Degster: "I Once Beat NAVI, But They Need to Be Beaten Nine Times Out Of Ten"

OG sniper Abdul degster Gasanov released the first video on his personal YouTube channel, where he discussed preparations for the upcoming tournaments.

The most important tournament for us will be the qualification for the next RMR event. After that, we play BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2022. This is a super-cool tournament. I really wanted and really want to play it. We have the first match with Vitality. Also NIP and Astralis are in the group. As far as I know, Vitality has either replaced or is trying to replace misutaaa, which means that not everything is in order in the team. In any case, this is a strong team, where there are multiple Major winners. The match will not be easy. After qualifying, you will need to prepare for this team. I believe all the teams in our group can be beaten. There is no NAVI or FaZe here, although we have already played and won with the same NAVI, even though I was a stand-in. When preparing for a BLAST tournament, the most important thing is to prepare for your opponents. The main thing is not to wind ourselves up that we have little time left for training.
As for the qualifiers for the Major, this is not the first time I have passed them. As you can see, quite recently, I was already in the semi-finals of the major, which I started from the qualifiers, where we fought and then snatched a slot for ourselves at the RMR tournament. I think there will be no difficulties, especially considering that, unlike the previous qualifiers, most of the strong teams have already been invited to the RMR tournament. [...]

I don't build any high expectations because I understand that playing with a standin is a game with a standin. You understand that you do not need to work on something, but you just need to try to win the tournament together or achieve the highest possible result. Now, when I am already in the team, I understand that we should work on and develop to defeat these teams for a long time. Not one-time results, but distance. This is super important in our field. Once I beat NAVI, but you need to beat her nine times out of ten. It is advisable to do this at large important tournaments. This is a much more significant result than a one-time victory over any top team.

Abdul degster Gasanov

Open qualifiers for RMR, in which OG will play, will start on August 15, and the first match at BLAST Premier Fall Groups will start on the 19th.