We caught up with Kevin "HS" Tarn ahead of his unveiling by OpTic to discuss the new challenge in his career and the choice to leave PENTA Sports.

Kevin "⁠HS⁠" Tarn has officially been unveiled as OpTic's fifth player, joining the Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg-led squad after roughly five months on PENTA.

The 20-year-old played an important role in PENTA's impressive run between May and July, when the team went through every possible qualifying stage to reach PGL Major Krakow and also won the ESEA Season 24 Global Challenge.

HS says PENTA's team was "in shambles" after suNny's exit

Read on as the young Estonian discusses matters concerning signing for OpTic, his expectations for the new team, the issues with PENTA after the Major, and more.

Only one month ago you were playing at your first Major, and now you find yourself on one of Europe’s most exciting young teams. Did you ever think that things would turn around like this so quickly for you? It was really unexpected. Our PENTA team was in shambles after suNny had decided to join mousesports, we just had a lot of problems to deal with, overall. One day, I was approached by my new teammates out of the blue, and I was really happy to hear that I was the one they wanted to play with. From what I heard, during all the roster changes happening I was not the "first choice" for them, but in the end things worked out for me. It just makes me want to prove myself and to show everyone that I should indeed be playing amongst these legendary players with such an amazing organization behind us. What is your opinion about your new teammates? They are players who will try to shape me, the young gun, in a way that they believe will fit the team. It will be really interesting because we all come from different types of teams and will probably have different ideas/input about how to play the game. The most important thing is that we all have one single goal - to win. Nowadays, there are a lot of players who don’t play for that, but that is what is most crucial to me. I will always look for ways to improve myself and my teammates, and I think this is the perfect environment for me. Have you already started practicing? If so, what are your first impressions of the team and also of friberg’s leadership? We have not practiced yet due to me being contracted to PENTA until now, but I have discussed with friberg a lot about in-game details, and I think we will not have any problems with leadership. We have smart players with a lot of experience on a top level, and that will make it easier for Adam to lead. This is obviously a major change for OpTic as well as they have gone from a North American team to a European lineup. Judging from the talks you have had with the organisation, what is the plan for the team and what are their goals for the remainder of the year? We all know that we want to be the best, no discussions were needed to realise that. Still, becoming the best this year already might be a little bit too much to ask. Who knows, though, after what PENTA accomplished, coming out of nowhere and unexpectedly getting good results very fast?