Name : Anja K. Møller
Nickname : Vildkatten
Age : 28
Town : Århus
Country : Denmark
Former clans : [ECT],  Afterlife, Stjernerne, DKgirls, DoMe, all4one, Passive, CYOTOS
Achievements :

• CPL Europe Berlin -01
• 3rd LanArena7 Paris -02
• 3rd ESWC -03
• 2nd ECG -03
• CXG Las Vegas -04
• 1st ESWC -04
• 2nd Gamingeye 5on5 Femaletour -05
• 4th CPL world tour Barcalona -05
• 2nd NordicArts Gaming League -05
• 9th ESWC Paris Offline -05
• 1st Sisters United Female Opening Cup -06
• 3rd Sisters United Female Opening Cup -06
• 3rd FemaleGamers League -06

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Hello Anja ! Can you introduce yourself to our readers ?

Yes of course :) My name is Anja K. Møller, im 28 years old and live with my daughter Nakila in Århus, DK, and currently playing EYEBALLERS.female. Beside playing I study Nordic languages and literature at the university.


How did you discover Counter-Strike ?

I were actually playing a lot of Age of Kings, when I first saw Counter-strike. At first I didn't feel like trying it, but sooner or later it had to happened, so finally I tried it in august 2000 and feel in love :D


You founded and leaded Afterlife, where you were the only female player, playing for somethink like 3 years with them. Did the other male players treats you as they'll do with a guy ?

Yeah when it came to everything that had to do with Counter-strike, they treated me just like one of the guys – no difference there :)


Your first real female clan was Dkgirls, and you reached the 3rd place in the first edition of the ESWC: 2003. How does it feel to get the bronze medal at one of the greatest world's events with a mixclan?

Well it was a lot of fun, but also a lot easier to win at that time because the girls wasn't as good as they are now. A lot has happened since, but back then it was rare to see female clans with actual tactics. But definitely a great event for sure.


One year later, you were attending the ESWC 2004 with the team that was considered as one of the best female cs teams in the world, besides Seules, Hooked or Ladies.AMD: All4one. You faced the brasilian team Ladies.AMD in final, to finally win the event. I guess it was a great experience?

Oh yes! As I just mentioned a lot have happened with female cs since the first events, and from 2003 and to 2004 it had all changed. It went from only-rush-tacs to really nice and well performed coordinated tactics. Aim had also been improved a lot, and all in all it was that much harder to win. So when winning the whole thing it just felt absolutely wonderful :D !


You joined Passive in 2005, playing together with Pandora and Bambi, and achieved 4th in the CPL Spain 2005 (New4Eibo won it). How does it feel to always stay in the world's top 5 female teams?

It feels great. We were very happy about the 4th place at CPL Spain due to the fact that we haven't played together for a long time – actually only about 2½ months, so getting a 4th was really satisfying.


Then the clan switched to CYOTOS (C You On The Other Side), which attended the ESWC 2005 and were ranked 9th. What goes wrong with CYOTOS?

Inactivity was what happened to CYOTOS. After ESWC we decided to take some time off and do some summer vacation. I myself went to Thailand for a whole month, and during that time we lost Cazzidy to Seules, so when I came back we were only 4 players left. After some time we agreed on trying to play with Astera, who also were left with 3-4 players, but unfortunately it didn't work out, and that combined with a lot of school work and exams, just lead us to the decision of finally going inactive. I went completely inactive from then on due to exams, and just recently returned 3 weeks ago.


After CYOTOS decame inactive, did you receive some clans propositions?

Ye I got a couple of offers, but as mentioned earlier I decided to go inactive and focus on my exams


You finally joined EYE-Female, which gather some of the best danish/swedish female players. Did you received a kind of special welcome?

It was really great coming back to the scene and especially joining EYE. The girls have been and are so amazingly great and sweet, and it has really made me feel very welcome


You played with the girls their first tournament of the 2006 season, the Sisters United Opening Cup 1, just after joining up.  You finally beat Immortal in final, and achieve 1st. Do you think you can keep on this way all along this season?

Hehe no, don't think nobody can. Everyone got their ups and downs, and since we still are a fairly new lineup, we do need the time to get a great teamplay going etc., but we are definitely going to do our very best on staying on top!


Why did you decided to switch organization? What went wrong with EYE ?

Well the EYE-organization seemed to have lost their motivation for the scene, which we felt, started to afflict us as well, so we decided to switch in order to be able to achieve our goals.
 

How does it feel to be chosen by dM, which is actually one of the best european and international teams ? 

It's great ! We are very glad to be part of the digitalMind organization, and we will do our best under that tag !


What kind of welcome did you received from the dM players ?

The guys have been really sweet, not only the players, but the whole crew ! Everybody has been so nice to us, so we are really happy about being a part of dM.


Which events will you attend ?

At the moment we are trying to get the team's level up, which means hard work on tacs and teamplay, so we are aiming for a lot of bootcamps in june before the ESWC 2006, which is our primary goal.


We can find a bunch of big events in the male esport, as the CPL, the WCG or the WEG. Excepting the ESWC, there's a huge lack of competitions in the female scene. How can you explain that?

I can`t really. I think its very sad that its only ESWC doing a female cs-tournament of this size Would be awesome if some of the other events decided to follow into ESWCs footsteps..


Did you practice a sport when you were younger?

Yes sir, I pretty much attended any sport within my reach such as soccer, badminton, tennis, swimming, boxing, kickboxing, ballet, stepdance, moderndance, riding horses etc.


Do you earn your living with gaming?

No unfortunately not :P


How do you juggle between your social life and "virtual life"?

Well its not always easy, but most of the time it works just fine. I study during daytime, spend quality time with Kila and then prac when she is off to bed


What was your parents and friends first reaction when they saw that you were traveling all around the world thanks to gaming?

It was a mixed reaction. Some thought it was indeed very cool, while others just thought it was weird and a waste of time. But after some time when it really started to pay of in winnings, and I got to be on tv, radio and magazines etc. they became interested. Later on I also got to travel Denmark in order to give lectures on esport, incl. at the governments culture department, which somehow seemed to really change peoples view on esport.


I guess Vildkatten means Wild Cat in english. Is there a funny story behind this nickname?

Well not really a funny one, it was my nick name as a kid, so it felt quite natural to pick that name when starting to play computer :P


You told me earlier you have a sweet daughter, Nakila, who is 6 years old. It's not too tough to raise a little girl alone, and to manage your player status at the same time?

Sometimes it can become quite stressful, but we have managed so far. I have a very sweet family, who can step in if things get too much, so that's really nice. But no matter what happens Kila will always come above everything else


Questionnary :

- Smoke or Drink (or both :D) ? Both
- Ice-cream or Lolipop ? Both
- Favorite map ? de_dust2
- Favorite weapon ? Colt/AK
- What can make you fall in love with a guy ? Nothing:D
- What can make you hate the same guy ? Everything:D


Last question before we wrap up this interview: I'm an excellent cook, i like esport and i really love kids. Can i have a chance with you :D?

Haha well no sorry, im not really looking for anyone right now


Thank you for taking the time to answer to all those questions. Any last shoutouts?

Would like to thank EYEBALLERS and all the people supporting us, and of course thanks to our lovely sponsors as well ; Razor, Creative, Corepad, Insanecaps, Ownlabel and Endpoint!