1. Basic info

Full name: Troels Lyngholt Nielsen

Nickname: mTw.SyndereN

Date of birth: December 24,1989.

Role: Solo, Utility

2. DotA career

Picture: syndereN with WHB at Dreamhack 2011

Picture: Tobi and Synd doing their thing

3. The interview

Hello syndereN and thank you for taking the time to talk to us about your stream. So, what got you to start streaming your own games?

Could you briefly describe your stream for us?

"Guns 'n' Roses

Two Steps From Hell

DJ Tiësto

Nightwish

Pendulum

Apocalyptica

Celldweller

In Flames

Joe Satriani

Kajiura Yuki

Infected Mushroom

Iron Maiden

Metallica

Machinae Supremacy

Poets of the Fall

B33J, Cerrax, Sixto Sounds, yodaisbetter

Yui Makino

Within Temptation

Disturbed

Sonata Arctica"

There have been a lot of streamers popping up recently. Do you think you offer something special to your viewers?

Being a widely renown strategist and analyst, do you believe you can transfer some of that knowledge to the average DotA 2 player?

Before we go to any shoutouts, we'd like to end with a small question about your team. What can we expect from mTw in the future?

Final shoutouts?

Hmm, I've been involved in streaming for a long time, starting back with MadMortigan on commentating. The transition to start streaming some of my own game play and giving some commentary on it was quite natural. It's cool to provide something that people want to watch, and I'm just happy to see how much my stream has grown.I stream a mixture of full team practice, mixed-team practice, inhouse games with viewers, and matchmaking. Occasionally, I also do educationals, in which I explain my game play with the hero, the motivation behind my skill-build, item-build and in-game actions. The music I play is mostly epic, metal and rock, but there's also some other genres in my playlist. The full list of artists in my list at the moment are as follows:I think my stream has the best streamer-viewer interaction and generally a really nice community built around it. People are helpful, discuss and ask interesting questions both in the chat and on the Facebook and Twitter pages, and keep a proper tone in the chat. It's just a really enjoyable environment. As for my educationals and explanations while streaming, I think I have the most helpful stream out there for people to learn to play specific heroes and roles as well.Yes, I do share my knowledge during the educationals on my stream, and also sometimes in discussions and talks in our practice sessions in particular. There's some tips and tricks along the way, as well as some good insight in how high skilled practice matches are played, what the motivation and goals are, and how we try them out.More stability. Right now, our results and game play performances vary a lot, and this has to change. Being inconsistent is simply not an option with the massive competition that exists in Dota 2 at the moment.Shoutouts to my team, everyone who follows my stream as well as Facebook and Twitter, and of course to any newcomers on my stream: Welcome, and I hope you enjoy what you see! Finally, of course a shoutout to mTw for their continued support even in the unsatisfying phase we're going through right now, and to our sponsors XMG, Eizo, Kaspersky and Sennheiser!See you on the stream!