NBK: «I just love SG 553»

First of all, my congratulations on this victory, the epic comeback on the second map. How was it? You were losing 14:8 and then 12:15. How could you make a comeback?

I don’t know, I think it’s the same story with other comebacks. We don’t really think when it happens. We just won round after round. There was one round that was really hard. This round was at maybe 12:15. We felt pretty confident against them. And I think that was the main point. We won all the clutches and it felt much easier to finish the game after coming back.

You had a bunch of force buy rounds. Why?

I personally, for instance, played with P90 for more than a half of the CT side. And it’s just the way it is. Because I always paid contact zones behind the smokes and was kinda throwing myself for the team. That’s just the way all my teammates most of the time had good weapons. I mean it was not the map, we have paid our way because we are a team.

And what about the ninja defusing by oskar? What was that? Nobody was at the plant zone.

We just started chasing, so we had control over the map and all zones. I don’t know. We took it like it didn’t really matter because that round didn’t change that much. It didn’t change the economy. It was not certainly important. It’s just the way it is, sh*t happens.

You bought SG 553 for a couple of times. Was that a new tactic or what?

I don’t know I just love the gun. It’s more accurate than the AK, faster than the AK. The recoil is just a bit different. It has a scope, so it gives a huge advantage for middle and long distances. I think it’s great and when I have the money to gain a utility with it, that’s gonna be my choice then.

How was it to play with varied success on the third map?

We just had to find the solution. We were taking advantage of that all the last five or six rounds. We took advantage of drop and then we could split B most of the time and put a lot of pressure on them. It felt pretty easy to win that once we found the solution.

Who is the easiest opponent for all of you?

I think teams that play a bit crazy. Because right now we are playing quite random, I would say. We just play with confidence. We feel like we have an edge over such teams. But there are so many teams, everybody can still go through. When it’s gonna be the top 8, all the teams will deserve to be there due to a bo3 format.

What do you think about a bo3 format? Does it fit the Swiss system?

I think it’s a great format. But I think that having eight teams instead of sixteen would probably be better because some teams finish playing at 1 a.m. Yesterday when we played, we finished at 1:03 a.m. That’s pretty late. But I am glad it’s being tested. We actually just play Counter-Strike, we don’t f*ck around and play one bo1 per day, which f*cking s*cks. It’s good to play more maps. But even now we have three days off because the schedule has to be finished for all the other games as we have those up and down parts. I like it, I think it’s better than a shorter term format with a less number of teams.

What are you going to do during these three days off?

We are going to try to relax, play individually mostly