They just didn’t see me fit to IGL them, Phony recalls.
Which is perfectly fine, it happens.
It happens with many teams.
It wasnt made clear.
I thought we would be able to work it out.
That just wasn’t the case.
It is what it is.
The boys are still the GOATs in my mind.
I love Xyn and I love Koy, they’re f*cking insane.
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Its a very mature outlook on what was undoubtedly a rough situation.
I felt horrible."
He put out a speculative tweet, but wasnt actively looking for something new.
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He just didnt know that doing so would require him to relocate 8,000 miles across continents.
He was constantly reaching out to me.
Even if it costs you going to Thailand.
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I felt horrible, to be honest, Phony admits.
I didn’t want to move from North America to the APAC South region.
It was going to be very stressful.
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“you’re gonna wanna showcase that you could do it with another team.”
The unlikely pair decided to room together, helping each other adjust to such an enormous lifestyle change.
It wasnt always smooth sailing between them, but they were glad to have each other.
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Was it worth it?
They literally trusted in every call I made, he explains.
And that respect is still here to this day.
The fourth piece to this puzzle is coach Winnie Long, someone Phony mentions throughout our interview.
Winnie helps the team, realistically, probably more so than I do, he says.
Shes reassuring and has worked with Jesko and Legacy for so long that theyve built a great understanding together.
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Its this reassurance that is clearly so important to Phony.
It really just brings us all into unison.
But for Phony, theres even more on the line.
Everyone wants to win, he says.
No one’s here to lose.
[…] And it really makes me feel like this is the LAN to win again.
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