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Offizielles Statement von Alliance zu S4- & EGM

In February of 2013, just a few months removed from taking first place at DreamHack Winter, a team by the name of No TideHunter made a controversial roster change. The team’s four Swedish players had decided that it would be best to move to an all-Swedish lineup, and thus replaced the very popular EternaLEnVy with Jerry „EGM“ Lundvkist, who was at the time a much smaller name than his predecessor.

Much of the community did not approve. But after several public comments from Loda and EE, and then several months of impassioned forum arguments made by fans on each side of the fence, the team’s results started to pour in. And as we all know, convincing facts can end a debate quite quickly.

From EGM’s debut in February ’13 through the end of August ’13, the team now called Alliance had one of the most dominant runs ever achieved by a professional Dota 2 team. Within a six-month span, Alliance won back-to-back StarLadder titles, back-to-back TPL titles, and DreamHack Summer. They dominated Asia’s best at the G-1 Champions League, where they didn’t drop a single map. And all of this, of course, was on the way to winning The International 3 with an overall tournament map score of 23-3.

Outside of the game, the team was equally special. Those of us who are close to the players know that Alliance’s team environment felt less like a group of hired professionals, and more like a family. The team was close-knit, and often spent their holidays and free time together.

This atmosphere of friendship, without any doubt, was a major contributing factor in the team going without a roster change for more than 18 months, which by our count makes it the longest-tenured lineup in the history of professional Dota 2. And the players‘ close personal bonds make this announcement all the more difficult, but ultimately still necessary.

It’s time for a couple of changes, and today we say goodbye to Gustav „S4“ Magnusson and Jerry „EGM“ Lundkvist. We cannot thank them enough for everything they have contributed to our team and organization over the past several years, and we with them nothing but the best.

+ Loda Statement

I do not really know how to begin a statement like this, because I haven’t really been in any situations like this one before.

This is the end of an era, but I’ll start at the beginning. Two years ago, after a so-so performance at TI2, I set out with the goal to build a team that I could call my own, with people that I respected and could grow to be friends with. I wanted a group of people that were not going to stop at anything to achieve our goals. We did not set our goals low – we aimed for the top, and we reached it.

S4, we have been through so much together, and in a way I feel a bit disappointed that you wanted to try your luck somewhere else. In a way, I want to be angry at you, but we are friends, brothers, and we traveled the world together as champions. I cannot do anything other than respect your decision, even if I still don’t agree with it ;).

EGM, you were someone I really fought to originally bring onto the team. We had so much fun playing together for all those months prior to you joining, and then also onwards. Together, we made up one of the most feared dual lanes of 2013, whether you were on Windranger or Wisp. I am very happy to have had the chance to help form you as a player, and I am proud to call you my friend. You were my „chosen one“ when it came to support, but just like Obi-Wan and Anakin, I guess some duos are not meant to be together forever. We had a good run, and now I wish you all the success, wherever you decide to go.

As we say goodbye to both S4 and EGM, it feels like we have lost a part of our identity as a team. But even though it’s always sad to say goodbye, I’ve always felt confident in my ability to build new teams. And with the company of my long-time partner Akke, and man’s best friend Bulldog, we all feel confident together. We still have the same fire in us as when we first started off as No Tidehunter in 2012.

We will find two new players, and reform ourselves as a team. We will find the new blood we need to begin anew, and we will prove ourselves out there rather than resting on old achievements. We will change, but we will still remain the same.

We are Alliance.

Quelle: http://farewell.thealliance.gg/
  1. tadL #2
    ihr beschissenes abschneiden ist mal nicht deren schuld sondern das alliance immer noch den selben schuh spielte wie TI3. und das ist einfach weg mit furion whisp ban
    sh1tty_76275 #4
    Noch mehr Wein zum Käse?
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