Ever since DotA was included in the portfolio of tournaments played at DreamHack, it has been either SK or MYM who has come out on top with the trophy. This winter, a certain team is looking to break that dominance.

 Mousesports has been ever dominant in 6.52e, and even though DreamHack is being played n 6.57b, the Swedish/German squad is still the favourite to take the overall victory. We got a hold of Mousesports' new teamleader  Twistd, for a short talk about his new role, the team and the expectations for DreamHack.

Hi Twisted, do you mind giving a brief introduction of yourself?
Heyya, I’m 22 years old and current leader of Mouz.dota nicking Twisted (a nick stolen from CS-bot waaay back) and I’m living/working in Stockholm and my favourite colour is blue!

The community knows that Mouz has been having some roster problems recently with Away, Cat and Drayich leaving the team due to personal issues. How is the team cooping with this?
Well, I think the team is fine at the moment and in a really good shape. Of course we miss Dray singing for us and telling us what to do but skill-wise we have never been stronger.

Why do you think Drayich appointed you as the acting-leader at the moment?
Didn't I respond to that one with like "Because I’m the only one not completely fucked in the head in Mouz" ? :D

Will you be running things similar to what Drayich has previously done or do you have something else in mind?
We play different now, that’s for sure. Only time will tell if it’s better.

Why did the team chose Puppey to sub for the substitution of Drayich in this edition of Dreamhack?
He is basically what the team needed when Dray left, Puppey is one of the best drafters in the world and he got a really good understanding of the game. Also he’s a sick player.

Rumours are going around that Puppey might be joining Mouz depending the results of Dreamhack, how true is this?
Sounds pretty true to me.

How will the teamplay and chemistry be affected with Puppey joining the team?
From what I’ve seen in our scrims recently, we will pretty much STOMP everything that comes in our way.

Mouz doesn’t seem to perform that well in 6.56 compared to 6.52 getting knocked out pretty early in F4F season 3 and 4. What is explanation for this?
Two bad games to give the other teams some hope for this version.

So how is the team adapting to the new map now?
We are doing really good now but i guess there might pop up of new imba-heroes and cheese-strats. So who knows what will happen.

Who do you think will be a strong contender in this edition of Dreamhack?
Mouz, MYM and SK.

Any underdogs?
I don’t know. I guess Met and dmZ` can surprise but judging from the lb-final in pride, I’m not too worried.