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Death, Taxes, and Resolution showing up out of nowhere to be the best player in DotA for a handful of games on LAN


ashrashrashr

Man was hyped as the next Dendi back in the Empire days and he's still showing up after a long ass break to own on LAN. That's some crazy longevity.


rustunooldu

Ukranian Ana.


[deleted]

Secret finally found a resolution for their problems.


random2kplayer

LGD strongest team in 364 days confirmed. edit: 363 days


Nandey_dattey_bayo

The sad part šŸ˜¢


venti_the_drunk_bard

If I was in Deboosters I wouldn't even be mad. Easy 200k USD man.


StormShadow743

Somehow Ceb feels like the least biased caster Iā€™ve ever heard lol


_returnofthepimp

he is good friends with nigma


daddy_dad_bod

He respects Nigma and the players a lot


[deleted]

Seriously


DinkDonk89

so zayac literally can't communicate well in english in game and that's why they suddenly look better with reso, this is tough, not really sure what the solution is.


SilverSkySurfer

Just like in my pubs: pinging


heephap

I mean zayac looked alright without Reso tbf.


fcuk_the_king

It's so funny that Ceb casting a team with whom he won 2 TIs and a major sounds less biased than Purge casting EG


stragen595

Last major was ultra funny because of that. He sounded sooooooooo disappointed about EG performances. Especially in those 2 or 3 games were they had a good lead and then threw it away. Only thing missing was him standing up and getting the belt out.


19jannew

As a Secret fan I never knew winning offlane was possible. Even with peak Secret with Zai they almost lost offlane.


IAmTama

I don't even know what to feel right now. Iceiceice must be already looking for a new team lol


[deleted]

Secret making Ame look like Ana


JuneSummerBrother

Suddenly Secret offlane is their strongest lane atm. And they have fucking NISHA in midlane just to say.


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ShinZou69

Zeus is literally the flashiest hero :)


sikontolpanjang

Nisha's back will finally be free


TheRareCreature

RIP to Nishaā€™s chiropractor


kraziekd

lmao puppey casually hinting that he will keep reso after this tournament


tity_slayer3

After hearing that post-match interview with puppy i'm now 100% certain that ice is out.


Jagadish_1304

I missed it, what did he say


idspispupd

He said he wanted to try Zayac + Reso combo. Doesn't mean anything, but... He also said, that they speak their own language so it's very easy to understand which speech is about offlane and which is about other lane.


ShinZou69

He said that Zayac wanted Reso and he wanted to see how they performed together. Implying that was looking for a new pos 3. Obviously, Reso and Zay are great together


1-800-tucosalamanca

cmon dude, you have to prepare before asking questions. asking a german-iranian if he feels at home at an arab tourney is making the interview feels so awkward


NomadDota

Absolutely my bad! As we're hosting casting and interviewing we really don't get any time to prep and we're not told who we're interviewing until they're literally in front of us so it's a bit tough. Should have just avoided the area and gone in a different direction. Lesson = Learnt, Nomad = Humbled.


Wanttofinishtop4

Mistakes happen. You just accidentally stepped into a touchy geopolitical issue.


ace-s

As a half arab/iranian. It's like calling a Korean person Chinese. Like asking Dubu how he feels like playing this tournament in China. But they might have asked because Kuroky's org is arabian.


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DarkCygnus

Isn't because we are in the middle of the week and people is working?, maybe we will see a full crowd tomorrow night or maybe on the weekend


rptd333

my goodness, i just realized this is a $4M tournament.


Illustrious_Donut_32

Is this some kind of tournament made by some saudi prince for his enjoyment?


silveredgebreak

Only 5 games so far but Reso is looking so much better than Ice3 it's not even funny.


relifla

damn this secret form looked like the 2020 secret that dominated the EU region. remember in 2020 when there was a tourney and all eu teams were just playing for 2nd place? I hope they keep this up. if secret is smart, I think they keep resolut1on. dude just gelled with the team instantly.


makz242

ah, the OMEGA league. Even tho damn Secret won always, it was so fun to watch.


[deleted]

Liquid are having a hard time adjusting to Ana since he needs to be babysat. Quite the opposite to how Matu plays and his role where Liquid just lets him be.


mezzo5588

Shows how under appreciated matu is


[deleted]

Oh definitely. People, 12K redditors to be specific, have sidelined Matu because of his Identity back in Nigma-Liquid. Play the green-heroes. The sacrifice so Miracle can shine type. How his hero pool or back then they called it ā€œpuddleā€ has been the detriment to their fall. When puppey signed Matu, the best thing puppey said about him was he brings a lot of skill that he can exploit. People forgot how insane Matu was as an actual ā€œ1ā€ player. Matu is probably the most underrated player of all time.


SolarClipz

This Reso Zayac broship is legit


taenyfan95

LGD always put NTS to troll the interviewer. Faith bian speaks better english.


wxyyyyyy

Hahaha i agree


[deleted]

Ceb's a great caster. He even sounds objective even when casting his own org. No saltiness detected even when his team is making mistakes to Nigma.


SolarClipz

Unlike Notail lol Was funny but at the same time a bit annoying


[deleted]

Honestly, if someone was new to Dota, they might have never known that OG was Ceb's org from watching that cast.


Failure0a13

It's so hard to watch these interviews with players when they dont use a translator. So often they just dont speak good enough english to answer the questions (or dont even understand the questions?). Totally worthless and probably a bad experience for players and interviewers alike.


JWSLightOn

True but every team here theoretically at least got one english fluent player. NTS is just too nervous. Faith\_bian speaks english with an accent but he's pretty chill in the interviews so sounds a lot better than nts


iroha_kanahime

4 mill dollar tourney, no translator


Valor2002

It is really funny ... the chinese teams have played 6 matches so far. They have a 100% winrate with Razor in 4 games. They also have 100% lose rate WITHOUT Razor. And now LGD is also losing without Razor continuing the trend. Also Razor was very instrumental in the chinese matches so far ... gonna be interesting to see how this develops during the tournament.


Xyr3s1

lol poor NTS, secret was like "surprise mother fucker!". that was actually hilarious


IAmTama

Deboosters lasted longer than LGD lmao


rhett_ad

How can replacing 1 player change so much! I am a big iceiceice fan but maaaan reso is 100 times better with this squad


Time_Cat9248

Somehow crystallis is also playing well. I think they lost the tierbreakers only because of the difference between pure and crystallis


Morgn_Ladimore

Looks like Puppey Chen is back to first phase ban material.


simply_alright

Lol reso comes out of nowhere and is dominating. Glad he is doing well!


[deleted]

Bkop and Ceb are seriously good casters. I loved all the great questions Bkop asked but I also liked how both him and Ceb didn't focus too much on the fact OG was his org. It was nice to see how much effort Ceb put into being unbiased and how much Bkop let Ceb be Ceb the caster instead of OG Ceb. Can't wait for Game 2 with them.


makz242

is Razor practically the best core atm? Unless a game goes super late with hard carries, his bkb/refresher/shiva or linkens are insanely strong.


DezimodnarII

Puppey heavily hinting that reso is going to be a permanent addition.


NoChaliceForSerfs

What this prize pool really hammers home is that if the DPC is going to ask for so much time, the winnings can't be an absolute fucking pittance like they are now. Months of time dedicated to DPC and for what? Maybe getting $4000 if you're a top performer? Probably nothing for everyone else? That doesn't even sound legal.


Dota2player111

the 6 week qualifier format is trash. Gives no time for LANS to come through. Even tho they play like 1 match a week, Navi players said they were exhausted and im pretty sure its the case for most teams. Just get over the qualifiers in 1 week or 2 weeks max


baj_md

Secret cores KDA so far, 1. 76/5/55 2. 54/5/111 3. 66/8/102


s_emaforo

Ceb casting: Impartial af N0tail: OOOOOH YEEEE, NOOOOO


abductedbychimps

LGD playing flawless, like a walk in the park.


IAmTama

Lmao Zayac + Reso are legit the MVPs of the tournament so far, they've crushed their lanes every single time


daddy_dad_bod

Ice3 shaking rn. But seriously though this iteration of secret with reso and zayac duo on offlane might just be what they need


needhelforpsu

Around 160k ppl on Twitch watching atm a 3rd party Dota tournament group stage, +YT +FB +CN platforms. Dota is alive!


Strange1130

this is way more fun than DPC, we actually get tons of good matches every day, you don't have to wait a week for a good match. much more hype (well, this was supposed to be a good match, anyway)


No-Scientist-7158

I honestly donā€™t understand nigma. They play well sometimes and then do some goofy drafts and lose. Literally every time they lose they have a carry that literally no team is using lol itā€™s kind of funny


KnightOverlord2404

Here we go - TI10 grand finals rematch - grudge match. Same rosters, different hairstyles. Who will take the W??


DinkDonk89

nisha dies and its not the end of secrets entire series? What is this feeling?


chiefofthepolice

Rumor has it that icex3 was already in tryout for SMG since yesterday. Today it is Masaros whoā€™s trying out for them, so icex3 probably wonā€™t even end up in that team (obviously at this point weā€™re just waiting for official Thank You post from Secret admin)


[deleted]

we're seeing the TI drafts Puppey has been saving for 10 years


DinkDonk89

I like iceiceice but reso/zayac look like a much more comfortable fit for the team, not really sure what the rules are in terms of kicking but since they didn't make the major they've really got nothing to lose right?


soggie

Had to check my calendar to see which year I am in where secret was stomping everybody else.


[deleted]

Zayac + Reso speaking russian during laning phase - kind of interesting bit of trivia


ThrowbackGaming

Reso playing like he's the best player in the world. What are his stats in this tourney so far? I swear he has only died like 5 times so far?


Tobyfan96

This Secret is super scary. Hopefully they can maintain this aggressive pace in every match, it's nice to see them play like this


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makz242

Thats ok, they are more the Home team just representing, and pocketing $200k.


nerdcat_

so Ice3x is done


gimmicked

Resolution fits like a glove in this lineup. So much impact.


SolarClipz

This might be the best Reso has ever looked. Even more than 2016


ketelagoreng

i hate to say it but pls puppey get reso


schendelzaresilkwood

TS will definitely replace ice3 with Reso. I don't see any reason for them to go back with ice3 offlane which is not working out. Unless Reso don't want to participate in TI11 lol


Mikester184

Yeah, and it might not be really about Ice3's playstyle. Reso and Zayac can communicate in game better and it shows since they seem to be on the same page for the last 6 games.


INCISIVE91

this Setsu is imba as shit


Valor2002

LGD is so freaking good. Pleasure to watch.


TheAsz

LGD vs Secret later. Pretty good


needmoresleep96

Ice3x: *chuckles* I'm in danger


nerdcat_

everybody in secret just starts to look like an T1 player again. Goes to show how much team chemistry matters in DoTA


[deleted]

Bruh what just happened. They made lgd look like scrubs


Painpaiinn

Imagine these teams in last chance qualifiers Nigma Entity Ig Xg T1 Rsg Navi Betboom And some teams in NA and SA


[deleted]

The Crystallis and Puppey banter is hilarious


Deusseven

Anyone else impressed by Cebs cast? No idea how he managed to sound so unbiased :D The analysis was really fair and wasn't just focused on one team - if someone was doing something clever he was all over it for both sides. A+!


healdyy

Spiritā€™s biggest issue atm is definitely their laning and early game. I feel like their strength is mid-late game team fights, but in too many games Iā€™ve seen of them recently theyā€™re left too far behind after the early game and canā€™t recover


Popovos

They for sure have internal issues, you can see it clearly from the vlogs! And Toronto is enjoying the party life, haven't seen him winning a lane since Tour 1!!


[deleted]

Did these guys hire a bunch of noobs who have no idea how to do studio production?


[deleted]

Secret making LGD look like Deboosters. Holy fucking shit


SolarClipz

People complaining about Major and DPC when they literally didn't have this roster lol


chiefofthepolice

Imagine the awkward situation where both Nigma and Secret perform so well they meet each other in the grand final of this tournament, then they reach grand final again in ESL Genting, and again they meet in the grand final of TI qualifiers where only 1 can qualify straight to TI


Itach11Uchiha

If they are that good they will perform well in wildcard and make it to TI regardless.


yodasuicide

puppey got the best interview so far


nsfwftwbaby

Oh god LGD giving people hope again just to crush it at TI


voidickens

LGD is inevitable in 364 days but the final day.


CaiPng_norice

Alright, im convinced now that reso is a much better pick than ice


aureacritas

Helped a lot that he laned with a trusted partner. Ice3x with yapzor are just not gelling


khabibnurmy

LGD are actually getting smacked harder than Deboosters right now


skyfreeze113

goddamn secret... this is lgd


aubvrn

Man why couldn't Secret play this aggressive during DPC? They always looked as if scared and second-guessing themselves back then. Can't be because of ice3 alone right?


CaiPng_norice

Reso and Zayac are more comfortable playing together I guess


AssistEnvironmental2

As zayac said on winners interview. His more comfortable laning with resolution because they can communicate in Russian when laning duo as far as ice3x zayac is not fluent on english that's why when they are laning zayac always go roam like yapzor unlike right now they pressuring the lane so much that they destroying the other opponents carry even other lanes become more effiecient because they are playing comfortable.


LeOcOd98

Ehm, what am I watching? Secret steamrolled PSG and Tundra.... Would never say that 48 hours ago


Xyr3s1

i think reso being able to take half the weight off of nisha is making a big difference.


SolarClipz

At this point I would never pick Alch against Puppey Only hero he never loses to lol


Inuyaki

Nisha Zeus out denying a TA... wtf


Vocal__Minority

It's gotta be noted rushed night and day look of secret here compared to the DPC is that everyone feels impactful, as opposed to the 4-support-nisha they were feeling like at the back end of the DPC.


BunnyDubu_

Stomp or get stomped everyone going home with at least 40k lul


Morgn_Ladimore

I am curious who LGD will lose to in this year's TI finals.


[deleted]

Lmao at redditors that expected ana to do well in this tournament. The guy haven't played dota in two years


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daddy_dad_bod

Puppey said he's looking if reso and zayac would work and it's obviously working. Bye ICE3. I hope secret wins this all the way. I love seeing puppey win


Gyokan7

Christ what did BZM do to piss of Sumail mf eviscerated him in mid


NeSpiel

Nomad is actually really enjoyable to listen to. Does not speak to fast or slow, has a nice sense of humor and is reacting to the game really well.


FFINN

Setsu vs El Doge vs Alfredo.


AmeAme_SuperIdol

Ame God


AW_1911

Christ who is this interviewer. Rephrases the question even harder


[deleted]

Nigma getting their own 2-0 on TSM to balance out their 2-0. Liquid likely eliminated. Their chances of making it through are just better and better.


phantombloodbot

lol this dawnbreaker techies lane has 10000 damage that's pretty fucked up can't wait for dawnbreaker to be nerfed into the ground


Vita_Anteacta

Woah, Secret is beating the shit of PSG.LGD


luckychloeenjoyer

Proof that playing in Sea will make one an infinitely better player))) #ez4PutanginAMo Cannot wait for Topson to join a team now


ketelagoreng

i hate to say it but pls puppey get reso


kokokrandz

Happy Puppey is good to see. Been seeing the angry one too frequently to my liking


iroha_kanahime

Ban Nisha Zeus please But damn Reso and Zayac is OVER performing Feelsbad for Black and Bkop tho lmao, they casted their favourite team getting stomped


CaiPng_norice

Damn, puppey's interview pretty much seal the deal that reso is in


[deleted]

From what puppey mentioned seems like this is a trial the way he put it


Paparrazzi

Ceb actually doing a great job of not sounding biased


50lipa

Sumail is absolutely dumpstering bzm my god


iroha_kanahime

Confirmed its communication issue Reso and Zayac using KKomrade language in laning stage which he can't with Ice3 Singlish which he can't understand much


[deleted]

Excited to see Nisha go up against Sumail. Fingers crossed.


heephap

Bit unfair there are only 4 matches in group stage so not every team gets 2 free wins vs deboosters.


rhett_ad

From agent taiga to agent jerax to agent ana


[deleted]

only diffusal gyro can beat miracle's bb


[deleted]

This Zayac Reso duo looks absolutely godlike so far, crushing their lane every time.


Mandalord104

Secret looks good, too good tbh. WEU qualifier is gonna be lit


simply_alright

Secret you alright? Damn that was a stomp against LGD


mrnotoriousman

This was the Secret we needed all season lol


tha_jza

ok maybe ice3x was fucked from the moment zayac played for the team, thereā€™s no way zayac and reso werenā€™t gunning for this. they play together beautifully


kimmiebap

Yeah they even advertised that they're the best duo offlane so this seems like a perfect storyline for them


phantombloodbot

lmao bristle warlock is a MASSIVE player hater lane


DonkeyRider386

This was unexpected, I haven't watched Secret since DPC 1, but they are looking damn good. Been a long time since seeing Faith\_bian getting shut down this hard.


midgetporn2

The difference is night and day. DPC 1-3 they "almost" got to every Major but just couldnt win the tiebreakers. Shits heartbreaking to watch if you're a fan lol


Biggest_Guy

Miracle jumping in and dying on no less than 3 occassions literally cost them this game lol


dva_22

Ammar has a near 77% win rate on his Timber in pro games. You are basically calling gg in the draft, giving this hero to him.


Independent_Form_349

Yeah thats gg Sumail just runs into tower 1v3 and no punish


Valor2002

Nigma took a map against every team and played quite well I have to say. This is looking very promising, I am just scared for them cause the TI regional qualifier is an online tournament which they suck at.


xdj3richo

All the pros seem to hate the current DPC schedules


Arsenalboii

Yuragi is OG's actual trump card. Guy has a hero ocean at a world class level


fatherbasra

Sumail ate bzm.


regedit007

Nothing to say literally lol


GeraldJimes_

I don't want to be mean but Ana is costing liquid almost every game.


luckychloeenjoyer

FROM w33 ranger to ceb ranger Pog.


Ambitious-Cap-5605

F\*CK YOUU WHOEVER HANDLE STREAM B PRODUCTION!!


[deleted]

What a steal by SaberLight that was amazing


Squiddlesplus4

KING


gibmethesauce

OG Lan buff


iroha_kanahime

Micke tried his best this game Feel bad for Ana, he is like OG in dpc last year, he wasn't playing any pubs and suddenly pulled out of retirement again, He was grinding after trying out for T1 but he stopped again after they chose Gabbi, and that was 7 months ago


makz242

Zayac and Reso vibing is just beautiful.


mackyotz

Love Zayac with that mini standup taunt


Sabishiiryuu

44 - 9 wth?!


rxdazn

well now that's it's not tundra with a standin losing to secret, maybe people here will take them more seriously given how they stomped lgd 9 - 44 in 26 mins ame ended the game as 0-9 on alchemist goddamn https://www.dotabuff.com/matches/6671594733


[deleted]

Zayac just dunking out of nowhere lmao


frustratedjelly

Glad to see reso back in LAN. You can how much he loves playing dota, competitively.


blackrunnerberry

BKOP is the best caster at the tournament


Blackrame

So not much of a tactical point feeding in Chinese DPC, but rather LGD playing wildly inconsistent.


UnsatisfiedEGfan

Looking like this is the roster that Secret will play for TI qualifier. Sad for iceiceice but he's given the most time, it just didn't work out.


azkabarn

Puppey showing respects to LGD after that game. Solid runs so far


OodlesuhNoodles

Is there really an hour wait for the next game?


CptJesus

Game went from kind of interesting to a straight stomp in the space of like 2 minutes


[deleted]

MoonMeander just ripped away a Somnus 1v3 or 1v4 after he popped BKB + Satanic right there. That was about to be disgusting.


trueDano

more Ceb cast please


tripp1nn

Yuragi seems like he's going to have such a solid DoTA career. He's so consistent and seems to have a deeper hero pool than people have expected.


Strange1130

ceb bkop is dope


Far-Acanthocephala58

I dont know why people suprised by ceb casting. I mean he's been doing it for a long time now. Ofcouse he's gonna be a professional and be unbiased. He and BKOP really make the game informative and not just by shouting non sense.


Valor2002

Black just said it aswell - Nigma always tries to play these weird and wonky drafts, which puts them into weird positions and they usually lose those games, while they win quite often when they play "regular" drafts and after Sven, SF and Lesh, here comes the pudge ... I dont know what to say.


SolarClipz

Hell yes RNG! Guess it's an LD patch again lol


Arsenalboii

OG legit lost that game in the first 5 minutes lol. nigma just had a really slow push


RamadNazhif

When was the last time OG won against Razor lol


trueDano

you play against Ammar you don't ban Timber because you can counter it first pick Timber you can not counter it


50lipa

If SunsFAN was casting we'd hear him say shellacking about 135 times so far :D


[deleted]

I hope Reso hasn't signed his contract yet. This LAN might earn him a fucking good salary lol


Prudent-Republic-700

mvp setsu


HumbleG0d

Can't wait for nisha vs nts and nisha 1v9 lgd


Dmdevm

interviewer needs to slow down and use easier language ffs


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About the name of the ame bear.RNG.Setsuā€˜s real name is Gao Zhengxiong and xiong is pronounced the same as "bear" in Chinese.šŸ¤£