SEMPHIS: "Comfortable playing NA"

26-6-2016 12:44

After TSM defeated Cloud9 and became the only pure North American team to advance to playoffs, we reached out to Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen to get an interview about their surprising journey.

TSM kicked things off with a bang on day one of ECS Season 1 Finals, defeating Astralis and taking fnatic to a close result once again (after two similar attempts at ELEAGUE).

In the decider, Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen met some of his former teammates in Cloud9, whom TSM beat on two straight-forward maps and advanced to semi-finals.

Hit play below to see what the Canadian had to say on their journey so far, how confident he and the team feels about the upcoming Luminosity semi-final.

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Make sure to check out the list of interviews we've done so far at ECS Season 1 Finals:

Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom: "We feel really good on Nuke"

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett on ECS and current state of talent

Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin: "jdm64 actually reached out to me"

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo: "I don't believe in saving strats"

GL tsm

2016-06-26 12:45

1 reply

u have no life :D

2016-06-26 13:48

2016-06-26 12:44

cool

wowzers never thought this team would get ANYWHERE.

Same

2016-06-26 13:19

get ready sk

tsm PogChamp

SemphisJesus

Semphis still plays? lol

BOOGER

Random.

2016-06-26 12:46

Again, congratz dude! Today is the day, and good luck to my country! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL!

2016-06-26 12:56

4 replies

"CUNTry"^^

2016-06-26 12:52

3 replies

Thank you, we appreciate that!

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Np man

2016-06-26 12:57

I see you get alot of shit yet youre a good guy, aside from the we smart thing, which isnt even that big of a deal.

2016-06-26 15:12

frst lol

2016-06-26 12:49

semphis on drugs

2016-06-26 12:51

Ez4VACne

gonna cheer for semphis, our overlord and his team today!

2016-06-26 12:53

Are they checking for Adderall in ECS? =)

Pretty insane team, TSM is. Not that long ago, we thought they'd never achieve anything and now here they are, top 4 at a $765k LAN. FeelsGoodMan

2016-06-26 12:55

haha, ez 2-0 for SK

2016-06-26 13:02

NA talking to girl interviewer: ummmm....(looks at the ground)....YES. NA talking to guy interviewer: yes this was me and he is so sick and i had this breakfast and it was pretty good yes yes very nice fantastic very much gud gud. I would like to thank my mum, dad, nan, uncle bob, my dog, cat, cactus and all my sponsors. ty ty

2016-06-26 13:07

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2016-06-26 13:55

pls respond to this post

2016-06-26 13:15

sorry kory

2016-06-26 13:47

Why are you sorry lol? They have already guaranteed themselves bronze medals with 3rd-4th finish and an 80k check, im sure they're fine regardless of how this match turns out / / /

2016-06-26 16:05