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DL Cup Presents: Umbrella.Inc!

The semifinals of the Dota-League Cup took place yesterday, but still we want to present you the 2 other clans of the final four. After giving WFP and DRZ the opportunity to show themselves, we proudly present another stunning team: Umbrella.Inc. We met maarGee and noertti of Umbrella.Inc(UBLI) and talked with them about the Cup and their expectations, their clan history and animals! Check it out!

1. The beginning of the clan and your future goals.

First, please tell us about your first steps with UBLI. When and why did you create the clan?

maarGee: It was in the middle of last pick-league season. I was playing with FDA that time in division 2 and we really did bad, so Spere and Obliterator (former leaders of FDA) decided to quit competetive DotA. The next day I remember they asked me if i want to take FDA for myself and recruit new players and maybe try to do something with it. First I contacted Matkatavara who has been playing with me since battle.net, then we tried to ask around some highskilled finnish dota players. I think first when we asked lapiz to join he wasn`t really that interested in it, since we had already taken some players under consideration which he didn`t really like. Few days after, Matkatavara told me he had recruited noertti and Gazhag which really opened lapiz`s mind about the team. Then we were me, lapiz, matkatavara, noertti and Gazhag. I think it was lapiz or Matkatavara who recruited 6th player named Huutopussi, who retired from DotA after a while. Our first pick-league match was a flop, since it was our first match as a team, but after that we really started playing a lot more and had some good games, so we decided to continue playing as a team and here we are, still rockin`!

And why did you chose the name "Umbrella"? Did you all like Rihanna or cause it is so rainy in Finland? Whose idea was it?

maarGee: It was mine, my brothers and our friend`s (ReVeller`s) first battle.net clan and we lacked a name so i decided to go for Umbrella Inc / UBLI. And i think originally it`s from Resident Evil.

Are you planning to participate in our upcoming Pick League season? If yes, what are your goals in this competition?

maarGee: Yes we are going to participate all future online tournaments / leagues including Pick-League. As for the Pick-League our goal is to rock div2 and get a slot from div1 for next season.

2. Let`s get some more personal.

Tell us, why each of your team members are important for your team`s success, considering both, skill level and creating atmosphere!

maarGee: All i could really say is that every member is very important skillwise and as a person. I don`t think UBLI would be the same if someone of us decides to leave the team.

Then describe each of your team members in a few words!

maarGee: Matkatavara - Hippie mushroomhead who comes up with some hc tactics in DotA.
               lapiz - Pro floorball player who gets laid 5 times a week.
               Gazhag - Wins his parents in karting every time... (Even his SISTER!)
               noertti - Chill Quake and SF3 pro.
               BimBam - Serious business
noertti:    maarGee - weird angry man who eats sausage with his bread

What is your personal relationship within the clan? Do you know each other from real life or where have you met?

maarGee: I met with Matkatavara in battle.net and the others in #dota.fi playing inhouses with finnish people. I think when I became admin me and noertti got a little closer since he was constantly telling me I`m bad admin. I think no one of us knows each other in real life. Though lapiz and BimBam are planning to meet (can only imagine what`s going to happen).

3. Now let`s talk a bit about Dota in general and the competitive scene.

Which heroes do you think are imbalanced at the moment, which ones have to be improved?

noertti: Dunno I love weaver, but not too strong. Probably there are no overpowered heroes in dota atm.
maarGee: Yes, I would say there`s no overpowered heroes at the moment, atleast for us. Icefrog could buff Barathrum and Techies at least !

What kind of item are you looking for in upcoming versions? Do you have any ideas?

noertti: Something that uses Hand of Midas to make it, can`t think of anything awesome now.
maarGee: Yes, hand of midas buff or just some item which you need hand of midas for. That would be the only one.

Where do you think (or hope) the competitive scene is going to, considering the recent changes? Ganking or farming?

maarGee: Ganking, of course! That`s what we hope, at least. Also im looking forward what Icefrog can do with Valve supporting him.

4. Let`s come to Dota-League and especially to the Dota-League Cup.

Please, share your thoughts about our very first edition of the Dota-League Cup.

noertti: It`s great, a good chance to play against strong teams. I`m a bit sad about great teams like DIPS and Pandemic being disqualified for weird reasons though.
maarGee: It has been very fun to get a chance to play a tournament wich has potential to give smaller / unknown teams chance to shine in the spotlight. Though i would have appriciated a bit faster action from admins since the tournament schedule seemed so strict at the start of the cup. (Of course i don`t know if there`s some internal problems and such, but this is just my "bad" feedback about the tournament).

Did you expect to get into the semifinals at the beginning of the Cup? If not, what were your expectations?

maarGee: Since we managed to beat some good teams in Dota pride tournament and managed to reach Quarter finals where we got beaten by Blight.usa, it was expected that we are going to do well in this tournament. Our scrimming has showed some good results, too!
noertti: Yes we did expect to get to semifinals, as we EVEN made it to the quarter-finals of dota-pride. Now we think... WE THINK WE WILL WIN THIS.

In our next edition of the Dota League Cup, would you prefer to include also the "bigger" teams or is it fine as it is in this edition?

noertti: Well, if the bigger teams are there, our chances of winning precious headsets are a lot smaller. So... stay away, big guys, those headsets are mine.
maarGee: Hmm... Well personally I would like to add bigger teams in to the Cup since its always fun to compete versus them, but if i think about the bigger picture, DLcup could be a chance for smaller teams to get some "fame". So yes and no.. But personally yes !

How do you like Dota-League and its offers in general? Do you and your clan mates play SIG/VIP?

noertti: Matkatavara is a big fan of VIP SIGs. Other than that, no. I guess DL is the most important DotA site at the moment, with Pick-League being awesum, Farm4Fame being awesome and SIGS/VIPS being... a good way to play some midskilled dota, i guess.
maarGee: I think Matkatavara is the only one who is playing sigs in daily basis. As for me, i only play if some friends ask me to play with them or just sometimes for fun. As for Farm4Fame i would like them to have some qualifications for smallers teams like us to participate. But this i can say: Without Dota-League i dont know what DotA would be, propably nothing ! So thanks for DL for making such a huge impact for DotA fans and players.

5. And where is the fun?

What if all humans died and became an animal instead, could you say which animal every person of your team would be?

maarGee: Lapiz would be a dog since he`s cool and athletic, Matkatavara would be a bambi since he obviously likes nature. Gazhag would be a koala since he is always late and slow. BimBam would be a bat since hes always serious and I think that bats are serious!

Bats are serious?

maarGee: They drink blood. It`s serious business. maarGee would be a rhino since he is aggressive and big. noertti would be a hippo, happy but can be very dangerous and angry if provoked.

Last but not least, we shoot words, and you have to say the first thing that comes up in your mind! React quick!

World of Warcraft - nerd
Google - lol
Obama - black
iPad - fail
Beer - yum
Ancient Apparition - cold

Okay, we`d like to thank both of you. Now you have the last words for some shoutouts and greetings.

maarGee: Thank you for the interview! Shoutout to all finnish dota players, aantsi, who has been very good standin for us every time we need him and everyone who is supporting us, i`d also like to thank Dota-league for making this all possible! PEACE OUT !

UBLI:The Team