American player Austin "Cooper" Abadir recently gave an interview to the HLTV portal, in which he spoke about his performances over the past six months and future plans. 2020 turned out to be quite a busy year for the player. In the spring, he became one of the participants in the revived Swole Patrol tag. As part of this team, he took part in several competitions, but failed to reach an agreement with any of the e-sports organizations. Austin attributes this to the coronavirus pandemic: in the face of unpredictable changes, organizations are reluctant to sign contracts with new teams.
In addition, shortly after the release of Valorant, many of Austin's fellow Swole Patrol members decided to jump into the game to try their hand at it. Cooper admits that he himself considered this possibility, but after playing Valorant for about a week, he realized that he could not get as much pleasure from it as from Counter Strike. He emphasized that he wants to continue to achieve his goals in CS:GO, because here he enjoys not only the competitive moments, but also the gameplay in general.
Therefore, the twenty-six-year-old player began to look for a place in one of the existing teams, but his attempts were unsuccessful. As a result, he teamed up with two former Swole Patrol players and several other athletes under the tag Ze Pug Godz. Although the players' plans were initially not too serious, they managed to qualify for DreamHack Open Summer this summer, and also won Mythic Summer Series Cup 1. Now Ze Pugs King expects that if they successfully perform at DreamHack, they will attract the attention of any e-sports organization that does not have a CS:GO team, and will be able to sign a promising contract.
