Techno: "In the last three years Mongolian CS has grown up so fast"

Dust2.us' coverage of the IEM Cologne continues with a conversation coming between Jeffrey "Mnmzzz" Moore and TheMongolz rifler Sodbayar "Techno" Munkhbold after his team's exit following a 1-2 series loss to GamerLegion. The two discussed the Mongolian region, it's growing talent pool, and much more.

Please note that the full interview can be found below and on YouTube.

Despite ending your tournament run here … how do you feel coming out of this tournament?

Honestly, I'm feeling good but then feeling bad, both sides because we made a good run in this event and almost won against the Heroic, that's the good one.

You're the first Mongolian team ever to play in an IEM Cologne before. How does it feel?

Of course, in the last three years Mongolian, and maybe Asian, CS has grown up so fast, and so good because there are a lot of players playing the game and a lot of improvements. A lot of teams come up, and the skill level is upgraded so much.

You replaced Bart4k and Annihilation with 910 and mzinho. Why did you make those changes and did they end up being good changes?

Of course, I think the changes are good because everyone wants to improve their achievements and skill.

How is mzinho so good at such a good age? What was his road to becoming a pro player?

Two years ago there was a FACEIT platform launched in Mongolia. That’s done so much to help improve players. Three years ago we could only play FACEIT with 100 ping because there was a lot of ping and internet issues, but when FACEIT launched in Mongolia, we can play with 5 ping which is a big improvement for us.

I wanted to ask you about the overall state of the Mongolian scene. It seems like it's grown a ton in the past couple of years. Why do you think the Mongolian scene has grown so much recently?

I think the players’ skill levels have so much improved, I think so there's a lot of players as I said, a lot of players coming up a lot of teams coming up. I think there's a lot of high-potential players.

With Mongolz making the Major and having a great run in Cologne, do you think you’re the best team in Asia?

Yes.

CS2 is coming out soon and a lot of people are thinking it will help Asia become bigger in Counter-Strike, are you excited for CS2?

Yes I am excited, the CS2 Major is coming to Shanghai and that is really good for us, the Asian scene.

With most of the population living in Ulaanbaatar, does that mean all of the Mongolian pro players know each other personally?

I think so. There are a lot of relationships between them and between us.

You can watch the full interview below: