We were able to catch up with professional Halo player and popular Twitch streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, to ask him some questions about his new organization (Cloud9), the Halo Championship Series, Halo 5: Guardians, and Halo 2 Anniversary.

First off, we would like to congratulate you on joining Cloud 9! How are you feeling about joining the organization?

Ninja: we are so excited to be working along with Cloud 9 as their very first Halo team, it honestly feels like a dream.

How did that conversation go? Walk us through that process, and how they got into contact with you and your team.

Ninja: I was actually very surprised we were approached, Buckness came to Hysteria, Fearitself, and Victoryx on twitter informing them that Cloud 9 was very interested in a halo team, when we heard this we had to put all things on hold and reconsider. This organization has done so well for itself and has such a Classy and dominant reputation, we discussed it amongst ourselves for awhile and then came to the decision that we wanted to be with them.

What are your thoughts on the Halo Championship Series?

Ninja: The HCS is honestly the greatest thing to happen to halo, as it shows the support of multiple tournament organizations, but mainly the support of 343 Industries. These events and tournaments are the gateway to Halo 5 hopefully restoring Halo to its former glory. I have been waiting for this for a long time.

What is your opinion about Halo 2 Anniversary? Do you think it is a viable competitive title?

Ninja: Halo 2 Anniversary definitely has its kinks that it needs to work out, but specifically the game out of the box has the potential to be a top competitive title yes. I am very excited to see what types of forge maps people come up with and the HCS league adopts.

If you could change one thing about Halo 2 Anniversary what would it be?

Ninja: Well besides the pretty depressing and disappointing launch, I would have to change (specifically with H2A) the hitmarkers and grenade indicators. I don’t need an annoying image on my screen showing me I have 10 grenades about to destroy my soul, and I don’t need hit markers to know that I just peeled someones face off with a sniper.

Your team placed 5/6th at the ESL Halo Launch invitational, which I am sure is not the placement you were aiming for. What are your plans to improve as a team moving forward?

Ninja: You can only do so much preparing for an event that is a Pre-launch game, we plan on playing as much as possible as a team and really developing our friendships and communication. I find that when you are good friends with your teammates, everything else can fall into place a whole lot easier.

What did you think about Halo 5:Guardians multiplayer reveal?

Ninja: Halo 5 has potential, the gaming and FPS world is evolving, and along with it Halo. The beta is going to be Multiplayer live testing for almost 3 weeks, that is plenty of time for 343 to make sure the game launches smoothly, AND for the community to provide them with as much feedback as possible to improve the game.

If you could change one thing about Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer, what would it be?

Ninja: If I could change one thing so far about Halo 5, it would have to be “Smart scope” Ads, however I know that this is something I have to try for myself and play.

Where can people find you? (Social media, etc.)

Ninja: I am always live Monday-Friday streaming on Twitch.tv/Ninja, my youtube videos are at Youtube.com/Ninjashyper, and my twitter is going to be Twitter.com/NinjaCloud9

Any shout outs?

Ninja: I would like to give a shoutout to my team, my entire family who has always supported me, my girlfriend Jessica, all of my viewers, mods and subscribers on Twitch, and finally to our new organization that we are with Cloud 9. We cannot be more excited to work with them and show them what we can do!

We really appreciate Ninja sitting down with us and answering some questions, and we wish him and his team the best of luck heading into the Halo Championship Series. Be sure to follow Ninja on Twitter, Twitch, and Youtube!

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