Savace Uncovered
I caught up with SaVaCe from Nocturne before Christmas to chat about the past, present and future.
Savace, looking forward to Christmas and the New Year?
SaVaCe - Isn't everybody ;0?
Probably! It's been a good year for noc, and for you. Could you give me an account of what you've been up to in the last year since January 1st 2001?
SaVaCe - Sure, well I'll try and do it month by month ( don't flame me if I get the month wrong). First of all I was in -CSA- and was asked to go to i7 with clan SLDR. I then decided to leave -CSA- and play in clan SLDR online as well. SLDR then folded and I tried to be some sort of a leader and tried to re-form the clan After Shock with Bladerees but I realised that I was too immature to lead a clan. All I wanted to do was join 4Kings (at the time the best clan in the UK by far). I remember endless bummer messages to TheGenuis. I was then asked by an old mate oNfIRe to join clan nocturne.uk, so I agreed. We were absolutely S**T but we owe our success to our German side and mainly KOBA who trained us well. We started off strong and were high in CBUK which at the time I thought was good but now I realise that it's the worst ladder ever. Since then noc have had their up and downs and I believe that we are slowly getting better and will reach top of UK again against our arch rivals 4K :). And that about brings us up to now.
You mention wanting to join 4k, why didn't you?
SaVaCe - I asked 4K a lot but 4K were already operating at a profesional level, something I was not use to, TheGenius thought I was too immature, and I now admit I was :)
So you're saying in the past few months you've matured enough to be in a clan operating at almost the same level as 4k?
SaVaCe - Within the last few months I've grown up IRL in general but when I realised that top clans need to visit LANs I discovered that it's not such a good idea to call some one a "MOTHER F***ING PR**K FACE C**T" Because they killed me :). Simply because they will hurt my body if i did. Used to love the LAN threats "U AT NEXT LAN SAV ARE U?" So great :)
Have you ever been given any trouble at LANs?
SaVaCe - There was one occasion at i7 (at the time I was a socially retarded g33k who couldn't speak to human beings unless through IRC) with this bloke Fly (from that notorious KK Vs # demo). I flew into his IRC channel and spammed "MOTHER F***ING PR**K CHEATER FLY" I was sitting at my PC at i7 minding my own business when this guy comes up to me and says "You got something you want to say to me" at first I was like "Hmmm no I don't believe I do" He then said "I'm Fly from clan KK u called me a cheat in my IRC room when you didnt know the full situation" I quickly responded saying I was sorry and then carried on with my game. That's about all the trouble I have had.
Insulted anyone on IRC since then? :)
SaVaCe - Now I only insult people that deserve insulting but I can say I do think about the consequences now and as far as I'm concerned, if I insult someone on IRC it's for a good enough reason to do it IRL :). In other words, what I say on IRC I would not hesitate to say at LAN to someone's face.
Recently you seem to of had a change of heart towards CS, can you explain this?
SaVaCe - All in all I'm slightly going off the CS Scene simply because it's so bad. Sitting in IRC For hours on end chatting a lot of bull no longer interests me, nor does playing a game for endless hours getting called cheater or being killed by one. The only time I play CS now is in a clan match, as within a clan match you dont get any slagging off and childish people constantly using the word "Gay" and "cheat".
Do you feel you'll still be able to compete at the high level Nocturne does without playing on public servers?
SaVaCe - Yes, and I feel I will always be able to. Playing CS well is like being able to ride a bike, you can either do it or you can't, and you never forget how to play. I may be rusty for a couple of maps but I soon warm up and start operating at normal level it's all ok :)
Recently, Nocturne went to Korea to compete in the World Cyber Games, why didn't you go with them?
SaVaCe - Because my school didn't grant me a weeks leave because I already have a 60% attendance record, but not to worry I finish school in 5 months w0000.
60% attendance record? Is this the result of CS?
SaVaCe - no :) mainly I'm too lazy and "forget" to wake up on time and then its to late to go anyway :)
Do you feel that playing as much CS as you do affects your performance in school?
SaVaCe - I feel doing anything too much will affect your performance at school, and I do believe that CS does affect your performance at school. It used to take up all of my free time and so I had no time to study and complete coursework. I began to think "I don't really give a f**k". It gives you an attitude problem and makes you unable to socialise (but not in all cases).
In five months, after you finish school, what do you intend to do exactly? Do you see a future in CS?
SaVaCe - In 5 months I'll be surprised if I'm still around. I'm still not sure whether I'm going to college or getting an apprenticeship or being a waster all my life. I'm sure I'll decide soon ;)
Your career adviser must love that. Anyway, moving on. How do you feel about Noc's performances at recent LANs?
SaVaCe - lol, well you see noc make the mistake of thinking we're the best at the game and so don't actually practice at all. What surprised me is when the team loses a tourny they are shocked. For instance the CPL UK Qualifier, the last game vs. 4K 13-1? 14-1? (not quite sure), to me was not a surprising result as we hadn't practiced at all and so I went not expecting to win. 4K was a better clan than noc.uk and I'm sure we could have evened the scores out maybe to something a lot closer, but once a victory was secured the match was ended.
So on a LAN, Noc's best team vs. 4k's best team... who would win?
SaVaCe - At the moment I'm not really sure as I'm not really involved in noc.uk internal affairs, and so I am unaware of what standard they are playing at. I still think noc dropped a long way behind 4K and I still think that 4K could beat noc on a LAN but not online (HAHAHA)
Why is that? What's the difference online?
SaVaCe - Online we can cheat? j/k :)
Recently several members have left Noc. Is there any reason for this or is it just coincidence?
SaVaCe - Noc was formed of people with lives and people who could not dedicate a lot of time to the game. Most members have a very good social life outside of CS so it's hard for the team to keep a schedule. Ross left because he found it hard balancing both aspects of CS and real life within his life as well as a job.
Is giving up a social life a sacrifice that you feel players in top clans like nip, sk & x3 have to make?
SaVaCe - Not exactly, I mean I'm not saying if you play CS then you can't have a social life, I'm sure that some players within clans such as nip have a great social life, but then there's Median. What I'm saying is that it is hard for some people to balance a social life with a gaming life and some choose to give up one for the other whereas others can cope.
Looking into the new year, what do you expect of Nocturne? Do you feel Nocturne and you will still be around playing CS in Dec. 2002?
SaVaCe - I'm sure noc.uk will enter CPL UK quals as usual and I expect they will enter thinking they will win as usual. Whether they will or not will depend on how much they practice. I think noc.uk's performance in the next CPL could either signal the end of noc.uk or signal a great new start. I feel nocturne will be around as long as CS is still being played. We have some very dedicated players who will never give up (Greedy Greg). I think it's safe to say that as long as the game's being played and there's money to be won, noc.uk will be around (but don't quote me on this when they fold).
Do you forsee any game that could take over CS anytime soon?
SaVaCe - Hmm. I think that a game being released that is better than CS is not a "will it be released" question, it's a "when will it be released". I'm sure as technology advances some ub3r g33k will invent a game better than CS but I don't see that happening in the near future
Cheating - the problem is getting bigger and bigger. Ever "tested" them out yourself?
SaVaCe - I used to cheat as a n00b. I used spiked models up until the CS team fixed it and I couldn't find any more. I think it's better cheating and quitting, as I think someone who has never cheated is more likley to cheat than someone who has done it and given up.
So you're telling new CS players out there to cheat for a while, then quit?
SaVaCe - As bad as it sounds I think it makes a better player in the end. I'm aware of many top CS players who used to cheat when they first started. It gives you the edge at the start and when you quit you find you can do better than you could when you cheated. For instance, cheating puts a limit on how well you can perform, the best CS player in the world vs. the best CS cheater in the world - who would win? I think that the best CS player in the world would. While I cheated I was completly unaware of the sound in CS, as soon as I stopped I realised that using sound is like a 6th sense.
But surely it's a bit hyprocritical to slag off cheaters when you used to be one yourself? Maybe they just want to be better players when they quit?
SaVaCe - Hyprocritical it may be but when I see a cheat I do not think "oh he's ok, he's just cheating for a bit while he gets some skill" I think "there's some mother f**king pr**k here ruining my game".
But weren't you once a "mother f**king pr**k" ruining someone's game?
SaVaCe - Yes I was and I'm sure I got some people really pissed off and got them thinking "eh how he know I was there". If you wanna get to the top you have to step on people to get there.
How old are you at the moment?
SaVaCe - I'm 15 at the moment, 16 in January - still a young lad :)
How does your age affect your CS? At LANs etc. especially.
SaVaCe - My age doesn't really affect my gaming life that much apart from the fact that others may change their opinion of me.
Do your friends at school know about your CS abilities? What do they think of it?
SaVaCe - My mates at school know nothing of this life I lead or did lead as a person sitting in every night playing computer games and I'm sure if they found out they wouldn't really care and would proberbly think it's "cool".
So if Noc did win the CPL quals, wouldn't you have been too young to attend?
SaVaCe - Yes but I don't really think that far ahead. I take each day as it comes. If we had won I'm sure I would have sorted some thing out :)
At the moment, who do you feel is the most influential person in cs?
SaVaCe - Hmmm. Naming the most influential person is opinion based, someone who influences me may not influence someone else. At the moment I would say that no one is influential to me but when I first started the game I would say that "4K^Liquid" was the most influential person to me.
What do you want to be included in the next version of CS?
SaVaCe - I always wanted the grenade system to be changed. With the current system you can buy 1 HE 2 Flashes and 1 Smoke, I think this should be changed so that the system alows up to 4 Grenades of any type. I mean in real life what's the difference from carrying 1 smoke 1 HE and 2 Flashed to 4 Flashes?
Nice idea, you can spam more that way :)
SaVaCe - Ye but a better idea I'm sure a lot more tactics would include the usage of grenades :)
So maybe an idea for a CPL CS special edition then? :)
SaVaCe - lol maybe.
Now, tradition demands you give UKTerrorist a scoop - blow up beds, women's undies... what's the big noc secret you can reveal to UKT that no-one else knows about?
SaVaCe - Ok I'm not meant to tell any one but... but... noc are s**t and cheat.
Nah... everyone already knows that. Gimme a proper scoop :)
SaVaCe - Erm, dunno? I don't actually know anything you don't.
Pity :(...make something up then
SaVaCe - Well noc's BIG Secret is that Chris aka noc|-Rock is no longer able to have sex?
shocking... *runs to tell the tabloids*. Finally, any comments to the millions reading this?
SaVaCe - Yeah I chat some serious dick.
k..thx for ya time :)...gl in the future m8 :)
SaVaCe - You as well :D) ta for the interview.
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15:50 29/12/2001
pld myers and terry
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UKTerrorist
16:57 29/12/2001
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Terry is a funny little b****** glad he's on my team =] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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BTW Lampy I play OnLine as 'Old Git' now.
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22:38 3/1/2002
Saviour of UKT
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11:08 16/1/2002
LOL terry is a legand <-- WP MIKE! try going to your english classes @ special needs school instead of downloading cheat for CS and you may get somewhere.
Sav smb. nn
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12:34 3/2/2002
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13:01 7/3/2003
well mate i agree real life or the gaming world hmmmm ....... f**k it iam too buzzed to even explain
imean i read this 2 years after you even wrote it
*deep s**t now*
everyt thing we do i the real world affects us in the end
and the gaming world is to act out the killer instics of the life we have and will nevr had...
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