Author: TheSwedishJoker

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We sat down with Nemanja “nexa” Isaković before OG’s opening match of the BLAST Premier Fall Finals against FaZe.BLIX.GG: Let’s talk a little bit about the Major, obviously it was a bit of a disappointment, not making it through to the Legend Stage. Looking back at it now, what do you feel went wrong in that tournament?Nemanja “nexa” Isaković: I think we kind of choked a bit, we were unable to close out some games that should have gone our way. You know, we had a chance against fnatic, we had a chance against FURIA, you know, and even in…

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We sat down with Ukrainian superstar Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev before Natus Vincere’s opening match of the BLAST Premier Fall Finals against Fluxo.Hugo “TheSwedishJoker” Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: So, I would like to ask you a little bit about the crowd in Brazil. You talked about someone spitting at one of your players and it’s not the first time that’s happened in Brazil, with MAJ3R being spat on in São Paulo also. How did you handle it at the time when it happened?s1mple: We just told ESL and they got some security and people who after the first map went together without…

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BLIX.GG caught up with Danish leader Finn “karrigan” Andersen after FaZe’s opening victory 2-0 over OG at the BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2022.Hugo “TheSwedishJoker” Nilsson Meier: I’d like to start talking a little bit about the Major. Now you have had some time to go through it and everything. What do you think went wrong at the Major?Finn “karrigan” Andersen: I just think it didn’t click for us, we never really got started in the tournament. I mean, we played Cloud9 and Vitality on the same day, we did two rough matches in the best of ones. And Bad News Eagles,…

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We sat down with Hampus “hampus” Poser before NIP’s opening match of the BLAST Premier Fall Finals against Heroic.Hugo “TheSwedishJoker” Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: It’s been a little bit of time between the Major and this BLAST tournament, have you had some time to go through what happened? And, to kind of see if you can fix something coming into this event?Hampus “hampus” Poser: Yeah, we had ten days between these events, I think, so we had some time to fix things. We had some days off. And we had a lot of discussions about what went wrong, and all this.…

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We sat down with Russian sniper Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov before G2’s opening match of the BLAST Premier Fall Finals against Liquid.Hugo “TheSwedishJoker” Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: At the RMR, you went out a little bit early, maybe with the expectations that you had. Now looking back at it a few weeks or months, what do you feel went wrong at the RMR?Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov: I think at the RMR, we didn’t play our game. I think we had higher expectations, like everyone expected from us much more than we did. And yeah, like, but I wouldn’t say we like, we thought…

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We sat down with Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen before G2’s opening match of the BLAST Premier Fall Finals against Liquid.Hugo “TheSwedishJoker” Nilsson Meier: So, it’s been a while since the RMR. Have you been able to go through what you personally think went wrong at the RMR?Rasmus “HooXi” Nielsen: Yes, we have had many long talks and hopefully we came to the right conclusion, so we can show a better face at BLAST. I won’t go through the whole list of what went wrong, because that’s a long one. (laughs) But yeah, definitely, we have talked about it and feel way…

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