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My Life’s Work

The first time I met Counter-Strike was in a cyber cafe with my brothers in 2003. I think there were six…maybe eight computers in total. It wasn’t a glamorous facility or a stadium with lights and a stage. But it had Counter-Strike. Since that day, I have never spent more than two weeks away from the game. I fell in love with it immediately, and it’s the passion of my life. Of course, at that time it wasn’t possible for many people to play CS for a living. I grew up in a very technological environment because my mom and [...]

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Falling Into Place

At Schalke 04, we take risks collectively. It doesn’t matter whether the play is good or bad: we are all in. That mindset alone has limits, and we found out the hard way in the Spring Split. We managed to get off to a strong start because nobody else had coherent game-plans at the time. They weren’t confident in what they were trying to execute. Once they started nailing down their fundamentals, they no longer played for random fights – unlike us. Then when the meta shifted away from Cammile and Lissandra – our two main picks at the time [...]

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I will Not Quit

It’s no secret that my career has had a lot of ups and downs. Mostly downs, if I’m being honest, but I never let them stop me. Before my return to the LEC this split, I was away from the top level for four years. I didn’t play in the LCS or the LEC at all after MrRalleZ replaced me on Team ROCCAT in 2015. I made a lot of mistakes back then. I wasn’t mentally strong enough yet. Before playing in the European LCS, I spent a long enough time in the Challenger Series to develop some bad habits. [...]

My Life’s Work

The first time I met Counter-Strike was in a cyber cafe with my brothers in 2003. I think there were six…maybe eight computers in total. It wasn’t a glamorous facility or a stadium with lights and a stage. But it had Counter-Strike. Since that day, I have never spent more than two weeks away from the game. I fell in love with it immediately, and it’s the passion of my life. Of course, at that time it wasn’t possible for many people to play CS for a living. I grew up in a very technological environment because my mom and [...]

League of Legends

Falling Into Place

At Schalke 04, we take risks collectively. It doesn’t matter whether the play is good or bad: we are all in. That mindset alone has limits, and we found out the hard way in the Spring Split. We managed to get off to a strong start because nobody else had coherent game-plans at the time. They weren’t confident in what they were trying to execute. Once they started nailing down their fundamentals, they no longer played for random fights – unlike us. Then when the meta shifted away from Cammile and Lissandra – our two main picks at the time [...]

League of Legends

I will Not Quit

It’s no secret that my career has had a lot of ups and downs. Mostly downs, if I’m being honest, but I never let them stop me. Before my return to the LEC this split, I was away from the top level for four years. I didn’t play in the LCS or the LEC at all after MrRalleZ replaced me on Team ROCCAT in 2015. I made a lot of mistakes back then. I wasn’t mentally strong enough yet. Before playing in the European LCS, I spent a long enough time in the Challenger Series to develop some bad habits. [...]

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