BetBoom Team's sniper, Alexander "zorte" Zagodyrenko, identified what he believes to be the primary issue facing his team at the moment. In an interview with eScoreNews, the Russian esports player highlighted the psychological factor as crucial for BetBoom Team.
When asked if he believes their problems are primarily mental, zorte responded, "Of course, skill and how you press the buttons matter. But there are times when you realise that in a specific tournament, that becomes secondary. I can give an example when Virtus.pro won the IEM Rio Major. I felt it when watching the tournament. The team that doesn't crumble mentally under the pressure of the crowd wins. That's exactly what happened in Rio, it seems."
He added, "Everything is important in total. We have many problems, but right now, I think this is the key factor."
Zagodyrenko also explained why he declined to join the new Cloud9 roster for Counter-Strike 2, stating that he believed in his current team.
"I don't know. I had a gut feeling. I just made that decision. Throughout my career, I've been making the right decisions, relatively speaking. Of course, I don't have any major titles, I haven't won much, but overall, slowly but surely, I've been playing better and better, and the team has been improving as well. I just believed in BetBoom Team for another season."
As a reminder, BetBoom Team finished last at the recent BetBoom Dacha Belgrade Season 2 tournament in Serbia's capital. The team lost two matches in the group stage and did not receive any prize money for their participation.