M80 dephh: "This year has probably been one of the toughest of my career"
M80 took part in ESL Challenger 2023 at DreamHack Atlanta as one of the two North American representatives in front of a home crowd. Shortly after the team’s opening match against Virtus.pro, their head coach Rory “dephh” Jackson talked to BLIX for an interview, discussing stepping in for Marcus "maNkz" Kjeldsen for the tournament, how he reflects on 2023 and much more. Pedro Romero, BLIX: It's been quite a whirlwind of a day for you after getting in the starting lineup as a stand-in due to maNkz [Marcus Kjeldsen] being unable to show up. What's that situation like for you? Rory "dephh" Jackson: Yeah, it's kind of chaotic. We were rushing and trying our best to get him here on time, but the US Immigration Office had a different opinion. So we tried [on that] and, yeah, I haven't played a pro game since 2018 or 19, so it definitely [threw me] in the deep end, but I'm just trying my best. I actually think we performed pretty well today, all things considered. We'll just go into tomorrow
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