Interview with DeDe

First of all, THANKS for participating in my cup!
It really meant a lot for me, that you participated in nearly every race of this cup.

I'd like to ask you some questions about what you liked and disliked about the cup and how you experienced the cup in general.
I will use some of these answers in a post on Mania Actu (eventually a video on Youtube too), where I create a resume about the cup and how it felt to the players.

1.) How did you find out about the race? 		(Video on Youtube, Mania Actu etc.)

That was actually quite random and lucky for me. Until the first race I didn’t even know about that cup. I just saw the server with the word “cup” in it and joined to see what this is all about. Afterwards I informed myself through the facebookpage and just at this point I actually got to know what this cup is about.

2.) How did you like the organization of the cup? 	(Did you like how i informed you about the race, placement etc 							 Was it clear what I wrote/said afore and during the race? 							When the race starts etc.)
The organization was pretty well done. It was visible that this cup was well planned before. There were no bigger problems and lags with the server, passwords has been set to prevent joins during the race, the maps were added in time and the updates inside the facebookpage were understandable and gave the information we needed. Nothing to complain about. Simply well done!

3.) What did you like the most about the cup? 		(Organization, Maps, Points, Stream etc.)

Well I guess that is different for everyone. I think I somehow liked everything. I liked the point system quite much because it was something different. Also the maps were very good. I liked the mixed style. I was a bit scared at the beginning when I read that there could also be an “rpg” part inside a map. But even when there were some kind of “rpg” parts it was never too much or too hard to drive constantly. Also the reminder before every race was pretty cool because you showed a screenshot of the map already. So before the race actually started you could already see the map and could think about how to drive it. Therefore you weren’t completely blind for the first rounds. That was pretty nice. For me myself I liked it most that the races were streamed or more important that they were uploaded on youtube as well. I am somebody who loves to review races after they have been driven. It is always enjoyable to see how stupid I was in certain moments during the race and how many places I lost through this. That was somehow my Saturday afternoon ritual the last 10 weeks^^
4.) What did you dislike the most about the cup? (improvements)	(Organisation, Maps, Points, Stream etc.)

First off all I want to change the headline of this question to “What could be possible improvements?” because I disliked nothing but thought about improvements :P
I don’t think I am even allowed to criticize this since I don’t even know myself how that can be improved but maybe you will find a solution. The only thing that distracted me a bit was that you really lost many points and some places when you couldn’t attend any race. I guess for everyone it is quite unusual to be free on a Friday evening 10 weeks in a row. The time of Friday afternoon was actually well chosen. Normally Saturday evening you go out and Sunday evenings are mostly other races from other events therefore Friday was a good choice. But it’s hard to manage to be there every week. Like I said I don’t even know any other possible solution. It is just something where improvements could be done but don’t need to be necessarily. So don’t think too much about it.
Actually I should be happy about this cause only through this it was possible for me to get the 3rd place in the end. I am not a really good driver but it was enough to attend nearly every race to manage this x) I may not deserve this place but I won’t complain about it too 
Another thing is the prize pool. A prize pool is something that should attract players to participate. And honestly a prize pool of 100$ is a really big one. Therefore you could try to mention the prizes in the beginning. I mean I understand why you haven’t done this in this cup because you didn’t even know yourself what the prize pool will be in the end^^ But maybe for a next edition it could attract more people if this is clear in the beginning and therefore also even more players would participate. But that’s just a possible improvement, nothing basic. If you were happy with the amount of participants then keep going like you did ;)

5.) How did it felt like to participate in the cup? 			(How was the tension, mood etc.)

It was really enjoyable for me. I always looked forward for the next races and couldn’t wait to drive again even though I almost forgot 2 races but that’s another story. There was always a nice and funny atmosphere before the race and also your casting was very enjoyable. Normally I was really nervous before every race but I guess that’s normal.  Also the experience for me as some kind of “noob” to drive with some really good players was really nice.

6.) Last Question: Do you want to say something different/other? 	(Random stuff, Personal things etc.)

I am a student as well and therefore understand that you are quite busy with your studies but nonetheless do a second edition of this! I would be more than happy about it. I even may think about contributing a map^^ And I guess what is most important besides all your “thank you so much for participating”-stuff is thank YOU for really organizing and managing a really good cup. It was more of a pleasure to participate so nothing to thank us about. Keep up your good work mate 
Greetz DeDe