When did you know you were serious about Warcraft III, and when did you decide you wanted to be an international star?

When I was listening to the shout cast of Grubby vs. Zacard of WCG 2004 I had a feeling inside that this could be so great and I really wanted to be a part of this. It sounded so cool and gave me great motivation, it was not so much about becoming international star but more competing at a high level was something that sounded really cool to me.

 
What do you think about Warcraft III when you started and Warcraft III now?

When I started Warcraft III I didn't like it at all, I actually went back to the stores next day to trade it for Unreal Tournament 2003 cause I though it sucked, but UT was sold out and decided to keep Wc3, Still didn't really like it first week but later I started playing more and more. Now I think it's the best game I ever played and I really like it of course, else I wouldn't play so much, but it can be frustrating also.

Grubby trained you, is he partly the reason you are where you are now? How did you meet him and how did your relationship start with him?

Don't think he really _trained_ me in the way off, hey roti let's train listen you start with ... etc. We just discussed a lot of things and of course he gave me advice in many things, but I didn’t order special lessons or something. It started when we had to play a Nationscup game, some guys decided I was good enough to join the National team, even though grubby declined first cause he said I was a rat, haha. Later he came back at this and we spoke a lot about the game and just became good friends and he always tried to help me when I asked for it, and I tried to help him as far I was able to.

What do you think about the current ENC team, what is the teams potential? Do you think Germany will be able to pull through this time or will Sweden win once again?

I think Netherlands will win, but I think Sweden, Bulgaria, Russia and Germany have an exciting race for the silver medal. For Bulgaria it’s fatal that Didi is active, cause Bianconero and Aftershock are good players but don't think they are stable enough yet. Russia has the best team of all, by far but somehow they always fuck up so I guess the same will happen this year. Germany has a decent line -up but weaknesses; I think Sweden's current team is also weaker than last year. Knoff is good but not as good as Duck was, who brought them victory. I'm not sure if SaSe will be just as good online from China.