Player Team Playmakers

Name: Martin Eilertsen
Date of Birth: 02-04-88
Sex: Male
Location: Denmark, Dragør
School Form: Niels Brock HHX
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Student
Likes: Cola
Dislikes: Dust
Food Preference: Chicken
Favorite Song: Many :p
Favorite Movie: Saw
Motto: --

Gaming Related Stuff:

First Game: Quake2
Playing CS since: Beta 6.1
Awards: 5th ESX/CPL preliminary qualifier 2004, 5th Net-X Tournament 2004, 1st Lanworld #1, 2nd Gamers Connection, 1st Nations Cup with Team Denmark.
Weapon: Ak-47
Config: --
Favorite Player: zone
Favorite Clan: SK
Former Teams: vivid, edge, GK


Hallo Martin, you are one of the players which recently formed the Danish based team, Playmakers. Please introduce yourself to your fans and those who might become future fans.

- My name is Martin Eilertsen and I'm one of the players in Playmakers, I use a lot of time playing cs and going to school. I just started at my driver license so soon i'll be driving around :)

If a fan of some sort would be interested in having a talk, where should he go?

- At my school at Frederiksberg or in Dragør. Im there most of the time.

Playmakers has without any doubt one of the strongest rosters in Denmark at the moment. How does it feel to be part of the team?

- It feels really great and I'm sure that many people would like to play cs at this level. I enjoy playing with my teammates and especially elevate.

How serious do you and your team take Counter-Strike? Is it a goal for you to be able to make a living out of it or is it just for fun?

- We're not focusing on living by playing cs, but that would be really nice, like a dream come true being paid for doing what you love, and then just keep wining big tournaments.

Where do you see Playmakers in 3 months, etablished at the top in Europe?

- It's hard to say, but we're aiming for the top and hoping we will gain succes.

You started gaming when the 6.1 beta came out, so I assume you have spent quite some time infront of the computer. Does the amount of practice and gaming effect your "real life" in any way?

- Nah not really, I still talk with everbody who dosen't play cs. But it can easy affect your school if you don't pay attention. I actually dropped out of 10th grade to play cs, but in my case I needed a break from school, and then after a long year home and not really anything to do I wanted to go back to school again.

Seems like every gamer is playing poker these days, does it interest you or do you mainly stick to Counter-Strike?

- Nope, I'm not spending all my money on poker, but if I could earn some money on it, like calc, I would certainly be doing it all the time. It's a great game but hard to master.

If you were asked to rank the top european teams, how would you go about it?

- I really don't know, but I would for sure put SK, NiP and fnatic at the highest, because the got all what it takes to be the best. I think fnatic can be a really awesome team, wining a lot of things if they keep their practice going.

How do you feel about what has been going on in Team Noa? There has been a lot of changes since elemeNt left a while back.

- I think that is their problem or what you would call it, but for some teams I think they need to find the real chemistry, and maybe they just found it now? :)

If you would be able to change something in the CS Scene, what would it be and why?

- I wouldn't change anything since I don't think there is anything wrong. I can't imagine the scene different then it is now.

What is your opinion on all the talk about younger and younger players taking over more in the CS scene nowadays?

- I don't think that would be possible, because I don't think all of them are good enough.

What would you say is your biggest opponent in Denmark and in Scandinvia?

In Scandinavia SK, fnatic and NiP are our biggest opponents. I think people know why :). In Denmark is has to be atr.dk for sure.

Who in the international gaming scene do you respect the most?

- This one is really easy.. In my opinion spx is the one. He always surprises when we play together and makes up some really crazy stuff some times. Overall the best player i've ever played with.

Which of your future events do you look forward to the most?

- CPL Dalls 2006 ofcourse, I think it will be a really cool event with loads of fun since it's my first CPL :)

How does your familiy think of your lifestyle, do they support you?

-They support me in everything I do and allways will. So this have never been a problem for me :p

I understand you attend school again. How does school and professional gaming work out for you?

- It works fine together, but I don't always do my homework, but then again I wouldn't do more homework if I wasn't playing cs. But I think many people concentrate to little on their homework and to much on gaming.

What are your goals for the future?

- Well right now, Im going to finish my school and then i don't know what i'll be doing. When it comes to CS I hope to win some big tournaments and keep playing for a long time. Lets see what the future brings :p

Well, I have no more questions. Thank you for the interview. If you anything to say, shoutout now.
- urum gaffe (intern joke)

This Interview was written and implemented by Jonas Kugland