Last Saturday, Team Passby and Fluffy Gaming clashed in the losers bracket of The Legends Circuit Malaysia 2014 Spring. After a long and arduous 4 hour battle , Team Passby emerged as the winner, knocking out Fluffy Gaming with a convincing 3-1 score.
I managed to get hold of eko from Team Passby for a short interview after the win. Let us see what he has to say.
First of all, congratulations on the win against Fluffy Gaming! How do you feel after the incredible comeback victory after losing game 1 and being behind in the other 2 games?
Well, I felt really awesome because we could actually trust each other so well in the match.However, I did feel frustrated because we were asked to keep quiet during the game by the cyber cafe. This cost us a lot of problems when we wanted to communicate with each other. Also, it affected me in a way because I did not get the feeling of actually playing in a tournament as we were bounded by so many rules.
Moving on, players would usually lose their momentum after losing games and it would definitely affect the next game. How did Team Passby adapt and move on, playing better game after game and finally winning the match 3-1?
Well, it's just a matter of the mind. Deep inside, we knew we could handle the situation. The first match was a totally unplanned game and full of mistakes, yet we tried hard to win the game which instead boosted our morale instead of killing it.
In game 2 and 3, Team Passby was constantly losing out in gold and objectives due to poor lane control and mechanics. What was in your mind when you were playing from the back ALL the time and finally forcing back a win?
To be honest, I never felt as though we are losing. Although we were down in lanes, we won most of the teamfights. We managed to turtle well enough to the point where Fluffy Gaming could not find a way to end the game. Slowly but surely, we reduced the gold gap and eventually won the game through split pushing and good decision making
You went against Koalaxy in the mid lane and it was always a dead-even matchup, perhaps even a farm fest. What are your thoughts on that?
My thoughts on the matchup? To be honest, I felt very rusty after not playing hardcore mode for quite some time. However, I must admit that Koalaxy's mid is really solid. The pressure from his lane is considerably high and I think we've learnt from each other quite a lot.
Although many people claimed that it is considerably hard to carry from the top lane, it is of my opininon that the main carry of Team Passby in the matches was from the top lane. Was this the team's mindset all along? - allow the top laner to be the monster and split push all day to win?
Actually, we did not have any pre-planned strategy. Most of the time, we would play standard during the early game and come up with game plans depending on how the lanes played out. Since XXF has been well trained in doing so from his past experience in KLH, I guess that was the most efficient way to play the game!
Now that you've moved into the top 6 of TLC.MY, where would Team Passby move on from here?
We actually hope to be the Top 4 in Malaysia, that's all. [Laughs]
To be top 4, you will have to win your next matchup and it would be either Nothing to Lose or iSg.KTHXBAI after this, any preferences & comments on both teams?
No offence to any party but I guess we will prefer to face NtL due to the simple fact that everyone believes that iSg.KTHXBAI is a much stronger team.
Anything else you would like say to the readers for today? Any shoutouts?
Sorry I played like a noob. Although I guess not many people would even care about that [Laughs non-stop like a noob]. Also, I hope Team Passby can show Malaysian players that sometimes, gold lead do not mean anything - Do not surrender when you are not having the gold lead because you may turn things around anytime!
That would be all for the interview with eko, the mid laner of Team Passby.
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