Chronicle: “First Time I am Listening to Actually Arduous Boos… That Was A Good Feeling” – EWC VALORANT Interview

Extensively thought of the best VALORANT participant ever, it appears considerably legal that Timofey “Chronicle” Khromov has gone greater than two years with out including to his world title haul. Now within the Esports World Cup ultimate, the participant has one other shot at including to his trophy assortment with an EWC VALORANT win. After reserving the grand ultimate spot with a revenge victory over Paper Rex, Hotspawn spoke to the Fnatic man for an interview.

Hotspawn: Given the Masters Toronto ultimate loss was solely latest,

How did it really feel beating Paper Rex in the present day?

Chronicle: As a workforce, we’re clearly completely satisfied. As I heard from everybody’s emotions, everybody needed to take revenge as a result of everybody needed to get a trophy in Toronto, and clearly it didn’t occur. In order that was like an excellent revenge. That was additionally fairly latest, like we simply misplaced not too long ago, and proper now we’re coming straight to a different event [where] we have now one other likelihood to beat them. So it was fairly good.

For me individually, I didn’t care, actually. I used to be coming to this match simply with the sensation that I need to play the sport towards PRX. They’re well-known to be, most likely, the #1 finest workforce within the recreation in the intervening time. And clearly it was a very good objective to beat them up, [but] additionally play fairly nicely, and simply not care in regards to the end result.

How have you ever discovered the primary EWC VALORANT event?

Fairly good. Aside from my sickness. I really feel not likely nicely proper now, for the previous few days. However I’m not going to lie, it’s additionally high quality. One way or the other powering by, enjoying some good matches as nicely, which is clearly very good to see. However yeah, it’s fairly good.

You’ll be towards both Gen.G or Crew Heretics within the grand ultimate.

What do you make of every of these groups?

I believe each groups will play fairly towards us as a result of each of them construct fairly good tales. Each of them handed by [the] group stage, however not [with] a simple time as a result of each of them had a 2-1 rating — they performed all of the matches in [the] group stage.

Proper now they’re enjoying very sturdy of their quarter-final matches. And I don’t know the way the semi-finals will go, however clearly it may be very robust as a result of each groups are actually nice.

Crew Heretics have struggled because the EMEA ultimate, with a poor run at Toronto.

What do you make of their comeback on this event?

I believe they discovered some confidence. Clearly if we’ll meet them within the grand finals, it may be not good that they discovered some confidence. So we’ll attempt to possibly break it. However yeah, I’m actually completely satisfied for them on the similar time that, clearly, they powered by their issues they usually discovered a method to play collectively as a workforce.

Have you ever bought any phrases for the followers who’ve been supporting you on the occasion?

Thanks everybody who’s watching this stunning match straight from right here. It was fairly insane now. I heard some boos and possibly some good chants over there, right here and there.

It was truly attention-grabbing to see, [the] first time I’m experiencing actually onerous boos, as a result of I might hear them like by my headset. However yeah, that was good. That was [a] good feeling. And it was additionally good to show folks mistaken as a result of, contemplating, once more, what number of boos I heard, you higher not be booing towards us in [the] grand finals.