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Interview With Jungle Master & NRG Esports SMITE Player - Adapting
Kennet "Adapting" Ros is a Professional SMITE player for NRG Esports. He started his career in 2014 with Potato Boys but has been with NRG Esports roughly two years as a jungler. Adapting is well known in the SMITE world and is regarded as one of the top players in the world by many.
This month marks your 2-year anniversary with NRG! What do you enjoy most about being with the organization and do you have a single favorite memory out of those two years?
Adapting: I've thoroughly enjoyed my experience with NRG. They are a great, passionate org that really cares about their players. Extremely happy to be a part of them, and my favorite memory would be winning S3 Worlds under NRG!
You and the team have taken first place at the last two tournaments you’ve been in, the SMITE Summer Finals and EU SPL Summer Season. How do you plan to keep this momentum going and what do you guys have your eyes on next?
Adapting: Our plan right now is of course to try and finish top 2 during the online split which will qualify us to Worlds. Most important is us understanding our strengths and playing to them. I believe that once we have a good understanding of the meta and how to play it/around it we are the best team.
You are one of only five players to win the World Championship twice. What are you and the rest of NRG doing to prepare in order to make that three times for you?
Adapting: Our preparation is practice, practice, practice. We are quite disciplined when it comes to practice time, we do that little "extra" to try and make sure we are the best we can be. There are weaknesses in our play that we recognize, and we are doing our best to try and improve on those flaws. As long as we qualify for Worlds I am very confident we will be a strong contender for first place.
Are there any teams that you really enjoy playing against in tournaments?
Adapting: Dignitas has to be one of the more fun teams to play against. They are just such insanely skilled players and have very good teamwork. Their playstyle can sometimes remind me of ranked gameplay, but with good teamwork. Basically, they are doing things you wouldn't expect in a competitive environment (in a good way).
By many, you are regarded as the best jungler in the world. Would you go as far as to claim that title yourself? Are there any other junglers out there that you have a lot of respect for?
Adapting: I wouldn't claim myself to anything, but I really do appreciate the support and belief from those who do think that of me. I respect all junglers in the SPL, just some I might respect a bit more. QvoFred and Screammmm are extremely good jungle players that I can always learn from.
What do you view as the most important things that contribute to your high success as a jungler?
Adapting: Good game awareness, good matchup knowledge, and understanding how to push my lead when ahead and being opportunistic from both ahead or behind.
You also have the role of being the shotcaller for NRG – what do you enjoy most about this? Anything that you maybe don’t enjoy about it?
Adapting: Actually I used to be the main shotcaller back when iRaffer was on the team, but once we picked up Emilzy I've taken a step back and don't call/set up game plan as much. It's nice because when I get a lead or notice openings for plays I can just make the calls, but I don't constantly have to worry about setting up the gameplan for everyone. Takes a lot of pressure of my shoulders and lets me focus more on my own play. At times it can make me lazy in the way I think, but I think that's more of a flaw of my own.
For teams out there that aspire to hang with the top teams, do you have any tips on communication? How often are you guys calling out everything that’s going on?
Adapting: Communication is key, everything that can be considered relevant information should be communicated. We try to give each other as much data as possible, but we're far from perfect.
What do you feel is the biggest challenge when it comes to being a pro player? Do you still see yourself doing this five years from now?
Adapting: My biggest challenge would maybe be getting burned out. Once you play a game too much for too long and it stops being enjoyable, it becomes very hard to improve. I try to balance it as well as I can, because what I've noticed is that when I hit these "burn out" periods I tend to be a lot less passionate about the game, which makes me lose focus and care less about being the best. If I'll still be doing this in five years depends more on Hi-Rez than me I would say. I will do this for as long as I consider it to be worthwhile, it all depends on the plans of Hi-Rez and which direction they plan on taking their esports scene.
For the final question, something simple. If you could have the abilities of any single God in real life, which God would you pick?
Adapting: I would love something that would make travel nice and easy, so maybe Janus? Portals everywhere would be pretty sweet!
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer some questions! Would you like to give any shoutouts to anyone? Sponsors?
Adapting: Shoutouts to NRG of course, and to all the fans reading this, whether you are a fan of our team or somebody else it's awesome to have you guys around supporting your teams! Also have to show some love to my girlfriend and my parents, love you!
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