G2 Caps on misogyny in esports: "Bad apples need to be plucked out"

After a second-place finish at First Stand 2026, returns to the LEC following a week-long break, ready to defend its title once more. Kicking things off with a win, the kings of Europe now set their sights on a clash with longtime rivals , aiming to hand the black-and-orange squad their third loss. In an exclusive interview, star midlaner sat down with Sheep Esports to discuss his return from First Stand, what he’s really like behind the scenes, and inequalities in esports.

Rasmus "Caps" Borregaard Winther: “We definitely need to get back into things a bit. Obviously, coming back, some things are a little bit tough for us, but at the same time, there are also a lot of things from First Stand that we want to pick up on and learn from. So trying to learn a lot of new things while also coming back has definitely been a challenge for us so far, but we got the win today, and we’re just excited for the match tomorrow.

Caps: I feel like already at First Stand we were very motivated. Of course, especially after the loss against , we rewatched the games and realized that there are so many things we can do better, and if we improve on these things, we will get results—and we did get those results.

Of course, then losing against BLG in the final, it’s a similar feeling, right? You can rewatch it back and see that we could have made these games a lot better for us. That’s definitely high motivation for us to just come back and improve on a lot of things. But we also need to, of course, adjust to the patch and adjust to all the small things that came up beforehand.

Caps: I wouldn’t say it changes anything for me. It definitely feels good, right? Every now over the years, we got wins here and there. We won a best-of-one against BLG at last Worlds, we took them out at EWC as well in a best-of-three, and we took a game against last year at EWC. So we’ve already taken some games here and there, right? We had the series against as well two years ago.

But we’ve only been able to take a few games here and there, and very rarely a series. There’s definitely still a step or two above us, and we really have to be on our game for us to show up. It was nice to just get two wins back to back, but it definitely still sucks that we lost the final.

The most important thing is the lessons we take away. There were so many lessons even from Worlds 2025 that we’re still working on, and there are things we can still improve on. I’m just excited because I can see us playing way, way better. We just need to pick up on these things, right? It’s difficult, but it’s something we’re putting work into.

Caps: Throughout the history of , we’ve been the villains many times, and on the contrary, we’ve also had a lot of people cheering for us. It’s definitely been very back and forth. It’s always fun either way. As long as it gets people excited for our matches, it just makes it even more fun to play. If we are the villains, so be it. If we are the heroes of the tale, then we can be that as well.

Caps: That’s a bit hard to answer. I don’t really see myself either way. I think of it more as competition, right? I really want to do everything I can to be the best, but from my perspective, there’s no hard feelings.

Of course, it feels bad when we keep losing to teams like and , but it’s never personal. I don’t think of them as villains, but I definitely feel frustrated. It just motivates me to do better than them.

Caps: Great question. I’m not entirely sure what everyone’s read is on me. Maybe different people have different reads.

For me, I always like to have fun with the game, and I do my best so that we can win as well, because that’s when you have the most fun. I think I might come off a bit too “laugh-y” sometimes or smiley—I’m not sure.

But I think my team knows that I can be serious as well, and sometimes I can also be honest with them. Of course, we all want to be better, and it’s important that we’re honest and give each other constructive feedback, even if it comes off a bit harsh sometimes.

Caps: That’s a good question. Obviously, we had G2 Hel with us before, and I saw that some of its former members spoke out about being denied access to ERL teams because of their gender, which is obviously a shame.

Everyone needs time to reach a high level. For me, I played in the LEC for a long time, but before that, a lot of my knowledge came from the players I played with—especially in the Challenger Series and when I played in the TCL. Even my first year on Fnatic was tough, but it’s where you learn from everyone else.

So if you don’t get the opportunity to learn, that’s the biggest barrier. It’s definitely disappointing to hear about that, and I hope there will be more opportunities in the future for them.

Caps: Yeah, it’s fair to say that. I think gaming culture as a whole has definitely had a lot of… I do think it’s getting better, but it still has a lot of issues, especially with [misogyny]. It has had a lot of issues in the past, and it still does to some extent. I’m happy to see more awareness being brought to it as well, because I think there have been a lot of bad apples. And if there are those, they just have to be plucked out.

Caps: It’s definitely going to be exciting. We’re all excited to be back in the LEC. Today’s games against were a little bit slow and maybe a bit shaky, so we want to clean things up for tomorrow against Fnatic. But at the same time, as long as we get a win on the board, we’re happy with the games.

Caps: Yeah, I guess we can now. [laughs]

Caps: Just a big thank you again for supporting us, right? Playing in Brazil was a lot of fun, and for all the G2 fans that were there supporting us, as well as online, thank you. I’m happy we could bring a lot of excitement with the wins. Of course, it’s a bit bittersweet with the ending, but we’re just going to do our best to learn from it and keep playing better day by day.”