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Alexandra W

‘Confidence is confidence’: Team Nemesis’ sacred on staying humble in the finals

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Dot Esports spoke with Taim “sacred” Qasim of Team Nemesis just after the final Group Stage matches, in which the formally orgless team secured a solid place in the Match Point Finals with 116 points. Team Nemesis recently added sacred, along with Albralelie and skittleCakes, at the tail end of April.

In an exclusive interview with Dot Esports, sacred spoke about not feeling the pressure around being the youngest player in the tournament, how his teammates have helped him grow, and staying humble before they head into the Match Point Finals for the 2026 ALGS Split 1 Playoffs this Saturday.

Sacred doesn’t feel any pressure

Despite being recently signed to Team Nemesis and getting some attention for his age, sacred isn’t feeling any pressure around his performance, though he admits there may be some expectations.

“I mean, expectations, yeah. But I don’t really feel pressured, you know?”

“When I’m coming up on a game day, or a block, I don’t really notice any of the pressure or expectations. I kind of just focus on the game.” 


“At the end of the day, it is any team’s game.”

– Team Nemesis’ sacred on the Match Point Finals.

Playing with a signed team at such a huge event could be intense, but sacred explained that the experience of his teammates playing with plenty of other players in the past has been an asset, and it’s helped him grow as a player.

“Yeah, I’ve grown a lot with them,” sacred said.

“The biggest thing is their experiences with other teams being molded with mine, if that makes sense.”

Seeking kill points in Group Stage’s final moments

Albralelie playing for TSM at ALGS 2022.
Teammates like Alb come with a history at ALGS. (Image via EA).

When the end of Group Stage grows ever closer, plenty of teams switch up their Legend comps to start getting aggressive and seeking out points through kills, and Team Nemesis is no exception. To aid them in those finals matches, sacred and Albralelie traded Pathfinder, swapping a more defensive comp with Newcastle in favor of more flexibility with Bangalore instead.

“Well, we like playing Valk, Castle, and Wattson, we like that a lot. And once Val goes out, and we were on that last game, we needed I think 12 more points. And we didn’t want to get it through placement. It seems kind of coin flippy, so we just wanted to play as aggro-flex comp.”

Confident, but staying humble

By the end of their block of games on Thursday, sacred was the damage leader with Team Nemesis in second place, though narrowly tied with Alliance and Elite Esports at exactly 61 points. With these encouraging stats and a noteworthy performance, sacred emphasized staying grounded going into the finals on Saturday.

“It definitely gives me a lot of confidence. But confidence is confidence. I’m not gonna get over confident, because, at the end of the day, it is any team’s game. We’re gonna try to do what we did today, and get ready for this finals.”

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