NRG arrived in Austin as one of the three North American teams, which for the first time celebrated the organization’s return when its top five -line -up star leader Berlin arrived in the 2019 semi -finals.
Immediately to this line -up. Bad intelligence was later sold, and the NRG did not make another anti -strike line -up until 2023. The new team’s repetition tried and failed to reach the Major, but with the former liquid Captain Nick “Nitr0” On Kenilla Helm, the organization has finally made its return.
Captain America played with a liquid in 11 Majors -12 yesterday, with an ibn power-and in the quarter-finals of the explosion. TV Paris Major. After taking a step in the bottom of North America, Nitr0 has brought a new, young team globally.
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He told HLTV on Media Day before Stage 1, “I have always liked to help people and try to teach young players of my generation.”
“This is definitely a difficult feat that it takes to meet, it takes a lot of time. Naturally, I mean, I was just winning like a year and a half of my entire career, and I have been playing for 10 years. You really want and take a lot of time to achieve individual goals.”
This year, with poor practice in North America and a few major LAN professions in the team, if the NRG expects to give the impression in Austin, the Nitr0 has a lot of work ahead of it. Nevertheless, they believe that teams are reducing the ability of NRG.
“(In Dallas), we played Falcon, we played aurora, and it was very difficult.” “I think so many teams see our results and are like, ‘Oh, these boys are not good.’ But in fact, I know for a fact that we are just like a solid team but we struggle with them because we do not have the luxury to follow the next season.
You can hear the interview HereOr read the transcript below.
This is your 13th Major, but since Paris you have not been in one. How does it feel about coming back?
It feels really good. When I first joined the team, our goal was to make it important to the org, especially because it’s been a while. It was really nice to come here, especially as it is an NA tournament. When they announced Austin Major, it was, ‘We have to be there.’ It looks great here, and it’s not my first time in Austin, so it’s a kind of local. Overall, only good vibration, and I think we feel confident enough.
Considering that this is your home event, it feels different from other major companies?
Yes, the same. I clearly like the NA events, because it is easy to travel and equipment, and the fans and all of them, so it is special. I made a lot of tournaments in NA, especially in Columbus, New York and Chicago. Living in my country is really good. So yes, we hope a lot in this tournament, and we are just trying to play as much as we can and make it as far as possible.
Have you fixed any goals? Is there a special point you want to reach?
If you tell the truth, we have not really discussed our team’s expectations, as if we expect to go to Stage 2, Stage 3, the play office. Since we have not had the best results recently, we are just taking it step by step, as each step is its own tournament. So the first tournament is step 1, and once we work with it, we will come back and discuss our expectations for Stage 2, as there will be difficult teams at each stage.
If we are planning to make Step 3, obviously we have to make it the past 1, and that’s why we are presenting it as a separate tournament. It would be really good for us to make at least Step 3, and I think step 2 is less.
I think many teams see our results and are like, ‘Oh, these boys are not good.’
But in reality, I know for a fact that we are just like two teams of solid level right now
Ask more about the team usually. You played a couple of pairs this season, but last, IEM Dallas, didn’t go to plan at all. How was the weather like? Since I know that the practice of DAP in NA is very difficult, is the main reason for you to leave behind?
Yes, I mean that we had a week -long boot camp in Sweden before the last Pro League, and during this period we have actually improved as a team as a team. And we didn’t just have the luxury of being able to play in Europe, because we had an online qualifier online and full time in the ECL season.
So this is a bad situation for us, because we were not in a place where we could get invitations at all, and many times we had to start at the open qualifier. This week we had a really good exercise, as many teams are in Texas or somewhere in the states, so this week has been really fruitful to us. You can feel as a whole that when you are usually playing in NA, you get a lot of punishment, when you are usually playing in NA, they really show you that your problems are encountered.
And then for Dallas, we did not have a boot camp because of the ECL Play Office and all these things. We played Falcon, we played aurora, and it was very difficult. I think many teams see our results and are like, ‘Oh, these boys are not good.’
But in fact, I know for a fact that we are just like a two -level team. But we struggle against Tire One because we do not have the luxury to practice them. In the next season, we are really trying to impose a lot of boot campuses and make solid practice, especially with new changes to the ECL format. I think we will have more time to do whatever we want. Many people are looking at the recent results of Dallas and thinking that we suck, but I mean being honest for us was a difficult match.
Talking about the partition of this European Union, you have recently added a European Union player. Is this for you guys who are trying to go more toward the European Union style, or is there at least someone in the team who played these top teams like Saturday out on Saturday?
In fact, NA does not have many powers. Many teams have EU imports and JT players, who are from South Africa. In comparison, it is difficult to make an All NA roster how to return at that time, especially since the covid was killed.
Even Brazilian teams are now going to Europe to play and compete, which removes practice from NA, so it has definitely been struggled. I think, naturally, is why you see more European players playing on NA teams, which is completely normal, that’s all right. But you can see more in the future, I’m not sure.
Since you have returned CS, you are in the NA. You have been one of the only members of the old guard who is trying to end the experience. Is this the work you enjoy?
It certainly enjoys doing something. I always love to help people and try to teach young players of my generation. This is definitely a difficult achievement that takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of time. Naturally, I mean, I just won like a year and a half of my entire career, and I’ve been playing for 10 years. It takes a long time to create what you really want and achieve individual goals.
And as a team, you need to find the right team’s harmony and all the factors you want to win. What we are doing in the NRG is on the right path, considering where we started when I joined, it is just going upwards. We have a few moments below, but I think we are on the right path where we want to be.
This would make me feel special to coach the next IGL in NA as a person
Do you think it is something that needs more, because most of the former players are now streamers, and NRG is one of the rare teams where you and DAPS have experienced a lot and tried to bring people. Do you think the same region needs to be prepared and, in the end, get better exercise?
You see it all the time as traditional sports, where a team star player will become coach over time, and eventually he will eliminate all the basic principles he has learned. Even Phil Jackson, who was really a good basketball player, became the coach of Lakers, and he won all kinds of ring and championship.
So this is just an example of what I want to do, even if I have to stand a team after I have succeeded as an NA player, and if this is not the case then it is about to coach. So I mean, I think it’s just a natural food chain and finally how it happens in most sports.
You mentioned the transfer to coaching. Although you are not yet ready for it, especially saying that there is really no IGL to take your place, do you expect that when time is right?
I think this is the next step of my career. However, I feel like mechanically I still have a lot of ability and time left. I am 29 years old, so I still feel beautiful, my colleagues also felt me young. So this is something I am interested in, but I’m not sure when time means me.
This would make me feel special as a person to coach the next IGL in NA, I guess it does not make sense. As for me, it is difficult for me to teach a player in a role in which I do not necessarily have what is amazing, while I can teach a player how to become a better IGL and teach them everything I have learned in the years. And since I’m now old, I am clearly more mature, so I can create a lot of things in people.
