This interview was conducted by Jon a.k.a. "SiCK NASTY", an independent correspondent of GotFrag.com Madden.

Maybe you haven't heard of him, but Ryan "BTEP" Jourabchian has cracked the GotFrag.com Madden Top 50 and continues to be a formidable opponent on the Madden circuit. His name sums up how he views his game: "Best To Ever Play". SiCK NASTY sat down with the Elyria, Ohio native to talk about his outlook on the community after over eight years of experience.

When did you begin playing Madden?
I started playing NFL Blitz a long time ago, then that game got boring and I discovered Madden and just played against my brother, cousin and neighbors for a while. I think Eddie George was on the cover that year and it was on Playstation 2.

When did you start playing competitively?
I started just messing around and beating everyone. We had local tourneys for a Madden championship belt that I made from an old plastic WWF belt, but that was the most coveted item in the neighborhood. That was our Madden Challenge and the biggest prize we ever had. Then, I started playing online and found out how good other people are and found out about the Madden Challenge; that's when I got serious and started to travel to bigger tourneys and got into local money games.

When did you realize you were an elite player?
Well, I'm not the guy that's going to brag like crazy about my game, ANYONE can be beat anyone, any day. I will let other people brag for me, though. I have been in very big games and came through for everyone that had money on me against elite players. Every year I come up with a unique offense, and am just really creative with my schemes. That's what most top players know me by. I lab with EVERYONE you could think of on Playstation 2 and XBox 360. I like to have an all-around game. I always have a glitch that no one knows about that comes out later in the year, but I'm not all about glitches, just creativity.

Who is the toughest player you've faced this year and/or past years?
Well, it's hard to say who the toughest players are this year because Playstation 2 Madden hasn't changed much in three years and XBox 360 is such a simple game. This year, Brusk and Kornstar were really tough on XBox 360 early in the year, and since I switched to Playstation 2, Godson, Joke, Realness and Blaze have been really consistent.