Player Loda from from Sweden Dota 2
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Jonathan Loda Emanuel Berg is a Swedish professional player.
Jonathan started his cybersport journey with DotA, where he played on 5 different teams over the course of 4 years. In December 2011, Loda along with Akke put together a Dota 2 team called eXperience Gaming, which was soon signed by Counter Logic Gaming. The most lucrative event for the organization in six months was StarLadder StarSeries Season 1, where the squad took 3rd place.
In May 2012 Loda moved to Team Zenith. The roster took 5th-6th place at The International 2012. In October 2012 Jonathan returned to Europe and joined Swedish team No Tidehunter, and after rebranding Loda started playing under the Alliance tag. The team took 1st places at G-1 Champions League Season 5, DreamHack Summer 2013 and The International 2013.
The champion squad broke up by 2014, because of which Alliance started to perform with mixed success. In 3 years the main achievements of the team were victories at DreamLeague Season 1, World Cyber Arena 2015 and StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 1. At The International 2016, Alliance finished 9th-12th place, and in 2017, before the next The International, Jonathan left the team.
A year later, Loda returned to the new roster, but his performances were very rare. In June, Loda announced the end of his career as a player, after which he took the position of a coach in the same team. Thanks to his guidance, the team placed 3rd at the 2019 OGA Dota PIT Minor, 2nd at StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 2, and 1st at DOTA Summit 10. In 2019, the organization renewed the roster, with Nikobaby, Limmp, s4, Handsken, and fng joining in 2020. The new team consistently showed decent performances at tier-2 and tier-1 tournaments, among them: ESL One Birmingham 2020 Online (2nd place) and OGA Dota PIT Season 2: EU/CIS (2nd place). Loda later became CEO and Team Director of Alliance, and in December 2023 the organization disbanded its Dota 2 roster, but plans to return to the pro scene in 2024.