Dodfrance est allé à la rencontre de Rnl, il nous parle de son clan, de la communauté dod source... Bonne lecture.
Dodfrance.com : Avant toute chose, pourrais-tu s’il te plait te présenter à nos lecteurs ?
rnl : Salut, Je m'appel Rasmus Knuuti aka rnl, et je joue actuellement chez Trademark Gamers (anciennement Junk52), le meilleur clan dod:Source du moment. J'ai 17 ans et j'étudie en « upper secondary school » et à part les cours, les amis, les jeux etc... je pratique de la Box Thaà¯.
Dodfrance.com : Dis-nous en un peu plus à propos de ton historique sous dod, dans quel clan as tu été, et aussi sur ton clan les TmG
rnl : Je joue actuellement Sniper chez les TmG. Je joue à dod depuis 2001 et j'ai été dans des clans tel que LoP, Adachi ou encore zCore, toujours en tant que sniper. TmG est ainsi mon réel premier clan sous dod Source. Aussi j’ai récemment rejoint le clan finlandais Injekt (1.3).
Dodfrance.com : Donc tu joues en même temps à dod 1.3 et dod source, pourquoi tu ne te concentres pas que sur une version du jeux ?
rnl : Euh.. Pour être vraiment honnête la 1.3 est secondaire pour moi dod:s étant numéro 1. J'ai une préference pour dod:source du au fait qu'il y a plus de maturité dans la communauté DoDs et grâce à la vitesse supérieure qu'offre le jeu. Si je devais choisir, actuellement je choisirais dod:S parce que la scène européenne 1.3 semble être inactive, il y’a vraiment beaucoup plus de clan low— d’après moi.
Par exemple toutes les pcw qu’on a fait avec Injekt se sont terminés parce que la team adverse a préféré quitter après le second, ou le troisième round. Et pour les matchs officiels, il semble impossible de programmer une date à cause de l’inactivité des clans adverses.
Nous ne rencontrons pas tout ces problèmes sous Dod:source ou encore à cs quand on y joue pour le fun. La version 1.3 à un aspect un peu plus « campeur » si l’on peut dire et puis le nombre de « proneurs » est assez effrayant. Mais ça ne m’empêche pas d’aimer dod Source et dod 1.3.
Dodfrance.com : A propos de la communauté dod source, quels sont tes sentiments au sujet de la communauté finlandaise qui semble être encore & toujours en grande forme sur Source, et qu’est ce que tu penses de la communauté générale ?
rnl : La Finlande a toujours eu un bon nombre de joueurs jouant sur la 1.3 comme sur la version Source et depuis quelques temps ils sont vraiment bons. Mais ça ne m’empêche pas de penser qu’il y’a un fossé entre les meilleurs clans et le reste, c’est pourquoi je ne penses pas qu’avoir 1 ou 2 clans au meilleur des niveaux fasse que la Finlande soit encore plus forte. En fait, Je préférerais jouer tout les matchs de l’équipe représentant la Finlande avec seulement des membres de TmG, mais ce n’est pas possible.
En général, dod source a une communauté plus solide en Europe : trouver une bonne pcw et programmer les officiels et beaucoup plus simple, les tournois et autre coupes se déroulent mieux qu’en 1.3 pour le moment.
Et puis la communaute me semble plus mature, il y’a moins de gros idiots.
Dodfrance.com : Comme tu l’as sûrement remarqué, beaucoup de joueurs de la 1.3 qui ne veulent pas passer sur source disent que le jeux est trop random. Qu’est ce que tu leurs répond ?
rnl : La rapidité du jeux fait qu’il est plus jouissif et un bon aim est plus important puisque le premier tir peux ne pas tuer.
Au départ je l’avoue, je détestais dod source parce que à l'époque je pensais qu’il serait à l’identique de la 1.3, puis j’ai appris à le voir différemment, comme un autre jeux, et maintenant je l’adore. Je penses aussi que les heavy et le Sniper sont bien équilibrés, les Lights elles, sont parfois un peu désavantagé à cause de la suppression du pistolet, mais tout ce qu’il y’a à faire, c’est bien ajuster, et tirer, même si ne pas pouvoir degainer son pistoler pour finir quelqu'un de toucher est agacant.
Le fait de dire que le jeux est aléatoire est un leurre. Les MGs et autre Smg sont des armes de débutant en 1.3 aussi. La chose la plus agaçante c'est les armes de mêlées et le Garand mais comparé à cs/cs:s je penses que dod:s n’est pas si aléatoire que ceux que le clament beaucoup.
D'ailleurs je penses que TmG a prouvé que lorsque l’on est meilleur en 1.3 que ces adversaires on l’est aussi sous dod source, je me permet de dire ça puisque l'on a tous joué en 1.3 au plus haut niveau, excepté Premi, qui reste très bon.
Dodfrance.com : Qu’est ce que tu aimerais changer à dod source pour l’améliorer ?
rnl : Si je ne pouvais changer qu’une chose, je penses que j’ajouterais un peu plus de dommages au Light et au sniper, mais en fait, le kar/sniper ressemble à l’awp à cs, il requiert juste un peu plus de skill pour pouvoir tirer dans le haut du corps.
Dodfrance.com : Rien à dire par rapport au manque de maps pour les compétitions ?
rnl : J’aimerais ajouté 2 maps à dod:S qui pourrait vraiment être bien jouer de façon compétitive. Quelque chose du genre de Chemille ou Harrington serait vraiment le must, mais les maps 1.3 ne collent pas vraiment à source du fait que c’est vraiment un autre jeux, et que les petites maps rendent le jeux chaotique. Je penses qu’ils devraient faire des maps plus ouvertes, un peu à la façon d’Argentant parce que dans ce type de maps, le TP, l’aim, et les réflexes sont vraiment plus important que sur une map comme Donner par exemple.
Dodfrance.Com : Toi et ton équipe les TmG (anciennement connu sous le tag Junk52) avez gagné la CB opencup dod :s, peux-tu nous en dire plus à propos des membres et de vos objectifs ?
rnl : Nous avons récemment remporté la FinDoDL 3 Source (La ligue dod finlandaise) et maintenant nous avons pour objectif pas moins que de gagner tout les tournois auxquels nous prenons part : CAL, eu.dods etc… Nous voulons continuer à jouer ensemble tant que nous prenons du plaisir, que nous avons du fun a jouer, et bien sûr tant que nous jouons avec autant de réussite que pour le moment, même si cela ne veux pas dire que la victoire signifie tout. A propos de notre lineup : Light:
d0 -> C'est est un joueur presque limite robotisé qui joue toujours bien, même si ce n’est pas la superstar. Une personne vraiment sympa, bien que nous devions parfois jouer à 5 contre 6 parce qu’il est tombé de sommeil. (C’est vrai, ça nous est déjà arrive plusieurs fois). Deltta -> C’est le gars silencieux. Un aim de malade et un vraiment bon sens du jeux (ça doit être à cause des cfg.fi). Il joue vraiment bien, il est posé, il ne rush pas comme un fou pour tenter de fragguer comme la plupart d’entre nous. Tomsku -> L’actuel light top-1. Il Frags vraiment beaucoup, parfois même trop , très vivant sur Ventrilo. Il a un jeux impulsif qui fait que parfois il y’a beaucoup de death autant chez lui que chez l’adversaire.
Heavy :
Filter -> Il n’est pas très rare de voir Filter dépasser la barre des 40 frags en un round. Ca n’est pas vraiment un joueur avec beaucoup de TeamPlay, mais il reste un vraiment, vraiment très bon joueur, et quelqu’un de très sympa et il est certain qu’il agace nos adversaire avec son style de jeux. premi -> Notre puissant leader. Il est obsédé par les combats rapprochés, et il est le seul d'entre nous capable de faire le job de leader. Il prend les bonnes initiatives et joue plutôt bien, il nous conduit de victoires en victoires.
Sniper :
Favori -> Je n’ai jamais joué contre Favori mais beaucoup disent de lui qu’il est bon, et je peux le croire. Il est aussi souvent l’un des topfragger lorsqu’il joue Light. Il a été quelque peu inactif à cause de ses examens. Me? -> Certains dissent que je sais fragguer. Je ne sais pas si c’est vrai
Dodfrance.com : Tu joue dans la sélection Finlandaise dans la CB NationCup, vous avez terminé second du groupe A derrière l’angleterre et devant la France, donc vous êtes qualifié pour les ¼ de finale, quels sont tes pronostics contre le Denmark, et ceux pour l’autre quart de finale qui verra s’opposer la France aux Allemands ?
rnl : Le Danmark est une bonne équipe, mais je penses que nous devrions être capable de l’emporter puisque nous choisiront notre map, de plus nous possédons de talentueux joueur qui peuvent faire la différence. FIN > DEN de ~4 fullcaps. Le match opposant France vs. Allemagne va être intéressant, mais je penses que l’Allemagne, plus expérimenté l’emportera puisqu’il semble en bonne forme vue qu’ils ont gagné le denmark, la France a quant a elle gagné la Belgique, mais je penses quand même que l’Allemagne gagnera avec 3 fullcaps de plus.
Dodfrance.com : Top-3 pour cette NC?
rnl : Hmm, une question difficile. Si tout se passe bien pour la Finlande, si nous jouons sérieusement, je penses que ça donnera : 1. Finlande 2. Suède 3. Angleterre.
Dodfrance.com : L’interview touché à sa fin, merci pour le temps que tu nous a consacré, quelque chose à ajouter ? des messages à passé ?
rnl : Rien à rajouter, cool d’avoir été interviewé. Shoutouts to the people at #Adachi, #Injekt and #TMGamers (all @ Qnet).
Dodfrance.com : First of all, could you please introduce yourself to our readers? rnl : Hi, I'm Rasmus Knuuti a.k.a. rnl and I'm playing in the current Top-1 DoD:S-clan Trademark Gamers. I'm currently 17 and I'm studying in upper secondary school and apart from the schoolwork, friends, games and stuff I do Thai-Boxing
Dodfrance.com : Tell us more about your dod history, what clans you have been in and the current one TmG rnl : I'm currently playing sniper in Trademark Gamers (DoD:S) and I've played DoD since 2001 and I've played (retail) in such clans as LoP, Adachi and zCore, always sniping. TmG is my first real DoD:S clan. I've also recently joined the finnish 1.3-clan Injekt.
Dodfrance.com : So you are playing both source and 1.3, why arent you playing fully one of the versions ? rnl : Well, to be completely honest, 1.3 is a secondary game for me while DoD:S is being number one. I just happen to prefer the more mature community of DoD:S and the fast tempo of the game more. If I'd had to pick, currently I'd choose Source because the EU 1.3-scene seems so inactive and has a lot more low-- clans in my eyes. For example all the pcws we've had with Injekt have ended with the opponent quitting in the second or third round and officials have seemed impossible to schedule because of the inactivity of opponents. Haven't had so much of that in DoD:S or even in the CS funmatches. 1.3 also seems a lot more campy after Source and the amount of proning alsoo seems horrible in 1.3. But I still love both dods.
Dodfrance.com : About the Dod Source community, what are your feelings about the Finnish community that seems even stronger in source and about the whole dod:s community ? rnl : Well, Finland just happens to have this bunch of dod-players who've played both dods for so long that they're just so plain good. But I still think there's a huge gap between the topclans and the rest, so I don't think having 1-2 succesful clans makes Finland any more stronger. In fact, I'd rather play all Team Finland matches with only TmG players, but that not being possible I'm still not unhappy. In general DoD:S has a more solid community in EU than 1.3: Finding a decent pcw and scheduling matches is easier, the cups/tournaments have been better than in 1.3 so far. It's also more mature and there are fewer total idiots in the scene.
Dodfrance.com : As you may have noticed, many 1.3 players that don't want to switch to source say that it's too random. How do you feel about it? rnl : the fast pace of the matches makes it more enjoyable and a good aim is more important 'cos the first shot might not kill. At first I hated DoD:S 'cos I had thought it would be identical with 1.3 but then I learned to think it as a new game and now I love it. And I think the heavies and sniper are currently in great balance, the rifles are sometimes a bit too weak 'cos they have no pistol anymore, but all you gotta do is to adjust to it and hit with the rifle before uou reach for your pistol that isn't there. And the randomess is A LOT placebo (= imagined). The mg:s and smg:s are noob guns in 1.3 too. The most annoying things are the melee weapons and the garand. But when compared to cs/cs:s I dont think dod:s is at all so random as many people say And I think that TmG has pretty much proved that when you are more skilled in 1.3 than the opponent you are also more skilled in dod:s, as all of us except premi have played 1.3 on a high level. premi is leet otherwise.
Dodfrance.com : What would you like to change in dod source in order to improve the game ? rnl : If I could change one thing I'd add a bit more damage to the rifles and snipers. But in fact, the kar/snipers are like AWP in cs so it just requires more skill to hit the upper body.
Dodfrance.com : Anythings about the lack of maps for competitive gaming ? rnl : I'd like 2 more maps to DoD:S that could be played really competetively. Something like chemille/harrington could be nice, but the maps of 1.3 don't really work in DoD:S as it's a different game and small maps make it too chaotic. I think they should make more open, clear maps like Argentan because in them teamplay, aim, reflexes are more important than in maps such as donner.
Dodfrance.Com : You and TmG (formerly known as J52.dods) have won the CB dod:s Open Cup, can you tell us more about the members and your goals ? rnl : Well, we also recently won FinDoDL 3 Source (Finnish DoD League) and now we are aiming to no less than to win all cups we take part in: CAL, eu.dods etc. We want to keep playing as long as it's fun and we'll be succesful, though it doesn't have to mean that we win everything . And about the players:
Rifles : d0 -> He's the backbone player-type who always plays good, while maybe not being the starplayer. A very nice person, even though we sometimes have had to play 5on6 'cos he fell asleep... (a true story, happened numerous times). Deltta -> He's the silent guy. Sick aim and very good game sense (must be cfg.fi). Plays very carefully and doesn't run off to die trying to frag as the rest of us. Tomsku -> The current top-1 rifle. Frags a lot, sometimes even too much, very lively in ventrilo. Impulsive playing style with lots of deaths of both him and the opponents.
Heavies : Filter -> It's not too special to see Filter stack up more than 40 frags in a round. He's not really the teamplayer type if you ask me, but he's still a great player and person and sure as hell annoyes the opponent with he's playing style. premi -> Our oh-soh-mighty leader. He's obsessed with getting melee-kills and is the only one of us that could do the leader's job. Has very good initiative and plays smart, leading us to victory after another.
Snipers : Favori -> I have never played sniper against Favori but many say he's good and I can believe that. He's also often topfragging when playing rifle. He has been a bit inactive lately 'cos of his closing up matriculation examination (The_Big_Tests in upper secondary schools). Me? -> Some say I can frag. Dunno if it's true.
Dodfrance.com : You are playing for Finland in the dodsource NationCup, you finnished 2nd after UK in the group A, so you are qualified for the 1/4 of final, what are your pronostics against Denmark, and for France vS Germany ? rnl : Denmark is a good team, but I think we should be able to beat them as we get to choose the other map and I think we've also got the player material needed. FIN > DEN by ~4 fullcaps. The match France vs. Germnay should be interesting enough, but in the end I think that the more experienced team of Germany will win as they seem to be doing well after beating Denmark. France also won Belgium, but I still think that team Germany will win by 3 fullcaps.
Dodfrance.com : Top-3 for NC? rnl : Hmm, a tough one. If everything goes well with Finland and we bother to concentrate I think it should be like this: 1. Finland 2. Sweden 3. United Kingdom
Dodfrance.com : That's it, thanks for your time, anything to add, any shoutouts? rnl : Nothing to add right now, nice being interviewed. Shoutouts to the people at #Adachi, #Injekt and #TMGamers (all @ Qnet).
, très vivant sur Ventrilo. Il a un jeux impulsif qui fait que parfois il y’a beaucoup de death autant chez lui que chez l’adversaire. 
l’angleterre et devant la France, donc vous êtes qualifié pour les ¼ de finale, quels sont tes pronostics contre le 
Denmark, et ceux pour l’autre quart de finale qui verra s’opposer la 
Allemands ? 
Belgique, mais je penses quand même que l’Allemagne gagnera avec 3 fullcaps de plus.
Suède 3. 
Dodfrance.com : First of all, could you please introduce yourself to our readers?
rnl : Hi, I'm Rasmus Knuuti a.k.a. rnl and I'm playing in the current Top-1 DoD:S-clan Trademark Gamers. I'm currently 17 and I'm studying in upper secondary school and apart from the schoolwork, friends, games and stuff I do Thai-Boxing
Dodfrance.com : Tell us more about your dod history, what clans you have been in and the current one TmG
rnl : I'm currently playing sniper in Trademark Gamers (DoD:S) and I've played DoD since 2001 and I've played (retail) in such clans as LoP, Adachi and zCore, always sniping. TmG is my first real DoD:S clan. I've also recently joined the finnish 1.3-clan Injekt.
Dodfrance.com : So you are playing both source and 1.3, why arent you playing fully one of the versions ?
rnl : Well, to be completely honest, 1.3 is a secondary game for me while DoD:S is being number one. I just happen to prefer the more mature community of DoD:S and the fast tempo of the game more. If I'd had to pick, currently I'd choose Source because the EU 1.3-scene seems so inactive and has a lot more low-- clans in my eyes. For example all the pcws we've had with Injekt have ended with the opponent quitting in the second or third round and officials have seemed impossible to schedule because of the inactivity of opponents. Haven't had so much of that in DoD:S or even in the CS funmatches. 1.3 also seems a lot more campy after Source and the amount of proning alsoo seems horrible in 1.3. But I still love both dods.
Dodfrance.com : About the Dod Source community, what are your feelings about the Finnish community that seems even stronger in source and about the whole dod:s community ?
rnl : Well, Finland just happens to have this bunch of dod-players who've played both dods for so long that they're just so plain good. But I still think there's a huge gap between the topclans and the rest, so I don't think having 1-2 succesful clans makes Finland any more stronger. In fact, I'd rather play all Team Finland matches with only TmG players, but that not being possible I'm still not unhappy. In general DoD:S has a more solid community in EU than 1.3: Finding a decent pcw and scheduling matches is easier, the cups/tournaments have been better than in 1.3 so far. It's also more mature and there are fewer total idiots in the scene.
Dodfrance.com : As you may have noticed, many 1.3 players that don't want to switch to source say that it's too random. How do you feel about it?
rnl : the fast pace of the matches makes it more enjoyable and a good aim is more important 'cos the first shot might not kill. At first I hated DoD:S 'cos I had thought it would be identical with 1.3 but then I learned to think it as a new game and now I love it. And I think the heavies and sniper are currently in great balance, the rifles are sometimes a bit too weak 'cos they have no pistol anymore, but all you gotta do is to adjust to it and hit with the rifle before uou reach for your pistol that isn't there. And the randomess is A LOT placebo (= imagined). The mg:s and smg:s are noob guns in 1.3 too. The most annoying things are the melee weapons and the garand. But when compared to cs/cs:s I dont think dod:s is at all so random as many people say And I think that TmG has pretty much proved that when you are more skilled in 1.3 than the opponent you are also more skilled in dod:s, as all of us except premi have played 1.3 on a high level. premi is leet otherwise.
Dodfrance.com : What would you like to change in dod source in order to improve the game ?
rnl : If I could change one thing I'd add a bit more damage to the rifles and snipers. But in fact, the kar/snipers are like AWP in cs so it just requires more skill to hit the upper body.
Dodfrance.com : Anythings about the lack of maps for competitive gaming ?
rnl : I'd like 2 more maps to DoD:S that could be played really competetively. Something like chemille/harrington could be nice, but the maps of 1.3 don't really work in DoD:S as it's a different game and small maps make it too chaotic. I think they should make more open, clear maps like Argentan because in them teamplay, aim, reflexes are more important than in maps such as donner.
Dodfrance.Com : You and
rnl : Well, we also recently won FinDoDL 3 Source (Finnish DoD League) and now we are aiming to no less than to win all cups we take part in: CAL, eu.dods etc. We want to keep playing as long as it's fun and we'll be succesful, though it doesn't have to mean that we win everything
Rifles :
d0 -> He's the backbone player-type who always plays good, while maybe not being the starplayer. A very nice person, even though we sometimes have had to play 5on6 'cos he fell asleep... (a true story, happened numerous times).
Deltta -> He's the silent guy. Sick aim and very good game sense (must be cfg.fi). Plays very carefully and doesn't run off to die trying to frag as the rest of us.
Tomsku -> The current top-1 rifle. Frags a lot, sometimes even too much, very lively in ventrilo. Impulsive playing style with lots of deaths of both him and the opponents.
Heavies :
Filter -> It's not too special to see Filter stack up more than 40 frags in a round. He's not really the teamplayer type if you ask me, but he's still a great player and person and sure as hell annoyes the opponent with he's playing style.
premi -> Our oh-soh-mighty leader. He's obsessed with getting melee-kills and is the only one of us that could do the leader's job. Has very good initiative and plays smart, leading us to victory after another.
Snipers :
Favori -> I have never played sniper against Favori but many say he's good and I can believe that. He's also often topfragging when playing rifle. He has been a bit inactive lately 'cos of his closing up matriculation examination (The_Big_Tests in upper secondary schools).
Me? -> Some say I can frag. Dunno if it's true.
Dodfrance.com : You are playing for
rnl : Denmark is a good team, but I think we should be able to beat them as we get to choose the other map and I think we've also got the player material needed.
Dodfrance.com : Top-3 for NC?
rnl : Hmm, a tough one. If everything goes well with Finland and we bother to concentrate I think it should be like this: 1.
Dodfrance.com : That's it, thanks for your time, anything to add, any shoutouts?
rnl : Nothing to add right now, nice being interviewed. Shoutouts to the people at #Adachi, #Injekt and #TMGamers (all @ Qnet).