
Reason Gaming have guaranteed a repeat i34 final by defeating London Mint in the consolation final.
We caught up with .PhP from Reason to find his thoughts out.
Hey Marek, you've just come out of an intense game with London Mint. Did everything go as planned?
Hey Max, we knew going into the game it was going to be a tough match, but also we watched Mint playing against fm! Toxic and we tried to find a weakness in their defense.
You lost both pistol rounds, how much did this affect your morale going into each half?
We had high morale the whole match, we were winning alot of rifle rounds in the tournament and that's what matters. Everyone was playing perfectly.
You had an earlier scare against xone, did you fear for your tournament life?
Yeah, actually on the first round on CT I knew if we lost pistol we'd go on to lose the match. After we won it we had high morale and knew we were able to pull it off.
The game against xone was on your favorite map, de_nuke, have you lost your touch on the map you defeated salvo on?
Actually we haven't practiced nuke for 2 months, we had huge leaks on other maps so we focused on them.
You went down again to Salvo, was your team playing it's best source?
No, we lost to two eco's and made lots of mistakes. I still think we gave a good game to Salvo, much better than the i34 finals.
Can you give your game that extra boost in order to defeat them tomorrow?
I hope so, we will be fresh in the morning.
Last time it looked like the pressure and experience of the stage got to you, how can you prepare for tomorrow?
That's difficult because Salvo has so much experience playing on these important matches on live television, and we lack them. We're lucky if we play on stage 8 times a year, Salvo spend a whole season on it.
Last time you lost from the upper bracket, this time you come from the lower bracket, can you get two maps?
Yes, of course we can. They are not unbeatable.
If you had to name your MVP in Reason so far here, who would it be?
It's hard to say because I don't focus on individual players, everyone has good games and bad games.
Have any teams surprised you here with better or worse than expected performances?
xone were playing very well on nuke, and I was dissapointed by GIAL. They had high ambitions, unlucky for them it turned out the way it did.
Do you have anything to say to Salvo before tomorrows final?
Not really. Enjoy the game!
Good luck tomorrow, thanks for your time.