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DOTA: Behind Team Sweden; Drayich Interviewed

By: Jason Mo - Published January 30, 2008 at 8:15 PM EST - Writer Archive
In this installment of the Behind the Team series, we tracked down Kim 'Drayich' Larsson, leader of Team Sweden, to let us know how Sweden is preparing for the tournament.


Team Sweden



Sweden Kim "Drayich" Larson of mouz
Sweden Jonas "Fragalot" Tesfay of mouz
Sweden Jesper "Miracle-" Nyhlén of mouz
Sweden Jens "JesseQ" Sjöbeckis of Q
Sweden Adam "Zebob" Nordgren of sBACK
Sweden Joakim "Akke" Akterhall of SK
Sweden Jonathan "Loda" Berg of SK
Sweden Edvin "KwoM" Börjesson of SK
Sweden Erik "BogdanBravad" Olsson of SK
Sweden Tommy "toMpa" Andersson of SK
With Prime Nations #2 here at last, we continue our search for insight into the different Nations.

The 'Behind the Team' series gives us insight on what the team leaders are thinking leading to the event. What goes through their minds when they pick their Nations players? How do they match up to other Nations? How they are practicing, leading up the the event?

There are already other 'Behind the Team' profiles out, make sure to check out America's, Canada's and Denmark's 'Behind the Team' profiles!

Team Sweden had a solid showing in the first MYM Nations tournament, placing 3rd after losing to eventual champion, Russia. With a solid base of players from SK gaming, Team Q and MOUSESports, Sweden again looks to be one of the top teams in contention for the Nations cup.

Kim "Drayich" Larson, Sweden's team leader, answers questions in this interview regarding his team and his expectations coming in the new season of Prime Nations.

Drayich on Team Sweden

AS Sweden Placed 3rd in Prime Nations #1, how do you think the team will fare this tournament?

Last Nations cup we didn't have the best lineup at all. SK was the only team (except from Q) that was even semi active back then, and that forced us to use certain lineups. This year, since I'm playing for mouz, we still have SK and on top on that players from both Q and sBACK, it's going be much easier to set up the team this time. We are aiming for top of course.

You recently left team SK Gaming for Mouz, but Sweden has many SK players on its roster. How will playing with your old teammates be?

There are no personal problems between myself and the SK players, I think its going to be all fine.

Who are the starters for Sweden and what roles will they be playing?

Starters? I think i had a grandma who suffered from starters, but she got healthy after a while. rofl. On a serious note, I hate that word, we are 10 players in the lineup, the most suited players will play each game, if the skill level increases, then we'll have the better players play.

Did the Sweden roster change at all for this Nations tournament, or is it the same as last time?

There are some changes this year, some players got removed and some new players got added. Renji and Soth were removed, Fragalot and Miracle were added.

In the last Prime Nations, Sweden lost in the losers bracket to Russia. How do you feel about those matches and why you lost?

We lost since Russia was a better team.
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