Dota 2 sheever interviewee

Dota 2 sheever interviewee

Two LAN tournaments of the new competitive season are already done and dusted. DreamLeague Season 12 brought the very first opportunity for the fans to see some of the new rosters in action playing live in an arena. Dota 2 sheever interviewee The tournament was held from the 18th to the 20th of October in the Netherlands, Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden’ home country.

It was for the first time when DreamLeague came to the Netherlands and we couldn’t miss the chance to talk to Sheever and find out how she felt to have a job minutes away from home. Among other things, we, of course, talked a bit about the post TI9 shuffle and the two new heroes expected to come to Dota 2 this autumn with the Outlanders update.

Hi Sheever, how does it feel to host a tournament in your home country, how does it feel to have the DreamLeague Sheever show in Rotterdam, Netherlands for the first time?

I am actually so happy that DreamLeague has come to Rotterdam. This is the first time when I had a 45 minute travel time from my home to an event. That’s pretty crazy and I’m loving it. This is very special to me, my whole family came out to watch me here. So, yeah, I’m really enjoying it, and I hope that the Dutch fans will get more chances to actually show their passion for Dota 2.

Is your family coming to watch you live at work for the first time?

Yes. My younger sister has come with me to an International before, and she’s also been to some other Dota events. But for the rest of the family, this is the first time when they watch me do my job.

Talk to us abit about this crazy shuffle that we had after TI9. Did you expect the teams to make such big moves, and did you perhaps see some of the changes coming?

Well, as talent you always know some of the things that are put in motion at TI actually, you have a little bit more insight information, so not everything was a surprise to me. I am mostly curious though about the teams that we don’t know anything about right now. Like, what’s happening with Secret, what’s happening with the old Liquid roster, what’s happening with LGD, and perhaps what’s happening with OG, although I’m pretty sure they will be sticking together.

I understand why the rest of the teams made some changes, and we will see how it plays out, if there are winners coming out of that shuffle. This shuffle was expected to be the biggest one yet and so far, it has not disappointed.

Would you say that the shuffle has been so big because of how OG won two TIs in a row? Do you think that what OG has accomplished on so many levels, not only competitively, has changed something in the players’ mentality?

For sure! They won two years in a row and the teams that were expected to do well in both these TIs, they didn’t do that well, and I think most of them stuck together for such a long time for a reason, but TI9 was the final straw for them. It’s not a big surprise to see some of the players going to check if the grass is greener somewhere else. As for OG, they have something special, and I think that there are more teams now that will look for that special something.

The whole community is waiting for the new patch which will add two new heroes to the game. What are your expectations for Snapfire and Void Spirit?

I want Snapfire to be a support. I can’t wait for it, I am a support player and hearing that she has cookies and a dragon, I’m all for it, that’s my hero, right there!

No love for the Void Spirit?

I mean, yeah, it’s the fourth spirit finally coming, but I know he will be a core, so I’ll probably play it once, maybe twice and never touch it again after that.

A cheeky question to end our interview: who do you think will win the first Major of the season?

I think Evil Geniuses have a good shot, or at least top three for them. Vici Gaming are there as well, and they are on home soil, so they have a good shot too, but someone to look out for at the Chengdu Major is the current Alliance, I think they will be really good.

Thank you very much for taking the time to do this interview and I hope to see you again soon.

Dota 2 sheever interviewee

During the last series of day two at the EPICENTER Major main event we’ve been able to catch with the Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden for a quick round of questions and although the broadcasts hosts have very little free time during a tournament, we still managed to touch a few subjects. Life on the road for her and ODPixel, tournament experience this season and what’s the one game coming out soon that she really wants to stay away from.

We are at the end of the season and I would like to ask you which tournament from this entire season stays with you because of your personal experience?

For my personal experience, I have to go back to TI8 because obviously, that was a personal story that was told for me and that’s something that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. That was very personal for me and if I can pick another tournament, it would be the DreamLeague Major in Sweden, because that was kind of like the Sheever Show and it was very special to have basically a Major Show with me. It was crazy, it was good.

I can’t wait for the DreamLeague in Rotterdam next season.

And looking at the storylines we had through this year’s DPC season, which is the one that pleasantly surprised you the most?

After the results today I think Alliance is the one that I am very happy they stuck together, because there was a little bit of the question mark after last TI. Like should they stay together? And then they had some issues with Mike having a hand injured and qojqva needed surgery as well. But they came together when they were all up and healthy again and they crushed it. And they made it to TI9 via DPC points, so I’d say that they are the team that impressed me most this season.

We’ve been happy to have you hosting four out of five Majors this season, plus you’ve been to a couple of non-DPC tournaments as well, how do you and Owen manage this always on the tour esports life as a couple?

Well, it’s easier for us to deal with it because we are together often and we consider ourselves very lucky that we have each other in that way. Some of our colleagues, they have their significant others at home and they travel the same amount as me and Owen. So, me and Owen are able to live the life we do because we are able to see each other and travel with each other as often as we do. It’s a blast for us, we are playing games, we are talking about games, we’re hanging out with our friends and we’re making a living out of it and that’s amazing.

TI9 qualifiers are coming soon, Beyond the Summit already announced the qualifiers hub, but I didn’t see a lot of info on the European hub yet, they just introduced the NA hub, so could you tell us more about the EU team?

Yes, there is a European hub. It’s gonna be me and Owen in our house. We will have JJ doing the production, and then we will also gonna have LizZard, Fogged, and GoDz joining us for the Europe and CIS qualifiers that we are going to cover as part of the Space hub. We even opened a PO box for people to send us messages and stuff, we’ll see how that goes.

Want to send a message, artwork, DOTA related surprise to me, @SheeverGaming, @lizZardDota2, @BTSGoDz, @Foggeddota, @JJLiebig at our TI HUB Space Station in the Netherlands?
We have a P. O Box!
We will open any goodies LIVE during the coverage from July 7th – 14th, so get sending! pic. twitter. com/yujFZdSpTA

We are launching this lineup from the BTS Studios to cover #TI9 NA/SA Qualifiers! pic. twitter. com/IQY4aM9Gyv

— Beyond the Summit (@BeyondTheSummit) June 27, 2019

August will be a busy month for Dota 2 scene, but also for a lot of other gamers. WoW Classic will go live and I know you were a hardcore player, you actually did hardcore raiding in WoW Vanilla, so are you looking forward to get back to that feeling a bit, will you get your hands on the WoW Classic?

Oh, yeah. I know it’s coming out but I can’t. I really shouldn’t play it. How should I put it? Let’s say I’m a drug addict. Me playing WoW would be me doing drugs. I’m trying not to play it, I’m trying to stay away from it.

I guess it will be hard because I know a few talents who are so looking forward to that and I think they are your friends too.

Yes. But I’m happy that Owen is not into the World of Warcraft train because that would have made it even more difficult. But, I think because Owen doesn’t play it, I will be able to stay clean as well. I’m actually looking forward to all the people that are disillusioned with WoW Classic because when playing Vanilla you didn’t get a mount FOREVER, you moved super slow and you got to grind so much to get to level 60. I’m gonna be happy when people get to level 50 and realize that they’re done with all the quests and then all the posts will come out from people complaining and stuff. I’m looking forward to that portion with WoW Classic.

Do you play any bit of Dota Underlords?

Yes, I do. It’s a lot of fun and it’s so nice that we can play it on the plane, just against bots, in the offline mode, but it’s still a nice thing to be able to do on the plane.

If this will go into an esports direction, if they bring some competitions for it, are you interested in trying to cast for it?

I’d be totally down for that, but I have to say, though, that for it to be a spectator friendly game, some things need to change because right now it feels very enjoyable to watch other people stream the game and make the decisions, but I’m not sure how it will be when you have eight people in the game and all of them are making their own decisions. But you can’t really follow any of them as well as you would want. So, if there is a change there, I think it’s gonna be a fun esport to watch. Although I think it’s always gonna be a little bit more fun to actually play it.

The game on stage looks like it will be over soon, so we need to wrap up this interview here. Thanks a lot for talking to us and if you have any shout-outs to make please do.

I am thankful for everybody that has been supporting me all this time. It’s amazing that I get to do what I do and partially, that is because of people like what I do as well. So, thank you and keep the love going.

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