In the fourth episode of my 'Grilled' interview series I spoke in-depth with SK's Johan "face" Klasson about his career and some of the famous players he's teamed with, events he's placed highly at and opponents he's faced. Things also come to a close with him delivering a 10 minute masterclass on 1vX theory, his famous specialty.
[Note: this interview was conducted in March of 2012, so this is before Delpan returned to SK]
[Note: this interview was conducted in March of 2012, so this is before Delpan returned to SK]
Topics discussed:
00:04 Public's perception of face's playing style
03:14 Playing the role of being the lone small site player
06:20 Rarity of his role and how it has changed over the years
10:11 Going from Begrip to NiP, getting the blame for the team's lack of success
12:24 Going back down a level to Blank/H2k/Lemondogs
14:55 The infamous Blank vs. SK six overtime train game at the 2008 Swedish WCG qualifier
17:06 Joining SK, what problems that SK lineup had
21:07 Did he feel a difference when f0rest and GeT_RiGhT joined SK?
25:09 Does he have a sense now that SK 2010 was stuck at a specific level?
26:40 Was there ever a time he wondered if he could be in fnatic?
27:40 The strangeness of f0rest being an SK player
30:42 Thoughts on being in the best Swedish teams, the favourites to win
32:19 Accomplishing great things in 2011
34:30 Going deep so many times but not winning w/ the 2010 SK
36:50 Gux in the SK lineup and if he always wanted to return to fnatic
41:37 The moment he heard of Gux leaving
42:13 Finishing runnerup at ESWC 2010 to Na`Vi
47:36 Getting back to being the best team in the world, thoughts on trace in SK
49:52 Losing to FX in the semi-final of IEM V World Championship
51:20 Winning ESWC 2011 over Na`Vi
57:19 mindset in situations facing multiple opponents
01:00:21 1onX masterclass
01:11:05 Top Swedish players all taking aim duels in 1on1s except GeT_RiGhT
01:14:45 How face wants to be remembered
01:17:23 final words