Author: Sam "AN1MO" McKenzie
Still a new figure in the biggest organization in his region, Andrii “npl” Kukharskyi has been thrown in at the deep end of tier-one CS:GO. With an IEM Katowice semi-final appearance now under his belt, we caught up with the young Ukranian at the event to discuss how he feels he is settling in at Natus Vincere.Sam ‘AN1MO’ McKenzie, BLIX.GG: You’re still very new to NAVI, how would you say you’re adapting to the system?Andrii ‘npl’ Kukharskyi: I think pretty well, we just need more time and then we will play better.BLIX: Are you happy with your time so far…
With Saints unable to field Iuliia ‘sckrafft’ Gerasimova at ESL Impact Katowice, they turned to Kaia “KiKi” Holmen to stand in for them at the event. While the team may have struggled in a tough group, KiKi performed admirably. After their elimination, we at BLIX.GG sat down with KiKi to discuss her professional future and streaming career.Sam ‘AN1MO’ McKenzie, BLIX.GG: You’ve been standing in for Saints at this event. When did you know you were going to be standing in? How did that come about?Kaia “KiKi” Holmen: It was about two weeks ago, and I got added to their Discord…
With impressive victories over teams such as FaZe and Vitality, Liquid may have been hopeful that IEM Katowice 2023 was their time to finally bring a trophy home. Unfortunately for them, they would have to face the unstoppable force of G2 in their semi-final, and their time in Poland was cut short.After the match, we had the chance to sit down with their AWPer, Joshua ‘oSee’ Ohm, to discuss the gap between the two teams and his progress towards reaching his comfort zone on Counter-Strike’s biggest stages.Sam ‘AN1MO’ McKenzie, BLIX.GG: You’ve made the top four here at Katowice, are you…
As a team without an organization, Saints were perhaps a surprise inclusion to the lineup at ESL Impact Katowice. Defeating Evil Geniuses Gold to make the event was no small feat, and IGL Anna ‘buhnny’ Cheung is hoping it will be the spark for organizations to look at signing her roster.After being handed a tough group in Katowice, we sat down with the driven buhnny to discuss her team’s time in Katowice, as well as her outlook on being the leader of her team.Sam ‘AN1MO’ McKenzie, BLIX.GG: You started in Katowice against Nigma Galaxy. When we were talking beforehand, you…
Peter ‘dupreeh’ Rasmussen was one of the backbones of the greatest team of all time, although success has been somewhat hard to come by since he took the plunge into an international roster when joining Vitality.With a win at ESL Pro League Season 16 under their belts, Vitality would have been hoping to find more success at IEM Katowice, although that was denied by an incredible comeback by Team Liquid in the Quarterfinals.We got the chance to sit down with the man himself after the ill-fated Liquid matchup to discuss the series and the shape of Vitality heading into the…
Nigma Galaxy have been the dominant force in women’s CS:GO for a long time now, and Alexandra ‘twenty3’ Timonina is one of the players at the center of that. We got the chance to talk to her at ESL Impact Katowice 2023 about their success, as well as the growth of the female scene.Sam ‘AN1MO’ McKenzie, BLIX.GG: You guys started well here and you’re already through to the semi-finals. How are you feeling about all of that?Alexandra “twenty3” Timonina: It’s what we expected. It feels really nice to be in the semis again but that’s something that we knew we…
While the rivalry between Furia Fe and Nigma Galaxy may have overshadowed Womens’ CS:GO for a while now, NAVI Javelins have put in a strong performance thus far in ESL Impact Katowice to reach the final in front of their home fans.We sat down with one of their stars Hania ‘Hanka’ Pudlis at the event to discuss their chances at bringing home the trophy.Sam ‘AN1MO’ McKenzie: Congratulations on making the final, could you take me through the series?Hania ‘Hanka’ Pudlis: We just won the Semi-Finals versus an impressive team, we’ve never played against each other before so it was pretty…
Header image by: ESL/Helena KristianssonAfter embarrassingly failing at the IEM Rio RMR event with elimination at the hands of a youthful GamerLegion side, G2 has since gone from strength to strength. With one big event, the organization’s first since 2017, already under their belt, the team has a chance to not only win IEM Katowice 2023 but to also set a modern CS:GO map-winning streak record, with their streak currently sitting at 17.With their authority no longer being questioned by the depths of Counter-Strike’s Reddit faithful, we sat down with IGL Rasmus ‘HooXi’ Nielsen and coach Jan ‘Swani’ Muller to…
When Team Liquid’s infamous Captain America, Nick ‘nitr0’ Canella returned to the team after a stint in VALORANT, many wondered whether he still had the ability to perform as an IGL at the highest level. Now, over a year later, Liquid are back playing some of their best CS once more and find themselves with a tough semi-final matchup against an in-form G2.We caught up with nitr0 after the Vitality game to discuss the series and his thoughts on the rest of Liquid’s year.Sam ‘AN1MO’ McKenzie, BLIX.GG You’ve got your revenge on Vitality, how are you feeling right now?Nick ‘nitr0’…
When Swedish CS:GO legend Richard ‘Xizt’ Landstrom joined Danish Heroic as their coach, not many would have expected the degree of success they would find from the relationship.Untested at the time, Xizt has overseen the team through the inclusion of young star Jakob ‘Nygaard’ Nygaard and their ascension to the number one ranked team in the world coming into the 2023 season.At IEM Katowice 2023, Heroic has continued their strong form, qualifying straight to the Semi-Finals. We sat down with him to discuss his transition to coaching and his thoughts on the remainder of the tournament.Sam ‘AN1MO’ McKenzie, BLIX.GG: What…