Sébastien '7ckingmad' Debs, player of DD.Dota has had a lot of success in big LAN events in his many years as a professional Dota player. 7ckingmad will be heading to Katowice, Poland tomorrow to compete in EMS One with DD.Dota. Being placed on the easier side of the bracket, 7ckingmad shared with us his thoughts on this season of EMS One, his thoughts on the bracket and sign of them not going into the tournament with a full team.
Great! Did topping your group in the groupstages gave you a confidence boost? I mean after all, you are grouped together with Alliance.
No it has not. I mean it it always good to win against a top level team (eg: Alliance) but we're not new to the scene at all. We still have the exact same spirit as we had with mTw and play the same way. Our confidence level is only linked to how we practiced and how good we can perform. We took a huge break, about six months, but the feeling has returning in the past 1-2 months and it is very enjoyable. It was no surprise for us to win against Alliance and we know we can beat anyone and lose to anyone as well. We are our own enemies, it has always been that way and I'm afraid it will always be that way
Rox.KIS, your opponents in the first round have been performing really well lately. Have you been watching their games and what are your thoughts about them?
We didn't really watch their games in particular. What we do is that we watch 'random' games, open a stream, in order to be familiar with the meta-game. One thing I regret is that, the majority of the top teams uses the same playstyle & strategies, so, watching RoX.KIS or someone else is almost the same at the moment. Sure every team has its own features but only Alliance developed their own playstyle and that's all. Rox.KIS is very strong, all their players are stable and skilled. We will surely watch out for what they play before the event but we will be going in playing our own game. Depending on how well that goes we'll win or lose, don't have to focus so much on the opponents.
Your team has just added BLR as a player. BLR is from the United Kingdom and one can only ask, how did you even discover him as a potential player considering the UK scene is so small?
I played with him in IRC leagues a lot. You always notice very skilled players, because they all have that in-game sense where you go for the same moves without even knowing each other or talking. I've always kept contact with him, and he was the super logical decision. He's also open-minded, which is not the case at all of many 'star' players. I really rather playing with upcoming players that are as strong or way stronger than egocentric players. There are a lot of egocentric players in the scene unfortunately *sadface*.
No it has not. I mean it it always good to win against a top level team (eg: Alliance) but we're not new to the scene at all. We still have the exact same spirit as we had with mTw and play the same way. Our confidence level is only linked to how we practiced and how good we can perform. We took a huge break, about six months, but the feeling has returning in the past 1-2 months and it is very enjoyable. It was no surprise for us to win against Alliance and we know we can beat anyone and lose to anyone as well. We are our own enemies, it has always been that way and I'm afraid it will always be that way
Rox.KIS, your opponents in the first round have been performing really well lately. Have you been watching their games and what are your thoughts about them?
We didn't really watch their games in particular. What we do is that we watch 'random' games, open a stream, in order to be familiar with the meta-game. One thing I regret is that, the majority of the top teams uses the same playstyle & strategies, so, watching RoX.KIS or someone else is almost the same at the moment. Sure every team has its own features but only Alliance developed their own playstyle and that's all. Rox.KIS is very strong, all their players are stable and skilled. We will surely watch out for what they play before the event but we will be going in playing our own game. Depending on how well that goes we'll win or lose, don't have to focus so much on the opponents.
Your team has just added BLR as a player. BLR is from the United Kingdom and one can only ask, how did you even discover him as a potential player considering the UK scene is so small?
I played with him in IRC leagues a lot. You always notice very skilled players, because they all have that in-game sense where you go for the same moves without even knowing each other or talking. I've always kept contact with him, and he was the super logical decision. He's also open-minded, which is not the case at all of many 'star' players. I really rather playing with upcoming players that are as strong or way stronger than egocentric players. There are a lot of egocentric players in the scene unfortunately *sadface*.
