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@ 17th August 2009 19:50 (Read 20634 times).
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Recently i did this interview with MaNia- and posted on the forum "DAB - Replays", brazilian community where we share competitives replays . Today im providing this interview, i think that has been very good. Here we go. ;) Personal questions: Name: Brian Strandby Age: 24 Have a job or study? I'm working in a kiosk at the moment as a summerjob, but in August Im starting my studies again. Im studying visual design. When you started playing DotA? Think i started playing Dota about 2-3 years ago, where after a while i joined Maelks clan Bto(Boomtown Odense). How did you come up with your nickname? Actually my real nick in RoC(rain of chaos) was MagNa-, but when TFT(the frozen throne) came out i wanted to make a practice acc, because i was a real statswhore :D So i created MaNia-, because it looked alot like my old nick, but then I started to get really good stats on this new account and I just kept it. I played alot tft with pusher-street back then, since we were really good friends and lived like 2 mins away from eachother, so we pretty much were allways doing stuff together. I was also hunting icons on this MaNia- account, think I still have it with like 4000-800 stats and lots of icons :) PC configs: I have a intel core 2 cpu 6320 @ 1.86GHz 1.87 Ghz with 2GB ram. I use steelseries mouse/mousepad/keyboard. Internet speed: 10mbit/1mbit Competitive Dota: In your opinion, which was the strongest line-up of ex-MYM? And the strongest line-up you participated? Its really hard to say which was the strongest lineup since we had so many good players over the years. In 48b I think our strongest team was Maelk, Merlini, Hanni, Levent and me since it was a very gank oriented version with lots of dagger use and fast nukes. About the strongest line-up ever I would say our current lineup at Ravens: Maelk Angel miGGel Pusher and me, else I wouldnt play on the team if I didnt think we were the strongest :D Asian dota is pretty different of russian and european dota, it can be seen in heroes like ShadowFiend, whom asians use it in extremely agressively way, ganking early game, while russians and europeans use it offensively and deffensively way. What differences you see when you play against asian players and against russians/europeans? Do you admire any asian player in particular? Who? I dont play many asian teams, but the ones we have played, I havent seen that much different play than what we play in europe, think they used to play alot different than in Europe, but since we have kinda merged in tournament and sharing replays etc, we kinda adapt to the same kinda playstyle. I havent seen that ”ganking” SF ur talking about tbh :) I dont follow much asian dota unless we are going to play them in a tournament, but sometimes this Yamateh fellow plays some great games, dont know if hes still playing :) What do you think about Slasher as a player and person? Do you think he will ever play dota again? How his departure affected ex-MYM? What about Maelk's leadership? Is he the best captain you ever played? Slahser was a really good player, he almost never died because of his good positioning in fights and his overview. It was also me that wanted to get him in MYM, where he allways played very stabile, and he got very popular because of his ingame moves and perceptive play movies. As a person he was also a good guy, he was bit quiet and serious when we were at lans, but that was because he took the game so serious. I dont think hes gonna return to Dota, I have only seen him like once since he stopped dota. Tbh it didnt affect MYM too much, since we had a big roster. Maelk is kinda the only captain ive ever played with, so of course I think hes the best captain, else I wouldnt have played with him through all these years. His strenght is his way to think outside the box in a lot of situations in the game, hes good at taking the quick decisions that occures through a game, and many times we win because of these tactical moves. What do you think about players who use Maphack? Do you think players who got caught using it, like LastHitMagic, should have a second chance? Well yea Im a big fan of second chances, else I wouldnt have started to play with Levent in MYM, since he was also maphacking back then, and then stopped before entering MYM. I hate maphackers and its sometimes very easy to spot those who uses maphack in league games when im just playing for myself, but its a lot harder to catch maphackers if they have used it in a long time, because they dont overuse it, meaning they are cautious with making too many suspicious moves. You cant stop maphackers, since there will allways be new programs they can use. Its like viruses and anti-viruses, you can try defend urself against them, but you will never get rid of them. There are always surprises in offline tourneys, like OS|One winning DTS Cup, beating your team and Ks.Int. Did you have any knowledge about Kazakhistan dota scene? And about other countries? Do you fear any team inlan? Every lan is different, since new playstyles allways get created during these lan. Tbh i havent heard anything about Os|one before i met them in Ukraine, didnt watch any of their replays. I think we would have been alot stronger if Maelk was able to go with us, since its hard playing without ur leader and drafter. I dont fear any team in lan, and with the risk of sounding cocky, I know we can beat any team. What is your relationship with Misery and Loda? Do you consider youselves any kind of rivals? I have a good relationship with both Misery and Loda, I often play with Misery at scrims and inhouse games. After I played on the same team as Loda, I also concider him a friend. Theres no extreme rivalry, but ofc they are our enemies when we meet in tournaments :) In this year we've seen clans disbanding, changing sponsors, changing line-ups, the dota scene changed a lot. In your opinion, which team is the strongest nowadays? Theres no team that is the strongest, there will allways be teams that win more than others. So theres is maybe a top 4 in euro/usa that is able to beat eachother, where the odds will be aprox 50% I think the best teams atm is Ks.int Fnatic EG Ravens, in no specific order. Which player wins the most annoying voice award? (hahaha) DENDI!!!!! Talking about the current map (6.61b) TC has been a constant ban in IDEC games. Why is that? Do you really believe it is imbalanced? TC is really imbalanced, you dont even wanna see the games hes not banned :) It might be fun to watch as spectators, but its no fun as the team thats playing against him. He got huge aoe dmg/stun/slow, hes just WTF-crazy What is your impression on the new item Khadgars Pipe of Insight? It looks like a gamebreaker item when well used, like right before a team gets initiated. Yea khadgars pipe is definitely a must have item in cws, It can also make the game more lategame oriented, since its harder to get aoe ulti combos in and dealing dmg, its really easy to use when u see a sandking ulti coming in. Do you think Hand Of Midas is useless now, since most games, in my point of view, are too short? I dont really see the use of midas anymore tbh :) Its been a long time since ive seen other heroes than wl/potm go it. Many people are just crazy about Quelling Blade these days. Tell us your views on this new item. Do you think it is a must-have on melee heroes? Well Quelling Blade is really good for melee farmers, and especially solo heroes like bloodseeker, since its really easy to lasthit. Its not a musthave if you play a melee ganker :) Any special items/heroes you would like to talk about? The new eul is cool, because you can eul urself. It can remove negative spells and also give you more time to escape. About Brazil: What do u think about South America dota scene, especially brazilian? Do u know any brazilian team or player? (if u know, what u think about that team/player?) Sorry I dont know any brazilian team or player, maybe I know them if I read the name, but I cant think of any. I can guess that because of the long distance between Europe and Brazil it makes it almost impossible for them to compete in European tournaments. What do you know about Brazil? I know Brazil is getting richer, and getting constantly evolving. I wish I could travel to Brazil sometime, I wear a brazil flag at Dota-league, when I play Sigs, because I think its the coolest flag :) I also love Brazilian soccer, especially when Ronaldo was at his best. Girls in Brazil are also hot :) On ESWC, MYM played against brazilian team Fearz. How was the contact and experience playing against them? Hmm I just saw they won vs the singapore team, which we lost to. They played really well that game and one of the guys had a divine i think :) They were some good guys. Quick-Questions: One player - miGGel One heroe - tiny Ravens - friendship One team - EG Top ban - TC Top pick - Clock Mania - gank Slahser - perceptive Misery – skilled MYM or VP – MYM ofc!!!! Brazilian Soccer – love it Brazilian Girls – love them more :) Is there anything you would like to say to your brazilian fans or anything else? Hey Brazil thx for supporting me and my team, hope to see more to Brazil dota in the future, go show us what Brazil can do!! We, from DAB - Replays, would like to thank your patience, disponibility and attention with all your brazilian fans. It is really a pleasure for us. We with you all the happiness and lucky in your career and we hope we can see you playing in many games, especially with SandKing ;D Regars, kiM- and Ramones-, DAB - Replays's Moderators Thx for the patience, ive just been really busy with work :) With the interview, MaNia- gave to us some replays from him in action. Here is the link: http://www.4shared.com/file/119941066/4fa663c0/mania_replays.html I hope post soon anothers interviews. =) Cya. kiM- |
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| for all this guy a really good staffer! supp! |
| Excellent interview. His responses are nice to read. |
Excellent interview. His responses are nice to read. That, i loved it :) |
| Hey, this really was a nice interview. Thx for sharing it! |
| Very solid |
| I translated this interview and helped it, thx everyone |
| nice interview |
| Nice interview. :) |
| I dont follow much asian dota unless we are going to play them in a tournament, but sometimes this Yamateh fellow plays some great games, dont know if hes still playing :) rofl  |
| TT,no picz :DD LMAO!!! LevenT MapHacker :DD BTW: http://classic.battle.net/war3/ladder/W3XP-player-p rofile.aspx?Gateway=Northrend&PlayerName=Mania- Nice profile you've got there Mr.Mania,imba stats <3 Pusher's acc on bnet plz??? |
| wow he owned with any race. go 1on1? :D |
I like Mania using SandKing!!!!  |
| all i can say is mania overuses smilys |
| Brian is the best ! Nice inteview! |
| MYM or VP – MYM ofc!!!! again big joke |
| "ShadowFiend, whom asians use it in extremely agressively way, ganking early game" LOL |
| vp > mym |
| wtf Lavent maphack???? |
Which player wins the most annoying voice award? (hahaha) DENDI!!!!! spelled with capital letters. LOL  |
| MaNia liar. |
   Oh, Irony!  |
When you started playing DotA? lol i played my first cw vs bto 4 y agoThink i started playing Dota about 2-3 years ago, where after a while i joined Maelks clan Bto(Boomtown Odense). what a liar you are Mania :) |
| Well written. I'd like MagNa more :p |
| This interview is awesome. Very well done by the interviewer and interesting answers by Mania. |
| very nice interview GL to Ravens in Gamescon- |
| #23 I lol'd xD |
| #24 LOL |
| Long interview. Pretty nice tho, had fun reading it :) MaNia- > MagNa- |
| #14 me too. This interview was great, Thanks 4000:800 stats was a really scary type of fighter if i met.... i would give up |
| this was really a great interview and am glad that mania is telling things that many people would not say in public . like maphack players and stuff like that ! death to all maphackers & of course i must agree i think that ravens / fnatic / EG is the top teams atm . Gl to all <3 |
| Nice interview. thank you. |
| WALL OF TEXT which i actually read... |
Great interview brian thanks alot awsum answers  #23 he said they can beat any team, not that they by defination will. Humble and proffesional i like it !! |
| #35 All that work to create a screenshot, but based on an obvious logical error. |
| #23 hahaha |
| I already saw that interview on orkut comunity DAB Replays some days ago. Mania is a humble guy, his responses are so nice to read. Good Job by that interview KiM, hope to see more interviews with pro Dota players ;D Mania, the best ganker ever!!!! Edit: #23 hahahahhaahahah ^^ |
| interest interview!! mania ftw ! |
nice interview , one hero= tiny ?¡mmmmm i like mania´s sand king  haha# 23 |
| nice work kim! haha mania liar! xD |
| Funny thing is, they can't beat any team. |
| nc interview :) but what does TBH means ? sorry newb hir :( |
| Interesting! >:D |
| TBH = to be honest |
| Wins Losses Win % Random: 625 141 81.59 % Human: 417 103 80.19 % Orc: 1522 362 80.79 % Undead: 607 166 78.53 % Night Elf: 1793 441 80.26 % Total: 4964 1213 80.36 % wow.. mania got nice stats at northrend ladder. |
| ladderabuser!!!111oneone |
| Ur just jealous misery :( |
| #43 To be honest.. geez.. :D:D |
| <3 |
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