[SC2B] Total Rawr (TLI Spoilers)

TeamLiquid.net: First off, congratulations on second place. Can you introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about who you are?

TheLittleOne: Thanks a lot. My name is Dario Wünsch, I am from Leipzig in Germany and 19 years old. Right now I am studying Anglistics in the 2nd semester.

TeamLiquid.net: Very cool. Can you tell us a little bit about your gaming history? You were a very good Brood War gamer, yes? What else have you played competitively?

TheLittleOne: I used to play WarCraft 1 so I've stuck with the Blizzard games for quite while. I played broodwar from 2002-2004 but then lost the interest in gaming for some time. The game which hooked me again was Supreme Commander an excellent RTS which didnt get the credit it actually deserved. Its about 1 year now that I started playing broodwar again, but this time I trained really really hard and got to the b+/a- level.

TeamLiquid.net: So congratulations once again on your second place. Even though you didn't win the tournament, you've gained a LOT of fans. I think every one of the 5,000+ viewers today was completely impressed with your creative play. What we're all wondering is, how much of you can we expect to see? How much time are you putting into the game and what are your plans for the future? I think I speak for everyone when I say the more LittleOne the better.

TheLittleOne: Right now I have semester break so I could play 4-6 hours a day. But in 1 week this will be all over and I will return to my 2-4 hour routine. Luckily I am not a mechanical player so I hope it wont effect my skill too much. How much you can expect of me? Well I will try to take part in as many tournaments as possible. I hope one day that I might actually be able to make money from e-sport so that I can live from it. Maybe not as player but somehow connected to the scene.

TeamLiquid.net: Yeah, you won a lot of fans with your creative play today. How much of your games are improvised and how much do you have planned? Throughout the tournament, you seemed to be able to transition back and forth between styles and units. Is that all premeditated or done on the fly?

TheLittleOne: Partly it was planned, like the shuttle play. But in the 2nd game vs Nazgul I had no clue what was going to happend next, I just felt like trying out something new. Most players only use like 2-3 units in 1 match right now. I think thats kinda discriminating to the others!

TeamLiquid.net: During game 2 vs Nazgul I think everyone thought on several occasions that you were going to lose but you somehow managed to pull it out with great marine counters and nukes. Did you think you were going to lose at any point during that game? Were you close to typing 'gg'?

TheLittleOne: I was thinking that I was going to lose ALL the time. But hope dies last.

TeamLiquid.net: Do you have a favorite moment from the tournament?

TheLittleOne: I think I pick the 2nd game vs White-ra. Killing him with my last drones was really cool^^

TeamLiquid.net: Do you plan on choosing a single race at some point or will you stay random?

TheLittleOne: I will stay random as long as I am able to compete with the top players. Only think that I dont like about random is that I might get zvz and thats soo boring

TeamLiquid.net: Have you played White-ra before? Have the games gone anything like this? Because these seemed very crazy but watching your other games it becomes evident that the craziness is a theme for you

TheLittleOne: I played White-ra a lot in ladder already and he beat me most of the time. The games before this tournament were pretty standard though. I think White-ra is a really great player and a nice guy. So I am pretty happy with who won the invitational. He really deserved it.

TeamLiquid.net: Great. Thanks for the time and congratulations again on second place. Have fun with all the new fans

TheLittleOne: I thank you ^^. this day went really unexpected lol, I think I am going offline now, drinking some beer^^

TeamLiquid.net: Congratulations on first!

White-ra: Thanks! I did it^^

TeamLiquid.net: Very impressive, too! Can you introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about who you are?

White-Ra: Ohh, I think many people know me but we will get a bigger community in SC2 so maybe some don't know me. I live in a beautiful city near the Black Sea. My name is Aleksey, a very old progamer ^^

TeamLiquid.net: Yeah, I think most know you and we're all big fans. How do you feel about your victory against TheLittleOne? Those were some great, great games.

White-Ra: Yeah, TheLittleOne played very well and had interesting build orders. He's like Testie in SC1 (Testie hihi, hope you come back in SC2 -_-). But all the same, I could break its resistance. I am very glad because this is my first victory in SC2.

TeamLiquid.net: Have you played TheLittleOne before this? Were the games anything like these crazy ones?

White-Ra: Actually, this is the first time I've played him in SC2 but before I participated in many competitions with him.

TeamLiquid.net: What was going through your mind during these games?

White-Ra: All the games were interesting but the one on my mind is game 2 on Scrap Station. I've seen that type of game before but very rarely and I know he's very strong. Eventually, time started to work against me and I had to take action when he killed my probes.

TeamLiquid.net: Do you have a favorite moment from the tournament?

White-Ra: Yeah, my 2 Immortal harrass against TheLittleOne and my defense push against Brat_OK in game 2.

TeamLiquid.net: Congratulations again on a really impressive victory!

White-Ra: Thanks and all greetings and good luck!