kyxsan: 2024 started in September for us; we still have much more to show | TEDD TALK S2 EP18
In the last pre-recorded interview with players participating at the PerfectWorld Shanghai Major EU RMR I got to speak to @HEROICgg 's captain and IGL and Major Semi-finalist with Apeks - Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski.
The 24-year-old told us about his early days in Counter-Strike, the difficulties of aiming to be an Esports player in a Balkan household, growing up and playing in the Macedonian scene, transitioning to calling in English on Apeks and finished it off with opinion on Heroic's current state, degster's form and expectations of group B of the RMR.
Enjoy!
The video was recorded on the 16th of November, 2024.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro (kyxsan's career introduction)
1:27 Falling in love with CS in a Balkan household (Balancing CS & Education)
6:28 Studying economics, but CS was always the №1 option
7:28 The best way of educating your family onto what Esports is
9:17 CS in North Macedonia (What it takes to "make it"?)
11:35 Finding motivation without any support
13:04 The lack of "mentors" in the Macedonian scene (Balkan scene)
15:13 Bluejays hitting their peak - transition to Apeks
18:07 Joining Apeks, creating a new system, getting to know everyone
21:05 Sacrificing for the team
22:22 Getting used to playing Tier 1 CS
23:44 Working with kuben & mithR (What makes the perfect Coach)
26:51 Bringing in Cacanito, but not finding the right formula
29:57 Can Cacanito still play high level CS?
32:15 jkaem as a teammate
33:08 Transition to Heroic, building the project
34:47 Working with sAw (dynamic with the coaching staff)
37:27 Finding a strategical common ground (Dynamic IGLs vs. supportive ones)
40:13 Why things didn't work with nicoodoz
42:14 Deciding to pick degster up - was it a big risk?
45:04 The year started in September for Heroic (Are things working out?)
46:50 Elisa Masters Espoo & Thunderpick WC 2024
48:14 NertZ, sjuush and TeSeS are still world class (team atmosphere)
49:44 Getting ready for the RMR - expectations
51:40 3DMAX and Passion UA are underrated
52:22 Outro
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