After the conclusion of GGL’s Soldier of Fortune Payback tournament, Ryan “Epic” Rondo of the championship team Six Feet Under sat down with GGL to discuss his intentions going into this tournament, his team’s practice habits, and more. 6FU’s team members won $500 each as well as trips to New York City to have the finals match aired on GameplayHD.
GGL: Tell us your experience in the tournament and how you feel about the entire competition.
Ryan “Epic” Rondo: I thought the overall competition was great! The whole […]
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Kevin “arQon” Bleckinsopp, best known in recent years for heading up the Challenge Promode Arena mod team, has been interviewed on eGames.de about the mod scene.
The blinding truth spit from his mouth caused me to wear sunglasses when writing this. Here’s a lengthy excerpt that explains the dire situation mods find themselves in today:
From CPMA’s ‘Deathmatch Perfected’ gameplay detail-driven mindset, to Freeze Tag, Clan Arena gametype variations, to CS’s, more accurately, ‘Action Quake’s’, total conversion, these are the mods […]
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Shortly after Evil Geniuses announced its Unreal Tournament 3 squad, GGL Wire was able to get in touch with manager Alex Garfield and the rest of the team for a thorough grilling. We covered the impetus for creating an EG UT3 squad, the selection process, and some background information about the team. Let’s get to it:
GGL Wire: Is the EG UT3 team salaried?
Alex Garfield: No, however with this EG covers all travel, hardware, and […]
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The crew over at ClanBase has interviewed superstar game designer CliffyB about e-Sports, the gaming industry, and his gaming background. This is the first of many more mainstream interviews that ClanBase plans, so check this excerpt and head over there for the full story.
ClanBase: Do you see competitive gaming as a sport?
Turn on ESPN late at night and tell me what you see. Trick shot pool. Log cutting. Poker. I believe that if a part of your body is moving, your brain is engaged, and people are willing to […]
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GGL’s Reid Landeen translated this interview from Chinese into English for GGL China.
With 2008 underway, details about the big e-Sports events of the New Year are coming out. Recently, ESWC has officially decided that the location for China’s qualifier for the finals will be held Wuxi, in Jiangsu Province.
It is understood that this year’s ESWC China will have brand new organizers running the event. Since China is hosting the Olympic Games this year, what kind of surprises will the new 2008 ESWC China competitions […]
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GGL and Epileptic Gaming are proud to welcome Michelle McLaughlin, Playboy magazine’s Ms. February, to the show Tuesday. Join the beautiful Michelle and the usual cast and crew as we take a look at Playboy’s 2007 Games of the Year as announced in the February edition of Playboy.
Michelle will sit in with djWHEAT and company and will also pick up the mic and guitar for a live Rock Band session. For sure, this is an Epileptic Gaming you won’t want to miss.
Join us live at 7PM ET/4PM PT on epilepticgaming.ggl.com and wire.ggl.com to watch and […]
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2007 is the year when Ola “elemeNt” Moum put his mouse and headset away and moved on from professional Counter-Strike 1.6 to “real life.” elemeNt announced his retirement from Meet Your Makers and gaming in general several weeks ago.
The Norwegian player will be remembered for his dazzling spree of success between 2002 and 2004 with goL/eoL, SK Gaming and Team NoA as well as the controversies surrounding elemeNt’s transfers between teams.
And perhaps one more thing - giving good interviews. Enjoy this exclusive Christmas feature.
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The 1on1 series continues with an interview with Paul “czm” Nelson, arguably the best Quake 3 player in history. In the feature Paul talks about life, Quake, switching to other games and how dumb he can be at times, despite graduating from Princeton with a degree in math.
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John “ZeRo4″ Hill is one of the most accomplished Quake 3 duelers in history with three QuakeCon titles, a World Cyber Games 2001 gold and the CPL Babbages championship, to name just a few. In an interview, ZeRo4 talks about a possibility of a comeback for the ESWC 2008 and throws down the gauntlet to one of his biggest rivals, Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel.
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The story of the week in Counter-Strike 1.6 was the transfer of PGS’s team into Meet Your Makers. The switch was surrounded with a lot of controversy - the champions of WCG 2006, Extreme Masters and ESWC 2007 were said to be unhappy with the organization, and PGS was said to have wanted to sell them.
The truth? Find out from the interview with the team’s player, Jakub “kuben” Gurczynski.
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This week’s 1on1 features the legend that not many gamers will know. He is one of the most prominent players in QuakeWorld and the winner of DreamHack’s QW tournament, David “ParadokS” Larsen. How does one stay faithful to a nine year old game and what is a QW player’s perception of today’s esports? Find out in the interview:
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GGL Wire’s Jonathan Wood tracked down Syanide of =OLD= Renowned Fraggerz to discuss his ClanBase experience and thoughts about Unreal Tournament 3. =OLD= is currently leading a ClanBase UT3 ladder that hasn’t seen much activity, but hope to see it ramp up in the future.
GGL Wire: Where did your clan name and nick come from?
Syanide: The team name stemed from when we initially set =OLD= up. It was a clan for over 30 year olds. And in the gaming world you could say we were […]
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