magixx: "Heroic oli meie mängu ülesehitamiseks inspiratsiooniks"

Vaim pääses IEM Rio Majori play-offi viimasel tunnil, lukustades pingerea võiduga hooaja viimase koha. Vedelik. Soodustatud Põhja-Ameerika pool langes kätte magixx ja seltskond pärast põnevat seeriat, mis jõudis Ancientile, kus Venemaa meeskond võitis 16:13, 2:1.

Pärast nende kvalifikatsiooni rääkis HLTV.org magixx umbes Vedelik vaste ja Vaim‘s upcoming quarter-final bout against Kangelaslik, mis toimub reedel kl 18:00 . Taani matšide teemal rääkides, magixx selgus, et Vaim modelleerisid palju oma mängu pärast Kangelaslik‘s when the team was overhauled at the beginning of the year.

“We were all watching Heroic a lot. They were kind of an inspiration for how to build our game,” he said. “We have quite a lot of stuff taken from them. We respect them a lot, and cadiaN is chopper’s favorite IGL.”

19-aastane noormees rääkis ka sellest, kuidas ta mõtleb Igor “Imeline” Ždanov on tegelenud survega mängida oma esimesel Majoril, võimalusega korrata Antwerpeni sarnast jooksu ja võimaliku kordusmatšiga FURIA playoffides:

Õnnitleme teist korda järjest play-off’i pääsemise puhul.

Võin öelda, et see on meeletult tore, turniiril taaskord võita häid meeskondi. Mängisime viis mängu, võitsime võistkondi, keda oleme paremate skooridega, ja kaotasime ülitiheda skooriga meeskondadele, kes on meiega üsna võrdsed, mõnel võib-olla natuke paremad.

Liquid is a team which is super good, we’ve been practicing against them more than anyone else before the Major. We played them so many games, I can’t even count. They’ve been playing well, super well, even on the last practice match I got fucked by them. But it’s great to beat them, they are a well-playing team, and making the top eight is a great result.

Kas see oli sel põhjusel raske, et sa neid eelnevalt nii palju harjutasid?

Well, naturally. Sometimes teams are trying new stuff, maybe playing defaults only, or trying something you never tried before, so the practice results don’t really matter at this point. The teams are going with their best stuff to play in the official, especially at the Major, so we just went through their demos and not really rely on the practice games we had before. We made a great plan that worked for us.

Tell me about this crazy finish. At some point it was looking like Liquid were going to run away with it on the Terrorist side – how did you finally stop them?

It was a close game. I think we went to the CT side, we won a couple of rounds, they won a couple, we won a couple, and at some point the scoreline was 12-12. We had a pistol, chopper got a double entry, it was a crazy play, but we lost the round and I saved the AK. After that, it was the moment where we needed our coach. He called the first timeout and he told us the only one thing that we’d been doing wrong. We were giving them too much space and he told us the exact area that we should go and fight for. We believed in him and we went for what he called, and it paid of well.

I don’t know if you’ve heard yet, but you guys are going to play against Heroic. What are your thoughts on the matchup?

It’s gonna be a banger of a match because Heroic is a great team. When we made the new Spirit roster at the beginning of the year with all these young kids and hally, we were all watching Heroic a lot. They were kind of an inspiration for how to build our game. We have quite a lot of stuff taken from them. We respect them a lot, and cadiaN is chopper’s favorite IGL.

Mis tegi nende stiili nii inspireerivaks?

Some teams, they’re not really doing plays on CT, and Heroic’s playstyle is more about doing stuff, going for info, going for plays, setup some combinations to go for entries, go for info, so you get some info on one part of the map and you stack the other to get the advantage. While, if you’re not moving or doing anything, you’re just waiting for the enemy to come and fuck you up.

Millisena näete oma võimalusi play-off'is, Antwerpeni jooksu kordamist või isegi kaugemale jõudmist?

Well, last time it was a great run, a great performance from us. This time, we’re doing the same, we’re playing our game, we’re enjoying the momentum, and now we’ll face the biggest crowd we’ve ever experienced. I hope that we’re going to enjoy the game, enjoy the momentum, and whatever is gonna happen is gonna happen.

w0nderfulil oli kogu turniiri jooksul mõned suurepärased esitused. Mida arvate sellest, kuidas ta oma esimesel majoril pinget talus?

Some players have good headshot ability and some players can lose a bit of their communication skills under pressure, under the pressure of the crowd. Some players are also able to lose their aim confidence, not making headshots when you’re pressured.

w0nderful is the player who, I think I felt him a little bit pressured in terms of communication, he was a little bit more silent than usual, but in terms of headshots, he’s hitting more than before. Like, wow, that is insane, some flicks, some headshots with the AK, it’s impressive. It was so beautiful to watch.

Do you see it as a good thing that you’re not going to meet a crowd favorite?

Honestly, I wanted to play against FURIA. It’s a bigger crowd. And last time we played them, it was Cologne, we won the first map, we lost the second map from 13-7 and we just got fucked on the third map. It was a bad performance from us, and at this tournament we also played FURIA, we had like a 10-1 lead, and we also threw the map. Again, Mirage, we gave them the comeback.

Tahtsin lihtsalt play-offi pääseda, et nendega play-off’is kohtuda ja neid võita. Alagrupifaasis võite kaotada mõned kohtumised, aga kui rääkida kõige tähtsamast matšist, mis on play-off 'is, siis arvan, et oleksime võinud need alistada. Ootasin pikisilmi nende alistamist, sest kaotasime nende vastu mõned mängud ja see oli valus.