NIP Impact are is on everyone's radar this season to potentially be the team that dethrones Nigma Galaxy. After narrowly failing to qualify in Season 3 of ESL Impact, Toh1o their coach sits down with INSITE to talk about his career and the struggles he has faced, the reason for NIP Impact replacing pauliiee, and why they are stronger than ever before.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:16 Starting out as a coach

03:12 Issues faced coaching in Bulgaria

05:19 Improving

06:31 Progression of Bulgarian scene

09:14 Going international

11:50 Getting banned

15:10 Coming back after ban

17:01 Time on Nexus/other teams

17:57 Coaching a team that speaks another language

19:35 Joining Strife

23:11 Difference between NA and EU

25:04 Coaching lower tier teams

27:55 Importance of a good atmosphere

30:20 Joining NIP Impact/Role

32:06 Developing a style within Impact

33:20 Replacing Pauli

35:05 Picking up aiM

38:18 Bootcamping with NIP Impact

40:11 Benefiting from the bootcamp

42:00 Changes from Impact Season 3

44:04 Working with ASTRA

46:30 Teams they want to beat

48:23 Playing against Nigma Galaxy

49:51 Are NIP improving quicker than others?

51:35 Expectations within Impact season 4

53:34 Outro

In The Crosshair is Insite's interview series, led by part-time caster, full-time Counter-Strike obsessive Freddie 'GrimyRannarr' Pritchard, with each episode putting a different notable personality in his proverbial crosshair.

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