ImpressioN - In Retrospect [Part 2/2] (CS:GO)
22In Retrospect is a long form video series, featuring players, pundits and other industry professionals within the Asia Pacific esports scene discussing their careers and defining moments in depth.
Episode 7 features Impression, an IGL from Singapore who is most known for his time in B.O.O.T-[d]S and BTRG, but has most recently moved to NG Esports. In this interview, we follow Impression's early career from the golden era of BOOT, to current day joining NG Esports.
This video is Part 2 of my interview with ImpressioN, you can find Part 1 here - https://youtu.be/N_L2SnUZAbY
0:00 Intro
0:45 3 Asia slots at IEM Sydney 2018
5:30 Were BOOT onliners? BOOT wins another qualifier, ESL One Cologne Asia Qualifier
13:45 BOOT is briefly the #1 team in Asia
15:55 Disappointing results at Faceit Asia Minor & IEM Shanghai break BOOT's golden era
21:30 Benkai goes inactive due to military service and Winter has visa problems, BOOT's 7 man core
25:35 BOOT is back? 3rd/4th at Extremesland 2018
28:20 Impression's witnesses Forsaken getting caught cheating in person
31:40 Impression is benched from BOOT
41:00 Joining BTRG & the rostermania involved
45:30 Initial impressions of BTRG & what are future plans for the roster
47:25 Xccurate is added to BTRG
49:55 Last place at ESL Pro League S10 SEA
52:30 A rare good results for BTRG and what it means for the team, WESG 2019 SEA
55:00 Dongseng Xign joins BTRG
57:25 BTRG tries to force Chinese players into the team
59:55 Missing the minor, Rio Asia Minor Championship Qualifier
1:02:45 Did people have expectations that were too high for BTRG?
1:04:15 More roster mania for BTRG, 7 roster changes in a month
1:08:40 5th/6th place at ESL Pro League S12
1:11:50 Winning WDNMD Invitational
1:14:55 BTRG stops paying players salaries
1:19:20 Impression leaves BTRG citing lack of salary payments
1:24:20 "It's 30,000 USD, so yeah, that's a lot of money that he owes to the entire team , basically, it's crazy", the amount BTRG still owes the former players
1:26:40 How NG Esports came about
1:29:00 Why did Impression trust NG Esports after getting screwed by BTRG?
1:32:00 How much say Impression has on who will join NG Esports & did he try to save/bring ex BTRG players
1:39:00 Elfishguy's prediction for who will join NG Esports
1:40:00 The player that Impression learned the most from (Will Hume question)
1:41:00 Importance of building a brand as a player
1:46:45 Impression's philosophy on the game/being an IGL
1:51:55 Biggest regret of Impression's career
1:52:50 Final thoughts
Thumbnail image: HLTV
Intro music: https://sakunera.bandcamp.com/
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