cogu: "Worst tournament ever"

We sat down with ProGaming.TD ace Raphael "cogu" Camargo following his team's early elimination in Paris and asked the Brazilian Sniper what went wrong.

ProGaming.TD had a three-week bootcamp at Inferno Online in Stockholm prior to the event, but had to settle for the fourth place in Group A after securing just one victory from four matches.

It was a nightmare tournament for the Brazilians, who were unable to play with their usual setup as their luggage was mislaid at the airport in Paris.

In this interview, Camargo gives his opinion about the tournament, reveals the problems his team faced, and also talks about the upcoming tournament, DreamHack Winter.

Your team is out of the tournament with just one victory in the group stage. What went wrong?

This was by far the worst tournament I have ever played in the 10 or 11 years I have been playing CS in my career. First, they lost our luggage at the airport, and three of our players played without their usual keyboards. I played without my keyboard, my headphones and my mousepad. The schedule that was on the ESWC's website was wrong. We tried to get to the venue as early as possible, but when we got here, we could not warm up. I tried to find someone who could lend me a keyboard, but everyone was playing, so I could not do it. Then the admins told us that we had to start playing, so I could not warm up to check if my settings were right. Against Area51, I could not change my zoom sensitivity or my mouse sensitivity and I was playing without sound. The admins had no respect for us, we have been training for God knows how many days in Sweden and we practiced intensively for this joke.

Do you think that things could have been different, had everything been normal?

We played against Area51 five days ago and we thrashed them on every map! I could not do anything. I did not play with my sens or my crosshair, and I was playing without sound. I did not know if there was an opponent near me or not.

After the defeat against Area51, you secured eight rounds against mouz and 13 against NiP. Are you satisfied with those results, considering the conditions?

Listen, we did not come here to fool around, to finish third or second. We came here to win and they did not give us the opportunity to do so.I am also disappointed with the organisation and the tournament. Our bags got lost when we got here. Nothing worked out.

Your team's next event will be DreamHack Winter later in the month. Will you return to IOS to bootcamp? What will your team's goals be?

We will now return to Sweden to bootcamp until DreamHack. Our goal is always the same: we will play to win, that is what we practice for.

You recently returned to activity after a long period away from scene. Do you think you are at the same level you were in 1.6?

I am still very far away from that level, especially because this is a new game. I still have a lot to improve, and I hope that I will be able to improve my game.