The King is dead, long live the King

As far as DotA is concerned, MeetYourMakers has been here since the very start of it, from as early as Dreamhack Winter in 2006 to this year's Farm4Fame #3 and Darer Tournament. During these five full years MYM.DotA has quickly achieved a legendary status as one of the most renown and stable teams out there, and had maintained it for a long time. MYM has also managed to forge a reputable tournament brand that is recognized throughout the entire competitive DotA scene. Meet Your Makers will always support DotA and we cannot imagine ourselves without it. In the next couple of paragraphs we will remember the players and achievements through the history of the team, to pay our respect to all the people who have brought MYM where it is now and to reminisce of all that was.

It is almost unnecessary to mention it, but the MYM.DotA team has achieved over and over again through its history, with many of the greatest DotA players wearing its tag. Even though the roster was often submitted to changes, it possessed a steady backbone made up of three players which managed to produce a powerful and stable atmosphere for the team, making every new change a long-term and effective one. The backbone was formed with the recruitment of Martin 'PusHer' Mogensen while the other two thirds, Jacob 'Maelk' Toft-Andersen and Brian 'MaNia' Strandby, were already a part of the team. Although these three players eventually became synonymous with the MYM brand, they were accompanied by a lot of equally legendary players without whom MYM.DotA wouldn't have achieved what it had achieved.

MYM at Dreamhack Summer
Maelk, Merlini, H4nn1, p0c, MaNia, LevenT
Sweden, June 2007

In the early days, some of the players whos names still to this day ring the heaviest tone were Ben 'Merlini' Wu, Kai 'H4nn1' Hanbückers, Clinton 'FearDarkness' Loomis and Jonathan 'Loda' Berg. These and others were part of many successes for the MYM team, a few of which would be top placements at events like MYM Prime Defending #10 (4th), MYM Prime Defending #11 (2nd), nGarena ENADC #2 (3rd) and DotA-League Masters (4th) back in 2008 and the beginning of 2009. Most of you will also remember the Martin 'AnGeL' Olsen and Mikkel 'miGGel' Berg duo which heavily contributed to this impressing achievement list:

DTS-CUP (2009)
Pick League XI (2009)
4th Farm4Fame Series (2009)
ESL Major Series season IV (2009)
Dreamhack Summer (2009)
Gamescom (2009)
Pick League XII (2009)
DotaClub Pro Series (2009)
DotA Pride Tournament (2009)

MYM at Dreamhack Winter
PusH, PlaymatE, Maelk, MaNia, H4nn1
Sweden, December 2008

MYM at SMM
AngeL, miGGel, KuroKy, MaNia, PusH,
Malaysia, 2009

It is worth mentioning that the team leader Maelk had a pause from competitive DotA at the time and his place was well filled by the German star-player Kuro 'KuroKy' Salehi Takhasomi, who managed to bring the team to one 2nd place and to three first places (DotA Pride Tour being the last included) before Maelk decided to return. After AnGeL and miGGel decided to depart, they were replaced by Amel 'PlaymatE' Barudzija who was already a part of the team in the past, and Dominik 'LacostE' Stipić, with both of whom the team made these notable achievements:

European DotA Championship Pro League (2010)
ProDotA Challenge Challenge (2010)
FARM4FAME: Second Blood (2010)
Pick League XIII (2010)
Storm the Front #3 (2010)
 ESWC (2010)

MYM at ESWC
Maelk, PusH, MaNia, 13abyknight, Ange, Sascha, PlaymatE
France, July 2010

After MYM.DotA signing another two star-players, Jimmy 'DeMoN' Ho and Rasmus 'MiSeRy' Fillipsen, LacostE decided to leave the team on the basis of crowdiness, just before the final phases of the Intel Challenge: Supercup #7 and Pick League XIV were played, in which MYM ofcourse was still fighting for glory. Here is a list of all MYM.DotA players, regardless of when they played under our flag, whom we thank from the bottom of our hearts for being a part of our family:

Amel 'PlaymatE' Barudzija
Brian 'MaNia' Strandby
Jacob 'Maelk' Toft-Andersen
Jimmy 'DeMoN' Ho
Martin 'PusHer' Mogensen
Rasmus 'MiSeRy' Fillipsen
Dominik 'LacostE' Stipic
Kai 'H4nn1' Hanbückers
Ben 'Merlini' Wu
Clinton 'FearDarkness' Loomis
Jonathan 'Loda' Berg
Kuro 'KuroKy' Salehi Takhasomi
Julian 'Paccie' Cilea
Levent 'LevenT' Isyapah
Walter 'p0c' Lu
Henry 'Fang' Fang
Martin 'AnGeL' Olsen
Mikkel 'miGGel' Berg
Joakim 'Akke' Akterhall
Lasse 'slahser' Malver
John 'ezy' Chow

To continue, we would like to express our sadness for ending the cooperation with our DotA team, but due to some personal problems and the wish of some to continue on other games, we had to separate.

MYM.DotA line-up leaving:

Jacob 'Maelk' Toft-Andersen
Brian 'MaNia' Strandby
Martin 'PusHer' Mogensen
Rasmus 'MiSeRy' Fillipsen
Amel 'PlaymatE' Barudzija
Jimmy 'DeMoN' Ho

Achievements:

4th The International, GamesCom (2011)
Pick League XIV (2011)
Intel Challenge: Supercup #7 (2011)
Battle of Masters: LiteForex Cup (2011)
Farm4Fame 3 Series (2011)
Darer Tournament (2011)

MYM at The International, GamesCom
MaNia, MiSeRy, Maelk, PlaymatE, DeMoN
Germany, 2011.

With the retirement of Maelk and MaNia from the competitive scene an era is coming to an end within both the Makers and the DotA scene. However, we have asked ourselves a question - what would the DotA scene be like without the name of MYM? This is something simply impossible for us to imagine. With the announcement of DotA 2 and our wish to go professional in DotA as we have never before, a new legendary page has to be written in the name of Meet Your Makers.

A new start

In order to respect these ambitions and wishes, the MYM organization has decided to start again by recruiting one of the most accomplished and reputable teams in the scene, known by the name of Scythe Gaming, along with a player returning to professional DotA who we believe needs no special introduction - Wei Poong "YamateH" Ng. The skill and experience of these players is undisputed, as some of them have achievements like 1st placings at ESWC, WCG and ADC Asian DotA Championships, along with a 3rd place at the recent Dota 2 International tournament and other top placings at different local and regional tournaments (SMM, ESTC, Alienware, etc).

So, without any further ado, we here at MYM are very proud to present you the all new MYM.DotA team:

MeetYourMakers
			Foundation: 2001		Headquarters: Leipzig