Interview with Aspargell by MEDIA MW

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Hi Aspargell. How old are you? What is your name? What city do you live in?

Aspargell:
Hi my name is Stepan, I am 23 years old, Tver, Russia

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Are you working or studying?

Aspargell:
I work, I graduated a couple of years ago

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
What field do you work in?

Aspargell:
I work in the service sector, in particular restaurants, I studied to be a cook myself, but I didn’t like the job itself, so I started as a waiter, now I hold the position of a service manager, I work in the premium segment, I organize events and host banquets, Leningrad performed at the guests’ birthday party from the last major one.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Interesting. And how did it happen that you studied to be a cook, but in the end you didn’t like this job?

Aspargell:
Well, it turned out that since childhood I liked to cook in the kitchen, etc., plus my aunt worked as a personal chef for a person I can’t name, but already at the training stage I began to like it all less and less and when I worked in this field I realized that it wasn’t mine, but since the knowledge was general, I decided not to radically change the field of activity.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
I see. What do you do in your free time? Does Katya have a hobby?

Aspargell:
In my free time, I just play games, the list used to be very large, now, due to the absence and no need for a computer, I play mobile games in particular, I found MW, also MLBB, I used to play a lot in CODM, I’m also fond of moto equipment, I ride the second season myself, not so much experience, I love active recreation, Volga tents and everything that follows.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Please tell me what you have achieved in the previous games? If you remember, of course.

Aspargell:
Well, if you start with my years 13-14, it will probably be 6k mmr in dota at the time of 2015-2017 8k hours), the title of Lem in csgo (there was no facit even then), about 2k hours, also played on the actual in WOW Cataclysm and Pandaria on the horn took 2.2k, on the magician 1.9k pvp 2×2, 3×3, monk 2k. I have also played WoT blitz since 2018, I have 65% of wins and 2.8k / y on the tops, 2k on the account, I don’t see any great results at all, I don’t see any point in talking about projects that are dead or not popular.
Next, mobile gaming began for me in general completely, first of all, it was probably Heartstone because I played on a PC, took the legend many times in the last couple of years, I consistently took 10k pts in bg, abandoned playing due to lack of interest.
I would call MLBB the next one, which I have been playing for more than 10 seasons in total, with interruptions, of course, the highest rank was 1200 pts, the stable rank of “mythic” for 60 games, I even worked part-time in this game, I was engaged in account boost, I played this game a lot.
I would also call everyone not a favorite Genshin Impact, I have 530 days of daily 59 AR activity there, more than 35 legends and a fully 100% open map up to the dendro region, since the release of this region, I have abandoned the account for 8 months of inactivity.
CODM has been playing since the release since the first season, mainly in the KB mode, I repeatedly took 7k + PTS, mainly playing Duo against squads, sometimes solo against squads and I won’t name all the little things.)

Aspargell:
I could forget a lot of things, because I also liked to play strategy, the same WC3, diablo, the first dota on icicap, a fan of the Starcraft Universe, but I did not show any serious achievements in general, because the RTS genre is very complex and has the highest entry threshold.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Impressive, quite a dense background for a gamer. What attracted you to mobile gaming?

Aspargell:
First of all, I think that the lack of enough free time and in general that I once refused to buy myself a pc and bought a MacBook, and started playing the phone more, as it is more convenient. Any session games on PC, etc. I can play with friends and acquaintances if such a need arises.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Interesting. What kind of phone do you have for games?

Aspargell:
Since ancient times I have been using HTC, then with the release of the iPhone 8 I switched only to Apple products, at the moment 12PRO, which I will replace with 14PRO in the near future.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
You have a good tip in the catering. 🙂
They say that Modern Warships is not going very well on apples. Is that true?

Aspargell:
Well, there’s no point complaining in my segment.
I do not agree, there are certain bugs related specifically to the IOS eco system, but in general, the performance and optimization on iOS is at the highest level, my old 12PRO, which is already 3 years old, is calmly played on ultra graphics and you can even record a video (iPhones write 1980 and 60 fps in the database) with such general settings about 5 fights I can write it down, then overheating already happens as on any device and lags begin, and in general there are no complaints about performance at all.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
The debate about which is better, iOS or android, never subsides. But the question is, for the money that costs 14PRO, you can buy a couple of top-end gaming smartphones for android, but I understand it’s a matter of habit?

Aspargell:
I think yes, after such a lot of time spent on iOS, when I pick up an Android, they start to get lost and become uncomfortable, I don’t understand how I used to figure it out, I think it’s a matter of habit, there are pros and cons everywhere, everyone just chooses to the best of their abilities and convenience.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
And I don’t like Apple because I can’t buy it.
You have so much experience in video games, as for an amateur. In your opinion, how easy is the entry threshold to Modern Warships for a beginner?

Aspargell:
MV is captivating by the fact that it is a very simple game in every sense and the entry threshold is not high, respectively, but like everywhere there are pitfalls and hidden mechanics that you will eventually find and figure out, the most difficult part of the game is aviation, as for me, but mastering it is also not something like it’s difficult, the main thing is to practice.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
How difficult or easy was your path to the tournament component of the game?

Aspargell:
Yes, in general, it was not difficult to start playing, and get used to it, with basic mechanics and already more complicated mechanics, I also almost always played on aircraft carriers, but for a change I started playing on all ships in general, in general, after that we started registering for various tournaments.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Who taught you to play the aviki?

Aspargell:
Yes, somehow it turned out, in the beginning there was a strong lack of understanding of who and how to focus and what priorities when playing aviation, Maevrick and Pacific Rim from FG helped me a lot with this, they said on my replays what I was doing wrong, and in general, I already began to understand what and where I was doing not like that.
And then we already started playing at first 5×5 evening rooms without avics, they told me that I was playing well and after that they started taking me to 5×5 squads already on an aircraft carrier.
Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
How long did it take you, from the beginning of joining the game to your first tournament, where you reached the semifinals?

Aspargell:
We took the top 3 in the cataclysm, I’ve been in the game since March, it’s about 3 months, my account was registered in February, it seemed to me then that it was very stuffy to grind dollars to take a ship to t2, and I left the game, returned 3 weeks later and already in March I started playing a lot.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
How long have you been training? In preparation for the tournament and during it.

Aspargell:
To be honest, we had exactly one training session, before the first stage and just watching replays of opponents, we watched what the opponents did in each game before us and we came up with a common composition of what to do against it, in general, it didn’t turn out badly, on naked enthusiasm to get into the top 3 without much preparation.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
We left on experience, so to speak. What were your emotions after winning and taking 3rd place?

Aspargell:
Yes, in general, we could have played better, especially if we trained, but I was glad, in general, especially since we played against BF, and they are not bad players and also trained with the bs foundation, which eventually won the tournament.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
How do you feel about the tournament movement in Modern Warships, what is missing in it?

Aspargell:
Yes, in general, everything is fine with the exception of skill players, wherever you register it will be familiar people Asians, Europeans, etc., well, I think money tournaments were better than just handing out a bunch of legends to everyone.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
I agree. And the motivation in such tournaments is higher.
Can you give some practical advice for beginners who want to conquer all kinds of tournaments?

Aspargell:
I think that first of all you need to start playing 5×5 rooms and start communicating with more forceful players, listen as they say, absorb, practice as much as possible, if you don’t know how to aim with guns, then you can create rooms with a friend and try to get at different distances, etc., the same applies to the X’s, how to twist them, etc.
But all the same, you need to play as much as possible, and train your weaknesses.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Which of the players is the authority for you now, according to the game Modern Warships?

Aspargell:
Well, there are a lot of them, it’s very difficult to even name and single out someone, so I don’t think it’s correct to call these people by their names.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
For example, Memrik, what good can you say about him?

Aspargell:
He’s good, he plays well and has a good understanding of the team game, he basically explained to me some kind of base at the very beginning.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Memrik and base, synonyms. Do you buy something in-game store?

Aspargell:
Well, almost everything that interests me I have in stock, except ch1 and Blue Shark.
So I can say that by the standards of MV I am a donater.)

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
I see. What do you think, compared to the games that you played, is donat hard or not?

Aspargell:
Well, compared to other games, donat in mv is funny enough, and it is needed exclusively for an aircraft carrier to play well on absolutely any ship. Donat is practically not needed, except for basic things, such as, for example, the HJJ grenade launcher. Well, I played genshin with his gacha system and played Korean mmo, where the game is based on donat, so it’s funny to hear about the fact that there is a lot of donat.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Apparently the community was spoiled a lot when at first they gave promo codes all the time.
If it’s not a secret, how much have you invested in Genshin? If donat mv is funny for you. )

Aspargell:
About 350-400 $ for 3 months, I think it’s not much) on average, but I have everything I need for a comfortable game, and the wishlist in view of the shark and ch1 is a matter of time

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
The CH-1 is really a good device, but it can’t be used everywhere in tournaments. You said you were into bikes, not in the sense of telling tall tales, I mean motorcycles. What kind of device do you have?

Aspargell:
The first and the one I’m riding now is the Kawasaki ZX-6 Ninja 2007, I decided that for the first motorcycle I would immediately take a 600 cc, the choice was between a Honda cbr600 and a Ninja, as a result, by coincidence and because I looked at 3-4 motorcycles and they did not fit for one reason or another, I stopped at what is now I have one.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Did you regret the choice?
For example, I have a trouble-free Minsk. You’ve filled up half a cup and you’ve been driving for a week.

Aspargell:
No, I’ve always wanted a sport bike for myself and for the first season I don’t regret my choice at all, in the future I’m thinking of changing to a liter, it’s not exactly true that it will be a sport bike, but we’ll see what happens in the future.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
What was the maximum speed you were gaining?

Aspargell:
Well, at most I accelerated to 220 a couple of times, then it gets scary, and I try so hard not to drive, although he can go 260-270 at most, sort of.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Do you ride a motorcycle during the season, and in winter?

Aspargell:
And in winter I move by taxi mainly because I don’t even have a license for a car, of course I like cars, but I’ve never liked driving, maybe in the future I’ll pass for a license and buy a car.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
He is a motorcyclist only when there is no snow on the roads, the rest of the time he is a motorist, have you ever heard such a saying?

Aspargell:
I heard of course, but I traveled all my childhood by car, without documents and rights with friends, but still my soul went to motorcycles, and in general I don’t mind that in winter I can ride by train /train and taxi, in some places it’s even faster and more convenient than by car.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
How much do you like the community of games and developers?

Aspargell:
Well, I have not dealt with developers and in general I do not know how good it was before, it’s like a saying it’s good where we are not, at the moment everything is fine, bugs are at least fixed and already good, and the community as a whole is normal, slightly toxic if you also consider that most of the community are not guys 20 years old, and much older, then there are more adequate people, although the same rule works the other way around, but in general everything is good for me personally.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
What are your plans for the future in the game?

Aspargell:
Well, from such plans, it’s to wait for an aircraft carrier for artcoins, take a hero, maybe launch something from the category of guides together with Alex, but at the moment it’s hardly feasible, because the season is starting, and I’ll spend most of my time at work.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
Guides are good. But we have another project planned right now. Let’s not talk about him, let it be a secret.
Are you waiting for tanks from Artstorm and how do you like what they have already shown?

Aspargell:
Tanks in general, I don’t expect and it’s not because of them that I started playing this game, if I wanted good tanks I would then play in the tundra, plus a lot of experience in general in the world of tanks at a decent level, especially now the tundra is coming out on phones. I came initially because of the ships, but when I saw the aircraft, I realized that this is what I was looking for.
Well, we’ll see how they say.

Lᴀɴᴄʜɪʟᴏᴛᵐᵉᵈⁱᵃᵐʷ:
A traditional question for our interviews. What would you like to wish the game community and developers?

Aspargell:
For the community, this is patience and less whining about and without, and the developers all the best, and still continue to make ships in the game about ships.;-)