Professional Counter Strike Global Offensive player Ruben "RUBINO" Villarroel has been playing since 2014, when one of his big pickups was by H2K, followed by London Conspiracy and Copenhagen Wolves for other examples. Currently on Team Dignitas' CS:GO roster, he's been an amazing entry fragger for the team, and has been a great member on the team since his pickup in November 2015. We interviewed him with a few questions about him and the team, and a few personal questions.

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When playing against teams such as EnVyUs at the Global eSports Cup for example, what kind of mentality do you have when playing against them?

RUBINO: The same mentality as always, trying to win. Trying to give the 110% focus you need when playing versus these teams. Trying to find the weakness of your opponents and punish them for it.

You had a fairly strong start against EnVyUs at the BO3 of GameShow Global eSports Cup, what did you feel like went wrong during both maps played?

RUBINO: Well losing both pistol rounds on de_train didn't help with the result, we lost 16-13 and just on pistol rounds we could have arguably had 4/6 rounds free, so that shows how important pistol rounds can be. But we also need to consider that we are playing a team ranked number 2 in the world, they shoot hard.

Out of all of the current active duty maps, which one is the teams strongest, and which one do you feel like you guys need to improve on the most?

RUBINO: I feel Cobblestone has been a great map for us lately, and I think the map we struggle on mostly right now on CT side is probably Mirage.

With 2016 ahead of everyone, in CS:GO mainly, what are your goals for the future, and what do you need to do to achieve those goals?

RUBINO: My goals for 2016 is basically just to be a more stable player, be useful for my teammates, that we achieve things like a team. Because that's something people tend to forget, it's not just about the skill of one player, it's about teamplay, but also of course individual skill. So my goals are both try to get better and be more stable and better as a team.

In terms of your matches last year, which one was your most memorable, and if you can tell us, why was it your most memorable?

RUBINO: Probably the first official match we ever played as Team Dignitas (me and k0nfig) where we got a 14-1 start versus Virtus.Pro Terrorist side on Cache, that was a pretty good start you can say!

Out of events that have been announced this year, which one are you looking forward to the most?

RUBINO: I'm looking forward to the major in the US!

With the current lineup, what are your confidence levels approaching the majors of 2016? What do you personally feel like you need to improve on before these events?

RUBINO: That's always been my goal in each team I've played in, qualify for majors whilst being a team that can always improve in different aspects, and for me it feels like we have a strong lineup (maybe not the best individual lineup) but we work really good as a team, and that's important, I just feel that I need to be on a more stable level.

When you moved to Team Dignitas with k0nfig from Copenhagen Wolves, what were your initially feelings with the Team Dignitas roster at the time? What about it made you move to Team Dignitas?

RUBINO: My initial feelings were pretty good, 2015 was a hard year for me as a person, a lot of unlucky things happened (as rain and jkaem got bought out by G2/Kinguin). They were both good friends outside the game and important players in the team. So motivation in 2015 was a rollercoaster, but when I got the offer from Team Dignitas everything got better, finally I had a team I knew was a good team and that I could focus on myself and just try to improve.

Have you always played as an entry fragger over your team history? Or have you played different roles, and if so what made you switch to becoming an entry fragger?

RUBINO: Since I started to play CS:GO I've been more an "allrounder" type of guy, doing what was necessary... But in both LGB, CPH Wolves and Team Dignitas I've been playing as a lurker, I'm probably a more aggressive lurker than other lurkers however. The reason for that though is because I like to be unpredictable, so my opponents don't really know where I am all the time.

Finally, what would you say is your advice for upcoming and inspired players after your experience playing professionally?

RUBINO: Just stay motivated, always try to fix your mistakes, take criticism in a positive way, don't see it as a negative thing, and for sure if you want to be with the best you probably need to sacrifice alot, and things take time, you can't be professional after only 6 months playing.

Any shoutouts to end the interview?

RUBINO: Shoutout to Team Dignitas for bringing me into the team, the sponsors and the team itself! Thanks!

If you want to follow RUBINO, you can follow him on Twitter @rubinoeu and if you're interested in watching his stream, you can always catch up with him at twitch.tv/rubinoeu whenever he's live. Thanks to Ruben for the interview!