Note: Some questions have been edited for relevance, clarity and grammar.

Over the weekend, GotFrag offered the community a chance to propose questions to an icon of American Counter-Strike, David "zid" Chin. After the posting period came to a close, we selected a handful to pose to JMC Gaming's resident AWPer.

Read below for an interesting look into the professional and personal life of one of your favorite competitors.

Where did you get the name zid from? - TANGIN

Pretty simple, it started as Zidane from Final Fantasy 9. After pubbing in the same server for such a long time, people began to call me zid for short, and from there it was stuck!

With the transition to Source and back again, do you think the play style of you or your teammates has changed considerably compared to before the switch? - zyrox

Source and 1.6 are two different games when it comes to play styles. When I first switched to Source, I incorporated my 1.6 knowledge into Source while learning many new things, and forming my CS:Source style. Coming back to 1.6, I’m currently in a remembering stage. I have to remember how I used to play because I hadn’t played 1.6 those 2 years I was in CGS; it was just something I chose to do.

So for the most part I’m getting use to the game again and trying to remember how I use to play because I can’t use the CS:Source play style in 1.6. When it’s all said and done I think I’ll be a better player than what I use to be. I would think the rest of my team feels the same way.



If the CGS went back into business and selected Source as their game, do you believe you and/or all of JMC would switch back? - K-Jack

With that kind of money (compared to what I was making in 1.6), it’s just not an opportunity to pass up. I believe most would switch.

Do you have any pets? - noodledude

I have two Chihuahua’s. One’s breath stinks pretty bad.

I'm pretty sure you were in BPA in high school. So, if you weren't gaming, would you be pursuing some type of IT degree and career? If so, what would you want to do specifically? - nicky


Yes I was in BPA, and yes I thought a lot about pursuing Microsoft Networking. I don’t know if I really enjoyed it though, and I’ve sort of gone half and half with business. I’m a pre-business student at University of Texas at San Antonio right now, and I’m pretty sure I want to get a degree in Information Systems or Network Infrastructure. I want to play CS as long as I can, it’s what I really enjoy doing.

Do you, yourself, have a favorite player to watch? If so, who? - pabloMandela

I don’t have a favorite player, but when watching top European teams I usually drift towards watching the most favorite player from both teams.

Pancakes or waffles? - foobz

I like both, pancakes.

Were there any initial problems with the team, such as communication or play style clashes? - SnowkiNG

There are no communication problems and there are no play style clashes from what I can tell. Honestly, we haven’t practiced all that much and we were planning on starting up mid Jan… but we decided to start practicing a little bit and try to “pug” our way into CEVO-P.

What kind of car do you drive, if any? - AnthonyG


I drive a '08 Infiniti G35 Blue Slate Journey Sedan.

Did you, like most people, play sports and eventually quit but only to fill that competitive void with cs? Even though you are getting paid to play CS, do you actually consider it a sport? - nicky

Haha, basically. I use to play soccer when I was smaller, then football, and ended up just stopping during middle school. Here’s exactly what was on my mind: “I’d rather go home and play Starcraft rather than going to football practice.”

I’ll never know if it was the right decision but I don’t regret it… it would have no doubt made middle school and high school more exciting though. I don’t consider it a sport, I consider it pro gaming.

How do you handle slumps, or periods of time where it seems like nothing hits or goes right? - cScslick

I hate slumps and I’m glad I don’t have many of them. It’s all mental, try your best to stay positive and keep your head straight. When you know you’re in a slump you probably aren’t thinking and using your brain as much as you should be… because you’re too busy thinking you’re in a slump. Get that out of your head ASAP! If you’re still having trouble, try being more of a support player instead of an impact player.