While most teams are practicing with the core lineup Asylum have recently announced they will be using two standins at the Danish event. Surprisingly the players that are filling the lineup aren't Danish and not even Scandinavian but they are Russian. The two players we are talking about are known from Virtuspro, LeX and hooch, and have agreed to play at the SHG Open with mJe, Bloddy and Galahat. Together they form a very skilled lineup but one could wonder about the communication in the team.
Galahat
Bloddy
mJe
LeX
hooch
Following is a short interview with Virtuspro|LeX about the one time cooperation between Asylum and Virtuspro at the SHG Open.
How did you get into contact with Asylum ?
After the official statement about this exciting lan me and hooch knew that we wanted to go back to Denmark to feel this country and the atmosphere of this great event as we had great fun 2 years ago when we attended CPL Denmark as a Danish/Russian mixteam called "e-m8z". On top of that Asylum only have 3 active players now and Virtuspro are not going to attend so we had a short conversation with them and now we are ready to show some real power from our crazy mix team.
Have you practiced anything or will it be pure mix at the event ?
I think we will prepare a little and of course we will fix some location names and strategies but our main goals are moral respect and individual skill as it should be in a really motivated mix :P
So this is purely for fun and the experience, we wont be seeing you joining Asylum in the near future ?
Oh , it's really a big mistake to think about changes in our team. We are going there to attend this really difficult and skilled event mostly to get experience and out of the desire to achieve top results.
How will you guys communicate, do any of you know Danish or the Danes know Russian ?
It's easiest for us to communicate using English and during our trainings we will try to adapt to each other so it's not a problem at all.
You looking forward to meet Islanders, or are there other favourites you want to beat in particular ?
Nothing personal, it's just my opinion but I think we can show a really hot match against the new NoA line-up and ofcourse we want to meet and beat as much top teams as possible. Our main objective is to get at least a top 3 spot.
Any last shoutouts ?
Hot hello from Russia to all our friends and m8s in this great country, thanks to those who support both teams and we will do our best there! Best wishes from our team to the entire sk-gaming community.
KRAM BEASTIE JULIA and ex-sk m8s hope to cu in Denmark!
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