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The unstoppable player Hypno continues his "killing spree" and takes the gold medal in EC XVII Spring. In the finals he faced Madjar - a really talanted player, that impressed many of UT3 fans. The finals were really interesting!

Hypno [2:0] Madjar

Maps:

• DM-Deck-FPS    [14:11]

The first map was a cloth one. Each time Hypno took a frag, Madjar could grab another one for himself. Screenshot. Demo.

• DM-Subterrane [23:13]

On the second map Hypno had a better control over the map, and Madjar’s comeback in the end was a bit late. Screenshot. Demo.

Gaspar  hypno‘ Machado recently won the XVII ClanBase Unreal Tournament 3 1on1 EuroCup. Once again he proved that he is the guy to beat in Unreal Tournament 3. Who is that guy? I made an detailed interview with portugals finest eSport export.

Name: Gaspar Machado
Nationality: Portuguese
Date of birth: 5th of October 1987
Age: 20
Clan: Four Kings
Former Clans: Haemorrhage, dignitas, k1ck

zech: Hello Gaspar! Some of our beloved readers may not know you, could you please introduce yourself?
hypno: Hello all! My name is Gaspar Machado, I live in Portugal near Lisbon, I’m a oldschool UT player, playing since UT99 even tho only competing at high level since UT2004, I’m currently in the first year of university, and I’m playing for the professional gaming team 4Kings.

zech: With your recent success in the ClanBase Unreal Tournament 3 1on1 EuroCup you are at the moment by far the most successful Unreal Tournament 3 player. Even though you used to play on a high level in Unreal Tournament 2004, many people out there - including me - are quite surprised that you have performed THAT well so far. Are you also suprised of your performance?
hypno: Eh, well, when UT3 came out I had this feeling I could do much better in this UT than in the previous versions, when I started playing UT2004 competitively I reached a level I never did back then in UT99, even tho I really didn’t feel it was my game because of factors like the shieldgun and the abuse of hitscanning. With UT3 being far more agressive, it just suits my gamestyle much more.

zech: How did you come to the Unreal Series? Have you played other games online?
hypno: Ah well, I just started when I was like 12 years old in a cybercafe, playing Unreal 1, since then I never stopped and I became a fan of the Unreal series.

zech: When you started playing Unreal Tournament online, did you have a favourite player? And who is your favourite player now?
hypno: Ah yeah! I had and I still have this favourite portuguese player called Sp3llCast3r, his style in UT99 was awesome, he was really dynamic and he used weapons at that time, that I thought they were useless. He played for a really well known clan called Phalanx

zech: Who do you think is the most overrated player ever?
hypno: Well, I think many people will agree on this one, even tho I really like him as a player and a person. I think astz was the most overrated player because there were so many interviews and attention, and he never won a WCG or ESWC or whatever, like GitzZz or lauke or any ut legend did No bad feelings astz!! haha

zech: Why did you choose "hypno" as your nickname? Too much Pokemon i assume…
hypno: Well my sister had a music CD called "hipnotica" so I just like the name and adapted to hypnotic, then I thought it was too long and changed it to hypno, so no not really the pokemon thing, i actually discovered that after and i got sad about it

zech: Would you call yourself the " GitzZz of unreal Tournament 3"? He was the guy to beat in Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2003. In Unreal Tournament 3, it seems like that you are the guy to beat, so what do you think about that comparison?
hypno: I really wouldn’t call myself GitzZz of UT3, I think there weren’t enough tournaments yet to tell something like this

zech: Unreal Tournament 3 is out for more than 7 months now. Some people call it an "EPIC failure". What is your personal thought about the game - so far?
hypno: The gameplay is awesome, but EPIC, just failed in many ways, that was supposed to be even more simple than the gameplay itself, if it had a decent demoplayback, a decent GUI and many other small fixed issues, it would be an awesome awesome game. I still love it tho, the gameplay is awesome, and it’s worthy to play it, even with some bugs.

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