After 5 1337-trophies, the Swedish star, g0riLLA, still keep himself at the top and hunts down his 6:th one. I got the privilege to interview this Swedish star.

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Q1: First of all, gratz to the fantastic last 5 seasons in 1337.se! How does it feel too just earn a 1337-trophy after another?

Answer: Thx! :) Well ofc it feels good being able to continously staying in the top of the swedish divisons, but at the same time, I am not very satisfied with my results last 5 seasons. I think I could have done better, but at the same time its really close up in the top, so things like luck also affects the final outcome.

Q2: How do you manage to keep yourself at the top? When you look
at 1337.se it is always like;
1. Triad • wannabe
2. dss
3. dss
4. dss
5. dss

Answer: Well I guess just by keeping on having a good enough team I would be able to stay on the top. I mean as long as I can afford replacing my older players with trained younger ones I will be able to stay. And as the economical situation looks currently in CSM its honestly not really hard. I made a profit of almost 200k last season, hence I have no problem replacing players. But yeah, dss suxx. ;) (except hagelpump, Im still completely stunned in awe by his cup win over Spi)

Q3: Do you find it hard to keep yourself up at the top, due to dss-community, that is "up in you ass" or is it really a reminder to keep you taccs as good as possible and so on?

Answer: Well they dont really have any impact on me staying in the top, they just affect which of the ~4 first positions I get. Sometimes, when I get antied, I feel its hard, that I cant face two dss-opponents in a row playing with the same taccs, because then I lose. On the other hand, sometimtes I feel the older taccs I play, the better results I get. But yeah they are definately a pain in the ass. ;)

Q4: How would you evaluate your latest seasons, 24-26?

Answer: I think I could have played better in the leauge, except season 25 ofc when I won, while Im quite satisfied with my results internationally. I guess this has to do with that my swedish opponents know my taccs a lot better.

Q5: what goals do you have for season 28? Will you make some player changes, ect?

Answer: Winning the swedish leauge again, placing on the podium in either CL or wwt. I doubt that I will suceed with this though, but one must have ambitions. :)
Im changing players as we speak. I will probably try to never get 3x year old players, but it depends a lot on the transfer list situation and other things.

Q6: since you also are a member of Triad-community, I will just ask how it's going in the community, how you help each other, ect?

Answer: We always have a friendly athmosphare and nice discussions in our forums. We discuss player and economic strategies, as well as helping each other with taccs in our community FL. In my personal opinion, we are at our best during big competetions as wwt and CL in the end of seasons, when we cheer for each others and try to help each other with analyzing oponents and such. <3 Triad. :)

Q7: Since I did a interview with you about 6 seasons ago, I won’t ask you about hobbies, but if something has changed please be kind to tell us.

Answer: Hmm I guess my life is kind of similar to what it was last time you asked, guess my studies has become more.. intense though. I still manage to log in to CSM now and then! ;)

Q8: "And btw, did you know I train teamplay for my two best players atm? ;)" - Quote from you 6 seasons ago, how did it work out for the players? Did they work better together?

Answer: Well I did max out teamplay on my players as the 7th trained skill, but I really dont know whether it helped or not. Not saying it didnt help at all, it at least didnt help enough for me to notice. Now Im training creativity instead, just to try it out. :)

Q9: And once again, something you want to add for the reader’s interest?

Answer: Hmm I cant come up with anything special right now. I have been in a funny state of mind all since last thursday when I aged to 20. To much alcohol and too little sleep ever since, I think I need joolts to recover. :D

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Thanks for the lovely interview and GL with the trophy hunting

//Zorts

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The WB finals for each side are set and we have 2 really good matches to see this upcoming weekend! We are going to take an indepth look at all 4 teams in the WB and also peek into the losers brackets as well to get a better grasp at the Champions League 26! Chiming in today we also have guest predictors Amica from Faith and antioj18 from Pure to weigh in on who they think will win!

[ond] insTinct ? luck ? vs. violent Reaction ¬ eraser

This is shaping up to be a GREAT match and one I wish I could watch for sure. Both of these teams are doing quite well this season and it’s pretty obvious by their meeting up in the ODD WB Finals. Matze had an easier road to the finals than SpInN, beating a rebuilding Zeppo in his first game then facing off vs. rahmkay and disposing of him 15-9 in the semi finals. SpInN had a much harder road, facing off vs. Aleex in the first round and squeaking by 14-10, then going to OT to beat moses in the semis 19-17. Looking at the quality of opponents, I think that SpInN has had a tougher road but I somehow believe that we may see matze pull this one out on d2 and take it 14-10.

Amicas prediction: Pretty much the same for matze (see moses) and he has been more convincing than Spinn

Antioj18 prediction: The other ODD match Matze vs SpinN im going to go with experience and pick matze to once again make his appearance in the Trophy rounds over SpinN.

MASSIVE » myw00t vs. Spinning Shalk ¬ eraser

Well we saw this coming like a heard of elephants… these two titans will clash once again in the WB finals of the EVEN bracket. These two faced off in their group earlier in this CL and SpiDevil won both meetings between the two teams. Not much has changed between the teams since those meetings and if kirsch doesn’t do something, we can expect more of the same on the scoreboard as these two meet again. While in the tougher bracket, both of these teams made short work of their opponents, kirsch posting 15-9 and 16-8 wins over arcane and g0rilla respectively while SpiDevil handed osi a 15-9 loss and the always tough Linde a 16-8 defeat. Look for a close game once again between these two but unless kirsch has a magic tact, expect to see SpiDevil win this one 13-11.

Amicas prediction: Spidevil has done well against kirsch in all of their matches and he is the champion (won it 5 times in a row) so Spi takes it.

Antioj18 prediction: For the game all eyes will be on kirsch vs spidevil its very close to call as there most recent matches have been so tight but i will have to pick kirsch this time since maybe its his time to win 13-11 ;p.

Got losers?

Triad • Spieluhr vs. MASSIVE » Exodus

Ahh Kortex vs. moses.. another good game coming out of the ODD bracket. These two teams both have had some close, tough games, especially moses who lost in OT to SpInN in the semis to find himself here. Moses has also had to beat his comm mate janek twice to get to this point, which is no small feat. When I asked moses about the upcoming match, he had this to say; “hehe, im looking forward to see how Kortex's new dutch player will perform, as i planned on buying him.. i think it will be a nice match to watch and im glad i dont have to spend time on selecting and/or making tacz, as i wouldnt do such things vs Kortex because i <3 him.. so let's see”

As for kortex, he too has had a tough road to this point, losing in the first round to comm mate rahmkay 17-7 but then being able to defeat him later and find himself facing off against moses. When asked about his match vs. moses he had this to say... "I think moses is a good opponent, he have a powerfull team and he is a great manager, he will normaly win me , but with csm, all is possible ! Hope that i can make the surprise as challenger, but as i said before, normaly moses will win."

While this game should be close I have to give it to moses 15-9.

Amicas prediction: moses just seems to be the favorite in that match, primarily because he's done well in the tough German league

Antioj18 prediction: I'll start with the ODD sided bracket first and the match Kortex vs moses. I am going to have to go with Kortex over moses in this match since it seems Kortex is performing very well atm with 1st place 1337.fr and maybe time for him to get a trophy in CL.

Triad • wannabe vs. [ond] Faktory.dk

Here we have the losers bracket matchup between g0rilla and Linde in the EVEN side of things. Along with a renewed since of passion for the game and recent activity it seems in strats, Linde has to come in as the favorite in this match. He talked with us about the upcoming match saying “Well I'm sure it will be a nice game. g0rilla got an awesome team, and got a nice placement in 1337.swe. We haven't played against each other on a regular basis, so I don't really know what to expect. But I'm convinced it will be a very close game. And I'll just hope I will draw the longest straw. GL to all the other participants.”
His road to this spot has been a tough one though, losing to SpiDevil in a close game then having to beat osi in order to gain his spot here. For g0rilla, it’s been a rollercoaster ride, dominating mpi first then losing a seemingly uninteresting match vs kirsch 16-8. Then in a rematch vs. mpi, he won a much closer game to earn the right to face Linde here. g0rilla had this to say about his impending matchup vs. Linde; “well it will be an interesting game against Linde, I actually even checked the facts and last time I met him on aztec was S23 in the WWT-playoff. I lost 9-15, and if I remember it correctly I actually had my second best player on red fitness. So considering this it could be close, since my team is at least better now than it was back then. :) On the other hand.. Im incredibly low on aztec these days. Ill try to come up with something new for this game, but yeah I just doubt it will work.”

“My chances in total: 20/80 to win/lose.”

This may be the biggest defeat we see in this round as I think Linde just has too much for poor g0rilla and takes this one 16-8

Amicas prediction: Linde has been looking really good lately, also more active so he takes this one.

Antioj18 prediction: For the EVEN bracket matchups ill start with gorilla vs linde. Again i will have to side with experience on this one picking linde to make it to the next match knocking gorilla out.

With some great matches this upcoming week, this seasons CL is shaping up to be one of the better ones yet. While SpiDevil may be the favorite, kirsch, matze, moses and brother SpInN could all prove to be spoilers! Stay tuned to CSM-Times as we break it down for you each week :)

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Today we hear from our “friendly” reporter than has all the inside scoop on what’s going down in the world of CSM… Progz! You guys all know and love him and now you get his take on the CL!

The end of Champions League is getting closer and to be honest, i had no fucking clue about it until 2 minutes ago when my American friend SyN asked me to write a chronical for him and CSM-Times.

So i sat down and started to write which team i think could win Champions League and as usual, its wide open. Chelsea has a nice a team, Man U are the title defenders and you cant forget Real Madrid. This is ofcourse soccer im talking about, joga bonito, etc. But then i realize, its CSM, not Uefa. Most of you know that i havent been active at CSM at all due some reasons, most of them is because its FUCKING BORING. I mean, what can i possibly write about something i havent followed nor cared about? Well lets take a look at the upcoming games next weekend, shall we?

WB Final - 2008-09-06 16:00 @ de_dust2
G12 MASSIVE » myw00t vs Spinning Shalk ¬ eraser
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LB Round 3 - 2008-09-06 16:00 @ de_aztec
G11 Triad • wannabe vs [ond] Faktory.dk

Do i even need to say something about the first game? No, but i do it anyways since whats the point of this chronical then.

Kirsch vs spidevil. The Good vs The bad. El Clásico. Clash of the Titans. O.J vs the other guy. Martha Stewart vs her chicken pot pie, which are by the way my 3 favorite things(!). The tension of this game is as high as the regular potsmoker on payday. Most of you guys who will probably read this knows about the whole eraser case, massive vs eraser etc. Its gonna be ugly, its gonna be unfair and its gonna be awesome. I wont probably watch it since im unemployed and i often sleep to 15-16.

So who will walk away with a smile on his face, dignity on his shoulders and a booner in his pants? Well, kirsch is currently on a 5 games winning streak in 1337.de and probably heading for the title while spidevil is undefeated in 1337.pt for almost a season and a half. Sorry kirsch, but spidevil wins this one. Erasers organisation and passion for CSM is above any human knowledge and they need this win, they actually want it and they gonna do what it takes to win it.
What about the 2nd games? Well i have no idea but since im swedish, im voting for g0riLLa, but its quite obvious ill be wrong.

Rat-shit, bat-shit, dirty old twat,Sixty-nine assholes tied in a knot. Hooray.. Lizard-shit... Fuck!

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Today we sit down with one of the most controversial people in CSM. From the "eraser case" to being the top gun in CSM, you can't go to far in CSM without hearing the name SpiDevil. Love him, hate him, respect him or resent him, he is a force to be reckoned with in the game we love so dearly. I had a chance to catch up and ask him some questions about the CL, his plans for the future, the eraser case and more! Check it out!

SyN: Welcome SpiDevil! First off, tell us a little bit about yourself… where do you live.. how old you are.. your name… what you do… etc etc.

SpiDevil: Hello and thanks for the opportunity.
My name is Pedro, have 26 years old, live in Vila Real / Portugal, I am an amateur musician and I’ve just finish the university (yeah!!!).

SyN: Currently, you have won pretty much everything there is to win in this game over the past 4-5 months.. how does it feel to truly be on top?

SpiDevil: Feels good.

SyN: Before I’ve seen you state that people need to lighten up and take it easy.. that this is just a game. What exactly do you mean by that?

SpiDevil: I said that, because there are people that live for this game and can’t separate reality from a game. They’re stuck at the forum refreshing pages just to fight and fight, basically repeating everything again and again till they get forum banned or nagging all time in IRC about the same thing. All this about a game?
Hey! This is a GAME. “Make peace, not war!” You may feel as I do: build up many real friendships through a game, which I think it was impossible to fulfil.
Someday they’ll realize that there’s a real life outside the screen.

SyN: Turning our attention to this seasons CL, you have been placed in a group with what is considered to be the #2 team by most people in CSM. What affect do you think that will have on your strats as kirsch will get to see your strats for both maps? What if you meet again in the Finals as you have the past few seasons… will you have a little something extra for us?

SpiDevil: There’s one mistake on this question. I only met him in a final once. The games would be normal. There’s no pressure, at least to me since I don’t expect much from my 540 sp’s young player. He isn’t the only one at the group stage, so if I want to move trough I must face everyone with the same will.
My goal is to go as far as I can in every competition while I get my team younger.

SyN: Being a former admin and very active player within the game, it must frustrate you that we haven’t seen any major updates in quite sometime. Are you skeptic about the arrival of the new Developer or excited? What type of additions or updates would you like to see added to the game?

SpiDevil: Ofc it’s frustrating. The game became a routine. Nothing new, no challenges… But I was counting on that. SA’s are more away from the game month after month. So, that’s not new to me. About the Developer I face him as I face Benfica transfers: I only believe he’s going to exist after I see him working. So I am skeptic about him. I would like to see at least new maps and bugs fixed day by day, not “at the next sync”.

SyN: Now I couldn’t POSSIBLY interview you without bringing up the eraser case. It cost you your position as the most trusted GA+ on the team and shattered your rep throughout the entire community. Noone has given you a chance to really speak out and give your side of the story and I’d like to give that to you now, if you so choose.

SpiDevil: I saw this one coming and it doesn’t surprise me the question.
My side of the story is easy to tell: nice theories and good texts so those who don’t like to use their head can believe, but no proofs of anything, because nothing against the rules of CSM was made. That’s the truth while the story is a fantasy of some users about seeing me easily off their way.
Some people believe on that nice theory made over my crew, some don’t, but it only gave me more fun to play this game. Many transfers were made while I was part of the massive crew and at that time the “knights of justice” clapped my transfers (wonder why!).

Being removed of the team was the worst part of course, but the “eraser case” should be named itself as “SpiDevil case”, since as you can see on the prints leaked from the admin forum, it didn’t matter what others did. The same happened on the global forum. I was the one to be punished, since I am the one that give more headaches at the top competitions of CSM.
BUT, at the end, I have to thank admins for the removal. It does not worth the time I spent, or should I say LOST, on being an admin, when there’s admins that don’t even know what is to be an admin, nor either how to behave as a role model, when many admins are just there to make number, leak information, win some free coins, agree with what their friends say and try to push out the admins they don’t like. Puft. I am out of that field of fake hell now.
It isn’t everything bad, since I made some friends there too. I just want to name the real admins, the only admins that at my eyes are capable to perform their actions as it should be (from the time I spend with them and from some present actions): Conscript, chili, 1337, Helcaraxe, Apocalyptica, padim, Cadaz and Halvan.
CSM is still “adminingly healthy” due to them, although the “admin Head” is a bit inactive.

There are some huge flaws that I can’t understand.
It’s really funny to see that the work I made, creating the forum of massive cheaters case was hidden and re-hiden by some of our beloved admins. No one has done anything and let it go. Why? No guts to pass through a tough case again, or they are too influent that you are afraid of reprisals? You should not sleep at work!!!
I will add some new stuff soon, because users need to know the flaws of this game and how leaks go from some admins to that crew. Maybe that’s why banking/feeding/farming/money transfers/hidden limit transfers (sudo, heli, Cauchy)/etc passed away from “admin claws”.
This is CSM: traffic of influences.

To finish this question I will use a quote of some infamous person: “Some animals are more equals than others”. Guess you were quite right.

SyN: How do you feel about your shot in this seasons CL? Do you think kirsch may be able to take you or do you have enough to beat him yet again this season?

SpiDevil: Again kirsch? What makes him more important then matze-lala for instance, that was present in more finals than him? Is this a “let’s talk about kirsch again”, “let’s mention kirsch in all questions” or this is this a real interview?
You should learn to separate your crew from CSM-times.
I say and repeat: every opponent is equal at my eyes and I face them with the same will.
To end this question and if you really wanna know, there are managers I consider far more dangerous than him.

SyN: What future plans do you have for CSM? Will we see a rebuild or will you just continue to refresh your players and attempt to stay on top?

SpiDevil: Rebuild is something like saying out of question. I can’t say never, but I really doubt of it.
Nowadays I really don’t care much with CSM. The joy as long gone. It woke up during and a bit after the “SpiDevil case”, so I could shut up some mouths, but now (and again I repeat myself) the game became a routine.
So I can say that I may maintain in the game “youngering” my team till joy and fun are back again (if that’s really possible without a Developer).

SyN: Parting words? Shoutouts?

SpiDevil: Eraser ftw ;)
And… Let the flames begin!!!

I'd like to thank SpiDevil once again for the interview and keepin it real! Flame away!!

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Today we sit down with MASSIVE Co-Founder, German National Coach and overall nice guy.. kirsch! WE asked him some of the basics and then we dove a little deeper... check out the interview for all the juicy!!

SyN: First up, lets tell the readers the basics… name.. age.. location… how long you’ve been playing csm… etc etc

kirsch: Well my name is Christian im 24 and studying @university ever since and for some time to come. In csm you might know me as kirsch im basically playing that game since season 1 v2, played some seasons v1 but needed to stop then due to army.

SyN: Lets dive right in.. Currently you’re the founder of the #1 (as voted by the CSM community) comm in the game… the national coach for Germany.. and in the final four once again for the Champions League… life in CSM doesn’t seem to get much better for you… where do you see it all heading?

kirsch: Well first of all im just one of the founders actually it where a group of people. But well to come back to your question I don't really see it headin in any direction, right now if no developer come soon I probably gonna quit csm very soon. If however a developer comes soon and if I still can manage to have enough time to play that game. I will most probably continue playing it since I promised to the German folks to bring the NCup home and maybe another goal is to win a cup one day even though that is quite hard. Ohh and well you could say I have unfinished business with on pt member which name I don't really wanna speak out :p But maybe that will be done end of that season.

SyN: You are one of the most controversial members of the entire csm community… from your initial breaking of the “eraser case” to your repeated attacks against the admin team for the decision passed down on that case and everything in between… do you consider yourself the “bad boy” of csm?

kirsch: Good question actually, first of all i don't consider myself as a bad boy, since my objective with all I have done was always do improve the game or at least do something good to it. And I probably got misunderstood by the admin team a lot of times,for example when I "attacked",which btw isn't an attack but an act of showing their fuck-ups to the csm community, I needed to make it crystal clear for every1 and couldn't work with "ohh you do everything so nice but here you could have made a little mistake", simply because it wouldn't been heard otherwise nor would it have been recognized.

Now I admit I might have stepped over the line a few times considering the tone I used but that was simply the frustration speaking out of me. Seeing a game get destroyed simply because admins don't do their job properly is kinda frustrating. I will give you and example firs when I reported that it already some clans involved would have been deleted within the next 14days due to season change. But instead of handling that case as top priority it was been discussed if it should be inspected at all since I reported it... that kinda really got me going in first place. And well we all know how it ended "not guilty, evidence deleted after 5month and a 23-22 vote :P

Well but back to your initial question I see myself not as a badboy at all, but I know change is needed and it wont happen if all stay silent.

SyN: What about the German national team.. in a previous interview with nub janek.. he said your team is the most feared in the comp.. do you feel you will win this years NC (if we ever have it)

kirsch: Haha, yeah when readin that i-view I must admit I was just waiting for janek to state that, the usual "make the others the favorites so that I can be the underdog crap" :D Well All nations have equal teams so it completely depends on the NCs and there are a few that must be taken seriously such as moevil,arcane,feuille,janek,maycry,...etc etc.

So about winning the Nations Cup, It is of course my goal to do so. but with all this equal teams and with a map like dust2 it will always be 75% random. So I don't really have a feeling yet but if everything goes as planned, Germany should win :P

SyN: Moving on to the CL.. you have a very important matchup with Linde coming up.. you just beat him 13-11 but it seems that the match was very close.. have you adjusted your tacts to face him tomorrow and what do you think your chances are of beating him and moving to the finals?

kirsch: Well if theres one manager out there I should name, which I respect the most its Linde, his tactic making ability is awesome, lucky for me he was inactive the last season and just returned to be active again. About the game tomorrow I don't really like to face him a 2nd time on de_dust2 since todays game already had a lot of luck in it and I might not be lucky a 2nd time. But with aztec Lindes and my stronger map it will most certainly a very nice game tomorrow again, hopefully with the luckier ending to me again. And I already worked a little on tactics but im not quite sure what to play yet gonna decide that tomorrow shortly before the game. If I should evaluate my changes I would say its 51-49 for me :>

SyN: Moving on to the finals… IF you beat Linde.. there’s a chance you’ll have to face SpiDevil, your friend from the .pt community. What are your thoughts on facing off against him and do you think Drizzt has a chance of beating him?

kirsch: Haha ye back then those cheat-supporters of him always said "what you cant beat in da field you try to destroy outside" which was ofc pure bullshit since i needed to train my players my self, if you don’t catch my drift i give you 2 words "sergio glauben", so since I was at rebuild I couldn’t meet him back then but now since I for the first season have a fully trained team and a lvl5 leader I can actually take the challenge :> But thats ofc all IF I beat Linde which first needs to happen

SyN: Honestly, since it has to be asked because no one else will… you have obviously voiced some major concerns about the handling of the eraser case… now that it seems to of settled down (although never to be forgotten) and we’ve all had some time to think it over and relax.. Rationally without just talking junk.. what do you think was done wrong in the eraser case and what would you of done differently.

kirsch: So what went wrong? Let me state first "A LOT", but that’s nothing really new, the user base knows it, the admins know it. So let me go a little indepth. First of all you gotta know admins control themselves. they have no kind of higher instance which controls their actions. They also elect themselves; they aren’t elected by others they don’t have any1 to justify too.

So let me raise a basic question " if you are in a shop with your friend and see him stealing e.g. a chocolate bar… would you report him?" Exactly you wouldn't. And that’s what happened in that case even before admins really looked into it they discussed about that and always stated "ohh i cant believe spidevil did this he was our best admin" Well that’s one major step back because how can you investigate a friend properly and with the right motivation??? And best of all he can read what your write about him in the forums. So what first have been done wrong was that there wasn’t a lot of admins willing to take that seriously. And more important Spidevil didn’t get removed his admin rights immediately after he got the "under investigation" status. That’s actually the first i would have done differently.

Later on the inactivity/unwillingness of the admin team to deal with that massive case was just another example of how not to handle such an important case. Since what happened here inflicted the whole game not only the Portuguese scene since the international level users got betrayed by their wins too.

Of couse Jorgo played his part in here too, since it just took him way to long to deliver the info the GA+ cant obtain on their own and then again more evidence was deleted. What could have been done differently here? for example a system which makes it possible to flag users as "under investigation" and a script which prevents the season updates to delete data regarding that team, transfers, mails etc Maybe this idea actually can be implemented in the "near" future with the developer :>

After that recent leak of the whole discussion in the admin forum I could think of some more improvements in the whole system how a case is to be handled. But I guess I already wrote enough here :p

SyN: Final thoughts..

kirsch: CSM probably still is the best online game I ever played, so if we can get a developer one day... and with a few changes, which are necessary to be done, I don’t see why it shouldn’t stay that way :D

And I hope I didn’t bore you all with my answers, if so blame SYN! :p

A big thanks to kirsch for being a sport and talking with us here today! Good luck to his comm and his CL/NC cup bids! :)

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