Battle City FGC Interviews | Flamey

Software developer, Hearthstone competitor, TCG player, board game enthusiast, and musician.
An Interview with YCR and the Ottawa fighting game community's Flamey.
Also available as a podcast on Spotify and YouTube Music.

Thank you @josipdorvak for this interview.
If anyone has more questions for John, please leave them in the comments below.

0:00 Intro
0:53 Origin of handle
1:39 Age, profession, studies, and hobbies
2:22 What card games do you play
4:55 Competitive Hearthstone
6:35 Trying Shadowverse
7:18 Getting into Magic the Gathering
8:00 Thoughts on Yu-Gi-Oh
8:27 Early experiences with fighting games
9:02 Favourite fighting games
9:24 Favourite games in general
10:10 Favourite board games
11:08 Slay the Spire diehard
12:09 Early experiences with fighting games continued
12:50 First time at locals and learning about the Ottawa FGC
15:20 Goals with Tekken
15:46 Coolest fighting game character
16:37 Funnest fighting game character
16:45 Why is Yoshimitsu your main character
17:10 Favourite Yoshimitsu design
17:20 Favourite Yoshimitsu moves
18:51 Define your playstyle
19:43 What pushes you to compete and support locals
20:46 Favourite players
21:34 Favourite FGC-related memories
24:46 The unique vibe of Ottawa's FGC
27:11 Ottawa compared to other cities in terms of skill
29:10 Upcoming fighting games you're looking forward to
29:44 Do you prefer Tekken 7 or 8
31:35 How Yoshimitsu changed between Tekken 7 and 8
32:48 How is Yoshimitsu different in Soul Calibur
34:29 Thoughts on Season 2 of Tekken 8
35:32 Thoughts on Season 3 of Tekken 8
36:02 Yoshimitsu's best match-ups
37:20 Yoshimitsu's bad match-ups
38:48 How your Yoshimitsu differs from the other Yoshimitsu player in Ottawa
40:51 Main deck in MTG Pauper
41:41 Main decks in Hearthstone
44:22 Main deck in Kaijudo and Chaotic
45:46 History playing sports
46:35 Croatian background, history, and favourite foods
49:24 Favourite sports team and clubs
50:11 What kind of music do you listen to
51:04 Being in a band
51:47 Practicing card tricks
52:53 Joining YCR
54:05 Who's your waifu
54:45 The 1st dan troll
55:32 How many pads have you broken
57:32 Thoughts on Season 3's DLC line-up
58:16 Thoughts on Virtua Fighter: Crossroads
58:53 What games are you currently playing

Community AMA
59:42 Start
59:48 Boba
1:00:07 Duck
1:01:26 Do you play Yoshi in Smash Bros
1:02:10 Do you watch anime? And do you have any favourites
1:04:09 Where does the duck in your Discord profile come from
1:04:47 Why are you such a nerd
1:04:56 What character would you play if Yoshimitsu didn't exist
1:05:25 What's your favourite sports team
1:05:40 Who do you consider your Tekken rival and why are they so damn handsome
1:06:18 Who would you like to beat in tournament that you haven't already
1:06:46 Tell us about Hearthstone
1:07:33 When will you team up with the other Joe (Icebergman)
1:08:06 Do you like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
1:09:16 What's the worst Hearthstone meta
1:09:29 Why are you so goated
1:09:36 Tell us your best Flash setup
1:10:05 1 + 4
1:10:11 When's JBI 2
1:10:20 Who is your Luigi
1:10:58 Why do you like Yoshi's Suicide
1:11:09 What's HNS

Closing Words
1:12:02 Shout-outs
1:12:27 Call-out for the next interview

References
Flmaey Hearthstone Fireside placement: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BMX4gQSpx/
The weekly Flamey beat Kagari: https://www.start.gg/tournament/battle-city-weekly-down-back-not-down-bad/event/tekken-8/brackets/1889234/2779275
Yoshimitsu Soul Stealer in Tekken 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x89I9w5B-9I
Bozu x UMAD Toronto vs Montreal Tekken Team Battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl5Ogb4g_Xk
Noctis' parry that saved Ottawa: https://youtu.be/6nKiSFjAZD0?si=lp0sDQWC8yuCf70v&t=595
Flamey performing a card trick: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BLpxdPbAU/
AFLAC duck dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQ9i6YkKFE
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