apEX on retiring: “I’m not going to play until I’m 40.”

I’d say that in CS, everything is much more intense, and it’s harder to play for a long time. You can see it in the players: the tournament schedule isn’t set up in the best way. We have too many tournaments, not enough breaks, and almost no time to rest. So, I think it’ll be very hard for me to have a truly long career. I won’t be playing until I’m 40, because I need to enjoy life at least a little bit, too. <...> To be honest, I hope to see my contract through to the end. I’ll stay with Team Vitality until the end of 2028, but I don’t think I’ll play until I’m as old as Tom Brady. I want to end my career on a high note, rather than slide downhill and end up being unnecessary.

Yes, you’re always striving for something. I think it’s very important in life to set goals: winning is certainly nice, but it’s just as nice to set new goals and achieve them. Speaking of which, I think what would make me happy is having more Majors than dupreeh. I need two more majors—then I’ll have a total of 50 trophies across CS:GO and CS2. If I achieve that, I’ll be satisfied and can retire with peace of mind.

As for other players, I think everyone understands that the battle for first place will be between ZywOo and donk. donk is a phenomenal player—we’ve never seen anyone like him before. His individual skill is incredible, and he’s very tough to play against. And if I had to name someone else, it would be m0NESY. It seems to me that over the last few months, he’s been playing his best CS in a long time.