dupreeh on missing his first Major: "I guess I'm mortal after all"

Despite failing to qualify for the first Major in his home country, dupreeh is proud and grateful that he gave his utmost to try and make it.

Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen has already cemented himself as a legend of Counter-Strike, being the only player to win five Major titles and attend every single Major in CS:GO. After Vitality chose to replace him following their BLAST Paris Major victory, dupreeh returned to playing with his countrymen to take a shot at qualifying for the first CS2 Major, which also happens to be the first Major held in his home country.

Preasy could not ensure dupreeh maintained his streak of attending every Counter-Strike Major, despite the 30-year-old's immense personal contribution, his team-leading 1.19 rating ultimately proving not enough.

After falling to Guild Eagles to end his attempt at Major qualification, dupreeh took a moment for an interview with HLTV to give his thoughts on his team's results, his personal journey, and what it means to miss the first Major in Denmark.

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So, a tough moment, how are you feeling?

Obviously, right now, I'm disappointed and sad. Not making the Major in Copenhagen and not making a Major for the first time is, in some ways, just kind of meant to be, I guess. We have the first Major in Copenhagen and I'm not going to be part of it. It's kind of weird when I've been present at all of the other ones, but yeah, in hindsight, it's like it just wasn't meant to be. I'm still proud of what we tried to achieve here, I think we did what we could with what we had to work with, and I'm just really proud of the young guys. I think they gave it their all, and overall it's just sad right now.

What do you think went wrong for you at this RMR?

We started out going 0-2. That was rough. I mean, we probably should have closed out the one against OG, and I think we also had a fair chance against Heroic, but we just couldn't really close it out.

I'm not sure if it was like the nerves getting to us or we just started playing differently, but we've had some struggles a little bit with our map pool, the map pool has just been a little bit too shaky, I think. We only had a couple of maps that were a comfortable pick, I guess, and especially going to the best of threes, it always felt like we had like one map that we didn't feel super comfortable playing. It's always tough to go into a tournament like that, but we didn't have that much time and with all the things that we had to play at home, we did what we could.

What were your expectations like coming into this RMR? Did you think it was doable for you to make the Major?

I believe so, yeah. I think that some of the favorites have not made it and some of the favorites are looking a little bit shaky, and knowing that we could have beaten Guild Eagles and then potentially had someone like GamerLegion or ENCE in the last one would... I mean, it's a matchup that we might not be favorites for, but it's actually a matchup that we feel is doable. It would be something different going up against the likes of Vitality, or Spirit, for that matter. So it felt like it was teams of our caliber that we could compete against, so obviously not getting that shot, it sucks. But I guess I'm mortal after all (laughs).

As the Major is in Copenhagen, are you still going to try and attend as a fan and watch some games?

It's going to be really sad not to be part of it, but I also think that getting a Major in Copenhagen and not qualifying, it's not going to keep me away. I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but I am going to be present.

And what does this mean going forward for you as a player? Are you going to sit down and reflect? What are the thoughts right now?

I don't really know, I think. Obviously, we're going to go home and reflect on what happened here, we're going to go home and practice, and we're going to go home and see what the future brings. With everything happening after the Major, you never know what's going to happen and how things are going to turn out, but as of right now I'm just going to try not to be too hard on myself. I guess just be in the moment and of course be disappointed, but not hit myself in my head.

If you go back to late December, when I was playing for HEROIC and I didn't get the opportunities that I wanted, I saw the Major flashing before my eyes, I didn't even expect to be able to go to the RMR. I was given a chance to go to Preasy and then we went through the closed qualifier and then obviously into the RMR, so I did everything I could to try and be present and I'm proud of myself because of that. I would have been really disappointed in myself if I had just been sitting at home and not even given it a shot. At least now I fought for my spot at the Major and obviously I didn't make it, which sucks, but yeah, we'll take it one day at a time.