Karrigan: “We approached IEM Dallas 2022 a bit relaxed”

Finn 'Karrigan' Andersen gave an interview for the BLIX portal, in which he explained the team's poor performance at IEM Dallas 2022. After FaZe Clan 's victory at PGL Major Antwerp 2022, expectations from the team were quite high.

As an explanation, he cited the lack of pressure due to winning the Major championship:

I don't think we're under pressure to get the Intel Grand Slam. It seems to me that all the pressure was gone after winning the Major. We won IEM Katowice 2022, ESL Pro League S15 and the major one after the other, so we approached the American event a little relaxed, but we tried to show our best form.

Karrigan is also pleased that the bad results were shown at IEM Dallas 2022, and not at any other tournament in which to play.

We have many more tournaments ahead, for example, BLAST Premier Spring Finals 2022 and many others. In my opinion, it's good that we got a slap in the face here. We are still human and we can lose if we don't show our best form. We did not play this tournament 100%. We should not think about defeats, but focus on the mistakes that appeared in this tournament.

FaZe Clan took 5th-6th place at Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2022, earning $10,000 for their efforts. In the quarterfinal match, the team beat Cloud9 with a score of 1-2 and left the competition

Intel Extreme Masters Dallas 2022 was held from May 30 to June 5. The total prize pool was $250,000. Cloud9, who defeated ENCE in the final with a score of 3-0, received the main reward of $100,000. The Europeans from ENCE, in turn, earned $42,000. Cloud9, in addition to the cash reward, were able to bring themselves closer to winning the Intel Grand Slam Season 4, which you can read about here. If the team manages to earn 3 more wins at the Intel Grand Slam championships, the players will receive a cash bonus of $1,000,000. At the same time, they will need to earn a victory in at least one elite tournament.