What do you think about the current state of the esport scene? How do you think it will develop and what do we (the community and the organizations) have to do to take it further?
I am of the opinion, we lack a serious head organization, something which has been essential in all other industries and sports. If we had something similar to the FIFA, an organization, which helps to fix the communication between all different platforms, the sponsors, the gamers, the teams, to find a consensus, to assure stability etc. We need more commercialism, bigger tournaments, better ways of broadcasts, more interaction between the audiences and the players. Everybody can contribute to it, and we can improve in every section, it is a question of will and communication.

Will other Polish players get inspired by you guys winning a tournament like WSVG and World Cyber Games? Will it make them train harder; believe more in their dreams, etc?
After those two grand successes, we have received tons of congratulations, statements and feedback. I sincerely hope our performances will influence our scene and the players positively. The more competition we have, the better we get. A funny story actually occurred, when a child in the fifth or sixth grade was asked to write a short essay of a historical event, and I could hardly believe when I saw the scan, he mentioned our victory and gold medal at the World Cyber Games. Too bad he was given the worst possible mark, and questions by the teacher, who went like: "wtf is esports?". Seems as if not every teacher in Poland is watching the 6pm news’s.
Winning the WCG 2006 in Italy is a major achievement. What do you think about it? Does this change you and the guys in any way? Is this your major "break through" or do you think this is just a tournament like any other?
WCG is something very special. Not only do you play as a team, but you represent your mother country, which adds special motivation. We are glad to be among the best, and have the official title of a World Champion. At the same time, we still have a long way to go to play the perfect game, we all have in our mind. We will continue working hard, and all of us are looking forward to the next LAN events, still three to go this year!
Breakthrough? As for TaZ, Neo and me, I think the SEC 2005 was the real breakthrough. Unfortunately our team didn't work as a team anymore after the hard losses at WEG, where we gave away to leads to first Begrip and then Catch, 11:4 and 11:9, respectively. It was even more frustrating to see those teams finishing in the top2, although they still deserved it. Our team, however, didn't recover until a real cut was made in the last December, with the final change to take place after ESWC (again really close matches with mibr and lunatic.hai) and a disappointing Kode5 Germany, where we simply underperformed. Great we have made it to the top again, it's pretty cozy up here, so we will train to maintain in the top positions as long as our mice don't start a strike.
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