Cloud9are already in the top 6 atThe International 2024(TI 2024).
A lot has changed for the players since the start of the season.
Hi Astini, so from SA to NA to Europe and now back to NA?
I was happy with our result at nouns last year.
Then nouns had a new line-up coming into this season.
I think their perception of the work of a coach is not true.
And I completely disagree with ppd on this one, so I decided to leave.
That’s how they came to me.
No pressure at all.
It feels easy, really.
It’s good to play against good teams.
It also feels good when good teams want to scrim with you.
How did things change for you as a team after joining Cloud9?
In-game discipline to be more precise.
So, trying to keep them under control, in a sense, is what we worked on.
Instead of all these, we should focus on how to terminate the game.
Did you expect to dominate the WEU qualifiers for TI13 the way you did?
For TI, we just played each game without worrying and we stomped everyone.
Although the TI qualifiers went perfectly for you, the Riyadh Masters itself was a bit of a disaster.
What went wrong at Riyadh Masters and what are some of the lessons you took from that tournament?
It wasn’t good.
I didn’t deal well with the pressure at Riyadh as well.
Do you feel like you had enough timebetween Riyadh and now to fix this psychological issue?
We talked a lot about how we felt when losing and how that pressure felt.
The players are also working with a psychologist.
To be honest I didn’t know why I was picking Jakiro in Riyadh.
I was just told by the players that they need to play this hero.
So, if pressure times will come again, I know how to react better.
We lost one game to Gaimin, who were playing very well and ended up winning the tournament.
If you survive 20 minutes, you probably win.
I think for TI we are better prepared psychologically.
I remember watching it and wishing that I could have been still an active player.
We nearly got a few invite keys for Dota 2.
It was very sad.
To be honest, the TI in Seattle is more meaningful, at least to me.
I don’t want to hurt anyone with this comment, the tournament organisers or Valve.
I just feel like the TI in Seattle was way more meaningful.
Has the prize pool impacted your perception of The International?
My perception from working with it, being a competitor is still the same.
But as a Dota 2 fan Im really sad.
Now, the joke is on me.
