Interesting duos of 2024: ZenAku & BASE

A 43 minute interview with the Quake team “Hairy Jaws“, consisting of Australian ZenAku and Russian BASE. They are competing in KeenCon’s Monthly Team Series and are hoping to make it to top 8 in order to qualify for the €10,000 LAN finals in Barcelona in November. Thanks to SOUL for helping with translation and also taking some part in the conversation. My Twitter: @DEFENSE_zOmG 0:00 Introduction 0:35 How did this duo emerge? 3:56 The dynamic in their team 8:52 Language barrier 12:23 BASE’s “return“ to the main competitive sphere 15:50 Practicing 18:53 2v2 meta 24:00 Latest KeenCon results 27:10 Merging of two communities 30:25 The Russian community’s response to the duo 34:40 Will Russians get visas for Spain? 40:00 Changing team name 42:40 Finishing words