We have introduce all of our DotA 2 players, but who’s keeping track of our dota players? In this article we introduce you to the manager of Ninjas in Pyjamas DotA 2 team, Linus ”Isola” Svensson.

Tell us more about yourself, how did you start off your gaming career?

I have many great memories from when I first played starcraft, one of them are when we was LAN’ing once a month at my classmate’s father’s job, he worked at Karolinska in Stockholm. We went in middleschool, then the years passed by and in 2010, Starcraft 2 was released and I gave it a chance. Most of nostalgic reasons. I was immediately hooked. After about six months into Starcraft 2, me and a few of my friends decided to start up BarCraft STHLM (today STHLM esport) where the idea was that people over 18 meet, hang out and check out the competition matches in StarCraft. There were about 200 people attending to our very first event. It was so much fun! Then the Dota 2 beta came out, I had never touched a MOBA before but I gave it a shot and then it was all over. I’ve been playing dota 5000 hours since I got the invitation.

What is your previous experience before you joined ventures with Ninjas in Pyjamas?

My first experience was when I got picked up by Team Property and became their Dota 2 manager. With zero experience in the esports world, I had to hacked my way forward to get the contacts I needed and find out how things work in the esports business. I got a lot of help from people who are or were involved in the scene. The time flew and players came and went. I managed Team Coast for a short period of time during the TI4 qualifiers, where we placed ourselves in fourth place. After the folding of Team Coast I stayed in the background and thought of what I was going to do, I knew that yes wanted to work with eSports and dota in any way. Then came lajons era and we got the chance to represent Sweden’s pride Ninjas in Pyjamas.

What is your role in the team?

I am the team manager or water boy. I do everything for them to be able concentrate on just playing Dota.

What are your expectations of the team?

That we will reach the top, of course! Through training and with the opportunities we had and have since we became NiP makes it possible for us to only concentrate on becoming the best in Dota.