translation by Sans Filtre’s team (be kind with us )

I never really knew why we left England. I think my parents appreciated the quality of life in France and the people around them who seemed more friendly.

But we were not going to the unknown, my grandparents already lived there and we came to see them every year.

My integration was complicated because of the language barrier. Even though we had taken a few classes before arriving with my brother, we often found ourselves alone together because we were unable to speak French well. I would always remember my first day of school, I was asked if I was going to eat at the cafeteria. I really felt that it was a matter of a high level of language, I didn’t understand. This barrier made other students acting differently towards us at the beginning.

It is often said that sport is universal. That’s certainly why I was quickly integrated. During my years in England, I played a lot of football at the Cambridge Academy. I had to stop because of health problems, but I had kept an excellent level.

Everyone wanted to play with me and and that was a perfect way to make friends.

A PASSION FOR COMPETITION ABOVE ALL

The video games came later. At that time I followed my older brother in everything he did and especially in his passion for Call of Duty. While we were watching a competition played by the best players, a CS game followed. My brother bought the game right away, and even though he stopped shortly afterwards, I kept playing.

Even though I loved the gameplay, it was the competitive aspect that really attracted me. Maybe it’s something I was missing when I stopped playing football. It was also the ideal game at an age when I needed to socialize, chat with my friends every night on the server. In fact, I am still very close to the friends with whom we created our first team.

I followed a natural evolution without skipping a step. After playing with my friends for a few years, I received a proposal from WebSPELL to join their team with a friend. It was the beginning of the top level, but still with a fun side.

I had never dreamed of going pro, because it wasn’t really something that existed when I started. So living off this was not an objective, but participating in the biggest tournaments was.

When I received the LDLC proposal to join them, I had a real sense of accomplishment. All these years on the game had paid off and I could be part of one of the biggest French esports structures with a legend like Ex6TenZ. I thought about all those little fights I had with my parents because of my poor school results and their fear of seeing me fail professionally.

Today they are proud of me and are my first fans.