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The battle has raged for months. Warriors representing many flags fighting for a simple chance to prove themselves. Now the final stage has arrived and the past means nothing here. Those victories are long gone and each unit starts anew with a shot at history. Who can overcome their obstacles and rise to the top? Who will succumb to the pressures of battle? Only one can be victorious and rise above their fallen enemies as champions! Welcome to DreamHoN.com! Your source for official coverage of the DreamHoN tournament here at Dreamhack Winter 2012 in Jonkoping, Sweden! Throughout the event, this site will be constantly updated with results, stats, interviews and articles as we follow the top ten HoN teams in the world as they battle it out for their piece of the $60,000 prize pool. Please take some time to explore the site and be sure to read more about our ten exciting teams as they prepare for the most intense few days of their lives. Don't miss a second of the action and stay tuned to Dreamhon.com for the inside scoop!

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It’s finally time. After months of various qualifiers, the teams are now gathered in Jonkoping, Sweden for Dreamhack Winter 2012. By all accounts, this could be the most contested HoN tournament in history with ten top quality teams from around the world. To kick off the event, we have perhaps one of the most anticipated matches of the tournament: Gary Johnson 2012 (V0TE) vs. Complexity (coL).

Now, lots has been written about Complexity since they formed. Since that time, they’ve been widely considered the best team in the world. Lately, however, the gap has closed and that position is in doubt going into this event.

One of the teams that has an argument for that top spot is Gary Johnson 2012. Led by long time top player, Kyle “Swindlemelonz” Freedman, this squad has a ton of history together and plenty of LAN experience.

“I just like the group of guys I got,” said Swindlemelonz. “I really like our teamplay.”

Despite being fairly new as group of five, perhaps the most impressing thing about this team is their chemistry. Swindlemelonz is joined on the team by his brother, Zakari “ZfreeK” Freedman, and Alex “Sender” Wieker, which forms the core trio of the team. This group has played together for well over a year on various different teams and, when combined with the talented European players, Maurice “KheZu” Gutmann and Daniel “Skyzoe” Marklund, they make up a force to be reckoned with in the scene. Couple that with strong LAN performances from various members of the team (Skyzoe: 1st place NASL, Swindlemelonz: 2nd place DYA) and you have an epic opening match against Complexity.

Going into this event, Gary Johnson 2012 has been on a hot streak and were able to battle through the winners bracket of HoN Tour to reach the yet-to-be-played final match. They should not be overlooked and Swindlemelonz and crew are rightfully confident going into the first match.

“If we’re going to win the whole thing, we’ve gotta be the better team. We’ll find out now.”