– I remember one time, before I was pro, I played a random pug against NiKo, where he absolutely crushed me. After that particular match, I remember that I took a one-week break from CS:GO because it made me not want to play the game. I had always dreamt of reaching the same level as NiKo, and I also thought I was playing well, but it was crazy to realize how far away I was from him.“

In fact, flameZ recalls a conversation with his coach at the time, where he actually explained to his coach that he was considering quitting CS:GO, because of NiKo “f*cking him up so bad” and the realization it brought with it.

-After some time, I went back to that exact game against NiKo and decided to download his demo to see how he plays – Something, which slowly meant that I got my motivation back. After that I was playing a lot of CS, even though, I back then had a really bad PC and monitor, and I was playing with a very low FPS.