First of all, congratulations on winning your group. What have you been doing to prepare yourself for this WCG event?

Shriek (2nd from left) with other USA contenders.

I've just been thinking about strategies really. I was on a road trip prior to the event, and didn't get to play a lot of Warcraft.

After you defeated Axslav, you were already qualified for bracket play. How important to you was the final group match against LongWalk?

It was actually really important for me, because now I won't have to play Nilknarf in the first round, giving me a chance to place top three.

How do you feel about your first round opponent, HolyHuman?

I'm very confident. I played him at the regional qualifier, and defeated him rather easily.

Do you think you have good chance at representing the USA in Seattle?

I think I have a good chance, because I'm playing pretty well right now. However, I do tend to make a lot of mistakes, so we'll see.

Finally, how are you enjoying the venue? Have you had a chance to enjoy any of the park attractions at all?

Well, I really like the park, and the venue is pretty nice. However, this is the first time they haven't had a player's lounge at an event I've been to. We've been having to buy our own food and water bottles, things like that, which is kind of inconvenient.

Scoreboard	1H	2H	OT	F
Nick "PGS.ShrieK" Whittier	-	1	1	2
Phil "DeltaLongWalk" Crawford	1	-	-	1
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Maps: Gnoll Wood, Echo Isles, Turtle Rock
Nick "PGS.ShrieK" Whittier	1	1	-	2
Nick "DeltaBenQ.Axslav" Ranish	-	-	-	-
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Maps: Echo Isles, Terenas Stand
Nick "PGS.ShrieK" Whittier	1	1	-	2
Daniel "H2O.Roach" Morales	-	-	-	-
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Maps: Echo Isles, Turtle Rock
Nick "PGS.ShrieK" Whittier	1	1	-	2
Reade "Orlandu" Saunders	-	-	-	-
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