After TSM defeated Cloud9 and became the only pure North American team to advance to playoffs, we reached out to Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen to get an interview about their surprising journey.

TSM kicked things off with a bang on day one of ECS Season 1 Finals, defeating Astralis and taking fnatic to a close result once again (after two similar attempts at ELEAGUE).

In the decider, Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen met some of his former teammates in Cloud9, whom TSM beat on two straight-forward maps and advanced to semi-finals.

Hit play below to see what the Canadian had to say on their journey so far, how confident he and the team feels about the upcoming Luminosity semi-final.

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Make sure to check out the list of interviews we've done so far at ECS Season 1 Finals:

Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom: "We feel really good on Nuke"

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett on ECS and current state of talent

Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin: "jdm64 actually reached out to me"

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo: "I don't believe in saving strats"

Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Age: 26 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 466 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.61 Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Age: 25 Team: Luminosity Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 342 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.60 Cloud9 #17 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekAlec 'Slemmy' WhiteJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Luminosity #1 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo fnatic #4 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen Age: 27 Team: TSM Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 417 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70 Astralis #5 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom Age: 21 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 743 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 TSM #26 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenPujan 'FNS' MehtaTimothy 'autimatic' TaHunter 'SicK' MimsRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken