Stefano “Misfit Love” Vito Mongelli

Dan “DannyD” Woodhouse

Eduard “Ede” Birkle

Tobias “Sky” Webb

Trademark eSports’ Heroes of Newerth powerhouse team traveled to Thailand as European representatives and took a prestigious 2nd place, dropping games only to eventual champions Stay Green [sG] while winning a cash prize of $10,000.

In a region where Heroes of Newerth is as popular as Starcraft II and League of Legends in other parts of the world, the Garena Star League became the tournament to go to as representatives from all over the world featured in this two-day featured event.  Garena did nothing short but spectacular of hosting shows, ceremonies, and announcement with style as they brought on the local community that supported eSports.  Through the motivation of the bright stage and the hospitality of the Thai community, all the HoN teams competed for a total of $60,000.

Trademark eSports eased through the first day and proceeded onto the second day, knowing they would have to go against the Miami powerhouse Stay Green to get to the finals.   Despite losing to them in a knockout bracket, Trademark eSports preserved and fought through the entire losers bracket to earn them a place in the Grand Finals to seek revenge against their US rivals.

Unfortunately, it was not to happen.

In a best-of-five series where sG had the 1-0 by being in the winner’s bracket, Trademark eSports quickly lost their first game to have sG up 2-0.  In the final possible game for sG, Mynuts drafted a wombo-combo AOE team featuring Keeper of the Forest, Behemoth, Pyromancer, Glacius, and Tempest, but the coordination between the sG members proved to be too much as tdM conceded losing a Kongor token to Khezzu’s Warbeast.

Congratulations to all the teams that participated and congratulations to tdM and sG for representing the Western HoN scene as the dominant powerhouses.  With Las Vegas HoN Tour Finals coming soon, be sure that there will be a rematch.

Trademark eSports would like to officially re-announce the launch of its brand new site after a period of inactivity.  After winning Dreamhack Winter and HonTour cycles in Heroes of Newerth, Trademark is looking to expand itself and has done so primarily by establishing a concrete online site where fans and supporters can get together to follow their favorite eSports team.

We at Trademark value our support and fans as nothing would have been possible without all of you.  With the brand new “re-opening” of our site, we hope that following us can be easier than ever as we we continue to bring you only the best results.

A quick interview with the Director of Operations Alex “Showtime” Jeng had nothing but kind words to say about the launch of the site:

“I’m really excited with the re-launch of our new site.  I honestly think that it will bring the eSports community closer together, and on top of that, having a new team also brings a lot to the possibilities of the future.”

With the launch of its new site, Trademark eSports would officially like to announce its start to its brand new Counterstrike: Global Offensive.  Trademark eSports has been a strong advocator in the growing eSports scene and has proven so by winning the Heroes of Newerth Dreamhack title.  As Trademark expands, we hope that all of you fans will support us as we explore all the different options in the many different games we have to come!

Have you ever wanted to carry against noobG, Mynuts, de-ward Fittske’s wards, crush Limmp mid-lane, or perhaps you’ve wanted to render Zai useless as a suicide?

Now’s your chance!

Trademark eSports introduces a brand-new event:

Pros vs. Joes

Sponsored by Raidcall and Razer, we give you the chance to compete in a best-out-of-1 (BO1) series against Trademark eSports’ very own Heroes of Newerth team:

Mynuts (captain)
    ‘Zai
    Limmp
    noobG
    Fittske

We will be randomly selected one random non-professional / amateur team to compete against our players to showcase their talents to the Heroes of Newerth community.  Not only will you be playing against some of the best players in the scene, but you will be streamed and embed into our Trademark eSports Raidcall chat group!  And the way to be featured is by partaking in our Raidcall group (9898) to be picked!   Cheerio!

Two brothers.  Torn apart by war, Linus “Limmp” Blomdin seeks to avenge his older brother as he enters the battlefield in various costumes: sometimes a chainsaw-wielding maniac, sometimes a woman of the Emerald Red, and sometimes as  an owl.   Whatever he appears as next he dominates anyone he goes against, even the brother he grew up with.

Care to introduce yourself to those who aren’t as familiar as we are with you?
My name is Linus Blomdin, I am 17 years old and I live in Sweden. Ingame I am more known for my nickname Limmp where I play competetivly HoN with Trademark eSports.

Can you tell us a brief history of yourself as a player?
I haven’t really had any big success before this team. I started in a team called from Pubstars [fpbs] where I learned how to play competetive HoN and from there i’ve been in teams like HoNPortal [PORT] and TiG [Team It's Gosu].

What role do you play?
I mostly play on the mid lane as a ganker or soloing another lane.

What makes Trademark eSports better than the other teams out there?
We have a good drafter/leader and a good playstyle.

You have been moving teams lately after the disbanding of Blackfade.  How’s that been in terms of your in-game performance?
It was a good change for tdM in my opinion because now everyone can focus on their role instead of switching up every single game.

When have you started playing MOBA games, namely DOTA/ HoN?
HoN was the first MOBA game I played and I started playing it in late beta.

Did you think you’d be where you are today?
Not at all, I didn’t really play it more than for fun til I started playing with a team but even then I didn’t think I would be in a team as good as this.

Did you look up to any players, or were there people you played with in the beginning?
I thought Testie and Chu were awesome because they always bought a PK (Portal Key).

Many people have switched to DOTA 2 with good reason.  Why are you staying here?
I simply don’t enjoy playing dota 2 because of how “laggy” it feels when u come from HoN and I haven’t gotten bored of playing this game yet so I see no reason to switch.

Who are your favorite three heroes to play?
Zephyr, Scout and Bubbles

What three heroes do you hate going against?
Ophelia, Devourer and Succubus.

Fun Questions:

Blonde or brunette?  Brunette

Superpower?  Invisibility

Favorite drink?  Milk

Favorite hobby outside of video games?  Playing soccer.

If you had to room with another gamer, who would it be and why?  HeatoN because he is a legend and has big biceps.

League of Legends, or DotA 2?  Dota 2

Favorite TV show?  Suits, Entourage and Dexter.

Anything else you’d like to say?  Not really, thanks for having me on and shoutout to Trademark Esports for being big.