Interview with omg! m0rph

I grabbed m0rph to discuss the community, omg! and the man himself:

Could you start by telling us a little about yourself?
omg! m0rph: Yeah my name's alex, uni student and team member of omg!cs. Been playing for about 3 years now and not enjoying every moment of it
How did you get into CounterStrike?
omg! m0rph: I saw a single screenshot of it on the pczone website ages ago. It was the first mod that I ever saw for half life so I thought I'd check it out and see what its like. It turned out to be quite addictive at first. Yeah it's shit now but craig forces me to play it
When do you think you will retire from CS?
omg! m0rph: Dunno, I was quite close to quitting play recently when I was working over my gap year. But my hours turned out to be alright and my footy season finished meaning I got a chance to carry on playing. I hope I will sometime soon cause its really starting to get on my tits.
So you play football then.. Have you played any other sports in your life and do you feel the competition in eSports could be compared to real sports?
omg! m0rph: I play football relatively seriously. I've stuck to that mainly and play semi pro at the moment. I honestly think that eSports can be comparable to real sports, but there is no replacing getting outdoors with your mates or football team and playing, be it a kickabout or match. I suppose if darts is classed as sport, so can gaming.
How many hours a day do you spend playing CS at present?
omg! m0rph: Erm, all in all at the moment I'm not really playing much. I guess 8 hours a week or something like that. omg! aren't too active because of exams and people pissing off on holiday. I guess when they're back it'll unfortunately double. :/
Ok. Let's talk about omg! itself. You recently got knocked out of the CB OpenCup by the SEL Winners - Highland Online. I'm sure all will agree, it was a spectacular performance by both clans. Do you intend to take part in any other online competitions?
omg! m0rph: We're trying to get into eurocup for next season. Besides that dunno really, nothing planned at the monent. We're gonna try and stick to lan. We have a spanish CPL qualifier coming up in July which we're attending as well as obviously WCG and a few of the remaining UKT qualifiers.
While were on topic - How well do you think omg! will do at the CPL qualifiers?
omg! m0rph: We're going there to win really. I mean looking at the teams it's gonna be a difficult task. mTw, EYEBALLERs and neophyte probably being the big names. I'd say if we get our preperation together there is no reason why we cant go out and claim a top 3 spot. This will be the first time we would have played together with this particular lineup on lan so hopefully might be good.
If you were to qualify - What would be a respectable finish for you (in your opinion) at the main event?
omg! m0rph: Anywhere but last. I have no idea what to expect at a tourney like CPL I've never been. I guess a top 20 finish would be alright, with a bit of luck maybe a top 10 but I honestly doubt that. Too early to talk about cpl really, gotta get there first. :)
How are you finding funding for the events you are attending? Is it all internally raised or are you recieving financial support from someone?
omg! m0rph: Hopefully if all goes according to plan, external funding will be in place after the summer with a firm we're in talks with at the moment. With regards to the upcoming spanish lan it will have to be internally raised. I'm not too sure what happens after that though. We have a WCG qualifier to attend as well as the remaining UKT lans. We're not sure if we'll have the sponsorship in place by then, so might have to be out of our pockets again.
What are your sponsors at present and what do they provide you with?
omg! m0rph: Everglide provides us with the pads to play. 4K-gaming gives us the servers and bouncers - basically the online side of things. We have a net cafe which gives us the opportunity to bootcamp and hopefully the final sponsor will be a travel funder.
What is your opinion on 'professional gaming' at present? Do you feel we have it or is it still to come?
omg! m0rph: I honestly don't know. I think individual players who play stuff like UK and Quake are more in the limelight than CS players because they achieve everything individually and on their own merit. I suppose that clans like EoL and SK will make enough money to live on, but only on a student's expenses and most players that play are around that age which is pretty good I reckon. In the long run I don't know what'll happen. We don't really have pro gaming.
Favourite map / pistol / rifle ?
omg! m0rph: Dust2 / usp / ak / plus just like to mention that my favourite disease is actually aids and NOT sars as first thought.
Favourite clan / player?
omg! m0rph: omg! / m0rph.
And finally - we need an exclusive.
omg! m0rph: Hmm well I've got all of EoL's tactics saved in html format. Oh and omg! are inactive. Oh and er .. Aids and sars are both pretty cool - but if you have a choice take aids. Dunno just seems like the modern man's desease - contract via sex, kills you. What more do want from a life threatening illness?.
Thanks for your time and good luck to OMG! in the future!
omg! m0rph: PS. Craig is ugly.

Comments

X
21:18 16/6/2003
crazy! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
w1cked^
Kirby-eSports
21:19 16/6/2003
gl in spain, i wonder if they all shout "EX DEE" "EX DEE" [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ge0ff
21:21 16/6/2003
fair comment about aids. it seems the only way to go [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nicklearse
Missing In Action
21:23 16/6/2003
jajajajj XD [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
21:28 16/6/2003
lol funny [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DK
Stalk Confront Engage Eliminate
21:31 16/6/2003
I'm sorry this will have to be removed immediately.

I have Alex contracted up for 3 exclusive interviews, this is a breach of that contract and Alex now has to pay the price and let sumit stick his c**k up his arse and throw his load in his mouth.

ul Alex. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
SunShip
21:36 16/6/2003
that dude owns [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
StriKeN
unicon.cs
21:36 16/6/2003
nutta [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nicklearse
Missing In Action
21:39 16/6/2003
DK's good at humour init [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MadSpunk
Last Chance
21:41 16/6/2003
gl alex u fag :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
vip
Online Multiplayer Gaming
21:42 16/6/2003
wtf anyone here seen gregs mum? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
SL
21:44 16/6/2003
mmm sorry alex but i think i'd pick sars :D:D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
GaZ-
22:15 16/6/2003
who u play 4 @ footy ?? i play 4 bedworth in dr martens league u heard of them?? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AdY
22:25 16/6/2003
hooligan [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Del`
Sniper's Alley
22:27 16/6/2003
I've heard of Bedworth, I'm an SRFC fan (premier div though) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
tRi
23:23 16/6/2003
SRFC = Stafford Rangers FC? Just wondering cause I'm from Stafford :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
GaZ-
23:47 16/6/2003
yeh pld against stafford before [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz
Nocturne
00:39 17/6/2003
UGLY

hahaha thats unlucky, spening a week in spain with an already tanned sumit :(((

kiss [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
G^D
00:55 17/6/2003
m0 should scrap OMG! n go to SCEE ;) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Del`
Sniper's Alley
01:04 17/6/2003
Yep I'm from Stafford too ;) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rude^
Jay Bee Eye!
09:10 17/6/2003
any of u at the uni in stafford then? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
malenko
12:53 17/6/2003
hmm I live in Bedworth.. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Del`
Sniper's Alley
15:00 17/6/2003
Nah I'm at uni in Swansea ;) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
snarc
18:43 17/6/2003
HELLO! my names craig hello [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
chron
Last Chance
02:09 18/6/2003
lol [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DK
Stalk Confront Engage Eliminate
17:02 15/11/2003
G^D
00:55, 17/6/2003 m0 should scrap OMG! n go to SCEE ;)

took his time but you was spot on, oh and the roundabout route he took :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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