Hello everyone, recently I've interviewed Jonatan 'Devilwalk' Lundberg about his life of becoming and being an eSports player. He had some very interesting answers and I'm sure you guys would love to hear it.

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Why did you choose to play Counter-Strike professionally and not any other game?

Devilwalk: My story of becoming a professional game is that I worked as a factory cleaner in my Hometown. I had my real life friend 'Xizt' who was a professional gamer. I've always watched his game, I was kind of a fanboy. I actually decided to quit my job and make it a try and to prove to myself I could become one if I actually wanted. I always told myself "I could do that, I could do that easily." Being a bit cocky to myself. I wanted to prove that to myself then I went the way.

Did you ever have a gaming house with Team fnatic and if so, what was it like there?

Devilwalk: We actually had a temporary gaming house outside a town where we bootcamped for 2 and a half months. We lived together and trained together. It was both positive and negative. We kind of stayed in the same house too long so it had some negative aspects creeping up on it. Because you don't really get that much privacy living in the same house as 5 people together. That's probably the only negative thing but other than that we had a great time, we loved spending time together. But yeah it's something you could do for maybe 1-2 weeks but for as long as 2 and a half months, that's too long.

Devilwalk at home running through strats.

Was playing and being the coach of Fnatic fun, or did you see it like more of a chore?

Devilwalk: I think there was aspects where in every job you consider it as a chore. My whole career I've been with these guys so we have a friendship and I enjoy being around them, talking to them and being involved. That I don't see as a chore. There's other stuff I do that I see as a chore but I do enjoy it a lot so I don't think I can complain.

How did it impact your life at home and how did your family react to you becoming a pro?

Devilwalk: I think I had a very good, supportive family. They didn't understand at the beginning, there was always the question about money. Do you earn money, how much money do you earn and can you live on it. But at the same time, they knew and saw that I really wanted this so they supported me in the way that it was my dream and my goal so in that aspect they supported me. Kind of in an un-knowing way of what I wanted to be and to become.

Devilwalk playing on his stream.

What advice would you give to people that want to become a professional player?

Devilwalk: Well, it's a very very tough thing to become. It's not easy at all, you have to be one of the best players in a game where people spend atleast 10-12 hours playing. My thought process was that I need to do more than them. If people played 12 hours a day, I played 14 to catch up. It's a very long and tough road to becoming a professional player. You really have to go all in if you want to do it. You can't do it with 70% of trying to become a professional player and still have a part-time job you have to invest more than that. f you want to become a professional player, you know this might be bad advice because not everyone wants to become a professional player it's a very very small percentage so keep that in mind. But at the same time, I encourage people to fail and succeed in life, if you want to become something you should atleast try.

Did you ever have someone in your team that you did not enjoy playing with?

Devilwalk: Never actually, there has been certain aspects when we have removed players. But it's never because we haven't liked playing with them it's been other issues. But I've always liked my teammates. I've always been very fortunate and it's why we picked them up. Because we all enjoyed playing with them. So I've actually not ever had any of those teammates I've obviously played with players I've not enjoyed playing with but if that's the case I'd go my seperate ways and play somewhere else.

Devilwalk and a teammate from Team fnatic before an event.

I would like to thank Devilwalk for the excellent interview with amazing answers. I also wish him the best of luck with his future. Thank you all for reading and/or watching!