{"id":1935,"date":"2019-11-28T12:22:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T12:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/n0tail-journey-superstar-og-seeds-coach"},"modified":"2024-07-19T12:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T12:30:54","slug":"n0tail-journey-superstar-og-seeds-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/n0tail-journey-superstar-og-seeds-coach","title":{"rendered":"N0tail\u2019s incredible journey to Dota 2 superstar and OG Seed coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

After back-to-back The International wins and becoming one of the highest-earning players in esports, Johan “Notail” Sundstein, 26, from Denmark, is widely recognised as one of the greatest Dota 2<\/a> players in history.   <\/p>\n

Joining OG in 2015, N0tail has had a turbulent journey on the Dota 2 circuit, filled with friendship splits, dramatic departures, all the way to making their triumphant comeback.    <\/p>\n

N0tail, along with his teammates, will now coach new team OG Seed<\/a> to grow young players. How did he get to this point? Here’s the lowdown on N0tail’s journey up till now.    <\/p>\n

Beginnings   <\/h3>\n

N0tail (who went by the name “BigDaddy”) started out as one of the youngest Heroes Of Newerth players ever, aged 15, and was put together in a professional team for Fnatic. While there, he was joined on the roster by Jascha “Nova” Markuse, Tal “Fly” Aizik, Henrik “FreshPro” Hansen and Kalle “Trixi” Saarinen – going onto win four consecutive DreamHack events.    <\/p>\n

As the scene around Heroes Of Newerth dwindled in popularity, N0tail switched to Dota 2 and went onto form a Fnatic team with Nova, Fly, and Adrian “Era” Kryeziu in March 2012. After a rough start, they soon began achieving top positions at tournaments, resulting in an invite to compete at The International in Seattle where they placed 7-8th.   <\/p>\n

Fnatic departure  <\/h3>\n

After a poor performance at The International in 2014, finishing 13-14th, N0tail and Fly decided to leave the organisation.   <\/p>\n

Speaking about his departure at the time, N0tail said: “Today I’m leaving Fnatic, this has been my first and only organisation to play under, but all good things must come to an end. I would like to thank everyone who has supported me through the years, as long as you’re watching I will be playing.”  <\/p>\n

Both N0tail and Fly joined Team Secret in 2014, only to leave soon afterwards the following year. N0tail went onto play for Cloud9 who had a disappointing run in The International 2015, placing 9-12th, resulting in them disbanding the team altogether.   <\/p>\n

Formation of OG  <\/h3>\n

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\nOG winning at TI 2019 (Picture: Valve, via Flickr)<\/span><\/p>\n

In August 2015, N0tail reunited with Fly to form their own Dota team organisation (monkey) Business, alongside players David “MoonMeander” Tan, Andreas “Cr1t-” Franck Nielsen, and Amer “Miracle” Barqawi on the squad.   <\/p>\n

This team was later rebranded in October 2015 as OG. The idea behind the organisation was increase transparency between brands and the players, with N0tail and Fly leading the charge when it comes to brand negotiations – striking up a partnership with Hitbox.tv.   <\/p>\n

Seen as underdogs on the scene, OG slowly rised through the ranks and after beating Natus Vincere at ESL One Frankfurt 2016, won the tournament and secured an invite to The International 2016. Despite finishing first in their group, they eventually placed 9-12th overall after being eliminated by TnC Gaming.  <\/p>\n

It was a pretty big upset in the Dota 2 scene, which led to MoonMeander, Cr1t- and Miracle- leaving the team. They were replaced by Jesse “Jerax” Vainikka, Anathan “ana” Pham, and Gustav “s4” Magnusson.   <\/p>\n

OG’s rise  <\/h3>\n

With their new team, OG quickly ascended. They became the first team to ever defend a Major title in Dota 2 history after winning the Autumn Major in 2016. This was followed by a win at the Winter Major Grand Finals in Kiev in 2017.   <\/p>\n

This was followed by a brief downward spell through the rest of the year, but they went onto dominate the competitive scene between T15 and TI7. In this time, they won four of the seven Dota Major Championships. They also still hold multiple world records as the only team to win multiple Dota Major Championship titles, alongside consecutive Major victories and defending a Major title as champions.   <\/p>\n

Dramatic split with Fly  <\/h3>\n

Despite looking like favourites for The International 2018, OG’s performances took a nosedive. Ana left the team and was replaced by Ukrainian player Roman “Resolut1on” Fominok. With a new roster, their early 2018 performances at ESL One Katowice and The Bucharest Major proved disappointing – having failed to move out of the group stages.  <\/p>\n

After reflecting on their poor results, Resolut1on was switched out with coach Sebastien “7ckngMad” Debs (now known as “Ceb”) acting as a standin. A number of disappointing performances followed at ESL One Birmingham and EPICENTER XL, which led to a dramatic exit from N0tail’s best friend.  <\/p>\n

Fly and s4 both announced their shock departure from OG on 28 May 2018, leaving to join Evil Geniuses. As an original co-founder of the company, and a close friend to N0tail, the departure of Fly came as a huge shock.<\/p>\n

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A Shift in OG.<\/p>\n

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— OG (@OGesports) May 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n