Swiss: Are you a first time for the great time you will play for the national team. What was lack of thee and thy brother's team? They say that it was a scandal connected with the publication in a magazine a few years ago?
HERO: Its not our first time. We already played on 2005 and 2006 and of course got the title. All started at thegerman worldcybergames qualification in 2006 when styla played against jul, hehad ball possession and the standing was 0:0. But some Player and the german Admin, who doesnt like us as well wanted to punish styla. They really searched to find hints that styla disconnected. Of course, there wasnt any. But after all a famous german magazine published an very unfriendly article about Dennis andme. One of the Team germany player gave the newswriter wrong informations. We were displayed in this article as very arrogant, unfriendly and as cheaters which didnt got a punishment cause the referees were not able to find enough evidence. And so we decided not to play with a player who spread this lies and quitted playing in the enc team of germany. But luckily he wasnt able to stay on top in Germany and so we could get back into the Team.
Swiss: What responsibility lies with you, when you play for the national team of Germany?
HERO: Of course we have to get he title this year. And im very optimistic that we areable to get the pot back to germany. The new organization behind the team is much better and more objective as the last and so i think we will have a much better lineup for the lan Finals as we had the last Year when polen got the title which they really deserved! What do you feel playing for the ENC team for the first time this year? Its not my first time. But im very proud to be back and still want to gettitles. I will do my best to help us winning the title for the fourth time now. We have the best team out there and want to approve these facts.
Swiss: Why did captain bandage of ENC TEAM trusted your brother styla, and not you?
HERO: Im not that kind of player who can handle a team. Styla is the best team Captain there is. He was responsible for the rise of these players like era, krone, mario and ennu. Styla saw their talent and helped them to get on top. And of course he will do the same with the national team. So i think it was a logical step to catch the best Captain for the best Team.
Swiss: Which team in the ENC group you think worthy of getting into the lan-finals?
HERO: There are so many good Teams. I cannot say that any team will deserve it more than another. But i would like to see austria at the lan finals. there are some positive rivalitys between germany and austria so it would be a wonderful story for the lan finals. and of course i would like to see Teams as ukraine, russia, rumania or spain. But of course I hope poland to be at the lan finals so that we are ableto beat them there. We want to do revenge for the last years final.
Swiss: How do you assess the national team of Austria (Mario) and Ukraine?
HERO:: They are really strong. Austria has beaten bulgaria at the last relegation. So we have to be good prepared. I didnt know anything about the ukraine. So it will be very exciting to see them in action :)
A few days ago, CyberFight announced the informations about the upcoming 25th ASUS Open tournament, which traditionally gathers the best teams and players of the Eastern European region.
During two weekends, the 23-24th and 30-31st of May, hundreds of CIS teams and players will meet together in Moscow to fight for 1 000 000 rubles (about 000) at the following game-centers: "4GAME" and "Click-Net".
Tournaments
Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Masters (32 teams) - prize pool 400 000 rubles Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 NoN Profi Open (128 teams) - prize pool 150 000 rubles Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Female Open (4 teams) - prize pool 25 000 rubles Warcraft 3 DOTA 5v5 Open (32 teams) - prize pool 150 000 rubles Pro Evolution Soccer 1v1 Open (128 players) - prize pool 75 000 rubles FIFA 2009 1v1 Open (128 players) - prize pool 75 000 rubles Warcraft 3 (32 players) - prize pool 25 000 rubles StarCraft: BroodWar (32 players) - prize pool 25 000 rubles Quake 3 1v1 Opens (32 players) - prize pool 25 000 rubles (~750 USD)
ASUS MOSCOW Spring CS 1.6 Qualifier (64 teams) - prize pool 25 000 rubles + 4 slots at Masters tournament ASUS ONLINE Spring CS 1.6 Qualifier (64 teams) - prize pool 25 000 rubles + 2 slots at Masters tournament
CyberFight also announced a new series of online competitions for popular games each season (spring, summer, autumn and winter). The best players of these tournaments will get free tickets to the ASUS Open tournaments and different prizes from our sponsors. They will start with simple tournaments at the beginning, but in future they might be transformed to leagues.
Online tournaments
Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Open (64 teams) - prize pool (hardware from sponsors + payed tickets) Quake 3 1v1 Open (64 players) - prize pool (hardware from sponsors + payed tickets) StarCraft: Bw 1v1 Open (64 players) - prize pool (hardware from sponsors + payed tickets) Warcraft 3 1v1 Open (64 players) - prize pool (hardware from sponsors + payed tickets) Warcraft 3 DOTA 5v5 Open (32 teams) - prize pool (hardware from sponsors + payed tickets) Pro Evolution Soccer 1v1 Open (128 players) - prize pool (hardware from sponsors + payed tickets) FIFA 2009 1v1 Open (128 players) - prize pool (hardware from sponsors + payed tickets)
Prizes
1st place - payed ticket + ASUS EeePC 1000H/ASUS EeePC 900/ASUS MB Maximus 2 Formula 2nd place - payed ticket + ASUS MB P5Q 3rd place - payed ticket + ASUS MB P5QL Payed ticket: payed train ticket (only for European part of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) + no fee for tournament entrance + slot in the tournament.
Swiss: What is your usual day like? How do you spend it?
SK|hero: its different.. most of the time i get up and have some breakfast, afterwards i visit the university and do my studies. When this is done i´ll try to practice as much as i can. Cause sometimes i have to meet my girlfriend or my friends or just do some other things. But i try to practice every day.
Swiss: What is your day like before a big championship?
SK|hero: Nearly the same as my usual day *fg* but with a bigger part practice and less "real life" *laugh*
Swiss: What in your opinion helped you the most to become a twice world champion?
SK|hero: At first u should have the will to win. If you dont have it and just play cause you want to earn some money, you never will have big achievements. You have to have fun in practicing and playing your game! This is most important! Of course family is a big factor. Everyone needs someone who is supporting you and just build you up after you loose in an more or less important game. And so family is another big criteria.
Swiss: What role did your twin brother play in your sports life?
SK|hero: A big one. Cause we both practice most of the time and try to improve our skills. But another advantage is that you dont have as much pressure as if you are a "single player". We share every prize money we get. and every achievement is not only the achievement of one twin. Its the work of both. and so its easier to play a tournament or a league. Cause you know there is another player who is as strong as you are. if you have a bad day, he may have a good. So when he win a tournament and i fail. i although feel like a winner *gg*
Swiss: You have been a top player on the FIFA WORLD Stage for a long time and you have seen a lot. In your opinion which kind of work of events and championships organizers lead to the FIFA game popularization and more people like it? What do WCG orga? What do players? Why fifa so famous in some countryes? Why some players play FIFA on console not on PC?
SK|hero: In my opinion there is none organisation who is the "best" organizer of fifa events.. only the wcg trys to do it as best as possible, but there are also every year a few problems which they do not handle as they should be handled. I think the most important problem of the fifa community is that the most players try to compete with their friends on the console at home. Most of the people doesnt try to play online. So its very important to connect these people to the internet and of course into online leagues, ladders etc. Another problem is that fifa has a strong opponent with PES. In cs there wasnt any opponent when the game was released.. the same when warcraft was released. Another aspect is that you have another game depending on the plattform. Fifa09 on the pc is very different towards the xbox or ps3 version. So there are a lot of aspects why it is so hard to grow.
Swiss: Let’s recall all versions of FIFA for the past years since 2001. Which years could you get maximum and which years made you think of quitting your career? SK|hero: ohh.. i think the fifa best fifa party are those which a uneven number.. fifa 03,05,07,09 The focus of these games are more in the attack than in the defence. And of course its much more fun to score a goal than defending. But i cannot say that there is a game i like most. Cause every has his own character and is different.. but the most skilled fifa game was fifa 03. There wasnt any lucky situation. The even parts, like 04, 06, 08 arent as good as the uneven, these were the parts where i got demotivated while practicing and often thought of quitting the "fifa career".
Swiss: Why do you think, Germany is the country where the FIFA-movement (FIFA-scene, community) became so popular and wide?
SK|hero: I think germany good a boom when styla and me got worldchampions in 2003. There were lots of classic media just like TV, Newspapers, magazins etc. who covered the story about these two twin brothers. And so the clans in Germany and of course the leagues recognised how important fifa is to get a connection into these classic media. And of course the scene grow and grow. everytime my brother and me go into a disco, a bar or just shopping people recognises us. Some of them ask us something about our career or just if we are these fifa players which they have seen on this tv channel or in this newspaper. Or they just want to know something about our life or how we got world champions, what our day is like etc.
Swiss: Why in Germany so many Sponsor for fifa leagues and cups? why so many talanted players?
SK|hero: Every EPS player in Germany is able to earn a lot of money. So many players just see it as a side job to increase their pocket money :>
Planet Earth. Winter 2009. With the world plunged into the global economic recession, only the best, most demanded and highly professional cybersport projects can survive. To find one, you can take a look at any tournament in the ASUS Open Series. The most prestigious event in the CIS countries, the favorite of ASUS and our portal, goes into the new season with the 24th ASUS Open series tournament that will traditionally get together all the strongest teams of the region.
There will be large-scale battles in Call of Duty 4, Counter-Strike, DotA and a true festival of virtual football with contests in FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer. To add glamour to the whole tournament, a women’s Counter-Strike competition will be held for a second time.
Hundreds of best teams and players from the CIS countries will meet in Moscow in February 21-22 and in February 28 — March 1 to challenge each other for the prize fund totaling 1,000,000 rubles. You can learn the details of the upcoming event below.
Announcements Schedule:
Qualifications for Counter-Strike Masters Prize fund distribution details Online registration for the open disciplines Schedule for the tournament’s finals Tournament rules (Feb 12) Information for visitors (Feb 14) 100 T-shirts for free! (Feb 13) Draw ceremony for Counter-Strike Masters (Feb 25)
Event dates: February 21-22, February 28 – March 1, 2009 Place: Russia, Moscow
Gaming center «4GAME» (VDNH underground station, Yaroslavskaya 12) (map)
General sponsors: ASUS Russia with support from Intel Organizers: e-sport portal CyberFight.Ru.
Gaming Disciplines:
Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Masters (32 teams) with a prize fund of 400,000 rubles
Ñounter-Strike 1.6 5v5 NoN Profi Open (64 teams) with a prize fund of 150,000 rubles
Warcraft 3 DOTA 5v5 Open (32 teams) with a prize fund of 125,000 rubles
Ñall of Duty 4 Team Open (32 teams) with a prize fund of 125,000 rubles
Ñounter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Female Open (8 teams) with a prize fund of 50,000 rubles
Pro Evolution Soccer 1v1 Open (64 gamers) with a prize fund of 50,000 rubles
FIFA 2009 1v1 Open (64 gamers) with a prize fund of 50,000 rubles
And also:
ASUS MOSCOW Winter CS 1.6 Qualifier with a prize fund of 25,000 rubles and quotas for participation in the finals
ASUS ONLINE Winter CS 1.6 Qualifier with a prize fund of 50,000 rubles and quotas for participation in the finals
The total prize money is 1 million rubles
Official Counter-Strike 1.6 qualifications are going to be held as a preparation for ASUS Winter 2009. Detailed information about the qualification centers where your team can qualify will be published on our site soon. You can send your qualification request to this email.
November 2008 is known by the very prestigious cyber championship on CIS territory, in November would be carried out 23-rd ASUS Open, where best regional teams band together. Autumn competition would follow <Team Spirit> concept and include only team disciplines, which is a thoughtful step on the rocky path of teams and gamers community consolidation.
Expected large scale competitions in: Ñall of Duty 4, Counter-Strike, DotA, and, already traditional, Quake-fest. And this year we are going to introduce first women Counter-Strike competition!
Moscow, November 15, 16 and 29, 30 will gather hundreds of leading CIS’s teams that will challenge for one million rubles!
Please see additional info below.
Date of event: 15, 16 and 29, 30 November 2008 Place of event: Moscow, Russia Gaming center:«4GAME» (VDNH station, Yaroslavskaya street, 12) (map) Gaming center:«Click-Net» (Tushino station, Pyatnetskoye shosse, 9 app. 1) (map) Primary sponsor:ASUS (Russia) with support from Intel Organizer: e-sport portal CyberFight.RU
Disciplines:
Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Masters (32 teams) – prize fund 425 000 rubles Ñounter-Strike 1.6 5v5 NoN Profi Open (64 teams) – prize fund 125 000 rubles Warcraft 3 DOTA 5v5 Open (32 teams) – prize fund 125 000 rubles Ñall of Duty 4 Team Open (32 teams) – prize fund 125 000 rubles Quake 3 Team Festival* (By Gamers For Gamers) – prize fund 125 000 rubles Ñounter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Female Open (8 teams) – prize fund 50 000 rubles
ASUS MOSCOW Autumn CS 1.6 Qualifier (64 teams) – prize fund 25 000 rubles+ 4 places for Masters Cup
*By Gamers For Gamers - Quake-festival will take place during ASUS Autumn 2008. It will unite most famous gamers from Eastern Europe. Special announcement with the details will follow shortly!
Total prize fund: 1 000 000 rubles = ~ 40 000 U$D = ~ 27 000 EURO
Advertising schedule
Qualifications on Counter-Strike Masters: October 20 Prize fund distribution: October 25 Online registration on “open” disciplines: October 15 Competitions terms: October 25 Final schedule: November 1 Information for visitors: October 3 Random draw: Counter-Strike Masters: November 24
First 500 registered participants would be rewarded with 500 T-shirts!
During preparation to ASUS Autumn 2008 we plan to perform official qualifications on Counter-Strike 1.6. Additional information on qualifications you can find on our web-site!
About ASUS
ASUStek Computer Inc. - leader at 3C solutions (computers, communication, consumer). In 2006 company profit run up to 16,5 billion $. The number of employees exceeded 100 thousand.
Ranked in "The INFOTECH 100" for 9 consecutive years - Business Week
Best Quality from Taiwan - Wall Street Journal
Best in quality, functionality and service - MIC
About Intel
Intel Corp. is a world leader at semi-conductor industry. Intel pushes the boundaries of innovation so their work can make people's lives more exciting, fulfilling, and manageable. They never stop looking for the next leap ahead-in technology, education, culture, manufacturing, and social responsibility. They never stop collectively delivering better solutions with greater benefits for everyone. You can find some more info at http://www.intel.com/pressroom/
August 2008 is high time to announce the most prestige tournament that will get together traditionally the strongest teams around all CIS. Summer tournament will be held under the motto “Team spirit” and will include only team competitions. This step is made in order to unite teams and clans of the gaming community.
Call of Duty 4 and Team Fortress 2 games will be applied in the tournament as a brand new units, they are extremely popular around the world nowadays. But we keep the old and favourite disciplines, deserved gamers’ true respect – Counter-Strike and Dota. Also, we will make mass competition among best teams Warcraft and Starcraft.
Thus, 23-24 and 30-31 of August 100th of best teams in CIS will get together and will draw 1 000 000 roubles (~ 43 000 U$D).
Dates: 23-24 and 30-31 August 2008 Location: Russia, Moscow
General sponsor: ASUS Technology (Russia) supported by Intel Competition Organizers: leading Russian e-sport portal CyberFight.RU
Competitions are divided into Open and Masters (qualifying in CIS regions). We will hold around 20-22 qualifer tournaments in biggest cyber sport regions of CIS. Countries like Ukraine, Belorussia, Baltic countries and biggest Russian cities will figure out strongest, those who will get into the grand final ASUS Summer 2008.
Gaming disciplines:
Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Masters (32 teams) – prize fund 375 000 roubles Ñounter-Strike 1.6 5v5 NoN Profi Open (128 teams) – prize fund 150 000 roubles Warcraft 3 DOTA 5v5 Open (32 teams) – prize fund 150 000 roubles Team Fortress 2 Team Open (16 teams) – prize fund 75 000 roubles Ñall of Duty 4 Team Open (16 teams) – prize fund 75 000 roubles Starcraft: Bw Team Open (16 teams) – prize fund 75 000 roubles Warcraft 3 TFT Team Open (16 teams) – prize fund 75 000 roubles ASUS MOSCOW Spring CS 1.6 Masters Qualifier - prize fund 25 000 roubles
Info:
List of qualifications Counter-Strike Masters - 21 July Detail prize fund allocation - 25 July On-line registration for Open - 23 July Tournament agenda - 5 August Tournament rules - 1 August Info for spectators - 10 August Draw: Counter-Strike Masters - 25 August
About ASUS
ASUStek Computer Inc. - leader at 3C solutions (computers, communication, consumer). In 2006 company profit run up to 16,5 billion $. The number of employees exceeded 100 thousand.
Ranked in "The INFOTECH 100" for 9 consecutive years - Business Week
Best Quality from Taiwan - Wall Street Journal
Best in quality, functionality and service - MIC
About Intel
Intel Corp. is a world leader at semi-conductor industry. Intel pushes the boundaries of innovation so their work can make people's lives more exciting, fulfilling, and manageable. They never stop looking for the next leap ahead-in technology, education, culture, manufacturing, and social responsibility. They never stop collectively delivering better solutions with greater benefits for everyone. You can find some more info at http://www.intel.com/pressroom/
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Swiss: Are you a first time for the great time you will play for the national team. What was lack of thee and thy brother's team? They say that it was a scandal connected with the publication in a magazine a few years ago?
HERO: Im not that kind of player who can handle a team. Styla is the best team Captain there is. He was responsible for the rise of these players like era, krone, mario and ennu. Styla saw their talent and helped them to get on top. And of course he will do the same with the national team. So i think it was a logical step to catch the best Captain for the best Team.
A few days ago, 
Counter-Strike 1.6 5v5 Masters (32 teams) - prize pool 400 000 rubles
Pro Evolution Soccer 1v1 Open (128 players) - prize pool 75 000 rubles
StarCraft: BroodWar (32 players) - prize pool 25 000 rubles
1st place - payed ticket + ASUS EeePC 1000H/ASUS EeePC 900/ASUS MB Maximus 2 Formula
2nd place - payed ticket + ASUS MB P5Q
3rd place - payed ticket + ASUS MB P5QL
Swiss: What is your usual day like? How do you spend it?
