

Esportactu : Hello Zanzan, let's start this interview in a classic way, who are you ?

Zandra "zanZan" A. : 25 year old geek living in Stockholm with my cat. Obsessed with music and reading/learning new things. Supposed to work with UI/UX, but not working at the moment.





zanZan faces Karwik on Aerowalk



zanZan wins against k1llsen on Sinister

I played a fair share of q3a over a decade ago probably, mostly during summers since I had cousins playing and I was kind of forced into playing, cant say I liked it, or played the game how it was meant to be played. I discovered QuakeLive through a forum I'm part of where the game was discussed, I installed it and the rest is history. Apart from Quake I haven't really played anything and I've never been a big fan of games at all.Reason to CA is mainly because I can play with music and not care, but I also tend to hit ridiculous shots in that mode making it quite fun to play. As for duel I have no idea why I am even trying. My patience is too great, and my nerves are catastrophic, so no, it was never natural. What I started to appreciate with duel is that all of the good and bad decisions are out of your brain and there's no one but yourself to blame/cred. The strategical part is great and what attracts me the most. Finding new tricks to suprise and out-smart the opponent is great fun.Disgusting.I actually hated it when I first started duelling, but later on I realised my rail, granades and patience were fairly suiting for the map. I also appreciate that X thousand duels later, there are still small little tricks to be found on it, some which are just great. I think Aerowalk sometimes almost requires great patience, especially out of control, and nagging yourself back into control is great fun on that particular map. People often judge the map saying its imbalanced which I don't agree with at all. Aerowalk vs anyone knowing the map can go either way, like any map, and I recall having like a 10min long overtime on that map vs sparks a few months ago which kind of says enough. I won.Ins convinced me too I think, even though I've always and still do believe that I'm not made for competing. I lack way too much of all the required skills. As for a goal I don't really have any today. When I started dueling I guess I had the goal of beating some of the best players which I think I've reached up to fairly well. It's all for fun, and I don't see myself doing much better than I do at this very day. You can't teach old dogs new tricks.I hardly know how to open a demo. There's no such thing as training, I just play whatever map and mode that I feel like, whoever wants to play, I'll play...Not very often I'm afraid, but sure I've watched a few 125fps games. I did watch the duel grand final at QuakeCon though which I must say was the best match I've seen. The speed in that game was insane.I would have to stop being scared and nervous for fights. I don't want to get close at all, I'd prefer hitting rails lightyears away and keep it that way. I think confidence is the biggest problem which always makes me nervous. When the games "matter" (125fps, etc) Im "happy" to hit 25% rail and 15% LG, and the second its public I could beat anyone. Pretty frustrating at times.I'm super boring to play against. I like hiding. I hate close combat. And I only want to do unreturned damage, preferably from distance. My favourite weapon would be rail. I do not have any favourite players.Depends on the setting i guess. Would I travel somewhere to play quake? God no. If it was to be set in Stockholm and I could go home whenever, I guess I would. I was somewhat prepared of going during the swedish championship if I wouldn't have thrown the game away (editor's note : probably the qualification game against rox_) like a complete jackass.Pretty mixed feelings I guess. On one hand there are a few certain people I talk to outside of the game and that I share a lot of interests with, while on the other hand I don't really care about the community at all, nor am I on Quake to make best friends. It can be hard to completely ignore the fair share of nutjobs that there is, just like there is everywhere. I have to give h8m3 a gigantic shout-out though for being so hysterically loyal to himself, which is pretty funny. Some people might find me ignorant and unsociable, which might be true to a certain point.Thanks to Nico, mikul & the rest, for making 125fps spin every month.