We quickly caught up with Team EnVyUs’ ScreaM to learn about how he became a gamer and professional player!
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My first game ever? Hmm...I think it was a Legend of Zelda game on the Nintendo 64. I didn’t really play it because I was really young. I was more watching my cousin play it than anything.
It was my family definitely. My older brother, who’s seven years older than me, was playing Counter-Strike 1.5 I think? Something like that. He got me into CS early on, and eventually bought me Counter-Strike Source when it came out. So he is the one who actually got me into it.
Well as far as consoles, I actually started out of PC. That was the earliest thing I played on and what I was usually using. Maybe PlayStation 1 or 2 but that was just for fun with my brothers, I didn’t really spend much time on those.
I think it affected my school a lot, because I was playing too much. Back then, people didn’t play that much, and no one at my school played. I was pretty much the only one and it had a serious impact. That being said, I didn’t make any friends in real life because of it but online I had quite a lot.
Yeah, in the beginning when I was going to school, it was really not good to be awake as long as I was playing video games. Other than that though my parents and family were really quick to support me in gaming. They weren’t that annoying about it.
I’ve always been competitive in everything I do. I was playing basketball for a long time when I was younger and I really liked it, but Counter-Strike took over. At first I was really enjoying playing CS by itself, but after I discovered competitive play I wanted to be the best. I practiced so hard but I did still enjoy it so it worked out well.
I randomly found out. Someone sent me a link of a competitive 5v5 game back then. I was playing all the time on normal servers for fun but then I discovered the competitive games. I was really surprised and it was really cool. I made some new friends who started playing competitively with me and it was good.
Well I was 15 at the time, so that was 2009 or 2010. It’s been about nine years.
Yeah, I think I have a lot of people I know through online play. I am pretty well connected with the whole CS French community. To be clear though I’m not really friends with these people, it’s all about gaming and we definitely play together but I think “friend” is more than gaming, it’s a real life thing. I do have fun with some people though, especially the pro players and a few others.
I don’t really have time to play something else to be fair. I relax by going out with my real life friends, working out, and chilling. If I were to play other games then that would be too much playing in my life. It could be bad for my health and everything else. It’s nice to go outside and get away from my computer sometimes.
Well as you said it’s a really really big part of my life. I also think games are always going to be in my life. There are always new games coming out and everyone enjoys it. Today it’s my work but I think it’s more than that. It’s one of the most important things in my life right now. Maybe one day it will be done and gone and I will move on to something else but for now I’m really thankful and blessed that I’m here. I’m enjoying it until the end.
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