Today, we have an interview with the legend himself
Travis 'HULKsmash' Pettey
shiKaka says: Okay, let's get started! Ok, let us start with you telling everyone out there who you are ! explain to them who the REAL Travis is.
Travis says: Hi, I'm a 19 year old poker playing prodigy.. Oh and I'm not as angry as most people
shiKaka says: lol so now that you are a retired Wc3 player, what do you spend your time doing? can you walk us through a day of HULK.
Travis says: I go to school, troll wc3 forums, play poker and play sports
shiKaka says: what sports do you play?
Travis says: tennis and basketball
shiKaka says: oic, and i hear you are on a new team, i read something about KoD.Poker. Can you explain that to us? what its about .
Travis says: KoD.Poker isn't really a team. It's just a group of us that were wc3 players that now play poker. We may have someone come up in the near future though. Hopefully at least it happens.
shiKaka says: Oh cool, out of all you guys, who would you say is the best and the worst?
Travis says: Best is definitely KiWiKaKi, the most lucky is APM, and I'll say Strife is the worst atm since he plays the lowest.. but he's played the least
shiKaka says: and what stakes do you play at?
Travis says: i play $1/$2 or $2/$4, normally 16 tables
shiKaka says: so do you play wc3 at all anymore, any bnet or anything?
Travis says: I actually don't even have wc3 installed anymore since i reformatted around 2 weeks ago
shiKaka says: Oh, so you play anything else? maybe some star craft or anything?
Travis says: naw, I never got into any game other than wc3.. well, I play a rare game of CounterStrike actually
shiKaka says: ok cool, as much as some people dont like you, your skills at wc3 were obviously very good. i remember watching you beat people like ThomasG.. When you were on defs, and you were getting paid what was it like knowing you were officially a 'pro-gamer'
Travis says: I beat ThomasG while in MsY, and I wouldn't call myself a pro gamer considering what I received. I think anything under $500/month (still so low to live on) is non pro gamer.
Travis says: At least I didn't practice like one
shiKaka says: Who do you think was your best beat?
Travis says: I'd say my best win was probably Sonik in TFL
Travis says: I beat him twice for two different teams in same season
shiKaka says: Oh nice, so i watned to get your opinion on some things that have been happening in the 'scene'. Let's start with H2O+KoD, you think they have what it takes to make it back into WC3L?
Travis says: Sure they have what it takes to get there, but actually getting there is a whole new thing. I just don't think they have the consistency with all the retired KoD people to make it.
shiKaka says: Even with Technoboy, Shortround, and HolyHuman?
Travis says: Holyhuman I'm not so sure about, Shortound same, but Technoboy surely is a diamond in the rough
shiKaka says: ^__^ Now to MsY, first Vegeta merged with ex-EnVy with out telling anyone.. what were your initial reactions?
Travis says: Vegeta being Vegeta
shiKaka says: I see, then he kicked everyone.. which im assuming everyone on MsY finally talked to him, now he has 'merged' cGz into MsY.. 4-5 players, including MeTaTaTe and Subversuz. For better or worse?
Travis says: Apparently it was Kriminal that kicked everyone "inactive", which is kind of our whole team. I saw discussion about merging with cGz but didn't know it actually happened. Where did you see the news?
shiKaka says: A couple cGz managers told me it had happened.
Travis says: oh, Hopefully for better then.. though I'm unsure of the players
shiKaka says: i see.. out of the american scene, who would you consider the top 3 teams.
Travis says: msy/h2o/DCo (are they even american anymore?). if not then vT since they are actually american
shiKaka says: agreed, who is the most over hyped player in the american scene do you think?
Travis says: hmmmmmm, probably Shortround for the reasons people expected him to return to his top 2 WCG form
shiKaka says: most underrated?
Travis says: I always think people underestimate BoX because he never plays the higher amateur leagues
shiKaka says: couple more questions on the game itself, what do you think is the most imba race in the game now? is orc the new elf?
Travis says: orc is the best race, for the reason that they do the same strats every game so they have easier pracitce
Travis says: now they just have to put some items on a blade and bam, gg
shiKaka says: and what do you think about the new maps like CG and MV?
Travis says: Honestly I have played each about 1-2 times but they seem to be pretty well liked in leagues. This is surprising and speaks a lot about the maps though considering change in maps is never usually liked
shiKaka says: Yeah.. ok and lastly we'll play the word game. I assume you know how it goes?
Travis says: of course
shiKaka says: Vegeta
Travis says: Ridiculous
shiKaka says: KoD.Poker.apm
Travis says: luckbox
shiKaka says: canada
Travis says: wut
shiKaka says: 300spartaa a.k.a DCo]KoDo
Travis says: retard
shiKaka says: grAyf0x
Travis says: byagaga
shiKaka says: WCR
Travis says: scenenews (one word)
shiKaka says: haha and lastly moska
Travis says: legend
shiKaka says: nice, thanks for your time, any last shout outs?
Travis says: MYM for posting about our team, k thx~