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07th March 2008, 08:15

American DotA scene changes

The American DotA scene has been struggling and barely scraping by in the international scene. The only teams that have made it far in MYM Prime Defending recently were United State- eMg, United State- tPD, United State- hi2u and United State- DoP. Many new American teams have popped out recently, but none of them surpass a mediocre calibre.

Team Pandemic and eMg are two of the four original first generation sponsored DotA teams along with JMC and coL. eMg has been active this entire time, but Pandemic has had more difficulty staying active. Now both teams will be affected by the birth of a new team.

It has just been brought to my attention that a new competitive American DotA team has been formed. Currently unnamed; United State- Yoshi, United State- Hit0mi, Canada Stripez, United State- Ownage-Juice and Canada Miraclechipmunk have joined forces to create a brand new competitive DotA team.

Pure North American teams have been vanishing one by one. A while after JMC disbanded, Merlini, Fang and p0c joined MYM. After Canadian powerhouse Excello disbanded, mO- and Enigma joined XsK and the others remained teamless. It is unknown what's in store for the future of North American DotA, the community can only hope for a few stable teams.

This new team leaves eMg without Hit0mi and Pandemic without two core starters; Yoshi and James. It is unclear what both of the teams will do now. eMg has enough players to survive without Hit0mi but could this be the end of Pandemic? Only the future can tell.

ESWC is slowly approaching and new online tournaments/leagues are forming everyday. DotA is getting bigger, and the lust for competition has been growing with it. American DotA has needed a sense of revival for a long time. Could this team contribute to it's rebirth? Time can only tell...

Unnamed roster:

United State- Yoshi
Canada Stripez
United State- Hit0mi
United State- Ownage-Juice
Canada Miraclechipmunk

eMg roster:

United State- King
France Rwar
Canada Remstar
United State- Whisper
United State- DOGKaiser
United State- Muffins


Pandemic roster:

Canada Fachh
United State- DJ
Canada Zaku
United State- Eskimo

Interview with United State- Nick "Yoshi" Spagnolo:

Who came up with the idea of this team? Who all were asked to join it?

This team was a group decision. Me and James were really dissapointed with the current state of Pandemic, and were debating what to do about it for a while. Andre has been a good friend of mine for a while and we have wanted to play on the same team for ages. As for Juice, he only left tPD because he was benched when he was for sure top 5 skill. Plug went inactive, and Stripez wants to play competitively.

Are there any other players you're thinking of inviting? Is everyone 100% sure of staying on this team?

Yes everyone wanted to do this and wants to stay with this, there are a few other players considering that I can't mention yet.

Are you expecting to keep this team long term, potentially competing for an ESWC qualifier spot or is this just a fun team?

This is definitely a team we want to take long term. ESWC was actually one the major reasons behind trying to create a skilled team of players that worked together.

Have all of you scrimmed together yet? If so, how did you guys perform together? If not, how do you see it working out?

We have all played together and ringed for eachother's teams many times, and know that we all work well together. I can't see anything but it working out well.

What do you think will happen to Pandemic and eMg now that some key players have left the teams?

Im not sure what's happening with Pandemic, but I'm sure eMg will stay strong as they have a large roster of good players.

What online leagues and tournaments do you plan on participating in?

We plan on participating in Pride #10 definitely, and any other tournaments when they start (ESL, HTGN, etc)

What do you think of the American DotA scene right now? Do you think your team can improve it, possibly bring some American pride on an international level?

We think American DotA was at an all time low, which is another one of the main reasons we made this team - to prove to the rest of the world that America still has it!

Are you going to start looking for a sponsorship immediately or do you plan on waiting until placement in some of the top tournaments and leagues?

We are looking for a sponsorship and of course hoping to qualify for ESWC to pay for us to fly there.

Thanks to the interview and good luck to your team! Any last words/shoutouts?

Thanks for the interview and shoutout to the rest of tPD and eMg, good luck to you guy!


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(7 months ago)  #1 H2OKapz
 
good luck guyz make us proud.
(7 months ago)  #2 H2OKapz
 
stripez is canadian btw fix flag plz we dont like his kind :p
(7 months ago)  #3 ROSnake
Snake
gl, good individual skilled players, mayb they can create a top team
usa kina needs it :/
(7 months ago)  #4 SeaOfSilence
SeaOfSilence
and what about pandemic with only 4 players now?.. wasnt it better for example to add DJ/Fachh to new team?..
i guess something more is gonna happen to those teams yet..

silent sleeping indigo
(7 months ago)  #6 PMSRinoa
Rinoa
DJ has been inactive lately....passed the leadership onto fachh and fachh has gone inactive several times in the past
She's a maneater
(7 months ago)  #11 SeaOfSilence
SeaOfSilence
ye, exactly as i thought... sad( my faves(
silent sleeping indigo
(7 months ago)  #5 MYMTitank
MYMTitank
good luck team ^^
(7 months ago)  #7 myMYM|An1mA
An1mA
Dunno much about the dota scene, only that mym's dota team rocks =) But good news for the Americans that there are so many teams.
Last edited by An1mA at 07.03.2008, 10:00

Agianst All Odds~~
(7 months ago)  #8 PMSRinoa
Rinoa
lol guess you didnt read it carefully enough silly =P
She's a maneater
(7 months ago)  #9 garettenator
 
Lol... This is almost the exact same team me and my friends scrimmed against. We barely played DoTA and raped em. Goes to show how good they are.
(7 months ago)  #10 H2OOwnaGe-Juice
 
you forgot glenn on tpd roster!
(7 months ago)  #12 PMSRinoa
Rinoa
he never plays....lol havent really seen him in replays
She's a maneater
(7 months ago)  #13 DNRandoyX
andoyX
Wow. Interesting. GL!
A world w/o walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?
(7 months ago)  #14 FBD|Wizardro
Wizardro
best of luck to you guys
"Only the dead have seen the end of the war!" Plato
(7 months ago)  #15 Metro-
Metro-
"After Canadian powerhouse Excello disbanded, mO- and Enigma joined XsK and the others remained teamless."

Enigma left old xLo and joined XsK for a while then left. After that old xLo disbanded and mO- joined XsK too.

Anyways I'm very happy for HiT0Mi, I hope he can play at his full potential on this team :). Good luck to him and his new crew.
(7 months ago)  #16 PainK
PainK
gl
*PaiN* StriKe lyK LiGhtnin
(7 months ago)  #17 SEXYamiGoZoR
 
gl :) i hope that it won't affect eMg a lot
Last edited by amiGoZoR at 07.03.2008, 14:06

Play Hard Go Pro !
(7 months ago)  #18 SGCnEkro
nEkro
not like the last incident with PluG... now u can truly say " our new gods of American DotA. "
Where are you Arienette ?
(7 months ago)  #19 AoWDarkCloud_
DarkCloud_
Metro feeds :P <3....

wow new team.... gl to them.... and where's Fear in all of this??

Did you know Death God eat only apples?
(7 months ago)  #20 BTSuRpR1sE
SuRpR1sE
hope you guys will have some succes
(7 months ago)  #21 warheart
 
Niiiiiiice, new favourite NA team :D

I wish you the best luck and awesome results in every tournament.

Gogo MyM, invite them for PDL :D
(7 months ago)  #22 manhunter321
manhunter321
gl to all
you will know and recognise me after somtime
(7 months ago)  #23 NyMe
 
stop the asslicking warheart... T.T
this is good news for everyone since new teams means more action and good matches, not the wtfpwnage we are used to watch with mym and vp (now more teams also)

~Carpe Diem~
(7 months ago)  #24 tEsolomidplz
solomidplz
Nothing special about this team..
(7 months ago)  #25 Seraph-
Seraph-
haha nice, hitomi yoshi and chip in one team XD gl guys, u will pwn :>
also gl to remaining tPD and ofc eMg :)
regards
(7 months ago)  #26 JuFuixmike88
 
Quoting garettenator:

Lol... This is almost the exact same team me and my friends scrimmed against. We barely played DoTA and raped em. Goes to show how good they are.


LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
(7 months ago)  #27 myMYM|genozstriker
genozstriker
so what leads next is TPD Dota disbanning? and a new Team out of different clan member will join forces and probably get all overrated and will still not get as far as everyone expect them to be. What ever. I hope some organization would be interested in sponsoring and good luck in the future and I agree with #24.
Last edited by genozstriker at 07.03.2008, 21:06

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(7 months ago)  #28 Mu
 
Lol. I started DotA one month ago now, and fastly I came on the (french) Argh league.
My first game on it was with "eMg.rwar" and i really didn't know he was good and known at this point x)...

Fun'
Last edited by Mu at 07.03.2008, 20:21
(7 months ago)  #29 Mu
 
Wtf...

sry
Last edited by Mu at 07.03.2008, 20:22
(7 months ago)  #30 FearDarkNess-
FearDarkNess-
gl
(7 months ago)  #31 HT-ANubis-
-ANubis-
GL
(6 months ago)  #32 LDKLynne-
Lynne-
Emg my favorite dota team gogog!
(6 months ago)  #33 sG.trech
trech
yoshi rlz