hi everybody I'm here with shiver shiver
hello and how do you enjoying to be here
so far I'm having a really good time
it's h it's fun to be back in Seattle
it's my fourth time here and uh yeah
it's great uh tell us about your story
about your first work in at the ti uh my
first work at TI was actually last year
at ti3 actually no that's not entirely
true uh at ti2 I was uh here on behalf
of ghost Gamers doing interviews and
while here I was asked also about Val
like hey can you do some interviews for
us as well and of course I I said yes uh
and that was actually my first time uh
working for valve but like my first
actual official work was last year ti3
where I was hosting the or I was a
panelist rather on the group stages and
then I got asked after the group stages
hey do you want to do it for the main
event as well so that was really great
and I'm I'm really excited to be invited
back for for this year how is it for you
to be among few girls working in Dota
scene uh it's it's a it's really nice in
one way and also it's it's sad there's
not more I wouldn't I wouldn't mind
having some more girls to you know have
have here too to be here too also for
the for the English coverage but I mean
it's it's an honor to be invited still
uh okay uh what do you think about
changes of theti compared to last year
uh last year I mean uh there's a lot
less games for group stages I think
that's uh really good because uh right
now everybody gets to play in the arena
and and like that just makes a big
difference I'm really happy that all the
teams get a chance to play in Key Arena
and that they'll have a chance to also
like show their friends and family like
you know I played here on stage well
last year we had to say goodbye to to
eight teams already through the group
stages uh what do you feel about V
involving people from the community to
work at the international and uh help to
create it um well it's the best way to
do it I mean DOTA is here because of a
community that made the game and and and
actually the only reason that DOTA was
able to grow as much as it did was
because of the community and they uh
they therefore invite all the community
members because they are the ones to to
make it as big as it is and I'm really
happy that they're trying to involve as
many people as possible to uh to make
sure that you know they're going to be
able to continue doing that okay uh tell
us about your transition from the
commentator to hosting the analytic
desks um it was mostly mostly last year
so I was casting throughout uh last year
or before TI rather and then I was
invited as a panelist at the the group
stages so I got a I got a hint of
Hosting I have never I had never hosted
before but I hosted a bit during during
the group stages then and I I really
liked it so I wanted to try to explore
and see uh if I could do it better
because obviously like I always know
that I can do better than what I'm doing
uh at the moment so uh I tried to focus
the last year over on more on on hosting
itself and uh it's been really it's been
really fun and I feel like I'm learning
a lot while doing it I feel like I'm
challenging myself to to to to break
boundaries and to to do new things and
to like I'm learning a lot more than
what I did when I was still only
commentating I'm still also commentating
uh less unfortunately but uh I mean it's
it's a lot of fun what is your next
challenge for you what you do well uh
I'm here as a panelist so I still have a
lot to improve on as a host so I'm I'm
not done yet I have to I have to to be
better it's nice um where do you see
yourself for example in 5 years oh
that's a that's a really difficult
question because I normally like never
really thought about what I was going to
do and the last few few years I've been
mostly going from International to
International in terms of like you know
am I going to try to find a normal quote
unquote job or am I going to continue
trying to to make it in orts and this is
this this is actually the first
International where I did not only live
towards the international but also think
about what's happening afterwards and
know that I can actually continue
working in Esports rather than having to
find a a like normal job um but uh in 5
years I have no idea and I I like it
that way that means that I have no
expectations to to disappoint myself and
it means that I can I can do whatever I
want I can be anywhere I want so uh for
now I'll just I'll just look a few
months after the international which I
actually also don't know what I'm doing
then so sure do you have a
dream um it's that's difficult because I
don't like right now my goal is to maybe
try and get a shot at hosting ti6 oh
it's a Target I think yeah cuz like I I
want to I want to constantly do better
but I mean da6 before that my goal is to
maybe host a major I mean obviously that
would be the the the first step I think
and maybe then if I get the host a major
maybe not yet International six but
maybe then seven I don't know but that
will be my goal for now and and it can
change if I find something that I really
like doing and um like I found like I
found hosting for example then maybe
maybe my goal changes over the year and
I want to do something entirely
different but for now that is the goal
okay it's clear um let's talk about the
games the international so what is your
prediction of this di um so far I think
I mean I I I do think that secet is
going to do really well and I think
that's a fan favorite now I I I do think
they're going to also end up uh number
one if they continue their current form
but what we've seen previous
Internationals is that everything
changes during the group stage
like the whole meta changes the whole
way the game is Play Changes like for
example newbie last year during the
group stages they were almost eliminated
and they only like under bring made it
through through the the bubble bubble
race brackets and I mean they ended up
winning the whole thing and it it I
don't know it everything can change
maybe a team is going to figure out what
team secret is doing and or they're
going to figure out a whole new thing
that nobody can beat and then it's going
to be unknown team X that's going to be
taking out everybody it could just
happen it's it's that's the beauty of
the international everything can change
but my personal favorite is team secret
to take it but who knows really do you
cheering for someone uh I'm I'm cheering
for team secret as well so okay um thank
you for the interview do you have any
shout outs uh yeah uh shout outs to uh
people that been supporting me on my
Esports Journey so far it's been really
awesome and I I really enjoy all the
support and of course also shout out to
my sponsor steel series who uh was just
amazing so thank you thank you for your
time and see you guys thank you