Approved by UU moderation & inspired by Feliburn's project
Amazing Art by Magnum
OP ripped from Moutemoute's
Welcome to "UU Player Interviews", a project where you'll be able to discover or re-discover some well-known players in the UU community. Those people may be known thanks to their high-skilled level, their achievements on the strategic scene, or thanks to their dedication to the tier or within the community.
How are you, Band?
I'm doing pretty good! Life is starting to get back on track with me having some actual lab classes now and me going back to playing volleyball like before.
I'm glad to hear that! Is Volleyball your favourite sport?
Absolutely lol and basically the only sport I play aside from trying to play basketball and handball but having my ass handed to me. I do enjoy swimming though!
That's great to hear. Do you want to introduce yourself in front of our audience?
Ok, so my name is Bandkrook, but all my friends just call me Band. I'm a 19-year-old biology student from Brazil. Currently, I teach some biology classes in a community center, but today was actually our last day LOL. Some of my hobbies are playing volleyball, studying Japanese, listening to music, and cooking. As for my favourite weapon on a battle to the death, probably just a hand knife, seems like it's pretty easy to use and you can even throw it at people.
All fair responses. Why did you choose the name Bandkrook anyway? I've always been curious seeing as your favourite Pokémon is Crogunk.
Back when I joined PS, so around 2014, my favourite Pokémon was Krookodile, and when I played UU matches on the ladder, I'd always use it with a Choice Band, so I decided to stick with the name Bandkrook (originally BandKrook). I guess when I decided to actually join Smogon I wanted something that would be easy to write and remember, so I picked this name, which is a million times better than my previous Smogon name (no I will not say it, go ask Lily).
That's very interesting! Speaking of PS and Smogon, how were you introduced to them, and how did you choose UU to be your main tier?
I don't remember exactly how I came across PS, to be fair. Probably through one of my middle school friends around 6th grade. I remember playing it a lot during ORAS, so most likely around that. As for Smogon, I created my account in 2015, used it once and dipped out lol, and eventually came back last year after playing some matches on PS and stumbling across the PT room. I noticed we had a translations project, and since I was both bored as fuck due to quarantine and always had a very easy time with english, I decided to join. I eventually got involved with UU on Smogon as well, and here we are today. I probably chose UU back then because I could use my favorite mega at the time in Mega Sceptile. When I came back, I just felt like the tier was very fun and wasn't as competitive and insane as OU but still had a quite large and challenging userbase.
That sounds like quite the adventure! Since you've begun playing UU, what playstyle has become your favourite and why?
I definitely don't have the patience and skill it takes to pilot more fat teams like the ones Esta likes to use, so I mainly stick with some very basic Bulky Offense or just all out Hyper Offense, which I enjoy the most out of all playstyles. I enjoy it mainly because it involves high risk high reward plays, which fuels my smooth rat brain with instant serotonin of making an actual functional play without having to see the timer slowly tick and me rethink a play in my head, like, 12 times.
Thank you for taking the time to be interviewed today!
Of course, it was a pleasure ^^
Feel free to ask Bandkrook any questions you want!
If you have some recommendations for an interview, feel free to DM me!
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