tabseN: "I feel like we can 100% win this tournament"

After BIG became the third team to secure a place in the FACEIT Major New Champions stage, we interviewed Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz about the team's run at the tournament so far.

After losing to Complexity in the 2-0 pool, BIG locked down their second opportunity to advance to the playoffs in London, defeating HellRaisers 16-9 on Train to go 3-1 in the Swiss format.

In our interview with him, tabseN shared his thoughts on the team's slow start in the first stage of the Major and their evolution throughout, as well as on the improvement of Owen "⁠smooya⁠" Butterfield, who was on fire throughout the second stage.

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More interviews from the New Legends stage:

Day 3
NAF: "When we got to overtime I was so pissed off; I'm like 'F*** this, I'm going to buy an AWP"
dephh: "We proved we can't just play Inferno, we have other maps up our sleeves"
STYKO: "[My new role] feels like I'm going to school every day, trying to understand a new subject"

Day 2
YNk: "This game was just so hard because mousesports saved so much"
Edward: "If you feel calm during the whole game, the comeback is real, always"
nitr0: "I'm hoping we get Astralis, we can definitely put up a good show and a good fight"
Xizt: "Every loss is going to take a toll on your confidence, we had to slowly build it up again"
LEGIJA: "Before the Major, we said 'We will not practice to make Legends, we're here to f****** win'"

Day 1
Xyp9x: "Against Na`Vi and especially on Inferno, it's all mind games"
REZ: "Not playing the Minor means a lot to me, I have played so many"

Media Day
JW: "We considered twist after the early StarLadder exit; he wasn’t really interested"
jmqa: "After the last Major, our practice wasn't great, we didn't have good conditions"
flamie: "We still want to play Dust2 because no one is playing it well"
SmithZz: "We aren't completely ready at the moment, but we are getting there"
RUSH: "Hopefully, after the Major, our ranking will reflect how we actually are as a team"