Naama
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| Background Information | |
| Name: | Santeri Lahtinen |
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| Team: | Absolute Legends |
| Race: | Terran |
| Alternate IDs: | ALNaama, eSaharaNaama, Virus.Naama, mouzNaama, Naamahauki, Naamis |
| Nicknames: | The Beast |
| Country: | Finland 
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| Birthday: | October 13, 1992 |
| TLPD: | International |
| Livestream: | TeamLiquid.net Twitch TV own3D.tv |
| Fan Page: | Naama's Fan Club |
| Twitter: | NaamaSc2 |
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| Team History: | Fightline, Virus, mousesports |
| Crowning achievement: |  DreamHack Winter 2010
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Santeri "Naama" Lahtinen is a Finnish SC2 Terran player who is currently a member of Absolute Legends.
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[edit] Biography
Naama started his RTS-career from Warcraft 3, which he played a lot with his brother Sein. He didn't achieve a lot in Warcraft 3, but things changed when he got the beta key for Starcraft 2.
[edit] Wings of Liberty
After receiving the beta key, he quickly became a force to be reckoned with in the Finnish scene. He also gained some recognition in the international scene when he won the 4th Viking Cup. Since the release of the game, Naama has won the 33rd Go4SC2 cup. He also came 4th in the monthly finals with HuK. He also showed off his skills in a showmatch between Finland and Sweden, where he all killed the Swedish team, which consisted of SjoW, ThorZaIN, Jimpo and merz.[1] [2] Naama's play earned him an invitation to the DreamHack Winter 2010, where he notched impressive wins over top players such as TOP and MaNa to take 1st Place.
On February 28th 2011, Naama left Mousesports and joined a less-known team, Virus Gaming, where he partnered-up with his brother Sein and his friend Satiini [3]. During the following few months, he slowly faded away from the European scene, appearing less and less in major events. He eventually left Virus Gaming on August 18th 2011, in order to become a member of the Fightline project, alongside other former members of Virus.[4] One month later, Naama released a statement explaining that Virus Gaming didn't pay him his due wages while he was under contract with them, and that the team made him false promises concerning the payment of hotel fees [5]. He also explained that the lack of communication of Virus's staff and his own lack of motivation had influenced his skill in a bad way. On October 31st, Naama left Fightline and joined eSahara alongside his teammate and friend Satiini.[6]
As of January 11th 2012, Naama will practice in Korea with MvP's B-team (Project Supreme), alongside his teammates DeathAngel, Check and cArn, and will try to qualify for GSL Code A [7]
[edit] Trivia
- He is the younger brother of Sein.
- Known as The Beast in the nordic countries, named by TheBeard - the caster and admin of the ESL Viking Cup.
- Once said in an interview that the biggest mistake of his life was "leaving mousesports to join Virus".
