ProvingGrounds Spotlight On: *PyRO*

 
 

*PyRO*.



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*PyRO*AnTrOpOdE *PyRO*Broken *PyRO*H@ck!N
*PyRO*Macabre! *PyRO*MT *PyRO*PokEmoN
*PyRO*Rock *PyRO*RoOsTeR* *PyRO*SauRuS
*PyRO*stevo *PyRO*Sully *PyRO*Wangsta
*PyRO*Forsaken *PyRO*Mercenary *PyRO*Kevlar
*PyRO*KRUCIFIED *PyRO*tornado *PyRO*Rammy_Pyro


Introduction

Our selection for this month's Spotlight On Award goes to a veteran Quake 3 Excessive team, a community that is infamous for their "excessive" behavior. This article is dedicated to *PyRO* who have been a solid and respectable team not only in the Q3 Excessive community but now in the Call of Duty community as well. Let's take a closer look in the interview below, conducted by Pure Imaginary.


Maniacs?

PG|Pure_Imaginary: First, the obvious question: How did *PyRO* come together?

KillaThug: Well, it was a split off of an older clan, THC. We wanted competition and THC didn't so we broke off and started our own clan.

stormy: It started about 2.5 years ago with myself, insanity, and electric.

KillaThug: I stayed with THC at the time, but eventually joined PyRO and I've been having fun with them ever since.

AgENT-86: I had a feeling that I have always been a PyRO.

stormy: PyRO has always been about fun. That's the main reason that we are still together.

kevlar: I was hanging out with PyRO for a while and they decided that I could be a member.

KillaThug: We could care less about winning as long as we have fun.

PG|Pure_Imaginary: *PyRO* looks like a pretty intimate group. What makes your clan as great as it is?

Forsaken: We are friends first and foremost. Gaming is second.

stormy: We are really picky as far as recruiting. We pick not based on skills, but on attitude.

KillaThug: Well, we all have common interests; we all have fun playing games.

AgENT-86: Actually meeting in person made the bond stronger.

PG|Pure_Imaginary: What do you think are the most important characteristics for a clan to have in order to become respected in the Excessive community and to be successful as a clan in general?

Forsaken: It's important to be well respected and have a good attitude.

KillaThug: A player needs to be respectful of others.

Sully: To not care about winning and to keep your head held high, win or lose.

PG|Pure_Imaginary: Has *PyRO* ever needed to kick anyone from the clan?

stormy: We've never kicked anybody.

KillaThug: No, but some people have left for personal reasons. We only pick dedicated people.

Forsaken: We are careful with recruiting so that's not a problem.

stormy: Some very good players wanted to be in PyRO but we didn't want their attitude.


Matchplay

PG|Pure_Imaginary: How does the clan prepare for the big matches?

stormy: We practice whenever we can.

KillaThug: We try to set up a night for practice.

Sully: We work our freakin' tails off.

KillaThug: And we use Ventrilo to talk strategy. :)

kevlar: We look at who we are playing and choose the maps carefully. We look at where they are good and find their weakness.

PG|Pure_Imaginary: Who is *PyRO*'s biggest/favorite rival?

AgENT-86: Machine Gun Assassins.

stormy: [MgA].

KillaThug: [MgA]. We've spent a lot of time playing them.

Sully: [MgA].

kevlar: [MgA].

Sully: It's not a bad rivalry, we just enjoy playing each other.

stormy: We always have fun with [MgA].

AgENT-86: They're good friends! I have met these guys in person as well. They're a great group of people!

PG|Pure_Imaginary: *PyRO* has been on the Quake 3 Excessive Deathmatch Team ladder for two years and has compiled an 11 - 31 record. What has been the high point for you so far at the Proving Grounds?

stormy: We've been in 3rd on PG when The Droogs left. That's our best Q3 achievement.

AgENT-86: I would say just being recognized as a good clan.

Sully: For me it was getting the pleasure to play [MgA]. Their attitude is great!

KillaThug: Another high point was when we won 2 in a row against East Coast Clowns. We never won two in a row until then.

stormy: And we can't forget the match with 1337 Mob. On DM17 it was over 500 frags.

KillaThug: Yeah, that was our best map.

AgENT-86: Being here on Spotlight On is another high point. :)


Excessive

PG|Pure_Imaginary: What is your favorite thing about Excessive, and what do you think about it needs to be improved the most?

KillaThug: The fast-paced action of the game and flying around with all the weapons.

stormy: The attitude of the players.

Sully: I love Excessive and nothing needs to change. My favorite thing about it is drawing on the walls.

KillaThug: To improve it, I wish we could improve the attitudes of the players that play Excessive.

AgENT-86: Old style Excessive is the best. My favorite thing is being able to fly through the air.

PG|Pure_Imaginary: With Mr.Pants' Excessive v004 and Excessive Plus 1.0 Final both released recently, in addition to countless spinoffs, what mod do you see as the future of Excessive?

KillaThug: We like v3 the way it is.

Sully: If you've ever seen the forums where everyone is so darn picky, I think they'll leave it as it is in v3.

AgENT-86: I don't know but I will always be an old school player. I don't care for the changes.

KillaThug: I think v4 will prevail because of all the server side commands that is has that v3 doesn't.

PG|Pure_Imaginary: The Excessive forum now has over 47,000 posts. Do you guys ever sleep?

KillaThug: Nope. *laughs*

Sully: Hell no.

AgENT-86: Haha! Never!

Sully: Well, I have to say the reason we have 47,000 posts is becuase of Meatgrinder.

KillaThug: PyRO is quiet compared to most people in the PG forums.


Miscellaneous

PG|Pure_Imaginary: What gives you the greatest satisfaction playing games online?

Forsaken: The friendships.

KillaThug: Meeting people that play the same games that you do and actually getting to meet them in person.

PyroSully: The fact that the Excessive community has no strangers and everyone knows each other.

PG|Pure_Imaginary: *PyRO* has branched out by joining the Call of Duty DM 4vs4 ladder. Who is involved in the CoD team, and what attracts you to a much less excessive game such as this one?

Forsaken: Storm, kevlar, sully, and myself.

AgENT-86: I am on the CoD Team. I like the style of play plus it's based on the Quake 3 engine.

KillaThug: The strategy is what draws me in to CoD.

kevlar: It's a very intense game. I had Medal of Honor and I thought that that game was great until I played this game.

Forsaken: CoD is one of the best games in a long time.

PG|Pure_Imaginary: What other games may we see *PyRO* take on?

Forsaken: Maybe Pain Killer.

KillaThug: Unreal Tournament 2004 is possible.

stormy: We never know with PyRO.



Congratulations to PyRO for earning the Spotlight On for April 2004. We want to commend PyRO for always keeping a good attitude and always being fun to frag with. With all the stuff that goes on in this community and the heavy rivalries PyRO has always been one of the leaders in demonstrating how a clan should be in the community.


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