Techno: "We want our region to have three slots at the Major"

TheMongolz will go to the Major with the motivation of fighting for their region.

The MongolZ were the favorites at the Asia RMR and they proved their standing as the top dogs with a clean upper bracket run at the Major-qualifying tournament.

The pride of Mongolia made quick work of MAG and Grayhound, with 13-4 victories in the best-of-one rounds of the upper bracket, before easing past Lynn Vision with a quick 2-0 in the upper bracket final.

We caught up with Sodbayar "⁠Techno⁠" Munkhbold after the qualifying series. The 18-year-old shared some of his thoughts from the tournament in Shanghai, China, and the time his team spent bootcamping in Europe.

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Techno: "In Asia any team can win against any team"

Congratulations Techno! Last time you took second place at the RMR, this time you came out first with ease. How do you feel about this win?

I’m so happy and proud of my team. This is the fourth Major appearance for bLitz and me, and the first time for the rest of my team. I’m so proud of my team. We did it again.

You represent Mongolia, a country with a relatively small population, but your results keep proving that the Mongolian Counter-Strike scene is arguably the best one in Asia. Is it important to you to make your country proud?

Of course, we’re the national pride. The first time we did it, everyone talked about that, the stickers and everything.

You were expected to meet Grayhound in the bracket, how much time did you spend preparing for them given you lost to them the last RMR?

To be honest, we didn’t prepare for any team. We just prepared our playstyle, the way we play against Asian teams or European teams. The last RMR, we lost against them because we were a little unfocused maybe. We won the first map, and thought the second map would be easy… This time, we did not repeat the same mistake.

You closed the last game 2-0 without much competition from Lynn Vision. What are your impressions from that game?

We just watched two maps, Ancient and Nuke, and we just expected they would pick Nuke against us. We were 100% sure they wouldn't pick Anubis against us, so we just prepared for that: some rounds, how we counter them, all this stuff.

Who do you think will be the second team to make it to the Major from Asia RMR?

That’s a hard question. All of them are strong in this region. To be honest, there are two Mongolian teams at this RMR, and I want to see two Mongolians teams at the Major as well.

Tell me a little more about your time bootcamping in Serbia. What are your impressions from playing versus European opponents? I heard you were good at FPL.

[Laughs]

This was a new experience for us, of course, the first time going to Europe and bootcamping. To be honest, I think there’s not really that much of a difference between Europe and Asia. The problem in Asia is that we don’t have teams to practice against, but in Europe there’s no problem for us.

Will you have another bootcamp in Europe before the Major?

Before the Major, we should go to Mongolia and apply for visas because our country has a lot of visa problems. So just preparation from Mongolia, I think.

There was some controversy about FPS issues at the first European RMR, some players complained the computers were not powerful enough to run CS2. How was it here in your experience?

Here at Perfect World, there’s no problem. PCs have a very good performance.

The last question. As you said, you have qualified for your fourth Major. I’m sure it’s always the goal to go as far as possible, but do you feel like you could go deeper this time?

Yeah, we just believe in ourselves and believe in our team, and we just want our region to have three slots at the Major.