DreamHack Summer 2012 DreamHack Summer 2012

Video: Interview with LeX

17-6-2012 19:27

As the group stage came to a close, we sat down with Aleksey "LeX" Kolesnikov from Virtus.pro for a chat about the BYOC qualifier, topping a group with SK and ESC in it, as well as the upcoming semi-final against Natus Vincere.

Against all odds, Russian team Virtus.pro topped the group of death, beating SK Gaming and ESC Gaming to advance in first place. At the end of day one, Aleksey "LeX" Kolesnikov found time to sit down with us to talk about the DreamHack experience so far.

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#1
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United Kingdom wtfchicken
Nice
2012-06-17 19:28
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#2
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Indonesia rizkywiraz
you looks cool nix..
2012-06-17 19:28
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#54
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Poland ostry0708
u gay ?
2012-06-17 20:47
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#74
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Indonesia rizkywiraz
am i?
2012-06-18 01:10
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#78
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Poland ostry0708
dunno
2012-06-18 01:42
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#3
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Sweden f0rest[m]
I was waiting for this one :)
2012-06-17 19:28
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#10
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Serbia rKj
me to :) great job Nix0n! :)
2012-06-17 19:36
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#4
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Poland filipbog
lex is sick
2012-06-17 19:29
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#56
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United Kingdom dNokeee.
+1
2012-06-17 20:51
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#5
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jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
gl tomorrow guys! gg
2012-06-17 19:29
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#6
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Sweden Tego.C
Him saying that he expected they would beat SK and ESC is pure bullsh*t.
2012-06-17 19:31
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#9
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Russia windfolla
If u didn't expect that you will win, you even mustn't to particapate in the tournament
2012-06-17 19:35
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#21
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Sweden Tego.C
he probably expected him and his team to qualify but that he states he expected them to win against the top 2 best teams in the world is indeed bullcrap
2012-06-17 19:40
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#52
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Russia Macdonalds
ESC loosing half of all matches this year top2 of the world ofc!
2012-06-17 20:31
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#63
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Germany easyaceman
you meant top2-3 teams. cuz top1 is Na`Vi currently. and he will face them too.
2012-06-17 21:37
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#73
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Romania zvan-_--
rofl
2012-06-18 00:54
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#20
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Mexico CS:GO-Hater-Booooring
he never said it in that way. he know sk wasnt in shape and esc did a mistake with the map choice
2012-06-17 19:40
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#24
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Sweden Tego.C
nixon asked if he honestly expected them to do as well as they did, he said they have a lot of experience and they played good online so yeah. that was his answer.
2012-06-17 19:43
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#27
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Mexico CS:GO-Hater-Booooring
exactly and when it came to the point about the matches and the teams he said what i stated.
2012-06-17 19:44
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#30
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Sweden Tego.C
i don't really care about the matches and what you stated. he never said they won because sk was in bad shape and because esc eliminated their best maps, he only said that he expected they would win and why and that's like i said bullcrap.
2012-06-17 19:46
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#48
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Maldives Quagmeister
he said that SK are in bad shape and ESC removed their best maps ... and he was very confident playing inferno
2012-06-17 20:17
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#51
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Russia windfolla
+1
2012-06-17 20:19
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#84
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Russia sandr1x_
the guy watched a different interview, obv. let him go ;)
2012-06-18 02:26
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#29
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Sweden lidda;D
+1
2012-06-17 19:45
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#7
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Albania pronaks~~~
goodluck tomorow
2012-06-17 19:31
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#8
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Brazil japangood_chinabad
Legend
2012-06-17 19:35
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#11
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Sweden f0rest[m]
Is he on weed? so excited?
2012-06-17 19:37
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#60
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Germany easyaceman
i would like to see you, when you were eating so much shit, but then change your roster and won versus sk,winfakt,esc.
2012-06-17 21:27
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Spain lolfake
didnt understand the first part of the sentence,but yea i agree
2012-06-17 21:39
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#65
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Germany easyaceman
I'm glad to see it.
2012-06-17 21:40
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#12
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Slovakia fKy
hes talking with passion
2012-06-17 19:37
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#55
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Poland ostry0708
+1
2012-06-17 20:48
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#13
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Estonia IMG-
cool interview :D
2012-06-17 19:37
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#14
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Brazil japangood_chinabad
his English sounds like Russian jajaja =D
2012-06-17 19:38
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#57
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United Kingdom dNokeee.
Dafaq did I just read?
2012-06-17 20:52
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Singapore The_Fiend[fA]
quality -> 240p Not much to watch in an interview anyways, mainly listening.
2012-06-17 19:37
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#16
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Belgium  seulf0rce
What a legend...it looks so nice to see a player whos 10 years on the scene so motivated and hyped after so many tournaments. Best of luck tomorrow,I really hope that you will win this tournament.
2012-06-17 19:39
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#17
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Sweden PPH
love his voice
2012-06-17 19:40
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#18
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United Kingdom roman~
He is so excited also a really nice guy gl tomorrow vs NaVi bring russian cs back with some crazy skills.
2012-06-17 19:40
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Bosnia and Herzegovina MILENKOLaka
great guy LeX, gl tomorrow, don't let na'vi to trick you :]
2012-06-17 19:40
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#22
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World ubogin
GL, Virtus.pro for final!
2012-06-17 19:40
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#61
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Germany easyaceman
they will lose to Na`Vi ;) but they done great job.
2012-06-17 21:29
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#23
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Sweden ZOD!
he's so funny hahaha, like a teddy bear and his gestures are so awesome hahaha. "very very very" :P
2012-06-17 19:41
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#25
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Europe Heavon
So passionate, hehehe - nice guy.
2012-06-17 19:43
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#26
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Algeria FrqNky~hAZ
Gg VP
2012-06-17 19:44
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#28
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Sweden lidda;D
Gotta love the man's voice :P
2012-06-17 19:44
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#31
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Europe Cleverat
Nice interview.The crucial thing which I have noticed is the sincerity of Lex's speech,he does care about VP so badly,especially after abominable performance throughout the latest spell of time.Wish all the best VP.Good luck tomorrow!!
2012-06-17 19:50
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#32
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Lithuania CMINUSNINE
Must've been an easy interview, the guy just wouldn't shut up...
2012-06-17 19:50
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#34
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f0rest | 
Russia byawhaleroad
haha :D yeah this is LeX :D
2012-06-17 19:54
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#35
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FalleN | 
United States ChangeTheWorldDude
And i like LeX that way, very honest down to earth and gives a feeling like he is one of the senior gamers in your local lan center :)
2012-06-17 19:56
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#33
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FalleN | 
United States ChangeTheWorldDude
LeX , With you forever, From 2005 <3
2012-06-17 19:53
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#36
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North Macedonia smash-
1024x768 rez ...
2012-06-17 19:58
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#38
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SpawN | 
Slovakia mBust3r
awesome interview! :D
2012-06-17 20:00
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#39
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Brazil IguiN
DREAMHACK will be white, blue and red tomorrow :d
2012-06-17 20:01
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#40
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Poland smiii
this guy is kinda pathetic. never won anything, and trolling how good they are after 2 good maps in a fucking groupstage...what a joke
2012-06-17 20:02
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#42
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Lithuania maklaudas
:DD crawl back to your cage fag
2012-06-17 20:05
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2 replies
#58
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United Kingdom dNokeee.
Hahahaa owned HIM badly!!!
2012-06-17 20:53
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#85
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Russia sandr1x_
where dafuq is the "like" button? :-D
2012-06-18 02:29
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Lithuania droxx
you idiot, he won CPL Belgrade and ESWC 2004. so noobish to say that
2012-06-17 22:04
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Serbia f000rp
you serious?
2012-06-18 07:36
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#41
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Bulgaria Ceyram
Lex is great guy ... good interview
2012-06-17 20:02
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#43
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Ukraine BoyarishnikTheRussianSlayer
I've always admired Lex's interviews.You ask him yes or no,he will tell you how to clutch on nuke. GJ
2012-06-17 20:06
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ZywOo | 
Peru dbie
hahah
2012-06-17 20:07
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#92
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World EleoT
Made my day :D
2012-06-18 07:47
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#44
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ZywOo | 
Peru dbie
awesome iview. LeX is a legend.
2012-06-17 20:07
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#46
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Russia HyperDrive
+1 :D
2012-06-17 20:11
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#47
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s1mple | 
Russia UseYourBrain
bye bye
2012-06-17 20:12
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#49
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France xen^damadseah0rse
He's so cool. keep going guys
2012-06-17 20:17
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#53
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India rohitchogtu
Man dis guy is full of life.10 years of gaming and he still sounds like a 13 year old kid full of passion n zeal. gl lex just win it all
2012-06-17 20:42
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#59
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Nicky | 
Bosnia and Herzegovina LAZARR
Imagine you ask LeX in private life "what's up" or "how do you do" ..it takes few hours him to answer :D Good luck tomorrow, hope you win this tournament. You are one of 3 players from Russia I respect a lot, other two are hooch and F_1N.
2012-06-17 21:05
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#62
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Romania CabluWireless
Hmmm...only 1 thing wrong with his inview Nix , nobody passed in front of the camera !
2012-06-17 21:31
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#66
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World aNd11
so happy to see him back on top :) such a nice attitude towards the game, training etc. GL!
2012-06-17 21:54
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#68
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Sweden twice666
LeX 4 life
2012-06-17 22:04
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#69
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Finland Nasdaq
guy likes to talk :D
2012-06-17 22:33
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#70
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Argentina mtnshosho
such a great guy! gl man!
2012-06-17 22:54
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#71
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Finland waltsu
:)
2012-06-18 00:12
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#75
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Estonia danzenberg
my favourite teams are - sk and vp . when they played each other, i hoped for sk win . but, so happened, and i was extremely mad at Lex, but now, after this interview, im pretty happy that they won :D such a nice guy he is . go vp, go !
2012-06-18 01:32
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#76
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fisker | 
Finland murash
so enthusiastic, gotta appreciate this guy.
2012-06-18 01:35
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#77
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Bulgaria BLACKBERRY_RiGhT
GO GO LEX-dA-bEAR
2012-06-18 01:35
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#79
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Iceland Pus
twitter.com/PusHLTVorg/status/2145039283..
2012-06-18 01:46
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Finland misqi
haha, nice pic! Pus, go to sleeeeep!!
2012-06-18 02:07
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2 replies
#82
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Iceland Pus
HLTV.org never sleeps!
2012-06-18 02:14
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1 reply
#83
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Finland misqi
hahah, I accept that answer.
2012-06-18 02:21
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#80
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Canada kROSR
Such a nice guy, gj so far Virtus.pro and good luck tomorrow against na`vi.
2012-06-18 01:47
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#86
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Romania TRS1906
He's one exciting guy lol
2012-06-18 03:02
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#87
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United States Zinger
LeX#1
2012-06-18 03:53
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#88
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Syria 4evahgone
LeX awesome player with rifles and awp!
2012-06-18 04:30
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#89
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Syria 4evahgone
and pistol
2012-06-18 04:31
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#90
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World fokzie
Go virtusa ebat'
2012-06-18 04:48
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#93
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World EleoT
LeX is back guys. Always been my favourite player! Lesha davi!!
2012-06-18 07:51
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#94
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Germany easyaceman
-xaoc -kucher and Virtus.pro became losing to top20 of Greece again.
2012-06-18 08:25
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??? | 
Ukraine B A R V I N O K
+ :)
2012-06-20 19:42
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#95
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Ireland vorbis
Am i the only one who thought he said "fanny fart" at 0:33 ROFL!?!!
2012-06-18 10:08
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#96
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Bosnia and Herzegovina IFC
Lex - the guy that gives the best intervies!
2012-06-18 12:14
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#97
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Serbia CONFY
Great guy and person , its nice to see that he got so much motivation after a lot years of playing , greetings from ex kgb-team player :)
2012-06-18 20:17
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