Author: TheSwedishJoker
Hugo ‘TheSwedishJoker’ Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: So you have been a member of G2 for about 18 months, and you have been so close to winning a trophy multiple times: Katowice, the Major, etc. And now, after this long drought, you have won the BLAST Premier: World Finals. How does it feel to have a trophy under your belt after all that time?Nikola ‘NiKo’ KovaÄ: Yeah, it’s not been easy since I joined G2, but I would say it has been a good learning experience. There were some moments we should be proud of and some moments we were disappointed about.…
Hugo “TheSwedishJoker” Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: How are you feeling about the Paris Major?Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ Herbaut: I mean, this is the Paris Major. So I think apEX and I are really excited, but we also have a bit more pressure. I don’t think we will feel the pressure right now, but whenever we’re gonna play the first matches or in the RMR, we’re gonna feel it. And of course, we are excited, I think we want to be in the future, in like four months once we’ve played the Paris Major already. Because maybe this will be my first and last…
Image: Copyright ESL | Adela Sznajder BLIX.GG sat down and spoke with Heroic coach Richard “Xizt” Landström after his team’s historic Grand-Final win at BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022 inside the Royal Arena.BLIX: So the first map was close, was 0-5 in the first half to FaZe before you managed to make a comeback to 8-7 at the half; what do you think made a comeback possible for you guys to take home that map?Xizt: Well, I mean, 0-5 is not a, it’s not a big deal. I mean, it’s, it’s like you have lost one weapon in reality. In reality, when you…
BLIX.GG sat down and spoke with Martin “stavn” Lund from Heroic after their 2-1 victory over Liquid in the Semi-Finals at BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022, netting the Danes a spot in the final in the Royal Arena.BLIX.GG: This was a long series; you won the first map comfortably after cadiaN’s clutch, then it got a bit more complicated. What was the key to winning the series for you guys?stavn: I think the fact that we like to believe that we can play our own game and think that we can win, you know, there are some times when doing it’s the…
BLIX.GG sat down and spoke with Robin “ropz” Kool from FaZe after their 2-1 victory over NIP, which secured the international side’s place in the Grand Final at BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022 in the Royal Arena.BLIX.GG: Congratulations on the win; you had a lead on Overpass before NIP came back. What do you feel went wrong, and what do you think allowed them to make that comeback?ropz: On Overpass? I think in Overpass, we, first of all, had a bad start to the map, we definitely should have to get more CT rounds, and I think from there on, you’re kind…
Image Credit: PGL EsportsBLIX.GG sat down and spoke with NIP’s newest addition and in-Game leader, Aleksi ‘Aleksib’ Virolainen, after their 2-1 victory over Natus Vincere in the Quarterfinals at BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022, setting up a Semi-Final clash against FaZe.BLIX.GG: So, let’s start by asking you about the Major. You guys were one of the favorites to make it to the Legends Stage. Now you’ve had some time to reflect. What do you feel went wrong for you guys over there?Aleksi ‘Aleksib’ Virolainen: I mean, honestly, we had all the keys before that, we had some good practice, we…
BLIX.GG spoke with Heroic leader and sniper Casper ‘cadiaN’ Møller after his side’s 2-0 defeat to FaZe at BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022.BLIX.GG: So, let’s start by touching a little bit on the Major, you obviously made the Major final. You guys were the favorites, on paper, coming into the final, what do you feel went wrong in the Major final?Casper ‘cadiaN’ Møller: Yeah, I think overall, we’re like a pretty consistent team in terms of results. But we have some matches where things go very wrong. And we’re looking into how we can try and make that better. Because…
Image Credit: PGL EsportsBLIX.GG sat down and spoke with Liquid’s newest addition, Latvian rifler Mareks ‘YEKINDAR’ Gaļinskis after their 2-1 victory over Natus Vincere which provided Liquid with a direct Semi-Final berth at BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022, being played in the Royal Arena.BLIX.GG: So, let’s talk a little bit about the Major. What do you think, what do you think went wrong, and why didn’t you manage to get to the Playoff stage?Mareks ‘YEKINDAR’ Gaļinskis: I think it’s mostly circumstances, we didn’t necessarily have inner problems that didn’t allow us to face, the thing that I would change before…
BLIX.GG spoke with FaZe rifler Russel ‘Twistzz’ Van Dulken after FaZe’s 2-0 victory over Heroic which advanced the European side to the Playoffs at BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022, being played in the Royal Arena.Hugo “TheSwedishJoker” Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: So, the Major in Rio did not really go your way, what do you think personally went wrong?Russel ‘Twistzz’ Van Dulken: I mean, honestly, it probably just wasn’t our day, the first day. One-off day at the major is something that can hurt you really bad considering you have to play two best-of-ones in one day. And then the next day,…
BLIX.GG spoke with OG sniper Abdulkhalik ‘degster’ Gasanov after OG’s defeat 2-0 at the hands of NIP and therefore the international side’s elimination from BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022.Problems at RioBLIX.GG: Let’s start by talking about the Major. You were of one of the favorites to progress from the Challengers Stage. What do you think went wrong in Rio?Abdulkhalik ‘degster’ Gasanov: Because there were some mistakes that we just did, small details that we needed to improve. And also, we just needed to, it’s hard to explain, actually, but, when you rewatch the game, you can see that we were…