Interview: First Hall of Fame Entry in a short interview 10.07.2016, 16:00

99Damage: As somebody who has competed as a professional for years and is now managing the legacy of your former team, does the hype and the excitement of esports still put you in awe or are you used to it by now?

Emil ' HeatoN ' Christensen : Going in here it gives me goosebumps. If you would have said three years ago that this would happen or ten years ago we would say "No way, it would never happen" and now its a full arena and it feels like you are at a traditional sport event. Its just amazing.

HeatoN & Potti or GeT_RiGhT & f0rest and is it even a discussion?

Me and Potti would kill them 10 out of 10 times (laughs) Nah, I'm just kidding. I think frankly if we would have met them as we were in our prime as GeT_RiGhT and f0rest are now we would get smashed, but considering during our time period the game was so fresh and it wasnt as developed we were ahead during our time.

Speaking of your players, they didn't do to well this tournament. Do you think the structured approach that helped the team shape up has made them too predictable?

No I dont think so. We have a lot of new stuff coming into this tournament, I think we should be fine. The reason being, and I know excuses suck, but we are now traveling for four weeks in a row without people getting home or didnt have time to practice enough and I think its a wake up call for us that we cant play so many tournaments and really focus on it. There are frankly too many right now, so we need to focus on big ones like this.

This is the first major they have exited in groups, how hard was this on the team?

I'm still really sad and I know the players are as well because its totally unacceptable to go out in the groups as we did. Thats not the NiP way. It hits them hard, but it should because its not okay.

You have seen them all, you have competed against many, who is the greatest Counter-Strike player of all time, in your opinion?

I would have to say Potti. He was revolutionizing the game like no one else the time we were playing. He started next level stuff that was just mindblowing.

Speaking of great players, you are the first person to enter ESLs Hall of Fame of eSports. Who do you think will follow you and become the next member?

I think in CS it must be Potti (laughs) Boring answer, but it must be. He is a legendary guy.