cadiaN reacts to rumours: I want to be at a place where I'm happy and where I want to show up
Has cadiaN just played his last event for the North American organization?
The big talking point in Counter-Strike lately has been the rumors surrounding Liquid potentially removing their high-profile in-game leader, Casper “cadiaN” Møller.
Speculation began earlier this month when HLTV reported that the North American team was considering benching the former Heroic captain, suggesting that IEM Dallas could be his last event with Liquid.
"I want to be at a place where I'm happy"
Until now, cadiaN had remained relatively silent about the rumors, but yesterday he opened up about his situation and future during an interview at IEM Dallas after losing to G2.
- I know some things and some things I don’t. I definitely know more in the upcoming days, cadiaN said to James Banks and ESL.
- Things are not meshing as they should be - that can be both inside and outside the server. Ultimately, I also want to be at a place where I'm happy, where I want to show up and where I can be the cadiaN everyone knows, playing my style and doing my things, my moves and clutches. Whether that's here or somewhere else, time will tell.
- I want to be somewhere, where I feel like there’s a full trust in my leadership and my playing style. That can be here in Liquid but can also be somewhere else.
Was the improvement enough?
Liquid’s loss to G2 yesterday led to their elimination from IEM Dallas. In his interview with ESL, cadiaN also reflected on Liquid’s recent progress.
- If we had won this game we would have had four playoffs in a row at pretty big events. I still think we’re in Top 10 in both the ESL and HLTV ranking when everything is updated on Monday. So considering we had zero points five months ago and how things looked, I think it’s a very significant improvement.
- You can always discuss if it’s enough of an improvement. We have some games where we look pretty good and then we have some where we look not so good – but I think that’s a part of the journey of being a new team.
You can watch the entire interview with cadiaN down below.
