00:00Hello everyone, Kirli-Chan here. This is week 6 of the European LCS and I'm here now with Impaler from the Superhot Crew.
00:22Congratulations on your win against Fnatic. How did you prepare specifically for that matchup?
00:27A day before we play, we all group up in the living room of our house and we eat peanuts or crisps.
00:32And then we're like, what should we do against Fnatic this time?
00:35We're like, last time we lost so this time we actually have to eat our peanuts and crisps and make sure we know what we're doing.
00:40So we think what they're going to pick against us and think what we want to pick.
00:44And then we go over Bantons and we're like, we want to contest these 5 picks.
00:47So then we kind of predict what they play and based on that we try and get our number 1 contested pick when we're blue side,
00:52which in this case was the Gragas.
00:54And then from there it's just like, we think they're going to pick these 2 things and then we counter them with these 2 things.
00:58And it's all just like, I don't know, a method of working out what you pick based on what you think they're going to pick.
01:04And they had the early advantage, so how did you manage to turn around the game?
01:10It's always kind of annoying when they have the early advantage.
01:13Because Super Bowl crew normally we just stomp lanes and then snowball the game.
01:16But this time we actually have to use our brain, which is annoying.
01:19So we like think, well we're kind of losing, but we always traded a Dragon or a turret every time they did something.
01:25So we're like, this is fine, we'll just try and make plays and then come back into the game.
01:28And it all paid off this time.
01:30I believe you moved in your gaming house this week. Did you set a win already?
01:34We have no computers yet and we just got internet like 2 days ago.
01:38So right now it's just kind of a bed and that's it.
01:41Are you excited about living with your team 24-7 or is this going to be a kind of a challenge?
01:47Some of the people on our team are pretty crazy. Like if you've seen Mixer scream nice.
01:52Think of that like 2 in the morning when you're trying to sleep.
01:55I'm not really looking forward to that, but they're all really cool guys.
01:58So I'm sure we'll work out something.
02:00I guess living in the gaming house will give you more time to practice.
02:03So do you expect to get even better as a team in the incoming weeks?
02:07Yeah, like right now our practice isn't very efficient.
02:09We have to travel a lot and it's kind of a nuisance compared to teams like SK,
02:12who can play in the gaming house and they're always on time for practice.
02:15So as soon as we're in that kind of like rhythm of life, as Mixer says,
02:19then I'm sure we'll be able to compete with even the best teams.
02:21Are you happy with the team's performance in the last weeks?
02:25Yeah, I'm quite surprised that we're doing so well because like,
02:28I wouldn't say we're simple-minded, like we're all really smart players,
02:31but sometimes when it comes down to it you just have to make like decisive calls
02:35and that's often what wins games and we're pretty good at that
02:37because we're all kind of like YOLO players, I guess.
02:40What aspects of the game do you still need to improve on?
02:44We kind of need to sort out our vision control because like I said,
02:49we're such YOLO players that sometimes we overlook the small things
02:52and when everything adds together like vision and objective control,
02:55it kind of comes hand in hand.
02:56So you need to be prepared to make like the smallest changes,
02:59like a pink ward on support and jungler before a baron
03:02is like the difference between getting the game changing baron
03:05and the losing baron, like it's crazy.
03:07Yeah, it's crazy.
03:08And we saw Lissandra pick last week, who theorycrafted that?
03:13It was kind of mime-up because like there was a lot of hype around the Fnatic
03:17duo AP and it not working out and like, so I should stop playing APs,
03:21but I think we kind of proved that you can actually play duo AP without like
03:24criticizing your laning phase and you can still win with it and it worked out really well.
03:28What are your goals for the end of the split? Where do you see the team?
03:31Are you aiming for more than just qualifying for the summer split?
03:35We'll just do the best we can, like that's all we can really ask for.
03:38We haven't got all the pressure that other teams have because we're super awkward.
03:41We came in this split kind of on a bit of luck from the whole Lemon Dogs thing.
03:44And yeah, like we're here to stay, but we're also here to have fun.
03:48We saw Diamond pick Skarner last week, which didn't really work out then,
03:52but then he was reworked in the last patch.
03:54Have you had the time to try him and do maybe we will try him in the LCS?
03:59Because after all his ultimate is impaled.
04:02I think it kind of got nerfed, like they tried fixing it,
04:05but it got nerfed instead with the whole rework.
04:07So Diamond himself even said that he probably won't play it again.
04:10So I don't know, I'll give it a try and if it works out,
04:12then maybe I'll be impaling people in LCS as well.
04:15How do you compare yourself to junglers like Yankos and Diamond,
04:19who are probably among the best right now in Europe?
04:21I think they're both really good junglers.
04:24And like the way we're playing, I think I'm probably as good.
04:27Maybe not as much as Diamond, because Diamond's just like the innovator.
04:30And then you've got like Cyanide, who's the consistent player.
04:32And Jankos, who's the fresh guy.
04:34And we all call him the god.
04:35Like in SuperHulk we go Jankos the god every time he does something.
04:38So like, I don't know, maybe I'll have my own name soon enough.
04:41Yeah, the last question I wanted to ask you that I couldn't help but notice that all of the members of your team
04:48except yourself have nicknames with M.
04:52So do you want to change your nickname to fit in better?
04:56I don't really care about fitting in with my team's names.
04:59Like they're all crazy.
05:00You don't want to fit in with SuperHulk crew like in terms of personality and things.
05:03So yeah, I'm fine with Impaler for now.
05:05Okay, anyone you want to thank?
05:08Cooler Master, CMStorm, thanks out to all our sponsors and everyone in SuperHulk crew trying to make everything work with the house.
05:14Thank you very much for the interview and best of luck in your game tomorrow.
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