Aurora’s captain MAJ3R spoke to HLTV after their victory over the Falcons within the Esports World Cup 2025 semifinals.
After a sluggish and troublesome begin to the season, Aurora got here into the Esports World Cup 2025 at full throttle. Our gamers defeated FaZe, HEROIC, and Falcons one after one other to achieve the Grand Ultimate. There, they are going to face MongolZ.
The Grand Ultimate conflict towards MongolZ will happen on Sunday (24.08.2025) at 13:00.
Captain MAJ3R spoke to HLTV following their uplifting semi-final consequence.
How are you feeling after that sequence?
I really feel somewhat drained after as a result of it’s late, however it was a very good match to play, I actually loved it. I’m very comfortable that ultimately we received it. Congratulations to Falcons for the match, as a result of I feel for the fan it was a ravishing match to look at.
I observed throughout the recreation you had a number of vitality, a number of gestures in direction of the gang. Did it give somewhat bit of additional fireplace understanding there have been so many Falcons followers rooting towards you?
Sure and no. I feel when you will have a number of help behind you want this, it may be a bonus and likewise an obstacle for them, as a result of it additionally places stress on you. I knew that we’ve the potential and the weapons to beat them, I additionally knew that they’re a very good group with good people. I instructed my guys that as we speak if we win, it’s not individually, we should win as a group, and I feel we did nice as a group as we speak. I’m pleased with that.
It does really feel like you will have had some particular person resurgence amongst your group, woxic with some nice clutch moments and XANTARES was clearly big as we speak. Why do you assume you will have hit your peak once more?
I feel we began rather well this 12 months and after that we had a break, so perhaps the break slowed us down. We additionally didn’t add XANTARES for one month and we performed with xfl0ud, and we practiced all of the maps with xfl0ud and adjusted a number of issues. Then when XANTARES got here again we rechanged the whole lot, so it was a number of work .
It will depend on our kind. Right this moment I’m actually glad that we performed good Counter-Strike, and that Counter-Strike may be like, when you find yourself on a foul day and also you lose, everybody criticizes you, and if you win everybody salutes you. I perceive that and I simply attempt to to my job, I simply attempt to be good as a frontrunner and a participant in my group. I’m very glad that as we speak we received and that we’ve an opportunity to win a trophy, and I’ll give the whole lot I’ve in my coronary heart and my physique to try this. Hopefully I can obtain that.
You’ve obtained The MongolZ tomorrow, a group who’ve total had your quantity. They’ve crushed you extra instances than you will have crushed them, and a 12 months in the past they performed you within the Skyesports Championship closing and beat you. How are you feeling about that matchup?
Enjoying towards them is at all times a spicy match. I feel it’s one of many groups this 12 months who progressed probably the most, they play actually good Counter-Strike and are actually good individually. That is their greatest weapon, it’s not solely two or three stars, however all 5 gamers are taking pictures rather well, I feel that is their power. So we’ll see, it’s going to be an excellent match for us and we’ll give the whole lot for a win.
What would it not imply to you to win this event?
Sure… so much. Let’s see if I can, however for positive I’ll give the whole lot I’ve in my physique, in my thoughts, each a part of vitality in my spirit, I’ll give the whole lot. If I’m champion I’m in it, it’s for me, and if I don’t, it means I miss one thing. That’s life, ? I settle for it now, however for no regrets I’ll give the whole lot I’ve.
