Pre-DreamHack interviews by SK-Gaming Part 1

[OK] H4nn1

Considering all of you have immense LAN experience from the past, and some of you even winning the DreamHack Summer tournament a year ago, do you think that LAN experience will make you more prepared for what you'll have to go through at DreamHack Summer 2011. and maybe give you an edge over less experienced teams?

Online and offline is always a huge differences and it also does change a lot in playstyle, confidence, etc. I'm quite used to it already, as I've seen Dreamhack quite a few times back in my DotA days and from back then I know that offline experience can decide games, just like the old Mousesports team is an example for playing poorly offline in the early stages and SK Gaming DotA team always being right on top of the offline events are examples for it. Playing offline doesn't decide the whole game but it definetly has a huge impact on the game. It's mostly about the whole bondage in the team, that is a difference in offline events.”

[Rea] Brodholm

Which two teams do you expect to advance through the BYOC Qualifier and which one of them would you rather meet in the semi-finals? What are your chances of defeating them?

I definitely expect Fnatic to be one of the teams that go through to the semifinals. They are a great team and they have a lot of experience at events like these. So that will definitely be a huge factor for them. The other team that I think will go through is Online Kingdom. They are probably the team I consider to be best right now.

Although I think Online Kingdom is a better team than Fnatic right now, I would still chose to play OK in the semifinals. Just because of the experience Fnatic have at events like this.

I think that we have a good chance to win the whole tournament, and that is definitely what we are aiming at. But everything comes down to very small factors when you play against good teams. So it is very hard to tell who is going to win. But I certainly hope that we will end up on top.”