To hear about how TyLoo is faring and what they are taking away from their time in Europe, we talked to Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand in Cologne.

TyLoo finished their European campaign after failing to go far in both the Major Qualifier and at ESL One Cologne. At the first event, they picked up one win, over Renegades, but finished 0-3 at the tournament in Germany.

BnTeT thinks that peacemaker's impact will be felt with time and practice

The Chinese team will be staying in Europe a little bit longer, to boot camp in Germany, so we managed to catch up with Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand after his team finished with practice and talked about his experiences playing against the opposition here.

Tell me about the Major qualifier, how you went through it and felt in the matches?

I think for the Major Qualifier, we expected that TyLoo can go through, to the Major, but it didn't work out well because we had a lot of mistakes, individual mistakes. And some players, for example, forgot how to cover their teammates, the communication is also not so good. It's not because of me, their own communication is not working very well. But we have peacemaker, we are looking forward to the next events and especially, we want to go to the next Major.

You didn't qualify for the Major, but you came here, to Cologne, and again you faced some tough opposition, didn't manage to get a win. Tell me what was the biggest struggle here?

I think we in Cologne we didn't expect much, but my goal was top 8. However, we lost three in a row. For me, this is such a good experience, to grow, this is what I cannot get in China. So yeah, I think TyLoo need to go to Europe to grow.

Do you mean to go permanently? Or just go more often, to more events?

To go to practice, but to also win the qualifier to events in Europe.

If you had to mention one thing that you learned here facing these teams, something that was very hard to deal with here, what springs to mind?

I think Europe teams are very different to Asian ones, in situations where there is a 3v3 or a 2v2 the European team is very calm, they know what to do. In Asia, I won't say they are bad, but, sometimes in a 3v3 or 3v4 they panic, they go alone. In Europe I never see tis stupid mistake happen.

You mentioned peacemaker. He came into the team just two weeks ago, you were playing all of these officials, so he didn't have time to do much. But how is he fitting in, what are your thoughts on his addition to the team?

I think peacemaker helps a lot and he has great experience. I think what he is saying so far, he is right, but we didn't have enough time to practice and we didn't have good results. But if we have time and good practice, I think TyLoo can grow very strong.

You mentioned qualifiers before, the last one you played was for DreamHack Masters Malmö. There you lost to B.O.O.T-d[S], an Asian team that didn't make it through qualifiers yet, tell me a bit about them and that matchup, how it panned out?

I think B.O.O.T-d[S] is one of the best teams in South East Asia and they have a lot of good players. We lost that match because of the mood in our team, that day was not really good. And our teamwork, our aim was not on point that day. B.O.O.T-d[S] had a good game, they gave us a good matchup, so good luck to them at the event.

You recently played with recca in Australia at the ZEN League LAN. Can you tell me the differences between playing that LAN and playing here in Europe?

I think this is the second time I played versus European opposition, and as I said before, versus Asian teams it's totally different. I think, in Sydney, with recca, we were very confident that we could win that event. We didn't prepare so much, but we were confident. But I think that, in Europe, for me, it's not the same right now, because I never practiced against Europeans, so I think I need to practice, I need to learn how they play. Not only watch demos, but I need to practice with them and I think day I will come back stronger