Jørgen "XeqtR" Johannessen is more widely known for his dominance in the european counter-strike scene a couple of years ago. He has since then retired from counter-strike competitively to focus more on other things in his life.
Since his departure from the counter-strike scene, the Norwegian player has been spending a lot of time on a different game, DotA! He claimed he enjoys playing it and has decided he would rather play DotA at a competitive level rather than a casual level.
After playing in the prestigious inhouse league, IHCS,
Drayich offered him a spot on the
Mousesports DotA team. He has signed up for all the tournaments and leagues that the team is participating in for now and claimed he will not be participating at ESWC as they already have a starting 5.
Mousesports DotA:
Kim 'Drayich' Larsson
Fabio 'blutgeiL' De Gaetani
Jonas 'Fragalot' Tesfay
Jesper 'Miracle-' Nyhlen
Amel 'PlaymatE' Barudzija
Björn 'Twisted' Alquist
Jørgen 'XeqtR' Johannessen
Interview with
XeqtR:
How long have you been playing DotA, and where have you been playing?
My first taste of DotA was at WEG1 in Korea, and thats like ages ago. After that it was just with the other CS players living in the playervillage. When I got back home I started playing some random public games with friends and I did that while playing CS as my "main" game. After I quit CS I kept playing dota for fun, and have been doing so since. Nowadays i play mostly clan war's with Mouz or NiHL and IHCS, both are inhouse leagues wheree you play with ventrilo and more seriously than normal pickup games.
How did you get into IHCS? Are you vouched in IHCS1?
Yeah, I actually played some IHCS like last summer, but got unvouched because I wasnt very active back then. I wanted to play more serious games so I got vouched back in ihcs2 and after some time I got vouched in to IHCS1.
What made you decide to play DotA instead of counter strike?
Wasn't really a decision, its not like I quit playing CS for DotA, I just quit playing cs and decided to focus on other areas in my life. Playing games has always been a hobby of mine and always will, and DotA was the game I found to be the most interesting at the time when I stopped playing CS, and ive kept playing it with friends ever since my cs days were over.
Do you think you'll stick around and play DotA seriously for a while? Would you travel to LAN events to compete for it with mouz?
Time will tell, I dont think I'll be attending ESWC qualifier for Mouse since they already need 3 swedes to be able to compete for the swedish spots and they have 2 foreigners in their starting lineup, but ill surely play alot for the official games online, and i might come to Dreamhack and meet the guys if possible.
What kinds of things do you like about DotA? Do you think it can grow further as an e-sport?
What I like the most with DotA is the teamplay part of the game, I feel that individually I'm very capable as a player, but I got a lot to learn about moving around on the map and be more aware of whats going to happen. E-sport question I'm not ready to answer at this time, I think we'll just have to see how the game gets accepted @ ESWC first.
What kind of role do you play have you been playing on the team so far? Which heroes do you play the most?
Well i see myself as RICEBOY #1! I've really been playing everything from full support to carry. Last official game I played with them I played Sven, but I don't really care about what hero I play. Dray decides that in matches anyways, but in practises I try to get a hero I can farm some with :D
Have you played any official matches yet? What online leagues/tournaments will you be participating in?
Yeah, I've played some official games, can't remember what league or cup that was, so many of them. But im on the roster in all of our teams cups and leagues.
Thanks for the interview!
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First blood, I pwn!
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Nice to see you made an interview! I don't know him from CS, but I still find it interesting that he went from CS to DotA. Spawn next? :P
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THE BEST xeqtr ever!
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THE BEST NOW AND EVER
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i'll always remember you as a 1.5 legend. Good luck XeqtR
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eoL*XeqtR :o!
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ownage news, welcome back to competitive gaming. he used to be a ingame mastermind during 1.5 and 1.6. im really looking forward to his play. gl and welcome back eoL.XeqtR
let you'r mind at rest and let you'r dreams run free
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xeqtr beyondgodlike, someone kill him
let you'r mind at rest and let you'r dreams run free
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cs to dota bing transition
you will know and recognise me after somtime
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xeqtr nice to se him back in action. living legend ^^
every dream has a cost, and everybody has a price
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thats just O M G :-)
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gl
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after-all
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WTF :D
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xeqtr was like godlike in cs scene standing next to heaton potti etc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP0LT9T_ibU i love his awp :P 4K faiting!!!!!!!!!!!!
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DKPusher-Street
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Twisted Carries Mouz anyway...
War doesn't determine who's right but who is left =D
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omg only get contract beacuse of cs, xeqtr+dota=fail
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glad to see him back in business again :]
Ray Of Light
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Quoting Maklare: Have you ever seen him play or are you just guessing here pretty boy? XeqtR is for sure one of the strongest ricers ive played with ;) Couldnt help laughing a bit about your "I`ve been playing everything from full support to carry" comment :D. played with you for some time now, and ive never seen you playing anything but Ricer ;) Best of luck to you m8! | |
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Whos next : element goes to dota ? heheh
Noa.dota.element Noa.dota.XeqtR d^-^P
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being talented maybe :-?
gl however Be The Witness Of The Madness
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Well it's kinda understandable he would choose dota. Because dota is very easy to learn and understand how to play. Once your individual skill is good already with good teammates, the teamwork just happens. If you know all the heroes, items, which item build are effective for every hero, learn gang paterns and role in team fight with a good team and little practice with the team things won't go wrong. Unlike WC3 ladder where even if you know all units and strategy, the situation in game always changes where you have to change strategy and micro plays a big role while it's what dota saves many from is that you only have to worry about 1 unit, which can also be hard but you don't have to worry about constantly moving different unit simotaniously. Pla
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Why reply u posted right beneath me.
Ofcourse it's not as simple as i make it seem but it's something like that. Ofcourse you will have to practice slowly in team to develope your team work and with time your skills teamwise start to improve. But plz skills individually isn't so hard. Takes least 1-2 month to learn all heroes, items and then to know what item build is effective for each hero. It's why we have forums to. Then skill overall depends on the person himself. Some learn faster then other, in close to 2 month you know that creeps hurt early, you die to tower fast, what ganging is and gang paterns and role in team. Especialy when you are famous in the competitive seen you get help from profesional pla Ofcours I am wrong. You guys take everything said about dota serious as if you've been shot in the head. God, as if it's a Sin to write your opinion on the situation. I never even said anything about dota. Easy to learn and get used to is a +point in my opinion because it can be learned fast and can draw more pla Plz continue playing dota, as it seems you are good at it. Just post below no need reply. Last edited by GenoZStriker at 29.03.2008, 05:20
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