What's your callsign?
TehCamelz
Let's get to know you – can you describe yourself in five words?
I'm a friendly, helpful person.
Tell us about your history in TAW.
I originally joined TAW after a friend of mine had joined, we had started playing PlanetSide 2 together and he wanted me to join the community he had joined. I applied for the PlanetSide 2 EU battalion and was a recruit within a few hours. I met some great people while I was there, and the overall community was great, I started playing different games with the new friends I had made within TAW, and after playing a lot more Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with TAW members than other games, I decided to transfer there. I am currently still part of the CS division as a server technician for the EU battalion.
What was your initial impression of TAW?
When I first joined TAW, I was surprised at the amount of active members, and the structure of the community, this meant I stayed quiet for a while, but even then, members made me feel welcome. I was invited to games a lot, included in conversations about game tactics, and within a few days, I felt like I had a huge group of new friends.
Tell us about your division, and what you do there.
I am currently in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive division as a server technician for the EU battalion, my job involves helping the server admin with maintaining and improving the game servers. Generally, each day I will spend around an hour installing updates, checking and improving config files, and making sure the servers are all running correctly. Other than that, daily I am on TeamSpeak so that members and staff can contact me for any support or server issues that may arise. Around an hour before any practice, I check the servers and make sure they are set up and ready for use during the practice to save time and keep things simple for other staff. Once I know all of the servers are running correctly, I go back to playing games with TAW members.
What would you like someone considering joining TAW to know?
One thing I would like to say is that TAW is a very friendly community, all members and staff will include new players in everything we do, and no one is left out.
Do you have any special hobbies or activities outside of TAW?
Outside of TAW, one of my main hobbies is web and software development, I think of a small project I can work on, spend a few months completing it, give the software out to a few people, and then start again thinking of a new project. Some people might see it as a waste of time, but it's one of the things I most enjoy doing.
If you could change one thing about TAW, what would it be?
If I could change one thing, I would have more cross division events, some members only really talk to the people in their division, it would be good to have more events where people from different divisions could meet and play games with each other.
What's your favourite thing about TAW?
My favorite thing has got to be the people I've met in TAW, I've made some great friends here, all of which have made me feel welcome from the moment I met them.
How does TAW affect your offline life?
Being part of TAW means I spend more time on my computer than I did before because I enjoy playing games with the community so much, some people might see that as a bad thing, but I find I enjoy my online life a lot more now than I did before.
If you could choose any TAW member to be stranded on a desert island with, who would it be and why?
I'd choose Neseroth, he's one of the first people I met within TAW, and he's a friendly, funny person, at least I'd be entertained while I was stranded. I would just really hope I had a solar powered PC with me so I could keep gaming.
Do you admire any celebrities? Why or why not?
Bear Grylls. He is able to survive and do so with a sense of humor.
Who do you believe is going to be the most influential figure in gaming in the next three years?
I hope it is the consumer. I hope the gaming companies start listening more to the people that are buying the games.
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Wohooo Camelz!