Well during T.I. I think we just...we were like on a momentum, that helped us a lot
I can't describe it the feeling that you
just go in and play and you just...
feel it you know
when you win a tournament like that it
feels like you achieved your goal so you
you just gotta search for a new one that's a whole procedure from beginning to end
you just gotta find something
else to aspire for and for the moment
we're aspiring to win a second T.I.
when it all ended like I felt very empty
cuz it was such a long time I've been
running after this one achievement and I
didn't really know what to do anymore it
was my sole purpose of like my career my
ambitions and even today I still have to
like fight with it a little bit but uh
life goes on gotta like set new goals
it didn't change my life much like I don't
really have a good use for the money
right now but fast forward five years
maybe it's gonna probably make my life a
bit easier I'm gonna have a nice place
for myself and that's a nice feeling
that you have something to back you up
after this eSport career
a lot of people get lazy after winning T.I. because you know they achieved whatever they wanted
but it's like when we won T.I. my
next goal was to win the second T.I.
because no one has ever done that before
so it motivates me to...
go even harder.
after T.I. we all took a break for...
quite a bit... some more some less and then we went
to Starladder
surprisingly we did quite wall at the
event... although we didn't have much
practice coming into the event...
not to boast but we felt like we were above other teams and at starladder i think um...
not many teams could have a strategic edge on us
coming into ESL I feel pretty
confident but at the same time we do
respect the fact that a lot of teams
have been practicing really hard after
T.I... they played a lot of qualifiers and it's the
kind of practice that we couldn't get in so
we have to be a bit careful and overall
I'm confident
other teams probably were
watching us at T.I.
but I definitely feel that our play style
is unique and a lot of people have been
trying to recreate this we're gonna find
out if that happened indeed in ESL Hamburg
Yea i wanna drive that car... I'm gonna steal it.
get in... get in boys. ... no i'm good.
I don't know he goes crazy on me
sometimes I'm just trying to have a
little fun you know I just push him a
little bit and I barely he goes fucking
HAM on me and starts screaming...
It was cool finding a Mercades with
the liquid logo but the only thing that
got to us is having to walk in the rain
a lot so that maybe got us a little sick
so I hope we just... we get to feel better
before the event starts...
first thing that comes to your mind when I
say T.I. 7...
Win...
T.I 8...
Win? ...
Salty...
Pringles...
Welcome back to Hamburg everyone and welcome to live coverage of ESL one Hamburg 2017
and to start things off... what a game we've got the reigning world champions the T.I.
seven Grand Champions the team have been
beaten for seemingly months on end...
well not seemingly they just haven't been been in a tournament for months on end
that's right... Team Liquid are going head to head against SGEsports those crazy South Americans...
and we'll see how they get on in this next matchup.
welcome back to ESL One Hamburg 2017...
we're almost ready to get into our
second series of the day Team Liquid vs.
Virtus Pro from when I used to work with
This is gonna sound weird, but...
when I used to work with liquid the idea was they almost wanted to lose once in a while
to get like, that ego check. sometimes you need that
reminder that you're not as good as you
think you are that your ideas need
revamping and they need to get
overhauled so I think if there's a
series that they could lose it's
definitely this one.
What happened in that last VP game, like...
Oh do we really have to talk about it?
We don't have to...
Ohhh please... It wouldn't be good.
communication is up there being one of the most important qualities a team can have
the conversations are give and take...
you need to listen you need to give your opinion
and be able to receive the second
opinion without having the need to
answer back just to be able to
comprehend what the other players are trying to say
communication is just life between people cause the team is like a relationship
we are five people... it's five people with strong
opinions it's not easy to manage
especially if you have a team that's
multinational...
I mean of course communication and other stuff are very important
but if you don't trust each other then everyone's gonna have like mixed feelings about how they feel about
each other and they don't see the same
picture I think Trust is very very important.
I'm spending time with my team
more than I do with my actual family
that's what usually happens because I'm
always on the road and we're always
together I'd say like 15 hours out of
each day I'm with them
the team is like a family no doubt about you you're like
five six seven guys you fight do you do
you do whatever like, in a family happens..  I don't think there's any difference to be honest.
it sounds cliche but we have to
understand each other hard work I think
is a given you have to play a lot... talk
about dota every day it has to be like
relationship where you give and take
from each other instead of just be like
I'm just gonna do my part and you know
we're a T.I. winning team we're all good
players and we're gonna win no I don't
think that's how it should be like this
year if you want to have more
achievements greater achievements we
should not start thinking individually
because that's not how we won T.I. and
other LANs we actually became a team
yeah you know who is so playing for a
place tomorrow in the semi-final please
welcome to the Barclaycard arena in
Hamburg
it is Team Liquid
Keen gaming is a very good team... I've been following them for a long time so not easy by any means
it is team secret you're playing tomorrow... you're playing team secret... what do you expect?
we played them a lot of times recently not sure what to expect but we're here to win
put your hands together for the birthday boy kuroky and Team Liquid they go through
to the semi-finals
to stay undefeated I think it's a maybe
too big of a goal especially after
winning TI like it's hard to like stay
on top all the time I like to take
things step by step it's the team that
creates the pressure upon themselves
I feel like there is some kind of pressure
on us just to come out there and play good
I don't really care about what I have to
prove you know I just try to do my best
and that's about it
12...13 years ago it started just purely
passion and love for the game and hiding
from real life I was a kid I mean it's
like at some point like this kind of
love or passion evolves into something
else like motivation is fleeting but
hard work is lasting that's what I say
to my team all the time
we've been constantly looking at liquid the whole year so it feels really good finally to
beat them on a big stage major match you
know it's a relief
I think one way to make yourself better
this is learn from your mistakes every
game like even the games you play pubs
and whatever if you watch a replay of
yourself like what you did wrong so the
next game it won't happen it stays in
your mind it's like okay I fucked up
once but I can learn from it and so it
won't happen again because it does make
you a better player you make less
mistakes you focus more on yourself and
you know just playing more dota in general...
you're a professional it's your
career... it's your work... it's  your life
it's your existence this motivation
thing it's gonna come back...
it always comes and goes so just take it
easy
