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Hello Vincent, the transition from 2014 to 2015 was a consecration for you and your team. What was nV’s mindset before the first major of 2015? When I joined the team, Nathan was at the head of the project, he had a clear idea in mind, that’s why he led. After a few time we changed to Richard, then it was my turn. It was chaotic but I think that we finally found the perfect set-up after some LANs. Even as a player, I brought a lot in strategy and even more in tactics. So this stayed as a constant of the team, including today. Generally, I do things my way, then I show that to my mates and we do some adjustments needed for the well being of the idea. As regards everyone’s role, it’s kind of simple, Fabien, Richard and Eddy are mainly in the attacking trio, whereas Nathan and I are mostly wingers, him being more aggressive and me passive. Outside the game, everyone brings in his own contribution to the creation of our play style. Then comes the first positions with probably the best results at the DHW and the X-Games. Do you realise yet ? Will these trophies be some of your best career’s memories? During this time, you switched to nV. How did you contact them? You personally evolved for a pretty long time under LDLC’s name. How did you live it? On a personal level, it seems like you’re at your best. After having shone at the DHW, the VaKarM readers rewarded you with a few Awards for what you’ve done in 2014. Do you manage to remain that good since then ? Do you expect to perform at the same level again in Katowice? I always feel a bit uncomfortable talking about that, because my insight on personal awards is very specific. While I’m very glad and thankful that people enjoy watching me play and value me as one of the best CS players, the most important thing to me remains victory. What’s an award or an MVP performance worth if your team doesn’t get to raise the trophy in the end ? This is the reason why I appreciate a lot more when people praise me for being a good leader than for being a good player. As far as my personal skill is concerned, it’s a bit up and down lately, but since I’m always performing much better in clutch or stressful situations, I don’t really know what to expect. I try to maintain my level as high as possible, but there are so many random factors (match-up, physical and mental fitness, preparation, team’s global level etc…) influencing my own performances, so I’d rather not think about that and focus on what happens when the moment comes. After you won the gold medal at the Aspen X-Games, you appeared to be the uncontested number 1 team in the world. Since then, a few defeats have tarnished that domination and Fnatic seem to have risen again to give you a hard time holding that spot. Do you agree on that? There’s no doubt Fnatic is in top shape and we are having a bad period right now. I’ll even add that a few other teams have improved a lot lately. (VP, Titan, TSM, Penta…). This major will be the occasion to spot which teams are going to rule for the rest of the year. I see it as a small 2015 preview, unless VP find their legendary mojo back and win this fingers in the nose. "The best team doesn’t always win, the team with the best mindset does" We’re only a few days away from the first 2015 major tournament, how is your preparation going? Are you bootcamping? You’re going to face Titan in the groupstage, is an early derby a good thing to start with? The Titan match-up is… almost funny, even more as I predicted it before the groups were announced. If you wanna predict the outcome of the match, you’d rather just flip a coin, since I believe our win ratio is about exactly 50%. We win, they win, we win… No team has the upper hand over the other, and it’s always 1 for 1. If I recall correctly, they won the last match against us. What is your goal for this major ? Which team do you fear the most? "Fnatic is the team to defeat right now" What do you think about Allu joining NiP? They have been stable for almost 2 years, and they change their sniper 3 weeks before a major event. Do you think they can come back to the top? |
Thanks to Scrat, Translation by Haru, YUNGEzeit and VaKarM's translation staff.
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