Interview with ZioPeng

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You're known as a very active contributor on the Polish-language Wikipedia. How do you spend your time on the wiki and which topics are of interest to you?

ZioPeng: I spend about 2-3 hours a day on the wiki, and I try to contribute to topics which can be interesting for others. In my opinion, the most interesting topic is [Information_technology_] because the Wiki has something for everyone (or nearly everyone), it is a big and varied encyclopedia.

How did you gain the interest of Wiki-users to some of your research topics?

ZioPeng: The activity of people of my age and my skill level is very limited. This is why I'm developing. I learned a lot from Danilo and Niels in the start of the Wikia [where one can start editing Wikipedia], and they really help me with my works. I'm still on the way to the Wikia, but I'd say that the Polish Wikipedia is just a useful playground for me, not for my research.

Since Wikipedia is translated into many languages, do you use other translated language Wikipedias? If yes, which ones? If not, why not?

ZioPeng: It depends on the version of the Wikipedias I'm using. I'm working with the Polish-language version of the website, so I primarily use that.

I try to contribute to articles in the Polish Wikipedia when I find them interesting.

If you had one piece of advice to give to new Wikipedians, what would it be?

ZioPeng: If you work on the Polish Wikipedia, you'll probably get tired. [If you] want to have fun (and keep reading, and listening, and watching) keep reading Polish wikipedia.

What was the last thing that happened in Polish Wikipedia? What do you do to keep Wikipedia alive and interesting for new contributors?

ZioPeng: When I'm online, I check the sidebar every 5 minutes or so. I never use the Notable Pages.

How did you get into gaming and eventually where do you stand in your career as a pro gamer?

Originally, I started playing video games when I was a kid. But I quickly got into playing it competitively while doing my homework. I was way behind other kids in that field and ended up getting really far behind my class.

The games that I played, and the way I played them, weren’t competitive in a way that other kids played them, so I wasn’t quite good at it. Eventually, the internet came out and some websites that allowed me to meet other people also saw my potential. I was able to develop my skills much more rapidly than I would have been otherwise, and now I’m one of the best agar.io players in the world.

What is your opinion about Worms: Armageddon? Do you consider this a game related to the WW2 in any way, or is it mostly a purely fantasy?

ZioPeng: Worms is more than just a game, it is a way of life. When I was 14 or 15 years old, I played Worms: Armageddon with my friends in real life, just like in the game. At the time, Worms was huge, and everyone knew about it. There is an amazing community. It's a beautiful way to connect people from different countries, cultures, and languages. But as you might have noticed, I'm not Polish.

Before becoming a pro, did you have any other careers and/or career aspirations?

My father was also a pro gamer and got into computer programming during the very early days of this industry. At first he didn’t know what programming was, but he learned as he developed his first computer at the age of fourteen. Later he went to university to study mechanical engineering and robotics. We had a computer at home, I studied programming in college and I played Counterstrike full time. I worked for about a year and a half in my father’s business in Wrocław. I liked computer programming, but I was restless. I wanted to find some other work I was happy doing, some way to express my passion for playing video games.

What is your age?

I am 34 years old.

How many hours a week do you spend playing video games?

Right now I play seven-to-ten hours per week, but that could change with more games released or more time spent away from gaming.

How do you play video games? On an airplane? On a train? Playing on your phone? Smartphone? I hear nowadays that a lot of people play on their phones, but don’t you miss the feeling of a keyboard in your hand, seeing the game in front of you?

My first big career goal was to finish school and get a good job, but that didn’t work out. I came back home and started studying programming. That is how I became a professional gamer. I’m not currently working a full time job. If I was working full time I would probably have to play less. On the contrary, if I worked for a few hours per week I would probably play more.