HeavyGod has enjoyed an incredibly fast rise in stature over the last 12 months. Having only signed for OG in January, Israel's next big superstar now finds himself on Cloud9 as the marquee signing in their recent rebuild.
Prior to his debut at BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2024, we spoke to HeavyGod about his fast rise, his time with OG, and his hopes for his career.
I'm very grateful to be in the new team, I'm very happy to join Cloud9 because it's a big organisation with good people.
There's a good atmosphere in the team already, the people are nice, so I'm happy to be here.
You weren't on OG for very long, were you surprised to find yourself moving so quickly?
I was a little but surprised, but I did perform well so I thought that maybe teams would have been looking at me, but I wasn't sure.
It's nice to be competing in a new place though, it's not easy because I was only with the boys for six months, but every period must have an ending. I'm grateful for what they did for me and I'm happy for the time I got to spend with them.
How are you looking back on it? What did you learn from that first foray into tier one?
I learned how to be a better person both inside and outside of the server, that's the first thing I'd say. They also taught me a lot of small things inside of the game that have helped me improve as a player, both micro and macro.
They just made me better overall.
It wasn't that long ago that you were playing for Endpoint, you then made the move to OG and now you're on a Major winning organisation in Cloud9, did you expect the climb to be so fast?
No, definitely not.
However, I know what I'm worth because I'm working really hard to prove to everyone what I am capable of and I'm trying my best to compete at every tournament I can and always show my best.
I didn't expect to climb this fast, but on the other hand, I always believed and because I had that belief and was working hard towards it, it happened. Hard work and patience will give you the key to success.
I think that it doesn't matter who you are, you'll always have nerves when you join a new team because you want to prove yourself. That being said, you don't need to think about it and you just have to work hard.
I also think that people will always say bad things and others will say good things, and neither will ever stop, so you just need to move towards your goals both individually and as a team. If you listen to everything you'll put yourself into a hole and it's really hard mentally to get out of it, you have to keep working and believing.
My first individual goal is to have a good routine, stuff that I can follow on a daily basis.
In terms of CS achievements, first of all it's to participate in S-tier events and then obviously to qualify for a Major. I haven't been to one yet, so that's the first step. Then I can think about playoffs, winning one, it's a big world, you know?
I'll just work hard and then one day I'll hopefully achieve it all.
Briefly, but not too much. BLAST is the first tournament for us and we need to show ourselves and what we can do. It doesn't matter who we face, getting a good result at BLAST and qualifying for the RMR and then the Major will be the main goals for us.
Outside of that, we just want to build ourselves up as a team and build a good atmosphere, make sure that we're good teammates and friends who actually connect to each other.
Obviously there's a lot of new people, so there's a lot of new strats that comes with that. I need to adapt a lot, but I'm a guy that can learn.
Some roles have changed for me, and I won't expand too much on that, but for me it doesn't matter that they have changed. I think every player is capable of learning each role he needs to in every team and he should be flexible and not learn only one role, that's my view.
I think build up takes time, but I can't tell you exactly how long it will take. It's different each time and it's really hard to tell you a number.
We're getting connected to each other and we're working really hard to succeed.
I haven't competed against FaZe, but I'm not scared of any opponent. We just need to do what we're best at and trust ourselves.
It doesn't matter who we play, if we play to our game and our strengths we can do a great job. It's not like any team is unbeatable.
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