Surname - Name : Jene Jean-Louis Nickname :  pod.BanZzai Short explication of your nickname : At first, i had an old ugly nickname with my initials : JLJ. I wanted to change and since BanZaiiiiiii in the chat was my endround war cry, I took this nickname that pleased me and reminded me Coluche’s BanZai movie.  :p Age : 20

Occupation (school, work) : Student in economics and management (accountancy, control, auditing)

Which hobbies you got (except Trackmania) ? : I spend a lot of time playing Poker, as well online than in real life with mates. Sport (mostly Running, swimming...). online games obviously, a bit of all the kinds, but it change according to what the pod play. Then of course, outings with friends in order to have good evenings :)

Which steering device are you using? : Logitech Dual Action

Which steering device are you using? : In november 2003, i bought a magazine with TM on the cover. The idea of building my own tracks instantly attracted me. The demo convinced me and then i got it as a Christmas present. :)

In which team are you at the moment? : pod

Which clans did you leave? : : I created the FDV team with Archon in 2004. At this time, we took part to LE1 to LE3 with Nascar, Dislock, Joe among others. Then unfortunately, after some problems with Archon, most of the team members left the team and we were very few remining. At this time, I made a little pause with the team, after which I joined Stitch’s CS² for LE4 and LE5, with other FDV players. In 2005, with Sunrise, we decided to create a new team with Bapt, which we named Poulets Pilotes [Pp] and which Nascar and Joe joined. At this time, I still play on TMO with the LrK team. But with the release of TMN, [Pp] became pod. after a merging with the Dream team (Monarch and Xel’s TMO based team). With pod, we’ll make all the leagues until UL6, LE10 and SL6.

Which functions do you have in your team?(Which squad, which maps are you driving mostly)? :I am the admin, with Nascar, Gameurs and Doliprane. Usually, we played all the map with Gameurs and a third one that used to change, given that we missed motivation, which encouraged us to not take part to the last UL.

Which are your strong points? : Bay, Snow

Which are your weak points? : Island, Rally

Who is the best player in your opinion? : Maruk immensely impresses me, as well as Lolomax. I am also jealous of Zaitsev ’s bay skill. And I have to quote GarmouZze who is impressive on all the environments and who is, in my opinion, among the most skilled without training (tested and approved in notrain).

Which leagues have you driven in ? : LE1 to LE10, SL0 to SL5, UL0 to UL6 and NC1 in the France team (brag inside :D, even if the only map I played have been lost x) ).

Your favourite map(s)? :Besides Alain Frost Circus d'Azumanga that i love in particular, it is rather the style of map makers such as Kyo or Evolm.

Are you also building maps? if yes, can you share a creation with us? :I made a big bundle of maps since the beginning, especially minis which goal was to be fun and and short to be played online, on servers such as CS’s (My last mini pack  is pretty less kiddy). As time goes by, I moved to league typed maps, I had several maps selected in various leagues such as UL5-Soderhamn, ESWC-Masters-Paris-02 made with Battle or UL2- The Hollows

How much time are you training a map? : Given that we are rather a no-train team, it should be about a quarter, except if I really enjoy a map, I can then reach very much more than one hour. :p

When and where can we find you in TrackMania? : Nowadays, not often. The few TM evenings with pod make me launch the game, The TEP’s 24h helped me to play again on the last weekend. The next league should make me play again given that we should come back with the pod.

Hated servers? : None, even kiddy servers may be funny in some sircumstances. X)

What do you like about trackmania? : The community aspect is of course the first. When I see there are people I know since 6 years now (Nascar, Dislock, Joe…), it is just enormous. :p Then  the creative aspect with the maps is also a crucial point that helped this amazing lifetime of the game, for me and many others I guess.

What do you think about TMN compared to TMU? : It is there that we have to feed the troll, saing that some people prefer to play a 1 environment demo rather than a 7 environments compete game.

A little advice for new players? : Do not be inspired by Nascar.

A typical sentence during a match? : CoooOOOOooooT CooooOOOOooooT, basic war cry x)

Movies you like : Le Diner de cons, Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre, Mary à tout prix, La Tour Montparnasse Infernale, Little Miss Sunshine, Bienvenue à Zombieland ...

Do you play other games except Trackmania? : PES, Call Of Duty and other games that varies (League of Legend nowadays)

Any closing words? : A big YO to all the pod, it makes 5 years that we are pod, and it is not willing to stop!
BAZINGA, Go Bungalow, " it’s a fun game" (Ty Becken), Last-minute change, Old school FDV Line-Up FTW, UCTS_Lolo FTW, L'état du type, SCANDAL ...!
POD POWA :)