[tdM]Fittske 'swindle was almost afraid to take conflicts inside the team'
Sören "Fantasy" Vendsahm got a chance to sit down with Love "Fittske" Brändström to discuss his competitive history in Heroes of Newerth
Fittske, the support player for Trademark eSports, has had a very interesting time in competitive Heroes of Newerth. He's played with people like Skyzoe, Jonassomfan and No TideHunters current solo mid player, s4.
Your first major victory on the big stage was in the UNGL tournament, when you took out the masters themselves in fnatic.HoN. After that the rise began, and you skyrocketed with your team to major titles, a sponsorship and an elite status on the scene as a player. Looking back, how surprised were you that it all went this fast and this far?
Obviously beating fnatic in my first official game was a huge accomplishment, especially since they were on their domination streak at that time. I knew that we were pretty good, but not that good! Though I have to say that the trilane meta made it pretty easy for lesser-skilled teams to pick off games against good teams. Since the game against fnatic was a Best of One, we were able to do just that, pick off one game.
One thing that is following your professional success in Heroes of Newerth is the connection to Mynuts. How would you describe that relationship?
Mynuts is THE original captain, he has the leadership qualities that I require to play to my potential. We complement each other really well. He is also one of the few in HoN I could see myself be friends with outside of HoN (no offense to everyone else); he is a pretty cool guy. :)
You played under several other captains in your day, some of them highly respected leaders like swindlemelonzz or Emperor. What sets Mynuts apart and provides this positive effect on your game?
Criticism—swindle was almost afraid to take conflicts inside the team and that didn't work at all for me. Emperor has what it takes, we just didn't have the time to get everything right in the team, there's really nothing more to it.
Mynuts points out every single thing he thinks I'm doing wrong. Then we have a discussion (if needed), and then we make the adjustment. I'm improving in every game that we play together. He is also really enthusiastic on LAN and so am I; that brings a great atmosphere inside the team and things like that really helps in a LAN environment.
Is that constant improvement and good environment/atmosphere also the reason why Trademark eSports is so incredibly dominant right now? Or what is the major factor in that?
I think it's one of many reasons; the atmosphere is great but that alone won't win you any games. Team play, individual skill, drafting and implementation of game plan TOGETHER with atmosphere wins games.
DreamHack Winter 2012 Grand Finals - tdM vs coL game 1
Links
Hontour - Full Interview
Hontour - Fittske's profile
Fittske, the support player for Trademark eSports, has had a very interesting time in competitive Heroes of Newerth. He's played with people like Skyzoe, Jonassomfan and No TideHunters current solo mid player, s4.
Your first major victory on the big stage was in the UNGL tournament, when you took out the masters themselves in fnatic.HoN. After that the rise began, and you skyrocketed with your team to major titles, a sponsorship and an elite status on the scene as a player. Looking back, how surprised were you that it all went this fast and this far?
Obviously beating fnatic in my first official game was a huge accomplishment, especially since they were on their domination streak at that time. I knew that we were pretty good, but not that good! Though I have to say that the trilane meta made it pretty easy for lesser-skilled teams to pick off games against good teams. Since the game against fnatic was a Best of One, we were able to do just that, pick off one game.
One thing that is following your professional success in Heroes of Newerth is the connection to Mynuts. How would you describe that relationship?
Mynuts is THE original captain, he has the leadership qualities that I require to play to my potential. We complement each other really well. He is also one of the few in HoN I could see myself be friends with outside of HoN (no offense to everyone else); he is a pretty cool guy. :)
You played under several other captains in your day, some of them highly respected leaders like swindlemelonzz or Emperor. What sets Mynuts apart and provides this positive effect on your game?
Criticism—swindle was almost afraid to take conflicts inside the team and that didn't work at all for me. Emperor has what it takes, we just didn't have the time to get everything right in the team, there's really nothing more to it.
Mynuts points out every single thing he thinks I'm doing wrong. Then we have a discussion (if needed), and then we make the adjustment. I'm improving in every game that we play together. He is also really enthusiastic on LAN and so am I; that brings a great atmosphere inside the team and things like that really helps in a LAN environment.
Is that constant improvement and good environment/atmosphere also the reason why Trademark eSports is so incredibly dominant right now? Or what is the major factor in that?
I think it's one of many reasons; the atmosphere is great but that alone won't win you any games. Team play, individual skill, drafting and implementation of game plan TOGETHER with atmosphere wins games.
DreamHack Winter 2012 Grand Finals - tdM vs coL game 1
Links
Hontour - Full Interview
Hontour - Fittske's profile
