16.08.2024
MUTiRiS: “We are making history, we just want to keep going”

SAW captain Christopher MUTiRiS Fernandes gave a post-match interview to Players reporter Sofiia Pikhalo after reaching the semifinals of IEM Cologne 2024.  First of all, what does this win mean to you and the team?  It means everything. It's our first stage, first big stage, so I never thought that we would play so well. […]

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16.08.2024
Spinx: “The goal is to lift the trophy and to win the tournament, but we still have some stuff to do before we get there”

Team Vitality player Lotan Spinx Giladi talked to Players reporter Sofiia Pikhalo as part of the media day at IEM Cologne 2024. That was a pretty confident group stage from Vitality. Do you feel that you are ready to win this tournament? I prefer not to think about lifting the trophy before we are actually […]

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15.08.2024
xertioN: “There is no number one in the world right now, but I think it's the most exciting era”

MOUZ player Dorian xertioN Berman talked with Players reporter Sofiia Pikhalo before the start of the IEM Cologne 2024 playoffs. You will play at LANXESS Arena for the first time in your career. What do you expect from the audience, given that MOUZ is the German organisation? Well, I expect to have some nice support […]

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14.08.2024
jL: “We rely on the team, not individuals”

NAVI player Justinas jL Lekavicius talked to Players reporter Sofiia Pikhalo as part of the media day at IEM Cologne 2024. The first map against SAW was not the best for the team.  It was very bad.  What was the problem? Maybe there was an underestimation of the opponent?  No, we never go into a […]

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14.08.2024
ropz about the comeback on the last map against Liquid: “It was important to win the pistol round. From then on, we just won round after round”

FaZe player Robin ropz Kool talked with Players reporter Sofia Pikhalo before the start of the IEM Cologne 2024 playoffs. How are you feeling today? You slept well?  No, actually, I haven't had much sleep. We finished quite late and our media day also started like 9am-ish, 10am-ish. So, not much sleep, so we're pretty […]

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22.07.2024
NAVI's CS2 roster has already earned more than $1 million in prize money in 2024

NAVI's victory at the Esports World Cup 2024 brought the team $400,000. The team has already earned $1,060,000 in prize money in 2024, ranking first among all clubs. Spirit is in second place with $830,000. MOUZ is third with $727,000. Top 5 CS2 teams by prize money earned (by the end of July 2024): 🇺🇦 […]

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10.07.2024
Marix about the goals of playing for FAVBET Team: "I'd like to be the best version of myself everyday, and progress everyday"

Max Marix Kugener, stand-in of the FAVBET Team CS2 squad, gave a short interview to Players portal. We talked about his career, invitation to the team and goals for this bootcamp. You have Ukrainian roots. Tell us about your family and how long you have been living in Europe.  Hello! So, my parents met in […]

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16.06.2024
B1ad3: "We made mistakes, we had very bad control over the situation on the map"

NAVI head coach Andrii B1ad3 Horodenskyi talked with Players Editor-in-Chief Alex Kharchenko after losing the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024. I would like to ask about peaks. Why, for example, did you peak Dust 2? Five maps, it doesn't matter what to pick. Five maps, we can pick anything. We won Dust 2 twice, it's […]

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15.06.2024
XTQZZZ about Vitality mistakes: “I don’t think today it was possible to win”

Players Editor-In-Chief Alex Kharchenko talked to Vitality coach Remy XTQZZZ Quoniam after the defeat in the semifinals of the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024. You won the pick of the opponent while Spirit won your pick. What can you say about Anubis? What happened on the last map? I think it was not a good […]

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14.06.2024
mezii: “The first map was a bit slow to start, we were a bit sleepy, we weren't fully there”

Players Editor-In-Chief Alex Kharchenko talked with Vitality player William mezii Merriman at BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024. Let’s discuss the first map. You were winning 4-1 and then you lost 11 in a row. What happened? I think on the CT side we had a lot of chances to close it out. I think they […]

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