Supernova Comets empathy on winning Impact: "It would be the happiest moment of my life"

Dust2.us' Jeffrey "Mnmzzz" Moore caught up with Lucy "empathy" Verkaik of Supernova Comets after her side qualified for the ESL Impact Finals playoffs.

This is not only the first time this empathy has played in the ESL Impact Finals playoffs, but it is also her first time winning a map at a Finals event.

empathy provided insight on her journey as a player in the Impact League, her teammates, and what an ESL Impact League Finals win would mean to her.

Find the full interview and key bits below. All questions and answers have been slightly edited for length and clarity.

You've just made playoffs for the first time ever, in the last two days you've won your first matches ever at Impact on LAN. NA has returned to Impact playoffs for the first time in two years, how are you feeling right now?

Really good. We were a little scared yesterday because we were playing poorly all day. We still won our first series but we felt like it was way closer than it should have been.

We were playing sloppy, but today, we played really well. We had a lot of fun and laughed while playing, and we had all of our confidence back.

This has been a long time coming, you were at the very first Impact season in Dallas in 2022 playing with the original Evil Geniuses Impact squad. As one of our strongest performs in the NA Impact space year after year, does it feel good to finally have your hard work come to fruition?

Absolutely, I knew this would be the season where everything changed. My team is so much better and I've been so happy with how this team's played. We've had hiccups here and there but overall it's been straight improvement.

They play around me so well and it's hard to find a team in Impact that's been able to do that. Everyone on the team is great to work with. Everyone works really hard.

A big part of this Supernova Comets team success is that you have a partner in crime in Fawx on the AWP. She's been posting fantastic numbers. Is having that good of an AWPer a game changer for you and how do you think she stacks up to the European AWPers?

I think mechanically she can definitely compete with the top AWPers in all of Impact. I think she's right up there if not the best mechanically. Expereince-wise she has a bit to go but she's been doing fantastic.

In previous teams I've AWPed just because in NA there's no AWPers and it's nice that I finally get to rifle and play where I'm most comfortable. She's been great to play with.

NIP Impact are riding high after beating Imperial today. Should they feel like they have this event in hand or do they need to worry about you?

I think if we play the way we did today, they should be scared. I think we have a good chance.

What would it mean for you to potentially win Impact after all the adversity you've faced in your career?

It would mean the world to me. It feels like everything is finally working out and it would be the happiest moment of my life. I'm not trying to get too excited but I think it's possible. It's crazy how far we've come and it doesn't feel like an unachievable goal anymore.

empathy and Supernova Comets will face FURIA fe today in the ESL Impact League Final.