Video: Interview with LeX
By: Nix0n
Time: 2012-06-17 19:27
Event: DreamHack Summer 2012
Game: Counter-Strike 1.6

As the group stage came to a close, we sat down with Aleksey "LeX" Kolesnikov from Virtus.pro for a chat about the BYOC qualifier, topping a group with SK and ESC in it, as well as the upcoming semi-final against Natus Vincere.

Against all odds, Russian team Virtus.pro topped the group of death, beating SK Gaming and ESC Gaming to advance in first place. At the end of day one, Aleksey "LeX" Kolesnikov found time to sit down with us to talk about the DreamHack experience so far.

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Tags: LeX, Virtus.pro, DreamHack Summer 2012

Nice
2012-06-17 19:28:52
you looks cool nix..
2012-06-17 19:28:58
u gay ?
2012-06-17 20:47:29
am i?
2012-06-18 01:10:54
dunno
2012-06-18 01:42:58
I was waiting for this one :)
2012-06-17 19:28:58
by: rKj
#10
me to :)
great job Nix0n! :)
2012-06-17 19:36:27
lex is sick
2012-06-17 19:29:05
+1
2012-06-17 20:51:37
gl tomorrow guys!

gg
2012-06-17 19:29:30
Him saying that he expected they would beat SK and ESC is pure bullsh*t.
2012-06-17 19:31:40
If u didn't expect that you will win, you even mustn't to particapate in the tournament
2012-06-17 19:35:28
he probably expected him and his team to qualify but that he states he expected them to win against the top 2 best teams in the world is indeed bullcrap
2012-06-17 19:40:54
ESC loosing half of all matches this year top2 of the world ofc!
2012-06-17 20:31:03
you meant top2-3 teams. cuz top1 is Na`Vi currently. and he will face them too.
2012-06-17 21:37:04
rofl
2012-06-18 00:54:53
he never said it in that way. he know sk wasnt in shape and esc did a mistake with the map choice
2012-06-17 19:40:40
nixon asked if he honestly expected them to do as well as they did, he said they have a lot of experience and they played good online so yeah. that was his answer.
2012-06-17 19:43:13
exactly and when it came to the point about the matches and the teams he said what i stated.
2012-06-17 19:44:23
i don't really care about the matches and what you stated. he never said they won because sk was in bad shape and because esc eliminated their best maps, he only said that he expected they would win and why and that's like i said bullcrap.
2012-06-17 19:46:13
he said that SK are in bad shape and ESC removed their best maps ... and he was very confident playing inferno
2012-06-17 20:17:05
+1
2012-06-17 20:19:35
the guy watched a different interview, obv. let him go ;)
2012-06-18 02:26:08
+1
2012-06-17 19:45:04
goodluck tomorow
2012-06-17 19:31:56
Legend
2012-06-17 19:35:20
Is he on weed? so excited?
2012-06-17 19:37:05
i would like to see you, when you were eating so much shit, but then change your roster and won versus sk,winfakt,esc.
2012-06-17 21:27:57
didnt understand the first part of the sentence,but yea i agree
2012-06-17 21:39:28
I'm glad to see it.

Post edited 2012-06-17 21:40:41
2012-06-17 21:40:29
hes talking with passion
2012-06-17 19:37:06
+1
2012-06-17 20:48:46
cool interview :D
2012-06-17 19:37:36
his English sounds like Russian jajaja =D

Post edited 2012-06-17 19:38:44
2012-06-17 19:37:52
Dafaq did I just read?
2012-06-17 20:52:00
quality -> 240p

Not much to watch in an interview anyways, mainly listening.
2012-06-17 19:37:57
What a legend...it looks so nice to see a player whos 10 years on the scene so motivated and hyped after so many tournaments. Best of luck tomorrow,I really hope that you will win this tournament.
2012-06-17 19:39:51
love his voice
2012-06-17 19:40:06
He is so excited also a really nice guy gl tomorrow vs NaVi bring russian cs back with some crazy skills.
2012-06-17 19:40:21
great guy LeX, gl tomorrow, don't let na'vi to trick you :]
2012-06-17 19:40:23
GL, Virtus.pro for final!
2012-06-17 19:40:55
they will lose to Na`Vi ;) but they done great job.
2012-06-17 21:29:19
he's so funny hahaha, like a teddy bear and his gestures are so awesome hahaha. "very very very" :P
2012-06-17 19:41:09
So passionate, hehehe - nice guy.
2012-06-17 19:43:52
Gg VP
2012-06-17 19:44:14
Gotta love the man's voice :P
2012-06-17 19:44:52
Nice interview.The crucial thing which I have noticed is the sincerity of Lex's speech,he does care about VP so badly,especially after abominable performance throughout the latest spell of time.Wish all the best VP.Good luck tomorrow!!
2012-06-17 19:50:19
Must've been an easy interview, the guy just wouldn't shut up...
2012-06-17 19:50:54
haha :D yeah this is LeX :D
2012-06-17 19:54:16
And i like LeX that way, very honest down to earth and gives a feeling like he is one of the senior gamers in your local lan center :)
2012-06-17 19:56:13
LeX , With you forever, From 2005 <3
2012-06-17 19:53:35
1024x768 rez ...
2012-06-17 19:58:00
awesome interview! :D
2012-06-17 20:00:26
DREAMHACK will be white, blue and red tomorrow :d

Post edited 2012-06-17 20:01:38
2012-06-17 20:01:21
this guy is kinda pathetic. never won anything, and trolling how good they are after 2 good maps in a fucking groupstage...what a joke
2012-06-17 20:02:18
:DD crawl back to your cage fag
2012-06-17 20:05:46
Hahahaa owned HIM badly!!!
2012-06-17 20:53:26
where dafuq is the "like" button? :-D
2012-06-18 02:29:04
you idiot, he won CPL Belgrade and ESWC 2004. so noobish to say that
2012-06-17 22:04:09
you serious?
2012-06-18 07:36:14
Lex is great guy ... good interview
2012-06-17 20:02:26
I've always admired Lex's interviews.You ask him yes or no,he will tell you how to clutch on nuke. GJ
2012-06-17 20:06:18
hahah
2012-06-17 20:07:44
Made my day :D
2012-06-18 07:47:52
awesome iview. LeX is a legend.
2012-06-17 20:07:22
+1 :D
2012-06-17 20:11:00
bye bye
2012-06-17 20:12:04
He's so cool. keep going guys
2012-06-17 20:17:18
Man dis guy is full of life.10 years of gaming and he still sounds like a 13 year old kid full of passion n zeal.
gl lex just win it all

Post edited 2012-06-17 20:42:19
2012-06-17 20:41:55
Imagine you ask LeX in private life "what's up" or "how do you do" ..it takes few hours him to answer :D
Good luck tomorrow, hope you win this tournament. You are one of 3 players from Russia I respect a lot, other two are hooch and F_1N.
2012-06-17 21:05:14
Hmmm...only 1 thing wrong with his inview Nix , nobody passed in front of the camera !
2012-06-17 21:31:20
so happy to see him back on top :) such a nice attitude towards the game, training etc.

GL!
2012-06-17 21:54:13
LeX 4 life
2012-06-17 22:04:21
guy likes to talk :D
2012-06-17 22:33:45
such a great guy! gl man!
2012-06-17 22:54:51
:)
2012-06-18 00:12:24
my favourite teams are - sk and vp .
when they played each other, i hoped for sk win . but, so happened, and i was extremely mad at Lex, but now, after this interview, im pretty happy that they won :D
such a nice guy he is . go vp, go !
2012-06-18 01:32:04
so enthusiastic, gotta appreciate this guy.
2012-06-18 01:35:10
GO GO LEX-dA-bEAR
2012-06-18 01:35:39
by: Pus - HLTV.org
#79
haha, nice pic! Pus, go to sleeeeep!!
2012-06-18 02:07:15
by: Pus - HLTV.org
#82
HLTV.org never sleeps!
2012-06-18 02:14:43
hahah, I accept that answer.
2012-06-18 02:21:17
Such a nice guy, gj so far Virtus.pro and good luck tomorrow against na`vi.
2012-06-18 01:47:06
He's one exciting guy lol
2012-06-18 03:02:00
LeX#1
2012-06-18 03:53:12
LeX awesome player with rifles and awp!
2012-06-18 04:30:40
and pistol
2012-06-18 04:31:30
Go virtusa ebat'
2012-06-18 04:48:44
LeX is back guys. Always been my favourite player!

Lesha davi!!
2012-06-18 07:51:15
-xaoc -kucher

and Virtus.pro became losing to top20 of Greece again.
2012-06-18 08:25:59
+ :)
2012-06-20 19:42:03
Am i the only one who thought he said "fanny fart" at 0:33 ROFL!?!!
2012-06-18 10:08:28
Lex - the guy that gives the best intervies!

2012-06-18 12:14:28
Great guy and person , its nice to see that he got so much motivation after a lot years of playing , greetings from ex kgb-team player :)
2012-06-18 20:17:54
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