Recently MyGaming interviewed Bravado’s Andreas Hadjipaschali about what it means to be a top eSports MGO in South Africa.<\/p>\n
While discussing factors like latency, failing on the international stage and training, Hadjipaschali outlined\u00a0five core points in order to be the very best.<\/p>\n
This is what he had to say:<\/p>\n
Can you play for 6-8 hours a day to achieve the above?<\/p>\n
\u2018Fail\u2019 could be defined as anything, depending what the objective is to the team on hand that\u2019s playing that specific event.<\/p>\n
When it comes to our teams (just an example) we always set realistic objectives of what we want to achieve every time we play on the international stage and I think we achieved those objectives in some<\/strong> of our events.<\/p>\n This could include examples like the WESG in Dubai this year or the MSI Beat It in Taiwan a few years back.<\/p>\n Other than scrimming, are you practicing properly? Quality over quantity people.<\/p>\n It\u2019s almost like going to gym on day 1 \u2013 lifting 10 kg, then going to gym on day 2 and deciding you only want to lift 5 kg\u2019s because there\u2019s no 10kg equipment.<\/p>\n Then when you come back on day 3 and not being able to lift 10 kg, just because the day before, you weren\u2019t able to continue that consistency of lifting 10kg.<\/p>\n Are you playing with the right people in well defined roles, or is it just a circus?<\/p>\n Once we reach the level where we can execute synergy and good team gamestyle all the time<\/strong>\u00a0without us even realizing that we\u2019re doing it, I think that’s when we achieve the level of being able to play those 1 or 2 important international games the exact same way we\u2019re playing those 3 \u2018top-performing\u2019 games we would have achieved in a different\/separate environment.<\/p>\n Are you working on turning your weak points into strong ones and how? Are you consistently reviewing your mistakes?<\/p>\n Many may say \u2018So you\u2019re saying we need to play better teams, to get better\u2019 \u2013 I am saying: You need to play better teams\/teams on your level (depending what you\u2019re trying to achieve) who have a wide variety of dynamics so that you can sub-conciously prepare for any team\/situation and not get used to one type of gameplay\/style.<\/p>\n Obviously to achieve the above objectives (given that we have the opportunity to do so) there\u2019s a ton of other external factors that come into play.<\/p>\n It’s no secret that South Africa has its own issues with regards to latency and player counts compared to Europe, the USA and Asia.<\/p>\n To achieve the above objectives (given that we have the opportunity to do so) there\u2019s a ton of other external factors that come into play, before you can even get to this step.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, the biggest problem to building this consistency (without us even knowing we\u2019re doing it) is that we don\u2019t have the opportunity to practice against a huge pool and therefore, we\u2019re switching between \u2018modes\u2019 very often.<\/p>\n The above is mainly due to our distance from the rest of the world, because:<\/p>\n The game that\u2019s been in Early Access for over eight years<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Raspberry Pi Official Starter Kit \u2013 South African pricing revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nPractice<\/h3>\n
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