taLa speaks: The interview

So here we are on Xfire 3. At times it looked as if the moment would never happen, and it certainly wouldn't but for the incredible efforts of our head coder,
taLamasca. At the Crossfire LAN in Rotterdam I took a few moments out with taLa to talk Xfire 3 and discover a little more about our reclusive creator, the results of which can now be seen in our brand new interviews section. Here's a short extract to whet your appetite:

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I offer taLa the chair as there is only one, and we get down to the nitty gritty. The subject of course is xfire 3, and I begin by asking him just how much of a challenge the process of taking xfire from 2 to 3 has been. This clearly is a subject taLa can speak for a long time on. His eyebrows furrow, and I'm given the sort of look that says 'if only you knew'. He talks about the trials of practically rewriting the site in order to remove all the bugs, and starting the new version from the ground up. He reels through the list with speed, touching on security, expanding features, starting with a blank canvass, not to mention the ever changing objectives being placed before him. Ending with a sigh, this last point seems to weigh in almost heavy fashion on his mind. Having spoken with taLa on many occasions before the LAN, I have an idea what he might say when pressed for the reasons.

View the full interview here