We sat down with place2play.ru stand-in Filip "Neo" Kubski following his team's 2-0 victory against GamerHouse in the ProGamerSeries group stage.

The Russia-based side have progressed to the PGS semi-finals after beating exotic and GamerHouse and losing to fnatic, with the team now waiting to find out whether they will meet Natus Vincere or Anexis in their next game.

This will most likely be the last 1.6 tournament in which Kubski will participate, after ESC Gaming decided to switch to CS:GO earlier in the month.

In this interview, Kubski talks about the experience of playing alongside Russian players and the upcoming semi-finals, and he also admits that CS:GO is not as bad as he may have suggested.

place2play.ru came second in the group, with two victories and one defeat. Are you happy with your team's performances?

Yes, I think this is what we expected, we know that we are learning new stuff after every game, because I am trying to get to know the Russian names for positions on the maps and all that. Every game is giving us a lot, so it is good that the group matches were played in best of three.

You had some very close games against exotic and GamerHouse. Did you expect them to play this well?

I did not expect them to be as good as they were, but I knew they could give us a hard time, because we do not have that much team work yet.

What has it been like with the team? I noticed that most of the times, you are just sitting in your corner, while the other players are speaking Russian with each other. Has the communication with the other players been difficult for you?

No, I just listen to what they are saying and I understand a lot of it. Sometimes, if I do not understand, I just ask and they explain it to me in English, so it is not that bad. It is pretty easy if you know the positions in Russian and simple words that explain what is happening during the game. I think it is okay.

You will now face either Natus Vincere or Anexis. Do you think you can beat a team like Na´Vi?

I think we are so random that we can beat anyone, but we also can lose to anyone. Anything can happen. It is totally random, to be honest.

Talking about CS:GO now, are you confident that you will get one of the invites for the ESWC?

I am not sure, but I hope we will get the invite. I have no idea what is going to happen.

Considering you have been playing CS:GO for some time now, do you think that you are still at your best level, as far as 1.6 is concerned?

Before TECHLABS, we practiced CS:GO a lot, and it felt like playing this game allowed us to keep our level. After this event, we had a small break, that is probably the reason that I have been playing a bit random, but practicing CS:GO gives you some skill in 1.6 and vice-versa.

You do not seem to have a great opinion about CS:GO, and neither does TaZ. Aren't you worried that someone from the team may lose the motivation to play the game and eventually quit?

It is not as bad as we say in interviews. When I try playing the game on public servers, it sucks and I do not enjoy it. But when you play with a team, or in gathers, it is actually not that bad, it is pretty okay and pretty entertaining sometimes, so I think that after some time we will get used to it. Before TECHLABS, we went to play 1.6 after practicing CS:GO for like two weeks, and we noticed how ugly the game is and how nice CS:GO looks. I think both games have pros and cons. It is not as bad as we use to say.

In your previous interview, you said you would like to see some changes to CS:GO. Can you mention some of them?

I did not like the movement, because it did not feel reliable, like when you jumped. But now it has changed, so you can actually do some bunny jumps and all that. I also do not like the maps, like de_train or de_inferno. I have seen some other versions of those maps that are okay, so I think what happened to de_nuke should happen to those maps. I also think they should ban Molotov, that is like the shield in 1.6.