Here is Omnirai being interviewed by IpKaiFung, Omnirai is one of the best if not the best player to have played Zero Hour.
IpKaiFung says:
hello
Omnirai says:
Hi
IpKaiFung says:
so could you tell me a little about your self?
Omnirai says:
Sure, my real name is Arman Baysal aka Omnirai.
Omnirai says:
Im currently living in The Netherlands, Amsterdam.
Omnirai says:
Iam 16 years old, still at school.
IpKaiFung says:
cool
IpKaiFung says:
so how did you get into ccg/zh ?
Omnirai says:
Ah, i always loved the C&C series
Omnirai says:
I reckon C&C was my first PC game i ever played.
Omnirai says:
I was still playing RA2 when i heared the new C&C was in the make.
Omnirai says:
So from the day they announced the new C&C i was really looking forward to Generals.
IpKaiFung says:
did you play ccg online straight away when it first came out?
Omnirai says:
Hm, no i think i played the first USA campaign. But not soon after i went online.
IpKaiFung says:
so what side did you play as ?
Omnirai says:
At start i used to play USA, i always loved playing as the good side.
IpKaiFung says:
ah
IpKaiFung says:
but in ZH you played as china. what made you switch sides?
Omnirai says:
I think main reason was balance issues. I really started playing China in my early CW stages in Generals but i always kept comming back to USA, i often switched between USA and China.
IpKaiFung says:
cool
IpKaiFung says:
so how did you find out about cw?
Omnirai says:
I was looking at official forums and i saw a topic about the CW. At first i was shocked because i was waiting for official Clan system, there were some rumours about it back then. The manual-report based system didnt really appealed too me but somehow i really got into it. I guess the competition did it.
IpKaiFung says:
so what clan did you start in?
Omnirai says:
I think you cant really call it a clan because it was more of a 1man clan. I cant remember the name of it. But soon after i joined a real clan wich was GENERALx
IpKaiFung says:
were there any famous players in GENERALx?
Omnirai says:
I guess so, i remember some old school players like GENERALxIRAQI and GENERALxPOMPKIN
IpKaiFung says:
cool
IpKaiFung says:
so about which month in 2003 did you join then?
Omnirai says:
I really cant remember, but april is my guess.
IpKaiFung says:
so you played ccg cw for quite some time until ZH came out
Omnirai says:
Yea
IpKaiFung says:
when ZH first came out what were your impressions?
Omnirai says:
My first impression about ZH was... cool new units.
IpKaiFung says:
did you play in cw straight away?
Omnirai says:
Yea i think i did. I was used to CW so i guess i started playing CW straight away. I think it was under the name "Sovjets"
IpKaiFung says:
in the clan [Red] ?
Omnirai says:
No, one of my first clans i can remember in ZH was MARINE|
IpKaiFung says:
oh
IpKaiFung says:
when did red come?
Omnirai says:
November 2003*
IpKaiFung says:
ah
IpKaiFung says:
so how many cw titles have you personally won?
Omnirai says:
Ive won in total 3 Warrior Titles
Omnirai says:
I cant remember clan titles, because of all the clan hopping around but i think its around 3 or 4.
IpKaiFung says:
thats quite impressive
Omnirai says:
Ty
IpKaiFung says:
So whats your secret for success?
Omnirai says:
I think there are 2 factors, inspiration and hard work. Without inspiration, i would be nowhere and i wouldnt of had such need of becoming one of the best. If it wasnt for great players like Pillars and other top players i wouldnt be as succesful as iam now. Those players really inspired me alot when i was still new and i always wanted to be as good as them.
Omnirai says:
Second factor is hard work, if i wasnt playing alot like i did i wouldnt be as good as iam now (RTS mainly)
Omnirai says:
Oh, theres one more factor i forgot to add, FUN!
IpKaiFung says:
whats your most memorable moment during your cw career
Omnirai says:
I guess it was the month of december 2003 when i really started to get good, i didnt won in december but i was getting real good and a few people encouraged me.
IpKaiFung says:
have you won any other tournaments ?
Omnirai says:
Yea, ive won several small online tournaments like CNCReplays.com tournaments and United Battle Zone. I won a T-Shirt and a mousepad in the last one happy.gif Ive also won several dutch LANs:
1st The Hybrid LAN - C&C Zero Hour 1v1
1st The Hybrid LAN - C&C Generals 1v1
1st The Party 2 LAN - C&C Zero Hour 1v1
1st The Party 2 LAN - C&C Zero Hour 2v2
Omnirai says:
I also won the Best of Benelux 2004 in november. It was a great experience for me.
IpKaiFung says:
thats very impressive, so i guess people cant accuse you of hacking if you won on LAN
IpKaiFung says:
do you still play ZH?
Omnirai says:
Well i dont really bother myself to get into cheat-disccusions anymore (I know what i play for) but i guess winning offline LANs doesnt show anything, i could still be cheating online, you would never know ; ]
Omnirai says:
No, i dont play ZH anymore, im planning to play again for Best of Benelux 2005 and win several LANs again but at the moment im focusing more on WH 40K: Dawn of War
IpKaiFung says:
cool
IpKaiFung says:
well thats all i have to ask you really
IpKaiFung says:
is there anything you would like to add?
Omnirai says:
First of all thanks to the whole C&C ZH/Gens community for the great time and experience they gave me. And now im going to play ALOT of Dawn of War for this years World Cyber Games event. Im going to participate in the Dawn of War tournament so wish me luck. (Altho... luck is for newbs)
IpKaiFung says:
hehe
IpKaiFung says:
anyway good luck with DoW
IpKaiFung says:
its been a pleasure talking with you
Omnirai says:
Thank you, nice talking indeed.
IpKaiFung says:
bye
