RUSH: "Our preparation was limited"

Will "RUSH" Wierzba gave us an interview about OpTic's journey at the ELEAGUE Major following eliminating FlipSid3 in the third round of the Swiss format.

OpTic started their journey at the ELEAGUE Major with two narrow losses to Virtus.pro and Astralis, but the third round saw them surviving the elimination match with FlipSid3 after a close Train.

We asked William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba about OpTic's three matches, the issues they faced prior to the Major, and the Swiss format as a whole:

Make sure to check out the other interviews we've conducted on the first three days of the Major:

Day three

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen: "allu's 1v2 was key"

Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács: "We came with only one goal"

Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen: "We had a great bootcamp"

Olof "⁠olofmeister⁠" Kajbjer: "Didn't expect Dust2"

Day two

Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski: "I hope Gambit will be nervous"

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz: "It was important for us to start well"

Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman: "[YOLO teams] will go far"

Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin: "It doesn't feel like we won"

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo: "Gonna fight as hard as we can"

Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong: "Confident about our map pool"

Day one

Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey: "Everyone's happy with their roles"

Markus "⁠pronax⁠" Wallsten: "I'm happy it went to Train"

Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire: "It was hard after jdm's 1v5"

Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev: "Hope to show beautiful CS"

Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski: "It's always close vs. OpTic"

Ricardo "⁠fox⁠" Pacheco: "We played 12-14 hours a day"

Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon: "FaZe can do pretty well here"

Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov: "We prepared for everyone"

Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Age: 25 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 849 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 25 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 475 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.60 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 826 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1011 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 Markus 'pronax' Wallsten Age: 25 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 939 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.66 Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Age: 26 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 814 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 FlipSid3 #19 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 889 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.68 Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov Age: 22 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 140 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 26 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 574 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.61 Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 989 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.72 Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 503 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 771 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Age: 23 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 967 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 909 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.71 Dennis 'dennis' Edman Age: 26 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 520 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 OpTic #2 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski Age: 28 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1099 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 William 'RUSH' Wierzba Age: 22 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 439 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Virtus.pro #4 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 501 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.70 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 864 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.64