Michael McGhee speaks to Rene 'cajun' Borg of CKRAS about the state of Danish CS:S, his hopes for the future and just how good smF is.

With the Danish scene currently in tatters it's going to prove one hell of a rebuilding job. Thankfully at least one team has come out of the other end intact and, arguably stronger, CKRAS. The team - formerly known as über G33KZ - have long since been considered the best in Denmark, discounting a brief spell of dominance from XAYA Gaming and will be looking to continue on that upward trajectory having been signed by the CKRAS organisation.

A key part of that plan is Rene 'cajun' Borg, one of the men who helped put XAYA Gaming on top and the man who so often proved a thorn on the side of über G33KZ. He recently joined the team after an incredibly short stint in Team SpeedGaming and is hoping to finally show the world what he can do against the best, with the funding and a team he feels can go the distance there's no telling how good they can be, but he's confident the next few months will be successful ones.

Yeah we actually had quite a few offers before we started talking with CKRAS but after speaking to them we knew that it would be the place for us, I truly hope and believe that this will be a long lasting and fruitful relationship.

We will attend SlapLIVE #23 on the 7th July and we will also be at iSeries if it's possible to rent PC's there. Our biggest goal though is definitely to attend the ESWC in October, but the sad thing about that is that we don't have any information in Denmark or anywhere else with regards to qualifiers. I hope that the ESWC will make an announcement for the qualification soon.

Our goals for the coming months is definitely to finish in the top three at each event but we all know that we have to work hard to achieve it. I do belive that we have the potential to challenge the big teams, but I think it will take at least 6 months to really get in "shape" and become good enough to truly challenge VeryGames, after all the core of that team has been playing together for a long time and I do really respect them.

I was a bit skeptical before I joined the team because I didn't really know smF but after I played some games with him I saw for myself how good he can be, he has really good aim but I do still think that he is lacking a bit of experince. I think that smF will be one of the upcoming stars in the future, but it all rely's on his dedication.

I dont think it was that difficult for me to breakthrough as I always had a good team to play with, even when I first started playing source with Online Kingdom and HastaLaVista - although not all players have that opportunity and they have to work hard to achieve it. I of course came from 1.6 so I already had some experience when I started with Source and this was a huge plus point. The only LAN I can remember where I really felt that I struggled with a team was with OnlineKingdom at DSRack. It was the first time that I really underestimated someone and that was a huge mistake of mine, afterwards though I do think that I have performed well on LAN pretty much every time.

Hehe, the truth is that I never sold my PC, but did sell my monitor to impulze because I was really disappointed and I really felt that this was a end of my career. We lost to some teams that we never should have lost to which really got to me. I dont think that I have "matured" as I do stil have that temper, but I don't think it's a bad thing. I have it because I want to be "perfect" in everything I do. I have the same problem in real life, I always want everything to be perfect even though I know that it isn't possible always.

I had a really nice ride with XayaGaming and it was really fun to play with them. One of the reasons why I left was because I never felt that everyone was as dedicated as I was. It was like we never used our full potential, and I truly believe we had some amazing potential in our prime. To struggle at a Danish event so soon after CopenhenGames (a huge success for us) was a massive dissapoint for me and I couldnt really see any future in the team when the only really good team at TheBlast#3 was SpeedGaming.

I was quite surprised when I got an offer from SpeedGaming shortly after TheBlast and it really was a pleasure to play with those guys, even if it was only for a week. After that week we had managed to take a map from VeryGames and that just shows how much potential that team had. I left because I really wanted to play with 3k2 and h0lm again. I really missed those guys from my time in SpeedGaming and at the same time to play with one of the best tactical leaders and cunts in the world, yeah you know him, Leeee Fetish. Danni has also surprised me and he is really a funny guy to play with and he has a huge potential as a player.

The reason why this is happening is because the entire scene changes when of one the top teams removes a player. They might take an up-coming talent from TeamX, meaning they then need to find a replacement and they will pick someone up from TeamY, causing half of the scene to switch teams almost overnight. It's the same in every country but it's just been happening more often recently in Denmark. One of the things that I think we need before this will stop is salaries and legal contracts.

I do hope and belive that it will change one day, but I do not belive that it will happen in my generation.. It has to be recognized as a "sport" or something like that and everyone has to know what "esport" is before we will get to that stage. The reason why I say it won't happen in my generation is because even though we know everything about esports our grand parents don't, and I think we have to get over that stage were people ask "What is Counter Strike" or "What is Esport" before we will get salaries and contracts which will be legal and actually mean something. (I know that some teams get salaries already).

I have to be honest. I don't think that Source will be at ESWC, this year at least. I think that they have some sort of problems, because Iknow that some people have wrote to and emailed the ESWC and they haven't even got an answer yet.

If CS:S won't be present at ESWC, it certaintly won't help the scene to grow, however I doubt it will have a direct negative impact on the scene in general. Sure, WCG etc might not pick CS:S up immediately, but I think we will see that further down the line.

I just graduated last Monday and now I am going to move to a bigger city right after Slap LIVE and work for half a year or so. I think that i'll probably study economics after that and hopefully end up in a bank somewhere! But I don't know what I'm going to do yet, those are just some thoughts I've been running around in my head.

I think that you need to maintain a balance between real life and gamelife. Of course you need to play a lot to get better but I think the most important thing is to find a team and just practice with your team. I dont think that playing deathmatch for a crazy amount of time will help you improve that much, sure your aim will get better but in the end it's experience that counts.

Hehe. Well if all goes to plan I will be playing for team CKRAS, winning of course, whilst working as a bank advicer in "Skjern Bank".