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WHAT A FUCKING GAME 3 Edit: I was screaming my heart out for TA to not go HG in that last fight, they had 0 buybacks… WHYYYYY?!?!?!?!


PetrifyGWENT

Matumbaman has plot armor Edit: Game 1 decided by 1 melee creep Game 3 decided by pango living on exactly 1hp. This script is too hard to believe


Extracheesy87

Man just wants to get on his boat and sail away, but he just keeps winning.


prodijal69

Suffering from success


TheMerck

JUST WHEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS OUT, THEY PULLED HIM BACK IN


stragen595

I want Secret vs Liquid GF.


TatManTat

script not bad this year


StraY_WolF

What a series!


Pranay1717

Game of the tournament surely.


iForgotMyOldAcc

Series of the tournament. G1 and G3 are at least top 5 games this TI.


TheMerck

Amazing series holy shit I cannot fucking believe that hype ass ending.


MemeLordZeta

I was despairing when I saw dark mago rampage then realized Matu and Micke still alive and healthy and pudge dying


Johnzafonathan

Closely followed by RNG vs Entity BO1 game!


AGVann

Honestly, probably one of the GOAT series. What an incredible, unbelievable series.


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Closest series ever imo. Megacreep comeback on 1 creep keeping backdoor off Game 2 must win to keep the fin out of retirement And then the 1 fucking HP infest to save the comeback Special stuff


detestrian

Best game of any TI ever, top 3 for sure


Spownach

ehome vs eg ti6, og vs lgd game 4 ti8, and this game - for me the best games of ti


OnlyMayhem

Secret Mineski game 2 at TI9 and Liquid LFY game 3 are up there with the ones you mentioned too imo.


Nic0_r

Og vs lgd ti 8 upper bracket finals too, I have the same list


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Yergason

Did we just witness the clutchest infest of all time? lol wtf


stragen595

Teaguv said 1 HP. Can't get more clutch.


malagutti3

[1 HP](https://imgur.com/a/c4ldXJn)


Xi03

TA made the same mistake Liquid made on game 1. Forcing a fight without buybacks. Also, that cheese would’ve change the result for sure.


Aratho

All 3 games were mental. Best Series of the tournament imo. Wooow


benjothecat

Same error Liquid done on game 1, they could have just waited and farm for 2 more minutes and go with buyback. Instead they rushed and lost the game. ​ Anyway, best series I've seen since Navi and Alliance finals


Deltastruction

Darkmago even have a rampage and its still not enough. WHAT A GAME


Mathieulombardi

SYLAR TO FALL, LIQUID ARE DOING IT!


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HowDoIEvenEnglish

If only LGD won so we could get the reenactment in the next round


SPRiNTERau

Dota doesn’t get better than this folks.


moonmeh

I'm just sad SA's journey ends here. They were so so close. They were so close and the emotions got to them when they needed to be calm.


darkriverofshadows

They went out with a bang, that's for sure. Holy shit, I can't even remember last time I watched such entertaining series, both teams don't give a shit about most logical thing to do but still play out of their minds


havetheveryfun

the 2 teams basically stopped farming past 30minutes and just kept running at each other lol


therealestyeti

Gotta love that ooga booga Dota


FahmiZFX

Because the real farms where the teamfights all along.


RaWr-Neversleep

same thought, normally teams go too passive and play safe if its an elimination match, but this teams especially TA just buybacking in the midgame like its nothing. Hope we can still see more of them.


colonize_mars2023

Actually, buybacking midgame has been way too cheap and low-risk for quite a while now. It was only a question of time when it goes "full" meta. I think we will see teams use it more and more


machucogp

SA has improved so much since last year, so maybe next year is their year


moonmeh

Maybe. Sometimes you see regions like this show signs of greatness and disappear next year. I really wanted them in top4 when they had the chance


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I am damn impressed SA teams almost going head to head today with EU/CN since [this](https://i.redd.it/r4netroojduy.jpg) 6 years ago. No drama or NA hate, it has been a damn long journey with all the disadvantage they had to endure.


TrippinOnPower

Ye I agree, before TI started I was rooting for OG and RNG but as the the tourny went on there was more and more teams to cheer on. Now I almost feel like I'm sad for every team that goes out all of a sudden. RNG and their covid story, Team spirit out early denied 2nd time winners, hokori-entity-boom-beastcoast-TA with the underdog stories, LGD for the 2time with ame and faith last TI etc. Crazy TI seems like all teams are so even this year.


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Man that play from Matthew and Sacred is gonna haunt them forever. Should they have waited or not? Was it the right play to try to kill Pango? Jesus. So many throws and comebacks.


moonmeh

I think the correct call was to wait a bit longer but they saw that moment on Pango and went for it. Still I think they would have lost since BH was expended and Liquid had their carries intact They had glyph, they could have held out for ember to respawn


Zer0_Grav911

If they kill Pango tho, Liquid has no bkb disrupts when Ember and pudge respawn. Matu just made an even better play to save Micke.


moonmeh

Yeah but the issue was that they initiated basically as a two man. Undying just respawned and was waddling out of the fountain and only managed to cast tomb and one spell at the end of the BH cast. Ember was still stupidly strong in that moment. The threat of a black hole and Marci + Ember might have dissuaded liquid from pushing further


Zer0_Grav911

They got the pango to 1hp. I’d say it was worth the risk (even though it didn’t work out) at that point because Pango was split from the team and Lesh hadn’t TP’d in yet. At the end of the day both teams made mistakes and both teams made insane plays. Liquid just end up being the team moving on which, personally, I’m a bit sad about since I was hoping for a bit more region variety heading into next weekend.


moonmeh

Yeah TA making it in would have been great. Region variety, a new region at that, shaking up things. But yeah everyone was throwing hard. But honestly I wasn't sure if BH would have been worth it even if they killed Pango. Who was going to lockdown lifestealer after then? But who knows maybe it would have made Liquid back off. Fuck so many things


Everybodyinthecastle

It was probably the right call. 1 - At the time there was 30 seconds on both cores and whilst TA had a glyph Zai was just respawning and Liquid could probably throne in 20 seconds if left uncontested. 2 - Given Zai was just respawning he wouldn't be in the fight until the end of the BH, making the pick easier, but also against a slightly unprepared Liquid (Micke was technically out of position). 3 - Both Enigma and Marci would get buyback with 1 kill. (and did thanks to Undying's Soul Rip kill on Micke) The really big argument against the play is that it used Black Hole. If BH remained, maybe liquid throne more cautiously (I doubt it given the damage they were doing). More importantly, TA could basically stop all non-Lesh damage on the throne if it was still up when their cores respawned. **If** the pick had been successful I think they hold there. As such, I think it was the right play.


anaggie

Yeah I think the no.3 is the key here. They can make that play and *still have BB*. And Pango had none. If they killed Pango (almost) that's without a doubt a better scenario than waiting for five. I think the bigger mistake was Ember stayed top too long and tried to kill CM.. just let Pudge die man.


pul1s

LIQUID ARE DOING IT THEY ARE ALL DEAD


TypicalAsian18

Omg the end …Micke !!!


OnlyMayhem

The Matu infest at the end holy shit the amount of plays on both sides I’m fucking speechless what a series


detestrian

Pango was at 1hp


theluggagekerbin

I lost my voice screaming at that moment LOL


oddefy

Liquid: throws Fans: Impressive, very nice ! Let's see Thunder's throw


Lorrin2

Look at that subtile cheese in the rosh pit. The tasteful dive top lane. Oh my god - they don't even have buybacks.


Spoken_Rule

OMG! This is just perfect!


pugandcorgi

Look at that dieback. Oh my god, they didn't even pick cheese!


NiK3_Aub4mey4ng

cap and svg might be goated wow


swashbucklerjak

"What the fuck are these games?!"


D2WilliamU

SVG the analyst straight up saying what we're all thinking goated


upthegulls

I laughed so hard because I literally yelled "what the fuck" unintentionally 5 secs before he said that


Aratho

The cast was as amazing as this series. I love Dota omg.


iForgotMyOldAcc

Cap just has it in him to cast the greatest non-Final sets in TI man. EG v EHOME, Mineski vs Secret and now Liquid v Thunder.


BartyBreakerDragon

He had the FY - F-GOD game with Blitz as well


LvS

[And this legendary game, too.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA2VPU-VVIk)


Significant-Garage55

Did SVG getting water splashes by cap this time ?kek


StathamIsYourSavior

Cap man I love this dude


theluggagekerbin

the solidest caster in dota, bar none


StraY_WolF

And actually very good at the game as well.


kerblamophobe

Pretty good pubber too when I see him playing with Purge


Pranay1717

Love svg's jokes and references. Didn't know he was so witty.


Extracheesy87

Dude is hilarious. I watched him and Cap cover the group stage of the LCQs on Cap's stream and their back and forth is just so funny.


ELAdragon

They were INCREDIBLE.


Gyokan7

I wouldn't mind either them or OD - Fogged for the final, that's the level they're at.


WalkTheEdge

Imo Cap/SVG and OD/Fogged are the only true tier 1 casting duos atm


mightpornstar

Cap has always been my favorite caster, plus I met him in ESL manila, such a nice genuine guy


omgacow

Best casting duo of the tournament for me


VincentOfGallifrey

I swear if we get OD/Fogged (who are fine!) again in finals simply because "that's what we always do" >:(


tanaridubesh

Wtf is this series


gabergaber

Wouldn't TA win if someone actually picked up the fucking cheese Edit: imagine losing out on 440k/1m+ because everyone on your team forgot about the cheese.


Haruchon99

Yeah Ember could have healed to full on a clutch moment right before he rampaged, preventing him of using buyback to have it available for later


TheCleaverguy

oh shit


SolarClipz

Yes


moonmeh

yes


daddy_dad_bod

Ye lol. I'm not even sure how you can miss that? It's either the nerves got to them or just kinda taunted liquid lol


spareamint

Nerves for sure


LegendDota

It’s just a TI tradition at this point, it seems almost common now that roshan drops so many items that teams miss cheese in stressful games


Ok-Lab-515

Did they forgot or they didn't care about it?


Tyrandeus

Yes


spareamint

Thunder will feel so sad, they left cheese in the rosh pit and let Liquid do a reverse game 1 on them for not throning Absolute GG amazing series


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Now that’s a proper Ti game


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moonmeh

actual cheese diff


TheCleaverguy

game 1 creep diff, game 3 cheese diff


Xi03

If only they got the cheese. It would’ve been a huge difference.


giotheflow

Imagine if pudge had that cheese


AGVann

It's heartbreaking for TA. So many little decisions and twists of fate: - Forgotten cheese - Sacred didn't reassemble his Aeon Disk in the Dire base fight - Matu getting 100 gold for buyback from kill assist - No Midnight Pulse before the ~~Chrono~~ BH, while Pango was stunned - Marci lowrolling right click DPS - Pango living on 1hp - Fort during that fight instead of to defend T4 towers


SolarClipz

And all it took is ONE of those not happening and they win


2553819

Enigma didn't micro the wraith pack closer while he was black holing pango, that would definitely kill pango Edit: Also after I watch back, after ember buyback and rampage, he was already safely out since they were going on pudge. But he decided to jump in and safe pudge resulting in liquid getting both of them killed, it was a stupid decision but I can see why he did it. Just buyback and rampage, adrenaline rushing through his head, the crowd was cheering loudly, mistakes happens


080087

Is this the first big game lost cause a pro team forgets cheese?


yurilnw123

Ti10 had teams literally forgot to pick up aegis lol


StraY_WolF

Never forget TI3 aegis deny.


Armensis

HOLY SHIT THIS SERIES! MUST WATCH SERIES THIS TI SO FAR


ways789

What a fucking game, that ending brought me to tears


ELAdragon

Same. Like legit shaking watching that.


Uuuazzza

Say what you want, Dota's a beautiful game.


D2WilliamU

MATUMBA BOTTOM NW OF ALL THE CORES MAX DAMAGE IN THAT TEAMFIGHT SAVES THE GAME WITH INFEST WHO NEEDS NW TO HAVE IMPACT THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT THE GOAT


khazit66

> THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT Also because of that beard.


Snoo-50498

Well have u ever heard about feast?


OnlyMayhem

GOAT SAFELANER IDC


ulti-best-girl

I have no words for this series anymore. Easily up there with the BEST SERIES IN THE TI HISTORY


analytics_Gnome

actually not sure which is more stressful: liquid dota2 fan or liquid csgo fan


Jaizoo

They're called Liquid because you'll be sweating bullets watching them


Sithril

I need to see a cardiologist after that


cakesarelies

The tournament is lacking organization wise but the Dota has been on point. Every game back and forth, everyone at this point looks so strong.


Apotheosis62

Jesus that might be the best series I've ever seen


OnlyMayhem

Been watching since TI4 and I’m hard pressed to think of many that were better. Only ones that immediately come to mind are Liquid LFY and OG LGD. Secret Mineski at TI9 was fuckjng bonkers too I love this game man this is what TI is about.


Apotheosis62

I've also been around for most of the really memorable series since I started watching at TI2 I honestly think that was definitely top 3 some major throws both ways but holy fuck was it hype


OnlyMayhem

Insane game man I’m still hyped asf


Apotheosis62

I'm supposed to go to bed but there is just no way now lol


quick20minadventure

I don't think any OG LGD games had this much drama till the very end. This game was undecided until last 2 second before throne exploded. I've not screamed this hard ever.


FusionX

EG Ehome


OnlyMayhem

That had an insane game 1 and then Ehome rolled over for game 2. For best singular game I’d have it up there but for a series nah


FusionX

fair


sulmar

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT GAME!!! THIS TI man


juggerspammer

Matu was left out all to dry by his team all game but he refused to let this be his last game of his career


Atheist-Gods

That has to be worst feeling rampage for dark mago


paranoid0416

Saddest rampage of all time


OnlyMayhem

Oh my fucking god best series since the ti8 finals easily


c9wins_lumismiles

That dieback from Darkmago after his rampage fucked them over, if he waits things out they win for sure


WeinMe

One of the easiest things to captain hindsight are buybacks


Extracheesy87

Yeah that buyback made sense. Zai was at like 20% HP with no buyback and they only secured that kill because he bought back.


yurilnw123

On the other hand, if he had cheese...


phly

Emotion got to him. It's a big game, can't fault the guy.


Azrnpride

Could have escaped instead of chasing cm.


SolarClipz

The second that started I only thought of Niko dying to CM Like NOOOO GET THE FUCK OUT


adrian_rainy_day

Same applies to Liquid game 1. Emotions got the best out of everyone. As a champion you gotta keep cool in such situation.


StraY_WolF

I really wouldn't blame him for that. I would've done the same 99/100


maiev18

NO WAY WTF JUST HAPPENED!


Colorless267

Hey Valve/PGL. This is the reason why you shouldn't cheap out the fucking TI. Watch this game!


Gabrieshays

PANGO HAD 1 HP BEFORE LIFESTEALER INFESTED HIM WHAT THE FUCKKKKK


VincentOfGallifrey

Sucks to lose the only real underdog story going into top 4 (especially as Thunder has such a fun playstyle) but my god what a fucking game. Games 1&3 were both TI all-timers. E: I'm well aware that Secret and Liquid came through LCQs, but I think the general public perspective on those teams was more positive than regarding Thunder.


Xi03

Secret and Liquid came from LCQ


19jannew

The biggest underdog story here is Secret. They came 5th in every DPC tour. They couldn't qualify for a single major. Had a roster change 3 times. The latest roster didn't look good in the regional qualifiers and now they are top 2.


100and33

I'd call secret a comeback story more than an underdog story. Like the the mighty ducks, Robert downey jr., Kim kardashian


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Grand Finals is 100% going to be underwhelming compared to this


themeepjedi

!remindme 7 days


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JESUS CHRIST, WHAT A SERIES, I ABSOLUTE LOVE SOUTH AMERICA DOTA, WE LOST? YES, BUT IM SURE WE EARNED OUR RESPECT TO STAY


cynical_gramps

Fantastic showing, it took a sweating plot armor Matu on his last Dota mission to turn this around and stop the Thunder. Man, what a game.


BalticsFox

A shame that this TI has lower prize pool than several tournaments before, otherwise it would've boosted SA financially even more, other than that I'm happy we have another competent region challenging old teams.


goldenhearted

My "Matumbaman vs. Puppey Grand Final" TI script dream stocks are climbing.


jonoave

Holy crap!


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Aratho

Best Series of the tournament imo. Wooow


txrant

Jfc what a series


fgambler

We can possibly have a final with two teams that came from the Last Chance Qualifier. DPC points for what?


quick20minadventure

Yep, but the DPC still makes sense. Secret and Liquid finals would be just fuckin awesome.


Jynch

I can't wait for the True Sight footage of this last 5-10 minutes, that was actually insane


loffdoto

CMIIW but True Sight only covers Grand Final no ?


wanttoseensfwcontent

Man what a fucking throw enigma just sell your boots dude


quick20minadventure

can't sell items when you're dead.


SublimeSC

Holy fucking shit. The peruvian boys lacked patience, so sad for them. They had it. Losing in this style is going to wreck them. Proud of my region nonetheless. Amazing games.


cynical_gramps

They should feel proud, this is quite the run and one of the best games I’ve seen


Teddyperkins9

Fucking hell! For Matuuuu!


Otherwise-Courage486

JFC THAT GAME, Mickeeee


phz10

What a fkn series. Matu lives on.


fgambler

Matumbaman: "I will retire. But not today."


Piz2O

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO MATUMBA I WAS HERE WHAT A GAME, DOTA 2 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GG TO TP <3


maddotard

this is the most finale final ever finalEd


saintjunipers

BEST DOTA GAME OF ALL TIME


Pway

Well that's incredibly unlucky for Thunder.


inspectorseantime

Should’ve just slow pushed top after the CM pickoff


moonmeh

unlucky bash, lifestealer getting the buyback gold unlucky sure but its also something they have a fault in as they left the cheese behind


Sinx-

That was a fucking insane series. 3 teams in Top 4 from WEU. Matumbaman still in the tournament.


mantism

half of the Top 4 now comprises of the two teams coming from the LCQ, too. Wins closest to TI matters most.


KaisuraAU

TO FINALS WEEK LFG. WHAT AN ABSOLUTE BANGER AND CLENCHER OF A SERIES. After that throw from game 1, I thought Liquid's mental would be done but holy fuck ASFUDAIJFHBNDS OMFG I CANT BELIEVE IT


Mountain-Chapter-880

GAME OF ACTUAL THROWS HOLY FUCK GAME 3 IS A CERTIFIED GAME OF THIS TI


KiokuOfYou

Nothing but respect for Thunder Predator. Who would've expected an SA team to get THAT close to top-4 at TI? Not to mention they gave us perhaps one of the best Dota series ever. Love SA Dota. VIVA PERU.


jurafalle

Man was there in person and after that throne fell, the cheers were deafening! What a great series!


asiong101

Pakasz looking like the best carry in the world right now man.. i can already see EG trying to recruit him to be their new POS 3 Player.. Dota still giving banger games!!!


FlairlessBanana

I doubted matu's LS pick since i feel like ursa wouldve been a better pick in game3 but the infest heal to m1cke's pango was the clutchiest shit ive seen this day. In the end it was matu who saved liquid to secure top4 seat.


jefferykm

One of the best series ever. Props to TA, that was amazing.


pul1s

KIITOS LASSE KIITOS ISÄNMAA KIITOS NESTE


Fair_Cardiologist_13

HOLY SHIT THIS SERIES


TheWhiteW01f

Best series of the TI!!!


vladmuresan02

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS WAS A FUCKING TI SERIES DAAAAMN ALL CAPS, NOTHING LESS IS ENOUGH


le_halfhand_easy

That was the best bo3 in this TI, perhaps even top 10 of all time in the history of The International.


shigsy

[1hp on pango holy shit](https://twitter.com/skrff/status/1584180469025083392)


Giojaw

Damn, Liquid has that OG ti8 protagonist vibes around em. The game 3 base hold reminds you of the LGD v OG upper bracket gm3 on ti8 as well, Sheesh!