WCS2023 - Countdown Nr. 3 - Interview with freezy (united-forum)
Today I have no introductory words - so short and painful^^:
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leo7044:
Hello freezy,
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 are known as one of the heads of united-forum.de. Many old hands from the past will recognize your name and that of your alliance. Please introduce yourself for all those who don't know you (anymore) and for those who just like to reminisce.
freezy:
I'm freezy, one of the admins of united-forum.de, which was the biggest German community forum at the height of C&C's international fame. We have been covering C&C games since the early 2000s. Accordingly, we also wanted to be part of TA to write news as well as strategy guides for the game.
We were also able to recruit many players from the UF community for Tiberium Alliances, where we started in several worlds as UF Alliance, where I always acted as one of the CiCs. First there was the international server Closed Beta 1, the first TA server ever. When we started there, there were no POIs, no Forgotten Attacks, no Nod faction and no endgame, these things were added later. The developers themselves also played on the server.
At some point, the endgame was added to TA and there was a race in several beta servers to see which alliance would reach the endgame first. In the end, it was our UF alliance that was the first to reach the endgame. We also streamed this on the UF Twitch channel at the time, so it was also the first public broadcast of an endgame.
We also had a big presence on the first German server, World 1, where we were also one of the alliances that made it to the endgame. Shoutout at this point to the Seven Sins. We also recruited new players on this world, who then joined us on the first WCS. The fight there was of course very tough and was certainly the most challenging world for us.
In the end, nVidia won this server, congratulations again. The UF alliance was the first non-nVidia affiliated alliance to reach the endgame on the server. This was also the last official world of the UF Alliance. I'm sure many of their players continued to play in other alliances on other worlds, but I can't comment on that.
The United-Forum as a website itself continued to exist and covered other C&C games. In the meantime, however, it has to be said that both the heyday of C&C and the heyday of forums are over, so things have quietened down a bit.
leo7044:
Well then, curious as I am, I must now ask what has become of you and why you no longer play?
freezy:
These days I just don't have time for TA anymore due to my job and other private projects. The battles with other alliances in TA and the cohesion of my own alliance were epic, they were definitely great and exciting times.
But you realize that after several worlds you've run out of steam at some point, and you realize that another world would mostly just mean stress and drama. Especially if you want to play as the CiC of an alliance and have to take care of everything. But even as a normal player - to play in an alliance that wants to be at the forefront, you need a lot of commitment and time. You have to log in regularly at certain times to be able to pull together with the alliance. That simply clashes too much with real life. So you probably won't find me in TA any more.
But if you are interested in keeping in touch with me or want to talk about old times, you can still find me on united-forum.de (https://www.united-forum.de/members/freezy.2404/). I would be delighted to read from old companions again. Old enemies are just as welcome as old friends, nowadays you can certainly smile about a lot of things from back then.
I'm also developing my own indie game, to which I devote most of my free time. It's a futuristic top-down shooter called "Hyper Tanks", where you control a tank and shoot your way through arenas full of enemies in various single-player and multiplayer modes. If you're interested, you can find it on Steam and wishlist it <3
I wish all participants in WCS2023 good luck and success!
leo7044:
Thank you for your comments and back to the studio at my desk.
The next interview will be published in exactly one week at the start of the WCS. The interview partner has been chosen - stay tuned.
Greetings
Leo
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