SL4Y3R5

The old team SL4Y3R5 had a rough patch as one of the founding members got killed in a bar brawl, leaving the rest of the team shattered and in sorrow.

After a hiatus of a few years, now the SL4Y3R5 are back and ready to take their rightful place in the Finnish CS:GO scene - at the top.

The current members of the team all have several years' experience and have participated in major competitions during the years, with good, solid success. Most experienced is General Rollo, the in-game leader of SL4Y3R5. He has won a few major Finnish tournaments and placed in the top tiers of several others.

As a close friend of Rollo's, I had the privilege of interviewing him in connection with the rebirth of the renowned SL4Y3R5 team. Interview follows.

"- So, team SL4Y3R5, back in business - man, I'm guessing you're as excited as a lot of the fans in Finland are bound to be?

Definitely. We kind of felt that this is what Finland needs, seeing as there's only one good team (3DMAX) here at the moment. With the rebirth of SL4Y3R5, we're about to see a change to that. ;)

- You lost one team member in a tragic fight, and some others quit playing, but there's still a few of you old schoolers left, and some fresh blood as well, I hear?

Well, I mean, let's face it, all of our members have been playing FPS games since before they could tie their own shoes, and some of our members have been playing CS since first beta. So yeah, there's quite a bit of experience within the team. But we have a couple very talented guys as well who have only played for a few years, but during these years, all the more hours... All in all, I feel that we have a good mix of old experienced ruggedness in the old guys and fresh new fire (and mad skill, I might add) in the new ones.

- Alright, sounds like you have a dynamic set-up. Do you plan on participating at any LAN events in the near future?

Absolutely. The SL4Y3R5 are at their best at LAN. That's when you see us crazy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ripping ♥♥♥♥ up. You'll see M3G4SL4Y3R go ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ insane with the AWP; you'll see B45T4RDSL4Y3R's straight forward headshotting; PR3D4T0RSL4Y3R's ingenious team play and understanding of group dynamics; PR0T0SL4Y3R's unconventional style of playing (it actually works, we're still having a hard time understanding it :D) and, of course, some so far unseen and extravagant strategies developed by the Mad CS Professor himself, that is, myself. ;)

Haha, love it, Rollo. Sounds like you have a good thing going on here, and I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that the Finnish CS:GO scene, and the global scene as well, I guess, is in for quite a treat in the upcoming months! Thank you and good luck!