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Hi it's Max, we're currently with G2 Esports for a little debriefing

The grand final hasn't started yet but the video will be published after the Major

How are you Dan (apEX) ?

Better, a bit better

And you Kenny ?

I've had better days but it's alright, I'm well

Let's come back a bit on your match against Cloud9, starting with the veto

Could you tell us why you chose not to play Cache again

Even though you had beat them on it last time during the Legends Stage

For the veto it was simple, first we banned Train because we don't play on it

And they banned Nuke because they don't play on it

Then when we had to pick one, we chose Overpass because they don't play much on this map so they were not supposed to be very good on it

And they picked Mirage. That's how it happened, we were hesitating

between Overpass, Cache and even Inferno, but in the end almost everyone in the team agreed on Overpass

Regarding Cache we didn't want to pick it because we already beat them on it during the tournament

So they were obviously going to get used to our play

We simply didn't want to pick a map we already beat them on, that's a principle that fnatic and even NiP used to have

We all agreed on that

So that's why, we know they can adapt themselves pretty well to our play and we wanted to avoid that

So you started by playing Mirage

Then you had a technical time-out at the very beginning

We all saw that Nathan (NBK) was arguing about something with the admin

And he didn't manage to get into the game, at least not as much as during the Legends Stage

We didn't see the best of him

So could you come back a bit on this technical pause and on Mirage?

Regarding Nathan first, it's not that he couldn't get into the game, it's just that he plays on B on Mirage

And the terrorists usually don't go much towards this bomb side, it's like 80% on A and 20% on B

So he had to back us up many times, and it's not easy

Regarding the technical pause now, it's simple, first we won the pistol

And for the next round there was a kind of bug with the admins, Alex (bodyy) was muted

And actually he was already muted during the pistol round, then during the second round

But let's be honest, it's not because of that that we lost the eco, Kenny and me ate two Deagle headshots

So even if we could communicate with Alex (bodyy) it wouldn't have changed anything

So yeah, it's just...

What happened with Nathan (NBK) was that he thought the admin was ignoring him

Because he was talking to the admin through his headset, and the admin couldn't hear it

So Nathan was actually talking for nothing and he got a bit angry for being ignored like that

But the two of them talked about it afterwards and there was no problem

It's because of the stress at the beginning of a match

So as I said before, it's not that Nathan couldn't get into the match

But it's like on that on every map, one of the bomb site is less used that the other so he had fewer things to do

Do you want to add something Kenny?

It's just that obviously, this is not the best way to get focused on a match, when something like that happens during the second round

We couldn't do anything about that of course

But I think we were all pretty tense

So it quickly got out of control

I think it disadvantaged us more than anything

Maybe some players were more affected by it than the others

Maybe not Nathan himself, but other players around him

So of course the technical pause did not help us get into the game

Also, in order to ask for a time-out in an official match you have to press F1 right?

So Kenny, you ended up buying something because of that

So you asked to restart the round, but the rules didn't allow it

I'll let you talk about it, and I also have a question : can't you disable F1 to avoid the auto-buy?

If you disable F1 you also can't allow a time-out, that's a problem

Actually, it's not that the rules forbid it

It's just that the ELEAGUE wasn't conscious of what happened

They didn't realize that I had bought this gun because of the F1 system

So once they realized it they restarted the round

So yeah, since the beginning there was a bit of a misunderstanding between the staff and us

So the final score on Mirage was 16-8 four Cloud9

You took a few time-outs but you didn't manage to make a comeback

What was it that you lacked on Mirage in order to win?

It's simple, let's start from the beginning

First, France hadn't gotten past the group stage for the last 2 and half years

So our main goal was to get out of the group stage

We actually didn't have any other goal for this lan, we just wanted to gain the Legend status

So we focused a lot on BO1s

So yeah we almost didn't practice on Mirage

But we're actually not angry about that

We're not blaming ourselves, because our main goal was to become Legends, the rest would only be a bonus

So yeah, they won, and it was obvious that we hadn't practiced on it because we made stupid mistakes

Still, we were losing 8-2 and we came back to 8-7, which is correct

But then we lost the pistol

and we had many incomprehensible rounds, it was obvious that we were lost on the map

So when you start a Major's quarterfinals on a map you haven't practiced, well...

It's complicated, even more if the other team is good on it

But as I said we don't regret it, we chose to focus on 5 other maps and we set Mirage aside

So good job to them

Did you feel affected by the crowd because there was no booth?

No, we're used to situations where the crowd is usually against us

So we didn't... well I'm talking for myself, but I think it didn't affect anyone in the team

With or without a crowd, I think the outcome of the match would have been the same

So then you played on Overpass next, you pick

We were expecting you to win the map, and I think you were expecting that too

But it didn't start well for you once again

What were you lacking this time to win the map and reach Cobble, the decider?

We lacked in rigour, and made mistakes we shouldn't have made

We lost some really important clutches, like for example a 3v2 on A site

So of course if affected us

If only we had won this 3v2 and other important rounds, we would have gotten into the match

Unfortunately, we lost them because we didn't play well

And that's it, but you know, Overpass...

To be more precise, we actually practiced a lot on Overpass

And during the prac, we were very good on our T side

But during the lan, we failed twice of this T side

So it's a bit hard to take because we actually practiced a lot on this map

So why did we lose? Because of the many mistakes, and also because our play style...

Wasn't lax enough, or too strict regarding the players we have, I don't know

We're going to talk about that, we still haven't made the real debriefing because we need to cool down before that

But well, overall they were better, they surprised us, they got the kills and won the clutches

Don't you think you might have made too many force-buys instead of letting you take the awp, Kenny?

No, well, I'm not sure

I think we kinda ran out of solutions at some point

Moreover, I think we were all short of our real level

Originally, the goal of this game is to kill the enemies

Cloud9 was playing a lot better than during the group stage

They were better, and if we wanted to beat them we had to show our best level in any case

We didn't show up, and we paid for it immediatly

This tournament lasted almost a month

So I think we also couldn't be as consistent in our training program during the tournament

We also had some issues, I got the flu and couldn't play for three days

We were all a bit sick at some point

So we have some mitigating circumstances, but it won't explain everything

And it doesn't justify that we lacked in rigour and consistency in our training around the end of the tournament

Before that you managed to win 3-0 during the qualifier, and 3-0 during the Legends Stage

So of course the French community started hoping to see you win

Don't you think that because you were not defeated even once before that

You started struggling when Cloud9 started outplaying you, you didn't know how to react?

Maybe you weren't prepared for it, even if you also lose sometimes during practice

I don't really know. We still struggled before, for example we were losing 9-2 against Flash during our first match and we came back

I don't think it's related, I think we just had a bad day

We played badly

As Kenny said, we were a bit sick but that's no excuse

I for example didn't feel sick

So yeah, we played bad and at the same time they played well

So we can also congratulate them because they played two great maps

So as you said Dan, you still end the tournament with the Legend status, which is pretty great

It had been two years and a half since a French team last got it

Of course we're a bit sad that you lost in quarterfinals but let's not forget that overall it's a good performance

You too, do you feel satisfied with what you did? Are you still motivated for the year to come?

Yeah, overall we feel satisfied, as Dan said our main goal was to get hold of the Legend status

Anything else was a bonus, even if, of course, it hurt to lose in quaterfinals and we wish we could have gone further

So yeah, we did what we wanted, we're still disappointed, but if you look at it objectively there were more positive than negative things

Next lan for you will be... the Starladder?

When is it? February?

I think we're leaving on Frebruary 16, so we'll spend three weeks at home

Honestly, we'll start by taking a few days to rest because we've been away for a month now

We'll play by ourselves but take a few days away from team practice

Then two and half a week of intensive training until the Starladder

So for now we've reached our goal

We wanted to get out of the group stage, but now we want to go even further, we're not here to get a top 8

We want to reach finals and even win them

So for the next three weeks we're going to give it our all and train a lot

At the end of December, between the BLAST and Christmas break

things weren't going well, we were a bit unsure

When we came back we did a one-week bootcamp in Tours, and it went very well

We went from a "can't get past the qualifier" level to a "Legend" level

And that's why we shouldn't regret anything here, we reached our goal

Now we're going to set even higher goals

Does the structure also pressure sometimes regarding your goals?

Because sometimes we see Ocelote (G2's co-founder) post things on Twitter, talking about winning a Major and all

We know that they have high expectations for us, which is normal given that they give us a salary

We have the same expectations for ourselves anyway

We're not directly feeling the pressure

If some people feel pressured, it has to be the ones who connect the players with the structure

For us it would be Jérôme (NiaK), our manager, and possibly our coach

But it's alright for us

We obviously know that they're expecting more from us, but we don't feel that pressured

Thanks for the interview guys, once again congrats for the Legend status

Last words are for you, if you want to say anything to the French-speaking community

So, I know you were expecting a lot from us after what we achieved at the qualifier and the group stage

We're sorry for that, but we're still happy after two and a half years without a French team as Legend

Even if some people will say that we only played against weaker teams

Actually two teams out of the three we played against also became Legends, so it's not that bad

We're satisfied, and we're also happy that people supported us all along the way and gave our best for us

So thank you, and we're going to step up

We don't want quarterfinals, we want to go even further so we'll do our best

We give it our all, if things don't work it's a shame, but at least we'll have given it our all

So yeah, well, thank you! For your support

As I often say, we see what you write to us

We only pay attention to the positive things

And this time there were a lot of positive things, so thank you

We could feel that you were as thrilled as us during this Major, and you're as sad as us that it didn't last longer

But the season only started, so thanks for always being there

And thanks VaKarM

Thanks guys, it's been a real pleasure following you for these three weeks in the US

I'd like to end this interview by also giving my thanks to everyone that helped, starting by Miky, behind the camera, who edited all the videos

And who filmed everything

Thanks also to all the staff from VaKarM, for trusting us and sending us to the US

And for helping us from France, thanks to gubbs, MilkaFun, Miles, and many other people

You can see all the people from VaKarM on this page : http://www.vakarm.net/staff

Thanks to our sponsors, HyperX and Avast, who also helped us come all the way to the US

Thanks everyone, that was Max&Miky for VaKarM, see you!

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CompStat in New York, Boston and Chicago - Duration: 5:32.

Can you tell us about CompStat and what it meant for the City?

>> So, CompStat was invented in NYPD by Bill Bratton and Jack Maple.

And the idea was to use statistics and

the number of crimes committed as the bottom line for policing.

So, in business the bottom line is- >> Profit.

>> Profit and loss.

In policing it's how many crimes have been prevented.

And the only way you can figure that out is by looking at the crimes and

determining strategies to prevent them.

>> Absolutely.

>> A brilliant idea,

saved thousands of lives in New York over the last 20 years and across the country.

>> And CompStat also helped them focus resources, right?

You know that this street corner regularly a bad place and this place is not, so

you can direct more cops to that street corner.

>> Right, right, exactly.

Policing was sort of a shotgun approach as far as assignments.

You would spread the officers out among the community

as widely as you can, so you've got equal enforcement.

But really the officers would gravitate to those

high crime areas where there were more calls.

And what CompStat did was allowed us to identify

exactly where the crime was occurring and use, they call it cops on dots.

Really putting officers in those locations.

>> Right. >> And that's the first step.

The problem in New York seemed to be that there was no recognition that

increasing stop and frisk, or increasing field interrogation cards,

contact with potential criminals was ever a bad thing.

And so after talking to the community I realized that people were

feeling put out by being stopped and talked to over and over and over again.

And when we looked at this statistics we found that

it was this same individuals being stopped over and over and over again.

Some are criminals.

But a large number of them we're necessarily hardcore criminals.

They were kids that were on the street, grew up like I did in Lowell.

>> And but this you know highlights an issue that

some things are easier to measure than other things.

>> Right. >> And

the easy way to manage is to focus on the things that are easy to measure.

And that often lead to go awry in the corporate context and

can go awry in the policing context as well.

It's easy to measure how many people you stop, and

it's harder to measure what you've done in terms of building community trust or

what you've done in terms of creating long term safety.

So I'm gonna ask one question which you may not be comfortable saying.

But it's not Boston, it's Chicago.

It is clear that something is not going on well in Chicago.

That Chicago had like New York and Boston significant decreases in crime.

Currently there is both crime levels appear to be up,

although a lot of that is there's always randomness on the statistics,

but it appears both that there's a significant safety issue.

And the public animosity, at least from some parts of the public toward

the Chicago Police Department appears to be quite large.

Do you have any sense about what Chicago could be doing better?

If you were, and probably you have given advice to Rob Emmanuel on this, but

if you were If you were telling them.

How do you fix a dysfunctional situation like that or

how do you at least move in the right direction?

>> There's changes that need to be made on three different levels.

I worked there for

two years providing advice through the justice department to the city.

And, the way I look at it,

the city needs to institute a community policing program and

use CompStat as the main focus for their strategies.

And they've moved away from CompStat, which I think is a further disaster.

But they also have to build trust with the community.

And it has to be block by block and officer by officer.

And so that's the foundation of it.

But there's also serious dysfunction at the state level, at the Cook County

prosecutor's office, in their coordination with the federal authorities.

And quite frankly, I was extremely disappointed in the federal authorities

who would not look at violent crime in the neighborhoods as a problem.

They were focused on white collar crime and corruption.

And even after intervening and

going through the justice department there was zero response from that agency.

In Boston the feds were an enormous help

in our being able to control violent crime, and putting people away.

And quite frankly, at the state level bad guys don't get put in jail in Cook County.

They just don't, they have multiple shootings, multiple firearms arrests,

and they're still on the street, and the criminal justice system is a joke.

So until that gets coordinated at the state and

at the federal level it's gonna be a serious problem.

>> And the federal level, why is it different in Boston and in Chicago?

What, it's just a different person who is in the DA's office?

>> US Attorney, US Attorney.

Right. >> Fascinating, it reminds us to rise how

important personalities are, and how lucky Boston and Lowell have been to have you.

Thank you.

>> Well thank you very much, and many other people.

>> And many other people, absolutely.

>> It was a great team.