N0tail

N0tail
Johan Sundstein
N0tail during his appearance at The International 2018
Status Active
Nationality Danish
Current team OG
Role Support
Games Dota 2
Heroes of Newerth
Career prize money $2,281,631.60
Championships Frankfurt Major
Manila Major
Boston Major
Kiev Major
The International 2018
Nickname(s) BigDaddy
Professional career
2012–2014 Fnatic
2014–2015 Team Secret
2015 Cloud9
2015 Monkey Business
2015–present OG

Johan Sundstein, better known as N0tail, is a Danish professional Dota 2 player and captain for OG. He was a member of the team that won The International 2018, in addition to four Dota Major Championships.[1]

History

Heroes of Newerth

N0tail at the age of 15 met Jascha "NoVa" Markuse and Tal "Fly" Aizik in-game where they decided to start playing together. The trio became an unofficial side project of Fnatic manager Danijel "StreeT" Remus. After changes in the existing Fnatic Heroes of Newerth roster and the performance of N0tail and his friends, the group merged with the original Fnatic players Henrik "FreshPro" Hansen and Kalle "Trixi" Saarinen.[2] Soon, the squad began to achieve wins in online tournaments, obtaining their first LAN victory in DreamHack Winter 2011. Along with his team Johan was able to secure 1st place victories in four consecutive DreamHack events.[3][4]

Dota 2

Due to decreasing activity in the professional Heroes of Newerth scene, N0tail decided to transfer to Fnatic's European Dota 2 team together with Jascha Markuse, Tal Aizik and Adrian Kryeziu on March 30, 2012.[5] After a hard start to DotA, N0tail and his team Fnatic.EU won Thor Open LAN on December 9, 2012, beating No Tidehunter, now known as Alliance.[6] Since Fnatic.EU won the LAN, they mostly dominated the pro scene until The International 2013, in which they placed 7-8th after losing to team Orange, which turned out to currently be the Fnatic squad. One year later after not winning any premier tournaments and placing 13-14th in The International 2014, N0tail announced that he is leaving Fnatic together with Fly to create Team Secret, inviting Puppey, s4, and Kuroky to join.[7] After a number of good finishes in five tournaments, Puppey decided to kick N0tail for Arteezy in preparation of the Dota 2 Asia Championships. N0tail decided to join Cloud9, replacing Aui 2000.[8] Following multiple disappointing finishes and 9-12th place in The International 2015, Cloud9 released its squad.[9] On August 28, 2015, it was announced that N0tail together with his teammate Fly which was also kicked from Team Secret have created (monkey) Business, a team featuring Miracle-, MoonMeander, Cr1t-, Fly, and N0tail.[10] Following promising performances, (monkey) Business proceeded to be sponsored by OG. By October 2018, N0tail career prize money reached $2,281,631.60[11].

References

  1. ↑ Dota Team (27 August 2015). "The International Grand Champions". Dota 2. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Fnatic.N0tail interviewed by AFK Gaming". 7 October 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ "FnaticMSI.n0tail Interview". fnatic.com. December 1, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Fnatic wins Heroes of Newerth DreamHack Winter 2011". www.neutralcreeps.com. November 26, 2011. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ Sillis, Ben; Partridge, Jon (18 February 2016). "How Heroes of Newerth led OG to Dota 2". www.redbull.com. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ Helbig, Christoph (9 December 2012). "Thor Open tournament goes to fnatic". www.gosugamers.net. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Fnatic parts with BigDaddy & Fly". August 27, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  8. ↑ Kim, Sovann (January 2, 2015). "BigDaddy-N0tail to Cloud 9". www.gosugamers.net. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ Orall, Pranjal (August 14, 2015). "Cloud9 officially disbands". Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Monkey Bzns is created". August 28, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  11. ↑ "N0tail - Johan Sundstein - Dota 2 Player Profile :: e-Sports Earnings". www.esportsearnings.com. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
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