eGG : Hello ADTR, congrats to you and Fnatic for making through the qualifier. How was the celebration last night?



ADTR : Hey, thanks. We had dinner with QO, Ohaiyo, Ahjit and some friends.





How about DJ and Febby, weren't they at the party as well?

They left once we won our games against Clutch Gamers yesterday. Febby went back to Korea and DJ went back to Philippines. They love their girlfriends too much, they had to see them as soon as possible.





Fnatic decided to replace Meracle for Ah Jit for the carry position. The community was saying that QO wasn't playing very well and expected him to be replaced instead. What was the driving factor for this decision?

As you all know, Fnatic wasn't doing very well before this, and player replacement was inevitable. The reason we chose to replace Meracle is because he was unable to adapt to the play-style that we thought is best for our current lineup.

With QO's play style, we think it's best to give resource priority to QO. His aggressive style coupled with efficient farming, he will be able to carry the team to victory. And in the current meta, there is no way that two greedy cores lineup will be able to do well.

Initially, Ohaiyo and DJ were struggling to adapt as well because historically both players strive in games where they were given enough resources. After some time they were able to change their play style to complement QO's greedy nature. However, Meracle struggled to align to this strategy, and eventually we decided to part ways.





Oh, these were the things that outsiders weren't able to identify easily. How is Ah Jit's performance in the team so far?

Ah Jit is a very young, talented, and highly skilled player. Back in the WG.Unity days, Ah Jit was also a greedy carry where he needs a lot of resources to perform well. He struggled to adapt as well in the first few weeks after joining Fnatic. However, Ah Jit is a very fast learner, within a very short time he is able to realise the benefit of sacrificing his farm for QO, hence we think he is a good fit to the team. And results have shown!





Since everyone had to change to complement QO, is he the captain of the team?

See, the good thing about this team is that we don't have a single strong leader. Everyone in the team has the ability to be a shot caller. Depending on the situation and the phase of the games, QO, DJ, Febby, Ohaiyo will take turns to lead.





How about Ah Jit? Is he too new to give commands?

Not at all, he will be able to call shots when he is comfortable with the plays. For example, if we decided to pull a surprise Meepo pick, Ah Jit will be the one controlling the game and giving commands.





We all know Fnatic in Malaysia was built around Mushi. During the round robin, Fnatic dropped a game against Mineski. What do you think of the current Mineski's line-up?

Mineski didn't perform really well recently. However, I am really happy that Mushi's team made it this far because initially Mushi was the one who brought me in to coach Fnatic.

For the game we lost against Mineski, we think that it's a mental issue among our players. We always wanted to win against Mushi's team because he is the face of SEA Dota. However, this mentality resulted in us over-doing certain aspects during our games and we could not play to our initial plan.

We actually had a long discussion about this issue, to a certain point our players feel that it's almost impossible to win against Mushi because he understands us too well. Despite our lost against Mineski, we are glad that we are able to qualify for TI7.





Fun question! Use one word to describe your teammates!

Ah Jit - RichBoy ( in Chinese term it's called 土豪 ). He is very willing to spend money on luxuries items. During Zotac Cup in Taiwan, he spent RM6000 to buy a Burberry Jacket because he believes that we are going to make it to TI.

Febby - Joker. As you all know Febby always do clowny stuff in his streams, but that is only his 10%. In real life, he overwhelms our life with different form of shenanigans. We couldn't stand him sometimes.

Ohaiyo - Brother. He takes care of everyone in the team and everyone really respects him in return.

QO - Baby. You can never be harsh to QO especially in the morning when we wake him up, we have to be really soft in our tone.

DJ - Picky. He is always particular with his choice of food and our outings venue, and literally everything in his life.





You guys are going to Seattle! What's the upcoming plan?

For now we are going to give a grace period for our players to enjoy their holidays until 10th of July. After that we will be flying to Fnatic's Headquarters for a 2 weeks bootcamp, then we will depart to Seattle from London.





That's all about Fnatic I guess. How about yourself? Do you plan to become a player again?

For now, I think I will never be a part of the competitive scene as a player. I really enjoy coaching and Fnatic trusts me as a coach. When Mushi was in the team, he was the one who brought me in as a coach. However, at that moment I felt that I didn't manage to live up to the team's expectation, I was always thinking about playing. Right now, I realised the importance of a coach in a team, and I would like to focus and pursue my eSports career as one of the best coach in the scene.





Alright! Thanks ADTR and all the best to Fnatic in TI7!