Just quietly..apologies my end I took a little while to get these up due to being with my team for finals and work,but now it's all gravy.
Going from the top and straight down to #8
Enjoy!
Team Elevate #1
Bazoozoo
Philly
Ph0kus
Rapt0r
Reignyo
sMURF*
trevssss
Yamborghini
SPOILER: Click to viewTeam Elevate - with "Rapt0r"
LUTACiOUS: We are here with scope-king Rapt0r, captain of Team Elevate, congrats on making finals. Your team has had a solid season with only 2 losses. How have you found the season to be with Koil's Promod?
Rapt0r: Thanks Lutacious, we have had a rather good season, as usual we have enjoyed playing our matches on koil's promod, in which i have to say he has put in a lot of hard work towards and its great to see the improvements he made to the mod between now and season 1.
LUTACiOUS: You have qualified 1st after aK forfeited and will play Sigma in the quarters. Are you confident you can beat these guys and progress to the semis?
Rapt0r: Yes, we seem confident coming into this match, especially after when our team forgot to accept their challenge recently haha. We will definitely give it our best shot to ensure the free win was a one off 
LUTACiOUS: How has your preparation been going into the finals? Have you been stratting, scrimming etc?
Rapt0r: Throught season 2 we have been taking the season in a very laid back manner, just plainly rocking up to matches. But in preparation for the finals we have decided to scrim some teams and try to iron out the kinks in our strats.
LUTACiOUS: Your teams line up has been unchanged for a while now. What has kept you guys together for so long?
Rapt0r: Plainly because of our tight knitted friendship. Two of the players went to the same High School as me and we as a team all share common goals. The lineup has been the same since the beginning of season 1 so there is quite alot of team chemistry going on.
LUTACiOUS: Who do you think we will see in the finals?
Rapt0r: I can see teams like Dynamic, Archon team aK and Systolic fighting for the top spot, though it will definitely be a close Finals for some teams. It's hard to pick out a clear winner for now.
LUTACiOUS: Will you guys be continuing into Season 3 of Black ops? Especially with the talk of CGi/CGm and ODC's?
Rapt0r: We as a team don't believe we will be playing in any form of league or ODC which involves money plainly because we don't see the high level competitive potential in this game. I can definitely see my team competing for some laughs in season 3 CGo though.
LUTACiOUS: Cheers for taking the time dude, GL in finals. Anyone you wish to thank or give a shoutout too?
Rapt0r: No problem, and thanks to you for conducting this interview. As usual we would love to give a shoutout to our sponsors Public Gaming Services, providing high quality server hosting and CyberGamer for running this ladder. Also a shoutout to our SUPERSUB Geoff/The Presence 
Archon Gaming Team aK #2
Mortuary
v3njun
Silva
Trippy
diviXion
chance
Mutdog
Mr.Davies
sheepish_mo
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NaturA:We are speaking with Mortuary from Team aK and first of all I'd like to say a massive congratulations on being in the finals.
How was the ride coming in and what teams have harrassed you the most if any?
Mortuary:Thanks mate! It has been a huge learning curve for us that's for sure.
We have endured many beatings and have been smashed many times in scrims but it has made us better in the long run over season 2.
We were quite comfortable in most of our CG games this season. Our first biggest challenge was against elevate. We know these guys well and know they are great players. We went into the game confident and came out with a
strong win.
Our next biggest challenge was against sy5 on hanoi. We knew all these guys were very successful in season 1 so we knew we would have our hands full. We played tight for the first 8 or 9 rounds and were up something like 7 - 1. we got pretty relaxed and they
stepped it up a gear and ended up coming away with a great comeback win. We definitely learnt a lot out of that one,beside from that most teams up the top are very competitve for sure.
NaturA:From sitting reliably at the top of the ladder what are your hopes for Team aK coming into the finals and is there any word on carrying the team through to season 3?
Mortuary:We hope to take out the season obviously, but there is some tough competition there for sure so we will see.
It all depends if we get enough practice time in together really. Season 3 is up in the air at the moment,and we really aren't sure if we will continue on as most of us are quite busy outside of aK.
NaturA:How have you and your team prepared for the finals? Has there been any strict protocol enforced? and What players are proving their place in Team aK coming into the finals?
Mortuary:In terms of preparation we haven't really prepared yet. With some of our working hours etc it makes it hard to get a lot of games in together but we are definitely trying to get some more time scrimming in because if we don' t we will definitely find it tough.
NaturA:Now this is one thing I'm sure everyone has pondered about but never really dug deep into,How did the original team come together? Could you describe the background
on some of your Team aK players?
Mortuary:The original team aK is myself and v3njun. We brought aK to the Black Ops series 6 months ago. We used to compete in Quake for many years and have been in the same clan together since 2003. aK actually has quite a bit of history, but we only started with COD SnD 6 months ago.
v3njun comes from Quake and has a huge reputation there. Both him and myself were division 1 players and held top spots on quake for quite a few years.
We have both won many comps both LAN and online, in 1v1, 2v2 and 4v4 deathmatch.
Trippy comes from Unreal Tournament, and was also very successfil with his team there. He has also won many LAN/online comps with his Unreal team. He definitely gets his aim from Unreal.
diviXions history is mainly with Americas Army 3. He had a huge reputation as a scope, and was a top player in AA.
Silva is very new to PC gaming, and aK is his first team. He has to be one of the quickest improvers I've seen for sure.
Chance is our latest recruit, and has brought a lot to our team. As we were very much a do it yourself/self taught team, it was good to have someone who had played with a top team before and could help us out with some rough patches.
NaturA:One thing I've been asking everybody is their thoughts on the game itself,have any of these changes over the past 6 months been a pivot point to any form of
success towards the game?
Mortuary:Overall blops is completely different to what we are all used to so it was a bit weird at first and it took us a while to get into SND,but now we do like it for sure.
Koil's promod is definitely way better for competition, and hopefully with even more improvements it will become even more balanced and overall improved.
I guess the success of the game now and it's popularity is due to the new seasons announced by Holey. Potential leagues and cash comps get people interested!
NaturA:CGm/Cgi Rumours,your opinions? Your hopes?And what teams you suspect will be competitive in these leagues?
Mortuary:The league stuff is still being put in draft form and is being constructed slowly to get it perfect. My personal hope would to eventually see o/m/i leagues successfully running. I think there's 2 maybe 3 teams in CGo now that could step it up to CGi, but to be honest I've never really played cod4 CGi and have no idea what to expect..
NaturA:Lastly,Shout outs and thanks?
Mortuary:Thanks to all the cool people at Archon for letting us use their TS/WWW etc. And s/o to all the aK guys for sticking it out over the last 6 months.. thanks Naturah!
Systolic 5 #3
Paul "Audacity" Roussis
Chao "Chao" Chipp
Cody "Crow" Anderson
Adam"Dazz" Carson
Mitch "Koil" Ipolazia
Alex "Netsky" Jardel
Sheep "Spree" ******
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NaturA:Firstly,congratulations again to the newly-formed old schoolers Systolic 5!
How was it putting together the new team and progressing up the ladder right in time for the Finals?
Koil
retty easy, a few people from the old FT squad were looking for a team, asked if i was interested & it all went together from there.
For the last few weeks we have struggled with holidays losing Audacity and Chao, though Aud's will be back for finals, hopefully with him
back we will be as strong as ever since we recently picked up Dazz who is an amazing player. TBH we are still bonding as a team,
we have next to 0 strats on majority of maps and just wing it, hopefully if we beat carnage we can get to stratting a bit more and mesh
a little better for the semis/final.
NaturA:One thing I want to jump straight into with yourself
How does it feel to have developed the Pro Mod and how do you think it has developed?
Koil:Ahh, tbh coding and messing around with that sort of thing is just a hobby, really didnt plan on making it for CG or anything like that
though the community embraced it and we all worked together to make it what it is today. There is still quite a few limitations with
the Mod Tools(Beta) that still hasn't been updated since they released them. The mod could be a lot better then it is with more time
and less limitations, but I think its at a decent stage now, I just wish we had radiant to bring out some less GFX/CPU intensive maps.
NaturA:Are you intending to keep supporting the game through the new seasons?
Koil:TBH the updates I had done recently were minor and didnt take much time, it all depends on how the game activity picks up
as well as how the Admins want to handle the game and themselves in the future. At the moment, I dont plan on doing much more...
that could change pending on how active next season is.
NaturA:Explain to me quickly about your team,who the players are,their backgrounds and how you all came together to create the team?
Koil:I'll do it name by name I guess.
Crow. - Ex Featured player, not 100% sure of his background but I know he frags and isnt a ****** & thats all that matters.
Audacity - Ex Featured player, I played with him in a in previous games. Very solid player, plays smart 100% of the time.
Chao - Ex Featured player, I think he is actually new to the COD series, though, sadly, he wont be here for finals as he is in vietnam.
he is asian or something, so he is definitely a quality player though(lol).
Dazz - Ex iG player / current SQL player, dude frags often and was a great recent pick up, he's meshed pretty well with us since
he has been on board and its good to have him.
Spree - This guy has really good cover... amirite?
Who else is in the team? Inactive people who you already should know, if you dont know you are a fag, so I aint saying shiiiieeeet about them!
NaturA:We've even seen some new additions to the team,Especially from the old Featured Gaming,how do you feel these additions impacted on the team?
Koil:They basically are the team, they werent really pick ups, we made the team together basically I was just the one who clicked the button "create team".
NaturA:What is Systolic5's opinion on the game itself,where does it sit with the likes of Mw3 and Call of Duty 4? Could you be confident in a future for Black Ops?
Koil:After playing MW3, the community there is pretty much disgusting, you shoot someone thru a wall once, you are hacking.. etc etc. As for COD4, its always
going to be the main game, if BO was optimized better and less intensive on PC's im sure it would have taken off alot better then it did. As for a future in BO
no I don't personally think there is much of a future in it.
NaturA: Do you see yourselves as Systolic5 pushing through to Season 3 and the rumoured CGm/CGi Divisions of Black Ops? will there be any changes to the team to be more or less
competitive in these leagues?
Koil:Not sure, apparently there is meant to be a 10 week season of CGO then there will be CGi, IMO the game will easily be dead by then I think even MW2 ladder
had more teams active before it closed then the BO one did this season.
NaturA:And the last question I'm asking everyone,What teams do you expect to perform in these new leagues?
Koil:Well lets put it into perspective, aK etc are scrimming nightly and are considered 'the best' teams atm.
If our team can not scrim at all, beat them pretty comfortably in our first match, then only have close games when we lose core with out stratting, I dont think they will be much competition.
So basically, none.
NaturA:Thanks for the interview Koil and we can't wait for your updated mod in Season 3.
Dynamic e-sports #4
penzkE
Waffles
Snow-B
Vox
Tails
Nys
not truuu
teKS
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NaturA:We're with a bubbly Vox from Dynamic E-sports, firstly congratulations on being in the Top 4 of the top 8, the team looked to be fading away with the rest of the community coming into mid-season 2 but you guys came together and have fitted in nicely.
How was the build-up to the finals and how has the preparation been getting to your current spot?
Vox:We didn't plan on taking Black Ops too seriously, until we heard rumours of CGi/m, but seeing as we've had the same line-up for over a year now we then decided to come back to Black Ops mid-season like you said. It has been a sort of slow build up towards the finals but we have been back into Black Ops for a while now and have been scrimming very often.
NaturA:In the Top 8 what 4 teams do you suspect to be the toughest teams in the way of Dynamic?
Vox:The teams we see as threats are mainly sy5 and aK, but the dark horses might be Carnage and Impervius.
NaturA:I've said this to everyone and hopefully everyone will read it. How did the team come together and could you explain the background of the fine lads that play in Dynamic E-sports?
Vox:The majority of the team (penzkE, Tails, Snow-B, Waffles) were all in a Black Ops team called "Aiakos". I was friends with the team and decided to rebuild a team known as "Auxiliary". Basically we started from there and have been together for over a year now.
NaturA:One thing I want to know is a bit more about the organisation Dynamic E-sports and where did they originate from?
Vox:What started as a small editing team originating in Australia, slowly turned into youtube media and entertainment. This further developed to competitive gaming, where DynamicESPORTS quickly established itself in the Australasian Gaming Community. After having picked up the former team Legacy.RAZERZONE.
NaturA:Will there be a different plan of attack now that the Ladder has been locked and you know who you are playing in the future games?
Vox:Not really, we are just going to try our hardest and play how we usually play. Involving penzkE carrying us to victory.
NaturA:More or less Black Ops has picked up heavily ever since kPromod got introduced to the CGo ladder and especially CGi/CGm rumours.
How do you think these introductions have influenced the game and the community?
Vox:We think the Black Ops ladder has already started becoming more popular with previous Black Ops players returning due to the rumours of CGi/m. It also seems like some well-known cod 4 organisations will be competing also next season which should be very good.
NaturA:Lastly,
CGm and CGi rumours are all well and fair to talk about, but who do you think are going to be competitive in these leagues? and Shout outs?
Vox:I am honestly unsure on who will be competitive in these leagues but we will be trying to get up and amongst the other organisations.
Shoutouts to:
Freddie Mercury for providing amazing music for us while scrimming.
v3njun for hooking us up on www.codehook.com (Use the redeem code, "ADS+sprint" for 95% off the family pack.) Yeah... you know v3njun... *wink*
Sobsoldier for being a hot cheerleader.
NaturA for being a babe and doing these interviews.
Dynamic E-sports for being a great organisation.
Tails for sticking with us even after all of the shit he receives on teamspeak.
Nys for being sexy and paying for a minecraft server.
Snow-B for being the most supportive robot a manufacturer could dream of. (His voice is sexy)
The creators of "osu!" It has helped our aim completely, especially playing the song, Queen – Don't Stop Me Now.
OSU website/download: http://osu.ppy.sh/
Queen – Don't Stop Me Now beatmap download: http://osu.ppy.sh/s/5381
Avant Garde #5
Minh "
Azn_Hobo" Du
Geoffrey "
Exoze" Collings
Casey "
Intro" Wright
Aden "
Klassic" Lewis
David "
meovin" Hainey
Scott "
NaturA" James
Jamie "
SiMpLzZz" Field
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LUTACiOUS: We are here with my boy Naturah, team captain of Avant Garde (formerly Streelrain). Firstly congrats on finals, how have you felt this season has gone for your team especially with the implementation of Koils promod?
NaturA:Yes you certainly are. Thanks man and honestly the season hasn't been too long and we only just reformed about a month and a half before the finals lockings. So we rushed it but all in all it's good to have our original team back together. kPromod has been the biggest dramatic rollercoaster with the community but I think it's slowly working out to be a happy ending 
LUTACiOUS:You beat Carnage in an upset few saw coming and are now ranked 5th. Which means you will play Carnage in the quarters. How confident are you?
NaturA: Haha yes the Carnage game was a bit unfortunate for the Breakdown lads but that's the way things go, but don't take a blind eye to Carnages team, you could tell they were just purely off form and a couple of players weren't performing as well as they should have, once they sort their line up out they'll be completely and utterly devastating, In relation to the rematch, we're just going in with a level head, play our game the best we can and hopefully contribute to a tough game.
LUTACiOUS:How has your preparation been going into the finals? Have you been stratting, scrimming etc?
NaturA:Our preparation to the finals have been completely different compared to what we were doing to get there. A lot more serious faces, a lot more team work and a whole lot more maturity within the team, we've been more or less stratting within ourselves, hopefully we can get some practice games a few days before the match between Dynamic, but we've got a challenge ahead of ourselves which is going to require something special.
LUTACiOUS: You have had a similar line up since MouseCon. How did you guys originally form?
NaturA:Originally, Exoze myself and 36o formed goodGaME back in the black ops launch days, aZn_hobo came from naturalKillers which was another very early clan, intro is one of SiMpLzZz's real life friends, Meovin came from the old Aikaos, Klassic emerged as a part of steelrains COD4 Team and we met him at rflan, got a long well, the funny thing is more or less barely any of our players now came from CoD4 which is where most of the community is from. fun fact #124
LUTACiOUS: Talk us through the last minute merge with Avant Garde?
NaturA: Basically Mackro and Klassic talked for a long time, they expressed interest in a black ops team and once we made finals they were keen beans, imo with a decent name on our shoulders hopefully we'll strive to play a better game ourselves, that's the intention anyway.
LUTACiOUS: Who do you predict will be in contention for the final?
NaturA: Finals are going to rest upon the first rounds, it'll probably end up being a Dynamic / aK finish, if they don't collide in semi's, but another thing depends on if Dynamic beat Sy5 or visa versa, small changes could really change how the eliminations end up.
LUTACiOUS: Will you guys be continuing into Season 3 of Black ops? Especially with the talk of CGi/CGm and ODC's?
NaturA: With Avant Garde behind us I dare say we'll push through and be one of the more active teams in the league,CGm drafts would be amazing to make,if they happen
LUTACiOUS: Cheers mate, any shoutouts or special thanks?
NaturA: More or less I want to thank Holey and Lockii for helping out CG with administration, it's changing Black ops bit by bit for the better and another Thanks to
Koil for his hard work on kPromod and having his head screwed on the correct way. Shout outs to Mackro @ Avant, the rest of the team and a quickie to all the ****s that have played with us to help us be that bit more active
Plus a quick shout out to the man of yesterday,today and tomorrow..KAMMAA
Thanks for the interview man it was good to give out feedback
Carnage #6
aCcess
AtomiC
bamft
Entice
Lightning
LoCkiii
Nightfall
sh??ter
TOMMYSTEVO
yaboybilly
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NaturA:Congratulations on making the finals Lockiii,firstly how did you find the climb coming up into the finals?
Lockiii:Cheers mate, yeah its been alright, basically our goal was to just get to finals and thats what we've done.
NaturA:You've assembled quite the solid assortment of players having some large backgrounds,Can you explain to us how your team came together
and your background?
Lockiii:Well basically the old carnage team left in first season - bar rage, so rage and myself decided to get a team up and going. Lightning, atomic and nightfall have been around since season 1, where as a few new faces have emerged in our blops team, such as billy, access, shooter and bamft. Towards the end of the season, a few of the more known players such as entice, tommystevo and gamer joined up for a bit of lols.
NaturA:One thing we've noticed recently is a couple of additions of some higher calibre CoD4 players to the team,can you elaborate on these picks and
how they've fitted into the team and the game?
Lockiii:Yeah well as i just said, Entice Gamer and tommyStevo joined up near the end of the season. I think people are starting to get over cod4 as its the end of a season for those guys, so blops promod is actually something different, which i think is why they have been playing. Entice as you can image has picked up the game extremely quick is already featured in our core lineup for finals.
They dont mind the game since playing the new mod, so having them playing for us is great.
NaturA:Carnage has been around for the most of the leagues rise and falls,How do you think the changes made to the game have affected the leagues
activity?
Lockiii:The mod has been here since the finals for season 1, but i think it was just too late. The blops competitive scene was long gone by the time modtools were released.
Even though the mod is decent, if it were to have a few more tweaks it could be a great game.
NaturA:I know this happened some time ago,but How did you find joining a very well known organisation like Carnage? did resting a name on your shoulders
change the attitude of the team?
Lockiii:Yeah definately.
For the simple fact that, your no longer playing for yourself, your playing for an organisation. Everything you say/do reflects on the organisation. But carnage have been great to us, our management team is awesome. But now that we have a few well known sponsors, the pressure has increased alot.
NaturA:Now coming into the finals,how will you find your team practicing for the eliminations?
Lockiii:We have just been scrimming tbh. Because half our roster is from cod4 its sometimes hard to organise scrims/pracs etc, sooo basically whenever we get free time together we play.
NaturA:After all the rumours of CG main and CG invitational leagues,Do you think these leagues are going to change any future of Black Ops?
Lockiii:Yes. If blackops do have a league, there will be massive changes. With a league alot of the experienced and well known players/teams will play. This will change the game dramatically.
NaturA:Last but not least,shouts and special thanks?
Lockiii:Alright man cheers for the interview.
Shoutout to our newest major sponsor Razer. www.razerzone.com
To our other sponsors iinet, leet speak and AUSpcMarket.
Also big shoutout to the guys are carnage.
Bol to every1 in finals.
imPervius e-Sports #7
commj
electnz
Evolve`
Jizzer
Krypton
maddog
Malice
Marksman
MrFuzz
Ramboandy
Saiko
suiY
Sygma
unnefer!
SPOILER: Click to viewLUTACiOUS: We are here with Jiz and UnNefer of imPervius eSports Firstly congratulations on making it to the finals. You guys have had a mainly positive season. How have you guys felt overall and with the addition of the Promod?
Un-Nefer!: Yeah thanks man. Been happy overall with the season. imPervius eSport entered for fun and we mad the top 8 so you have to be happy 
LUTACiOUS: You have qualified a very impressive 7th and will play Dynamic in the quarters. How confident are yourselves and the team?
Un-Nefer!: Yeah it was a goal to finish 7th so we played Dynamic in the first finals round. They are a great team and it will def be a tough match for sure
LUTACiOUS: How has your preparation been going into the finals? Have you been stratting, scrimming etc?
Jiz: Well we only just started scrimming a couple of games these past weeks finding out that we would make the finals
LUTACiOUS: You guys have had a similar team for most of season with a few last minute additions. How did you guys originally form?
Un-Nefer!: Me and Fuzz were originally in SYF and there was a fall out as we both felt the direction that team was heading was the wrong one for the members of the team, so we left to start a new team.
LUTACiOUS: Who do you predict will be in contention for the final?
Un-Nefer!: Well if you look at the ladder setup it will def be hard for impervius esport to get into the finals. Now that Team Elevate is in 1st and Team AK is 2nd and Steelrain Gaming beat Carnage, we'll have to play Team AK in the first round of the finals - the hardest team to beat IMO. If we make it past team AK on Grid, then we'll play the winner of Steelrain Gaming and Systolic 5 on Hanoi, so another hard game for us. IBut if we can beat Team AK then I think we'll go all the way, if not then Team AK will go all the way 
LUTACiOUS: Will you guys be continuing into Season 3 of Black ops? Especially with the talk of CGi/CGm and ODC's?
Jiz: Yea of course imPervius would play season 3 we have been around since season 1 and still enjoying the game and with the talk of CGI/CGM this would be a goal for us to achieve.
Un-Nefer!: Yeah I agree.
LUTACiOUS: Cheers lads, any shoutouts or special thanks?
Un-Nefer!: Just like to thank you for your time, Koil for his efforts getting kpromod going and stable, and to CG and all those who put time in at CG to keep ladders running
Jiz: Also to all of the imPervius players that could make every cg match. Thanks boiz
Archon Gaming:Sigma #8
CreAtioN
Delusion
Grimace
Holey
Lil Bone'z
Zenra
SPOILER: Click to viewLUTACiOUS: Ladies and gentlemen we are here with newly appointed admin; Holey from Archon Gaming's Team Sigma. Mate welcome and congrats on finals. How has this season been for you and the team?
Holey: This season has seen the real birth of our team
We have progressed far beyond what i originally thought we would, and we have a few members here that can go toe to toe with some of the best active players in black ops at the moment
LUTACiOUS: You guys have just managed so scrape into finals in 8th, which means you will play #1 ranked Team Elevate. Do you guys have the ability to win?
Holey: I think we do, if we prac up. On our good days i think we have the ability to beat nearly any team
LUTACiOUS: How has your preparation been going into the finals? Have you been stratting, scrimming etc?
Holey: We have been prac scrimming every night
against every team we can find.
LUTACiOUS: How did the team originally form?
Holey: Well our clan (Archon Gaming) is rather large, and we started in Black Ops just over a year ago. We have always had a lot of keen members, and we have formed teams around that 
LUTACiOUS: Who do you predict will be in contention for the final?
Holey: Well I WOULD have said aK vs sY5 for an epic grand final, but due to an upset in the rankings with elevate taking top spot due to a technicality, that physically can't happen. I predict it will be Dynamic or Elevate against sY5 or aK.
LUTACiOUS: Will Sigma stay together as a team for Black Ops Season 3? Especially with the talk of CGi/CGm and ODC's?
Holey: I am fairly sure we will
And we will have yet another team joining the fray as well. They should do equally as well, if not better!
LUTACiOUS: Cheers mate, any shoutouts or special thanks?
Holey: Shoutout to my team (obviously) and for all the other teams that we have prac scrimmed constantly and gotten along well with
Teams like nC' and VsQ especially, they're a great bunch of guys and we have always gotten along really well with them Edited once, 23/1/12 - 11:20pm.
Posted on Monday, 23rd January 2012