An introduction to Fnatic's gaming house

Danijel 'Street' Remus - General Manager of Fnatic ​

Danijel 'Street' Remus, General manager of Fnatic, invited me to their bootcamp house last Friday for an open visit and to experience first hand, their work at bootcamping so far.

After I successfully managed to get over to their place with my car, I parked it outside and met up with Danijel. Both of us went to the pharmacy after a short greeting to get some mosquito repellent for the house. According to Danijel, The Danube river is just a hundred meters away from their place and therefore, the Fnatic guys have problems combatting the little blood suckers.

Fnatic's bootcamp house is actually a two-floor apartment situated on a five-storey building. The house has two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor but I figured it's rather impolite for me to go exploring without permission. I went straight to the second floor where the practice and chilling rooms are.



Entrance to the gaming room

The computers were almost all lined-up facing the north wall with n0tail's computer being the only one lined-up on the left. When I arrived, the players were all playing scrims and preparing for their match against iCCUp in Corsair Gaming Summer Tournament that night. I arrived an hour prior to the match and this allowed me to interact with the guys, take some photos and have some friendly talks with their manager. I was told that everyone but n0tail sleeps on the first floor while he sleeps on the second floor. n0tail's bed is placed in the gaming room.



​N0tail watching Trixi chilling out in his own bed!​

Soon enough, it was time for them to switch into serious mode and play their match against iCCup. As I was watching them play iCCup, I realized that despite having the air-conditioner switched to 23 degrees, it was almost too hot with all the computers running and the people in the room. N0tail was the only one with his hoodie on because it was still too cold for him.



Fnatic drafting against iCCup

Apart from me and Fnatic's general manager, Fly's girlfriend who flew all the way from America was watching the game alongside us. She told us that she is there to support her boyfriend and his team in preparation for The International 3. She have her own little table on the right side of the room.



Fly's girlfriend place in the gaming room

While they were about to go into their second game against iCCup, Dreamhack Valencia started and the players were tabbing out in downtimes to watch the match between Na`Vi and Mousesports. There was a discussion on who they think will win the match and they decided to copy Na`Vi's strat to go against iCCup. It was a success.

What I noticed during the trip was Trixi, off-lane player much like ROTK, was the loudest guy among the rest while Fly is the complete opposite. Nevertheless, I was really impressed at how they work together and understand the ability of one another. I was mostly focused on n0tail's computer, attentively paying attention to how can this guy play Meepo so well.

After their game, it is my time to say goodbye. I wished them good luck for The International 3 and took home with me a bunch of blurry pictures due to bad lighting.



Fnatic's drafting in Corsair Tournament match



​Fly posing for GosuGamers!

​H4nn1 watching a live stream of Corsair Gaming Summer Tournament