The runner up from last season and winner of the season before (albeit with an almost entirely different roster and under the Estonia u96d name), Estonia idle.ee are definitely the best known of the highskill teams in competition today. The only team from last season's playoffs not to have changed their name, they also have an almost identical roster, with Deadmeat's retirement forcing them to find only one new member. They must surely be aiming for the top this season and with the former champions out of the running they are odds-on favourites of many.

I tracked down Estonia Night between his school and driving lessons to find out more.

Adacore What is your lineup for the upcoming season?

Night:

Estonia Night
Estonia Holz
Germany Urtier
Germany Senji
Netherlands TeKoa
Netherlands Mike

Adacore What do you think the addition of Mike has added to your team?

Night It's a little early to say anything yet, I guess we'll all have to wait and see, but I think that our communication will progress a lot, plus he is a fine multiclasser.

Adacore Are there any hard feelings between yourselves and Demiurge after he left them to join idle.ee?

Night I cannot talk for the others but I don't have any hard feelings towards them, I think they should be a little disappointed in Mike. But probably they had some kind of a misunderstandings that made Mike decide this.

Adacore Once again idle.ee are playing without a backup player - do you think this makes you stronger over the course of the competition than a side with a 7 or 8 man roster?

Night I liked the way it worked last season, better than making one of the guys to watch games via ETTV. As a leader I've got one less thing to take care of. And what harm can it do when all 6 guys are active enough?

Adacore With the former UQ-Gaming side, champions last season, no longer active do you think idle.ee will be the front runners for this season?

Night It doesn't matter if Parodia is dead or not, if we wanna be the best, we need to work as hard as needed. If we can get to the level of being number 1 again, then it would mean that we are number one even if dignitas was still around.

Adacore Which of the new teams do you expect to step up and fill the void at the top left by so many of last season's top teams quitting?

Night I haven't been that much into scene yet, was dealing with some other stuff for a while, but I think Estoniakujuneb can make it to the top!


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