CAth: Pour ce tournoi la, je me suis vraiment donnée a 100%. J’ai jouer au moins deux heures a chaque jour pendant le dernier mois, et puis on a jouer pendant huit heures les dix derniers jours avant le tournoi. Mais, les LAN events, le truc c’est de ne pas stresser et de garder son sang froid. De jouer sa game et de ne pas se laisser affecter mentalement, parce que CS c’est vraiment un jeu qui est mental et des que tu te laisse affecter, c’est la que tu perds ou que tu fais des erreurs ou des moves bizard.

CAth: La seule équipe que je peu voir c’est Team Karma parce que ils nous ont battu a Copenhagen. En fait on est allé en finale contre eux a Copenhagen puis on a perdu en troisième map . On voulait juste pas qu’ils rentre dans notre tête, puis on les a battu. On a jouer notre jeu comme je t’ai dit puis ça a bien été.

CAth: Honnêtement, toute les joueuses de notre équipe, ça fait plus de 10 ans qu’on fait partie de la scène. Dans le fond, on est aller la, on a jouer notre jeu. On est rentrer dans le tas, on a pas changer nos stratégies parce qu’on a eu peur des autres.

Interview with Catherine “ CAth ” Leroux Racette

Counter-Logic Gaming: Red

CLG Red, formerly Ubinited, dominated the Female tournament and the finals against Games4u, 2-0 in a impressive manner. One of the best players of the tournament and the most progressed overall since last year, Montreal Gaming was able to interview CAth after her crushing victory.

Read the Analysis of ESWC Montreal 2015 here.

Montreal Gaming: So, how were the finals?

CAth: Super good! I think all of the rounds went well, weren’t too many mistakes and I’m really happy of how all the players and of what we’ve accomplished.

Montreal Gaming: Were you expecting a harder match from Games4u?

CAth: In fact, we never played that specific roster. It was the first time since the change with Juliano. I didn’t know what was going to happen, but we played our game and it went well.

Montreal Gaming: And about the tournament, how did you find the level of competition?

CAth: Honestly, all of the team has been in the scene for more than 10 years. So, we went there and we played our game. We went all in, we weren’t about to change our strategies because we’re afraid of others.

Montreal Gaming: From all the other teams present at the tournament, were there any you think would’ve been harder to beat than Games4u?

CAth: The only team that I can see is Team Karma because they bested us in Copenhagen. In fact, we went to the finals against them in Copenhagen and we lost at the third map. We didn’t want them to get in our heads and we got them. As I said, we played our game and it went well.

Montreal Gaming: How did you manage to reacquire your title of “World #1”?

CAth: The big change is that we got a coach. It really helped us because it gives us a new point of view, he has an experience in the professional scene. He really helped us with mid-rounds, how to react. The difference between having and not having a coach is totally black and white.

Montreal Gaming: Does Semphis prefers being a Coach or a player?

CAth: I think he prefers playing, of course. But if he ever takes his retirement, we’ll take him 100% sure, he was really good.

Montreal Gaming: Lately, you really upped your performance in the game. Was it due to practice of team synergy?

CAth: For this tournament, I really gave it my all. I played at least 2 hours everyday for the last month and then we played 8 hours for the 10 days before the tournament. But, the thing with LANs event is that you can’t be stressed out and keep your cool. Got to play your game and not letting others affect your mindset, because Counter-Strike is totally a mental game and as soon as you let yourself be moved by something, that’s the point where you start making errors and weird moves.

Montreal Gaming: Do you still have a sponsorship from Ubisoft since the change from Ubinited to CLG Red?

CAth: I would need to confirm, I’m not sure, but I believe Ubisoft won’t help us anymore since we have the necessary support from CLG. I wouldn’t shake hands on it, but I think it’s dead.

Montreal Gaming: Once again, congratulations for the title!

CAth: Thanks a lot! I must thank my sponsors, so special shout-out for Intel, Razer, iBuyPower, G2A, HyperXcloud and DXRacer.

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