Deep Cross Gaming were the first team eliminated from MSI, sent home from Daejeon by back-to-back 3-0s against Karmine Corp and Team Liquid. RFT.GG sat down with Deep Cross Gaming support Liu "" Chia-hao — back at an international event seven years after his first MSI with — to talk about DCG's aggressive identity, taking the reins of a young roster, and the lessons the team takes into LCP Split 3.
Obviously, it's an unfortunate loss. I'm slightly upset right now.
This is something I'd been looking forward to doing again, so it feels nice to be back on the MSI stage. The one difference is that I'm less nervous than I was my first time.
One thing I told them is to just enjoy the competition and not be scared to try things.
Being the older one, the one who has to lead the others
I feel a little bit of pressure on my shoulders, because I'm responsible for so many people.
I think in general, it feels a little bit better repping Taiwan when it comes to qualifying for international stages and playing on these.
I've always felt it's more important to stay true to who our team is and keep that personality.
In general, if we'd had better synergy, it would have been a good strategy as well.
One thing I'd tell them is to recap all the teamfights we had — have an open discussion, share our thoughts, and discuss what exactly went wrong and how we should improve them.
I don't think it's only teamfights. It's also securing objectives, the fights around objectives, and our positioning during those teamfights. Those are all things we need to improve.
Thank you for always watching our competitions. I will be back.
