Well before telling you the story, I’m gonna give you some background information. I usually actively followed the International (north american and european) competitive dota scene. When Asian teams started to show their fangs (hmm internet connection and FLOOD were problems), for some reasons, I stopped following the news. This was the time when XcN, Indonesian dota team, gained a lot of reputation since the start of their arch-rivalry with Malaysian Kingsurf (the epic game when they beat Ks in a very heroic, funny, entertaining series of games).

One year (more or less) has passed. This friend of mine told me that some foreign (Sweden) pro-gaming team (fnatic) has acquired XcN as their dota team (around August this year)! WOW! Good fucking game. They already showed great performances even when theyre not fully professional. With this, they dont have to worry about anything else aside from their game. Too bad, stamx, one of their original members left the team. Oh yeah, “PinkPriestess” Rinoa was appointed as their manager. With this pro shit, they will never have any problem with US Embassy EVER AGAIN.

Their profile. Neo, stamx replacement, is already replaced by Koala.
Recruitment news on local site. Plus their boss and manager’s comment in Bahasa Indonesia.

Just when I heard this great news, this new fnatic dota team was already in the MGC 2008 tournament. They lost their first match, so they had to fight in lower bracket. So to cut the story short, THEY WON!

Photos and replay pack from MGC 2008 (youll have to register. Replay pack also available on sgamer.com)

This is their third LAN tourneys. They won all of them.
Go fnatic! You have our flag in front of your names!!

“yamateh, gg back u” –xcn.ritter