DS: Do you have a favorite member of EG to work with? Why or why not?Mary: I definitely don't have a favorite, largely because they are such a great group of guys. They all have made me laugh during interviews (something I consider of the utmost importance) and they all have a long list of great qualities. Not just the players either, wow power leveling
everybody involved with the team has been great.I honestly could go through each person and tell you why I enjoy working with them, but that would probably get rather boring for most people. I will say that sometimes it's really nice to see Anna (EG's Operations Manager) because every once in a while I just want to talk to another girl in the gaming community.DS: Your film is specifically about EG's Starcraft 2 division do you have any contact with EG's other teams, such as in the Fighting Game Community? How do their other teams differ from the Starcraft 2 teams in structure?Mary: I don't really have any contact with them (so far) but I'm very aware of them. I narrowed my film down to Starcraft 2 mostly because I play it myself, and being familiar with the World of Warcraft has made it easier for me to understand some of the new concepts that have come my way. I don't play fighting World of Warcraft that much really, but I've been paying attention to their players this year. It's a different type of community, so I like to talk to people about how different it is and why. I do plan to talk about it in the film, in some fashion. EG's Justin Wong - member of EG's fighting World of Warcraft team The thing that interests me is that some of their teams are actual teams and some have individual players. I think that's going to be my biggest challenge in the film, because there aren't really direct correlations to be made to traditional sports. I could explain how the SC2 team works, but then you have to explain that EG isn't just an SC2 team, and not all of their divisions are structured the same way. I can't say, EG is like a baseball team because they're not. You can't even say it's like one company owning a baseball and a basketball team because there are both team and individual sports involved.DS: Team Evil Geniuses seems to have a ton of financial backing in comparison to other US eSports teams how does their model work? What do they do right that other teams don't seem to get?Mary: Well, that is the big question that it's probably going to take the whole film to really unpack and explore. But I think that part of it is that EG has people at the helm that are good at following that particular business model. The community can debate if they agree that it's the right business model for a team or not, but they can't deny that they're achieving what they are trying to achieve.