shox: In dealing with stress, I always like
to prepare for it a couple of days before
it arrives.
I’ve realised that, strangely enough, the
older I get, the more to heart I take the
matches.
There can be phases of stress which make me
play worse and unsettle me,
so I do what we call cardiac coherence. 
I invite you to try it if you’re the kind
of person who deals with a lot of stress.
I invite you to try it if you’re the kind
of person who deals with a lot of stress.
It’s just an exercise you can do by watching videos on YouTube,
that show you how to calm your breathing
for 5 minutes, which makes
your fast breathing decrease during moments of high stress, and it really helps to deal with the stress.
JaCkz: To escape stress, I mean I don’t
really have a lot of stress, but I do have one or two techniques: I wash my face with cold water,
and in my mind I tell myself that I am a champion, that I’m going to smash them,
that I’m in the game, that what I accomplishonline I will accomplish on LAN, etc.
that I am a champion, that I’m going to smash them,
that I’m in the game, that what I accomplishonline I will accomplish on LAN, etc.
They’re little techniques that go on in
my head and that help me cope.
bodyy: To deal with stress I have my own technique: Sometimes you can see me in a tournament closing my eyes,
and just trying to relax, think about
nothing, and just focus on myself.
Lucky: My method to deal with stress
during a tournament, is just to listen to music I like,
it gets me in the right mindset. I also try not to think too much about the
tournament itself, about the people watching,
and to treat the game as a normal game on any day.
kennyS: There are several ways to deal with stress,
but my favourite one is Netflix. And Chill.
Generally we meet at 9AM to have breakfast together.
Then at 10:30-11AM we go to the practice room
and start to talk about the game, about strategies, any adjustments
in regard to the previous
day, just a debrief.
Then we have lunch at around 1PM. We have two hours to eat and to chat a little.
At 3PM, we come back to the practice room and we train for about 4-5 hours until around 7PM.
Then we have dinner, we talk, we stay together,
and we relax.
kennyS: In regard to the AWP, it changes,
just as the game does.
Things change, evolve…
I preferred it when it was faster, obviously,
since it was more adequate for me.
It took me some time to get used to, but now
I don’t feel like it has any particular difficulties,
and I appreciate how it is right
now.
shox: Umm no, regarding JaCkz, I mean, I don’t
have any worries.
I just look into a mirror and feel great.
bodyy: When you become a public figure, you’re
a lot more exposed to criticism, and to people watching you,
and it suddenly becomes easier
to have a strong opinion on what people feel
and not necessarily in a positive way, so...
You shouldn’t take it personally when you
receive criticism, and I don’t.
The best thing to do is just to do your best
instead of blaming yourself, and try to be
better all the time, permanently.
kennyS: I’d love to stop coughing, but there
are moments where it’s stronger than me.
There are reasons for this, some of which
are my fault, some are due to the fact that
during a certain time of my life I was sick
and I was a little too careless with my health,
which you definitely shouldn’t do. Take care of yourselves!
kennyS: JaCkz is the fastest one.
He’s really, really fast, you know.
JaCkz: It’s not really comparable because
he’s on AWP and I’m on a rifle, but speaking
completely objectively I think he’s definitely
faster than me, because he just throws it
Yeah, he’s just really fast.
NiaK: When we talk about synergy, at G2 as
well as in general, it’s usually very important
to create a team that is coherent.
With this roster we’ve been able to see
and feel it in game as well as outside of it.
What’s special about this team, about this
project, is that we have launched a new process
by which we have started to think about the
game, live the game, talk about the game in
a different way, and I’d say there’s this
synergy, and this is the
difference with past rosters, which is that
the synergy revolves a lot more around the
game, and I’m very satisfied with this,
and we will see what the team can achieve
with this new process.
kennyS: Regarding metas, we just try to adapt
ourselves.
We don’t have a favourite one over others,
honestly.
Obviously some of them require more work,
others require less adapting to because it
corresponds to what we like, but that’s
the good thing about CS, it changes all the
time and nothing is fixed.
So we have no favourite meta, we just have
to learn to adapt each time!
bodyy: I think we’re pretty good at adapting
to the meta.
Right now it’s the AUG meta, and overall
it really depends on the positions, and the
roles we have.
For certain positions, especially ones where
you play from far away, the AUG is better
than an M4 because having a scope allows you
to increase precision from a long distance,
and besides, I really like the AUG even on
T side so I take it everywhere.
shox: I don’t really watch League of Legends
but it’s hard to ignore the results they’ve
shown this season.
Right now they’re 8-0 and showing a really
really high level, so even though I don’t
follow them regularly, it’s an honour to
be in the same team as them.
We support them and we’re very proud of
them.
I think they’re going to go really far.
shox: I’m the one who makes the calls most
of the time.
However, everyone is allowed and welcome to
speak up in regard to positions or anything else.
All ideas are welcome, and everyone is always
engaged in playing as a team as well as playing
on an individual level, so when someone suggests
something it’s always beneficial, including
for me, because it can be hard sometimes to
be 100% in the right place.
It’s difficult as an in-game leader, so
everyone is welcome.
kennyS: My favourite pasta is Chinese noodles.
bodyy: My favourite pasta is Carbonara!
shox: My favourite pasta is Spaghetti Bolognese.
JaCkz: I really dig gnocchi with 4 cheese
sauce - because I like my pasta with sauce,
pasta without sauce is just nothing - and
also pasta shells with 4 cheese sauce.
I love cheese, and I love pasta.
