As a part of our ongoing SHG Open coverage we had a quick talk with nasu from Serious Gaming about their expectations and their ever changing lineup.

Hi, I would like tomake interview with you but first of all take a brief summary for ournon-educated readers of your clan.
Hi, SeriousGaming started on January 2004, Serious has wc3, quake4 and cs squads. Webecame Serious Gaming's cs squad 9.10.2005.

How does a top teamprepare for a huge tournament like the SHG?
Well, we try to practice as much as we can.

Without specialpreparations?
Not really.

So who do you thinkwill finish top 3 at SHG and why?
fnatic,their new team seems to be crazy, Speed-Link showed some great skills atSwedish WCG Qualifiers, and hopefully us.

Who is most likely tofail and why?
Team seven,haven't actually never before heard of them.

What will your lineup be for the SHG?
me, lurppis,Shiri, barrack, Kuppi.

What can we expectfrom your clan in 2006? Where will they be showing off headshots and teamkills? Any particular LANs, leagues or other tournaments?
AtleastDigilab, Netgamez, Finnish ESWC Qualifiers, WCG Qualifiers, WEG Qualifiers,hopefully ESWC,WCG and WEG :)

Than maybe you cantell me what do you do in last 15 minutes before a match?
Well, drinkmuch water, get to the computer and play some aimmap if possible or just go tothe server for some warmup.

So if you neededanother player in your team and you could pick anyone in the whole wide world.Then whom would you pick and why is that?
zet fromNiP, just cause of his crazy aim and knowledge of the game.

There has been quitesome disturbance concerning your line-up during the last period of time. Couldyou describe what has happened?
I'm not oldenough to play in CPL events, Shiri decided to take a break off cs before CPL,and barrack just was unable to get his lazy ass to Dallas, and we picked up toNppa to replace meat CPL's.

But that is now apast and it will not effect your current plans?
No it won't,toNppa will replace me only at events that I cant take part.

Nice to hear, but Ithink we all hope that you will be able to take part in most of events.Anything you would like to tell to your fans for the end?
I would liketo thank Serious Gaming and its sponsors, our fans(?), and greetings goes forquincux DsB Fabolous <3

Thank you for theinterview and good luck on SHG and other events that you're planning to takepart in.
Thanks toyou to.

There we have it, certainly a busy schedule for all of 2006, SHG Open should be a good indicator to show how well prepared they are.

This is only a part in our SHG Open coverage, for more info go to our SHG Open Coverage site.