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You've been a long time partner of DarK, from SK.Sca times to legendary eoLithic. Why did you decide to let him go as well?
Was it harder to drop him than it was to drop the other three players?
Why did you pick up Zonic and hpx from Denmark instead of creating an all Norwegian team?
With the first European version of NoA. From the left: Speedi, KixeR, DarK and XeqtR. Sitting: Red
After the last split, did the thought about going International occur to you?
You've been on countless top teams and won as many events as one can. What still urges to play Counter-Strike on a very high level and keeps you from burning out?
You are famous for your strong grasp of tactical CS. Was there ever a point where you decided to focus on that part of the game in particular and how did you develop that sort of a tactical mind?
| It was a hard decision to make, but I felt that it had to be done to be able to compete at the level I was aiming for with the new NoA for 2006. The reason was not his lack of skill or dedication but I just didn't want to take the risk of having a player that I considered to be an "injury prone". Basically, it means that I was afraid he would make the practise routines for the rest of the team unstable because he gets sick a lot. |
Was it harder to drop him than it was to drop the other three players?
| It was never an easy job to drop any of the players, but I felt that it had to be done, and I just did what had to be done, nothing more to it really. I still see him as a good friend, and I hope he feels the same way towards me. |
Why did you pick up Zonic and hpx from Denmark instead of creating an all Norwegian team?
| The original plan was actually to create an all Norwegian team, but that didn't work out, so I needed two more players. zonic was a player that I had known to be very good for some time, and hpx had proven himself to be an excellent AWPer, and the fact that they were good friends as well made the choice kind of easy. And now I couldn't be more happy about how it all turned out. |
With the first European version of NoA. From the left: Speedi, KixeR, DarK and XeqtR. Sitting: Red
After the last split, did the thought about going International occur to you?
| If you mean another intercontinental team like the old old NoA, no, not really. Its very expensive to have such a team where you have to gather all players for boot camps to be able to practice, and that makes it very hard to practice consistently over a period of time. And that's something I think is very important in order to be able to compete nowadays. |
You've been on countless top teams and won as many events as one can. What still urges to play Counter-Strike on a very high level and keeps you from burning out?
| I like to compete and win tournaments. |
You are famous for your strong grasp of tactical CS. Was there ever a point where you decided to focus on that part of the game in particular and how did you develop that sort of a tactical mind?
| Actually, its pretty funny because every team I joined, from NiP to NoA I refused to be in-game leader, because I've always been a good fragger and wasn't very interested to stop doing that and I felt focusing on tactics as well would make it harder for me to perform 100%. But I always ended up being the guy the team said was the most capable of doing it. So I was just kind of stuck with that role, and now I've just accepted that I have to be the guy that calls the shots. I've been lucky to have gotten to play with and against the best for many years now, I learn from others very fast as well as I have a pretty fine sense for logic I guess. |
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Comment by 
teQuila - 2 yrs
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i like him right off the bat and this interview just confirms my impression .. good job!
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detectR - 2 yrs
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Good interview, XeqtR one of the best counter-strike player in the world imo. Always playing with great teams and preforming well. Keep up the good work!
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fract1on - 2 yrs
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Good one there Tamir (: GJ
the q's about DarK were considerably interesting. Damn it, even I can sing :o
the q's about DarK were considerably interesting. Damn it, even I can sing :o
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endon - 2 yrs
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Top notch i-view with one of the most impressive players in the scene.
Gj Tamir.
Gj Tamir.
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alba - 2 yrs
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great interview spirit!
and XeqtR is a really cool guy aswell as down to earth which is a good thing!
good read overall.
and XeqtR is a really cool guy aswell as down to earth which is a good thing!
good read overall.
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