Robert Pugh, aussi connu sous le pseudonyme Pughy est le caster officiel de la structure britannique Gfinity. Il stream d'autre part régulièrement sur sa chaîne personnelle de nombreuses autres compétitions StarCraft II et est devenu récemment le coach de l'équipe TCM-Gaming composée des deux joueurs Coréens First et YoDa.
Pour en apprendre un peu plus sur son parcours et ses projets, nous sommes allés à sa rencontre. Vous pouvez suivre Pughy sur Twitter et Facebook et regarder ses streams sur sa chaîne Twitch.tv.
La Timeline des questions de l'interview (en anglais) est disponible dans le tableau ci-dessous. Vous pouvez retrouver une traduction en français de cette interview en page 2, et une transcription partielle en page 3.
Timeline de l'interview |
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| Début | Fin | Question/Thème |
| 0:00 | 0:33 | Introduction |
| 0:34 | 3:00 | You used to be a competitive player and said two years ago that it was what you enjoyed the most doing. What has changed since then ? |
| 3:01 | 5:04 | How do you explain the fact that some European players have a hard time finding some motivation to play StarCraft II at the moment ? |
| 5:05 | 06:37 | Do you think there are things that Blizzard could do to motivate these players to continue playing SC2 ? |
| 06:38 | 11:05 | If you look backwards what are the key moments of your esports life that have pushed you to become what you are today ? |
| 11:06 | 11:55 | As a caster, whom do you take inspiration from, if anybody ? |
| 11:56 | 12:55 | What is your main goal as a caster ? |
| 12:56 | 14:36 | How did you manage to organize the PughCraft Invitational ? |
| 14:37 | 15:36 | How did you choose the players for this competition ? |
| 15:37 | 16:32 | Will there be a third edition ? Will it keep growing ? |
| 16:33 | 19:26 | Do you think one could organize a ranking similar to the ATP system in Tennis to avoid players complain about the way invitations are sent for tournaments ? |
| 19:27 | 20:04 | Is it something that you have in mind when you organize your own tournaments ? |
| 20:05 | 21:34 | You have joined TCM-Gaming recently, could you give details about your role as a coach within the team ? |
| 21:35 | 23:13 | Are you happy with your players performance so far? |
| 23:14 | 24:21 | Do you have plans to open the team to a few European players in the future ? |
| 24:22 | 25:54 | What is your opinion overall about the new WCS system ? |
| 25:55 | 30:04 | How is the British StarCraft II scene right now ? |
| 30:05 | 34:17 | What do you think about the way Blizzard handled the anouncement of Legacy of the Void at BlizzCon ? |
| 34:18 | 36:21 | Do you know if Blizzard already involve pro-players in the discussions about the new units ? |
| 36:22 | 38:09 | A lot of things will change in Korea next year. Will it make it more interesting for you to cast their tournaments ? |
| 38:10 | 39:10 | Don't you think it would also be interesting for Korean tournaments to give the opportunity to casters like you to broadcast their games ? |
| 39:11 | 40:47 | Could you talk a little bit about your job at Gfinity ? |
| 40:48 | 41:40 | Do you have plans to cover other games than StarCraft II in the future ? |
| 41:41 | 43:38 | You were saying earlier that Gfinity is planning to organize many offline tournaments next year. Could you tell us a bit more about that ? |
| 43:39 | 46:27 | Do you plan to stay in the professional esports scene in the future ? |
| 46:28 | 48:01 | Final words |
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