The video interview was conducted in Polish and is only available to those that speak the language. We have, nonetheless, provided a translation of the transcript of the interview which you can find below.



How are you feeling [after the SEC final with Fnatic]?

Not entirely perfect because we could have had a better showing but we are still pleased with our performance at the event.

Did you see this tournament as a chance to redeem yourself, wash away the past? You noted three bad showings at the most recent events and you have people to whom you have points to prove.

We definitely wanted to prove to our fans and the people that did not believe in us that we are still able to get good results and win tournaments. We wanted to avenge ourselves and win the SEC but it turned out as it turned out. However, we are happy with the second place and I hope that people see that we are still able to achieve good results.

Do you personally think you avenged yourselves for the past defeats?

I think we will still have time to avenge ourselves. There will be many tournaments now with the eSports League of Champions organised by the WCG. We will have the chance to prove that we are in good shape and win the next few events.

The moment you realised you had a medal, did you smile to yourselves for managing to spite certain people?

We don't even think about such things because we always focus on the game at hand and on winning, not on what people write on the internet. It's normal - there are as many opinions as there are people. There is no point in caring about what they write because it is just meaningless pulp anyway.

How do you feel about your own performance here?

I think I did not play too bad but I did not play wonderfully either just like the others. It seems to me like we all played on the same level. I don't think one player stood out above the rest in a good or in a bad way.

What did you guys lack to defeat Fnatic?

I think it is the unlucky de_inferno. We play a very poor inferno, we had no good plan on how to play on that map. Nothing went well for us, we did not know how to play. That's it.

Simply put, you were too weak? Is that how I should look at it?

On this map we were too weak. Fnatic were better.

Speaking of Fnatic, how can you explain the great matches at the SEC and the poor performance at EM II at the same time?

I have always thought that at the highest level the most important aspects are the shape on a given day or the choice of tactics. The level of the teams is so even right now that every team from the top 10 is able to win a tournament, as you could see at previous events. EmuLate won. You could say they are a top 10 team and they win those competitions. CMAX.gg won a tournament in Russia.

Every team is able to win a tournament, it is just a question of preparation. If you prepare well for an event, then you will make fewer mistakes and you win it.

Were you ever afraid that it may have been a crisis in your team? That this lineup is burnt out?

To be honest, our poorer performances were caused by the fact that we pissed away our practice time and we did not try as hard as we could have and as we have done it for this tournament and the ESWC last year. I never thought we had no chances to come back to the top because I knew that if we start training and fixing our mistakes again, then we would keep on being a very good team.

You kind of scored an own goal by saying you pissed away your practice.

I mis-worded it. I meant to say that we badly managed the time we had to prepare. Instead of focusing on tactics, we opted to just play and play without correcting any mistakes. We did not add improvements to our game and that is how it went down. Also, our boot camp before the WCG was very short and I don't think I need to mention our boot camp before the Extreme Masters tournament in Los Angeles, as it was just twelve days of a vacation, not a boot camp.

The PGS management claims that you guys are difficult to handle, cantankerous, not cooperative in terms of PR and generally lacking professionalism. What is your comment to that?

To be honest I would rather not talk about PGS.

How are things at MYM right now?

Our cooperation is going very well. What we need from MYM we get instantly. We will attend every tournament we want to go to and I think we will do a good job representing MYM because they deserve it. They are a very good company.

The PGS people mention Krzysztof "Chris" Sojka [the SEC silver medalist at Need For Speed] as a counterweight to your CS team, saying that he is more valuable to the organisation than you guys. Do you think they really could have said goodbye to you because you were profitable for PGS?

I don't know. To me this was just a PR stunt. We know Chris is a fantastic person and puts his heart into his game and deserves respect, but I think NFS is behind Counter-Strike in terms of esports. I think it was more of a PR issue rather than the truth.

Chris appears on the radio, in magazines and so on, and if you count that it seems like he has got more such appearances in the media than you guys. That is how you please your sponsors - by showing the brand's name in the media.

I don't know where you got the statistics that Chris had a larger presence in the media than us. Perhaps after we left, but before that he was not in the media so often. As far as I know, LUq and TaZ were also on television so they too promoted esports.

In other words, the comparison was a statistic prepared to prove a certain point?

I would call it fighting for the good image of your brand, your reputation and your fans.

Who will 2008 belong to in Counter-Strike?

I have difficulties seeing one team that would dominate. I think it won't be that one team only will win every event. We will try to win as many as we can. I would like to say it will be us, but as I said, every team from the top 10 can win a competition. It will depend on us and how we prepare and focus on training. Everything is in our hands.