We haz Asian ? First of all, who are











Pedda – he is our manager and takes care of all the organisational stuff, so we can focus on playing. He is the best around!



At SEE we had two stand-in players:

H4nn1 – he is a very experienced player, who is able to play almost every hero on a high level. Super nice guy!

Atze – Our last minute stand-in. None of us ever really played with him before but he did an exeptional job at gamescom, playing a very strong support and leading us to victory." "At the moment our roster only consists of four members. Adrian 'FATA' Trinks – he mostly plays mid. Sometimes he also functions as our carry, as seen at SEE, gamescom. Also he is responsible for drafting and leading the team in-game. David 'Crydasia' Landmesser – the team asian! he is our off-laner and killing him is every trilanes worst nightmare. Lauge 'hiphopNOTpop' Feiring – main support. He is the only non-German and a very good and calm player, who is our expert tactitcian. Philipp 'RMC' Pausewang – I am the second support or jungler of the team, playing heroes like Enchantress, Chen or Enigma. mTw|Kebap says I am pretty bad though. Shoutout to him! :DPedda – he is our manager and takes care of all the organisational stuff, so we can focus on playing. He is the best around!At SEE we had two stand-in players:H4nn1 – he is a very experienced player, who is able to play almost every hero on a high level. Super nice guy!Atze – Our last minute stand-in. None of us ever really played with him before but he did an exeptional job at gamescom, playing a very strong support and leading us to victory."

How did you find eachother and since when are you playing together?

"We are a team since The Defence 2 qualifier, I think that was about three months ago. Back then our fifth player was a danish guy called unicorn. He and FATA wanted to create a professional team. Unicorn asked crydasia to join and he again asked me. HiphopNOTpop also got recruited by unicorn. We kind of knew eachother before, so basically is was a pretty normal team creation."

Who came up with the team name WhA and why?

"Guilty as charged! When we signed up for The Defense 2 we were in need of name and I was responsible for the registration. I did not want a pseudo cool name like „ON FIRE GAMING“, but something that would scare our opponents away right from the start. What is more scary than an asian playing Dota? And we have an asian on our team. I really did not think we would be that successful with the name We Haz Asian because at the start it was more of a temporary solution."

What are you doing except playing Dota 2?

"So, I am going to university and will graduate this year in German philology and English language and literature. I have a lovely girlfriend and I work at a local supermarked. Additionally I am an volontary editor for a german Hip Hop magazine.

I used to play soccer and did some boxing. Unfortunately I do not have enough free time for sport anymore. Hopefully, I will have more time to work out in the future."

Why Dota 2 ? Did or do you play Warcraft Dota, LoL or HoN?

"I started many years ago with Dota 1, playing with a team. Back then, drafting was in IRC; those were the times :D. After that I played Heroes of Newerth for about 1,5 years - only public games though. I briefly tried League of Legends – and with briefly I mean 10 minutes – and I did not like it at all :D"

Who is your favourite Hero and why?

"In public games I enjoy windrunner a lot. She has two skill shots and is very versatile. She can easily carry a team, as well as support. Also, I like to play Invoker – for the same reasons. If I am playing with my team I love to play Chen. He is a very challenging Hero – you really need good micro, map awareness and general game knowledge because he unlike a lot or other Heroes strongly relys on these three points. For example, you can not just teleport with Chen across the map, because your creeps will not come with you, so you have to predict a lot and be at team fights on time."

Do you have any adivce for Dota 2 newbies? Should beginners try a lot of different Heroes right from the start or focus on one Hero?

"I think if you have never played Dota 2 before it does not really matter what you Hero or Heroes you play first. You really just need to learn the different Heroes and their abilities. You have to know the cooldown of spells, their range and so on. In general I would say it is best to start with support Heroes. In public games it is not really tragic if the support is feeding a bit or not doing well overall. Play as much as possible and game knowledge will develop overtime."

Itemshop: What do you think about the idea and how would you feel about more funny items?

"I think it is totally okay. If the Itemshop covers Valves expenses and Dota 2 stays free to play it is great. I am not an Iteam addict, but I guess it is a fun idea."

To the suprise of all you took first place at the WCG SEE at gamescom. What expectations did you have when signing up?

"So we thought with „a little luck“ we could reach rank 3. On site we only thought about the uncoming match, rather than panicing about future opponents. We were very happy after defeating SGC. Then we had to face Infused and we had lots of problems winning against Infused before – but this time we pulled through.

After that, we just thought „We already won a camera and some price money! Let's see how much further we can go.“

Facing the Copenhagen Wolves was pretty scary; they have just defeated mTw and looked very strong. I guess our first Bo3 against the Wolves was a big suprise, not only for us but also for the community.

When going in to the Grand Final we were more relaxed. The Wolves won against mTw and we had to play against them once more. And again we defeated them 2:0 in the Finals. We are very proud of what we accomplished; winning SEE without giving even one map away."

How much did you train before SEE and how did you practice? What does your future training schedule look like?

"As I was saying, we played maybe three or four games with H4nn1 before SEE. With Atze though we did not practice at all. We never thought we would win without practice and knowing eachothers playstyles. After SEE we took a few days break from playing. We are still looking for a fifth player, I guess we will not recruit anyone unil The International is over. After TI some of the european teams will probaly change their roster or disband and maybe we can pick up one of these players."

What future plans do you guys have? Do you have any sponsors in sight?

"So far we did not get any serious offers, but we are certainly looking for a sponsor who will support us and help us out so we can focus more on Dota 2. Our next big goal is to qualify for Dreamhack Winter and obviously find a fifth player."

The International has already begun. What teams do you think will advance? Do you have a Top 3 List?

"I think out of all the european and north american teams, only Na'Vi will stand a chance against that much chinese competition. LGD, EHOME and Na'Vi are my Top three; Zenith and IG might be rank four and five. "

Did you watch the first International? What did you do last summer?

"That is a pretty funny question because I was at gamescom last year and watched most of TI. I was working for Turtle Entertainment (ESL) at that time and was basically at the fair for its full duration. At the ESL Players Party I met H4nn1 for the first time and we had a few beers. I would have never thought, that we would play together in SEE one year later and win. "

Thank you for the interview. Any final words, shoutouts?

"Thanks for having me. Shoutout to Neno, Atze, Hanni, Crydasia, Fata, hhnp, Lothar, Konne and everyone cheering for us at gamescom!. Shoutout to uebelst, readmore.de, dota2-fans, dotasource.de and the rest of the german Dota 2 Elite, especially Epi and his girlfriend, Holymaster and Kyra: you're the best!"