May 20, 2019
We (I) will miss you, Mayhem Academy.
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We (I) will miss you, Mayhem Academy.
Manneten to Mayhem Academy!
I tried to do a summary of Manneten interview with Blakespana (keep in mind my English is really bad so correct me if i got anything wrong). Also, looks pretty weird on mobile because I can’t format, sorry.
00:00 - 3:50 Brief introduction (They talk about Sweden weather)
3:50 - 6:16 They talk about High school.
He has been in e-sports for 3 years.
He signed his first contract 1 month after finishing High School (He was 18). It was the first time he tried into a professional team too.
He is a pretty competitive person.
He was bat at school.
3:16 - 11:53 Childhood
Growing up was easy. Family was “super nice”.
Parents divorced when he was a kid. He didn’t understand so the separation wasn’t hard for him.
He has 3 older brothers (around 30 to 35). Two of them got him into videogames at 5 years old.
Traveling from his father’s house to his mother’s was annoying.
He didn’t have friends at his mother’s place so eventually he started to live with his father.
It was rough but he preferred hunging out with friends.
He studied for electrician.
He played Halo 2 and 3, Rainbow Six, Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter... with his brothers.
11:53 - 14:16 Some more childhood and family stuff
His family supports his gamimg career since he started.
His mother doesn’t understand the game but has fun watching it.
He hasn’t meet one of his brothers in a long time and calls him “the bad bad boy”.
He did some Ice Hokey in school, floorball, football (soccer for all of you monsters lol)
He think Ice Hokey is cool but he isn’t really into it.
14:16 - 19:03 Gaming
His first team was “2sTroNk” which was signed by Luminosity later.
He didn’t want to be an electrician so being signed by Luminosity was like being saved.
Smite was the first game he wanted to be good at. He got to top 15.
The game felt small, everyone knew each other but him so it was hard to get a tryout or a team.
As soon as he saw Overwatch he jumped in, got level 10 and asked on reddit for a team. He still talk with those people.
He has been with Mineral for like 3 years.
He and his brothers really loved Micro Machines but they lost the CD before a LAN party (lol).
When he was 16-17 all his friends and brothers thought he could be a pro-gamer o streamer.
19:03 - 21:44 Social life (?) and regrets
When he mets a new person he doesn’t show his “true self” but when he is more comfortable he is a really funny and random person.
He is an “okay person” (xd).
At first he played League of Legends with his friends but none of them got into Overwatch so he just played casual games with them sometimes.
He didn’t go to prom and regrets it a bit.
He regrets not spending more time with his mother.
23:44 - 29:33 Mental health issues in Overwatch League
He thinks a longer break (more than 2 weeks) would be nice because they would have time to visit home. 2 weeks would be weird becuase the team can lose chemistry.
Shorter breaks means If you have a patch you can’t rest, you need to practice the new patch.
He hope teams take mental health more seriously this season.
In Season 1 most players were burned out.
He had a period where he felt like shit and lost motivation.
He hopes teams bring more staff memebers to talk with the players and help them.
Because Mayhem’s bus left at 10:30 am, their sleep schedule was “healthy”.
29:33 - 33:56 Florida Mayhem (Mental Health)
Environment was good.
Everyone was positive but he isn’t sure if they were just hiding their emotions.
Mid stage 4 they realized even if they win, the only thing they gain is experience. Eventually they got their motivation back.
OWL structure (more players, more staff...), mental health problems, the grind, etc. caught everyone off guard.
When they went to Florida he spent 3 weeks away from his computer. It’s the longest time he has been without playing, but it was refreshing.
Their vacation in Florida was amazing and everyone needed that.
33:56 - 38:15 Meeting fans and more thingies
Meeting fans is an unforgettable memory.
They met Miami Heat and the players said they play Fortnite. He isn’t a big fan of Fortnite (lol).
He didn’t know anyone. Mineral is into basketball so he knew every player.
Some fans went to every event in Florida, so they started seeing them like friends.
At first it was scary talking to fans.
Having fans is werid, but not in a bad way.
Once a fan asked him to go to prom with them (Okay wtf ahhahahah)
38:15 - 39:28 Relationships (?)
Relationships are hard, especially in OWL because you have to live in America.
He said more things but I found them pretty personal soooo watch the video if you want to know ;)
39:28 - 45:04 Tier 2 experience
His experience in T2 scene was amazing.
He lived in Canada for 2 months with Luminosity.
Back them he didn’t have any lawyer.
Mineral taught him about contracts and stuff. He was like the adult/father figure.
Mineral is the dad of the team.
He says there is a lot of shady stuff going on in lower tiers.
Lower tiers (especially T2) problems should be fixed by everyone (Blizzard, the orgs, the players, teams...)
45:04 - 47:04 Player Union
It’d be healthy for the scene. Even though It’s going to be tough, he hopes it happens.
Seagull was thought as the head of a Player Union.
Blizzard should help.
47:04 - 51:09 Some Mayhem Stuff
When he find out he wasn’t re-signed the first thing he though was “I need to find tryouts”.
He was a bit scared but kinda expected it.
Matt (Manager) told him before so it wouldn’t come out of the blue.
Coaching staff, epecially Mineral, kept their spirits high.
Everyone helped when things were hard (coaching staff, family, friends). Just by calling his father he can feel so much better.
When Mineral left they felt lost.
51:09 - 1:00:49
He thinks Koreans practice with more purpose.
Scandinavian culture don’t show emotions.
He never saw Zuppeh being angry, sad, depressed...
Zuppeh is a grinding robot.
No one on the team really gets sad, angry or depressed.
Losing was never a big problem for him. He thought the only thing he could do was play better next time.
He tried to put everything into practice to fix mistakes and get better.
When he was younger he had anger issues. He punched monitors, keyboards, everything.
He looked up to his brothers who never had anger issues or mental health issues so, around 16 years old, he learned to not care emotionally.
He has changed now and is a happy person.
Ranked is annoying (we feel you).
Manne joins the hair meta.