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Name: Joe “Voyboy” Esfahani
Team: Dignitas
Position: Top Lane
Recent Accomplishments: 1st player to reach 2k ELO Season 2, 3rd Place IntelEM Kiev
Favorite Champions: Akali, Renekton, Ezreal
You can follow Voyboy on Twitter at: @dignitasVoyboy or on Facebook.
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Riot: So in your own words, how did you end up on team Dignitas?
Voyboy: I started playing League for fun after Mordekaiser came out so I am relatively new to the scene. However once season one started I quickly climbed quite high in the ladder and became friends with other players at that level.
During winter of last year, so about a year ago, Scarra/Naryt approached me about joining "Rock Solid" for the Newegg Wanfest tournament. I was really honored by their offer and accepted. We ended up doing really well, I think we got 3rd overall.
I received a nice 200 dollar hard drive for our accomplishment, which completely blew my mind at the time. Receiving free stuff to play video games!? It was like a dream come true, haha. We decided to stick together as a team because of how well we did for our first tournament and because we actually managed to beat CLG, which if you recall was kind of the unbeatable team at that time, which made us feel very confident in our abilities for the future. We ended up continuing to do very well, but unfortunately we barely missed out on qualifying for the Season One Championships in Sweden, losing two very close best of three's against CLG and EG. However, we once again learned from our mistakes, kept together through thick and thin and are about to attend our 4th event as a team, so I'm really ecstatic with the way things have turned out.
Riot: I have often times seen top lane characterized as the emotional anchor of the team. However you are on a team with players that are several years your senior. Do you feel like your teammates look out for you due to your age?
Voyboy: I think that they look out for me to a certain extent, but really we have developed a lot of respect for each other to where they trust me enough to make my own decisions. I know they want to take me to Chuck E Cheese if we win the Season Two Championships, so there's still amazing benefits to being the "kid" of the group. =D
Riot: With the recent loss of long term team mate Jatt and the acquisition of I Will Dominate, do you think the team is bonding together or will the shift in players adversely affect Digitas’ performance at IEM Kiev?
Voyboy: I think that we certainly would have liked to dedicate more time to scrims to work towards achieving a desirable level of team cohesion, but school got in the way of that. We're actually working pretty well together in our recent matches for just picking up a new player but obviously with practice it could be improved upon greatly. I'm happy with the way things are going and I think we'll do well at Kiev.
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