One of the last few pre-interviews

One of the last few pre-interviews before ESL One Cologne is set to begin is with Virtus.pro's Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas.

After a rocky couple of events, Virtus.pro are coming into ESL One Cologne with a CEVO Finals victory in the bag. The team have been put into a group with Cloud9, mousesports and Immunity.

We talked to Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas in one of our pre-interviews prior to the major, take a look below to see what the veteran had to say on a number of different topics about ESL One Cologne:

How have you prepared for ESL One Cologne? Are you going to or did you bootcamp beforehand or have you only been preparing online? Have you focused on anything in particular? (e.g. teams, specific problems at recent events)Hello, we did not bootcamp this time before the Major, but we were playing alot from home, as players didnt have to travel back to hotels etc. It was just like in the old days, u wake up at 10am, play till 5 am, go to sleep and do the same again each day. We did not focus on anything special.Is there anyone who you think is underrated and could surprise in Cologne? I guess all teams played against each other in pracc sessions so it will be hard to surprise anyone. If I had to pick some teams I would say Luminosity and Flipsid3 can be fun to watch.What are your team’s goals and expectations for the event? Where do you draw the line of what you’d be satisfied or happy with?It’s been a long time since we won a Major, I want to win this one really bad.The level of teams has been evening out recently, a number different names have reached the grand final at events in the recent months (EnVyUs, TSM, fnatic, Na`Vi, Virtus.pro, Cloud9), who will be the favourites to make it to top four in your mind?Bracket draw will be the deciding factor, also the randomness of BO 1 in group stage might cut some of the top teams. I’d say that NiP, VP, fnatic and Envyus.What do you make of the change in the group stage format? Is it better to have a chance to play against more than three set teams before the playoffs? Is it going to be harder to prepare for such groups?I think that group stage format is bad, yet again they make a Major with Bo1 group stage. It’s almost 2 years now when we are talking about this problem. I dont see any difference, you will still have to win two bo1 to advance, or just have a bad luck at the map draw and go home.Train has been in the pool for quite some time, but ESL One Cologne will be the first major to feature it, how has it developed over the recent months? Was it figured out in terms of playstyle, strategy, etc.? Is the current map pool diverse enough?I really like the current map pool, we should stick to 7 maps, but fix the veto system, so teams really have to pracc all of them. It is also nice to see that Valve tries to change maps from time to time. As for train we really like the map and feel that it is well balanced, as u can dominate on both sides. Still I don’t think we will get a chance to play it… :(What are your thoughts on your group? Can you go through each match-up and say how it is likely to play out?It is a very funny group, as both mouz and cloud9 are hard opponents for us. Still I have high hopes for this tournament, and we should win against all teams in our group. We won’t underestimate any team, we had this problem in the past. I want to take revange on mouz and I don’t want to lose to Cloud9, nor Immunity. Mouz vs Cloud9 will be very interesting to see, and is hard to call a winner.Yet again this major has not seen a prizepool change, even though the sticker money is likely to get bigger, would you like to see it get increased?Looking at other e-sport titles, prize pool increase should be in best interest for Valve. Still I’m very thankful to Valve for what they are doing with stickers, and that they support teams and players. I just want CS:GO to be stronger and bigger than League of Legends nad Dota2. Counter-Strike is a legendary game, with so much history behind players, teams it should have a “World Championship” tournament like no other.Lately the outrage against certain weapons has decreased (e.g. CZ-75 at the beginning of the year, Tec-9 during the second quarter of 2015), are you satisfied with the way Valve balanced them out? Are there any weapons you’d like to see nerfed or buffed?Jumping with weapons should be fixed ;) It just kills the level of competition when u see a jumping usp/ak clutching the round. Beside that I would just fix the scout, I mean make it more expensive or something? It is very strong weapon in current meta game.Do you think the new anti-doping measures being taken by the ESL are going to change anything from past events, has this been blown out of proportion since Semphis’ statements, or is it necessary?I have no idea, but maybe finally the OLD MAN will shine?! :D haha I don’t know for me it’s just all magic, doping, cheats in mouse etc. I guess we had to come to this point some day… it is a step in good direction.With the proliferation of both online and offline events, and having had at least one big event every weekend or every other weekend for the past few months, and with many teams travelling around Europe and North America—or both—, how do you think it will affect teams’ performances?In my opinion it shouldn’t affect top teams. Gaming is fun, travelling is fun, it should work in the advantage of teams who attend many events, as they are on the roll. I love that we have so many events nowdays. :)Your team didn’t have the best track record in the recent months up until CEVO Finals, did you resolve your issues within the game? Did the win boost your confidence going into the major?I guess we needed 2 very bad tournaments to resolve the issues in our team. Cevo just showed us that if we really want to work with each other we can easily win events. Trust is needed in order to succeed, that win gave us some more confidence in each other. Lately we have seen Neo come on fire, in some cases outshining both Snax and pasha, who have been instrumental in your success in the past. Does the aforementioned duo need to step up for you to come back to winning ways?If we want to win, we will need whole team to step up. I don't see any pressure on them, they simply need to play their game. You’re well-known for being a team led by your emotions, both negatively and positively, has it been a topic of discussion within your team? Are you trying to make sure your emotions don’t keep you down when you’re losing?Nah it's not a big deal. We are not loosing or winning because of emotions durring the game. We need to be on the right track before it starts, then it will be a lot easier =)
How have you prepared for ESL One Cologne? Are you going to or did you bootcamp beforehand or have you only been preparing online? Have you focused on anything in particular? (e.g. teams, specific problems at recent events)

Hello, we did not bootcamp this time before the Major, but we were playing a lot from home, as players didn't have to travel back to hotels etc. It was just like in the old days, you wake up at 10 AM, play till 5 AM, go to sleep and do the same again each day. We did not focus on anything special.


TaZ and company are going through intensive training

What are your team's goals and expectations for the event? Where do you draw the line of what you'd be satisfied or happy with?

It's been a long time since we won a Major, I want to win this one really bad.

What are your thoughts on your group? Can you go through each match-up and say how it is likely to play out?

It is a very funny group, as both mouz and Cloud9 are hard opponents for us. Still I have high hopes for this tournament, and we should win against all teams in our group. We won't underestimate any team, we had this problem in the past. I want to take revenge on mouz and I don't want to lose to Cloud9, nor Immunity. Mouz versus Cloud9 will be very interesting to see, and it's hard to call a winner.

What do you make of the change in the group stage format? Is it better to have a chance to play against more than three set teams before the playoffs? Is it going to be harder to prepare for such groups?

I think that the group stage format is bad, yet again they make a Major with a BO1 group stage. It's almost 2 years now since we started talking about this problem. I don't see any difference, you will still have to win two BO1s to advance, or just have bad luck at the map draw and go home.

Your team didn't have the best track record in the recent months up until CEVO Finals, did you resolve your issues within the game? Did the win boost your confidence going into the major?

I guess we needed two very bad tournaments to resolve the issues in our team. CEVO just showed us that if we really want to work with each other, we can easily win events. Trust is needed in order to succeed, that win gave us some more confidence in each other.

Lately we have seen Neo come on fire, in some cases outshining both Snax and pasha, who have been instrumental in your success in the past. Does the aforementioned duo need to step up for you to come back to winning ways?

If we want to win, we will need whole team to step up. I don't see any pressure on them, they simply need to play their game.

You're known for being a team led by your emotions, both negatively and positively, has it been a topic of discussion within your team? Are you trying to make sure your emotions don't keep you down when you're losing?

Nah, it's not a big deal. We are not loosing or winning because of emotions during the game. We need to be on the right track before it starts, then it will be a lot easier =).

With the proliferation of both online and offline events, and having had at least one big event every weekend or every other weekend for the past few months, and with many teams travelling around Europe and North America—or both—, how do you think it will affect teams' performances?

In my opinion it

結果 (中文) 1:

最后几个 ESL 一科隆是开始前的前期采访之一就是与 Virtus.pro 的 Wiktor"TaZ"查出。几个之后岩石的事件，Virtus.pro 正在进入 ESL 一科隆在袋子里的 CEVO 决赛胜利。团队已形成集团，Cloud9、 mousesports 和免疫。我们谈到 Wiktor"TaZ"查出在我们前期采访前的专业之一，看看下面来看看这位老将不得不说大量的不同的主题关于 ESL 一科隆:How have you prepared for ESL One Cologne? Are you going to or did you bootcamp beforehand or have you only been preparing online? Have you focused on anything in particular? (e.g. teams, specific problems at recent events)Hello, we did not bootcamp this time before the Major, but we were playing alot from home, as players didnt have to travel back to hotels etc. It was just like in the old days, u wake up at 10am, play till 5 am, go to sleep and do the same again each day. We did not focus on anything special.Is there anyone who you think is underrated and could surprise in Cologne? I guess all teams played against each other in pracc sessions so it will be hard to surprise anyone. If I had to pick some teams I would say Luminosity and Flipsid3 can be fun to watch.What are your team’s goals and expectations for the event? Where do you draw the line of what you’d be satisfied or happy with?It’s been a long time since we won a Major, I want to win this one really bad.The level of teams has been evening out recently, a number different names have reached the grand final at events in the recent months (EnVyUs, TSM, fnatic, Na`Vi, Virtus.pro, Cloud9), who will be the favourites to make it to top four in your mind?Bracket draw will be the deciding factor, also the randomness of BO 1 in group stage might cut some of the top teams. I’d say that NiP, VP, fnatic and Envyus.What do you make of the change in the group stage format? Is it better to have a chance to play against more than three set teams before the playoffs? Is it going to be harder to prepare for such groups?I think that group stage format is bad, yet again they make a Major with Bo1 group stage. It’s almost 2 years now when we are talking about this problem. I dont see any difference, you will still have to win two bo1 to advance, or just have a bad luck at the map draw and go home.Train has been in the pool for quite some time, but ESL One Cologne will be the first major to feature it, how has it developed over the recent months? Was it figured out in terms of playstyle, strategy, etc.? Is the current map pool diverse enough?I really like the current map pool, we should stick to 7 maps, but fix the veto system, so teams really have to pracc all of them. It is also nice to see that Valve tries to change maps from time to time. As for train we really like the map and feel that it is well balanced, as u can dominate on both sides. Still I don’t think we will get a chance to play it… :(What are your thoughts on your group? Can you go through each match-up and say how it is likely to play out?It is a very funny group, as both mouz and cloud9 are hard opponents for us. Still I have high hopes for this tournament, and we should win against all teams in our group. We won’t underestimate any team, we had this problem in the past. I want to take revange on mouz and I don’t want to lose to Cloud9, nor Immunity. Mouz vs Cloud9 will be very interesting to see, and is hard to call a winner.Yet again this major has not seen a prizepool change, even though the sticker money is likely to get bigger, would you like to see it get increased?Looking at other e-sport titles, prize pool increase should be in best interest for Valve. Still I’m very thankful to Valve for what they are doing with stickers, and that they support teams and players. I just want CS:GO to be stronger and bigger than League of Legends nad Dota2. Counter-Strike is a legendary game, with so much history behind players, teams it should have a “World Championship” tournament like no other.Lately the outrage against certain weapons has decreased (e.g. CZ-75 at the beginning of the year, Tec-9 during the second quarter of 2015), are you satisfied with the way Valve balanced them out? Are there any weapons you’d like to see nerfed or buffed?Jumping with weapons should be fixed ;) It just kills the level of competition when u see a jumping usp/ak clutching the round. Beside that I would just fix the scout, I mean make it more expensive or something? It is very strong weapon in current meta game.Do you think the new anti-doping measures being taken by the ESL are going to change anything from past events, has this been blown out of proportion since Semphis’ statements, or is it necessary?I have no idea, but maybe finally the OLD MAN will shine?! :D haha I don’t know for me it’s just all magic, doping, cheats in mouse etc. I guess we had to come to this point some day… it is a step in good direction.With the proliferation of both online and offline events, and having had at least one big event every weekend or every other weekend for the past few months, and with many teams travelling around Europe and North America—or both—, how do you think it will affect teams’ performances?In my opinion it shouldn’t affect top teams. Gaming is fun, travelling is fun, it should work in the advantage of teams who attend many events, as they are on the roll. I love that we have so many events nowdays. :)Your team didn’t have the best track record in the recent months up until CEVO Finals, did you resolve your issues within the game? Did the win boost your confidence going into the major?I guess we needed 2 very bad tournaments to resolve the issues in our team. Cevo just showed us that if we really want to work with each other we can easily win events. Trust is needed in order to succeed, that win gave us some more confidence in each other. Lately we have seen Neo come on fire, in some cases outshining both Snax and pasha, who have been instrumental in your success in the past. Does the aforementioned duo need to step up for you to come back to winning ways?If we want to win, we will need whole team to step up. I don't see any pressure on them, they simply need to play their game. You’re well-known for being a team led by your emotions, both negatively and positively, has it been a topic of discussion within your team? Are you trying to make sure your emotions don’t keep you down when you’re losing?Nah it's not a big deal. We are not loosing or winning because of emotions durring the game. We need to be on the right track before it starts, then it will be a lot easier =) ESL 一科隆准备如何了?是你去做你事先训练营或只有你，一直在网上做准备吗?你特别着重在任何事情上吗?(例如队，在最近发生的事件的具体问题)你好，我们这次在专业之前, 做不训练营但我们正在玩了很多从家里，当队员们并没有去旅行回到酒店等。就像在老的日子里，你醒来在 10 上午，玩到 5 上午，睡觉并做同样再每一天。我们不是在任何特别的事情上。TaZ 和公司打算通过强化训练您的团队目标和期望的事件是什么?你在哪里画线的满意或满意，你会是什么?它已经很长时间以来我们赢得主要，我想要赢得这一非常糟糕。您对您的组的想法是什么?你能通过每一场比赛和我们说如何就容易发挥出来吗?它是一个非常有趣的小组，正如穆兹和 Cloud9 硬对手对我们来说。我还是对这场比赛，寄予厚望，我们应该赢得所有球队在我们组。我们不会低估任何一支球队，我们在过去有这个问题。我想要报仇穆兹和我不想失去 Cloud9，也不能豁免。穆兹与 Cloud9 将是非常有趣的是，和它很难预测赢家。你如何更改组阶段格式?是要对三个以上设置球队在季后赛之前上场的机会更好一些?要难准备这类群体吗?我认为，小组阶段格式是坏，他们又一次使 BO1 小组赛阶段专业。它是近 2 年现在，自从我们开始谈论这个问题。我看不到任何的差异，你依然会赢得两个 BO1s 前进，或只是在地图绘制有运气不好，回家。你的团队没有最好的记录直到 CEVO 决赛最近几个月，做你解决您在游戏中的问题吗?做赢信心你走进各大呢?我们需要两个非常糟糕的比赛，要解决的问题在我们的团队吧CEVO 就给我们看，是否我们真的想要与对方的工作，我们就能轻松获胜的事件。信任需要为了取得成功，那赢在彼此上给了我们一些更多的信心。近来，我们看到新来着火，在某些情况下，风头盖过 Snax 和帕夏，在你过去的成功发挥了作用。上述两人需不需要上步你回到胜利的道路?如果我们想要赢，我们将需要整个团队加紧。我没看到任何压力他们，他们只需玩他们的游戏。大家都知道你正在率领你的情绪，消极和积极，有它是一个在您的团队内讨论的话题吗?你想确保你的情绪不让你，当你失去了吗?不，它不是一个大问题。我们不是松动或胜利的情绪和在比赛期间。我们需要在正确的轨道之前，那么它将很容易 =)。与扩散的在线和离线事件，已至少一个大的事件，每个周末或过去几个月，每隔一个周末和畅游欧洲和北美的很多团队 — — 或两者 — —，你如何认为它会影响团队的表演?在我看来它

結果 (中文) 3:

最后一个采访之前几前ESL一科隆开始与德行。亲的维克多“塔兹”伏伊泰斯。

一石两事件后，virtus.pro进入ESL一科隆在包一场决赛的胜利。团队已投入一组Cloud9，mousesports和免疫力。

我们跟维克多“塔兹”伏伊泰斯在我们预访谈的主要前，看看下面看到的老兵不得不说一些不同的话题之一：
ESL科隆
你如何准备ESL一科隆？你要和你的训练营之前，或者你只准备在线？你专注于什么特别？（如团队，具体问题在最近发生的事件）你好，我们没有计划在这个时候的主要，但我们在很多家，作为球员没有回到酒店等，就像在过去的日子里，你醒来在早上10点，玩到早上5点，睡觉，做一样的每一天。我们的重点不是什么特别的东西。有人你认为是被低估的，惊喜在科隆？我想所有的球队在prACC会话互相交手将很难感到惊讶的人。如果我必须挑选一些球队我会说亮度和flipsid3可以观看的乐趣。你的团队的目标和活动的期望是什么？你会在哪里画出你满意或满意的路线？这是一个很长的时间，因为我们赢得了一个主要的，我想赢这一个真的坏。球队的水平已经晚上最近，许多不同的名字已经在最近几个月的事件大决赛（envyus，TSM，Fnatic，Na ` VI，virtus.pro，Cloud9），谁会让它顶四你心目中的最爱？括号中的抽签将是决定因素，也可以在小组赛中随机性的1个小组赛中可能会减少一些顶级球队。我想说的是，我的副总裁，fnatic和envyus。你将在小组赛阶段的格式有什么改变？在季后赛之前，有一个机会和三多组的球队比赛是最好的吗？要为这样的群体做准备会不会很难？我认为，小组赛阶段的格式是不好的，但他们又犯了一个重大的波组阶段。现在我们讨论这个问题已经快2年了。我看不出有任何差异，你仍然必须赢得两波前进，或是在地图上画和坏运气回家。火车已经在游泳池中很长一段时间，但英语一科隆将是第一个主要特征是，它是如何在最近几个月了？它是在玩法，策略，等想通了吗？目前的地图池多种多样吗？我很喜欢现在的地图库，我们应该坚持7的地图，但解决否决权制度，所以球队真的要prACC都。也很高兴看到，阀门试图改变地图不时。至于火车，我们真的很喜欢地图，觉得它是很好的平衡，因为你可以支配双方。我认为我们不会有机会去玩…：（你的想法是什么？你能通过每一场比赛，并说它有可能发挥出来？这是一个非常有趣的群体，既是mouz和Cloud9是我们努力的对手。我对这场比赛仍然有很高的希望，我们应该赢下我们小组的所有队伍。我们不会低估任何一支球队，我们在过去有这个问题。我要报复在mouz和我不想输给Cloud9，也没有免疫。Mouz VS Cloud9将是非常有趣的，而且很难打冠军。再次这个专业已经不见prizepool变化，即使贴纸的钱可能变大，你想看到它得到提高吗？看着其他的电子竞技冠军，奖金增加应该在最佳利益的阀。我仍然非常感谢他们所做的贴标签，他们支持团队和球员。我只是想去CS：比传说和DOTA2联赛做强做大。反击是一个传奇的游戏，有这么多的历史背后的球员，球队，它应该有一个“世界锦标赛”的比赛一样，没有其他。最近对某些武器的愤怒已经下降（例如CZ-75在今年年初，在2015第二季度tec-9），你满意的单向阀平衡它们？有什么武器你想看到削弱或加强？跳跃的武器应该是固定的；）它只是杀死比赛的水平时，你看到了一个跳跃的USP / AK离合轮。在我的旁边，我会把侦察员修好，我的意思是说，让它更贵一些？这是在当前游戏非常强大的武器。你认为新的反兴奋剂措施被采取的ESL要改变什么从过去的事件，这是吹出来的比例自semphis的陈述，或有必要吗？我不知道，但也许最后老男人会发光？哦，我不知道对我来说，这一切都是神奇的，在老鼠等的兴奋剂，我想我们必须来到这一点，这是一个好方向的一步，在网上和离线事件的扩散，并有至少一个大事件，每个周末或每隔一个周末，在过去的几个月里，并与许多团队在欧洲和北美国或两者，你认为它会影响团队的表现？在我看来，它不应该影响顶级球队。玩游戏是有趣的，旅行是有趣的，它应该工作的优势，参加许多活动，因为他们是在滚动。我的爱，我们有这么多的事件，现在。：）你的球队没有最好的记录在最近几个月直到场总决赛，你解决你的问题吗？赢了你的信心，你的信心？我想我们需要2个非常糟糕的比赛来解决问题，在我们的团队。场就告诉我们，如果我们真的要互相合作，我们可以很轻松地赢得比赛。为了成功，信任是必要的，这场胜利给了我们更多的信心。最近我们已经看到新来的火，在某些情况下比两食和帕夏，谁一直在你的成功，在过去。前面提到的两人是否需要一步一步，让你重新回到胜利的道路上？如果我们想赢，我们需要整个团队来加强。我看不到他们的压力，他们只需要发挥他们的游戏。你以自己的情绪带领着一个团队而闻名，无论是消极的，积极的，你的团队中有一个讨论的话题吗？你想确保你的情绪在你失去的时候不会让你失望吗？不这不是一个大问题。我们没有失去或赢得因为情绪在游戏。我们需要在正确的轨道上，在它开始之前，那么它就会轻松很多=）
你准备ESL一科隆如何？你要和你的训练营之前，或者你只准备在线？你专注于什么特别？（如团队，具体问题在最近发生的事件）

你好，我们没有计划在这个时候的大，但是我们在很多家，作为球员没有回到酒店等，就像在过去的日子里，你在上午10点醒来，玩到早上5点，每天去睡觉，并做同样的每一天。我们的重点不是什么特别的东西。


TAZ，公司将通过强化训练

什么是你的团队的目标和预期的事件？你会在哪里画出你满意或满意的路线？这是一个很长的时间，因为我们赢得了一个主要的，我想赢这一个真的坏。你能通过每一场比赛，并说它有可能发挥出来？

这是一个很有趣的群体，既是mouz和Cloud9是我们努力的对手。我对这场比赛仍然有很高的希望，我们应该赢下我们小组的所有队伍。我们不会低估任何一支球队，我们在过去有这个问题。我想报复mouz和我不想输给Cloud9，也没有免疫。mouz与Cloud9将是非常有趣的，而且很难打冠军。

你将在小组赛阶段的格式有什么改变？在季后赛之前，有一个机会和三多组的球队比赛是最好的吗？要为这样的群体做准备会不会很难？

我认为小组赛格式是不好的，但他们又犯了一个重大的有1组阶段。现在已经快2年了，因为我们开始讨论这个问题。我看不出有任何差异，你仍然必须赢得两bo1s前进，或者只是运气不好，在地图上画回家。

团队没有最好的记录在最近几个月直到场总决赛，你解决你的问题吗？赢了你的信心，你的信心？

我想我们需要2个非常糟糕的比赛来解决问题，在我们的团队。场就告诉我们，如果我们真的想和对方的工作，我们可以很轻松地赢得比赛。信任是必要的为了成功，胜利给了我们彼此更多的信心。

最近我们已经看到新来的火，在某些情况下比两食和帕夏，谁一直在你的成功，在过去。前面提到的两人是否需要一步一步，让你重新回到胜利的道路上？如果我们想赢的话，我们需要整个团队来加强。我看不到他们的压力，他们只需要发挥他们的游戏，你是一个由你的情感，消极和积极的团队领导，你的团队中有一个讨论的话题吗？你想确保你的情绪在你失去的时候不会让你失望吗？

算了，没什么大不了的。在比赛中，我们不会因为情绪而失去或赢得比赛。我们需要在它开始前的正确的轨道，然后它会更容易=），