JBa: "Everybody is beatable in this stage, especially the teams that we can play tomorrow"

Yesterday Wildcard fell to BetBoom in an incredibly close match to be denied a second opportunity to advance out of Stage One of the BLAST.tv Austin Major. Following this heartbreaking loss, the team's young star Josh "JBa" Barutt spoke to Dust2.us' Jeffrey "Mnmzzz" Moore about the loss, the team's prospects of making it to Stage Two, and his thoughts on his own performance at the Major thus far.

The full interview can be found below on YouTube or in text form below. All questions and answers below have been slightly edited for length and clarity.

Double OT on the first map, overtime on the second map means it was an incredibly close loss. How are you feeling coming out of that match?

A bit disappointed but also there's some good things to come out of it. We played a lot better than we did yesterday and we easily could've won that match if we won the 4v2s we lost and yeah its disappointing but we have another game tomorrow.

Having done so well in your Major debut in Shanghai, is there any anxiety about being knocked out earlier than many would expect here in Austin?

Not really worried. Like I said we've been pretty well this tournament besides the last two games. The B8 game was really rough and we had no chance, but against BetBoom we gave ourselves a lot better of a chance to win and I'm just excited for tomorrow.

I don't know who we're playing but I think we can win.

Do you think all of the remaining teams in Round 5 are beatable?

Yeah, everybody is beatable in this stage, especially the teams that we can play tomorrow.

Lot of people look to you as Wildcard's young star. How are you feeling about your own performance after these two tough losses?

Overall my performances have been good and I've gained a lot of confidence. I'm starting to do the things I do more naturally and I'm feeling good overall.