After a short break, the GosuCup is ready to get going again. Scheduled for today is the first groupstage II match with a seemingly determined role distribution of favourite and underdog
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22:00 CET
At 22:00 CET, MYM will enter the stage in their first groupstage match against GoD. The first-named just reached the FARM4FAME 3.1 final and are constantly maintaining their position within the top three European teams. Having a hard obstacle to pass in this group, we asked MaNia and Muga how they feel before the first match and what we can expect from MYM and GoD.
-"Its really great, I hope we can stay consistent and take home the wins that are needed to proceed in the cup"
In group B, we have seen a very surprising team EnDs from greek playing really well, what do you think about the team and greek dota in general?
-"I honestly dont know much about the team, and since we are not facing them in our group I havent done any research on them, but its great to see somehow unknown teams come so far. Im looking forward to see how they will do against teams like Na`Vi and BP
How do you see your chances at reaching the finals of the gosucup; there is quite a lot of money on the line.
-"We have some really tough opponents in GoD, GGnet and DTS, but Im sure we can take the wins we need to take home the title. The nice prizepool is definitely helping to motivate us to do our best!"
If MYM was to reach the final, who would you like to play the most and why?
-"Definitely Na`Vi; they are the strongest opponent at the moment and winning against them in a grandfinale will definitely determinate who is the strongest team."
What do you think about GoD then? Your opponent for the night?
-"I have alot of respect for god. Ive been playing with almost all the members in dotainvite (inhouseleague), so I know them all pretty well and know that they are skilled aswell as nice teamplayers, so they are not going to be easy to win against"
Muga, the first match in the second groupstage is right ahead of you. As your aim is to advance, against which of your opponents would you consider a win or a draw as most likely?
-"We are not the favourite team in the group, neither are we anything else than the underdog. If we win a single game versus our opponents we would consider the entire groupstage a success."
Should we be worried about your motivation for the upcoming weeks then?
-"No ofcourse not, we always have high spirits before the game. We enjoy playing with each other alot and we always try our best. But just like I said last interview, we haven't had time to practise so realisticly speaking we should not win that many games.
Hows the mood in the team at the moment. I assume you played Pick League and F4F and GosuCup regularly over the last couple of weeks. Is it sometimes boring to schedule and wait for all these games?
-"We sometimes have 3 matches a week, there is no wait. It is very hard to schedule these matches with our timetables. Concerning our mood, like I stated earlier we still have high spirits before and during the game. We're all good friends and we enjoy playing with eachother."
It seems GoDs recognition in European DotA increased a lot, given your latest performances and the attendance in the second groupstage. Are you proud of what you achieved as a team?
-"Thanks! It is very enjoyable to be reconized in public games. We're very proud of our achievements so far. The downside of it all though is that people stole my account name on RGC ;(. This is ofcourse my opinion and does not represent the teams opinion."
Will the project GoD ever be serious enough to attend and compete in a LAN tournament with prize money and other top teams?
-" We are trying to make more time for DotA and improve our performance. At the moment we don´t have enough time for DotA. Soon we will have a lot of weeks off just for DotA to try and get better at it. As to the LAN part, we would love to go to a big lan with big teams and try to obtain prize money."
Then best of luck in your upcoming game; any last words please drop below
-"Thanks, and thank you for another interview. Since the last shoutout was such a flamebait, I'll try not to shoutout to all the players out there. I'll shoutout to the GG-net crew. Thanks KongoTime, Tjernobyl, Nincompoop and Heikki for their time and attention."
-"We are not the favourite team in the group, neither are we anything else than the underdog. If we win a single game versus our opponents we would consider the entire groupstage a success."
Should we be worried about your motivation for the upcoming weeks then?
-"No ofcourse not, we always have high spirits before the game. We enjoy playing with each other alot and we always try our best. But just like I said last interview, we haven't had time to practise so realisticly speaking we should not win that many games.
Hows the mood in the team at the moment. I assume you played Pick League and F4F and GosuCup regularly over the last couple of weeks. Is it sometimes boring to schedule and wait for all these games?
-"We sometimes have 3 matches a week, there is no wait. It is very hard to schedule these matches with our timetables. Concerning our mood, like I stated earlier we still have high spirits before and during the game. We're all good friends and we enjoy playing with eachother."
It seems GoDs recognition in European DotA increased a lot, given your latest performances and the attendance in the second groupstage. Are you proud of what you achieved as a team?
-"Thanks! It is very enjoyable to be reconized in public games. We're very proud of our achievements so far. The downside of it all though is that people stole my account name on RGC ;(. This is ofcourse my opinion and does not represent the teams opinion."
Will the project GoD ever be serious enough to attend and compete in a LAN tournament with prize money and other top teams?
-" We are trying to make more time for DotA and improve our performance. At the moment we don´t have enough time for DotA. Soon we will have a lot of weeks off just for DotA to try and get better at it. As to the LAN part, we would love to go to a big lan with big teams and try to obtain prize money."
Then best of luck in your upcoming game; any last words please drop below
-"Thanks, and thank you for another interview. Since the last shoutout was such a flamebait, I'll try not to shoutout to all the players out there. I'll shoutout to the GG-net crew. Thanks KongoTime, Tjernobyl, Nincompoop and Heikki for their time and attention."
The first match is about to start so hurry to get your bets in before its too late. Streams featuring the matches will go out via WTV. Good luck to all teams in Groupstage II of the ROCCAT DotA GosuCup!
Links
GosuGamers - MYM vs GoD
