Easily one of the top European Starcraft gamers out there, Hayder "Haypro" Hussein now joins the ranks of Liquid'.
Recently at Dreamhack, HayprO took his last win for Mouz, as he transitions into Liquid' and is received warmly by his new teammates at Team Liquid. Check out his interview with TeamLiquid where he talks about this transition, Dreamhack, his play style, and experiences with Starcraft 2.
Hi Haypro, and thanks for joining us today for a chat. I heard you have some big news for your fans?
Yes indeed, pretty big actually. I just joined Liquid` and im pretty excited about it!
Right on! Would you mind telling us a little about what prompted this decision?
I joined Mouz during the beta but when it ended I was free and was then approached by Nazgul, who asked if I was interested in joining liquid. I was interested and wanted to join, but it wasn't an easy choice because Mouz is a great team with many good players and thanks to them I made new friends like Morrow and Whitera, players whom I didn't talk much to before. However, I finally decided to join Liquid and we agreed that Dreamhack would be the last event I play for Mouz.
Yes! You're just coming out of a stellar weekend with a win at Dreamhack - your 3rd title. Congratulations on that! How was the event overall?
Thanks! Dreamhack is as always a really nice event and this tournament was actually hosted together with PlayDH, who are going to keep hosting similar events as soon as sc2 gets out. There were 4 qualifiers where morrow, zpux, saafen and me advanced to play at dreamhack
In my semis I played vs zpux. The games were really close, but I finally won 2-1. In the finals it was me vs morrow where I won 2-0, with the first game on Destination being a really close on.
OK, let's talk about strategy and gameplay. The beta has been down for quite some time now. How have you been keeping yourself busy?
The first days I went back to playing Dota, but the last week I've been playing BW again, not laddering but with friends.
Oh, that sounds like fun! Since you brought it up, do you see yourself playing Broodwar for fun even as you become more and more competitive with SC2? Where do you think the original will fit into your future Starcraft experience?
No I don't think ill be playing BW for fun when SC2 is here, because SC2 is fun!. The reason I went back to BW now was only because of Dreamhack. Of course every now and then ill be playing SCBW just for old times' sake, but other than that I think its a closed chapter for me now.
OK. You seem to love SC2! Tell us exactly what is so awesome about it.
Sure I like SC2 and the reason behind that isn't only the game itself but the community behind it, which consists of wc3 players, others and the old BW players moving on to sc2. That's what I like about SC2, the same players still at the top but at another game.
Head over to TeamLiquid in the link below to read the entire interview.
Liquid' is staying very competitive in Starcraft 2, along other top gaming teams, and with HayprO in their lineup, and now looking for a sponsor, they have the potential to become a team to fear in Starcraft 2.
Links
TeamLiquid.net - Interview with HayprO
