Nikola?"?NiKo?"?Kova??feels he has reached his career-peak as a player, and is proud of it.

When all is said and done and we have moved on to CS2,?NiKo?may well go down as the greatest rifler CS:GO ever saw. Despite his immense talent and superlative ability, he hasn't always been able to win the trophies his individual level may have deserved.

當(dāng)csgo的賽事即將結(jié)束，cs2即將開始的時候，NiKo很可能會成為csgo有史以來最偉大的步槍。盡管他有驚人的天賦和卓越的能力，但他并不總是能夠贏得他個人應(yīng)得的獎杯。

In recent times?G2?have managed to bulk out?NiKo's resume with some impressive tournament wins, and now, having secured IEM Cologne to go with the Katowice trophy they won earlier in the year, the Bosnian rifler has added one more title to his cabinet.

最近，G2設(shè)法以一些令人印象深刻的勝利來充實Niko的簡歷，現(xiàn)在在確保了IEM科隆的和年初的卡托維茲獎杯之后，這位波斯尼亞的步槍手在他的展柜上又增加了一個冠軍。

Fresh from securing a trophy that eluded him for so long,?NiKo?sat down with HLTV to give his thoughts on the historic victory, his development as a player, and his opinions on his AWPer and IGL.

NiKo剛剛獲得了一個與他失之交臂很久的獎杯，他與HLTV坐下來談了他對這場歷史性勝利的看法，他作為一名選手的發(fā)展，以及他對自己的AWPer和IGL的看法。

• just tell me how you’re feeling after winning that one?

  能先告訴我在贏得了科隆冠軍之后的感覺嗎？
  

  Feeling amazing. Winning the last IEM Cologne in CS:GO is going to have a big place in my heart, I’m really happy that we managed to do this. It took me quite some time to win both Katowice and Cologne, and I’m happy it happened in the end.

  感覺很神奇。在csgo中贏得最后一個IEM科隆將會在我心中占據(jù)重要的位置，我真的很高興我們能做到。我花了相當(dāng)長的時間贏得卡托維茲和科隆，我很高興最終拿下了。

• Tell me a little bit about the journey from Katowice to here. Obviously you had the Major and things like that, how impressed are you that you managed to stick together and come through that period?

  告訴我一點關(guān)于從卡托到這邊的旅程吧，很明顯你經(jīng)過了Major和一些低迷的時期，你對團隊一起度過的那個時期有多深刻的印象？

  It hasn’t been easy. After the Paris Major we definitely were in a down period, and we all felt… no one was happy and satisfied obviously with the results, there’s no doubt, but I think we just have created a system that can win us the championships.

  那個時候并不容易，在巴黎Major之后我們確實低迷了一段時間，那時候我們感覺……很明顯沒人會對那樣的結(jié)果感到開心，但我認為我們只是創(chuàng)造了一個可以為我們贏得冠軍的體系。

  To be honest coming to this tournament, we did not come thinking we were going to go to the final and win in such a fashion, but we took it one game at a time and one round at a time, we just kept improving from each game. Every game was us doing better and better, building up the confidence, and being there for each other. By every game that we won we believed in ourselves even more, you believe in your teammate next to you.

  老實說，來到這個錦標賽，我們并沒有想到我們會以這樣的方式進入決賽并獲勝，但我們一場一場地比賽，一輪一輪地比賽，我們只是從每場比賽中不斷進步。每一場比賽都使我們做得越來越好，建立信心，并互相支持。通過每一場我們贏得的比賽，我們更加相信我們自己，相信旁邊的隊友。

  I’m really proud of everyone in the team for this event, and I don’t care if we go to Riyad and lose in groups the next event, or even Pro League. Winning Katowice and Cologne is something that not many players have managed to achieve, in one year at least, so I’m happy for the whole team and really proud, including the whole staff behind us, not just the players. Everyone has put a lot of effort and work in, and yeah I’m happy that we are here today laughing and celebrating.

  我真的為這個隊伍中的每個人感到驕傲，我不在乎我們是否會在利或者是EPL輸?shù)舯荣悺?span id="s0sssss00s" class="font-size-12">至少在一年內(nèi)贏得卡托維茲和科隆是沒有多少選手能夠做到的事情，所以我為整個團隊感到高興和自豪，包括我們背后的所有工作人員。每個人都付出了很多努力和工作。

Winning an MVP is a great thing, but I'm just much more proud of myself, how I finally developed as a player

Nikola?"?NiKo?"?Kova?

• What about individually, as well? I think it’s your first HLTV LAN MVP for like 1300 days, something crazy, how much importance to you give to this MVP?

  那么關(guān)于你自己呢？我覺得這是你應(yīng)該是這1300天來的第一個HLTV LAN MVP，這有點瘋狂，對于你來說拿到這個MVP有多重要？

  It’s been a long time since I managed to achieve this. It was just hard, ever since I joined G2 we had hard times against NAVI, s1mple was in his prime, so it was always hard to play versus them, but I never really thought about how to win an MVP, rather just how to win a trophy for the team, for the players, for the organization. That was the same today, the goal was just for me to help the team as much as I can, share my experience from the past that I have. I think that now I probably feel like the most complete player in my career in this moment, so I'm really happy and proud of myself for it. Winning an MVP is a great thing, but I'm just much more proud of myself, how I finally developed as a player.

  我已經(jīng)很久沒有拿到MVP了，這很難，從我加入G2開始，我們經(jīng)歷了與NAVI的艱難對抗，那時候s1mple正值巔峰，所以那時候總是很難與他們對抗，不過我真的從沒有想過去怎么拿下一個MVP，只是想著要怎么為了隊伍，為了我的隊友們，為了這個團隊拿下獎杯，今天也是一樣，我的目標只是盡我所能幫助隊伍，分享我過去的經(jīng)驗。我想現(xiàn)在我可能覺得自己是職業(yè)生涯中最完美的選手之一，所以我真的很開心，也為自己感到驕傲。贏得MVP是一件很棒的事情，但是我更為自己我是如何最終成長為一名這樣的選手而感到驕傲。
  

• Tell me a bit about how your role has developed. This aggressive rifler role is easy to be inconsistent in, how did you get into such a flow state this tournament? I think you had the same deaths-per-round as m0NESY, which in your role is crazy. Tell me about that.

  告訴我一點你的定位是如何發(fā)展的。這種侵略性的步槍角色很容易不穩(wěn)定，你在這場比賽中是如何進入這樣一種流暢狀態(tài)的？我認為你和m0NESY有同樣的每回合死亡數(shù)，這在你的職能里是很瘋狂的。跟我說說。

  It’s very tough, it’s hard for me to stay consistent in this role because a lot depends on the maps. On some maps I'm not in the position to shine, on some maps I have to sacrifice more, on some maps the team are playing more around me. It's hard to keep up the same numbers right now, but I think that I kinda mastered my role, mastered the positions that I am playing in. Obviously there is always room for improvement, but I'm now just really happy with how consistent I am as a player as well. The past six-seven months haven’t been that good for me, so I just started thinking about improvements, how I can be a better player and teammate.

  這很難，對我來說很難在比賽里保持一致的角色定位，因為這取決于我們玩的是什么圖，在一些地圖上，我不在閃耀的位置上，在一些地圖上，我不得不犧牲更多，在一些地圖上，隊伍圍繞著我進行對戰(zhàn)?，F(xiàn)在很難保持同樣的數(shù)字，但我認為我有點掌握了我的角色，掌握了我所扮演的位置。顯然總有提高的空間，但我現(xiàn)在真的很高興自己作為一名選手也能保持穩(wěn)定。過去的六七個月對我來說并不好，所以我開始思考如何改進，如何成為一名更好的選手和隊友。

  This season at least, or the last two events, I am definitely doing much better, I feel much better individually. I think that mostly comes from my calmness, I think I am very calm right now and probably that’s why I have maybe less deaths, I don’t try to force things sometimes, I am just taking it a bit more… passive maybe, sometimes if I got two or three kills I would go for four, but now I rather maybe sit back, chill a bit, breathe. I think that's the biggest difference that I have made in this off-season.

  這個賽季至少，或者說最近的兩個比賽內(nèi)，我確實做得比以前更好，我感覺這樣子很好，我認為這主要來自于我的冷靜，我認為我現(xiàn)在非常冷靜，可能這就是為什么我的死亡可能更少，我有時不試圖強迫自己做更多事情，我現(xiàn)在就有些……循序漸進的感覺吧，有時如果我殺了兩三個，我會去試著殺第四個，但現(xiàn)在我寧愿坐下來，放松一下，深呼吸。我認為這是我在這個休賽期中最大的改變。

  
  

Sometimes m0NESY tries to play a bit passive and play for the team, but he needs to take responsibility and show the world, and we need to play around him

Nikola?"?NiKo?"?Kova?

• What about in the arena itself? hunter- got the MVP at Katowice, m0NESY got the MVP at BLAST, and it was kind of the playoffs where you lost that MVP. What was different this time round in the arena.

  For me, I don’t feel like that I played worse in the playoffs because of the crowd or anything like that, there also hasn’t been too many playoffs that I struggled in, right? There’s no doubt that my performance hasn’t been up to the expectations in playoffs, but I think that was just something temporary. If you look at my past events in my career, like three, four, five years ago, I never struggled in playoffs, maybe sometimes I might struggle in the final. Sometimes its very hard to perform in such important games in the roles I am playing in. Overall I don’t think too much about playoffs or anything, I think it was just something temporary. I think now with doing really good at Cologne, and also I think I did fine in Dallas, Washington, all these events, I’m not too worried about it. I’m looking forward to getting back onto stage again.

  對我來說，我并不覺得我在季后賽中表現(xiàn)得很差，我也沒有太多的季后賽經(jīng)歷，對吧？毫無疑問，我在季后賽中的表現(xiàn)沒有達到預(yù)期，但我認為這只是暫時的。如果你看看我職業(yè)生涯中過去的事件，比如三年、四年、五年前，我從來沒有在季后賽中掙扎過，也許有時候我可能會在決賽中掙扎。有時候很難在重要的比賽中扮演我所扮演的角色?？偟膩碚f，我不會過多考慮季后賽或其他的，我認為這只是暫時的。我認為現(xiàn)在我在科隆做得很好，我也認為我在達拉斯、華盛頓做得很好，所有的比賽我都不會對自己的發(fā)揮過于擔(dān)憂。我只是期待著可以再次回到舞臺上。
  

• What about m0NESY, it was obviously very close in terms of the MVP race, what was it like playing with him this event?

  那么m0NESY呢，從MVP的角度來看，你們之間的差距十分微小，和他一起比賽是什么感覺？
  

  He has been amazing. He won us the Ancient game, if it wasn’t for him maybe we would be playing Vertigo now, the map that I hate the most, so he has been amazing. It’s crazy that he can display such a performance in such an arena whilst being 18 years old, he has a lot to prove to everyone, he’s way better than his numbers are showing right now and he just needs more experience and trust in himself, that he can always go for the moves and crazy plays, that’s where he shines. Sometimes he tries to play a bit passive and play for the team, but he needs to take responsibility and show the world, and we need to play around him. I think that’s what he did really good this event on most of the maps, and this event should definitely help him develop more as a player, and as a person as well. I think you can see the development and how he has evolved as a player ever since he joined G2. I think here’s no stopping him.

  他太棒了。他為我們贏得了?Ancient，如果不是他，也許我們現(xiàn)在正在玩我最討厭的地圖Vertigo了，所以他一直很棒。18歲的他能在這樣一個舞臺上展示這樣的表現(xiàn)真是太瘋狂了，他有很多東西要向每個人證明，他比現(xiàn)在他的數(shù)據(jù)顯示的要好得多，他只是需要更多的經(jīng)驗和對自己的信任，他總是可以采取行動和瘋狂的打法，這就是他引人注目的地方。有時候他試圖打得更團隊一些，但是他需要承擔(dān)責(zé)任，我們也需要陪著他。我認為這就是他在大部分地圖上做得非常好的原因，這個比賽肯定可以幫助他成長為一個好的選手，成長為一個好人（）。我想你可以看到自從他加入G2以來，作為一名選手的發(fā)展和進步。我想沒有什么能阻止他。

  
  

Everyone should look up to HooXi that wants to become an IGL, he’s a great captain overall and great player that everyone should respect now

Nikola?"?NiKo?"?Kova?

• On HooXi – it feels like he’s got his mojo back, would you describe it the same?

  對于HooXi——感覺他重新找回了他的魔力，你也會這樣形容他嗎？

  Yeah, he has been really amazing this event, he has proved a lot of people wrong. I think he is a leader that a lot of IGLs should look up to, he is doing a lot of things for the team and doing a lot of the right things. Really happy and proud of him, and as I said everyone should look up to him that wants to become an IGL, he’s a great captain overall and great player that everyone should respect now.

  是的，他在這個比賽上真的很了不起，他已經(jīng)證明了很多人是錯的。我認為他是一個領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，許多igl都應(yīng)該尊敬他，他為隊伍做了很多事情，做了很多正確的事情。我真的為他感到高興和驕傲，正如我所說的，每個想成為IGL人的人都應(yīng)該尊敬他，他是一個偉大的隊長和選手，現(xiàn)在每個人都應(yīng)該尊敬他。