Hiko: "s1mple really wants to win"

We interviewed another quarter-finalist at ESL One Cologne, this time it's Spencer "Hiko" Martin about Liquid's route to playoffs,

Liquid have joined the list of quarter-finalists following a win over Envy, a loss to Virtus.pro and finally a confident win over MOUZ in the decider of Group C.

As usual, we got a hold of Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin for an eight-minute long interview, in which he shares a few things about Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's approach to team and individual practice prior to the event, goes through the group matches and more:

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Check out the list of interviews we have conducted so far at ESL One Cologne to see if you've missed any:

Yegor "⁠markeloff⁠" Markelov: "Knew exactly how NiP play"

Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen: "I feel like I won an event"

Jesper "⁠JW⁠" Wecksell: "Came in with fresh minds today"

Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović: "nV match was a team effort"

Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács: "Confident playing T side [on Cobble]"

Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov: "We wanted revenge for MLG"

Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad: "I expect us and G2 through"

Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski: "Tech pause was good for us"

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz: "gla1ve is really good at adapting"

Envy #6 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerTimothée 'DEVIL' Démolon Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Age: 24 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 782 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 20 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 706 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 Jesper 'JW' Wecksell Age: 21 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 876 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 MOUZ #13 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačJohannes 'nex' MagetTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 26 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 756 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 Liquid #11 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinNick 'nitr0' CannellaOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Yegor 'markeloff' Markelov Age: 28 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 820 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov Age: 29 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 322 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.70 Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 26 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 470 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.61 Virtus.pro #7 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 310 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70 Aleksandar 'kassad' Trifunović Age: 29 Team: MOUZC Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski Age: 28 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 962 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 18 Team: LiquidB Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 435 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.70

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