JD. Profile Joined September 2014 Australia 246 Posts #1 MaNia returns to Dota 2



After formally retiring in late-2013 to work on helping the amateur Dota 2 scene develop, Brian 'MaNia' Strandby has discretely returned to playing competitive Dota 2, joining up with fellow Danes Jon '13abyKnight' Andersen, Marcus 'Ace' Hoelgaard, Malthe 'Blan' Zimakoff, Jonathan 'Unicornxoxo' Arge and Christoffer 'Ryze' Winther, where Ryze will be performing as both the coach and stand-in.



The team has inconspicuously qualified for Stage 2 of the ESL Frankfurt European Qualifiers, after defeating teams such as London Conspiracy, Elysium and Aspera in the 382-team Open Bracket under the name MonkeyBusiness.



Interestingly, all 6 members involved with the team have played for Meet Your Makers at different times, with 13abyKnight and MaNia playing for them in WC3 DotA (and at The International 1, in MaNia's case) and Ryze, Ace and Unicornxoxo spending most of 2014 under the organisation.



MonkeyBusiness/Lianghao:



Jonathan "Unicornxoxo" Arge

Jon "13abyKnight" Andersen

Marcus "Ace" Hoelgaard

Malthe "Blan" Zimakoff

Brian "MaNia" Strandby

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on Liquipedia After formally retiring in late-2013 to work on helping the amateur Dota 2 scene develop, BrianStrandby has discretely returned to playing competitive Dota 2, joining up with fellow Danes JonAndersen, MarcusHoelgaard, MaltheZimakoff, JonathanArge and ChristofferWinther, where Ryze will be performing as both the coach and stand-in.The team has inconspicuously qualified for Stage 2 of the ESL Frankfurt European Qualifiers, after defeating teams such as London Conspiracy, Elysium and Aspera in the 382-team Open Bracket under the name MonkeyBusiness.Interestingly, all 6 members involved with the team have played for Meet Your Makers at different times, with 13abyKnight and MaNia playing for them in WC3 DotA (and at The International 1, in MaNia's case) and Ryze, Ace and Unicornxoxo spending most of 2014 under the organisation.JonathanArgeJonAndersenMarcusHoelgaardMaltheZimakoffBrianStrandbyChristofferWinther (Coach)Read More: Lianghao on Liquipedia ESL_One/Frankfurt/2015 on Liquipedia Staff

Chimpalimp Profile Joined May 2010 United States 64 Posts #2 Deja vu. Haven't we seen like 8 incarnations of this same team? I guess it's hard to get off the old dota horse. I like money. You like money too? We should hang out.

icystorage Profile Joined November 2008 Jollibee 11316 Posts #3 *sigh* another 'just for TI' team Staff Are you ready for a Miracle-? We are! The International 2017 Champions!

Tephus Profile Joined May 2011 Cascadia 999 Posts #4 Those Danes sure love playing together. Administrator Senior Esports Manager

Elyvilon Profile Joined August 2008 United States 6428 Posts #5 The return of the return of the return of MYM



Assuming 10 teams in the EU qualifiers, I don't think they'll even make it there, competition is remarkably fierce this year. Liquipedia

calippo Profile Joined March 2011 Sweden 1658 Posts #6 now we just need MYM to pick them up and we can be sure they will fail megahard in it for the game not for the .... - PMS Army. [WUFC-SDK. VIM. PMS]

Zync Profile Joined January 2013 Netherlands 4 Posts #7 When I first read the title I thought it said "NaNiwa returns to competitive Dota 2". Was confused for a second and thought he switched over to DotA 2, imagine that

FHDH Profile Joined July 2014 United States 7023 Posts #8 Finally a new team for BK. I'd like to see that guy picked up by a real organization so he can have some time to develop. He seems quite promising to me. После драки кулаками не машут (Don't shake your fist when the fight is over)

FHDH Profile Joined July 2014 United States 7023 Posts #9 FYI, BK is streaming for the first time in I don't even know how long. I guess he is 6.6k now. Not bad. После драки кулаками не машут (Don't shake your fist when the fight is over)

eieio Profile Joined November 2009 United States 12099 Posts Last Edited: 2015-02-26 03:25:42 #10 MANIA SK PLS



it's physically impossible for me to root against the Dota 1 MYM guys so MONKEYBUSINESS lets GOgogogOGOGO



also unicornxoxo is a pretty good player imo Staff RapGenius.com is white devil sophistry / Urban Dictionary is for demons with college degrees

Invoker Profile Joined October 2010 Belgium 335 Posts #11 Same guys disbanding and uniting over and over and over again. There is no fate, but what we make.

DucK- Profile Joined January 2009 Singapore 9489 Posts #12 I'm more happy that unicornxoxo is back. That guy is good. Also glad that ryze is only a coach/standin because he was the weak link in all the previous incarnations of the Dane stack. Now where's cr1t-? That guy really needs to be picked up by a good team.

Talin Profile Joined September 2010 Montenegro 1459 Posts #13 I take it they're not on good terms with Cr1t any more, because there should easily be a spot for him on that team.



Either that or he doesn't really want to commit to the team because of school or whatever.

Tephus Profile Joined May 2011 Cascadia 999 Posts #14 Cr1t played with the team a couple months ago, but seems to have departed. Administrator Senior Esports Manager

StarMoon Profile Joined April 2011 Canada 159 Posts #15 LC is a decent tier 2 team these days, nice notch on their belt with that one. I hope they make it into ESL so we can see what they can do!

Tephus Profile Joined May 2011 Cascadia 999 Posts #16 On February 26 2015 15:13 StarMoon wrote:

LC is a decent tier 2 team these days, nice notch on their belt with that one. I hope they make it into ESL so we can see what they can do! LC is a decent tier 2 team these days, nice notch on their belt with that one. I hope they make it into ESL so we can see what they can do!

They did make it. They qualed through EU. They did make it. They qualed through EU. Administrator Senior Esports Manager

I_love_sharkpeople Profile Joined October 2013 United States 214 Posts #17 Oh hey, the danestack again! It'll be interesting to see how far they can go. Right now I don't think they're about to storm their way into the tier one ranks, but hopefully they can improve and have some good runs.

JD. Profile Joined September 2014 Australia 246 Posts #18 On February 26 2015 15:14 Tephus wrote:

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On February 26 2015 15:13 StarMoon wrote:

LC is a decent tier 2 team these days, nice notch on their belt with that one. I hope they make it into ESL so we can see what they can do! LC is a decent tier 2 team these days, nice notch on their belt with that one. I hope they make it into ESL so we can see what they can do!

They did make it. They qualed through EU. They did make it. They qualed through EU.



They qualified for the European Qualifiers, not the Main Event itself. They qualified for the European Qualifiers, not the Main Event itself. Staff

duckmaster Profile Joined August 2011 177 Posts #19 i guess you don't retire from eating

Iplaythings Profile Joined August 2009 Denmark 850 Posts #20 Man you guys killed my hype for a new team on 1 page of comments.



You guys should get some canes and monocles and be classy-grumpy where people expect you to be ^^ In the woods, there lurks..

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