Rickeh - In Retrospect [Part 2/2] (CS:GO)
44In 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 6 features Rickeh, one of Australia's longest tenured professional CS:GO players, dating back to CS 1.6. In this discussion, we pick up where we left off with Rickeh's time in NA, and his eventual return to AU.
This video is Part 2 of my interview with Rickeh, you can find Part 1 here - https://youtu.be/pdR9aa-NPWQ
0:00 Intro
0:45 Joining CLG & Rickeh's thoughts on the team at the time, other teams Rickeh could've joined
8:00 Rickeh's first tournament with CLG, revenge on Renegades, Starladder i-League Starseries Season 3
10:50 Rickeh's breakout season at ESL Pro League Season 5
13:30 Missing the Krakow 2017 major
14:45 CLG's up and down results, iBuypower Masters 2017
16:45 Moving away from CLG, Rickeh's last tournament, ECS Season 4 NA
18:00 Finding out that CLG was dropping the team
19:40 Being teamless in NA, grinding FPL, joining Rogue & initial thoughts
24:30 Qualifying for the major, comfort with Rogue
27:45 MSL joining Rogue, downward trend of Rogue, ESL Pro League Season 8
29:25 Last event with Rogue & what led to Rickeh departing Rogue, Dreamhack Open Atlanta
33:00 Joining Complexity and Rickeh's expectation of the team from the beginning
37:45 Rickeh's poor individual performances with Complexity & why he struggled in the team
40:25 Good but disappointing result at Katowice 2019 Major
41:55 Issues start to arise with Complexity, Starladder Berlin Major 2019
46:40 Jason Lake's 'juggernaut' tweet after the major
51:35 Was Rickeh happy in Complexity?
53:45 Going through Rickeh's infamous twitlonger about Complexity
1:00:35 How Rickeh was affected personally by community sentiment turning against him
1:05:35 Mental reset, stepping away from CS and returning to Australia
1:09:00 Finding a new home with Order
1:14:35 What happened in the Road to Rio Grand Final against Renegades?
1:16:20 Order finally beats Avant at EPL S12 Qualifier and community opinion on who's the best
1:22:50 Advice for players who want to move out of AU and play in another region
1:25:15 Should returning international players dominate domestically?
1:26:35 Biggest career regret?
1:27:25 Who is Rickeh's favourite teammate of all time?
1:28:40 Who is the one player that Rickeh would want to play with again?
1:29:10 Final thoughts
Thumbnail image: HLTV
Intro music: https://sakunera.bandcamp.com/
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