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Counter-Strike: Interview with JAEGARN

By: Luis Mira - Published July 31, 2007 at 8:28 PM EDT - Writer Archive
Luís "MIRAA" Mira sits down with Fredrik "JAEGARN" Andersson following his departure from Begrip Gaming.


What made you, threat and Nikolaus decide not to renew the contracts with Begrip Gaming?

We had a player meeting last week and decided that we did not want to renew our contracts mostly because of money issues, and that we needed to get something from our cooperation other than just travels to be able to play on this level and be fully devoted to the game."

What kind of things are you and your team-mates looking for? Would you say Begrip Gaming wasn't stable and was lacking in their support?

We are just looking for a stable organisation that can support and be there for us 110%. We have been on every event we could attend this year, and we have always finished in the top ranks except during ESWC. So salaries and more money for bootcamps, trips and stuff that give you the edge to play more and become better are just a bonus. Vassili is devoted 110% to Begrip Gaming, so he did a god job coaching us, and I hope he will get a new team. But the Begrip sponsor side was lacking all the time.

You, threat and Nikolaus have all parted ways with Begrip Gaming. Did you make this move without knowing who will follow you and if there is interest from an organisation in your players? Are threat and Nikolaus with you at this time?

Yes, we did. At the present time we are still a team, but we will see what happens, no one is under a contract so basically they can do whatever they want.

Get and GeT_RiGhT are still under a contract with Begrip Gaming until late August. Will they join you three?

We haven't really discussed it yet, but after August there won't be any players under a contract. I have always loved playing with these guys because they are so positive and different in-game, we just have to see what happens.

What are your thoughts on the poor run made during the ESWC event? Why did Begrip Gaming fail to pass the first group stage?

We did not play for three weeks since threat and I had our holidays booked already, so basically we were not prepared. But we did pretty good at GameGune in Spain, and in all the other events this year so I am happy with our performances in 2007 so far.

Individ said NiP was interested in Get_RiGhT. What do you know about his case? Do you know if they are still interested in him?

The news haven't been spread out yet, but I do know that teams have been in contact with GeT_RiGhT, so we will see what happens.

What will happen with Begrip's spot in WCG and NGL ONE qualifier? Do you know the roster for this week's NGL ONE qualifier? Will you play under the Begrip name or have you decided not to use use that name anymore?

We will still attend the events, not a 100% sure about the roster that we should play with, though. It will be a lot of fun. Probably the same or with some extra player and we won't play under Begrip's tag.

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good read
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gotta get ya money right playa :P
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Bad decision, they've taken too much wind in their poor wings.
P&P
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Don't think they'll get better but we will see!

GL!
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What's with organisations and a lack of contracts? :/
Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.
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#5 this wasnt a case of lack of contracts it was lack of salary and bigger sponsors
I Started the FURY craze!
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This comment was edited at 11/30/2007 1:05 PM
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looks like there aren't enough big organisations with good backup and sponsors to pick up all the free teams/agents.
Global Gaming still looking, H2k dropped their CS squad today and now Begrip

good luck JAEGARN, you deserve a top-notch team
Head of the www.readmore.de demo section. Your POV demo resource on the net (12000 and counting...)
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get that money
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JAEGARN is raither greedy imo... Good luck and find what u want anyway!

GeT_RiGhT is impressive and i'm not surprise when i see NiP would recruit him!
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SK|GeT_RiGhT
SK|SpawN
SK|allen
SK|JAEGARN
SK|RobbaN
Success is failure turned inside out ^_^
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NiP-Get_Right-
NiP-walle-
NiP-face-
NiP-Tentpole-
NiP-SpawN-
now go home and get your fucking shinebox!
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On the one hand you can understand why they would choose not to renew their contracts. On the other hand, you have to wonder if this mystical "stable organization" with better money support is even out there for them? If I were in their position I would be trying to push Begrip to find more sponsor support for that existing organization and build on their previous achievements. As it is now, it seems likely that this begrip lineup will never see the light of day again, and the only other hope they have is for the individual players to get picked up by NiP/SK/fnatic. Maybe that's what they're all really hoping for?

This comment was edited at 07/31/2007 10:35 PM
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WHAT ABOUT AZL MAN????
The best GotFrag? mod :) #lighthouse
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GO 2 SK!
HI!
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get_right to nip to replace heaton - heaton goes coach and everything is cool
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GL with your new team, SK
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#11 exactly.
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True #13.

Even if you DO find a financially capable organization, what if their overall attitude is terrible compared to the comfortable conditions in Begrip? Just my speculation.
blbk
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#13 say only SK n NiP......Fnatic is no way changing that line-up :)
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SK|Jaegarn?
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good read
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I doubt any organisation will pick them up as 1.6 is about to die, silly decision. Should of just stuck with what they had rather than being greedy.
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they had nice team and should have gone altogether or stay and looks for sponsors. and they need some top notch performance and not just some decent endings in tourneys for sponsors to come
probably they want to speculate on Sk's bad times and probably a necessity to replace Heaton on NIP's line-up
we shall see soon
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GeT_RighT will join SK and Roban will join NiP , thats the truth
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OMG Jaegarn is not good enought to play in sk or nip honestly i think he should turn inactiv one of my clanmates knifed him on pub.
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#25 joined november 2005? 1 year and 10 monthes of membership and only 2 comments
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#26 you win the stupidest comment of the day award. I TMPed Spawn in a match, does that mean I'm better than him, or that he isn't a world class player? No.

This comment was edited at 08/01/2007 10:57 AM
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yes #27 but mine was intresting... im not sure u can say the same :]
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begrip's swedish roster is over... get and GeT_RiGhT will go out in august and begrip will choose to stay only with the russian squad...
probably some players -- I think JAEGARN, threat and GeT_RiGhT -- will be picked up by NiP and SK.
and what about the other players? or they will go inactive or will be picked up by a weaker organization.
what about fnatic? they will not change their roster, they are a very salad team and learned the lession when tentpole went out, fnatic certainly are in the top3 three teams of the wolrd, in the same level of pentagram and mibr.
play hard, go pro.
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i know this wont happen, but i wish fnatic kicked ins n replaced him with one of the guys from begrip
there are useful links on my profile (for 1.6) so check it out

#31

and why would they do such crime?
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#30 Individ have already stated that they will recruit a new swedish squad. GT will probaly take a spot in NiP, miniw or HeatoN will probably leave.
CSS is bad
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Hope everything works out =)
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i hope NiP signs GeT_RiGhT!
he is the next zet!!
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GOOD IV realy enjoyed reading it :)

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