Jeorge: "I just need to keep grinding and take us to the Major"
Nouns took home the $5,500 after winning Fragicago 2024 against timbermen in the grand finals. Jeorge "Jeorge" Endicott ended the tournament as the highest-rated player and has been enjoying a good moment with Nouns. Dust2.us' own Jeffrey "Mnmzzz" Moore talked with the youngster about his and the team's recent form, the expectations going into Shanghai, the recent coaching change, and Carson "nosraC" O'Reilly's development as an IGL.
Please note that the full interview can be found below on YouTube, while the transcript has some key snippets from their conversation.
A pretty easy win for Nouns against timbermen. You had one job to do and you came here and did it. How are you feeling about the win?
I'm feeling pretty good, considering if we lost, it would have been an upset, we would not have been too happy because we are obviously the heavy favorites coming in and we play very well against timbermen online, so not being able to close it out would have been pretty upsetting. We did it in a pretty convincing fashion I think, so we are happy about that.
You finished the tournament with a 1.43 rating. You did great at this LAN but overall you have been having a strong year, how do you feel about your individual performance, especially with the Shanghai RMR coming up?
I've been feeling pretty confident about my individual ability, I think I have just been putting in a lot more hours recently and it showed in the RMR qualifier, I had a really good map versus NRG to get us to Shanghai. I just need to keep grinding and take us to the Major.
You made a coaching change from SEMPHIS to adreN. Eric is one of the most famous coaches in the NA scene and has a huge track record of successful teams both as a player and as a coach. What's it like to be working with Eric?
It's a great help. He has a lot of tier-one experience and a lot more recent tier one experience than Kory and he's very process oriented. Just seeing the growth every day is all he cares about and he is very good at pointing out mistakes and that's beneficial to any team. He is a great coach.
