League of Legends: FACE2FACE with *aAa* Linak

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By L 'iLLeGaL2R' S

Mar 16, 2012 12:41

FACE2FACE is a series of interviews created by iLLeGaL. Every month, you will be able to read a couple of interviews of big names in the League of Legends scene.

Today in our Face to Face series, we will sit down with

Damien 'Linak' Lorthios. At the moment,

Damien 'Linak' Lorthios has been playing as jungle for

against All authority for a long time and has been contributing to their success in the LoL scene.

Curiously, they were invited at the last minute for the IEM6 World Championship where they placed 4th behind

Moscow Five ,

Team Dignitas and

Counter Logic Gaming .

In this interview you will find out how they practiced for the IEM, their future events and how they feel with

Maik 'MoMa' Wallus and

Christoph 'nRated' Seitz. So, let’s get into the interview:

IEM was your first offline event together. You added up MoMa, who had played for SK for some weeks, and nRated, ex-Acer player. How is it going?

"It was a good opportunity for us to meet MoMa again. We met nRated a lot of times like at WCG. At the moment, I cannot be more happy than now with such a team. I enjoy every single match I play with them and hope it will keep going."

You were invited at the last minute, how did you prepare for a big event such as the IEM WC?

"We didn't prepare as much as we would have loved to, but we were on a rampage spree in online events. I believe we could have worked more to get the US metagame a bit less dark for us, but overall we were ready for it."

What do you think went wrong for you to not succeed in getting into the final, because you have done well in the Group stage?

"We got totally surprised by the US metagame, expected something more common, but we totally screwed up there. We know what we did wrong, and hope to fix/train for IPL4 coming up!"

Do you think it was enough, I mean are you guys satisfatied with 4th?

"With the lack of preparation, we are satisfatied. We could have done better, but we already got the chance to go!"

What do you think about event? What were the highs and lows of it? Is there anything that you would change in the event? If yes, what?

"I would change the result obviously, but overall it's still a pleasure. The scene, the hotel, the country... It's only an awesome experience."

I presume, your next big event will be IPL and the Hear to Win Cup? What do you have in mind?

"We want to play more against US teams, and it's the perfect occasion for it. We will come back stronger from IPL4, and that's good for the end of the season."

Any team in both events that you think are the most dangerous?

"Dignitas showed that they are not there for no reason and M5 still a **** russian op team! More competition is always more fun."

Anything else you want to add? Or say something to your fans that visit our website.

"Don't know if I have any fans here, but I would like to say thanks to our sponsors Roccat and Winamax, aAa structure, aAa managers and of course my awesome teammates! Special shoutout to Ocelote Morgana video guide! (love u brah ;D)"

Indeed you do. Thanks Linak and I wish good luck for the upcoming events!

It was a pleasure to interview such a nice person as Linak. There are more interviews to come, so if you have any criticism, don't hesitate to write a comment below.