Sup Hadsi?

Dice caught up with Paul ‘hadsi’, one of the original members of dice, at 3am on a Tuesday morning, all the way in South Yarra, while eating kebabs! We’re k33n :)~
Official attendees:
- bui
- peki
- beedee
- hadsi

dice: So how are you hadsi? What do you get up to these days?

hadsi: Going really good. I’m currently working at Coles Head office. Been doing a lot of sport and business planning.

dice: Going back to the end of 2006 when you decided to leave the “competitive” cs scene, what were your reasons behind it?

hadsi: The main reason was that God told me to do something else. First was a church mission trip with an organisation called THEOS and then things started to blossom from there. Also I had not time in the end with work, karate and other church missions that I am currently involved in. If I was at Uni, I’d probably still be playing.

dice: At the end of 2006 was also the year NJ went downhill, or at least didn’t maintain any decent results. Do you think you were part of the reason by leaving?

hadsi: Holy shit, lol!! Well, maybe!! Maybe not! I think you should ask the people within NJ about that.

dice: Being a very religious person, do you think people discriminate against it within the gaming community?

hadsi: I haven’t had any discriminations towards me and ex NJ member Jezza, didn’t have any discrimination from what I know of. I can’t speak for the whole community, but from what I experienced, the CS community will respect your beliefs as long as you back it up with your actions.

dice: Enough serious questions, onto the more juicy ones! Many people know you from your loud laughter and different sense of humor, do you do it on purpose or does it come naturally?

hadsi: LOL oh man, my laughing!! People still recognise me by the way I laugh!! anyway, sadly, this is my personality. Always one to push the boundaries in humor and an extrovert by nature.

dice: Speaking of pushing things to the boundary, being part of the original No Jnsie No Justice crew, I distinctly remember one time when we had finished our matches for the day and we headed across the road for Maccas. On the way there you said something very unsual, do you remember what you said and who you were talking about?

hadsi: HAHAHAHA!! Oh man I remember that cleary! It was to piss tnyvo off really. To make this interview more juicy, I’ll tell you what I said to Tony: “Don’t you think Tony’s cute?”. He turned around and said: “WTF??” and the sexual tension began from there!

dice: Even though the sexual tension between you and tnyvo blossomed (at least you towards tony - that shits illegal right?), you still convinced tnyvo to stay over for the night. Tony bought the “there’s no public transports that early” bait argument and agreed to stay the night. Just between you and me, what really happened that night?

hadsi: I watched him sleep the whole night, it was beautiful. ROFL AHAHAH!! Nothing happened you chow hai!! Nah he stayed over as the next game was at 9:00am Sunday or something obsurd and public transport wasn’t available.

dice: Is there anyone you know from CS who you’re keen to catch up with?

hadsi: Basically all the NJ people, but especially Jezza. He’s in Sydney and doing ministry work there! But really, just want to see how everyone is progressing in their life. Kendall, George, Tony, Liam and Jezza really.

dice: During CS competitions, yourself and I often carpooled together and usually parked at Crown Casino because it was free for us. I recall you playing a bit of blackjack from time to time when the day ended. Could you explain your “system” to me?

hadsi: Screw you. I lost a lot of money that night! Actually did I? I really can’t remember. But my system was, “the dealer can’t win 5 times in a row!” so I slapped more and more money on the table. Was that it? Or was it “the odds of that happening is too low”? It was something along those lines..

dice: Your gambling future looks bright hadsi. Any final shoutouts?

hadsi: Thanks to all who supported NJ and now support clubdice! I wish all the best for you guys in both CS and careers/personal life!

Some pictures of the outing!