In a special 1on1 Andreas 'bds' Thorstensson, the man who helped build the SK Gaming we now know, talks at length about his career in Counter-Strike from player to manager to community builder.

In part one, of four, bds talks about the SK.sca team he played for, which placed 9th-12th, and the following ones he managed, to 3rd and 1st place CPL finishes.

What does bds mean when he says he "took care of everything" as the manager of SK.sca? How did scouting play a vital role in SK's destruction of 9.esu at CPL Cannes in early 2003? Is the impact of having a specific organisation behind a lineup overblown? Did the SK lineup with Quake legends Blue and xenon underperform? How did SK come to acquire HeatoN and Potti? What did bds think of DarK's talents?