woxic: The Trophy No Longer Looks So Far Away

Aurora's Turkish AWP player Özgür "woxic" Eker spoke to HLTV at IEM Beijing. He said the team, which has taken part in four tournaments in a row, has not had enough time to settle in its new strategies. Woxic said the international roster has become increasingly stable. However, he explained that the busy schedule has limited practice time, and that strategies prepared before matches were sometimes tried directly in official games. He added that there has been no time to work on the details.

Woxic, who has reached the top four at major events, stressed that practice is essential to turn these results into a trophy. He said that the big matches played together and the experience gained with new teammates would make an important contribution to the team.

Touching on the adjustment process with Jimi "Jimpphat" Salo and Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski, woxic said that switching to English and getting to know teammates from different backgrounds takes time. He said the team has been together for three months and that they are moving in the right direction.

Source: HLTV Counter-Strike

Correction (02.11.2026): The statement that the honeymoon period was behind them has been removed.