Обо всём перед турниром
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Hello guys
Danya Zeus here
This is nice
Spring is here
I'm in a park
Feeling that light, good mood
Everything is well
Tomorrow we're leaving for a tournament in Croatia
Playing an important match vs dignitas today
I will soon go home to prepare for it
Sun is shining
Mood is amazing
The championship in Croatia is important for us
But as all other teams
We're counting on the major
With a prize pool of 1 million dollars
That will be held in the end of March
So Croatia is more of a test for us
To test what works and what doesn't
What we need to change
Because after Croatia we have 10+ days to
change something if needed
But as we know everyone is preparing for the major
We've been training for about two weeks now
In short, I can say that the guys
gained individual form
Because they played a lot individually
Right now we are testing a new system of training
Trying out new stuff
Many ask us about our special tricks
And if we don't regret that we showed the overpass boost
Yes, it was our prep for the major
But we have some stuff left
We managed to keep it
So everything is alright
We did the boost to win brazilians obviously
But honestly we gave away our map
But this is a forgotten story
Not all strong teams will participate in the major
HellRaisers lost to Liquid
But we know that this is not the last 1 million dollar major
I know roughly where the next major will be held
But for now it is a secret
All I can say that it will probably be in Europe
And every one of you has a chance to
play the qualifiers
If you guys live with this
If you have a dream, a goal
Go for it
Train for it
Don't stop
And everything will work out
I'm saying this as a guy who in his town
Khrakiv
In 2001
Started playing CS
It was 1.3 I think
And back then Edward walked in this park
He was well known
One of the best in Ukraine
Regional champion
And I watched his team play
I felt like they were Gods
I felt awesome just watching them play
But practicing every day
And doing lots of work
I went to like 100 tournaments
2v2, 3v3
Back then there was no internet
No opportunity like today
Before you wake up at 7am and go to some club
To other cities was even worse, I had to borrow money
And traveling in horrible conditions
And it was all for a dream
And in one moment
We started playing with Edward
And other awesome players
Which were unreal to me back then
Together, in a team, I understood that everything was possible
Then we won a regional championship
Ukrainian championship
Then the CIS championship
It was our first time looking at Virtus.Pro
We cheered for them in 2004
On ESWC
They won vs SK on dust
That legendary roster
Not everyone knows and remembers
They were idols for us
Third place in a World Championship
And then in a couple of month we qualified for ASUS Cup in Moscow
We saw those people in person
Aleksey Kolesnikov, still friends with him
Even played in a team together
Lots of time passed
But back then it was unreal
We watched them and were like
"What is going on? How is this possible?"
Then we practiced
On our first ASUS Cup we finished top3
Lost in final to VP
But it was upper final, then we lost to M19 in the loser final
We had a goal to win the next ASUS
Practiced for three months, qualified and won it
Won vs VP, basically world champions for us
That was the next step for us
And slowly but surely we achieved our goal
Right now our goal is to win a major
It is the most important tournament in the world
That has the most status to it
We will do everything to win it
Thank you guys for supporting us
Rogether
We feel your support
We feel your energy
When you guys are cheering hard
And thanks to you we have a second, third, unlimited wind
To clutch and comeback
For IEM we came in kind of out of form
We are doing everything to be in form for the major
Alright, see you soon
We will play vs dignitas soon
Tomorrow we fly out to Croatia
This was Danya Zeus
Just wanted to reach out to you and remember the old days
And prepare for the future
Respect to all, see you <3