| Get to Know Us #1 - Counter Strike 1.6: zeki |
Shortly after joining Unique-Esports, I sat down with Erik Mattsson, most known as zeki on the counter-strike scene. We talked about his gaming career, the personal life and also after his feelings about joining our organisation.
Quick Information/Favourites
Full name: Erik Mattson
Age:22
Location: Sweden, Södertälje
Food: Pasta cabonara
Drink: Ice cold water
Player: faken
TV series: Supernatural
Music: Michael Jackson
Well Erik, first of all i really want to thank you for accepting this interview. Can you describe yourself in a few words for those who maybe don't know you yet?
yo zvan yes ofcourse! Hi everybody my name is Erik Mattsson and im 22 years old, i was born in sweden in a town called S÷dert?lje and im still stuck in this town, when i dont play i try to spend as much time as i can with my girlfriend and ofcourse with my friends!
How were you as a little kid and what passions did you have?
Hmmm.. as a little kid? i was very hyperactive as a kid and i loved to play console games. i also played a lot of sports like floorball, soccer, tabletennis, athletics... etc. but my biggest passion were always games! i love games *smiles*
As a kid, have you ever imagined yourself as a progamer?
Hahahah no! At least not a progamer but im always getting good in things i give my time to!
When was your first contact with a computer and how did it feel?
well i cant really remember my first contact or how i got in contact with computers, but i remember my first contact with computergames! It was Quake 1, i watched my uncle playing it and i was so afraid of the skeletons and monsters who came growling and rushing against the monitor hahaha... but i could hide myself behind my uncle!
About your gaming career, When did you got yourself into gaming, how did you start playing counter-strike and who was the most important person which helped you.. if there was someone?
My first introduction to the game was actually with mothz.. we lived in a small town called "Nykvarn" and he showed me this newopened sucky internet cafe with schoolcomputers :P and there was the game counter-strike 1.3! This was about 8 years ago and i can still remember my first frag :D it was on cs_assault, i was in the tower in CT BASE where i sat and camped my ass off! And the guy comes up from the letter in the middle off the roof from the vent, i made my mega super imbaspray and gave him a lucky lesson. I think i made it by myself the most ways but if there was someone important who helped me alot with the pieces. That was mezzo from old XPerience.se, he was a bit like a mentor for me and he gave me some good tips about this game!
Looks like sweet memories for you, but what hardware did you start playing with?
HAHAHAHA my first computer at home was a scrappy computer from my dad's work ;) it was a mouse with a ball rolling under. i dont know the word for it but in sweden we call it "kulmus" ;) , and ofcourse wrong rates, 60 hz on my screen..etc. I dont remember the hardware exactly but it was a GeForce 2 in it thats all i can remember.
Who was your first team and what was its name?
Oooohhh my first team! It was with mothz and some irl mates, i remember our team name was uNreal.cs , we thought the name was so cool, and after a while i thought i was good enough to play with my bigger brother who was a bit better than me in the beginning, their team name was U.Hookers and i had to change the nick to a pornstar. So i nicked Jenna Jameson, i got my tryout and it was 1on1 @ aztec, and i won with one round over the team leader and after that i was one of them!
Did you practice with your first team like positions, tacticts or just played on public servers and/or clanwar matches without any preparation?
yes we had our tactics, but the tactics was made with a pen and paper. we painted the map and then we came up with this sucky tactics as we thought was good ! hahaha it felt so professional to come up with tactics in that funny way!
When was it when you heard about the 'eSport' world and money coming from gaming? Also, how did these things motivated you to become better and better?
It was my dad's friend from his work who said to me that you can compete in counter strike and forming teams, i remember i was so excited to play in a team after all the things he told me! i called mothz and told him everything! so when we finally had our team we searched praccs and started to play! it was so awesome i fell in love with the game directly and realized that i've just found my hobby.
Which was the most important moment in your gaming career?
Woooh! The most important moment in my gaming career was with my team "Bevara" with the players: zeki . seAzon . DanC . LiNiX and nONAMer , we went to this event RixHack in 2005.. and we were to play against SSV-Lehnitz with the players: zet faken MegatoN Magix and Solido, and we won the match with 16-14! after that i was interviewed by Vesslan in a streamed TV in the show that he had back then. I do remember that i was so nervous to do the interview with this microphone and the lights and the TV aimed to my face ;O but it was big!! It really was nice. But the first PRO team was with edepol(Gamers.nu) with exactly the same lineup as now in Unique-Esports *smiles*
Zeki playing at LAN in the middle
Probably, as you have developed your gaming career, you were sitting a lot in front of computer practising and playing matches. How has your family seen this? Have you got their full support or were they just looking at you like a lost maniac?
I was a real maniac in the beginning, it was so bad my parents had to put an timer to our internet that cut the power so i would sleep during the nights. but i went up every night and unplugged the timer and after like 03.00 i was there again to put the timer back. thats a real maniac OR A REAL GAMER don’t you agree? But now they do understand that it is important for me and my dad says he know its serious. but i dont think that he really knows how big and serious it is, atleast not as much as i want him too.
How much talent, dedication and hard work does it take to become a gamer like yourself?
Hard work, oh my god, yes it have been a lot of hours and hours in front of the game, that is to much for me to answer but more gaming than sleeping thats for sure! =D, i dont think i've ever put so much dedication into anything as i have given to this game. when i play i literally becomes the player in the game, its like a soccer team fan that really is IN the field while he watches the game! Talent? yes I think I have some talent in this game. but as i see it, you are always developing your game.. and you can always get better.
At the moment you’re walking on this road, have you had any idols that you want to follow in their footstep?
ZET has always been my "idol" in this game, he is the guy that i consider a fantastic player.
Can you take us through all the teams you played for in your gaming career?
My first serious team was BEVARA with seazon, danc, linix and nonamer, but later in 2006 we went to CPL Nordic with Bevara and by then did ayzix seAzon TRIXXI and pony play in the team with me ! After bevara it was Gamers.nu with faken pxr adde and seAzon.. and after that, we went separate ways i started playing for Begrip with kvicken molander fury and xpozer ! but i got an offer from EYE to start testing with them and the first thing we did was to play an official match against TeG! But after 2 weeks i told them to look for another player cuz i had my plans to move in with my girlfriend etc. But i was only away from CS like 2 months so i was in the same shape as i was when i left counter strike! And by then the players in EYE were Gux JAEGARN niko and Get.
In which team did you take the most pleasure to play?
With this team now and when we were Gamers.nu for sure, I have never had more fun than now and then ! we are like a real family with daddy-faken , mother-pxr , my brother seAzon and the pokemon adde my little love child.
Referring to the in-game role, which is yours? Do you always talk, lead the team, keep their minds up or just keep your mouth closed and play?
Well faken is our ingame leader but im his sidekick in that role. otherwise im our most agressive player and i gives as much information that i can! so no closed mouth here, communication is important!
How do you feel after joining Unique-esports and what expectations do you have from your team and from the organisation? Also how's the environment of your team now, have you worked out contracts? Tell us if you saw any mentality changes now that its not for fun anymore.
Well finally we can do what we never could do in edepol / Gamers.nu, we can now go to events. My expectations for the team is the same as before do our best every pcw and every match. We haven't talked about any goals or anything like that but we are now 2 years older then last time and our chemistry is perfect. The keyword in this team has always been FUN and play with crazy tactics it has been working for us and it won't change with contracts either.
Can you describe your teammates in few words?
faken: the man with rubberhand aim and our father in this family
pxr: our awp-er if we need one, he has a magical feeling for fast-zoom's but he know how to run the rifle aswell ;)
adde: has really sick aim and can win a match by him self if he is in the right mood
seAzon: this guy has also a sick aim and can be a terminator if everything goes his way
In which tournaments will we see Unique.cs this year?
Time will tell, we're looking at Copenhagengames 1st april but we haven't decided any offline events as we speak.
I would like to thank you Erik for accepting this interview dedicated to all your/our fans and community members. Any last words? :D
You're so sweet, haha. thank you for this interview zvan and i also want to thank our organisation Unique-Esports and our sponsors Antec, Panther4Ever and Redux Energy who gives us the oppurtunity to come out and compete every day. And to the supporters out there.. i love you all. PEACE! |
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written by Adz - 02.03.2010 - 05:57 |
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