Interviews




Photo credit: Radosław "MAKKU" Makuch of HLTV.org

IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR A & B

October 4-9, 2022

Richard "⁠Xizt⁠" Landström:

"I'm expecting a lot from jabbi, he's a huge talent"


Dorian "⁠xertioN⁠" Berman:

"There's certain situations I feel uncomfortable in right now"


Kamil "⁠siuhy⁠" Szkaradek on the FaZe match:

"It just proved to us we're capable of fighting against the best teams"


Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen:

"Our main problem this season is that we need 5% more of everything"


Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser:

"Aleksib is a great IGL, I don't know why G2 didn't want him"


Boris "⁠magixx⁠" Vorobiev on qualifying for the Rio Major:

"The best thing I am enjoying is the work I've done with the guys"


Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz:

"s1n is far better than we all expected"


Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan on the rise of Israeli CS:

"Spinx had such a good year that gave us all motivation"



Photo credit: Radosław "MAKKU" Makuch of HLTV.org

IEM Dallas

May 30 - June 5, 2022





Miscellaneous/Online Era

Aran "⁠Sonic⁠" Groesbeek:

"Nifty did a good job at choosing personalities that would match well"


Skyler "Relyks" Weaver:

"I found out Cooper- was being signed from an HLTV article; it was just a mess towards the end of eUnited"


Pujan "FNS" Mehta on qualifying for Flashpoint:

"This was our one and only chance to make it"


Austin "Cooper-" Abadir:

"Once we picked up Zellsis we felt an almost immediate boost in performance and teamwork"


Joshua "m1cks" Micks:

"Working under MSL was probably the most important experience I've had"


Alan "Shakezullah" Hardeman:

"If you miss your window to qualify for EPL or Flashpoint at this level, your team can blow up just like that"


Joshua "steel" Nissan:

"It's satisfying to lead a second group of players into the top 30; it's a different type of reward"


Josh "oSee" Ohm on rejecting offer to stay in Cloud9:

"floppy and I felt like it was too big of a risk as we enjoy playing with our current roster"


Owen "oBo" Schlatter:

"The team showed no interest in ever returning to America"


Matthew "mCe" Elmore:

"I’ve always been able to get more out of a roster and players than what people thought could happen"


Peter "ptr" Gurney:
"Now, all the up-and-comers that had a name but never really had the chance are going to be able to shine"


Dylan "Saturn" Finch:

"I don't feel like North American players are putting that much effort into [getting to the top]"


Johnny "JT" Theodosiou:

"Now that we're in Europe we can tell that FaNg doesn't really feel the pressure like some other players would"


Joshua "m1cks" Micks:

"There was a very real sense on Cloud9 where everyone was playing not to lose"