lurppis: "we have potential to win"

29-4-2009 13:21

Recently moving to the United States to play Counter-Strike with Evil Geniuses, Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen speaks about the move overseas, the team and the upcoming events.

He thought he retired for good, but some offers are just too good to turn down. Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen now reside in Plano, Texas. Currently preparing for ESWC Asia Masters and KODE5 Global Finals, Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen speaks with SK Gaming. Below is a snippet of what you will find in the full length interview.

Did you think about the fact that being in Team EG could actually increase your chances of attending international events given there is less competition for spots in the US when compared to Europe, when making your decision to join team EG?

No, I've said countless times before that I'm tired of attending events just to place 5-8th (which we've been doing for a couple of years now with roccat/GamePlay/Crack).

I joined EG because I know we have potential to win tournaments. Besides, there aren't many tournaments with qualifiers anymore (WCG I can't play in, ESWC is dead) and maybe two tournaments a year with invitations.

Do you and your team-mates have high hopes for ESWC Masters of Cheonan, or will it simply be treated as a trial of the new line-up? Realistically what do you hope to achieve at the ESWC Cheonan?

I'm confident we'll definitely advance from the first group stage, if we can limit our mistakes to a minimum I don't see why we couldn't make top 4.

You can read the entire interview by heading over to SK Gaming. You can watch Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen and the rest of Evil Geniuses at ESWC Asia Masters, where HLTV.org will be on site, bringing all of the action to your homes.

GL Evil Geniuses! :)

2009-04-29 13:23

GL EG.. i'm sure you can advance from the first group stage.. after that it will be difficult but do your best :)

2009-04-29 13:36

Noone cares!

2009-04-29 13:40

7 replies

I do :)

2009-04-29 14:36

no one care about your senseless comment.

2009-04-29 14:48

5 replies

actually you and santana do.

2009-04-29 16:02

4 replies

Hahaha, OWNED!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SO FKIN OWNED!!! n1 mate :)

2009-04-29 16:24

3 replies

lol? He was embarrassed? :O

2009-04-29 16:48

Are you haunting lurrpis? Hahahaha

2009-04-29 18:48

1 reply

Nah, he's haunted enough by others :)

2009-04-29 19:17

haha i like this nebojsa guy :D

2009-04-29 13:45

Well he's the dumbest guy i ever saw here :(

2009-04-29 18:56

go Lur.......WAIT FOR IT.....ppis!!! best finnish player ever i guess.

2009-04-29 13:51

2 replies

jigetus i think former 4K player he is amazing.

2009-04-29 14:21

but lurppis is better

2009-04-29 20:07

they have potential to fail.

2009-04-29 13:57

word

2009-04-29 14:02

2009-04-29 14:50

Yes the do:). But if you train and learn, you will make others potential to fail bigger :D

2009-05-01 21:49

I think they have potential. At least they can easily be the best of USA.

2009-04-29 14:08

not really they lose to x3o

2009-04-29 14:20

they won against GG.. but hanes was playing instead of lurppis :/

2009-04-29 14:22

i wish -warden, -storm, and +aZn, +impulsive

2009-04-29 14:32

Top US maybe.

2009-04-29 14:09

Win pls first with xeo O_O europe > eg lurpiss is an idiot O_O

13 replies

your a idiot

2009-04-29 14:23

12 replies

I think you are an idiot. He's completely right. What can they show on the international level when they loose 16-2 to x3o? H@H@H@ THIS TEAM SUCKS. I am pretty confident they won't make it out of the groupstage @ ESWC Masters of Cheonan

2009-04-29 14:28

he called lurpiss a idiot so i was referring to that.

2009-04-29 14:34

an* idiot

2009-04-29 20:34

Pro english

2009-04-29 14:42

may i ask why is it europe vs use? europe is a continent

2009-04-29 15:04

6 replies

Maybe because mibr is able to compete vs european teams? Not sure, so don't flame.

2009-04-29 17:29

so is america? lol

2009-04-29 17:48

probably because most EU countries have the same population as US states. meaning collectively, its a pretty similar comparison (or used to be at least). In most things its EU vs USA. Take for example - golf (despite it being shit). :)

2009-04-29 18:16

no it's a part of continent.

2009-04-29 20:09

no you have north-america as a continent and south-america as a continent nub :)

2009-04-29 22:24

huh?

2009-05-01 08:18

Are you really American? ;p

2009-04-30 15:12

there gonna need warden to play strong to do anything. he seems like he lost it to me

Depending on the group, the EG will not pass the first stage.

2009-04-29 14:39

8 replies

itd be great is EG or mibr can do good.

2009-04-29 14:51

mibr is much better than EG, as, fnatic is much better than mibr =P

2009-04-29 16:50

do NOT comment on how they're using the english/american language when you clearely have'nt got ANY clue when and where to use apostrophy. itd is wrong in SO many ways. If you'd look it up i'm pretty certain it's spelled it'd since it's two diffrent words(expressive combination) the right and refined sentence of yours would be it'd(it would) be great IF EG or mibr do successfully in this tournament. Learn your own language before you descriminate foreign approaches!!!! (BTW your mistakes is on black and white under the comment number #27 an direct reply to post #20)

2009-04-30 00:13

Your English isn't that good either. :P

2009-04-30 15:13

correct my sentence plz:D i need to learn!!

2009-04-30 22:25

Clearly* AN apostrophy not just apostrophy different* discriminate* "be great IF EG or mibr do successfully in this tournament." should be WOULD do successfully, or COULD, or maybe CAN. and there is problems with capitals and so on with the word I but I won't say anything about that since I don't do it all the time either, it is after all an inet forum. and btw, a funny little thing, I don't know if they use that "black and white"-expression in English it seems pretty straight translated from Swedish;)

2009-05-01 13:38

HAHAHAHAHA u got me there mister;):PThx for showing me sincerely

2009-05-01 15:25

No problems, ask me for help, and I will help. Most of the times. xD

2009-05-01 18:40

Yeah yeah. You always have. All time. In every organization which you were. Who gives a fuck about potential? Just win. And stop talk blablabla

2009-04-29 14:40

"all time." great english guy

2009-04-29 14:52

Why do you care if his English sucks? He isn't from a country where they use to speak English. You have spoken English since you got born, so it's easy for you to say. IDIOT.

2009-04-29 16:51

agree! I'm Braziliam, but i speak in english, becouse i need, but, all peoples know than portuguese is very hard to learn, in all languages of world. Try it. Have a nice day now

2009-04-29 16:56

hahaha... single > dealge :P

His English might not be good, but he's from Russia and that's understandable. You're American and 60% here speak better English than you. That's what we call embarrassing.

2009-04-30 15:14

lurppis is a bot ! they better taked his brother NASU !

gl ;]

2009-04-29 14:43

they have the potential, but as theirs will increase, top EU teams's will too, there is no way they could beat mTw/fnatic/ex-MYM/SK/Alternate any time soon. but of course they can become top 1 in the USA, lurppis is a freakin beast and a legend, he will bring a lot to this line-up.

2009-04-29 14:56

well , lurppis should have watch eg results before decide to move to usa. they were worst than cc ,which he doesnt like anymore cause they hadnt good results. i think , they would manage nothing, anyway gl

2009-04-29 14:58

Money talks..

2009-04-30 15:15

GL all

2009-04-29 15:03

#28 I meant every time. All time = every time. Whos care? Doesnt matter.

2009-04-29 15:16

If you use the 'Reply' button the user will/would know you replied to him/her ;)

2009-04-29 17:34

you have this post on a doc? or something like that? (like copy-paste everytime when someone didn't reply correctly) I'm just curious~ :D

2009-05-01 23:12

Everything is "original" each time ;P

2009-05-02 16:36

hahaha he looks like buzz lightyear from toy story gl eg i like u so much u have potential to be top1

2009-04-29 15:18

It's sad that lurppis can't play in wcg :|

2009-04-29 15:44

Do you know why?

actually their placing will matter on who they play after group stages,if they go against euro top 3 their screwed anyway...

2009-04-29 15:51

I joined EG because I know we have potential to win tournaments. LOL not what was being said when EG qualified for Cheonan and CC didnt... Guess being involved in EG he is seeing the potential that we have yet to see...

2009-04-29 16:12

I see Lurppis as a very arrogant guy but I will give him right this time. They do have potential to do well, im sure Lurppis has loads to bring to EG's table. Lets atleast see what happens and then point fingers.

Now Eg it´s the only team in america i realy support, since the coL is gonne with their best line.

2009-04-29 16:29

i think he said: "i have potential to write many blogs"

2009-04-29 16:30

haha

2009-04-29 18:15

"WCG I can't play in" why cant he?

WCG is a nations tournament. All the players of a team must be from the same country.

2009-04-29 16:41

Omg guys what he should say? he joined orga, and saying they have potencial bla bla, its normal but we all know its because of CASH, EG is great organization with lots of money. Lurrpis just won ticket on lottery!

2009-04-29 16:40

true... they've no chances to win any important international tournaments.

2009-04-29 17:03

They dont even come near a top10 in the world -.-..

2009-04-29 17:11

lurppis joined the team a week ago ? they need some time to adjust with the new tactics etc. we will see how they will do @ KODE5. Though i doubt that they will make top4.

2009-04-29 17:20

As some other user has posted all if not most of the teams have potential but the tricky thing is to advance from potential to actual success. Ps: Already bought yourself a Stetson Tomi? ;D

2009-04-29 17:36

hahahaha

2009-04-29 17:42

Gl lurppis

2009-04-29 17:44

x3o raped them on inferno really hard

2009-04-29 18:14

gl eg =)

2009-04-29 18:20

if he failed with CC no way he will succeed with EG... EG is not even the best in North America, what potential are you talking about...

2009-04-29 18:21

you can do it ;]

2009-04-29 18:28

GL eg

2009-04-29 18:37

"we have potential to win" and also to whine ;}

2009-04-29 19:54

2009-04-29 20:25

Whine?

2009-04-30 15:17

Lurppis is talking bullshits. EG won`t reach any high place on any important tournament in the world. EG - The game is over for you! Their comeback wasn`t good . Go back to CS:S . Maybe you will get better,but not in CS 1.6 . Anyway, GL Lurppis and EG .

2009-04-29 20:15

wicked-esports.ledioo.de/2009/04/29/wick..

2009-04-29 21:36

wicked-esports.ledioo.de/2009/04/29/wicked-welcomes-ex-mymcs/

No, you don't have.

2009-04-30 01:07

This team has little hope. Their results have not improved with the addition of lurppis, whose own form leaves a lot to be desired. EG should just be silent for once instead of talking themselves up. They continue to render themselves open to ridicule when they can't back up their talk.

2009-04-30 04:14