Arcitys and AbeZy of Atlanta FaZe Join "Inside The Screen" With Don

Don: You guys are in the best world right now—esports and gaming. What was your guys’ first job before this even started?

Arcitys: I worked at Dairy Queen with my brother. We wanted to go to events and travel, but our family didn’t have that kind of money back then. It really all started because we wanted to get an Xbox One. So we were like "let’s just put our money together so that way we can buy a monitor and an Xbox." We got the job so that way we could support our family and ourselves.

AbeZy: I actually didn’t have a job—I guess that means Call of Duty is my first!

Don: How does it feel winning two out of three majors so far? I feel like everybody already knows you guys are a dynasty!

AbeZy: It feels amazing! Obviously, we still have Champs and a few majors coming up that we want to win. Champs means the most to everyone, and that is the main one that everyone will be talking about for the next few years, so that will be our goal going into the next few majors. We want to practice and shape up our map pool for Champs.

Arcitys: I think going into this, all of us had the idea of trying to win everything, and obviously, that hasn’t happened. Shoutout to Crowder (Faze’s head coach); he told us during our first scrimmage that it was borderline impossible to win everything. We always had it in the back of our heads to prove him wrong, and I think that’s what he wants us to do. You know Major 2 was the heartbreaker one, but we realized we weren’t as good as what we thought we were, and it helped us get better.

Don: Thoughts on majors format and if they should be changed?

Arcitys: You know we said after Major 2 that Toronto had a better chance of winning because of how warmed up they were since they had three matches. After losing our New York match, we told ourselves that stuff didn’t matter because we were still in this tournament. Going into Sunday, the winning team has no chance of scrimming because nobody is playing that day except the teams that lose. 

AbeZy: It’s kind of tough because the way they did Major 1 this year was different. We used to play Winners Finals and Grand Finals on Sunday, so we would have a chance to warm up. Now you don’t have a warm-up going into the Grand Finals because like Arcitys said, nobody scrims on that day. You don’t really get much practice.

Don: Which team surprised them the most in stage 3?

AbeZY: I would say the New York Subliners. They are super talented. Hydra came in nasty and he has been doing very well.