Devilwalk: "jw is one of a kind"

1-12-2013 18:07

Jonatan "Devilwalk" Lundberg and Markus "pronax" Wallsten sat down with Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen in the DreamArena Extreme after their $100,000 worth victory over NiP Gaming in the grand final of DreamHack Winter 2013 SteelSeries CS:GO Championship.

Fnatic's squad went from zero to hero in less than a year's time, going from being unknown players online to winning the biggest tournament in Counter-Strike history.

In this 8-minute interview, Lundberg and Wallsten chat about their victory, the new style of leadership, their star player Jesper "jw" Wecksell and more.

Check it out below, and make sure to stay for the bloopers at the end!

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Yeah, he really is...-_-

2013-12-01 18:07

jw best

2013-12-01 18:08

26 replies

2013-12-01 18:18

jw best? lol what a joke. scream best.

2013-12-01 18:22

20 replies

scream good but not best(jw best)

2013-12-01 18:25

11 replies

jw best but not good(scream best)

2013-12-01 18:27

10 replies

scream best but not bestest (jw bestest)

2013-12-01 18:31

9 replies

shox and Edouard smizth played better than scream ....

2013-12-01 19:15

8 replies

(jw bwest)

2013-12-01 20:24

5 replies

jw (scream)

2013-12-01 20:37

4 replies

scream (jw)

2013-12-01 20:55

3 replies

s (w)

2013-12-01 21:49

2 replies

2013-12-02 13:51

1 reply

steamcommunity.com/id/josceee

2013-12-03 04:36

who is Edouard?

2013-12-01 20:56

1 reply

Edouard "Smithzzz" Dubourdeau

2013-12-01 21:04

jw best at least in DH Winter 2013 look at the player ratings

2013-12-01 18:59

maybe best aimer not the best player(jw best)

2013-12-01 19:11

scream underperformed like hell throughout the whole tournament. JW didn't show any nerves so yeah, at this point, jw is the best.

2013-12-01 19:39

Scream worst player on VG during this tournament.

2013-12-01 21:32

You're so wrong, scream didn't show up for shit during the biggest LAN for CS:GO, great players show up when it counts, that and even at his prime he isn't the best, GTR & Shoxie are both far more consistent

2013-12-02 06:33

2 replies

GTR always shows up in top notch in big tournaments! JW outplayed GTR this LAN! Go and watch old demos..Don't talk if you don't know shit about the past and history of GTR..

2013-12-03 08:23

1 reply

Yo Umeroff, way to lose focus man, we clarifying Scream is not better than JW for the time being, use your mind man cmon now Umeroff

2013-12-03 10:55

maybe best aimer, not best player (jw best)

2013-12-02 13:49

jw is one of a Kid

2013-12-01 18:28

jw good but not best (jw best)

2013-12-01 18:43

1 reply

too best or.... not too best?

2013-12-01 20:28

yes

2013-12-03 04:36

jw BESTTTTTTTTTTTT

2013-12-01 18:11

ofc jw best

2013-12-01 18:12

Devilwalk: jw is "one of a kind"

2013-12-01 18:13

True.

2013-12-01 18:14

JW BROTHA BEST

2013-12-01 18:14

Ofc (jw best)

2013-12-01 18:16

rofl the end

2013-12-01 18:19

pants off !

2013-12-01 18:19

Did anyone find out what cArn was doing on his laptop and ts3 ? behind them. Somepeople been saying cArn was cheating and giving info about NiP via ts3 :/ sad to think if it was true

2013-12-01 18:21

14 replies

:DDDDDDDDDDD yeah that would obviously work!

2013-12-01 18:22

Cause hey, there was not cameras and people recording from behind, who would have noticed. Sure. Hackz

2013-12-01 18:28

No sircoots said heaton and carn got to chance to have a laptop on them to listen on ts and twitter ect.

2013-12-01 18:28

2 replies

listen on witter? wat?

2013-12-01 20:44

1 reply

them to listen on ts and twitter ect. what are you on about

2013-12-01 20:54

it was not true. Carn had noise cancelling headphones and his screen was just the desktop (not ingame). All he could do was talk to them on TS3, which is exactly what all managers do when they stand behind their team.

2013-12-01 18:34

He talks about it around 6:48.

2013-12-01 18:36

1 reply

Yeh noone cares adrbb

2013-12-01 19:08

Do you really think Dreamhack wouldn't have done anything earlier then? Just think about it and then you easily should come to the conclusion that this would never have happened. At least not the whole match without someone doing against it. haha

2013-12-01 18:41

How could he? He had the insulating headphones and couldnt see nip:s screens. Heaton got asked if he wanted to be in nips ts3 aswell.

2013-12-01 18:59

Please.. just accept that the game was fair-square :)

2013-12-01 19:01

y you are totally right Sir!

2013-12-01 19:11

Watching porn and distracting his team the whole time by playing porn tunes at full volume via ts3.

2013-12-01 19:41

It's called coaching, most teams on the CoD pro scene have a coach. A coach can help keep track on how many opponents that are alive, time on the bomb, help with calling out the opponents position and ofc as a last resort he can help calling strats that way the team is harder to read.

2013-12-01 20:11

haha the end is funny

2013-12-01 18:22

jw noob

2013-12-01 18:22

dust4 rofl

2013-12-01 18:23

bacon best and lmao the end

2013-12-01 18:24

haha funny

2013-12-01 18:25

topic sounds for me that it is something about gay relationships in fnatic

2013-12-01 18:26

3 replies

how did you become so mentally focused on homosexuality?

2013-12-01 18:44

Why? Does that make you jealous? Do you want jw all to yourself? Does it send you into a compassionate rage every time you see him with another guy?

2013-12-01 20:27

1 reply

fuck sake, u got it :|

2013-12-01 21:15

DUST FOUR

2013-12-01 18:30

2 replies

Heh, I remember creating an account on Pokeroff to play those $250 freerolls on Full Tilt. Anyway are you making it in Poker?

2013-12-01 20:21

1 reply

I'm making it on Pokeroff ;) And how are you doing in poker, btw?

2013-12-02 07:59

that ending though.. haha

2013-12-01 18:31

VAlVe add de_dust4. For crying out loud!

2013-12-01 18:32

dust4 ftw !

2013-12-01 18:33

JW best.

2013-12-01 18:38

1 reply

TRUE

2013-12-03 20:48

bloopers!

2013-12-01 18:43

2 replies

i think i could hear you on the background. am i right?

2013-12-02 12:17

1 reply

Whaaaaaaaaaat ? Correct.

2013-12-02 15:46

jw good but not best (fnatic best)!

2013-12-01 18:46

Why do Swedish people never pronounce J words like joy, jump, etc correctly?

2013-12-01 18:51

14 replies

Because we pronounce the letter differently, you'd think that be obvious but well

2013-12-01 18:53

5 replies

There are enough countries who pronounce some letters differently, why have exactly swedish people problems with the j?

2013-12-01 18:55

2 replies

I don't know. I don't say Y instead of J(I speak English on a regular basis though) it's just the case that many Swedish people say it like we do in Swedish.

2013-12-01 19:28

he just fucking told you xD

2013-12-01 19:35

In our language we pronounce J exactly the same way you do. It's the case with many languages actually. The English pronunciation problem is really Swedish though.

2013-12-01 19:04

1 reply

If you said the letter like we did you would say Yoe instead of Joe too. Unless you get taught other because we don't.

2013-12-01 19:29

could you give me an example in the video?

2013-12-01 19:37

2 replies

~0:25 the word Joy. It wasn't the best example but it just reminded me of this question, so I asked it.

2013-12-01 22:20

1 reply

I thought it sound correct, but I guess I cant judge since I'm Swedish myself.

2013-12-01 22:46

I watched the first 10 sec only and I heard he say Joy, it was correctly pronounced by devilwalk, don't know if they said it wrong later though. thelocal.se/20131107/swedes-ranked-again..

2013-12-01 19:58

4 replies

Actually the word Joy at 0:25 or so was what ticked me off. It was pronounced in a rather Swedish way and reminded me that this happens in a lot of interviews with Swedish players and I never got around to asking this question.

2013-12-01 22:19

3 replies

I bet in general swedish people speak better english than whatever shithole of a country you come from

2013-12-01 22:51

2 replies

Ah, I'm not bothered. In general they may be but I don't carry much empathy for others nor hold any patriotic feelings so I'm quite alright about it.

2013-12-01 22:54

why the fuck did you have to insult him? he just pointed out a peculiar pronouncination, instead you take it personally and get mad, like a child.

2013-12-02 13:47

jw not the best(jw better than the best)

2013-12-01 18:53

jw never seen in world top10 according hltv.org

2013-12-01 18:57

is it just me or lurrpis shaved the stache?

2013-12-01 19:11

1 reply

Movember is over.

2013-12-01 19:26

Thank you lurppis for the interview.

2013-12-01 19:12

How old is pronax?

2013-12-01 19:16

1 reply

22 i think

2013-12-01 19:22

Pronax mind raped NiP. MVP of the finals over JW imo. Perfect calls every time.

2013-12-01 19:18

maybe one of a kind, but not best (jw best)

2013-12-01 19:20

cu @ dust4

2013-12-01 19:22

That description would fit in better for ScreaM, or KennyS.

2013-12-01 19:23

1 reply

lol..

2013-12-01 23:14

Pronax should get lots more kudos for the finals win as he read NiPs strats like an open book

2013-12-01 19:25

pronax is God hahahaha

2013-12-01 19:28

Tgwri1s, if only you'd made the tile of the article as Devilwalk:"jw best" :D

2013-12-01 19:32

5 replies

Wasted opportunity

2013-12-01 23:16

we actually discussed this at length

2013-12-02 10:48

3 replies

What made you not go for it? It really felt like a squandered opportunity!

2013-12-02 11:02

It's an actual quote from the interview! haha

2013-12-02 19:06

1 reply

jw [may be] one of a kind [but not the]best (jw bestest)

2013-12-03 02:20

We need more of these fails of making-of! :)

2013-12-01 19:36

(flusha best)

2013-12-01 19:54

pronax better all

2013-12-01 19:56

CRY MODDII

2013-12-01 19:59

(jw best)

2013-12-01 20:12

I remember Lurppis always trashing Pronax's teams on [Pod]cast, or did I get it wrong? (Can't remember for sure) Anyway nice interview!

2013-12-01 20:15

u should always do this bloopers at the end of every interview rly!

2013-12-01 20:19

1 reply

this is the first time an interview i've done on hltv.org had any bloopers, normally it's smooth sailing from the get go. can't make a video out of what doesn't exist. just a perfect storm of being tired and unable to focus this time

2013-12-01 20:48

Gj lurppis. Best interview I've watched from a quite long time.

2013-12-01 20:21

1 reply

ye, ok, just put it in the next interview if u'll get the chance to get smh funny next time :D

2013-12-01 21:46

didn't know carn gave ingame advice, that is REALLY controversial. In a sense fnatic had a 6th player, who could possibly see all monitors. That is a huge advantage if he keeps informing what he sees. There should be clear rules about this 'coach' thing.

2013-12-01 21:28

6 replies

actually if its directly after the round it is yeah (or during ) . Cause Igl have to play the game then gave the new directive . Whereas carn just watch like a demo and can give more clear advice . but whatever fnatic played well and deserved

2013-12-01 21:33

What is the big deal? every team can have their manager coaching them... Look at the CoD Pro scene, most of the teams have a coach and a coach is even more helpful in CoD.

2013-12-01 21:48

3 replies

no1 cares about cod brah

2013-12-01 23:14

2 replies

Not true, not true at all.

2013-12-01 23:26

Cod was just an example, could be any game..

2013-12-02 03:24

as #117 said what is the deal? NiP were given the chance to do the same thing but they did not want to.

2013-12-02 06:46

ahaha

2013-12-01 21:51

BLOOPERS PRONAX lolololol

2013-12-01 22:05

pronax, lurppis: Movember is over. If you can't grow one, shave it off!

2013-12-01 22:11

come on lets play dust4!!! Bring dust4 2 us :))

2013-12-01 22:34

jw the best

2013-12-01 22:54

these guys seem like complete legends

2013-12-01 23:16

hahaha dust4

2013-12-01 23:17

Great interview esp. the last part :)) Thank you guys for doing this!

2013-12-02 00:16

"the biggest tournament in Counter-Strike history." CGS 2008 (CS: Source)$455,000.00 esportsearnings.com/tournaments

2013-12-02 00:18

5 replies

Saucers does not count in our community, you should know that.

2013-12-02 00:44

That's a joke... so money is all that matters to give the title of "biggest in history"?

2013-12-02 13:21

It's not about the money, money, money We don't need your money, money, money We just wanna make the world dance, Forget about the price tag It's about the players and viewers.

2013-12-02 15:21

That was not a CS tournament, that was a mixture.

2013-12-02 15:28

Imo the "biggest" in history has to be some 1.6 tournament where all the best teams attended. Maybe an IEM or something. CS:GO good, but not best (1.6 best)

2013-12-03 01:43

lol very nice interview

2013-12-02 01:03

its funny how this team have changed my mind about them. in the beginning of this year i accused them for cheating (not flusha tho). After cph games they proved me wrong and i actually became a fan. Ever since then ive been cheering for this team and i know theese guys work hard for their success. <3 flusha and thanks for mentioning my name in the fragbite interview, hahaha.

2013-12-02 01:30

1 reply

So you're pretty much admitting to being a bandwagoner, huh?

2013-12-03 02:29

ahahaaa nice interview guys, the final is epic

2013-12-02 02:09

(jw best)

2013-12-02 02:13

NiP-jw-

2013-12-02 02:36

jw bestest of the bestest of the bestestestestest

2013-12-02 02:46

u guys should always include bloobers at the end of such videos

2013-12-02 04:55

J of a W

2013-12-02 05:21

dat mustache

2013-12-02 06:31

dust4 lol

2013-12-02 07:26

interview best

2013-12-02 09:04

hahhaaha the end was so funny! really good idea to put blooper <3 gratz fnatic and gratz pronax & dw really nice guys. keep improving you have huge potential next tournament will not be easy

2013-12-02 09:12