100T Goldenglue: “Honestly, we’re not even thinking about next week. […] If we win two more Bo5s, we make it to Worlds.”
Q: How stressful was that?
Goldenglue: Oh my god, Game 5 — I was extremely stressed. I mean, it’s uncharted territory actually going into a real match [with a] Game 5 draft. Man, I felt like the early game was actually going pretty well. […]
I thought it was over after the Rift Herald fight; we just got completely wiped, Vladimir got super fed, [and] I kind of lost hope.
But we managed to claw our way back in and the Atakhan fight, [we were playing] the whole situation nice and slow, and we did outscale them pretty well. We got put on Yone in Game 5, got River on Pantheon. Got some pretty strong picks.
But man, yeah, stress. Stressful. Very high. Very high. And it’s crazy we have another match tomorrow.
Q: What does the prep look like?
Goldenglue: Yeah, I mean, we have a rough idea of what the teams left [will draft]; what champions [they’ll pick], how the drafts will shift from team to team. I think when it comes to preparing for SR tomorrow, we still need to wait to get our side selects. But I have a pretty rough idea of Game 1.
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Q: How much do you draft for/think about the X factors Quid and River seem to have?
Goldenglue: I mean, of course, it factors in a lot. Quid and River are in really good form right now, and I think they’re really talented players — sometimes, it’s even hard to choose what to pick [for] them, because they play so many things. But, yeah, it’s a pleasure.
Q: How hard is it gonna be to watch River go this year?
Goldenglue: Yeah, losing River is gonna be really hard. I truly believe there’s not another player like him — in terms of creativity. Inspired is a great player, but he really has [a] rulebook for how to play the game. River just finds such crazy angles, man.
Q: Are you afraid of burning out too hard now that the season will go past this weekend?
Goldenglue: Honestly, we’re not even thinking about next week. […] If we win two more Bo5s, we make it to Worlds. [The players will take a break tonight], but we’re going all gas, no brakes this weekend. We might take [some time off] afterwards, but for now we’re all in.
