Interview with KEEFIRKA by MEDIA MW

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Hello KEEFIRKA. Tell me a little about yourself. What is your name? How old are you? What city do you live in?

KEEFIRKA:
Hi, my name is Lera, I am 22 years old, at the moment I live in Hamburg. I love online games, including as you can see on the phone and MW is one of my favorites, and if you talk a little about real life, all you need to know about me is that I love rock and I love cars wildly. 🙂

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
A girl and cars, quite an interesting symbiosis. How did you end up in Hamburg?

KEEFIRKA:
It’s worth starting with the fact that I have been living in Germany all my life, that is, since birth and first lived in Stuttgart, and after changes in my personal life, I had to move to a larger city and my choice fell on Hamburg, since it is one of the largest cities, if not the largest.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Are your parents Germans or migrants? If it’s not a secret, what specific changes have occurred?

KEEFIRKA:
Migrants it sounds too ugly. ) My mother is just Russian and by virtue of her profession, she moved to a country where her profession is valued more than at home… And my father is a German thoroughbred and yes, changes… These are the same ones when Vitaly and I, better known as the Cracken, signed and started creating a family.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
It sounds rude, not to me, I’m sorry if it’s rude to you. Migrants are people who just moved to another part of the world.
Congratulations, very interesting. You don’t often find such stories. Although I also met my wife on the Internet, in 2007.
What is your profession?

KEEFIRKA:
Now there is none, a couple of days ago I left my job, to which I devoted almost 4 years of my life, which taught me a lot, but I will say that the last job was related to driving a vehicle and the next one will be too.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
What a strong friendship you have with cars. Why?

KEEFIRKA:
Listen, I don’t even know myself how it started from childhood, when I was still 13 years old, my grandfather taught me everything related to cars, from how to steer properly, to how to repair this or that, and apparently I liked it so much then that I didn’t see myself in another, as I still don’t see it.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Very interesting. So you know a little about cars? They can ask a simple question about the knowledge of cars. I think all readers will be interested. What is a lambda probe? Here, without Google, just as it is.

KEEFIRKA:
Well, without Google, so without Google,) well, this is an oxygen level sensor in a gas mixture. )

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Well, it’s immediately obvious that you understand cars. Another person would, even some men do not know this. It’s not exactly an exact definition, but it’s true. The test is passed. We recognize you as a car enthusiast.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Please tell me how you met the Kraken? Is he from Germany too?

KEEFIRKA:
No, he’s a Mallard from Kiev, but we met in the game and at some point realized that we needed to meet and decided to meet in one of the Western Ukrainian cities and this meeting decided everything then.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Very interesting. Apparently it was easier for you to get to Ukraine than for him to go to Germany, so it was you who flew to him, and not the other way around?

KEEFIRKA:
No, I didn’t even arrive, I just arrived by car, just because it’s easier that way.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Wow. I didn’t expect it. Probably you have some kind of Mercedes AMG?

KEEFIRKA:
God forbid … I am an adherent of the Swedish Volvo as it costs less and according to the characteristics it is mine, better than any Mercedes.
But my life was not without the Soviet automobile industry either.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Please tell us more about the Soviet automobile industry? What kind of cars have you had in your life?

KEEFIRKA:
Not so long ago, I found a Moskvich 412 of 1972 on sale in the vastness of my country, which, as we managed to find out, is a rally car, of which very few have survived to this day. And now, I’ve put it in order a little and I’m thinking of selling it, but if it doesn’t sell, then I’ll be on it myself in an amateur rally.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
And where will you get spare parts for it? We already have very few of them. And in Germany even less.

KEEFIRKA:
Well, there is always a showdown, Soviet cars are no exception, there were a lot of them on the territory of the GDR and there are always spare parts there, in the former GDR, well, there is always such a thing as an owners’ club, where you can also find it all.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
How well developed are your amateur races?

KEEFIRKA:
Considering that I am not an expert in this field, I will say so, it is more than developed, since we have amateur rallies both on ordinary modern cars and on Muscovite classmates, and there is, this is the most interesting and cool thing, this is when people build copies of cars from rally group B, this is in the 80s for years there was such a group in the rally, it did not last long, but it left its mark in history, so, ordinary racers, those with money and sponsors, build copies of cars such as Audi Quattro S1, Lancia Delta S4 and make their engines like the originals 400+ forces and race them in modern realities.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
And in what conditions do these races usually take place? That is, it is some kind of race track or country track.

KEEFIRKA:
Usually these are small regional roads, either asphalt or soil, sometimes concrete.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Are there any winter rally types?

KEEFIRKA:
There is, but not with us, it’s Scandinavia more.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
You said you and Cracken signed. In our country, this means that people just went to the registry office and got married, without a wedding. How was it with you?

KEEFIRKA:
Well, we didn’t have a wedding, or didn’t play, I don’t know how to do it right… We just signed, because there is no point in doing weddings for 10-30k euros with empty show-offs.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
I agree. A waste of money. It is better to buy something useful. Do you have any favorite PC and mobile games besides MW?

KEEFIRKA:
Of course, from shooters this is War Zone 2.0, from Dirt Rally 2.0 and American Truck Simulator simulators, but if we are talking about stupidly killing time, then CS GO.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
An interesting set of course. Just like in my Steam library.
Do you read books?

KEEFIRKA:
Well, of course, I read different things, starting with Maxim Gorky, ending with Ray Bradberry or Stephen King. Russian Russian and Belarusian classical literature has been my hobby lately, and I try to search for all books in Russian in order to expand my vocabulary.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
That’s cool. My first book was at the age of 6, it was called “Jack the Ripper”. The second book was 7-8 years old, “when Michael calls.” Books are definitely not for children. But I just liked reading.
What books do you recommend, top 3?

KEEFIRKA:
You know, considering what you said, you can watch King’s work and just my top 3:

“Kristina”
“Long Walk” (it can be called differently in different translations, I just read it in German).
As for me, these are the Strugatsky brothers “The Oppressed City”.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
I read from King, “Pet Cemetery”, from Strugatsky, “Picnic on the side of the Road”, “It’s hard to be God”, “Monday starts on Saturday”, “Wizards”. Philip Mayer still liked the “SON”. I advise everyone to read it all.
Well, plus a few dozen books from the Stalker series.
How many languages do you know?

KEEFIRKA:
Well, at the moment I know 3 languages: German, English and a little Russian.
And at the moment I’m thinking of starting to learn Hebrew.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
And Hebrew for what purpose?

KEEFIRKA:
I think that if everything is bad here, I will go to Israel.
There are many acquaintances and friends living there

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Why can it be bad in Germany, but good in Israel?

KEEFIRKA:
Since 2014, African friends have flooded in and started to smash everything and recently joined them, that is, now Europe as a whole is not such a utopia as many people think, no matter how soon it gets even worse.
And Israel is not there, yes there is a war, they shoot, but you know that you will not be killed or raped by a man passing by, of African-American appearance.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
I didn’t think that everything was so bad in this regard. But in Israel, it seems like you need to have Jewish roots to get permanent residence there?

KEEFIRKA:
Yes, but my mom has Jewish roots, so everything is calculated for me.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Yes, it is there on the maternal side that you need to have roots, it seems. Not so long ago, you created a tg channel, funny posts come out there quite often. Whose idea was it and what are the development plans for it?

KEEFIRKA:
I don’t know about TG yet, there is an idea to develop this business, though gradually, because sometimes we run out of fantasy, and we don’t want to suck something out of our fingers.
The idea was mine, back in September-October 2022, but then it didn’t go, because few people knew about me.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
I hope the interview will help you with this. We will definitely leave a link to your tg.
Have you thought about gaining subscribers and getting into developer support?

KEEFIRKA:
I’ve been thinking about it, but I think you’ve seen my posts about optimization.
And how do I put it there

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Yes, your subscriber. I read everything. And who are you subscribed to and who do you watch most often from the MW content makers?

KEEFIRKA:
There are a lot of people, but most often I look and read Dima Tornado, because we have known each other since the days when people had clans in vacap and we were in the same clan.
Sometimes I watch ReVan and Alexa.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Laaaadno. I’m wondering what kind of PC you have, what’s inside?

KEEFIRKA:
Well, let’s start with the fact that my build is far from budget, and even more streamer, though I don’t understand why myself.
That is, I have:
Percent : Ryzen 7 5600
Vidyukha : Nvidia 3070ti
Kingston Fury Beast 64 GB RAM on DDR 5
And two M2 SSDs of 1 TB each from Samsung.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
My humble i3 6400 and 1050 ti, smoking on the sidelines. And what kind of phone do you have on which you play MW?

KEEFIRKA:
Honestly, I play on two, on xiaomi 13 pro and Iphone 14 pro.And the game is very sad on the iPhone.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Yes, I heard that the game on the iPhone goes the same way as updates. Do you have a title in the game, tell me what and how did you get it?

KEEFIRKA:
Yes, I have the title “Hero” in the game, but to tell the truth, this title is mine and Vital, because the two of us helped in the development of tanks.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
And you can go into more detail. How did you work on this together?

KEEFIRKA:
Unfortunately not, because these are spoilers…
After the tanks are released, we will tell you.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Good. Have you participated in MW tournaments?

KEEFIRKA:
Honestly, twice, but still at their dawn. And that’s unfortunate.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Do you play duels, do you consider yourself an average or strong player?

KEEFIRKA:
I consider myself a mid-level player, but I really don’t like it when cheaters play duels against me. And they are proud of their victory over me.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
How do you identify cheaters?
For me, for example, cheaters are everyone who defeated me.

KEEFIRKA:
Well, for example:
When I was killed 1 minute after the start of the fight.
Without light.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Well, I was playing against a very powerful player, Nick was the FIERCEST of the knights in him and he shot at me half the fight without a flash.

KEEFIRKA:
There is such a thing as x51.
The rocket that you launch and control it yourself and lead it towards the target.
And when the enemy’s air defense is working, you see it

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Which is cooler, x51 or tsyrkon?

KEEFIRKA:
Both are not bad.
Some for illumination and combat, and others for combat.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
When you came to the game, was it better or worse, I mean both the game itself and the community and the developers.

KEEFIRKA:
The community was better, there were few players, everyone knew each other.
And we communicated in a kind way, But now it’s not like that…

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
What do you think should change, what has become better?

KEEFIRKA:
The approach to the game itself, to its development, must change. Only the graphics and the work of the moderators have become better. They work perfectly.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
I agree. It is a pity that the Artstorm does not give them a real salary, at least 20 percent of the average salary in the Artstorm. Are you waiting for tanks?

KEEFIRKA:
Honestly, it’s very interesting to look at our activities in real life.
But I respect all moderators of the Russian chat

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
Do you think tanks will help increase the community in the game? And by how much, in your opinion.

KEEFIRKA:
100% I regularly see the question “when are the tanks?” in the chat
And I think that tanks will bring life and a new breath to the game.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛ:
A traditional question. What would you like to wish our game community and developers?

KEEFIRKA:
Well, to school players: play less, study more.
Well, for adult guys: play for fun, but not to the detriment of yourself, your wallet and your eyesight), well, I wish the developers to establish communication with the community so that they know about the problems of the game right away, and not in a week.