Interview: We spoke to Gabriel Toledo after the Major final. 10.07.2016, 22:30

99Damage: I know the question is kind of cliché, but how do you feel?

Gabriel ' FalleN ' Toledo : I feel amazing, the second major in a row. It's more than we expected when we started and it's just another mission completed. We are feeling supergreat, we have a vacation in the future, next month and then we want to come back with full force and keep trying to win tournaments.

What do you think is the harder thing to do, getting to the top or actually staying there?

Honestly, it took too long for me to get to the top so that I must say that it's very difficult to get there because you have to learn so much stuff about this game and to find the right team. So a lot of things are involved in getting to the top but i can say now that staying at the top is hard, but very close to getting there.

In the past, you where a very tactical team until you swapped for fnx and TAC0. Was it kind of an accident that you developed that more aggressive style because you didnt have strats for the tournament after the swap?

Yes thats kind of true, I reinvented myself after the tournament. Because we wherent ready, In the first period we just had defaults one or two executions that was all. So that made me see that counter-strike wasn't supposed to be played just by strats, you really need more, you need to read your opponents you need to find the better solution for some situations, so yeah that tournament changed my mind in terms of many things.

Your family is here, what does that do for you? Is it more pressure because you want to win for them or is it kind of relaxing because you know they have your back?

I think its relaxing to be honest, the pressure is always there, we are playing a major, we are playing for tousands of dollars, we are playing in front of a huge crowd, the pressure will always be there. My family being here keep my days more relaxed so i can have some fun and enjoy their company, so its very helpful to have them with me.

American teams have been getting a lot of hate in the past. You played an american team in the final right here and there are a lot of other teams similar to Liquid that pair experienced players with a couple of young, talented players. Do you think Teams like C9 or TSM will have similar success to what Liquid had?

I think Liquid is doing what needs to be done and if they see thats not working, they try to get new players, they try to change the atmosphere. I mean you can't just keep changing players every time but liquid has the right mindset, they are not just fine with getting money and not being the best. I mean they are willing to do everything to be the best and I respect that because thats all we did to achieve it aswell. We had to remove friends in order to be here so sometimes its painfull, but it's something thats needed for the evolution of your team. I think NA is getting closers each and every time they play and we developing our skills and becoming a good team and playing in their region is helping aswell.

Last question is about games academy. The english games academy videos have been very popular, people like them. What are your future plans for the englisch part of games academy?

Yeah i decided to create a season in english, there was a lot of work for me because I was doing new videos in protoguese and new videos in english so it took a lot of time from me. So I did around 15 videos, it was pretty good, people liked it but I think the way we approached it was a bit too much. You know, people didnt want to watch a new video every single day so I might be able to change that in the future, maybe new video weekly or something so its gonna be easier for me and it will keep it more interesting. I am looking forward to keep helping people, keep putting knowledge out because I love to do that. I mean helping people is part of who I am.

Thanks and congrats!

Thank you!