Interview with Nadya/Lavie_Head |
Profile |
Name: Nadya
Popularly known as: Nadya
WiC Team: Nadya's Boys
Status: Proness Level- Nadya
Life and AoC Past |
Ashby: hi
Nadya: hi ^^
Ashby: Thanks a lot for agreeing to do this interview
Nadya: you are welcome
Ashby: normally i would start with a different question, but in this case, Woha! is that your real picture?
Nadya: yes
Ashby: ok coming on topic, 11.. Tell us a bit about yourself
Nadya: my name is Nadya, i come from Belarus but right now i live in Vienna. Would really love to stay living here or in Germany and i might enter a university here in the near future
Nadya: donnow what else to say 11, i love aoc ^^
Ashby: 11. it a good start , tell us how you came across age of empires
Nadya: i don't remember how old i was but should have happened around the time when the game was released. I didn't have a pc at that time but i think i first tryed the game out by accident at my classmated birthday party. After that i discovered my cousin has it and i started coming to his place every weekend just in order to play the game 11 and it was pretty hard to drag me away from the computer when we needed to go back home, i also remember how i used to draw a town center with villagers around at school on lessons :D. i think i still have those drawings at home somwhere. i was obsessed with the game lol
Ashby: 11.. i hope and i think im sure u still are
Nadya: i am!
Ashby: ok, now, the big question, Rise to fame. what brought you from, Lavie_Head 15xx rec game poster to the all-mighty Nadya a 2k TG player
Nadya: unfortunatelly, i am not 2k :/ i believe i can be more or less solid in particular game situations or map positions and also it is easier to give in impression of a strong player when one is teaming 2k+ players... but a have quite a number of weaknesses which are incompatible with playing on the top level
War is Coming |
Ashby: Moving on after u successfully and smartly dodged the question 11, lets have a talk about War is Coming.
What was your first reaction when u got to know about the event.
Nadya: lots of excitement! i am really passionate about the game and even though i am realistic about the limits of the community and aoc as an e-sports, i keep imagining how big it could be with huge sponsorship or whatever is needed to lift it up to the level of dota, lol or sc2
Nadya: it is hardly realistic, but what we have is also incredibly cool for such an old game
Ashby: , agreed on that one, War is Coming was a big improvement on the already awesome world of AoC
Ashby: Whats been your favourite WiC moment so far
Nadya: let me think... actually, i think my favourite moment is still ahead we haven't played any challenging teams yet and the first one will be poz next week. This is the first tg tournament in my life and even though i am not among the key players in my team it is still exciting to be a part of it, to have this experience together and to support each other
Ashby: hmm, sounds like fun stuff will you guys beat the intestines out of our team 3 weeks ago.. 11
Nadya: i really love the feeling of being a part of one team with my friends, so it is not as much about playing the games as it is about the overall experience of following the event, training together and sharing it all together
Ashby: Whats your opinion on the WiC mod? does it make sling un-viable?
Nadya: i think it doesn't. I was among those voting against sling and i was totally satisfied with how the rules looked in the very beginning, we have tried out sling in many games and as i start getting a better understanding of how it works and when it works from my own experience, i am getting less uncompromising... but still i would rather excluded it complitely and yes, with the current rules it can be used and it will be used a lot
Ashby: brb 5 mins
Nadya: ok
Ashby: back , Whats your opinion on the WiC_Map_Pack?
Nadya: i really love it, saying without exaggeration
Nadya: some maps are truely challengeing and many of them suggest some new unconventional strategies, especially in team games. I don't think the creators of those maps planned in their minds what is going to become common on their maps and how settings (like building up your eco based on shore fish) will be adopted and used by players. My favourite maps from the pack are for sure beduins and golden hill. The hardest one for me is decenting and the most disappointing fix so far is removing water from Gold_Rush. Still no answer why it was done 11
Nadya: as far as bugs are concerned, i can't but agree with all the complaints. Too many maps remain super bugged, i might be wrong, but my personal opinion is that splitting up tyrants make both teams weaker but if it is really so, that's good for the competition and adds up more excitement, and anyway the legends will get the first place
Ashby: 11, ok
Ashby: if you were to guess the top 8 of WiC, who would they be, in order
Nadya: hm that's gonna be biased 11 and i don't really want to show how far i think my team will or will not get
but let's try
1. Tyrant A
2. SY
3. Tyrant B
4. Zz
5. L_clan
6. Nadya's Boys
7. KGB
8. POJ
Nadya's Boys |
Ashby: Lets move on and discuss about Nadya's Boys
Nadya:
Ashby: the most important question, when and how did you people meet each other? how did the team get assembled?
Nadya: it's funny how we regularly come back to this qestion ourselves from time to time 11 And noone can say for sure how it happened. I think it started in the end of 2013, when i joined spaden, pike (?), mbl, feanor, melcor and liivet in team speak and i started teaming them. Then spaden invited wonder and lojza since they started playing together too. Wonder brought nick, i brought liam, spaden brought zuppi. Zuppi was probavbly the last one to join. Without team speak we would never end up together 11 And after having played hundreds of games, teaming up for the tournament was never put into question. I believe we are close friends, as far as it is possible to be close on the internet. Several times i had dreams featuring all of us ^^ Once we were escaping from aliens and in another dream i scuffled with spaden 11 Might sound crazy but aoc is a part of my life and i am not gonna hide it!
Ashby: ok we were talking about Nadya's Boys, how did the name, Nadya's boys come into creation? 11
Nadya: I am not quite sure about the name, I think spaden suggested it some time ago when we all played together already, we wanted to create our own team speak channel and were looking for a name... that's how it came up
Ashby: ok a co-question, what was your reaction when the name was created? 11
Nadya: haha, I felt flattered 11
Ashby: If you were to rate the players of Nadya's Boys in order of skill, what would the list be??
Nadya: aff, that's hard; i can't put us in the exact order, but the strongest three are zuppi, wonder and lojza. Next three are pike, spaden and mentalist. And then me 11
Ashby: Poor Rubbenstock.. 11
Nadya: people like to debate who is stronger out of spaden, pike and mentalist. I would say they are very close in tg skill level, but have different strengths and weaknesses; well rubbenstock joined primarily as a dm player... he is good in rm too but i don't know him well enough to rate him :P
Ashby: :P..ok if you were to tell me the one funniest thing about NaBs what would it be?
Nadya: hm lol i don't know 11 maybe that dream when we were fighting against aliens i already mentioned before 11 We also have tons of fun during many games, but it is pretty much impossible to make any story out of it
Ashby: 11111111
Nadya: lojza is the funniest guy in or team and wonder is also a main joke maker so you better address this question to them!
Miscellaneous |
Ashby: moving on to some community questions. Players from the community asked u several questions:
Ashby: Firstly, Why do you call Wonder an ostrich
Nadya: 11, sorry, that's a personal issue!
Ashby: 111111.. ok
Ashby: Give your thoughts on the following aoc ladies in 2-3 words: Kitty, Nonsensical, Feage
Nadya: lol,s Nonsensical is one of the best aoc casters: she is a native speaker, she is fluent and engaging and she knows what she talks about.
Nadya: Kitty did nice interviews, and everyone seemed to enjoy that new format with webcam. But she disappeared somewhere, didn't she?
Nadya: mmm... why is feage in the list? 11 well, he is a funny guy donnow him good enough
Ashby: 1111111. recent poll refence on aoczone xD
Ashby: If you were to be locked in a room with an aoc player, who would u like it to be? 11
Nadya: let me think... ok, Riut ^^
Ashby: 11, co-question, Why?
Nadya: check out his pictures!
Ashby: 11, a close friend of yours asked, if you were to be an aoc unit, which one would u be?
Nadya: there are no female units apart from villagers :/ i would probably be an archer or a mangudai
Ashby: 11.. cool choice
Ashby: moving on, lets do a quick Rapidfire?
Nadya: ok
Ashby: 1. Nadya!
Nadya: me
Ashby: 2. _Taff
Nadya: voobly admin
Ashby: 3. Laming
Nadya: boring answers 11 laming = hate 11 and rage
Ashby: 4. Tom Cruise
Nadya: hm.. Hollywood
Nadya: lol
Ashby: 5. War is Coming
Nadya: big tournament
Ashby: 6. RiuT!
Nadya: sexy 11
Ashby: 11111 finally an answer 7. Voobly
Nadya: best!
Ashby: 8. Ashby
Nadya: cool indian guy
Ashby: 9. 8thwonder
Nadya: noob
Ashby: 1111.. 10. Future of aoc
Nadya: hoping for the bright!
Ashby:
Ashby: we have reached the ending part of the interview, what would u like to tell your fans?
Nadya: thanks a lot for the interview! It looks like our team has quite some people cheering for us and that is cool I believe building a team that has a strong friendship between the players and team spirit around it can definitely achieve success. I wish everyone else to find their team or place too and keep enjoying aoc!
Ashby: ok, lastly, im gonna interview Mr. YO after this, what would you like me to ask him??
Nadya: ask him why Abu is not playing recently And who is stronger: him right now or Tim in top shape. That's even two questions ^^
Ashby: 11 thnx for being with us for this interview
Nadya: thank you too! was a pleasure