After qualifying for the Grand Final over Team SoloMid, EnVyUs’ Kenny “kennyS” Schrub sat down with theScore eSports to discuss his feelings on making the Grand Finals, his team chemistry, and their semifinal match against TSM.

How was your preparation coming into this tournament?

So, we are a new team, and we were at IEM Gamescom and after this event we had something like 9 or 10 days in Cologne for our bootcamp. It went pretty good actually. We practiced a lot and we won most of our games. So, yeah, basically we worked a lot and it was worth it.

Did you work on anything specific during the bootcamp practices?

I think it was more about getting the chemistry. We worked on our individual skill and played together to make team plays. But like I said, team chemistry.

How comfortable are you guys with your new teammates?

We feel really good. We feel really good like how it was when we came to Gamescom and we are in the finals here so we are feeling really good. We had the bootcamp, to work on our team chemistry and we trust each other and we know, all of us, that we’re good and we can make something big. So, we trust each other and it's working, no problems for now.

Watching your matches from the tournament, it seems like you guys are starting off very slowly, losing about 4-5 rounds every map before making a comeback. What do you think is contributing to these slow starts?

This is something that we have to work on as a team, and I don’t know, I can’t explain it. We just have to be strong from the beginning. It’s not a good thing and we have to be stronger.

Can you take us through the TSM match in your own words?

We started on Cache, which is one of our best maps. We started really bad as usual, and then we worked it out. We didn’t have very many problems on Cache actually. Then we played Dust2 and we actually got wrecked, because we made a lot of mistakes and we didn’t follow Happy’s calls. I think what was our main problem for the match was that we didn’t follow Happy on Dust2 and we should have made less mistakes.

Your Inferno T-side looks amazing. Did you guys work on your Inferno for the tournament?

We actually work on Inferno like we work on other maps, but not anymore. We are really comfortable on this map and both our sides is pretty strong.

I think we went something like 12-3 against TSM which isn’t going to happen again. It was like a perfect side and it wont happen again. We just like made the right call in the right moments and we won our clutches, which is basically the most important thing in Counter-Strike and we were all on point and we played really good.

Is making the Grand Final better than what you expected from coming in the tournament?

Well, actually yeah. We expected to be in semifinals at least, and this is way more than we could have expected so we are really happy. But, we want more obviously.

We are feeling great, especially Apex and I, it’s special for us and we are really happy to be here.

This article was edited and condensed for clarity.