Smooya\u2019s Dad Posts Touching Statement Following BIG\u2019s Incredible Run at ESL One Cologne PixabayOwen \u2018smooya\u2019 Butterfield\u2019s father has posted a touching message to his son on Twitter after BIG\u2019s impressive ESL One: Cologne 2018 performance. Most parents would agree that seeing their child grow up to be happy and successful is the most important thing to them, but that won\u2019t stop them questioning and second guessing some of the decisions we make. For an aspiring professional video game player, convincing members of the older generation that your dream of playing games in front of thousands of people is a legitimate one can often be difficult. Read More: MiBR and Cloud9\u2019s CS:GO Teams on the Brink of Major Changes as Tarik and Coldzera Reportedly Consider New Opportunities – That doesn\u2019t seem to be an issue for BIG Clan\u2019s smooya, though, as his father has made it clear that he is incredibly proud and supportive of his son after his second place finish at ESL One: Cologne. so proud of you and the team m8, everyone knows BIG are no push overs now what you guys achieved will be history forever, let it fuel you to get even better.proudest dad ever \ud83d\ude42 pic.twitter.com\/rUKDv6wnXQ \u2014 jason butterfield (@JasonButty73) July 8, 2018 Nobody except the BIG players themselves seemed to have much confidence about the team\u2019s chances heading into Cologne but they beat a host of high profile competition to reach the final where they eventually fell at the hands of Na\u2019Vi. Smooya, the team\u2019s only British player, took to Twitter following the event to say it is hard not to be thrilled with the result but it is still disappointing to lose, but his father\u2019s response made it clear that he is proud of him and the team. The sky seems to be the limit for BIG after ESL One: Cologne but they will need to back up their performance at their next few events before they can be considered a true top five team. As for smooya, he has been singled out as the next great hope for UK Counter-Strike and the chance to finally escape the \u201cUKCS\u201d memes that are rampant throughout the scene!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Smooya\u2019s Dad Posts Touching Statement Following BIG\u2019s Incredible Run at ESL One Cologne PixabayOwen \u2018smooya\u2019 Butterfield\u2019s father has posted a touching message to his son on Twitter after BIG\u2019s impressive ESL One: Cologne 2018 performance. Most parents would agree that seeing their child grow up to be happy and successful is the most important thing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}