Mou: «Hobbit had taken the role of captain and it became easier for us to play»

Rustem «mou» Telepov tells about ELEAGUE Major, his new teammate, and IEM Katowice.

The representative of our portal is at StarSeries i-League S4 and could have a conversation with the sniper of the team Gambit eSports right after the end of the match against Fnatic. Rustem «mou» Telepov told about how the match had been played, revealed the details of the replacement of Fitch on Seized and plans for the future.

Let’s start with the recently finished match Fnatic vs. Gambit eSports. The map de_overpass, have you specifically saved it for later? Fnatic shows a respectively bad performance on it.

Overpass? This was our pick and one of our strongest maps. We specifically prepared it and chose between two options: Nuke or Overpass.

You had not been able to win the last round on de_cache for a long time, what was going on?

Always, when you win many round, playing for the first side, it will be difficult for you at the second one if you don’t beat it at once. We won a pistol round but lost a force buy round. After that, it is difficult to focus and to crush your opponent that doesn’t allow you to do so. You need some time for an adaptation to adjust and understand what your opponent is doing.

Why did Gambit decide to replace Fitch on Seized? Was Denis the only appropriate free player?

No, actually we were discussing with the team for a long time and considering who we needed. We thought that Denis would hold a position of captain but he was not ready for it at the moment as he had joined four new players and not known a lot about them. Now, he perfectly fits us as a player, because he is very communicative and we have had a lack of such player. Abay had taken the role of captain and it became easier for us to play.

Did Abay especially take the role or it was a team decision?

Hobbit wanted to try and he copes well with it now.

If Seized fits in the team, will he change his role to the captain’s one or Abay will continue holding this position?

I don’t know, it depends on Abay.

Let’s talk about the CIS teams at ELEAGUE Major 2018 and your performance.

We were going to the Major well-prepared and ready to play on all maps, so we were confident. The only thing that was stopping us was the fear of losses and our morale dropped out after the loss against QBFire and we felt that were vulnerable. Also, we picked the map de_mirage against Fnatic that shouldn’t have been picked and things turned out the way they did.

Did you expect such performance from AVANGAR and QBF?

To tell the truth, I didn’t expect such strong performance from QBF, didn’t think that they would become “the Legend” but guys did a good job. And I know AVANGAR, I saw how they were training and maybe I would put them in QBF’s place but we have what we have. Guys from QBF are very experienced and have already played in a few LAN tournaments, what’s the team AVANGAR is missing. They have passed the qualifiers to IEM Katowice 2018, let’s what they will show.

What are you expecting from IEM Katowice, a victory?

In fact, StarLadder is a preparational tournament for us and we have been slowly gaining momentum. We are preparing for IEM, every match is important for us. The team hasn’t imposed any priorities, however, all of us are preparing for IEM. Our minimum objective at the Polish championship is to advance to the semifinals.