Well, you asked for it. With over 3100 total 'Yes' votes, the βey drama is here for your viewing pleasure. You were forewarned - just as I said in my last article, the following might not be what you were expecting, and it's pretty damn outrageous any way you look at it, true or not. Just don't forget that I whole-heartedly warned you as to just how crazy this could be... 3100 total people wanted to read this, and 3100 people will, but you were again, warned. I sat for like 20 minutes hovering over the post button and I said many times that it's kind of ridiculous but oh well. The following is in no way, shape or form, the thoughts or opinions of myself, or has any affiliation with Gameriot staff whatsoever, rather the viewpoint of βey, the person of which I interviewed.  The beginning is mostly background info, drama in the second half.

For the spree of troll/negative comments that are sure to follow and won't be answered - there was a reason I didn't want to post it.

Jasi: For those who don't know βey, would you be willing to give us a summary of your background and history in the gaming community?

βey: My name is Constantine Djuvara and I was a "professional Warcraft 3 player" back in the old days (that would be 5 years ago) I guess. I had my share of other games too - won several national tourneys of Doom and Quake, but nothing important enough that it's worth discussing.

I started to play WC3 RoC in August 2002, initially as a random player on Northrend(EU servers), then I started to play on Lordaeron, because there was this common belief that US players were better then EU ones, and I went there cause I was craving for the deadliest competition possible, but later discovered that top US players were not equivalent to the top EU players. I mostly played UD cause I always loved the idea of being the race.

Anyway, I understood too late that EU was the place to go if you wanted cutting-edge-blaze-strats, best players etc. except of course, till the rise of Kalmidor with its dreaded players Showtime and Kenshin, which at that time were the absolute best of the best. This was way before Grubby and SK Insomniac became famous.

One day, I think about 2 months tops form the official launch of WC3, I ran into a guy who had the nick lordBey. We both had similar levels - something between 15 and 18 if I recall correctly. He was definitely not top tier - he was fast , but not precise, he was loosing units pointlessly etc. basically the things that break or make a player. After he lost the first game, he started to harass me in a way that would be kinda inappropiate to discuss here, but later in the day he stopped with the aggressive talk and started it on a very different tone. He was definitely not stupid, and by talking to him I learned that the dude was holding 1st place on the 1v1 ladder - the name was Bei. However, he was using  many other names like princebey, lordbey, beytheruler and so on.

I asked him how the hell he was 1st place when he couldn't take 1 damned game from me, and he confessed that him and many other players exploited a bug present at the launch of Bnet. Basically, the bug awarded like 4-10x the normal experience you would normally be rewarded if you were to play during specific hours. Tt was fixed fast by blizzard, however he wanted to hold the top spot so this is where our business relationship started.

He offered me 50$ for each game I won with his account, and for me, this was an incredible opportunity. The dude was absolutely mental to maintain the name Bei 1st on the US ladder. I played more then 700 games with his account, over a period slightly more then 1 year, covering the 2002-2003 and made over 35k in total from him. I think I did my job pretty well, cause the money were flowing monthly through Western Union to me, and I still have the bank receipts, hehe.

By that time, I was undisputed 1st place on Lordaeron, but I also was in the last year at informatics and the exams were bloody tough. I was losing time to practice, and onec TFT hit, it was much harder to keep up with the necessary strategy, so one day I set up a talk with him and I told him that I simply dont have the time required to continue. That was the Bei episode.

Anyway, the main point for saying all the above, is that the friendships developed in the WC3 period with various characters involved in pro-gaming, are still standing, so I still am a person constantly fed with the latest info from everywhere, tourneys, leagues, gossips. etc.

Jasi: Very interesting story. So how about now, what is your opinion on how E-sports has evovled with wc3? Do you feel that the current players, such as Grubby, deserve all of the recognition?

βey: I think they are better playes than lets say, TillerMaN, me, Hazeem, and Insomnia. I saw some Tod replays that and I couldn't believe at first that it was possible to see such strategy and technique. We weren't too bad, but the game has evolved and so have the players. Current players are very good and their performance comes from hundreds of hours of playing (even more), and I am 100% that they deserve everything. After watching some recent tournaments I was astonished to see that the players were uber precise in controlling all the units at all times, which we did too, but not at the current level.

Jasi: so I hear you're moving to WoW now - what inspired the move and what are your plans? Can we expect some impressive arena performances and maybe catch you in some future tournaments? What sponsors do you still respect every since you stopped playing?

βey: Well if you combine strategy, fast thinking and 3d shooting, I guess you have WoW. And I think that at my time, I was an effective player at both 3d shooters and strategy games. Will I be good at WoW, as I was at WC3 or Quake? I guess thats an answer that only time will be able to tell. At this moment WoW for me means 2 things. One is playing 2 hours a days in a 2k rated EU team with a friend's account for learning purposes, the other is leveling a hunter to make money for my future deathknight. The biggest problem I've had so far was that I needed to pass through 3 years of knowledge of classes that other players already have, but I think I'm ok now.

In WC3, I only played Undead and always with the DK as the 1st hero. I had some rated with lich 1st too, but only for testing purposes. I can raise it even higher and say that the addition of DK is the spark that ignited it all for me and I am also informed that many old WC3 players will be back in gaming because of Blizzard's decision to implement hero classes. It's a very powerful trigger of old memories.

βey: The only organization I respect is 4K. They simply have the sense of honor required for a public organization in my opinion - I really like them. Many say that untill TillerMaN was invited to 4K, they sucked and he was the one to bring the "style" to 4kings, but I don't know. I know that he stopped playing as I did, and that he chose to start pro poker with some old members from INclan like Ackbleh and INcinerate and nothing more.