miGGel: "Winning a tournament was just a matter of time and practice"

It has been one week since SK and dd decided to not continue their collaboration. Negotiations about contracts with better conditions for the Danes did not pass, as "it is currently hard to see where Dota 2 is going". These were the words of SK player manager Min-Sik 'reis' Ko, said in the official statement issued on sk-gaming . Together with dd. captain Mikkel 'miGGel' Berg we take a look back and talk about the status of Dota 2 as an eSport, as well as the future of dd.

“ I really believe Dota 2 can compete at the highest level in Esport; with one step at a time the game will be a huge success ” - Mikkel 'miGGel' Berg - Mikkel 'miGGel' Berg

“ The top placements of the ranking will keep changing, while heroes are being added ”

“ Winning a tournament was just a matter of time and practice ”

It was really great winning a tournament after adding MaNia- to our roster and having no sponsorship. It had nothing to do with satisfaction, I always knew we would be able to to pull it off, it was just a matter of time and practice. You are right about SK-gaming, it was not because of our results that we parted ways - it was an agreement made by both parties.They want to see how Dota 2 is going to develop in the future, like most other organisations, before investing big money into the game. I believe it will become a big game in the eSports scene, but it's still in beta phase, which means the game is not out yet.I really believe Dota 2 can compete at the highest level in Esport, but as you said it still has a long way to go. We are taking one step at a time, and hopefully the game will be a huge success. The game being in beta stage, and its popularity steadily growing everyday; with tournaments popping up all the time now, I think we are going in the right direction.Of course we were really excited to play under the SK tag, but now we have to focus on the future.Sometimes yes we have to do a lot of rescheduling, since there are so many tournaments going on at the same time, this is impossible to avoid. I like to play competitive games; they are a lot harder than scrims where you try some new tactics and item builds and right now in Dota 2, there are so many very good teams.I think premier league is really badly organised, they do not seem to care about teams having other tournaments and have terrible communication with other organisations, which ends up in a really bad mess. Other tournaments hold up very well in my opinion.Yeah, we are still missing a win in a big LAN tournament. I have only won 2 minor ones so far, which took place in Denmark: One with Tep and the other one with MeT in DotA. We are still lacking a lot from my point of view, but we are getting closer, and as a new team we need to find out the best play-style for us. You win some, and you lose some - but that's what practice is for. We tend to get too passive in early-game and just farm.They have always been good, but it's a fact that China were the kings of DotA. US have always had some really good players, they just had a hard time sticking together, so instead they were forming new teams every now and then. It is really nice to see them doing good and I hope they will stay together now, since there are so many good teams in Dota 2 at the moment. I don't know if it was the lag/spike issue which caused problems, maybe it did - maybe didn't. The great thing about Dota 2 right now is that different teams are dominating one week at a time. I think that will keep on going, until all the heroes are out and people finally figure out the game!Yes, I do believe that the top placements will keep changing, while heroes are being added - with so many teams out there.That's a really hard one to answer, but my all time favourite player was Mr.Admiration. The team I will look at is the old LGD, who had huge success with their imba roaming ("ench + venge") which allowed them to gain such a huge lead early game.Yes, I really want to improve our early game, but we will not switch any roles on the team, they are fine as it is right now and we will practice it in scrims. I cannot reveal yet what we will do, but we will definitely do something to improve ourselves.I am very honored really and didn't know he was thinking so highly me. I found out when I first read the interview and figured you would ask me about it but its nice to get noticed. (*smile*)My strongest quality is map awareness I would say, else I think he hit it pretty well (*smile*). There are always different opinions of how people look at you.First I would say that it's really cool that he took his name from an anime, I love watching anime myself. He plays a really solid carry with a smart way of playing, a great bonus to his team that is playing so well at the moment.The next week we will not practice at all, only if we can get Pusher-Street to help us. Ryze went on vacation for one week in Norway skiing, but we never know if he trolled us or not (*smile*).We are open to all possibilities and we are indeed looking for a new sponsorship, so contact our manager about it!SHOUTOUT to “ventrilo banden”, my school mates, of course to my DillerDaller.LINK, DanskDreng.MaNia-,DeeDee.Ryze, DingoDyret.AngeL, DoubleD.MystresS, ex-teammates and all the other players I talk to. Of course a special shout-out to our fans for supporting us, we shall do our best.