We caught up with Eafra to talk about this past year and what he is up to for next year. Eafra finished 4th at WCG USA Nationals right behind his teammate Barmoa.

Hey Eafra, what have you been up to since WCG National Finals?

Hey guys! Since WCG Nationals I’ve been preparing myself for a career in social media marketing/management. That is, using the likes of Twitter and Facebook to raise a small business’ awareness on the internet. I’ve been working on a couple of projects on the side with that, but currently I am an intern at Joonbug.com. The internship is a lot of fun but I am looking for an actual job in social media/PR, so I can have a little security.

FIFA-wise, I haven’t done much of anything on the PC. I have been playing casually on the PS3, but the game isn’t suited for my style of play so I am having a tough time adapting to the styles that are owning me at the moment. Once the New Year hits I will go back to my home platform of the PC and begin training for the year’s tournaments.

With FIFA 11 now out and in full swing, what new features do you like the most? 
I actually don’t like anything about the new FIFA 11 for PC. They made the options and gameplay somewhat similar to console – and everyone knows how much I hate console. Anyway, let’s just say I have A LOT of work to do if I plan on mounting a serious championship in 2011. 

Just recently we saw Qatar be awarded the 2022 World Cup over the United States. What was the first thing that came to your mind and how do you feel about the decision?

Well you know how big of a fan I am of the game. With that being said, it is an absolute disgrace that FIFA chose Qatar over the USA, England, and Australia. For those of you that do not know, FIFA is sort of run like the United States Supreme Court, with every official getting a vote on the World Cup host country. These corrupt officials were obviously paid for their bids. England was told by 3 different officials that they each voted for them, but when the results came out, only 2 were presented. Australia had 2 different officials tell them they had voted for their country. The results came out, and the Aussies only had 1 vote. That just goes to show how corrupt it is already. I am not saying that USA should have been the country to host the 2022 World Cup, but it should NOT have been Qatar, despite what anyone says. 

Qatar has average temperatures of +100 degrees. You try playing a 90 minute game of footy in that heat. Nightlife? Forget it! Go watch the game at the stadiums, which I have to say will be impressive, but after your team wins? Go back to your hotel and take a nap…? There is absolutely NO nightlife there. Why not England? Why not Australia? In my opinion, USA would have been amazing for another World Cup. So would England and Australia. I am not interested in going to Qatar for the World Cup. Footy fans all over the World should feel disgraced by this mockery of the system displayed by FIFA. It’s outrageous.

Best moment of 2010?

Germany in September, hands down. Berlin was absolutely amazing and I would like to thank Ryan & Creative as well as Complexity once again for that opportunity. I would LOVE to go back for CeBit. Also would like to thank Fatal1ty and Frank for showing me a good time while I was down there as well as Rony, Lisa, Natalia, Wencke, and Frank’s Mutti 🙂

What are you looking forward to in 2011? 

Traveling. Representing Creative and Complexity at promo events is something I love to do. You get to meet a lot of cool people and it’s really great to learn about Creative’s new products. I am also looking forward to learning all the different styles of FIFA 11. I’m sure the Euros have some crazy, yet effective tactics already.

Any last words to close up 2010?

I just want to say that karma does exists. So make sure you are a little more tolerable of people and don’t ever judge anyone. Also, to all of my entrepreneurs out there: make money, but don’t for one second let money make you.  Cheers to a New Year. Thanks to our sponsors Creative, QPad, XFX and G8. Shout out to my boys dboorn (Derek) and chevy (Gervais), my burgers (Sloatsburrrrrrrg), and of course my Binghamton family – you guys know who you are. And to popcorn (Scott) for giving me this interview!

Winner

Congratulations to SekraN, the winner of our final Tactic Weeks of Christmas contest! SekraN has won a Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Headset.

The Tactic Weeks of Christmas – Week 4

Today we’d like to announce the last and final contest in our 4 week series of contests to celebrate the Christmas season.

To continue off The Tactic Weeks of Christmas, we will be asking you to pull out your Christmas lists. The rules of this contest are very simple and straightforward. Simply reply to this thread and let us know which product from one of our sponsors is on your Christmas list and you’ll be entered to win a Tactic 3D headset. Don’t forget to let us know why the product has made your list!

Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Headset

– Analog or USB, your choice! Use the 3.5mm minijacks for direct connection to your Sound Blaster sound system, onboard audio or MP3 player or use the THX TruStudio Pro Dual Mode USB Adapter to connect to your PC or Mac via USB.

– THX TruStudio Surround Audio immerses you in the game. Hear sounds in front, behind, around, above and below you. Only THX TruStudio Surround delivers a FULL 3D audio surround experience for stunning 3D surround effects.

– Customizable TacticControl driver interface optimized with Live!Touch for touch screen controls under Windows 7 operating system

– Export and share your TacticProfile custom tuned EQ and audio profiles (optimized for Sound Blaster Tactic3D Alpha) with other gamers

– Morph your voice into different in-game characters with VoiceFX technology and restore surround audio to your Windows XP games in Windows 7 with Creative Alchemy

In order to win, follow the rules below:

Rules

1. Reply to this thread with the product from one of your sponsors that has made your Christmas list this year.

The contest ends Saturday (Christmas Day) at NOON EST.  Good luck to everyone!

(1 entry per registered user.  Complexity players and staff can participate but can not win. 1 winner will be chosen. That user will be contacted and the winners announced on this post.  Void where prohibited. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of the prize.)

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The Syndicate would like to wish coL.br’s own Bruno “Bruno” Ono  a very Happy Birthday as he turned 24 today!

Bruno first joined CompLexity along with his team, Firegamers. In his first event with coL, his team took 4th at the WCG Grand Finals in Los Angeles, California. In the following week, the team managed to claim victory in New York City at the Intel Extreme Masters 5 American Championship. Bruno has proven to be one of Brazilians elite players and we hope that he will remain in the game for many more years to come.

Once again, we’d like to wish a very Happy 24th Birthday to Bruno “Bruno” Ono!

Leading up to the event, what was the teams practice schedule like? Were you able to get much play in?

Unfortunately for us I was finishing up my army duties during the same period that we were practicing. With Kode5 right around the corner, we definitely didn’t get as much practice in as we would have liked. Once again we were all together at Bruno’s house to practice but we could only stay like that for 3 days because I had some medic exams to take and couldn’t be as available as the others.

How was the event setup? When you arrived to the LAN center, what was going through your mind?

On Friday, we arrived at the LAN center and managed to boot camp with several of the other teams. The LAN was great, however it was difficult to plug our gear in. We definitely did not imagine that this LAN would have so many problems during the event later…

The tournament was riddled with computer issues and internet problems. What problems did you, as a team, experience? What could have been done better?

To begin, we definitely can not say that the admins were not trying to fix the issues. They absolutely did their best. Our team unfortunately had problems in every game we played. Against “Hard Division” on train I got disconnected twice in the beginning with with an AWP in my hand as a Terrorist. I told them to change my computer after we lost 2 gun rounds because of that and the game was already in favor of HD 7-0. There were also several other problems, but in my opinion, most, if not all were related to the switch/network setup. It was REALLY hot inside the building and some computers crashed along with two of our headsets and 1 of our keyboards. Something really weird was happening on those days.

Did the issues with the tournament affect your gameplay at all?

All of the teams were affected by the issue at some point. Some teams were affected a lot worse, while others not so much. We can’t blame the loss on the situation though.

Going into the Grand Finals, you were to face a CNB team that you had lost to earlier in the night. Did you make any changes to your game-plan before the finals? What did CNB do well that allowed them to take first?

It’s not like we had lost to CNB earlier in the day and had time to recoup. Both matches happened late at night on the very last day of action. Our final game started at 07:00AM on Monday morning. That’s ridiculous! We couldn’t even sleep. I guess CnB deserved it since they practiced really hard for the last few months.

What can we expect from coL.br in the near future? Which tournaments will you be attending?

2010 is gone and I’m done with my army commitments. A new year is coming and we are all very excited with our new projects for this year. Currently, we are looking for an apartment in São Paulo in order to start some projects we have. These projects will change all of our lives. I can’t really tell anyone what those projects are, but I can say that they will really help the Brazilian Counter-Strike scene and its players.

We will attend the Intel Extreme Masters finals next year and will compete in any qualifiers we can find.

So guys, answering directly to the question you can expect our team to be doing all we can to reach the top and win some big events. This year will be really promising.

Images courtesy of Teamplay.com.br

Winner

Congratulations to Moscow, the winner of week 3 in the Tactic Weeks of Christmas Contest! Moscow has won a Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Headset.

The Tactic Weeks of Christmas – Week 3

Today we’d like to announce the third contest of our 4 week series of contests to celebrate the Christmas season. Entitled “The Tactic Weeks of Christmas,” we will be hosting a new contest every week for the next 2 weeks, with the prize being a Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Headset by Creative. Each contest will be different, but everyone will have an equal opportunity to enter every single week. You must enter each week to have a chance to win that weeks prize.

To continue off The Tactic Weeks of Christmas, we will be diving into the Youtube realm. The rules of this contest are very simple and straightforward. Simply subscribe to the CompLexity Youtube and reply to this thread with your Youtube username and you’ll be entered to win a Tactic 3D headset. Don’t forget to let us know which video on CompLexityLIVE is your favorite!

Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Headset

– Analog or USB, your choice! Use the 3.5mm minijacks for direct connection to your Sound Blaster sound system, onboard audio or MP3 player or use the THX TruStudio Pro Dual Mode USB Adapter to connect to your PC or Mac via USB.

– THX TruStudio Surround Audio immerses you in the game. Hear sounds in front, behind, around, above and below you. Only THX TruStudio Surround delivers a FULL 3D audio surround experience for stunning 3D surround effects.

– Customizable TacticControl driver interface optimized with Live!Touch for touch screen controls under Windows 7 operating system

– Export and share your TacticProfile custom tuned EQ and audio profiles (optimized for Sound Blaster Tactic3D Alpha) with other gamers

– Morph your voice into different in-game characters with VoiceFX technology and restore surround audio to your Windows XP games in Windows 7 with Creative Alchemy

In order to win, follow the rules below:

Rules

1. Become a subscriber on Youtube
2. Reply to this thread with your Youtube username and a link to your favorite video from the CompLexityLIVE Youtube.

The contest ends Sunday at NOON EST.  Good luck to everyone!

(1 entry per registered user.  Complexity players and staff can participate but can not win. 1 winner will be chosen. Those user will be contacted and the winners announced on this post.  Void where prohibited. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of the prize.)

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