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Surreal but true, se Jerry 'EGM' Lundkvist returns to Alliance for the Winter Major season, thus reuniting all five members of the roster than won The International 3.


This is not EGM's first return to the team but in fact his second. Alliance announced EGM would play for them at DAC in January of this year, but things didn't work out as planned after his attempt to switch to the offlane brought mixed results. He left the team soon after and pursued success in other teams such as Team Tinker and more recently eu Mamas Boys*.

Last week Alliance shared that MyNuts would be leaving the team, and the departing player said that he felt like a colleague, whereas the others were more like a family. EGM was part of the TI3 winning roster, and now with S4 back in Alliance after a stint in Team Secret, EGM's return means the legendary roster is reformed.

The TI3 winning roster actually stayed together for almost 18 months, a record in the Dota 2 scene, but they broke up in September 2014. Back in 2014 Loda said that "as we say goodbye to both S4 and EGM, it feels like we have lost a part of our identity as a team". Will both of them returning allow Alliance to rekindle the fire that went out at TI4?

EGM had this to say on his return:

"Since parting from Alliance after TI4 I’ve pursued success in a couple of other teams, but now time has come to make my return to Alliance, and I’m looking forward to once again playing with my old friends. Exciting times are ahead of us, be prepared!"


Alliance's captain se Jonathan 'Loda' Berg had this to say:

Today I am happy to announce the return of EGM. Some of you might question this decision. It’s scary to remake a lineup, a lineup that won it all, a lineup that went through tough losses and ended our second year together with disappointment. Some of you might call this a mistake, that looking back is a sign of weakness. But to me it feels like fate. The circle is once again complete and Jerry, you are now back where you belong.”


Alliance's roster for the Winter Major season
se Jonathan 'Loda' Berg
se Joakim 'Akke' Akterhall
se Gustav 's4' Magnusson
se Henrik 'AdmiralBulldog' Ahnberg
se Jerry 'EGM' Lundkvist

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