Author: TheSwedishJoker
Hugo ‘TheSwedishJoker’ Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: Congratulations on the win, Grim! I want to start by talking a little bit about Anubis. Now last time you guys played Anubis was against your old team, Liquid, where you guys lost 16-2. What was different today against EG compared to Liquid?Michael ‘Grim’ Wince: So, I think when we lost that game, we had a huge team talk we went through and we were like, “guys, we all know we need to be better”, especially on Overpass because we easily could have won that map. We lost like four anti-eco’s which screws over the…
Hugo ‘TheSwedishJoker’ Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: How would you say that the first six months in OG have been for you so far?Abdul ‘degster’ Gasanov: It was interesting. I liked it a lot. There were a lot of things that I just needed to learn for myself, to be a better version of myself at least and be a better player. It also helps me develop my English and team-playing experience. So, the thought of joining grew on me, and actually, it was a good decision for me, even if it was hard sometimes and some tournaments failed in my opinion.…
At the media day for Blast Premier Spring Groups, TheSwedishJoker had a chance to talk to OG’s in-game leader Aleksib to discuss new player headtr1ck, what’s changed now that he’s here and the team’s overall preparation.Hugo ‘TheSwedishJoker’ Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: Your new AWPer, headtr1ck, was announced recently and you guys are coming here for your first event with him. How has it been so far?Aleksi ‘Aleksib’ Virolainen: I mean, it’s been nice. I feel like I’ve been a part of this for like four months now and headtr1ck has just been introduced. We’ve got to play at the start of…
Following Astralis’ match against OG, TheSwedishJoker caught up with dev1ce to get his thoughts on the tournament and what’s next for the team.Hugo ‘TheSwedishJoker’ Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: We talked a little bit on the media day but I would like to ask you now, how has it been for you coming back on LAN and playing against pros instead of FACEIT?Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz: I mean, it’s obviously a big difference for me. It’s still like a learning process. The first few tournaments here are just going to be me trying to figure out what I need to work on in-game…
We caught up with Jonathan ‘EliGE’ Jablonowski from Team Liquid for a two-part interview at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups. In its first installment he talks about Liquid’s last season, changes in the team and more.Hugo ‘TheSwedishJoker’ Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: Did you practice in North America or Europe coming into this event?Jonathan ‘EliGE’ Jablonowski: We did both to start the year off and I’d say so far, it’s been a decent start to the year. I mean before the Major we had our best practice at a boot camp ever and we didn’t do too well. So, I don’t think…
Our interview with Jonathan ‘EliGE’ Jablonowski continues with his thoughts on the latest CS:GO update, the North American scene and more.Hugo ‘TheSwedishJoker’ Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: What do you think about the new update so far now that you guys have had some time to play it?Jonathan ‘EliGE’ Jablonowski: I think that it’s been more fun. I like it a lot. I think Anubis is a way more complete map compared to Ancient and Vertigo when they first came in, especially Vertigo. Vertigo was not anywhere close to being good when it came in and I think the M4A1-S change was…
Hugo ‘TheSwedishJoker’ Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: Congratulations on the win and qualifying for the Spring finals. What do you think went your way today?Justin ‘jks’ Savage: I think we just had a really good game plan before going into the game. Everyone put together a good game plan. Mostly HooXi and Swani, but everyone else chimed in as well and I think we all followed it really well. I think we’re a really good team and we just follow what Rasmus [HooXi] wants to do and in the middle of the round and stuff like that. Obviously, we’ll give input and…
Hugo ‘TheSwedishJoker’ Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: es3tag, congratulations on the win! I imagine that it feels really good now when you managed to help FaZe qualify for the BLAST spring finals.Patrick ‘es3tag’ Hansen: Yeah!BLIX: Mirage almost went to OT, but you guys managed to close it out. Why do you think that it got so close in the end?es3tag: I mean, there’s a lot of chaos on Team Speak. We definitely had a few, like, communication issues, but other than that, I feel like we were kind of controlling the entire way. We, of course, had some unfortunate rounds, but I…
Hugo ‘TheSwedishJoker’ Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: So, m0NESY – 7th on the HLTV top 20, you won rookie of the year and highlight of the year on the HLTV Awards, BLAST world finals trophy, and Katowice fina all in your rookie year. How would you describe your whole first year in top-tier CS?m0NESY: I mean, it was just an amazing year for me and for my team. I mean, it also could have been even better, I think, for us. For me, this year was just my experience here at tier one. I started with the BLAST tournament and Katowice on…
This is Part 2 of TheSwedishJoker’s interview with ZywOo. Make sure to check out part 1!Hugo “TheSwedishJoker” Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: They put in Anubis. And now you’ve had a little bit more time to try it out, do you think it’s a good map for you as an AWP-er? Do you think it’s good to AWP on Anubis right now?ZywOo: Actually, this is good for AWP because you have a lot of angles. So whenever you have a lot of angles, the AWP can be really good. And yeah, this is the beginning of the map, and Valve is gonna…