JesseQ about TeamQ: 'Would dare to call us the best'

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GosuGamers caught up with JesseQ from the Team Q. Here is his thoughts about DotA in future and where it stands now.

How long has Team Q existed and is it a multigaming clan?
Team Q is a couple of friends that came from the clan )Si( in the old StarCraft times and jumped around in several organizations until WarCraft 3 was released. We joined SK-Gaming but felt that we wanted our own identity, therefrom SK.eljefeQ et cetera. We are not a multigaming clan but we have been sticking together through StarCraft, WarCraft 3 and now DotA.

Where do you think Q is in the DotA community now, what team u consider strongest and how does the future look for you?
It's hard to say what team are the best since tactics, maps and play style change from month to month. Seen from a longer perspective, let us say a year - I would dare to call Team Q the best, but it's of course hard to tell. Q have been in a generation change for a while, people have left and new have replaced them. But it still feels like we kept the feeling of loyalty that made us unique and therefore I dare to say that the future looks very bright.

How do you make tactics? You change for each opponent or have a basic tactic which you play?
Like in every game and sport you got a bit info about our opponents before the game. Then you try to look at as fresh replays as possible to see what their tactics are so we can counter it. But mainly we have our own play style. We like strong Lanes, late game potential (like everybody else) but put a little more weight in good 5on5 combos since we noticed that advanced combos is our biggest strength.

Recently a new league started - The Frozen League - what do you think about it so far? How does it change from ESL and do you think it should become more leagues for "top teams". Or is the schedule already to tight with these two?
For us TFL invented a new way to play. It was our first games in .41 -ap which have taken us some time to adapt to. The difference between TFL and ESL is that TFL seems to float better. The games get played when they should and the teams seems more motivated, though the prices is a bit worse. It's already a couple of leagues and more can never go bad and then it's up to each team to decide how much they can play. I don't think more leagues split up the good teams so they never meet. More like they gather where it is most glory and honor. More leagues can only make a bigger width to play on. So a bit worse team can play to.

Whats your earlier experience with GosuGamers? What do you think about our "shot" to expand DotA more with news and replays, and even an own section?.
I know the GosuGamers gang from my old StarCraft time. I know its a very active site that is easily used for community with forums and profiles etc. I think it is good that you start with DotA since it happens very much in DotA scene right now and for myself I would appreciate to look in ten forums for the right replays.

How do you look to the fact that more and more sponsors get their eyes on DotA? Steel Series sponsors TFL for example.
First of all it must come tournaments worth enough to travel to before we as a clan starts to discuss sponsors. Starts to pop up more and more of those. But they have to get a little bigger and with more money in the prize pool for clans to send their team half-cross the world. But of course, the progress look really nice.

Links
Gamingeye.com - Home of TeamQ