, quickly disconnect and change nick in cs menu's (as there is no command to change nick ingame its just a hoax, i have tried many times ) and reconnect and pwne with my 5up4h1337 zkillz0r 5tylz0r [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
22:51 7/3/2002
Specster
23:00 7/3/2002
gg
- leave him alone j00 shlaggs he leeter than u wil eva b [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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good job, just love this site! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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If ur told ur mom will by u breakfeast, do u go out and by it urself anyway ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
02:02 8/3/2002
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05:27 8/3/2002
think before you act
nothing i hate more when ppl draw everyone at the same line
"werry modest homer" [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
06:43 8/3/2002
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ffs myers teh capital n is messing
06:55 8/3/2002
07:21 8/3/2002
How did you rate the American clans at the CPL, X3 were surely close to NiP's standards?NiP-HeatoN - They are for sure the best clan we have ever met, but we sucked in the final so I dont think they are "surely close" to nip standards.
Wow gg, somone is pretty c**ky. Well lets make an excuse as well. If you read DomainofGames sight, miller was sick the whole time. So I guess that NiP isnt that great aye? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
07:24 8/3/2002
07:54 8/3/2002
Give North Americans time... I'm sure clans like X3/TSO didn't put the time in that NiP did preparing, cpl events, etc.
Wait for next WC and you will see what I mean [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
08:21 8/3/2002
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09:51 8/3/2002
Såg en demo med dig,,,,, coolish!!!!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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Game2XS.Monkey Magic
11:40 8/3/2002
Editor
UKTerrorist
12:15 8/3/2002
You just need to look at the fact that 8 of the top 12 at the CPL worlds were European. That's a very high rate considering the starting ratio of US to Euro clans that took part, and the fact that the tournament was in the US so alot of Euro clans couldn't make it. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
12:26 8/3/2002
pld Myers keep em coming =]
Maybe DkH interview sometime as they are the holders of ec currently
13:09 8/3/2002
Yeah right he was sick, why did he play then? Just another bad excuse. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
13:21 8/3/2002
nice interview.
btw, HeatoN is 3rd most LOL! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
13:31 8/3/2002
US clans had a massive advantage yet still it was a euro clan that won, nuff said [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
14:07 8/3/2002
Editor
UKTerrorist
14:15 8/3/2002
14:38 8/3/2002
Enyways Heat is not the best cs player.................
............. I AM!
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
15:14 8/3/2002
wasnt the top 16 populated with mostly European clans aswell
anywayz this EU > US arugment is too old now
/me slaps self
NiP wins.. :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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Go HeatoN =) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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Shoot First Ask Later
21:59 8/3/2002
22:28 8/3/2002
If the guy really does his teatchers should be ashamed of themselfs. Just look at the guy's grammer..
Despite that it was a great interview and HeatoN seems to have both feets on the ground, concidering he's "the #1 player"... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
22:47 8/3/2002
If the guy really does his teatchers should be ashamed of themselfs. Just look at the guy's grammer..
Despite that it was a great interview and HeatoN seems to have both feets on the ground, concidering he's "the #1 player"... "
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firstly this guy is not english, hes only 17, and in my opinion his english is not too bad. also i love the way you make a fool of yourself.. #1: its themselves not "themselfs". #2: its grammar not "grammer". #3: both feet not "both feets". #4: considering not "concidering". please dont post in future. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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firstly, arrogance is what makes a good cs player that little much better. also if you were rated, by many people, as the best player in the world you probably would get slightly c**ky. lastly, im not sure how u can say stupid ppl typically have self confidence, but once again, a player who is not only in the best clan in the world, but also regarded as the best player in the world.. u'd expect to have self confidence. please would you not post in future [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
22:52 8/3/2002
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who!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
23:23 8/3/2002
I mean really... do you think the players from X3 have devoted there lifes to CS? I doubt it... I assume most of them are still in school.
Sounds to me like the EU clans are a just a little more hardcore then NA right now.
Or what do you think its something that Europeans eat that makes them better? Please... no nationality has an advantage.
You will see when people from other countrys start to put in the hours and go to the LAN events that NiP has.
and btw I don't know this for a fact but most people tell me that minus Heaton individually NA players seem to be more skilled then EUR... but there team work is phenominal... but thats getting back to the issue of effort put in
theb0g
00:06 9/3/2002
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