We spoke with two Conquest members, Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan and Damian 'daps' Steele, to talk about the team's first offline appearance and subsequent entry into the semifinals.

Conquest have been the Cinderella-esque story of this tournament following an overtime inferno against Virtus.pro, a 2-0 victory over Liquid, and a 2-1 defeat of dignitas to make the CEVO Season 8 semifinals.

We gathered Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan and Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele to talk about the team's formation as well as the match against dignitas and the homecrowd which cheered for the North American team.

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Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan Age: 22 Team: Conquest Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 192 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Damian 'daps' Steele Age: 22 Team: Conquest Rating 1.0: 0.86 Maps played: 129 KPR: 0.59 DPR: 0.69