Will "RUSH" Wierzba gave us an interview about OpTic's journey at the ELEAGUE Major following eliminating FlipSid3 in the third round of the Swiss format.
OpTic started their journey at the ELEAGUE Major with two narrow losses to Virtus.pro and Astralis, but the third round saw them surviving the elimination match with FlipSid3 after a close Train.
We asked William "RUSH" Wierzba about OpTic's three matches, the issues they faced prior to the Major, and the Swiss format as a whole:
Make sure to check out the other interviews we've conducted on the first three days of the Major:
| Day three |
 Finn "karrigan" Andersen: "allu's 1v2 was key" |
 Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács: "We came with only one goal" |
| Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen: "We had a great bootcamp" |
 Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer: "Didn't expect Dust2" |
| Day two |
 Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski: "I hope Gambit will be nervous" |
| Nicolai "device" Reedtz: "It was important for us to start well" |
| Dennis "dennis" Edman: "[YOLO teams] will go far" |
 Spencer "Hiko" Martin: "It doesn't feel like we won" |
 Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo: "Gonna fight as hard as we can" |
 Chris "chrisJ" de Jong: "Confident about our map pool" |
| Day one |
 Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey: "Everyone's happy with their roles" |
| Markus "pronax" Wallsten: "I'm happy it went to Train" |
| Dan "apEX" Madesclaire: "It was hard after jdm's 1v5" |
 Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev: "Hope to show beautiful CS" |
| Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski: "It's always close vs. OpTic" |
 Ricardo "fox" Pacheco: "We played 12-14 hours a day" |
| Richard "shox" Papillon: "FaZe can do pretty well here" |
 Abay "HObbit" Khassenov: "We prepared for everyone" |
Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye 
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács 
Age: 25 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 849 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo 
Age: 25 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 475 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.60 Nicolai 'device' Reedtz 
Age: 21 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 826 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.63 
Richard 'shox' Papillon 
Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1011 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 
Markus 'pronax' Wallsten 
Age: 25 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 939 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.66 
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong 
Age: 26 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 814 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 
FlipSid3 #19 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov 
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen 
Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 889 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.68 
Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov 
Age: 22 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 140 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 
Spencer 'Hiko' Martin 
Age: 26 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 574 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.61 
Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen 
Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 989 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.72 Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco 
Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 503 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer 
Age: 24 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 771 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski 
Age: 23 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 967 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire 
Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 909 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.71 Dennis 'dennis' Edman 
Age: 26 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 520 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 
OpTic #2 William 'RUSH' Wierzba
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas
Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski 
Age: 28 Team: Virtus.pro Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1099 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 William 'RUSH' Wierzba 
Age: 22 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 439 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Virtus.pro #4 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev 
Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 501 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.70 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey 
Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 864 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.64 (责任编辑：case opening)
