Interview with I-eS | lil
CyRus is joined by lil from top UK clan Infinity-eSports. They subject of conversation is the CPL P4 Summer 2002 Championships.
I'm joined here with Infinity eSports' lil (stu), so lil please introduce yourself.
lil: I'm Stuart Harriman, and I'm 17 from Solihull, England.
Before the CPL UK qualifiers and CPL Dallas, I-eS had kept pretty quiet, was there a lot of internal practicing?
lil: Yes we were pretty quiet I suppose, we had a week on LAN arranged at "Virtual Realm" Slough, so leading up to this Dan Luck1ing was having to work quite a lot to get the time off, and Marc Mangiacapra's PC was broken so we didn't do a lot of preparation.
But the week on LAN before the UK Dallas Qualifiers helped us a lot, but again we were pretty quiet from then to Dallas itself for similar reasons.
You have a very experienced and solid squad, you have kept the same team for a very long time now, what do you think about all this "clan-hopping" going on?
lil: The team has been very similar for a long time, and I suppose this helps a lot with team play and everyone does get on really well, but about the clan hopping... I'm not sure what to say. I swapped clans to join i-es because it was a better offer and I suppose if people aren't happy or get the same chance they should take it. After all it's only a game.
In your eyes was your performance a good one at Dallas?
lil: Haha I think I did okay, I know I can play better than I did in some of my matches but a LOT of the time I was very nervous, and it did change my play quite a bit... But it was my first real LAN and I think it was pretty good. But better next time 8).
I'm sure the pressure was very high, but I-eS impressed everyone, both in the UK and Worldwide. Were you surprised at I-eS' final CPL Dallas rank?
lil: If you'd asked me before we went, "would you accept 6th?" Then I would have said yes. But we made a lot of mistakes and could have done a lot better, I was really surprised at how small the difference between like us, and GoL/tso/SK/mTw was. I think 6th is good for us, but knowing we could have done a lot better it is a little disappointing.
True but I'm sure you have nothing to be ashamed of, hint 3D ;). There was a big mess up in the seeding at the summer CPL this year, but I-eS got a good one in the end. What where your views on this?
lil: I don't really know what happened, I tried not to get involved really. It was something like we were seeded 12th, then we got changed to 20-something which was worse I am told 8), then we got reseeded to 10th? Which was a lot better because it meant we had to play the top 2 teams 8). Not that it matters really though, I'm glad we played them. We should have beat SK, and we lost to GoL on a few large mistakes.
On the topic of Chris0 where you surprised at his parting from the clan?
lil: Yes of course, I know he has been away for a little while recently but I didn't expect him to quit or anything, so now we are searching for a new Orga and I miss chris0 8(.
So what's next for Infinity eSports?
lil: I don't know, I think a merger with noc 8), hehe joke... I'm really not sure. I suppose we will practice for next events and maybe some sponsorship would be nice, have to wait and see what doug wants 8).
Will I-eS be going to CPL Oslo and/or the CPL Winter championship?
lil: I hope so, Oslo is of course down to how much money we have, so I cant say "yes/no" to it but I would like to. Winter CPL I think there is a qualifier for, if so then we will be attending and hoping to win. But if there is no qualifier, then we have to come up with the money ourselves so it will be hard but again I cant say "yes/no".
Any exclusives you could share with UKT?
lil: Could tell you about our lift game in dallas. We wait for some poor unsuspecting person to go call a lift, we then follow them over to the lift from different angles as if we dont know each other. We get in the lift, then say he presses "15", we press just about every key up to 15 like 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 and then all get out on the second floor, and watch as the glass elevator goes up with an angry guy watching us below him laughing. :D Classic 8).
Heh, thanks a lot for the interview mate, best of luck to you and I-eS.
lil: :D Thank you
Comments
20:55 12/8/2002
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UKTerrorist
20:57 12/8/2002
Rush!
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Rush!
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good interview, wp. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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21:34 12/8/2002
how much is it lil about £900 odd? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
21:35 12/8/2002
Anti-Climax
21:35 12/8/2002
I wanna play the lift game :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Anti-Climax
21:36 12/8/2002
:E
...which was nice [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
21:38 12/8/2002
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Infinity-eSports
21:43 12/8/2002
Then suddenly they come bursting into our room with the canadian guy who loved us, asking for my camera so they could film it.
Other filmed pranks were : in Slough, there was a phone box outside our window, so we got the number and called it as people went past, wait for them to pickup and then hangup. Worked quite a bit, but one unfortunate man with 1 arm got a bit unlucky. He picked it up, walked out, we called again, he went back in to pikc it up, left, then he went back a 3rd time when we called. Poor b******! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Anti-Climax
21:47 12/8/2002
Anti-Climax
21:49 12/8/2002
Was he playing with a team there ?
Or did he just start talkin' to you and was accpeted into your practical joke gang ? :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
North & South
21:50 12/8/2002
get the lift game on the net to view :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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Infinity-eSports
21:52 12/8/2002
I have footage of xenon doing a chicken dance as well. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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Clan ONE
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01:10 13/8/2002
mine is Slayer [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
2 COOL 4 SKOOL
UKTerrorist
06:42 13/8/2002
07:15 13/8/2002
And as we all know bribable admins are always the_R0X!
BTW, I was the one that was hardcore in the elevators!!! When they all ran out I stayed in the elevator and was listening to what they were saying well good :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
09:20 13/8/2002
Why not just use the money get some whores and use your camcorder for something useful. I've heard lil is hung like a donkey ... fgts [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Infinity-eSports
10:29 13/8/2002
All the computers had been packed away, me and dan went to watch a film, the other comedians played with lifts. Though the lifts were well cool, like indoor glass things that shoot up at super speed, then go threw the roof giving a great view of down town texas. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
10:38 13/8/2002
awwwwwww, how did you ever survive??!? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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12:23 13/8/2002
and dont just sit there with your legs crossed and your hands on your heads, that would jsut look silly, tbh
Infinity-eSports
12:47 13/8/2002
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Chill, wasnt having a go [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Clan ONE
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woulda who thought of it ?
21:45 13/8/2002
Good on ya fella :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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15:23 15/8/2002
Pb you could get away with staying in the lift being dutch an all. :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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