What's up everybody! In today's episode of Off The Record you will see what we've been up to
during our summer break here in Sweden and Norway.
Hey what is up everybody, it's Patrik here
I know I have vacation
Should probably have slept in
but that isn't always the case when you have a kid, so
it's the very early morning
I'm trying to regain some energy here, and then we kickstart the day
It looks like its going to be beautiful wheather outside
So I'm just going to need a few minutes here to wake up
possibly grab a coffee
and then we go out and enjoy the nice wheather
I have finally arrived at my mom’s summer house
on the west coast of Bohuslän,
the ocean is right there.
That’s where my girlfriend and I sleep, in that cabin.
The weather is so much better here than in Gothenburg,
so I’m very happy that we drove up here.
We’re just gonna be here over the weekend because the break is ending soon and we’ll be back playing soon,
trying to make the most out of the remaining days of the vacation.
I will record snippets here over the weekend so tag along.
Vacation has been great, I’ve met a lot of friends and I’ve been to Gotland,
with three couples with dogs and children and the whole shabang.
I’ve been enjoying the weather and actually 
got a tan for the first time in forever.
It’s been great, I have gained some weight but that’s what happens when you eat as much icecream as I do...
Overall my vacation has been amazing.
There’s about a week left on the vacation and we just drove up to our cabin in Västerbotten.
We’re here right next to this cozy lake and just enjoying the time here
for a couple of more days before we start practicing again.
But right now we’re just enjoying this.
It just started to rain
but I do love barbecuing so as you can see
the coal is still going
The rain is hitting me in my face
but as I said, it's not going to stop me
I've been doing a fair bit of barbecuing this summer and,
Some rain is not going to bring me down
Going to cook some Texas steaks, they were called. Some Texas cuts.
I will show you guys when I put them on the grill
so look forward to that
We just moved into a house so there is a lot we are doing inside the house,
We just finished out daughters room for example
that's what we did during the break, during vacation
We fixed the outside garden a little bit
During the day we try to do small stuff
together as a family
and then at night when our daughter falls asleep,
me and my wife try to spend some quality time together
watching a movie, watching a series or whatnot
so thats what we do
I haven’t really done too much during the vacation,
I went to Oslo with my friends,
other than that I’ve just been at home.
I’ve actually been playing some FACEIT the last two weeks here just to keep my aim in check.
We took our break a bit earlier than planned
because we got knocked out of the major qualifier.
I’ve just relaxed and done my best to stay away from the computer,
stayed at our cabin and enjoyed the weather.
It’s been super nice.
Alright!
Let's put on the meat,
I think I'm where I want to be with the coal,
Let's here that sizzling
I'm just going to let it cook for a little bit
close the lid
open up the vent
and then we are good, going to give it a minute.
Then we will see how it turned out.
Having this break was very needed for us,
this spring was very weird without any LAN events,
except for Flashpoint 1 in the states.
We’ve played a lot from our homes, 
but usually we’re out travelling and competing.
Now everything is online and we have played so much, it’s been very different to what we’re used to.
But still, we definitely felt that a break was needed.
Sitting in the same room playing day in and day out gets to you eventually.
So doing something else for a couple of weeks was really nice.
Let's do a flippity flip
I will give it OK on the marks,
Those don't need long,
For the sake of the team this break was really needed,
because we haven’t hade much breaks at all this year.
We had a one week break after Flashpoint 1 where we played with GuardiaN instead of hallzerk, we lost a lot of momentum from earlier due to this.
Nothing really went the way we wanted so it’s been nice to just relax
and focus on other things for a little while.
Or play more?
I really don’t know what the other guys have been up to because I’ve been-
totally disconnected which I never am,
but it seems that this has  been very needed for all of us.
I just came back from a swim in the ocean and we’ve just fired up
the grill which you can see here behind me.
We have prepared some meat and some sausages that we’re going to grill here tonight.
We’ve also mixed some drinks here that we’re gonna drink during the grilling.
We’re just enjoying the moment with some good drinks and good food.
And this is exactly what I think vacation is all about.
I’m here at the DIG office, our LCS team just won today’s game and we’re celebrating with a few beers.
I think results wise for the team, obviously I don't think that,
I don't think anyone's happy with the results we've shown.
So far this year, I think that we started off really strong in the minor.
