In the wake of JMC's announcement of their new 1.6 lineup WinOut conducted an interview with new member Erik "da bears" Stromberg. After 2 years in the CGS da bears and his team-mates will be making their return to the highly competitive world of international 1.6 competition. In the interview da bears breaks down the new lineup, his role within it and their task of competing with the Europeans.

Some of you are returning to 1.6 with star power names which seem a little less bright thanks to the 1.6 community's distaste for all things CS:Source and the limiting factor of the franchise structure in CGS' impact on your successes. Do you worry about any of JMC having lost a step when it comes to 1.6 competition or are there perhaps any things you've picked up as CS:Source/CGS players which have enhanced your approaches or developed them further?

Erik "da bears" Stromberg: I think it will just be a matter of time before we will compete for the top, the biggest challenge I would say is playing on LCD monitors. It has completely changed the game of CS I think, it's harder for people to hit moving targets on LCD so now you see everyone running around and relying on people missing shots and that is something that is completely the opposite of what it was in the day. As for losing a step everyone seems to be ridiculously good online and it's pretty annoying playing against players who seem to not have smokes. It all comes down to the LAN environment and I think this is a team that will excel on LAN more than online.

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