woxic: "After some time, the trophy is not looking so far away"

Speaking to HLTV at IEM Beijing, the Turkish AWPer explained that Aurora have sometimes had to prepare new strategies before matches and try them directly in officials, without enough time to work through the finer details.

Despite that, he sees the experience of playing big matches together as an important step toward winning trophies.

woxic also discussed the adjustment to playing alongside Jimi "⁠Jimpphat⁠" Salo and Damjan "⁠kyxsan⁠" Stoilkovski , from switching to English to getting to know teammates from different backgrounds. At Thunderpick, ash said he felt the honeymoon period was already over.

Looking at your recent performances, where do you think the team is now? Three months isn't that much time, but when you're playing so many tournaments, you get through the honeymoon period.

We're becoming more consistent at going further, making playoffs, or finishing second or third. Of course, we're aiming for first place, but this is where we are right now. We've been a team for three months, so I think we're on a good path.

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