Risze, AceeZ, Hicks, Liven and Renshiro made up the top team in French R6, Millenium, for the majority of 2018 however, big changes came to the roster following TeamMillenium’s withdrawal from esports and the decision to kick Liven and Renshiro from the roster. Now with the pickup of UUNO and Alphama and the roster’s acquisition by LeStream Esports the team has a new look and play style which they hope can bring them to the very top in Europe.
Millenium after winning the DreamHack Austin 2018 tournament. From left to right: Liven, Hicks, Crapelle (their coach), Joghurtzz, Renshiro and risze.
We spoke with risze about how the new players have been integrated into the roster and what they can achieve with the lineup:
Firstly, can you introduce the new roster for us?
The LeStream roster
Many people would be surprised to see Liven, in particular, leave the squad; how have you adapted to these new changes?
Is LeStream as strong as Millenium was in Season 7 or 8?
Millenium being crowned French champions at the 6Cup 2018
You’ve been with LeStream Esport for almost two months now - how are they treating you?
What do UUNO and Alphama bring to the squad and how have they been fitting in?
Your first game at the Invitationals is against EG followed by either Nora Rengo or PENTA - what kind of results can we expect in these matchups?
The Six Invitational groups. LeStream can be found in Group D
In the Pro League, the European region seems really mixed at the moment - which teams other than yourselves do you think will be topping the table by the mid-season? (question answered after play day 4)
We already played four games by the time I’m doing this interview so I think Empire will continue to perform so they will probably be 1st/2nd and if Chaos don’t release the pressure and they keep going like this I think, yeah, they can definitely be one of the two top teams in the mid-season, Chaos is really doing well at the moment, they are playing really good, they have another mindset since their new roster so yeah, definitely, I would say Empire and Chaos.
The EU Pro League standings after 6 play days of Season 9
Concerning G2, what would you say has changed that have caused their recent defeats/draw and do you think it will continue to the Invitationals? (question answered after play day 4)
What one gameplay change would you like to be implemented into R6?
Ubisoft’s recent update on the crouch spam issue via Reddit.
What are your goals for 2019?
To win it all as always, I really want to lift a Pro League trophy, a Major trophy, I will do whatever it takes to win it all and I think the team I think the team is going to do the same.
Any messages to your fans?
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LeStream has just one game left this half of the Pro League Season against a struggling G2 Esports on Thursday and will then play in the Six Invitationals 2019 next month on the rainbow6 Twitch account with the following roster:
Théophile "Hicks" Dupont
Valentin "risze" Liradelfo
Maurice "AceeZ" Erkelenz
Aleksi "UUNO" Työppönen
Léo "Alphama" Robine
Laurent "Crapelle" Patriarche (their coach)
You can learn more about this team by checking out my interview with Crapelle from last July right here with the full details and results of their upcoming matches, as well as more interviews, right here at SiegeGG!