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<\/p>\nAfter a confident 2\u20130 victory over NiP, we spoke with Maka in an exclusive interview where he discussed the Dust2 collapse against B8, the crucial team talks that helped 3DMAX reset, Gravity\u2019s standout form, the team\u2019s growing strength on Train, and what still needs improvement ahead of Stage 3. Maka also shared his thoughts on the upcoming matchup with paiN and explained why reaching the arena has become the team\u2019s ultimate goal at this Major.<\/p>\n
I think Dust2 went pretty south because we lacked tactical solutions to play against them. Ken S went crazy at the start of the game, and since it was a late Game 3, we lost our power on the map. Things go fast in CS when you don\u2019t play the right way.<\/p>\n
I think we bounced back because we had the right discussions we needed as a team \u2014 important conversations about how we want to play today and for the next stage if we make it. We needed to respect the work we put in and keep putting in the hours to play as the best team possible.<\/p>\n
We didn\u2019t do any kind of hard anti-strat against them on Ancient. I think Gravity felt the game really well with bodyy, and they managed to hold perfectly. Gravity was in crazy form today.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a dark horse map. Since the Train addition, we\u2019ve been good on the map, but we lacked some small details to become really great. Even though we lost previous Trains in the last months, we weren\u2019t that bad. We worked on the map overall, but we didn\u2019t specifically focus on Train.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s good because now I\u2019d say he\u2019s more toxic when he\u2019s not shooting \u2014 just calling and doing something. But when your IGL is shooting and calling, it\u2019s amazing, and the game feels easier. You just focus individually. I think on CT side he\u2019s not like the T side IGL, so he has more room to focus. He was in crazy form today, and it\u2019s been a long time since I felt that way on Ancient.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s tough to say what exactly to change, but we have to keep focusing on the good things coach and danger say, keep having discussions, keep putting in the hours, and look at what went wrong on Dust2. It could happen on other maps too, so we have to keep working.<\/p>\n
I think paiN is a very tough match. They have aggressive players who are really good. Snow is having a good second part of the season, and QZ is a really good AWPer to me. It\u2019s going to be even tougher than usual because it\u2019s a Major and they lost to us, so they\u2019ll want revenge. We have to prepare and work even more to beat them again.<\/p>\n
Now that we made it to Stage 3, we all have the same goal \u2014 playing in the arena. This is something we all wish to do. The Budapest arena could be one of the greatest for a Major because it\u2019s huge. I\u2019m looking forward to aiming for the playoffs, so hopefully we live up to it.<\/p>\n
He has the positions to IGL and support the middle, making it easier for him to call. He has that young vibe \u2014 he\u2019s not scared and he\u2019s not overthinking too much. He follows his instincts and plays with a lot of aggression, and we follow the way he wants to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After a confident 2\u20130 victory over NiP, we spoke with Maka in an exclusive interview where he discussed the Dust2 collapse against B8, the crucial team talks that helped 3DMAX reset, Gravity\u2019s standout form, the team\u2019s growing strength on Train, and what still needs improvement ahead of Stage 3. Maka also shared his thoughts on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":309935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1264],"class_list":["post-309934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-pickem-budapest-2025"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n