The danish Counterstrike Team from mTw.Mindfactory is one of the best teams in the world for a long time. Even if they didn't have the success this year like last year, the opponents have a lot of respect to the danish powerhouse. One thing they all respect is the fact that our team is playing with the same players since a long time and the phenomenal teamspirit. Today we have to announce that one of the best in the world goes inactiv. Jonas 'whimp' Svendsen wants to concentrate more on his real life and his future at school and can't spent that much time you have to to be one of the best in the world. Especially the preparation for the next events like SLAP or WCG mean a lot training which whimp can't combinate with his real life.

Of course that's not the end for our danish team. The players around Alexander 'ave' Holdt knew that fact for a long time and searched for a good replacement. Of course no one can replace whimp but we got one who is quite near to Jonas skills. For those who will miss "the man with the cap" be sure that he will be still a reserve for the team.

For some of you he won't be an unknown one and now please all of you welcome our new danish player Martin Alexander 'Trace' Bang Heldt!


Here are some facts about our new player:

Name: Martin Alexander Bang Heldt

Age: 19 (01/07/90)

Location: Kopenhagen

Fav. Weapon: AK47

Fav. Map: No favorite map really, maybe dust2!

Ex-Clans: one, fearme, MoD, mirror, CAP, SoA, XLBET.ATS, Hobbys Sports

Fav. TV-Show: Scrubs

Of course we took the chance to interview Trace as soon as we could, so here we go:

mymTw: First, Welcome to mTw, how does it feel to have joined the team who has been your biggest opponent in the danish scene?
Martin Alexander 'trace' Bang Heldt: Thank you :) It feels great of course. I have always been in the 2nd best team in Denmark, always 1 or 2 steps behind mTw, which is kind of annoying. But now I'm here and I'm very pleased with finally being number one in Denmark, looking forward to it!

mymTw:  Many of you guys probably know you for the time in XLBET.ATS, but could you please tell us something about who trace is?
trace: My name is Martin Bang Heldt, I'm 19 years old and I live in Copenhagen. I've been playing cs since forever, but I started serious gaming 3 years ago I believe. At the moment I'm working full time, and starting school next year. 

mymTw: This is the biggest step in your career so far, when it comes to pressure how do you think you will handle it?
trace: I don't feel any pressure at the moment, because I know I can play on this level. Maybe I will feel a little pressure when we're going to attend some big tournaments, because people will probably be sceptical about my perfomance. But I'll try not to think too much about it, and just play my game. So who knows, time will tell.

mymTw: You will replace Jonas "whiMp" Svendsen, how do you see your self filling out his spot on the team?
trace: That's a tough question. He and I are different players, but I'm sure I will fill out his spot just fine. Though I'm a bit concerned about the teamplay whimp and mTw had, but hopefully we will reach the same level of teamplay eventually.

mymTw: What is your expectations for the upcoming events (SLAP, WCG etc.) ?
trace: I expect 1st places in all the danish tournaments, that is one of the reasons I joined this team. I believe it would be kind of a disappointment to us, if we don't come out on top in SLAP, KGC and WCG.

mymTw: You probably haven't got to know your new teammates that well, but can you describe each of them in one word?
trace:  Sunde: awp, ave: tactical, zonic: all-around, mJe: aimer

mymTw: The team has not been dominating the same way in 2009 as in 2008, why do you think they have chosed you to reach the same level as in 2008?
trace: Because I bring mayhem to my opponents!

As said, we are very sad that 'whimp' is going to step back from CS. But to ensure his fans: He will stay with the mTw family as a standin whenever an emergency will happen. We will make an interview with him aswell, we will talk about his future plans and his reasons behind his CS pause.

We hope you guys will give our new player Martin Alexander 'Trace' Bang Heldt a warm welcome here at mymTw.com!