Guns Up Triggers Down The Triggers Down Interview

Guns Up, Triggers Down: The Triggers Down Interview

By Lies | Published: October 14, 2008 6:23pm EDT

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After being sent to the Losers Bracket by Final Boss, Triggers Down accomplished something few teams have ever succeeded in doing. By fighting their way through a treacherous Losers Bracket, they eventually found themselves in the Finals against the reigning champs, Str8 Rippin. Triggers Down then pulled off the unthinkable, coming back to win two consecutive best of 5 series to bring home their second championship of the 2008 Pro Circuit. In light of their success, we asked TD to sit down and reflect upon their momentous accomplishment.

MLG: Congratulations in Dallas guys! Let's kick this off by telling everyone what this win meant for Triggers Down as a team.

Karma: Everything!

FearItSelf: As a team this meant that we finally found Triggers Down!

SK: It meant everything to put this much effort into something and to succeed. It feels amazing.

MLG: How was this win different than your first in Orlando?

FearItSelf: We won without our supposed "golden-ticket" Snipedown.

SK: We put ourselves in a hole at the tournament, and at one point even got down on ourselves a bit - But we came together as a team to pull ourselves out. It was a great learning experience.

MLG: So Fear and SK, tell us what does Karma brings to the team.

FearItSelf: Karma brings a completely new drive to win to the team. It's like a new fresh feeling.

SK: Karma brings positive energy to the team. He is always positive! That really helps in tough situations. He also brings a lot of skill. I would say he is the most underrated player in the league.

FearItSelf: He is always positive, isn't he? (laughs)

MLG: What are some key differences between Karma and Mackeo.

FearItSelf: His play style is completely different. He is a much more selfless player that does everything for the team. He is one of the best teammates I have ever had.

MLG: Alright, moving on. Tell us about how the pre-event LAN with Str8 went.

FearItSelf: It went really well. We learned how to play as a team and got all of our strats down pat. It was much easier going into the finals because we were somewhat familiar with their play style. The LAN score was 41-36 Str8.

SK: it started off pretty slow. Everyone was still adapting and trying to figure out a solid pace, but it definitely picked up after that. We started to split games and it definitely boosted our confidence.

MLG: After a tough loss to Final Boss, what did you do differently in the second series to rebound?

Karma: Well, during the first match, I did try and kill them too much. Call it a year not playing against StrongSide let out all in one shot.

FearItSelf: I think our intensity was completely different the second time around. Main Stage tends to bring out the best in teams, and make them play closer to their full potential.

SK: We had just won 3 straight against Ambush, so we had caught fire at that point. The first three we lost to FB though were arguably our worst gametypes, and we had some good gametypes the 2nd time we played them.

MLG: It's extremely rare for a team to come through the Losers Bracket to win two series in a row. What did you tell yourselves going into the Finals to stay confident?

SK: Well after the LAN with them we knew we were capable of beating them if we just played tD style halo.

Karma: SK started getting some overkills and some triples, so I hopped on the momentum wagon and kept on ridin'.

FearItSelf: We knew we were on their level so we just took it one game at a time.

MLG: You mean... one Team Slayer at a time?

Karma: Did we really win all the Team Slayers?

FearItSelf: When you have hysteria on your team you tend to have a much better chance winning a team slayer than losing one.