Known in his early DotA days with WE for his spectacular performances with Earthshaker, Veronica hopes his new stint in TongFu will take him to greater heights professionally. In an early with G-1, he discusses his past career and his hopes for his new team.
Introduce yourself to the readers!
-"Hello everyone, I'm Yaodao from TongFu. You may know me as Veronica."
Can you tell us about how you joined TongFu?
-"Well initially, I actually planned to retire from competitive gaming and rest at home. Then, Hao, who was a good friend of mine, tried to recruit me. I had my reservations, but seeing that WE and TongFu had talked it through, I decided to join TongFu."
What are your thoughts towards the new training grounds?
-"The new environment is alright, I would say. My new teammates and I are getting along fine. A part of me is missing my friends and family in Shanghai though."
How about your role within the team? SanSheng and LongDD are both experienced support players, but LongDD is taking up more of the 3rd position while you're playing the only support role in the team.
-"It's like this - I've played as support in the past and I'm not really accustomed to playing the 3rd position. (I have the least experienced in that role)."
Apart from all these changes, you've also abandoned your nick Chan. What is the reason behind this?
-"I was already using V (Veronica) in my early days at WE, it was just because of nick space considerations that I took up Chan instead of V."
You have spent close to two years in WE as one of its original members. Is there anyone who has played huge role in your success these two years?
-"Actually, I enjoyed my time playing with the Lunar Cup roster (Author's Note: Sylar, Fnty, Mofi, Li, Chan). Apart from that, one of my teammates, XiaoLuo, was a really smart player in his prime, although our team then were easy carried away during the mid-late phase during many games.
As for someone who has helped me throughout the two years, I guess I am really gratefull towards 2009 (WE coach)."
Who is taking over Awoke's role now in TongFu? Is it LongDD?
-"LongDD frequently takes up the 3rd or 4th position for the team. He's a rather experienced player himself - our weak performance of late can only be attributed to our form as a team. We've been playing rather horribly but we hope to make some adjustments soon."
What is your team's biggest obstacle then?
-"I think the main problem is communication and the deliberation over our individual roles each game. I believe that given some time, we'll be able to pull through eventually."
At the last season of G-1, WE was the breakout team, taking out iG and LGD. What was your fondest memory from that season?
-"It would have to be the third game against LGD when we had a Dragon Knight with a Divine Rapier and a Tauren Chieftain. Dragon Knight took out their Anti-Mage with a butterfly in three hits, and managed to own Brewmaster's Primal Split pandas as well."
Thanks for the interview. Shoutouts for your G-1 audience?
-"Thanks to all my friends and those who have supported TongFu in one way or another. I hope we find our form soon." 
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