zweih: “I don’t think we’re feeling any stress or pressure.”
PARIVISION rifler Ivan “zweih” Gogin spoke in an interview at the IEM Cologne Major 2026 about the team atmosphere, bootcamp preparations, and changes to the training process ahead of the championship.
On the team atmosphere
The atmosphere is great. I don’t think we’re feeling any stress or pressure. It’s a tournament—just a tournament. Overall, it doesn’t matter to me whether it’s a Major, IEM Cologne, or something else. I’m just playing my game.
On bootcamp
At previous bootcamps, we focused on our macro play and fixing team mistakes, but now we had more individual time to work on micro details. And, maybe we played a few less practice matches, but we still trained a lot and spent all our free time at bootcamp.
On the shift in focus during preparation
In past tournaments, we had issues with individual skill, and that was the main reason we lost to lower-tier teams. And at this bootcamp, we tried to fix that. I’d say we succeeded.
Right now, PARIVISION is playing its debut match in Stage 3 of the IEM Cologne Major 2026 against 9z Team. The winner of the match will advance to the 1:0 bracket of the Swiss system, while the losing team will drop to the 0:1 bracket.
Photo — PGL.
