It's almost midnight here. Womble came online and I decided to start an interview with him. Most of you prolly know him, especially if you do not know him you should take a look at this interview.

Here you can find some information about him:

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	Name: Perry "hungry_womble" Borer Age: 17 Race: Space Marines Clan: System Overload Recent Successes: Placed 2nd in the "Soulstorm is not dead yeat" cup

And now what you all have been waiting for: the interview.

The Interview

First of all, please introduce yourself do our readers.

Hi my name is Perry also known as hungry_womble. I am 17 years old and my favourite race is Space Marines, although I'm also a fan of CSM, Ork, Cron and SoB. I joined DoW in mid Dark Crusade, got introduced to DoWs and saw a lot of replays. After a long time I developed a reasonable understanding of the game and was able to play reasonable well. I met darkiz and we made love.

You started in mid DC, which means you have been playing quite a time now. What makes Dawn of War so special that it lets you keep playing again and again?

I guess what I enjoy most about playing Dawn ofWar is the mental challenge of considering strategy and how to play the best. As there are a ton of different matchups and a fair few playable maps DoW is very sustaining in this department. Once you become happy with all the intricacies of one matchup you can move onto working out another and then you can learn a new race etc.. At the moment I'm trying to learn SoB.

You started playing with Orks first, then you changed to Space Marines. Why is that?

I decided to pick up Orks because they seemed a fun race and when I started they didn't seem to be very widely played (which appealed). As I became better in late Dark Crusade I realised that in a lot of matchups they were overpowered, which put me off playing them as having a racial advantage subtracts from any wins. I also realised I didn't particularly like the T2 Ork playstyle whereby you have to mix melee and ranged and chase your opponent around the map. Playing SM where you can control the motion of the game appealed more.

What are your strenghts and weaknesses. Do you rage often when you lose?

I do sometimes but I think less than some other players. I also normally manage to avoid taking it out on the other player - I just get frustrated at myself. I think one of my strengths is that I try to think through every action and do not do something unnecessary. I frequesntly re-asses strategy within matchups to try and tighten my game. My main weakness is that my striking reflection sometimes distracts me mid game if I catch a glimpse of it in the mirror above my pc.

When did you start playing competively and what was your first tournament?

To be honest I can't remember, I guess something on ESL. Probably a match in one of the clan league seasons?

At the moment you are playing for System Overload. Are you enjoying your time in sO?

There is one finnish player that really gets on my tits but otherwise fine. I knew the team leader Abacus long before he made sO and he was nice enough to take the time to teach me and to improve my play. He also introduced me into the more competitive side of the playerbase. He is cool guy and was my only real reason for joining sO at the time. Since ofc, I have met other people within the clan that cause genital arousal.

Can you tell us about your clan history? What were your former clans? You can greet your former clanmates if you want.

I joined NeO - thx to Abacus for letting me spend time with the clan guys (aka HLD). Then Ijoined GW and then sO.

How do you see the future of yourself - as a player - and your team?

I got invited into Vaul's cup which should be fun. Also hopefully there will be another CL and another 1v1 tournament. Hopefully the game will keep going for as long as possible despite lack of AM or money tournaments.

You placed 2nd in "SoulStorm is not dead yet" cup. You faced one of the best players at the moment and best Tau player epIx.epIx won 2:1 but you did pretty well during the whole tournament. What do you think about your final game vs. epIx and the tournament?

It's very hard to beat epIx's Tau, so although obviously I tried my best to win I wasn't particularly surprised that I lost. I do have to play him in first round of Vaul's cup so I need some new ideas fast! The rest of tourny was enjoyable. I didn't do very well in the darkiz cup (yours I guess) after flopping early on vs white_ZuBR and then losing to Milf's

So you got invited to Vaul's tournament. Very well known oldschool players like Santiago4ever, epIx, marteffyo and others participate. Who will win and what is your goal in this tournament?

Santi is always gonna be a contender in any tournament. epIx also has a fair chance of winning if he can improve his anti ork since his games versus Santi in ESL. But if marteffyo is in form (despite being inative) my money is on him. He has an awesome orky t1.5 which seems the best time to strike vs Tau. He also has a positive win record in ork mirrors verus Santi afaik. Ideally I hope to beat epIx , maybe camp my way to victory vs marteffyo (although that will be tricky as 2nd default map is soe) and then hax santi in the final. Or maybe get you to play my game and rape them all with afl strategy.

Do you think SoulStorm is going to die soon, are players moving to other games like Starcraft 2 and other new games? What is the future of Soulstorm in your opinion?

I think there will be enough good players to keep DoW fun as long as ESL keeps hosting tournaments and other things and community events continue such as Vaul's cup. These keep up an interest for the playerbase and give them incentive to play lobby games/ games with friends etc.

Can you name me your top 3 players & clans in Soulstorm at the moment and why you chose them?

Best players who are at least partially active are ServaNt and Santiago4ever,maybe you could state epIx as the third best, but although he is definately a good player I feel that his choice of race is at least part responsible for his success. Clanwise it has to be Fallen-Soulz (it has ServaNt, DaNfz, Tr1v, marteffyo JeuneGen etc.), perhaps TOXiC 2nd? Maybe System Overload third? I'm not sure.

What about your personal life. How do you spend your free time other than playing Soulstorm. Any girlfriend/boyfriend?

I go to a 6th form college. I like seeing friends/parties etc. ofc. I also compete at judo fairly competitively. Closest I have to a girlfriend at the moment is my hand =/.

Thank you for this interview. I wish you the best of luck in the future. Any last words?

afl <3

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