Swani on Counter-Strike beginnings, G2 stint, and retirement
The German tactician sat down with HLTV for a lengthy chat about his career in the game.
Editor's note: This interview was conducted on April 22, before ESL Pro League Season 19.
0:00 - How's retirement?
0:58 - Origins
4:02 - Joining Liquid
8:47 - Finding weaknesses
17:17 - Working with zews
23:57 - SK and working individually
25:56 - FalleN
31:27 - coldzera
34:12 - Finding a team after SK
38:30 - Thoughts on Astralis
40:54 - Working remotely
43:23 - Joining G2 in 2019
48:41 - Katowice final 2020
50:25 - kennyS
53:04 - nexa IGL
54:34 - NiKo joining G2
57:52 - Returning to LAN
1:01:35 - m0NESY joining
1:03:18 - Promotion
1:05:46 - Aleksib & XTQZZZ
1:09:54 - Nurturing m0NESY
1:11:10 - Tough run of results
1:14:33 - Aleksib in NAVI vs G2
1:15:50 - NAVI Major win
1:17:11 - jks & HooXi
1:19:04 - Becoming coach
1:22:16 - Kato win to Major failure
1:28:23 - Reaction to PGL Major veto
1:29:57 - Post BLAST Major lows
1:33:21 - HooXi as an IGL
1:39:31 - Criticism as a coach
1:44:36 - NiKo & m0NESY relationship
1:47:06 - Players maintaining level
1:50:00 - nexa replacing jks
1:52:14 - Results in 2024
1:55:12 - Decision to retire from analysis & coach
1:57:32 - Final words
16 июл 2024
