WCS2023 - Countdown Nr. 2 - Interview with Bruellhusten (Project)
The countdown is counting down mercilessly - exactly 2 weeks to go until the launch. So it smells like another interview.
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leo7044:
Hello Bruellhusten,
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 completed many worlds and won them all. Your name stands for the alliance known to this day as "Project". But that wasn't your only project. You were also part of the management of "Teletubbies", "Ultimate" and "High Speed". Your biggest success is undoubtedly the WCS2021 victory as CiC of "Project Alpha". Tell us a bit about yourself. Who are you and what do you do when you're not playing this game?
Bruellhusten:
Hey Leo!
I'm Justus, now 34 years old and I started playing CNCTA on a US world ages ago. World 19 I think. I'm a software developer, which means I spend half my day in front of the PC. Competitive multiplayer games have always appealed to me. CNCTA, along with many other games, was the longest stage.
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. Why don't you also tell us how the "Project" alliance was founded and how you came up with the alliance name "Teletubbies." 😀
Bruellhusten:
Ok, this is getting longer. I came across the game early on in the hype phase. Someone said "Hey, there's a new Command & Conquer game" and as a fan, of course I had to play it.
I didn't play the first worlds as a leader, it wasn't until the first WCS that I came across TrueADM, who got me into Ultimate Veterans. The world went okay, but in the end we lost very clearly to nVidia. We really took off at the Forgotten Attacks Beta, where sudakoma - the third in our Command trio - also joined us.
After winning the Forgotten Attacks beta, the real big challenge followed: the anniversary server World 100 - my personal favorite server, more on that in the next question.
After World 100, the Teletubbies were born. In preparation for World 107, someone suggested that alliance names don't matter at all - "if you win worlds, everything will be cool at some point". The result was a start on 107 with the main Teletubbies and the Wings Power Rangers and Ninja Turtles. Whether the name was ever cool - no idea. In any case, some people still remember us.
Unfortunately, the next WCS started while the 107 was running and had not yet been decided. As a result, most people wanted to continue playing the world. A WCS didn't have the same significance back then as it did then, so only a few of us started with nVidia.
We won the two speed servers with players from nVidia and Ultimate.
The next big challenge came with the WCS 2017. There we started as an Ultimate alliance and competed against Mara and Schaffa, who played very strongly. We formed an alliance with Dragonclaws and then fought a war for the middle for a good 3 months, in which we were defeated.
After that, CNCTA was over for me for the time being.
It wasn't until the start of COVID that pillsbury really brought me back into the game. In the meantime, there was another disappointing WCS for the international teams. The main problem identified was that everyone was too scattered and a lot of pretty good teams still can't beat a really good team.
On the first world I was only a member and the team there was inferior to Uncle_JOO's alliance with TTD as ally.
The problem was identified and we sat down with TTD to forge a new, stronger alliance that could take on Schaffa in the next WCS. The WCS didn't come for ages and so Project grew from server to server and became a really well-rehearsed team.
leo7044:
What was the most challenging world for you?
Bruellhusten:
That's not so easy to answer. The toughest challenge was probably WCS2017, where we ultimately failed and broke as Ultimate. But the most competitive world was probably World 100. I'll try to keep it short, because members of the United forum did a comprehensive report back then: (Interview with me back then in part 5) https://www.united-forum.de/cci/server-report-welt100-brennt/
World 100 was a small world (5000 players). And at that time nVidia was considered invincible after winning the first WCS. With the announcement that nVidia was starting World 100, every successful alliance was completely focused on knocking Nvidia off the throne. So were we. As winners of the Forgotten Attacks beta, we had a huge influx of players and built a gigantic group of alliances.
We joined forces with LOL and Unbreakable as the Ultimate Alliance to defeat nVidia.
Across all three federations, we had more than 30 alliances to coordinate. Back then it was all done via Skype. Some alliances had barely more than 10 squares of frontline to the bases, we had to organize regular mergers so that everyone had an equal chance, but in the end a few strong alliances emerged.
We had a main alliance with the most top players - Ultimate Reloaded - and a PVP alliance preparing for an early war with nVidia.
We had a French PVP team around Azeus, CoccaCaviar, shadowar and many others who pulled off an extreme PVP farming drill the likes of which I've never seen since.
Thanks to this team, we managed to shoot our way through 3 full and strong nVidia alliances before the fourth bases with only about 20 players and in the end, with the help of LOL, who captured the most important resonator at the right moment, completely drove the nVidia main alliance out of their home sector.
With the help of the second main alliance, nVidia then jumped on our backs and there was a long and hard PVP battle in which both alliances were equally strong.
After clear indications of a betrayal and since Unbreakable and LOL refused to help us any further, we allied ourselves with nVidia so that two beneficiaries would not decide the world for themselves. After a few days of PVP, we won the world together with nVidia. You can still see players with Ultimate Nvidia badges from World 100 today.
leo7044:
It sounds like you've been able to gain some experience in this game. Will we see you and/or "Project" at WCS2023? Do you have anything planned? I'll remind you again that you don't have to answer or make up something for the rumor mill. After all, this interview should not be a disadvantage for you and/or your alliance.
Bruellhusten:
I can answer that clearly. Project itself will not be playing on the WCS. However, not all Project players have given up the game. After WCS2021, many new alliances have emerged from Project and some will also participate in the WCS. Personally, I just don't have the time to play a Morale server. I have played enough of these servers myself and know how long such a world takes and how much time it takes.
Nevertheless, I hope for an exciting WCS, which I will follow from afar.
leo7044:
Just for kicks, how many times would you be told regarding your nickname, "I'd see a doctor with that cough?"
Bruellhusten:
Only when I've coughed in the Voice. It's actually interesting how people take the name differently. Most people think it's funny, but some find the name aggressive because it means "roaring"... and a farmer once complained vehemently that it's a bad disease in pigs and that it's not funny at all.
What you don't learn.^^
leo7044:
Thank you for your comments and back to the studio at 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 me your wishes in the comments, via PN or on Discord.
Greetings
Leo
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