dycha saw jcobbb's potential "after one day"

While at Birch Cup, dycha talked to HLTV about his temporary return to Betclic, the potential of former teammates jcobbb and hypex, and the state of the game and scene.

Betclic are competing at the Birch Cup in Gdańsk, Poland and have made it to Stage 2 despite their opening loss to Nemesis, beating Tricked and Wildcard on the way to qualification.

Ahead of day two, HLTV spoke to Paweł "⁠dycha⁠" Dycha, who has just returned to the team after being removed less than a month ago in the aftermath of the team losing two players to tier one: Jakub "⁠jcobbb⁠" Pietruszewski to FaZe and Milan "⁠hypex⁠" Polowiec to GamerLegion.

The 28-year-old explained why he came back, discussed the team's Birch Cup run so far, the potential of the tier-one-bound teammates, and his hopes of making it back to the top himself:

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First of all, congratulations on surviving the first day and defeating Wildcard in the decider match 2-0 after a really great comeback on the second map. What can you say after this first day?

I will start with the first match [against Nemesis]. We didn't really play like we should, I think, even though it was close. Maybe some of the youngsters just stressed too much, but there was not a lot of communication, we missed a lot of stuff.

But the second match and the third one was much better. There was a lot of calling from players, what they want to do, and that's what we also said after the first BO1: 'If you want to win, we need everyone involved, it cannot be only Prism and single calls.' We had a small brainstorm after the first match and we just said to play for fun and not look at the score.

At the beginning of September, Apogee didn't extend your contract. Not even a month has passed and you're back in the main roster after the organization parted ways with hypex. What's your current situation in the team and how do you feel about everything that happened?

I'm not sure if I can say everything, but obviously they needed help after they lost two players from the core. There were some talks because I also had — maybe it wasn't anything crazy, but I also had one more offer maybe one week before they decided to not continue with me.

But this offer didn't really change my decision or their decision, it was just something in my mind that if it didn't work with Betclic this way, maybe it would work with the next. But after some brainstorming from both sides, we decided that I will stay until the end of this season at least, and then we'll see.

Over the last few months you played with jcobbb and hypex. Did you see the potential in them that would allow them to get the chance in tier 1 so quickly?

With jcobbb, of course. After one day. He's talented, what can you say more about this guy? His aim is unreal, his crosshair placement — not so many players have anything like this. And with hypex, he also, yes, but I think he needs to work on his initiative. He needs to offer more as an AWPer. But yes, he's also a great guy.

Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of CS2. After these two years of playing, what do you think is better and what's worse in the new version compared to CS:GO?

It's a hard question.

The difference is that the game is working a bit better than it was two years ago. I hope they'll improve it faster, a bit — maybe they're listening, so keep working, guys, you're doing good, but it's not fast enough, I would say.

I think they are adding too much stuff like skins, these terminals and whatever, and we as pro players don't really need that stuff, so it's not really important for us. I understand a big percentage of these guys who play CS, they don't really go pro, but I think Valve should focus more on the professional side. They should keep listening to us.

What's your opinion on the current qualification system for the Major?

I'm really sad because we are not a part of it (chuckles). It was supposed to be easier, but I think it's changed to be harder. Somehow every single event is super stacked, everyone is playing every single LAN that there is in the world. I think they need to change something in the system because it is super tough, I would say, even for the lower-tier teams.

There are a lot of matches you need to play online and there are a lot of events you need to go on LAN, where everything is super stacked, every match is super important. You need to get a lot of points. There is potential that the system can be better, but if you ask me what they should change, I have no clue. Maybe open it a little bit more.

Lastly, in 2023 wearing the ENCE jersey, you lifted the IEM Dallas trophy. Do you feel like you can still make it back to tier one?

I was thinking about it in the last interview already. Yes, I think I can make it, but it's gonna take a lot of work. The game is easier in a way, but it is also harder for us CS:GO players, I would say, to adapt. It's already two years, but I still believe I can do it. I still really believe in myself. I still believe I can be a tier-one player, but we'll see what time will tell.