Noble esports recently found success during Season 7 of Challenger League, which they won ahead of the favourites of beastcoast (now known as Cloud9), before storming into Pro League Season 8 and surprising pretty much everyone in the process. The roster managed victories over SK and mouseports in the first two playdays putting them joint top of the North American Pro League table before they eventually slowed down with a few disappointing results against Obey Alliance and Cloud9.
The team currently sits in joint 4th position alongside Spacestation Gaming as the mid-season break approaches so we spoke to the team’s coach, Knightmares, to discuss these recent matchups as well as their performance so far in Pro League
The current standing in Season 8 of the North American Pro League via Liquipedia
Firstly, can you explain what you do for the Noble roster?
Last season, despite a close group stage, your team won NA Challenger league over the favourites of beastcoast losing just 6 rounds in the playoffs. What changes were made in order to have such a dominant victory in the end?
The playoff scores for Season 7 of the North American Challenger League via Liquipedia
As we’re approaching the mid-season your team is placed in 5th in NA, just 1 point behind the NA giants of Evil Geniuses; do you think you’ll be able to improve on this going forward?
Just before Season 8 began your team was forced to make a last minute roster change in the form of Krazy replacing Rampy; how is Krazy fitting in with the rest of the team?
Your team also made another change with zz replacing Acid for one game before reverting the change; what was the thought process behind this?
During DreamHack Austin your team initially lost to Spacestation Gaming 2-1 before beating them 2-0 the next day, what changes were made to get this result?
The Noble esports vs Spacestation Gaming head-to-head results at DreamHack Austin via Liquipedia
At this event Noble esports made it through the groups to the playoffs before eventually finishing in joint 5-8th position; were you happy with your team’s result?
The results of the DreamHack Austin Quarter-Final matchup between Rogue and Noble esports via Liquipedia
Next week your team plays Spacestation Gaming and Rogue in the last NA Pro League play day before the mid-season break; how do you think these games will go?
Finally, in Pro League Noble has already had a number of close games against Evil Geniuses, Obey Alliance and Cloud9; what improvements do you think the squad can make to get the victory in the rematches after Paris?
Noble esport’s close results so far during Season 8 of Pro League via Liquipedia
Noble esports next game is against Spacestation Gaming, with whom they are currently drawing with in Pro League, this coming Monday followed by a matchup against Rogue, the top team in the league right now, on Tuesday. You can watch both matches on all the usual sources from 8PM ET.