DSG Castle: “We’re playing better on stage than like scrims. Our mechanical level is pretty high.”

Q: Insane series, that must’ve been so exciting in-game, right?

Castle: Yeah, for sure.

And, [for] KryRa, debut as a rookie player into Inspired, that must be hard. But, he did well for sure. 

Q: How good are you guys right now?

Castle: I think we are still pretty bad, I guess — but I think all five players are, kind of, stage players. We’re playing better on stage than like scrims. Our mechanical level is pretty high. […]

Like every team is like struggling for their team [synergy] or like macro things. But our teamfight is pretty good.

We didn’t even [work on] our teamfight feedback yet. We’re still looking for, like, basic things. We didn’t really talk about teamfighting yet, but we’re pretty good at teamfights already, so I feel really good.

Q: How are you liking the new team?

Castle: I think we, as you know, we have a pretty young roster — our mechanical skill is pretty high, I feel like.

[Because] we have two rookies, it’s a whole brand new team. But I think at the end of the year, we will be really stronger than this.

Q: This is your first really good result in LCS, ever, right?

Castle: Yeah. I think I’ve never had, like, more than 50% winrate in the regular season in LCS so far.

Q: Do you know how playoffs will work?

Castle: I’m not sure. I don’t know everything, but I heard, like, the 3-0 team’s going to choose us.

Q: Who do you think will win, out of C9 and FLY?

Castle: I think C9 feels a little bit stronger. I think C9 is going to pick us.

Q: So you think they’ll pick you?

Castle: I think they’re gonna pick us though. I think whoever wins, they’re gonna pick us. *laughs*

Q: Have you scrimmed any of the top teams?

Castle: Yeah, I think we had some scrims into C9. I think we’ve almost had scrims into every team. But we were kind of struggling so far. […]

I think we are just building our structures in scrims — we also try limit testing a lot.

Q: How do you feel about Ido’s drafts?

Castle: I would say … I think so far he’s drafted pretty well, but I feel like it’s more about our opponents [having] bad draft at that moment.

Q: Did you feel like LYON’s problem today was draft?

Castle: I wouldn’t say it’s only a draft problem, I’m not sure. I was kinda just focused on ourselves first, so I’m not sure.

Q: Do you have an idea of what went wrong for them?

Castle: Not sure. But also like the new patch just released, so like for sure every team [meta read] is kind of different. […] I think LYON is still a pretty good team.

Q: It didn’t feel like they were tilted, then?

Castle: Kind of, but I don’t hear [their comms]. So not sure, but I can see there are some tilting [habits] in-game, a little bit.

Q: Did you ever play with Callme in LCKCL?

Castle: Oh, I never played with Callme on stage, but he was in KT Academy when I was in KT Challengers.

Q: So did you recommend Callme, or was it a coincidence?

Castle: I think they [picked him] first and I said, “Yeah, I knew him. He’s pretty good.”

Q: Have you had any fun stories going out with the team, like cooking together again?

Castle: Yeah, we’re still cooking, but KryRa just came here, so we didn’t really do team stuff yet. I think we can do it this week.

Q: Who’s cooking? Are you the main cook, or is everyone cooking on their own?

Castle: I think we all just cook our own foods.

Q: So have you found anything fun to do in LA, while being here?

Castle: I like to stay at home, so it’s not specifically in LA. I’m just, like, sometimes reading a book, or like watching YouTube.

Q: What books do you read?

Castle: I don’t know how it’s called in English, though. Recently, I’ve been reading “Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table,” it’s from a Japanese writer, I guess.

Q: Have you watched any anime, or read any manga recently that you like?

Castle: Recently I watched the Jujutsu Kaisen, [and] I read it. It’s pretty good.

Q: If you were to recommend an anime, which would you choose?

Castle: I think Attack on Titan is really good. […] I don’t know any of it that well.

Q: What about on YouTube?

Castle: I’m a League player though, I don’t really watch some other things. […] Sometimes it’s pro play, and sometimes it’s just streamers in Korean.

Q: Do you have a favorite Korean streamer?

Castle: So far I watch … You might not know, his name is Paka — he’s a top laner.

Q: Any final message to DSG fans? 

Castle: Yeah. Thank you for supporting us. I think we are having better results than we expected. I think we will keep going for improving ourselves. Thank you for watching us — and [please] keep watching us.

Q: Are you going to win against C9 or FlyQuest?

Castle: Yeah, for sure. We’re all for it.

Q: 3-0?

Castle: We’ll try.

[Editor’s Note: This was before SEN vs DIG was decided.]

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