What has seemingly been under way for quite some time, has now finally happened, as Danish star player Lasse "slahser" Malver has left his team - MYM.DotA. This did not come completely unexpected though, as slahser hasn't played with the team for quite some time.

slasher and MaNia-

The departure of slahser first reached the public yesterday, when he started leaving the MYM.DotA squad on various leagues and tournament sites. He also parted from the #MYM.DotA IRC channel and that raised suspicion which lead to people asking him if he left the team, which he confirmed without hesitation.

We caught up with MYM|Maelk and slahser himself, to set things straight and to get a statement about the situation.

slahser: "As some of you may have noticed, I am no longer part of MYM. This is due to various reasons, including school, inactivity and bunch of other things. I'd like to thank MYM for their support and my teammates for many enjoyable moments of gaming, travelling and being at events. For now I will most likely take a break for competitive DotA while I consider whether or not I should keep playing."

MYM|Maelk: "During the last couple of days a lot of people has noticed that Lasse 'slahser' Malver is no longer a part of our roster. While unfortunate, it was inevitable that the team and Lasse would part ways eventually.

The chemistry simply wasn't there and from what I can only believe to be a mutual feeling it was a somewhat strained relationship from the get-go. Because of the unquestionable high level of skill that Lasse possesses we took in this diamond in the rough over a year ago.

Things were working out thus far, but over the course of the past months it has become more and more obvious that the team and he wasn't exactly a match made in heaven. I think that the lack of attendance by Lasse at both ESWC Masters as well as the grand finals caused him a lot of grief. Tension between him and the team grew steadily and ultimately it all escalated in one of our matches. Both parts decided that this had been going on long enough and vented their frustrations for each other, ending up with Lasse realizing his time as a member of the team had come and gone.

I wish things could have went differently, but with all the time and effort that both Lasse and the team puts into the game there simply isn't room for resentment and hostility amongst the players. This was the only solution that both of us could be at ease with. I would like to wish Lasse best of luck in his future endeavors whether he chooses to focus on school or join another team."

Because of  slahser's depature, MYM had to change their lineup for tis Dreamhack 2008 winter, due to slahser had been participating with the team for the last two Dreamhacks, being 2007 winter and 2008 summer. Maelk confirmed the 'new' lineup for this event to be:

Dreamhack Winter 2008 line-up:

 MYM|Maelk
 MYM|Pusher
 MYM|MaNia-
 MYM|H4nni-
 MYM|Fear

MYM.DotA roster looks as follow:

 MYM|Maelk
 MYM|Pusher
 MYM|MaNia-
 MYM|H4nni-
 MYM|Fear
 MYM|Merlini