Video: Interview with Neo

30-3-2013 18:20

After ESC Gaming's early elimination at Copenhagen Games, we sat down with Filip "Neo" Kubski and discussed with him the team's performances in Denmark.

The Polish giants bowed out of the tournament with a disappointing 13th-16th place after losing to Epsilon 16-14 in the Lower Bracket, to which they had been sent following a 2-0 defeat to Virtus.pro in the Round of 32.

It was yet another disappointing campaign for ESC, who had also failed to impress at TECHLABS last weekend, and things do not look promising for them ahead of the SLTV StarSeries finals and the RaidCall EMS One finals.

The interview with Kubski touches on ESC's campaign at Copenhagen Games, the upcoming events, and also the differences in his own playing style between 1.6 and CS:GO, among other topics.

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Neo!

2013-03-30 18:21

Seems like a very genuine nice guy, good interview!

2013-03-30 18:27

interview anexis pls

2013-03-30 18:27

Taz stronker.

2013-03-30 18:28

He looks really confused. They should talk 2-3 days about every single map and match they lost, reset everything and try to play more casual Imo.

2013-03-30 18:28

Who's taking the interview?!

2013-03-30 18:30

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nixon i guess

2013-03-30 18:40

miraa i guess

2013-03-30 18:42

miraa obv

2013-03-30 18:44

MIRAA

2013-03-30 18:50

matt damon spotted

2013-03-30 18:32

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+1 haha

2013-03-30 19:00

Gordon Freeman

2013-03-30 18:32

man up n say what u really want

2013-03-30 18:33

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he doesnt want to say what he thinks out in the public and its understandable,ofc he thinks that in 1.6 they were a lot more sucessful because he could put in the big numbers and in cs:go he cant therefore theres a huge skill gap between ESC and other top teams(top 10 teams even)

2013-03-30 18:38

u watch ur mouth, ur speaking about a god.

2013-04-10 01:06

The team doesn't deserve a win in a game while they lose 3 times vs eco from another team...

2013-03-30 18:38

this is sad,and he is right its hard to change the lineup that stayed for 8 fucking years :S

2013-03-30 18:38

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i dont know poland scene to much but imo -Loord -Kuben

2013-03-31 14:11

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if they find a igl that also frags ala zeus/xizt thats ok,or maybe taz comes back to leading,but then again its hard kicking those two.

2013-03-31 14:18

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i know its hard maybe they should bring oztriker for IGL hahahahaha

2013-03-31 14:27

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OMG :D

2013-03-31 14:37

He seems very sad honestly, and I think the problems they have in the team are not to be taken lightly. They may reach the end of their game there, if they don't figure things out quickly.

2013-03-30 18:39

respect neo

2013-03-30 18:39

Almost heartbraking, would just have to direct all that passion properly in order to get some results. Hope ESC can do that.

2013-03-30 18:40

I think ESC team don't enough understand CS GO,... They need pause. It will be better. Respect Neo.

2013-03-30 18:41

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It is about problems in the team, not in the game.

2013-03-30 19:28

you born to play 1.6 neo... legend <3

2013-03-30 18:42

IMO they are just getting out-aimed. They need to improve their individual skills and change their playstyle

2013-03-30 18:44

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Its more of confidence thing, if you have seen close enough, when they loose some rounds, they eventually start spraying and they loose again.. But some +ve aspect is, in this tourny every players played some good rounds...

2013-03-30 21:30

neo so much disappointed! At times it looked like he'l burst out crying! :( Dont giveup neo & ESC, there is still lot to come. Good luck! :)

2013-03-30 18:50

Neo looks very sad, but i'm sure that everything will be okay. GL Legend.

2013-03-30 18:54

Great guy I know how much hard work they put together for the fans and the organization, just do your thing NEO!

2013-03-30 18:52

Poor Neo, everyone wants him to be the one and only.

2013-03-30 19:01

<3 neo

2013-03-30 19:07

too much pressure on NEO imo

2013-03-30 19:11

It happens. A valuable lesson for the future. Talk to each other, do you explain the situation and the next tournament top3. More focus and will be great!

2013-03-30 19:26

"Kinda difficult being stuck with the same guys for a very long time" -- yeah, kinda understand his sentiment

2013-03-30 19:36

neo is a cool guy

2013-03-30 19:46

neo respect good intreview

2013-03-30 20:04

ESC will work it out and I think they can place top 3 in at least one of the next events.

2013-03-30 20:18

i seriously hope he needs to wear those glasses, otherwise he's a dickhead

2013-03-30 20:21

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he doesn't, i think. he had other glasses for a very long time but he weared them rarely. anyway i think they fit him, he looks badass.

2013-03-30 21:06

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why wear a pair of glasses if you dont need them, since when has it been cool to have glaSsEz haha

2013-03-30 21:55

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Dude, he needs glasses. look at some old photos, he had 'normal' glasses then . Its fact than in the past he didnt wear them often but now he just like to wear them.

2013-03-30 23:49

who the fuck cares about what is cool, ur one of those kids that tries his hardest to fit in at school arent u? Changing ur style every week bc the "cool" kids did too. Be ur fucking self, wear and do what u want. cant stand people like you...fuckin hipster.

2013-04-10 01:15

I am not sure, why he is not sure about they are loosing.. atm I can see very simple and repetitive mistakes out there.. Like 1)for these days Taz/Neo is killer machine for near distance, where Kuben is in long distance(he can shoot many bullets with very low damage), so why dont they place there positions with same thing..IMO I am not sure whats with PAsha and Loord, sometimes they aim well, but often they just spray down like cs 1.6 and they die..... 2) Also they move much while aiming, while spraying tooo.... Its like when they start shooting you are certain whos goona win, means its like You can see it through. 3) they spray down to bottom,,,atm you VP/NIP they just spray till chest... I am sure it is practice thing, but still If you know it is not gonna work out lets aim for some time.. 4) This is something for CT side.. they usually try to be at some place, where other teams often have good aim,, For example: In inferno while rescuing B side, they walk from behind, and its obvs that other player is waiting for it, why dont just run, it well ruin enemy aim. Second example: Neo did for 7th round in trains it was first round ESC lost. 5) Too bad pistol... so many times 2v1 situation and both ESC dies,,why? because they both does same thing they try to move left,right and try to shoot head, why not one stay plain and try and let other ruin enemy aim. 6) I am unable to see any starts out there, its like Even Kuben has no idea what to do..? Its all my opinion. #PEACE

2013-03-30 21:09

uncomfortable questions :s

2013-03-30 21:20

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedde..! taz interview. Quite good

2013-03-30 21:34

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awesome interview ! i love this guy ( no homo )

2013-03-31 13:50

neo looks so so so so fucking dissapointed

2013-03-30 22:14

neo nice guy

2013-03-30 22:39

nice guy but he is so much depressed like he had a breakup last night :p gl in future :)

2013-03-31 09:26

They need some sourcers incite into the mechanic and dynamics of the game.

2013-03-31 13:07

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u mean saucers autismspectrumalliance.com/wp-content/up..

2013-04-10 16:05

It all pans down to them getting old and maybe starting to think about what they want to do in the future, even though theyre not talking openly about it. Leads to fights within the teams and loss of motivation...Hurts to say this but I think that ESC will fold in the coming months and that most of them, if not all, will retire...

2013-03-31 13:31

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I dont see taz or neo retiring anytime soon...

2013-04-10 01:17

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I think he will, since he only plays like 40hrs / 2 weeks

2013-04-10 15:44

Neo is a great player and he is motivated but I cant say the same about his teammates. Looks like all the rest plays just cause they are friends and they don't want to break Neo's heart. I think some of them must to leave pro gaming. Maybe I'm wrong but that's how it looks for me.

2013-04-01 15:29

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....................

2013-04-01 15:47