Harribo is the lead admin of the CoD4 tournament. He has been the lead admin for most of the i-series events too, and so comes with a wealth of experience. I managed to have a chat with him about the CoD4 tournament.
Harribo, this is certainly a step down in term of admining compared to i34. But what do you think of PCGS as a whole?
Essentially yeah, but I’ve been on my own. At i34 I had 3 other people. It seems a good event, other than the poor turnout, but, yeah! The exhibition is very good, nice to see some new games.
The CoD4 tournament has had a few ups and downs, mainly downs, you looking forward to the point when it actually starts?
Yeah
Could you give us a quick reason as to why the tournament has been delayed this much.
It’s is because there was such a short number of players. We had the scheduling problems and were trying to hold out for more players to make it a great competition.
There definitely won’t be as many exciting games as there were at i34, but which ones do you think will bring the best highlights?
The final, Reason vs Dignitas. Maybe a Dignfused game. There will be some good games, and I am looking forward to seeing how Dignfused do, it seems like quite a good mixed team.
Who’s the underdog of the competition?
Team Multiplay! They could cause an upset, actually....maybe not....thinking about the players!
Now you would have to be a brave man to bet on anything bar a reason vs dignitas final, but who do you think will take it?
Dignitas, because I think the Connor brothers make a good mix with BlackMane, in a “good” game, maybe run away with it, we’ll have to wait and see.
Why are there not as many teams here as you would have expected for an event of this proportion and with this amount of prize money on offer?
I honestly don’t know, I think scheduling may have had something to do with it, I think that the tournaments weren’t just known about really. There hasn’t really been that much out there online in the communities. But you have a different type of player here, people that may just pick up the game for the first time, and may win some money, a good mix, unlike the i-series where it is generally just the top teams that win the money.
Do you think it will improve again for i35?
Oh yeah, definitely, team signups will definitely. Nearly 900 sold already, way more than here.i35 will be good.
Any final words on the event?
So far it’s been a good event, haven’t really had a chance to walk around, it’s been hectic for me.
Thanks Harribo!