Another Esports Interview comes to The Grumpy Old Gamer Blog, but this time its not CoD related!
Fifa plays a big part in my gaming life, so its been great to catch up with someone very much at the forefront of the Competitive Fifa World!
Ladies and Gentlemen I give you Vincent Hoffmann - Fifa World Champion!
1 - Tell us a bit more about yourself? Who is Epsilon Vinch!?
I'm 17 years old and in real life, I am studying management. I've played football for 10 years so I am really passionate about it.
I've represented Epsilon Esports for 5 months, and I'm the new FIFA World Champion and it is a real honor.
2 - How did you get into gaming, and then move on to play games competitively?
I've been playing since I was really young. I played a lot of Pro Evolution Soccer and I then started to play FIFA in 2008. At the start, it was only for fun, to chill and spend time with my friends. Then one day, two friends of mine told me that I could maybe play at a higher level because they thought I had some potential. They explained to me how to get into the competitive scene and my career was started.
3 - Are there any other games apart from Fifa that you play?
I play a lot on my phone with some addictive games like Flappy Bird! You know, it is a really challenging game! You need to beat your record and the design is pretty fun and cool but the real fact is that you can play everywhere, anytime. I like games like CoD too. I'm not really that good but I have a lot of fun playing games like this when I get home from school.
4 - What makes the difference between a public Fifa player and a Pro Fifa player?
The real difference is the training and my organisation. This offers me the opportunity to showcase my talent world-wide. I prepare myself for some events very carefully and conscientiously. I have trained my mind a lot too with my manager. You have to prepare yourself like a real professional, it's not only for enjoyment!
5 - How did you feel after your win at ESWC?
In fact, at first, I didn't really realise! It was a really new experience for me. So for the first night, I just had a party with my team mates at the hotel, it was so fun!
After that when I came back home, all my family was really happy for me and it was a really proud moment. One day later, when I was in the street, a lot of people were talking about me. Then, when I went to order a pizza, the man from restaurant recognised me, and it was at this moment I realised for the first time, I was a World Champion!
6 - What are your expectations and hopes for the upcoming Fifa events?
At Gfinity, I sincerely hope I make a good result. I want the win and nothing else. In Epsilon, we never do an event without the desire to do our best and win. So I want to end my season by winning all the events I take part in.
7 - Do you want to give any shout outs to people/sponsors?
Thank you to Epsilon eSport and their sponsors, Nike, Gamdias, Scuf Gaming and Dailymotion for all their support for me. Thank you to my manager ZiK and the Fifa community manager for Epsilon, Radium. Also to all my team mates because without them I wouldn't be where I am.
Since the interview, Vinch took part in the Gfinity Fifa LAN and unfortunately lost out to Tass in a very tense Final!
I'd like to thank Vinch and his manager at Epsilon, Zik for their time and support in doing this. Good luck to them and the rest of the Epsilon Fifa guys in their future events!
Follow Vinch on Twitter at - @EpsilonVinch
Follow Epsilon Fifa at - @Epsilon_Fifa
Let me know your thoughts people, and feel free to get in touch -
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Neil
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