NA’s next top IGL?
Topic: Austin “mesamiduck” Dardar - The story of a young and upcoming IGL
Once again I got the chance to sit down with Austin “mesamiduck” Dardar, last time around was before his ESEA ECL debut with his new team "Brazen". As of recent Mesami and his team had a great season, finishing in fifth place in the Western Conference, and soon afterward making playoffs due to GODSENT dropping out of the division.
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Expectations and Goals
“Our first goal was to stay in Premier and avoid relegation. I had no idea how well my calling would have worked against these better players.”
It's a different level
“It’s a different class the way CS is played. You can tell there's just a different pace, everything makes a lot more sense. Really solid teams like PAIN and GODSENT those guys are really good, they have everything. In Advanced, those guys might not have everything, teams in Premier have all different types of pops, splits, and fakes, these guys have one of everything.”
As mesami said this playstyle is inconsistent, and it won’t always work. At any given moment someone else can hit a shot.
“Finding more ways to win rounds via macros and map control, then comes consistency… Maximizing and minimizing all that is very important.”
Playoffs
Against EG, Brazen was able to pull off a huge upset on map one Mirage, where they bested them 16-10. However, the rest of the series went on the way it was expected to from the start, a clean reverse sweep from the more experienced Evil Geniuses roster.
Their first and last series in the lower bracket was against the roster Mythic, who now house names like Cooper and fREAKAZOiD, two veterans of the game. Map one was a furious 16-5 domination for Mythic on Inferno, but Brazen retaliated with a 16-12 win on Mirage. Map three was Overpass, which saw Mythic take the win 16-13 after a back-and-forth affair throughout both halves.
Closing words
Thanks for reading today's article. We wish you a great weekend and make sure to check out the full interview on our YouTube channel tomorrow!
