WCS2023 - Countdown Nr. 1 - Interview with OpaSmash (nVidia)
A cheerful "hiho" to the C&C:TA round.
The WCS starts in 3 weeks. What could be better than starting a countdown and heating up the atmosphere a little? The countdown consists of 4 interviews. We start with OpaSmash.
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leo7044:
Hello OpaSmash,
today I would like to interview you and ask you a few questions. All answers are purely voluntary. Just say what you want to say and keep quiet if you don't want to say anything. You have already completed several worlds and won them all. Your name stands for the alliance "nVidia", which is still known today. Without a doubt, your greatest achievements are the WCS2013 and WCS2015 victories as CiC of "nVidia". Tell us a bit about yourself. Who are you and what do you do when you're not playing this game?
OpaSmash:
My real name is Manu and I'm now 35 years old. I played my first WCS as a student... which was over 10 years ago now. After the two WCSs and graduation, I had some time on my hands and founded my first company. I've been playing Real Life ever since.
leo7044:
Thank you very much for the insights into yourself. Please tell us how you came across this game and how you became who you are today in-game. Please also tell us how the "nVidia" alliance was founded.
OpaSmash:
I came to CNC:TA through another gaming companion with whom I had already been playing another browser game for many years. Looking for a new challenge, we both stuck with CNC:TA. I started on world 5, long after the server had launched, of course, and was completely clueless when it came to trying things out. At that time, the Nod faction hadn't even been unlocked yet. After a bit of banter on this world, I decided to take off with a few others on world 13. We founded our own alliance (nVidia) and I became CiC. We prevailed against the dominant alliances on the server and later took over the best players. In the end, we won the server. So it went on to the next and the next and so on, until the first WCS... and then the second. We had a good run.
leo7044:
What was the most challenging world for you?
OpaSmash:
Mhh... hard to say. Every world had a different challenge and different events. I think the biggest challenges were often when the last enemy of the world was defeated, but the endgame was not yet complete. Keeping the motivation high enough here so that not everyone was already starting the next world was definitely way ahead. Also, worlds where multiaccounts and base capping were used more and more are definitely high on the list.
leo7044:
It sounds like you've been able to gain quite a bit of experience in this game. Will we see you and/or "nVidia" at WCS2023? Do you have something planned? I'll remind you again that you don't have to answer or make something up for the rumor mill. After all, this interview should not be a disadvantage for you and/or your alliance.
OpaSmash:
Not likely. For one thing, my priorities are in RL and for another, I'm absolutely not a fan of multiaccount gaming. And since there are no more clothes to win, I've somehow lost my motivation. #joggingpantsmissing
leo7044:
Thank you for your comments and back to the studio to my desk.
The next interview will be published in exactly one week's time next Thursday. Who do you think I should interview? Feel free to write your wishes in the comments, via PN or on Discord.
Greetings
Leo
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