(GotFrag) - The 2008 GameGune event is taking place this week in Blbao, Spain and GotFrag is live on location. American hopefuls x3o are competing in the international Counter-Strike tournament and hope to bring home a win for the U.S. GotFrag caught up with x3o owner/manager Nick Fitz and asked a few questions about GameGune and what's next for x3o.

Looking ahead, are their any teams who you are looking out for or are interested in playing?

Even though several teams pulled out, there is still a lot of talent here at this event. We are looking forward to playing mousesports and mibr, but hopefully in the later rounds of double elimination. The goal for today is to finish first out of our group, which will help ensure that they are played later on.

You guys have missed out on playing in any major international events since last year's ESWC. How important is this event for your team?

This event is very important to us as a team, and as an organization. There is a lot of doubt within the global community about whether or not the US has any teams worth representing internationally. We are here today to change that. This is more then just respect for us as a team, but respect for our country.

You and EG are always competing for dominance over the North American scene. Does that rivalry carry over to this event? Do you have kind of an unspoken goal to place higher than them?

This rivalry definitely carries over into this and all events. We want to be the best, so taking second is never enough. While we want to beat them, they are a great group of guys, and I hope they do well overall.

Nick Fitz

How much emphasis do you guys place on international success versus success in North America? Can a team with limited success overseas still be considered a top team if they dominate back home?

I think you can, however it does not mean nearly as much. When you are able to be the best in your country, and a top contender in the world, a lot more doors open for you. We are looking forward to proving that x3o belongs in the top echelon of gaming.

Once this event is over, you will head home and play in the event hosted by your sponsor, x3o. How important is it for you guys to take home the win there? Which event do you think is more important, this or the x3o finals?

They are both important events, however for different reasons. Winning GameGune 2k8 helps us continue to grow as a team and advance our playing to a whole new level. It will also help us prepare considerably for ESWC 2008 World Cup which is just a few weeks away. The finals at x3o allow us to bring back some of the excitement our fans experience watching us play in Spain, back home. It should also settle once and for all who is #1 in North America.

What are your thoughts on tying TBH in the first match of group play? Did you expect a close result with them?

Coming into the match, we were expecting them to be the other good team in our group. From my perspective, though they played well, they are not very good; we just had a very sloppy tside start. Obviously a tie is better then a loss, but if we played them again now, im confident we would win with a larger margin.

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oh dear oh dear.

good read but...

haha by3 x3o

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go nickfitz!

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Now for the post-match interview please, ill be waiting :)

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"From my perspective, though they played well, they are not very good; we just had a very sloppy tside start. Obviously a tie is better then a loss, but if we played them again now, im confident we would win with a larger margin."

Hum, you should try winning before trying to win with a larger margin am I right?

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This comment was edited at 07/24/2008 5:11 PM

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I didnt really like his last comment on TBH. TBH and x30 are about the same in skill minus the fact that roman is better than all of them x10. TBH is a good team imo, and if they played again i would bet my money on TBH.

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""From my perspective, though they played well, they are not very good; we just had a very sloppy tside start. Obviously a tie is better then a loss, but if we played them again now, im confident we would win with a larger margin."

Hum, you should try winning before trying to win with a larger margin am I right?"

They should try winning over TCM first :DD

kinda stupid saying a team with roman and todi are "not very good." roman on a good day could stomp x3o by himself.

edit- agreed #9.

This comment was edited at 07/24/2008 5:37 PM

#9,10,11

Just because Roman is good doesn't mean they're good as a team.. But x3o in fact did play an awful t-side to begin with.. And try getting a win first.. it's a round..

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well they lost to TCM so i think we can safely say that they cant be very good

#7 my thoughts exactly

He didn't sleep for 2 days he's on redbull ;)

What #13 said. But then, x3o were already through at the time they played TCM so they only needed a couple of rounds to win. So probably didn't care too much about it and didn't play so well. BUT then again, if they were even half decent, even playing extra badly they should still beat TCM.

- d(o_o)b -

"We are looking forward to playing mousesports and mibr(...)"

and they will

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#16 get a clue please, if TBH had beaten blacksouls or we had got more rounds vs them then x3o would of gone out, after we beat them noone was sure who had gone through, so clearly they were trying.

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