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He convinced Anathan 'ana' Pham to rejoin OG and signed Topias 'Topson' Taavitsainen one of the most talented carries in the world. The story that follows will be unforgotten: OG traveled to Vancouver as an underdog to compete at The International 2018, but left as champions.
Our Australian prodigy, without whom nothing would have been possible, Anathan “ana” Pham, will be taking a longer break away from the game. He'll remain a sub for OG.
— OG (@OGesports) 19. November 2018
→ https://t.co/GERSDKmsAL #DreamOG pic.twitter.com/xAoiLetFsm
The team decided to take a break after the victory and didn't compete at The Kuala Lumpur Major. The first games of the team are only one week away, because they start in the closed qualifier for the next Major.
Who will replace Ana?
However, it seems like Ana decided to leave the team a second time. Here are his words to the fans:
OG will always be the happy place! - Anathan 'ana' Pham
Although he decided to take a break from Dota 2, the Australian carry won't leave the team completely. Ana will be the official substitute for the upcoming Dota 2 Pro Circuit helping the team whenever a player won't be competing. Captain Johan 'BigDaddyN0tail' Sundstein addresses the fans himself, too:
Thank you all for showing us this incredible positivity and support that helped us throughout TI. Couldn’t have done it without you. The dota 2017-2018 season gave us a lot of good games and a few new faces, but Ana is somebody we all knew and to think he’d return to us after close to a year of not playing together. What a journey this year was, and to my own surprise what an ending it had.
When I think back at TI8 Ana Ember pops into my head and leaves me smiling, wonder what other people think when someone says TI8 Ana.
To Ana,
Thanks brother, thank you for the best few months of my professional life. To see you lay the haters down one by one and keep climbing higher is a true inspiration to me and others that see it. Can’t wait to see you soon down under my man, all the best - Johan 'BigDaddyN0tail' Sundstein
OG announces soon the stand-in they'll be using for the upcoming qualifier. Right now, they don't have a replacement for Ana.
Who do you think would be a good replacement for Ana?
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