Ad Finem joins Season 6
Unfortunately Natus Vincere have decided to leave ASUS ROG DreamLeague Season 6. The good news is that with a spot to fill, we have filled it with a team thats proved its worth, and is amazing to watch, Ad Finem!
Ad Finem will be a force to be reckoned with as they just came off an incredible run for the Boston Major, as they qualified beating both Team Secret and Team Liquid 2-0. You will now get to see them the ASUS ROG DreamLeague before they get to go to the Boston Major. Ad Finem will be taking over the score from Natus Vincere, thus making them 1-1 in the league and they will still have the remaining 12 games (6 Bo2’s) to play this season. Also note that they will not be facing Alliance as Alliance have already played Natus Vincere.
Ad Finem – @adfinemgg
Omar “Madara” Dabachach – @MadaraDotA2
Dimitris “ThuG.” Plivouris – @ThuGdota2
Haris “Skylark” Zafeiriou – @SkyLarkXZ
Apostolos “Maybe Next Time” Verros – @MNTdota2
Giorgos “SsaSpartan” Giannakopoulos – @SsaSpartan
Make sure to follow the team and the players as they will sure be bring us some amazing games!
Interview with Ad Finem
We had a brief interview with their manager Mike Madao Chatzialexiou to see how he and team are doing!
Hello Madao, First of all congratulations for qualifying for the Boston Major.
In the last map vs Liquid, it was very clear to everyone watching that the players were very happy. How do you feel now when a day has passed since that moment?
It was an amazing run, everyone was really happy and finally we broke the “curse” of the finals. Today I have the feeling that this was just the beginning to an even more amazing run till ti7.
On your way through the bracket you beat both Team Liquid and Team Secret, arguably the biggest favourites going in to the qualifier. Was this expected and how do you feel about your performance in these games?
We were really confident that we would qualify, we learned a lot from our losses on BTS, Dotapit, Faceit invitational we prepared a lot and had a plan for almost all situations. Although i didn’t expect Secret to not qualify, I believe they are a really strong team. For Liquid I feel like something is missing from their play style, I hope they stick together and solve the issue.
Going to Boston must be a great feeling for the team after sticking together after just missing the last two events. What are your thoughts on the event at the moment?
It was really a unique feeling, like finally we the “curse” is broken. And the feeling of achieving something we wanted for a long while. I feel a bit weird with the single elimination format, but I think they are probably trying to find what format fits in DOTA 2 tournaments the best.
You will overtake Navi’s score of 1-1 in ASUS ROG DreamLeague, how do you like your chances going forward?
Only 1 loss still 5 series to go. I don’t believe its bad its like starting from zero, I hope we can manage to break into the top 4.
Who do you feel could be the biggest threat in the League?
Virtus.pro and Escape Gaming
Thanks for the interview Madao
Shout out to all our fans that cheered for our victory yesterday, and our sponsors Tipbet, Donbai and epulze because without em it would not be possible!
We’d like to thank Madao on the interview, and remember to watch every day this week as Ad Finem are playing every day!