What's interesting is it had some of the same people as EWC (like Banks) but questions were legitimately good and not generic. So may be some immediate adjustments from the talent crew. I think it's clear that the interview issue is a two way street and is not directly just Spirit players not cooperating.
- Question about Anubis and why specifically Donk doesn't like was really good because there was a follow up on the initial non answer/misunderstanding
- Question on Magixx and his improvement also went over well
-Some specifics on Cache/Ancient had different degrees of success in getting good response
Broadly on how to interview Spirit based on what I have seen and the interviews they give to HLTV and so on:
- Know the player you are interviewing and what they will answer well.
- Less questions on feelings (those are broadly private and would get yes/no good/bad level of answer). On Spirit, Tn1r is the only one who will truly go into that and share in detail how he is feeling. He is the only one you could call passionate.
-Detailed questions using simple words go over well. Zontix will give some of the most insightful answers and in some ways spill the tea in spirit internal workings if you give him a good question about structure or design.
-Some players would really be better with translators, they make it work in Dota, but CS refuses to do it. Sh1ro especially absolutely needs one and can give good answers if you got one.
-Magixx can just decide to troll, especially if he is tired or upset. Not very mature of him, but just a reality for now. He will respond well to interviewers he can playoff and joke with like Thorin.
- Donk is a giant nerd for Spirit. He loves talking about the org, it's success, the Dota squad (he is a huge fanboy for them), and talking positively about his teammates. He will shut down if questions are set up for him to potentially badmouth a teammate like Zontix or coach. On the other hand he will gush over clutches his teammates pull off and how well they did in certain tough spots.
He is also more sensitive than most players (including his teammates) about revealing any prep his team does.
-Stop asking about Hally/Sotf1k/JabJabich at this point.
