Hi everyone it's Max! I'm with kennyS, G2 Esports' sniper
Right after G2's victory against Cloud9, 16-08
How are you?
Fine, we just won after all
Obviously! Congrats!
Let's come back a bit on the match then. Did every round go as expected for you?
Yes, we kinda knew their game plan, we knew they play a lot with strast
I think that at some point, we understood that we had managed to break their momentum
And counter their game plan
We lost a few rounds in a stupid way at the end of the CT side
Even though we knew they were going to play a bit more freestyle
Make some risky moves
But despite ending the first side at 10-05
We were still confident because our game plan on T side is pretty good
And contrarily to us, they didn't manage to counter our game plan
So we never really struggled
We saw that you played a lot of retakes on site A during CT side
Is that something you've been practicing?
We have specific rounds where we decide to retake site A
We did it several times because we knew they liked to pay with strats
And their strat was mainly to go around lift
And budge from transfert
So we made the right calls and everything went well
You tried to knife skadoodle at 5-0
Can you talk about this move?
Originally, I managed to face scope him
I was so sure that I had killed him that I switched to the knife
Then it was too late to switch back to my gun, so I jumped on him with the knife
I think that was my only chance
But I was surprised he didn't die at first, we were all surprised
Even shox, when I tried the face scope, he shouted "nice, good job!"
But it still wasn't the end
So we all thought that I had killed skadoodle
So it was more like "ok I killed him, I can switch to the knife and go defuse the bomb"
Fortunately he also missed with his awp just after that and NBK managed to kill him
Talking about NBK, he's been pretty insane on CT side with the snipe
Do you think he'll win the VaKarM Award for best sniper of 2018?
No I don't think so, but...
But yes, he's very strong, and his style is completely different from mine
So we complete each other, we have a great double-awp set-up
Do you give him some advice, does he ask you some? Because we recently had an interview with him
And he told us that he was taking inspiration from great snipers like yourself or Guardian
No, Nathan (NBK) is a very responsible person
Meaning that if he wants to know something about my play, he'll go look at a demo
And as I told you, our styles are pretty different
So for now he's doing great by himself
You tried a little run boost of T side... ?
Yep, not so good
We clearly lacked communication on this round
During this match, skadoodle, who's kind of your rival, didn't do great
When you see your rival struggling, do you feel reassured? Maybe more confident?
No, I usually don't pay attention to the opponent's sniper
It's still better if he's struggling
Because we know how annoying a sniper can be when he's on fire
But no, it doesn't really affect my own game
I think that some snipers focus a lot on the opponent's sniper
And feel pressured because of it
I know that I have a psychological advantage on some snipers
Not necessarily skadoodle
But on other snipers that might dread to play against me
I'm lucky that I don't pay attention to my rival
I don't really care, no matter if he's good or bad, I have to destroy him
To conclude, have you watched some of the previous matches of the day?
A bit yes. Frankly, I tried to sleep as much as possible because my night wasn't really good
I saw many upsets like Astralis, then the next match was...
Right, Virtus Pro against Quantum Bellator Fire, then I also watched BIG - Liquid
So yeah, many upsets
But not that surprising, actually
Maybe Virtus pro - QBF was a surprise, but we know that VP is a real yo-yo
So, well...we'll see
I think we're pretty lucky we got so many upsets, because at 1-0 we'll have more favorable draws
But no matter what we're at the Major, so we can't underestimate anyone
Then good luck Kenny and thanks for the interview
Last words are for you
Thanks to VaKarM
Thanks to everyone that support us
We'll do our best not to disappoint you, and to put our hands on the Legend spot
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