broky: "It was hard to swallow the loss"

It feels weird to say it, but FaZe have been the surprise package of CS2 so far. We always knew they were good, 2022 proved that, but their form since the release of the new game has been exceptional, even managing to overcome the difficulties that come with making a roster change. 

However, FaZe’s form has taken a slight downturn, and after reaching the grand final for eight events in a row, their early elimination means they have gone two tournaments without making the final.

Following their elimination from IEM Dallas, we spoke to their AWPer broky about their CS2 form and what they can do to get back to their peak level. 

We didn’t expect much [coming into CS2]

Where are you at now mentally after being eliminated from Dallas?

The game was super fast in my opinion, it was hard to swallow the loss. We had a team talk afterwards and I think it's fine now, we'll do better from now on.

You were in every final for months on end but have failed to do so in the last two events, is there any reason for this?

It's hard to say, we travel a lot and have a tournament almost every single week so we don't get as much opportunity to practice as other teams. There isn't really any excuse, but we didn't have too much time to play on the new update either. We'll see how it goes at the next event.

Did you expect the start of CS2 would be as good for you as it has been?

Not really, we didn't expect much but we knew that it would bring more motivation for us as a team because we won a lot in 2022 so coming into CS2 we we knew we could do that and just played a lot as a team.

There's only one event left before the player break, what will your main focus be in the time between now and Spring Final?

Just having fun to be honest. We'd like to go to that tournament and put in a good performance, maybe get back to the final, and hopefully we can do it.

If there was a film or book about karrigan and you could name it, what would the title be?

I would just call it 'Danish Leader'.

Do you think s1mple will return soon?

Of course, he wants to come back so we'll see how it goes.

Who do you think is the most promising player in 2024?

If I can say donk then donk. Obviously.

What is your favourite skin and your most expensive skin?

Sapphire Doppler Butterfly Knife, for sure.