Hello, friends.
The manager of the Dota2 and CS:GO teams Ugin came in to our office.
And I decided to sit down with him and sum up this year's results of our CS:GO and Dota2 squads
and find out what we are going to do in the next year.
The recent patch has finally come out, it was released just yesterday and the guys will start active practicing.
Unfortunately, they've lost all of their qualifiers, we've got a small tournament at the end of the year
and maybe we'll get an invite to some tournament as well, so they might get some practice.
But for now, they'll actively train, try to reach synergy and find their game.
Sometimes I watch their pracs and I must say that they're doing quite good.
And they've shown a decent game, even at the Starladder qualifier.
Notwithstanding that they gathered spontaneously.
And now, of course, the main goal is to get to the Major, we will make every effort to do so.
Don't Artstyle and Sonneiko compete with each other?
They don't. Unlike Akbar, Vania is able to find...
Akbar is very radical, he has his own vision, own opinion.
Vania is more flexible in this regard and thanks to this they can reach an agreement, I believe.
Maybe they have different opinions in some aspects, but so far, everything is fine.
They learn from mistakes and try to step up their game.
I wanted to ask you about the previous roster. Was it possible to keep the roster and make them play better as a team?
Many people know my opinion on this matter.
I believe that with the proper approach and motivation any team is able to reach synergy and perform better.
The only exception is that if any player has lost the motivation, desire to play,
desire to self-improve or there's a serious conflict with someone,
in this case a player starts to pull the team down, and then it would be logical to change him.
This usually occurs naturally and simply, either a team kicks him out or he leaves by himself.
If we change the roster in order to find the perfect team, that will immediately take first place... I think it's impossible.
It is something from the category of fiction.
Maybe some team can get together and win a tournament straight away, but you need to hold the top place and the leadership position.
I'm sure there's no team in the world today that will last long.
Too many reshuffles in the Dota scene, as well as in CS:GO, but in CS a bit less.
Therefore, I believe that any roster can work out well.
And I think that the previous roster could've done better if they had more time.
And our current squad is also able to achieve results, they just have to work hard.
Hard work with the proper approach and motivation will necessarily lead to success.
It is inevitable, with the right approach.
Should we have kept the previous roster?... Whatever is done, is done for the best.
Do you think the guys have fear because of bad performance?
Do they have fear or diffidence, that they... I mean real diffidence.
You can take on games with "I will kill everyone" attitude, like Vanya did before.
But now do you think there is something like that in the team?
Well, you can distinguish fear by level of influence on a person.
I mean there is unconscious fear, deep one, that
by the way can be displayed in "I will kill everyone" attitude.
I mean it is sort of self-motivation, but you are hiding your fear of losing behind it.
The true warrior isn't afraid of losing.
The one who is afraid of losing will lose and it will be a fiasco.
And that who isn't afraid to lose, who moves from tournament to tournament,
who is ready to work on his mistakes, it's hard to wound such a player.
That's why he will win for sure.
Do the guys have fear nowadays? Of course they have.
Because I think everyone has fear, there are no fearless people.
Especially our current Dota squad, who can't find their playstyle,
can't find their roster, can't really win anyone...
They are quite tired of it, they feel fan's pressure and organization's...
Sometimes they drive themselves into the corner.
Every game for them is a challenge, they worry a lot but try to hide it,
they say everything's fine, but I see they are worried but it's natural I think.
Okay, I have probably the final question.
How about the tournament in the next year?
Will you increase the amount of tournaments?
For example guys from CS:GO team had a lot of tournaments this year.
In general what is the goal for the next year? Quality or quantity?
Of course we will focus on quality.
The marathon we had in 2015 was of some use, it gave a lot of experience, a lot of hard work.
But as some tournament showed, like MLG tournament, I don't remember which one.
The guys didn't even make it out of the groupstage after placing 2nd at Major.
It means they were not concentrated at all.
I mean they were tired of flights, constant jet-lags and it leads to unnecessary results.
Next year regarding CS roster we will optimize tournament schedule.
The tournaments will be chosen carefully, their amount will be decreased, I mean the travels.
So the guys will have time to practice, because with those trips and a lot of official games
they just don't have any time to invent something new, practice and test it.
And it requires a lot of time, so we will emphasize the quality.
Also it's logical to do the same thing with Dota roster.
But first the guys from Dota roster have to do some hard work, as you said.
So the amount of tournaments for them...
Our requirements for the organizers in terms of prize pool and other features,
we will lower them a bit for our Dota roster.
But we will improve them for CS squad, especially because
there is a big, big tournament coming up next year in CS and maybe even few of them.
Okay, thanks for the interview.
I hope everything works out for us.
I believe in the guys, it's the most important thing to believe.
Thanks everyone for watching and happy holidays.
Bye!