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Q : It's starting to be a tradition you won't be able to escape from i'm afraid, so could you please tell the readers a bit about you and your Warband history.
Hello, I'm JarvisAndPi. I've been playing Warband for about 3 years, though started competitive less than a year ago. I first got into Warband while playing with a couple of IRL friends, which included Hippotitis and MightyJackson, both of whom followed me into BRO’s ranks.
Looking back on it we were really annoying. Since we were so bad, we just played against ourselves on empty servers, poll kicking anyone that joined cause we knew they'd wreck us – and that's no fun. As it was, I was by far the worst of our group that played warband to begin with and so transitioned into playing archer and just trying to shoot things from as far away from the fight as I could get... a tactic I still use.
It turned out as I started getting better at this the others got slightly bored of playing warband and moved onto different games. However, after going from the worst of our group to the best I wasn't going to just give up on this random game. I continued playing, now alone, but soon stumbled across Bearpit where I first met the people of BRO.
I'd been playing Warband on and off for about a year by that time, and it would be another year before I actually joined BRO. It wasn't until about the start of 2014 that I really started playing like a madman, and I finally joined BRO in July that year.
My first taste of playing competitively came at the very end of the WNL4, where I played with DM, which was the first time I really realised just how much I'd been missing out on not playing competitively. The only other time I've played properly with a team that wasn't BRO was very recently in the WPL, where I played with tK.
Other than those two forays, it's only ever been BRO. After several smaller competitions we're now here having just started the WNL5.
Q : I myself didn't hear about Battle Ready Orphan when I first started the game, but little by little, especially recently, you guys started to be a force to be recognized in the community. How come you stayed for so long away from the the competitive scene and what made you still perform really well in the last tournaments you have been played in?
BRO is unusual when it comes to competitive teams, we’re more than just Warband. It started in early 2011 as a small group of friends messing around on Wolfpack_Den and has very slowly grown and grown. At our core is still the friendship between every member and that's the reason we grow slowly, we'll make damn sure we like you before you're invited.
It's the simple lack of numbers that kept us away from competitive play. Until recently we've just not had enough people in BRO for us to be able to have 8 there every match.
We only started playing matches in December of last year, and the total sum of our real match experience was Leoven, and a few that had merced for Wolfpack from time to time.
None of us had any commanding experience and it was halfway through our very first match when Leoven said “Jarvis, you command.”. I've had to work out how to do that along the way... with varied success.
After several months of everyone trying to learn the ropes and helping each other understand just what we have to do we finally started with a WWC, where in our very first game we got absolutely bashed by Aquila. Though we ended up beating Agincourt in the third place match, which started a good run of third place finishes.
We went into the ECS qualifiers slightly cocky as we'd been playing a good number of matches against teams of a similar level and been doing pretty well in them. So it was a shame when we get beaten fairly easily by FraG in the very first match.
While we were disappointed at the time it was for the best that we played in the ECL rather than the ECS. We learnt loads during that time and despite a poor start we earned a place in the knockouts after a match I’m not gonna forget any time soon.
The atmosphere in that match was electric, and trying to replicate it helped us in the knockouts where we finished 3rd in our first ‘proper’ tournament.
After the ECL came the WMT, where after a poor start we again ended up scraping our way into the knockouts and then finishing third. When you look at the two teams that came above us though (DÖNER and IR) there was no way we could have done any better than we did.
Two third place finishes in the only two reasonably big tournaments we’ve played in is an achievement we’re incredibly proud of, but next up is the WNL, which dwarfs all the other tournaments we’ve been in.
Q : By the look of things, it consequently will the be the first major BRO will take part in. How are you guys gonna prepare for it and what are you expectations?
We’re preparing for the WNL perfectly... by playing less.
Recently it’s hit us just how much we play Warband. We’ve gone from messing around on public servers all day, to only playing Warband for matches and because of that, we’ve enjoyed it less. Having fun is what has got us through the last tournaments and it’s how we’re going to approach this one, even if that means the preparation is slightly hindered.
That said we’re not going to aim low. The knockout stage looks out of reach but I expect us to be just outside it and I think we’ll be disappointed with anything less than mid-table.
Q : A lot of your players are often underestimated. Though, I don't think anyone would like to face you with a crossbow, nor being taken apart with Shakalis and Peacemaker on their road for blood. Do you think it's more some of the players who drag the whole team team up or rather a team effort overall?
Without a doubt it’s a team effort. Our individual skill is pretty solid but it was the fact we’d played so much together before we started playing competitively that got us through the matches at the very start.
Peacemaker and Shakalis get a lot of the kills, but often they’re only alive because of the work Leoven, Guppy or Dwarez put in. Also while Hippo has been shining, Kabrux supporting him has helped a lot too.
Q : As you said, a thing which is incredible with your team is that you guys managed to enter the competitive scene while keeping a relaxed atmosphere within your ranks. It looks like no matter how good you can perform, you will always keep everyone's enjoyement above everything else. Though, as a leader, don't you think it's something which can prevent you from reaching your best level? How is that to organise and lead Battle Ready Orphan with that special thing in mind?
I think it’s just that we’re playing with true friends. The atmosphere in teamspeak is almost always wonderful and that keeps it fun for everyone.
It can be hard at times to command it though. In the important matches there’s always the urge to stick to what’s winning, but we play to have fun not to win… though winning does help with the fun part.
With that in mind, I won’t have anyone on the bench for more than a set. Everyone’s equal and everyone can be benched for a set if we have more than 8. Sitting on the bench for the whole match is boring and none of us want that. The fact that everyone understands this makes it much easier to do though.
I do agree that the relaxed atmosphere does stop us reaching our full potential. Outside of matches there’s little interest in any form of practice other than maybe a little clan-stacking on IG_BG, and this hurts us now we’ve reached a higher level.
Q : To conclude on this interview, if there is anything left you would like to share with us, then that's your special moment !
I forwarded this question to the rest of BRO:
"MightyJackson is key to BROs success. 700 hours and still better than Jarvis. Guppy is the second best in BRO” - MightyJackson
Fozzy is my inspiration. And the light of all of our lives.
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Nice Interview!
Magnus_XIV 说:Nice Interview!
Thank you Magnus! It tooks quite some time so apologise for the delay, will try not to take too long for the next one which will be Arys.
I think it really looks like an obvious choice to start our serie of NA interviews since Arys has been doing a lot for the North American community. It will also be the occasion to discuss about the WPL which is still going and reaching the final phases.
Boooooo!!! 
Nice interview once again!
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