For many people in the PC gaming space, their passion for gaming started on flash game sites. Whether it was Armor Games, Addicting Games, or Stick Page, we all had our start somewhere. For Voltaic’s January MVP winner ‘Obsu’, their love started on Newgrounds. We sat down with them and asked them a couple questions:
So, why don’t you start by telling us a little about yourself.
“I’m an artist and animator, I’ve been drawing my whole life and grew up on cartoons from Newgrounds. I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember, and it’s something that I eventually want to turn into a career.
Aim training and video games started off as a side hobby that I quickly got obsessed with, and over the last 6 months or so I’ve been aim training more than even playing video games, let alone drawing. I don’t know what it is about it that I’m so addicted to, but it’s probably the same feeling I get from doing animation. You draw for hours and hours a day to get maybe 1 or 2 seconds animated, and with aim training you grind for hours and hours a day go get that score you want.”
How long have you been playing CS:GO for?
“I’ve been playing CS for almost 5 years. I started in April 2016, it was gifted to me by a friend, as my whole friend group was playing at the time and I was the only one who didn’t own it. It started off as a game we would joke around in, buying p90s with no armor and rushing people who didn’t know what we were doing. I was completely hopeless, I couldn’t aim for the life of me and I didn’t know what was going on most of the time.
The thing that made me want to take it seriously, was watching Shroud. His mechanical skill sparked some sort of inspiration in me, like I wanted to be able to play with that level of speed and precision as well. Pretty much immediately after getting into his and Stewie2k’s content, I started watching people like Warowl to try and learn how to actually play properly. I still don’t know how to.”
What’s your setup like?
“My setup is a drawing monitor (Huion Kamvas 16) a 144hz monitor (some viewsonic thing), a Logitech G512 Carbon keyboard, a Thermaltake eSports mousepad and a Zowie FK2 mouse. It’s basic as hell but it does what I need it to.”
Has Voltaic and its community helped you out at all?
“Yes, definitely. If it wasn’t for Voltaic, I would still be playing on 70 cm, thinking muscle memory was the most important thing in the world. The Voltaic community and the aim community in general made me realize that not only is changing sensitivity not bad, it’s actually good for you, and isn’t even that important in the grand scheme of things. Playing the Voltaic benchmarks, experimenting more with my settings and letting myself go out of my comfort zone was the best thing I’ve ever done, my ceiling has gone higher and I still feel like I haven’t hit it yet.”
Finally, what’s your favorite thing about competitive gaming?
“My favorite thing about competitive gaming is those rare moments when you’re completely zoned in, know exactly what’s happening 24/7 and can’t seem to miss a shot. The flow state is the most incredible thing in the world. I’m a really unaware and uncoordinated player, and I have the worst short term memory in the world, so when I manage to get myself in that state where the confidence is through the roof and I can read the game perfectly, nothing can beat it. It’s like the game is the only thing that exists in the world, and it’s mine.”
The clip that won Obsu the contest:
https://twitter.com/VoltaicHQ/status/1355681434837676034?s=20
