Real Name: Andrew 'Eddie' Edwards. (People started calling me Eddie way back in early high school days, and it stuck, now most people don't even know my real name is Andrew...) Akas: FaDeEdOne, Eddie, Mb.Eddie Occupation: Retail Assistant Date Of Birth: 6 May 1987 City/Country: Melbourne, Aus Hobbies: SC2, AFL (Go Hawks), Television + Film SC2 Goals: Help bring more awesome events and exposure to SEA + sc2sea. Reach GM as a player (Mid Masters atm) Clan/Team: FaDe. Cool group of guys. Life and Career Goals: Currently testing/applying and training for Victoria Police. See how it goes.
Notable SC2/Gaming Achievements: Top 16 MC [Melb][Auckland][Perth] SC II 1v1 Competition #3 after finishing 2nd in group. Featured Online Vods: Haven't submitted any to be casted. Me v Pronkers from recent Melb ACL, his first person view (I lost).
Favourite Strategy: Blink Stalkers, Phoenix, Vortex. Banelings + nukes are fun to watch :P Favourite Babe: Scarlett Johansson, Kate Beckinsale, Mila Kunis Favourite Food: Pizza, Fruit Favourite Drink: Water, Bourbon, Vodka Favourite Movie: Can't pick 1 standout, too many. Prefer good drama>comedies Favourite Song: Stars - Personal, Damien Rice - 9 Crimes, Death Cab For Cutie - What Sarah Said. They're a couple of good ones that come to mind atm...
Players Respected: Many. Nirvana, Dox, Day[9], Moonglade, PiG, yang + all the other cool people out there! Arch-Nemesis: Don't really have any. Maybe Dox (epic ACL games), SlowHands (good record vs me), and always seem to get matched up and smashed by Targa at lan events... (All awesome guys ) Best Starcraft 2 player in SEA?: Top 3 Moonglade, Tgun, Targa, with many others not far behind. Favourite Players: PiG and yang Best Starcraft 2 player in the world of all time?: MC, NesTea, Mvp. Favourites: WhiteRa + Huk
Random last words: Thanks for the interview. Sc2sea is awesome an community, love you all
Bonus Question 1: As the longest and most hard working tournament admin in SC2SEA, running and sponsoring the GPDs/MCs for over a year STRAIGHT now - what drives your passion? How can people learn to be more like you!
I love SC2. It's a fantastic game/sport. Highly skilled at the top levels, strategic, very spectator friendly, and a good match making system for those seeking improvement. It's been called the chess of our generation. To quote Day[9]: " StarCraft requires the dexterity of a pianist, the mind of a chess grandmaster, and the discipline of an Olympic trainee."
I find it to be very addictive and have a desire to improve, as a lot of it comes down to your own 'play' unlike some other video games.
I want to do my little part in helping our local SEA players, and hopefully the world will pay a bit more attention to some of our top stars, so they can get similar opportunities as other players around the globe. Would like to see e-sports become more accepted into our culture.
I guess wanting to be a part of the community and loving the game are a must. Volunteer, help out, be part of it. The work can be rewarding and you'll meet some awesome people and make friends.
If I didn't know any better I'd think you were a closet zerg after reading this Also, the fact that you listed What Sarah Said makes this interview bawss!
Achieved my goal of SEA Grand Master the other day (Season 8)
Would love to play on KR more, as the best place to improve, but the lag is way to bad
I also placed 3rd at Melbourne Respawn Lan on April 28, knocking a few GM's out on my way.
ACL Sydney was awesome fun, made 4th round of the open bracket, losing 2-1 to yang and 2-0 to YYJ. The coolest part was just meeting people and watching games first hand.
Looking forward to the Melbourne edition in a few weeks.
After Melbourne ACL i think i'll cut down on playing for a bit to focus on other things.
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