At this year’s SXSW in Austin, TX, I sat down with legendary “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” player Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert, and talked all things video games, golf, and pizza.

IK: What does your day-to-day look like

JnG: “I do a little bit of streaming. I do some YouTube content. Working on a couple — I don’t know if you want to call them secret projects — that are related to either of those things that I mentioned. That’s the rest of my day right now. Some golf, driving range.”

What has come back into your life now that you’re not professionally playing?

“I gotten back the ability to plan more than a month in advance. Like social events with friends — and I was able to have Thanksgiving at home, which I was normally at like Dreamhack Sweden. Like SXSW, I came here out of my own volition. If I didn’t wanna go on a tournament or travel, because I was on the road so much, well your employer is telling you ‘you have to go to a tournament,’ so you go into a tournament. So having a choice for travel, and more freedom in my schedule has been one of the main differences.”

If you could stream any game — without having to care about view counts — what would you want to play?

“I think I’m going to start getting into this anyways. I like playing “Counter-Strike” because it’s paying homage to all my fans that have gotten me to this point, and that I’ve grown up with. But I was thinking about getting an HDMI splitter and connecting it to like some old PlayStation games, and stuff like that. I’ve been having fun playing PUBG lately.”

What old PlayStation games?

“More like “Metal Gear Solid.” Even something silly like “Twisted Metal.” Just like some fun games — a game night. Maybe I’ll do it one night a week.”

Have you ever been star struck?

“I guess when I was on the Joe Rogan podcast. I wouldn’t say I ever get to the point of star struck where I can’t say anything. Joe Rogan podcast is pretty cool, because he was there to interact with me, so it was pretty unique. And I had watched all of his podcasts. I have met some NHL players, just like going to their practices. I remember meeting Luc Robitaille, when he was on the Kings, and that was pretty surreal. He just came out of the locker room and we just started kind of, shooting-the-shit, so to speak.”

Have you ever interacted with a famous person who was a fan of yours?

“I don’t know. Gary Vee interacted with me. Gary Vee is a big social media guy, and he interacted with me without me having interacted with him. I always thought it would be cool to know if there was some celebrity out there who knew me and I didn’t know. I’ve heard a lot of artists and musicians play “Counter-Strike” for fun, and maybe they know me, but I wouldn’t know.”

Any famous celebrity you’d want to hang out with?

“I don’t even know. It would be cool to hang out with The Rock. It would be fun to play a round of Golf, really any pro Golfer it would be a blast to play with.”

How long have you been playing golf?

“I got into it pretty late. I don’t know if it was like 2013, 2014.”

What is it about Golf that you enjoy? It’s a much slower game than CS.

“It’s a much slower game than CS, but every shot takes so much precision. And there’s a lot of ways to approach each situation. And I like that. And also, you don’t need to be one physical size. There’s a lot of small, tall, fat, skinny guys. And I think that’s something I like with video games too, How, you don’t have to be one archetype.”

Have your “Counter-Strike” skills translated into your golf skills?

“The only skills that I would say that might have translated is kind of thinking more about the metagame than just like hitting the ball. Thinking about course management… like in “Counter-Strike” you think more than just about killing people. You think about the utility you’re using, different stuff. Maybe just the mindset and attitude of playing professional “Counter-Strike” can translate.”

If Donald Trump invited you to go play golf, would you go do it?

“Yeah, why not?”

Who do you think would win in a round of golf?

“I don’t know, I heard Trump plays a lot of golf. I don’t know his handicap. Someone said he has a low handicap, so he might beat me.”

Favorite topping on pizza?

“Lately, probably sausage.”

Favorite movie you recommend people go watch?

“I don’t know, Interstellar or Shawshank Redemption. But a lot of people have watched those.”

Who do you main in “Super Smash Bros?”

“I don’t even know if I have a main. What does Mang0 main? I’m going to take after him.

I guess the current main that he defaults to now is Falco. And then Fox.

“Yeah, I’ve watched him play a lot of Fox, so I’ll say Fox.”