Unlike many pros, I didn’t really have the profile of the gaming-addicted geek when I was a kid. I used to prefer having fun outdoors and playing football with my friends.

I discovered in a punctual way some games like Sonic, Diddy Kong Racing or the Age of Empires series. This universe was transmitted to me in a family way through my father and my older brother. I still remember watching my dad play Pac-Man with my little elephant pyjama.

Then came the discovery of the game that would change my life: Counter-Strike 1.5.

I was only 9 years old when I first entered an Internet coffee, without really hooking up at first, because football was taking up all the space in my life. My brother who was good enough made me come with him quite often and I started to have a good level to beat some much older guys. Maybe it’s seeing these people angry and aroused against the kid I was that made me love the game.

From that moment on, I was completely obsessed and trying to play all the time. My mother wanted to turn off the internet at night so I wouldn’t stay up too late and I cried with disappointment because I wanted to continue. I had put in place some tricks to overcome these rules, I closed the door of her room when she was in bed to go back to the PC and put my headset on one ear to hear her arrive. She’s surprised me so many times.

Every morning started with watching a video like the one from AAA or Only FR 2, it made me excited for the day. I naturally started to have a good level and I wanted to go to my first LAN. It was complicated to convince my mother to go to these tournament at the age of 13, because school was her priority for me. If my brother had brought me in the game, it was thanks to an older friend I met on the servers that I was able to start touching the top level. Guillaume Berrier, aka RoCcA, was 19 years old and in the military. Through discussions over a coffee, he was able to convince my mother to let me participate in these kinds of events.

At that time, I already had my little ambition, being part of the best team in Lorraine by winning the LANs in my area. And quickly, I wanted to prove myself at the national level. For the record, I was part of a team with Maj3r and SIXER… It was his debut and then he exploded on 1.6.

I continued to be super serious in order to progress by following the example of some models like SpawN or Kabal, but I was mainly self-taught. I watched so many VOD on HLTV to train myself.