RAW by BLAST

Chad Burchill aka SPUNJ is a retired professional CS:GO player and current esports analyst with 12 years of experience inside the professional world of Counter-Strike. In this episode of RAW we discuss going from pro to talent, growing up with ambitions of making gaming a career and overcoming mental roadblocks to achieve his goals. Interview recorded by Nicolas Estrup, episode produced by Andrew Davidson.

At 27, Sébastien Debs aka Ceb has retired from a successful career as a professional Dota 2 player for the likes of Alliance, Sigman and famously OG Esports. Now a coach, Ceb travelled to London to follow OG's CS:GO roster debut at BLAST Premier and found time to sit down with Nicolas Estrup to chat reinventing himself after setting the bar high and what his new role looks like at OG. Interview recorded by Nicolas Estrup, episode produced by Andrew Davidson

Eefje Depoortere aka Sjokz is a household name in the world of esports. A professional desk host and interviewer, Sjokz started her career as a journalist and player, later taking the prestigious LEC by storm before diversifying into Counter-Strike. In this episode of RAW we discuss everything from the state of CS:GO and League, to combating stress, insomnia and living with PTSD.

Interview recorded by Nicolas Estrup, episode produced by Andrew Davidson.

A few names from the esports commentary world has a legacy quiet as strong as Auguste ’Semmler’ Massonnat, spanning across multiple video game titles, Semmler is one of the most iconic voices of the industry. In this episode we go through his start in esport, life on the road and interesting looks back at an already long career.

Interview recorded by Nicolas Estrup.
Episode produced by Andrew Davidson.

In this episode we sit down with rising CS:GO superstar, Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken, who currently plays for Team Liquid, based in Los Angeles California. We touch on the taxing travel of pro's, rough beginnings and the importance of a team huddle.

The episode was recorded in Katowice, Poland in February 2019.

Interview recorded by Nicolas Estrup.
Episode produced by Andrew Davidson

In the first episode, we sit down with one of Counter-Strike’s biggest legends: Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund.

Christopher talks about dealing with a generally nervous state of mind in a high-pressure job, the tough start to his career, his relationship with long-time teammate Patrick “f0rest” Lindberg and his general mindset going into battle with the best Counter-Strike teams in the world.

Produced by Andrew Davidson