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Link trying to hide the identity of his new Captain at DreamHack Summer 2013.

Statements from the team

The expense of sending Fun to LAN events is too great if we want to attend to as many LANs as possible. Being a new team with fresh players we need all the LAN experience we can get, and it has to be without standins. We realized it would not work out because of this and Fun parted ways with us.



On the other hand, Mini, who we have traveled to DHS with as our captain was ready to fill in Fun's captainrole. Since Mini is from Sweden, it will not be a problem to travel around Europe and compete.



It sucks that where we live in the world has to determine the outcome of a matter like this and frankly I should have put more thought into it before I invited Fun to the team.



Fun is a kind and hardworking player and I wont be surprised to see him in another team somestime soon. The expense of sending Fun to LAN events is too great if we want to attend to as many LANs as possible. Being a new team with fresh players we need all the LAN experience we can get, and it has to be without standins. We realized it would not work out because of this and Fun parted ways with us.On the other hand, Mini, who we have traveled to DHS with as our captain was ready to fill in Fun's captainrole. Since Mini is from Sweden, it will not be a problem to travel around Europe and compete.It sucks that where we live in the world has to determine the outcome of a matter like this and frankly I should have put more thought into it before I invited Fun to the team.Fun is a kind and hardworking player and I wont be surprised to see him in another team somestime soon.

How did you come to join up with the eL'Pride guys?

I acted as a standin for them at dreamhack and I felt really good playing with them. They then asked me to join them and it just felt very natural to join them!

Are you excited about the prospect of taking up the full responsibilities of captain?

I love it! It has just been lots of fun so far and I excpect the same in the future :)

What were the key lessons you took away from DreamHack? What do you think you new team needs to work on right now?

Our biggest problem at dreamhack was our lategameplay. We will defenitely try to improve that :)

What's next for the team?

We are gonna participate in a lot of online tournaments and try to improve a lot together :)

eL'Pride Roster:

The decision came as a result of the logistical impracticalities of having a split North American and European roster, as it would likely be prohibitively expensive to send an American player to many European LAN events. As Fun officially leaves the team, he is likely to have other options, with new competitions coming up in North America such as theand the, there is finally a selection of American teams attaining competitive experience regularly.Formersupport player Mini is well known for his amazing wisp play, but also rose to the occasion during his time with QPandas, taking on a more in-game leadership role. He will continue on this path as he joins eL'Pride, taking over the captain's mantle from FUN.The following statement was given to us bySylvester '' Hoelgaard:We also conducted a Mini-interview with incoming captainHampus '' Olsson:Hampus '' Olsson (captain)Sylvester '' HoelgaardMikki '' JungetDanny '' JungetAndreas '' Nielsen