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Chemin Esports dominated the FFPL 2021 Winter League Stage

26/01/2022

Chemin Esports dominated the FFPL 2021 Winter League Stage

 

Chemin Esports were a dominant force in the FFPL 2022 Winter League Stage. During the last three weeks, Chemin Esports (ex-4unknown) were having a gala time, and were on the top for the longest time. Only on the last day, they were overthrown by Revenant Esports, and if it wasn’t for that, then they probably could have had the best head start in the grand finals. We spoke to CE - Anand, who was a key factor in his team’s success. He was among the top 5 players during the second and third weeks of league play, thus proving that he is one of the finest players in the tournament so far. We had a word with him about what his life is like as a professional Free Fire player. 

 

Q. Hey, Anand! Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us. Your performance in the league stage was impressive. How do you achieve that level of consistency?
Anand: Well, since I have been playing for that long, it really would be a disappointment if I wasn’t consistent even after dedicating so much time to the game. 

 

Q. Tell us a little bit more about the time you have invested in the game?
Anand: I started playing this game soon after it was released. This is what got me into gaming. There were several other lucrative games, both on the mobile and on the PC, but I never really cared much about those. Free Fire was the only game that got me hooked enough to keep coming back to it. When I started playing, I was only doing it to kill time, and I had no idea that one day I would be able to do this for a living. It’s still a very unstable way to live a life in the long term, but we are young and free, so why not. I play this game for approximately 10-12 hours a day. At this point, the lines between my private and professional life are blurred. All I do during the day is either play Free Fire or think about it. 

 

Q. Could you tell us a little more about how you optimise and allocate your time to different avenues of practice?
Anand: We start everyday by warming up and practising some individual exercises. Playing Clash Squad and other fun modes are a quick and fun way to practice hitting your shots and duelling without consequences. Then we start playing in tournaments or scrimming. That takes up about 4-5 hours of time everyday. Lately there have been a lot of tournaments that we are participating in, such as the Villager Esports scrims, Esportz Premier Series, Penta Esports Championship, and many more. The more time we spend playing together as a squad, the more our synergy increases. 

                       

 

Q. Speaking of playing together, how long have you been with your team? And how did you meet them?Anand: Swastik and I are twin brothers, so naturally we have known each other since birth. We started playing together as a duo. Once while playing a ranked game, we ran into Wizardo. He was on the opposite team, and he hot-dropped against us in the same location. We killed him. In the next match, he showed up once more, this time he killed us. This kept going on for some time. Even when we were fighting each other, we were just having fun. I liked his gameplay so I added him. He accepted the request and we started playing together. We instantly clicked and I respected him, so we started playing together as a team. Radhetkr on the other hand, came into our team a lot later. By the time he joined us, we were already a pretty good team and had built a reputation for ourselves by participating in and winning a lot of tournaments. After Deadsoul exited the team, Radhetkr took over the role of the IGL, and the rest is history. 

 

Q. So what are the roles and responsibilities of the team members now?
Anand: I am the designated sniper of the team. My brother Swastik is a rusher. Wizardo is a mid-range assaulter. Radhetkr is the grenadier and the in-game leader. We all have a responsibility to back each other up to the best of our abilities, so that all of us can fulfil our roles. Ofcourse, we also believe in boundaryless-ness, as in, we go above and beyond what's required of us to get the booyah. 

 

Q. What do you think your odds of getting to Sentosa look like?
Anand: I think we have a pretty good chance of getting there. We are confident that we can do well in the finals of FFPL, which will get us into FFIC directly. From there, FFWS is well within our reach. There are other teams that can also contest us, but after playing in the last few months, we have realised that we command quite a lot of respect in the Indian scene, hence people are afraid of getting into scuffles with us. Hence we are not worried. 

 

Q. Why is your strategy in Kalahari so effective?
Anand: Once we capture Refinery, one person alone is capable enough to hold an entire direction by himself. We split up, and the four of us cover those areas and keep teams at bay. It's difficult to push Refinery anyway. The only viable rotation which they can use to avoid our wrath is the one from Foundation. Even then, teams are scared to approach us. They’d much rather stay on the low ground, away from our sights. We split up at first and gather information, then group up towards the end circles. 

 

Q. What’s your opinion on the new meta?
Anand: There’s a lot of new characters that have been released, but honestly I’m not too keen on using those abilities. Since I’m a sniper, I need Moco and Maro to be effective. I use Chrono for protection as my active ability. The only meta change that actually caused us to improvise and adapt is Misha. That’s the only significant change that we have seen in recent times. After FFAC, we realised how easy our rotations were with Afterburner equipped. 

                        

Q. Which teams do you think will be a threat to you in the grand finals?
Anand: Total Gaming Esports is in great form. There’s another player who got my attention - and that’s Aizen from KM Brotherhood. This madman was able to get 20 kills in just six games, while other players would take 12 games to achieve the same number of kills. We thought Orangutan Elite would also be a threat to us, but they didn’t even qualify. That was certainly a surprise, but hey, without them in the lobby, things will be slightly easier for us. At the same time, there’s a lot of uncertainty. We will just focus on getting better and doing our best, regardless of how strong or weak the opponents are. 


Thank you so much for talking to us Anand! We wish you the best of luck for the FFPL 2021 Winter Grand Finals! You can watch Anand and his team play on 30th January 2022, at 6 PM IST on our official Free Fire Esports India YouTube channel.