ScreaM open to Titan return

Titan are currently on the lookout for a new fifth player following the VAC ban handed to Hovik "⁠KQLY⁠" Tovmassian, which resulted in the team's disqualification from DreamHack Winter.

Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom, who was also unable to attend the Swedish major because of Gordon "⁠Sf⁠" Giry, has been tipped as the most likely candidate to fill the void as Epsilon are also undergoing an overhaul.

And the Belgian prodigy has now admitted in an interview with Vakarm.net that the prospect of returning to Titan, who removed him in August, is appealing. Below you can find a snippet of said interview:

Only a few hours after KQLY's ban, Sf got VAC banned as well. How did you hear about it, and what was your reaction? Did you talk with him since his ban?

There comes the very difficult part! I was in shock all night for KQLY, I even stopped streaming earlier. We had a bootcamp planned in Stockholm the day after and I had to take the plane really early, at 7 or 8 am. We were laughing about KQLY being banned, which was the biggest buzz in the history of CS. GMX and fxy0 were already at the hotel in Paris to take the plane the next day.

Then, at bedtime I spoke to Sf wishing him a good night and saying that we would enjoy our time at DreamHack. And he answered something like "Ok, see you tomorrow if I am not banned haha !" I laughed, but I really thought it was just a joke.

I then went to bed, set up my alarm clock and something like 5 minutes later, a friend of mine texted me about Sf getting VAC banned. At that moment, I just told him to shut up because I had to sleep. Then, I realised that he was dead serious and I’m like "no please inch allah it can’t be real!" And unfortunately for us, it was real… At that moment, I was laughing a bit because the thing I had been laughing about one hour before was happening to our team. I just could not believe it.

What does the future looks like for you? Epsilon with a new project? Waiting for Titan to call you back?

I spoke about it with my mates from Epsilon and we know that if Titan need a new player they will probably pick someone up fromour team. We do not know if it will be Uzzziii, GMX, fxy0 or myself. We know that they will think this through, I think they have not had the time for it now, as they have the ESEA finals in two weeks. After this, they will either keep playing with Iorek or look for a new player. One thing is sure, whoever they ask to join Titan, he will accept without hesitation. If Titan ask me to join in, I will accept.

It is useless to train with Epsilon, knowing that it is very likely that one of our players will leave within one month! If Titan do not ask me to join them, I will continue playing with Epsilon, as motivated as always!

To end, a more personal question. With Titan you became a professional player with everything that comes with it: salary, bonus, competitions, training room, gaming house, lots of travels, a real professional environnement, etc. Today, what is your daily routine ?

It clearly changed. I used to play a lot and, by coming back to live at my house, I felt that the gaming house was a little too much… But it was still a nice experience. I have to admit that I never followed the competitions as much as I do now and that’s what I miss the most. I find the level pretty low and even some teams that have no practice can manage to win against a top five team.

Regarding the salary, of course I am making less than before. But I have more time to stream and people are really nice, I get a lot of support, shoutout to my viewers! But in general, it didn’t change much, I feel a little better and I have more time for myself, which is to me the most important. I hope that we’ll handle the problems and start to really practice again, I’d like to show people that we could do way better than what we are doing now!

You can read the rest of the interview by clicking here.