Author: Aykut "Kots" Sapaz

Team Vitality and their rebuilt roster are one of, if not the most interesting teams in the Western hemisphere. With the introduction of Kyeong “Photon” Gyu-tae from T1 Challengers, Zhou “Bo” Yang-Bo from FunPlus Phoenix, and Norman “Kaiser” Kaiser from MAD Lions, the French bees have the potential to lift the LEC cup in their first year.We spoke with Kaiser, their new support, about his offseason adventures, the new LEC format, his thoughts on Champions Queue, and their game against Fnatic.Aykut Sapaz, BLIX.GG: Thank you, Kaiser, for your time and for being with me here today. How are you doing?…

As their first game of the new League of Legends year ends, the new MAD Lions roster takes down SK Gaming and starts the Winter split 1-0, taking the first step to advance further in the regular split. Having changed their top laner, bot laner, and support, the organization is keen on fighting for a trophy in the LEC and maybe even further than that.With the return of the players to the stage and the start of games, we spoke with MAD’s new support Zdravets “Hylissang” Iliev Galabov about his offseason, their match against SK, his synergy with Carzzy, and…

Coming out of LATAM as the Regional Finals winner, KRÜ Fem started with a 2-0 loss against NA Series 3 winners Cloud 9 White in the first match of VALORANT Game Changers Champions at Berlin. In both series, the North American team emerged ahead with a sizable lead.We spoke with Catalina “Baesht” Arancibia about what went wrong against C9W, feelings about playing on the world stage, and being in Berlin, the European heart of esports for Riot.Aykut Sapaz, BLIX.GG: Hello, welcome Baesht, thank you so much for your time and condolences about the loss you just had against Cloud 9…

With their trophy case stacked with first-place finishes from tournaments in the Latin America region, KRÜ Fem lost a rough series against Cloud 9 White in the quarter-finals of the VALORANT Game Changers Championship 2022.After the series, we spoke with KRÜ Fem’s in-game leader Consuelo “Consu” Rivas about what went wrong for them in the series, how it feels to be in Berlin for this monumental tournament, and her message for KRÜ fans watching.Aykut Sapaz, BLIX.GG: Hello and welcome Consu. You guys just came out of a tough loss. What are your comments on the match?KRÜ Consu: I think there…

The most internationally successful European team of all time, G2 Esports haven’t been performing at their peak for the last two years. After an impactful roster change at the start of the year, G2 were not able to achieve the same level of success as older tournaments in this Worlds, including MSI 2022.After their 1-5 exit from the Group stage, we spoke with G2’s top laner Sergen “Broken Blade” Çelik about their last three matches, some of the draft choices they made, and his plans for the offseason.Aykut Sapaz, BLIX.GG: Hello and welcome BrokenBlade. Thank you so much for taking…

Standing as the sole hope of the European League of Legends scene, Rogue managed to qualify for the next stage of Worlds 2022, now bound to face up to three Eastern teams, each match more challenging and victory more rewarding than the one before until they lift the trophy of world champions or go back home.Before their thrilling and terrifying climb, we spoke with Rogue’s coach Simon “fredy122” Payne about their games in Group C, deep considerations of the draft, the Nasus pick, and more.Aykut Sapaz, BLIX.GG: Hello and welcome Fredy, thank you so much for your time. Today was…

As the League of Legends European Championship (LEC) champions, Rogue swiftly take down everyone they face in the Group Stage. Gunning for the first step towards the big trophy, getting out of the groups, Rogue stands as the European (and Western) team most likely to succeed out of the Groups.But they haven’t faced the challenge of three international games in one day, and they are gearing up for it. If they do make it to the quarterfinals, they will have a road as treacherous as ever, with the prize at the end as glamorous as ever. We spoke with Rogue’s…

From constantly playing second fiddle to the LCK for most of the first decade of the League of Legends World Championship, the LPL has since become the world’s best region having won three of the last four editions of the competition, and considering this year’s crop of teams, it is expected they will do the same this time around in North America.Lots of players and teams made such a swift turnaround possible for the LPL, among them, jungler Gao “Tian” Tian-Liang. He joined FunPlus Phoenix in 2019 after having a short-lived stint with Suning, thus creating one of the best…

The most revered team in League of Legends history, maybe even in the history of all esports, T1 started their Worlds run with interesting results and, according to many fans, lacking performance. The three-time Worlds winner organization finished second in the LCK finals after a 3-0 loss against Gen.G, so this tournament is their chance to finish the year on a high note.Speaking of a high note, we talked with Mun “Oner” Hyeon-jun after their victory against LCS champions Cloud 9 about the performance of the team, his thoughts on Worlds meta, facing Fnatic again, and his experience in New…

Dethroning PCS’s former representatives PSG Talon, CTBC Flying Oysters found themselves on what many fans call “The Group of Death” at Worlds 2022. So far they have faced the LPL’s third seed RNG and LCS’s third seed 100 Thieves, losing to the former and winning against the latter.We spoke with the coach of CFO, Chen “Achie” Chen-Chi, about the match they lost to RNG, their next opponent Gen.G (LCK’s first seed), and the Worlds meta.Aykut “Kots” Sapaz, BLIX.GG: Welcome Achie, thank you so much for your time. Sorry about your loss against RNG, what are your thoughts and comments on…