HellRaisers' stand-in Dmitry "hooch" Bogdanov talked to us before his team's match against GPlay.

HellRaisers started the event with two convincing losses at the hands of Gamers2 and EnVyUs, but still have a chance to improve their record in their 3rd match.

On the other hand GPlay started hot with a win over the Frenchmen and a big lead against Na`Vi, only to see it slip away in the second half.

hooch & co. looking for their first win 

That is something Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov thinks can play into his team's favor, while he was also happy to start the match with a very small win – a cointoss to decide which team gets to sit on the left-hand side of the stage, which both wanted (because that side only lost one of the six matches today).

Here is what hooch had to say:

Was the coin flip just a mind game or you really like this side?

For me it's not important on which side we sit, but the guys wanted to sit here, and GPlay wanted to sit here, so we made a coin toss and we won. That's our first win for today and I hope we will continue.

How do you feel about this upcoming match?

Well, I think that GPlay are pretty upset because they lost the game against Na`Vi, and they lost a lot of their energy. So I think we have a good chance to win now, but I don't know, we're a mix and we played really badly in our first matches. But maybe it's our time now.

Is this your decider match?

Yes, I think this map will decide if we can make it [to the playoffs] or not.

hooch is playing for HellRaisers as a stand-in since Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov was unable to travel to Ukraine due to passport issues.

They will have two more matches tomorrow, against Na`Vi and FlipSid3, while GPlay will meet FlipSid3 and Gamers2. Four out of the six teams advance to the playoffs.

Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 151 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.71 Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Age: 27 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 576 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.63