Exclusive Interview with the winner of Round 497, Mori. This is raw and unedited reporting here folks, you won't get anywhere else.
Q. What was it like to win gold?
A. I never expected it to happen because I wasn't even planning to run in the first place. I guess it was fun.
Q. Why did you choose to run on hollywood illusions? What makes it a good setup?
A. Like I said, I didn't plan to. Honestly I was never good at HI and I happened to play my first ten hearts and did well so I kept going. I didn't trust myself to do well on any of the other setups, because the setups I'm good at are BV and BL, and idr if either were comped but nothing else would fill at all. I don't think HI is a good setup at all and if anything I think it's really easy to throw against people or in general with it.
Q. Do you have anything you want to say about competitive EM and where you think it is headed in the future?
A. I think comp has gotten really bad lately. For example, last round, GundamTanaka won gold by trolling during his vacation in Cancun and playing on mobile on bad WiFi. It can't get any worse than that. Yet he got gold with like 5 extra hearts.
Q. What setups would you like to see comped in the future / what's your favorite setup?
A. Like I said, BL and BV are the ones I'm good at. Sheriff and Jan are very fun but I honestly suck at them.
Q. Do you plan on running again in the future?
A. I still have to get the bronze trophy ABC took away from me to have the full collection. But no, I'm not planning to. If I randomly play my hearts and do well, I'll keep going, but I won't pursue it. I barely play anymore anyway.
Q. Is Gerry, to the best of your knowledge, a cheating scumbag?
A. I don't think he is a cheater but I do think he is good at manipulating other people. Which turns out well both in games and the website in general. I don't like this about him, but I guess he's just very smart or cunning. Idk
Q. Who is your favorite user on EM?
A. Lots. PonyLove would be one.
Q. Who is your least favorite user on EM?
A. I never liked Vilden much but he dropped to last place when I found out he blackmails girls with nudes.
Q. Do you think the modteam/Edark is corrupt?
A. I think the mod team has a lot of trolls and the Admins aren't here nearly enough. Lana is a good mod though I'm glad she is back.
Q. If so, who would you like to see replace them/ who do you think should be added or removed from the modteam
A. I don't have any strong opinion about this except I think the reason why they won't mod PonyLove is very stupid.
Q. What are your thoughts on the Epicmafia Tribune?
A. Interesting concept. I remember planning to do something like this with Krystal in the past instead it was going to be more drama-oriented lol
Q. Anything else you want the people to know about you
A. Please save me from all the Mexican food I can't stop
