ultimate: "I think we've been playing good on Dust2, we just can't show it in official games"

Dust2.us Editor-in-Chief caught up with Liquid AWPer Roland "ultimate" Tomkowiak after he and his team eliminated M80 at IEM Atlanta.

ultimate shared his thoughts on Liquid's win, their logic behind picking Dust2, and how the team feels going into their next match v. GamerLegion.

Find the video interview below with a full transcription underneath. All questions and answers have been slightly edited for length and clarity.

Liquid come out on top of M80, a 2-1 win over that squad to stay alive at IEM Atlanta. How are you feeling after such a long night?

I'm pretty good. I'm happy that we won. It was a long day, but we won, so it's gonna be nice.

After a very difficult season, I'm sure this is a big confidence booster for you to take down a team that's ranked higher than you and to prove that Liquid can still do it against some of the stronger NA teams. Is this a confidence booster ahead of what's going to be a tough match against GamerLegion?

Every single game is a confidence booster, for sure. We're confident going into the next game. We don't have much to lose, we'll see how it goes.

One thing that I wanted to ask the team about was the Dust2 pick. We saw you guys go down 13-4 on that map and 13-4 earlier in the event to Astralis, as well. Before that, at your last event, it was a 13-11 loss.

Is there something that you guys see in your Dust2 that makes you keep wanting to pick it? Is it a preferred map in the team? What's the logic behind continuing to hammer away at this map?

I think we've been playing good on Dust2, we just can't show it in official games. That's why the scorelines are like they are. We feel good on it.

Heading into the match against GamerLegion tomorrow, how's the team feeling?

I have no idea, we didn't talk that much. I feel pretty good. I'm going to rest now and we'll see what happens tomorrow.

You have one more event at CAC before the Major, what's the goal for you guys to get ready for the Major?

The goal is to play the best Counter-Strike that we possibly can. That's the goal for every event and to prepare for the Major.