Author: Arseny Kuzminsky
The International 2022 is very close. Mystic meets the main Dota 2 event on October 8, but the tournament officially starts on the 15, as the Group Stage begins. Before TI11, there will be another small competition for 12 teams. Only two in this Last Chance Qualifier will proceed to TI’s main event; the other ten will stay as arena spectators or go home.No long introduction: in this text, we’ll talk about the LCQ teams, recall the format, and make a tier list, deciding who has more chances to win. Decorative text against a black background reads “The International 2022…
A translation of Fishman’s recent interview for Metaratings.Entity got a direct invitation to The International 11. They worked hard throughout the year, but couldn’t earn enough DPC points. The only way for them to get to TI11 was via Regional Qualifiers, where they met Nigma Galaxy, Team Liquid, and Team Secret. And they won. The team has already landed in Singapore in full, despite the recent political events. Entity’s captain and a position five player, Dzmitry “Fishman” Palishchuk, known for his unusual hero pick and ingenious moves, in an interview with Metaratings, shared a couple of inside stories and delightful…
In his latest interview for Ryze, Kirill âBoombl4â Mikhailov shared his deepest feelings about relationships with his ex-wife, drug usage, abuse, NAVI kick, and others.We translated the original interview.Original Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h76uUUkwvP4âI met her on a call in March 2021. Right after IEM Katowice I broke up with my first girlfriend, she did not congratulate me on winning the tournament and I decided that it was the last straw. And I broke up with her because of this. Then I decided to, letâs say, relax a little. Sometimes it happened before, to be honest. I came to meet her, she immediately…
Rainbow Six Siege is a difficult and complex game that requires deep immersion, detailed mechanics study, and is generally not easy to understand at first. Nevertheless, it rewards in full for all the time and effort spent.Moving on to the main question, there are several game modes in Rainbow 6 Siege. Each of them, roughly speaking, represents the stages of development of any player. All three modes are divided into:playing solo against botsteam playing against botsmultiplayer (PVP)So, beginners can study maps without any other players participating if they first want to understand the game. You can also work on communication…
BLIX.ggâs Arseny Kuzminsky takes us through exactly why we should keep our eyes on BetBoom at the upcoming Stockholm Major.Daxak. Remember the name.Two years ago, he would play at the ESL One Los Angeles with ppd and Universe as a part of Ninjas in Pyjamas. But COVID struck, and the tournament was moved online. They finished in 13-14th place and disbanded.Nikita “Daxak” Kuzmin is quite popular in his native region. He’s a simple guy who knows how to play his position well, streams a lot, and charms his fans with his simplicity. He can be kind and angry, but you…
Clear favorites, prepared underdogs, and many candidates for elimination.Eastern European Regional League DPC Spring Tour resumes, with the first matches held on April 27. Here’s a briefing before the online league starts: format, participants, power ranking, and a standard set of three questions to be answered.Initially, the Spring Tour was supposed to start alongside all other regions, but the matches were postponed indefinitely because Russia invaded Ukraine. The original organizer was Epic Esports Events, but Valve confirmed that BTS took charge of the event.In late March, rumors about the EEU DPC comeback began to spread. But the Dota community received…
Now a full-fledged support heroAfter some long, long wait (100+ days, which is the second-most time between patches in the modern Dota 2 era), 7.31 has been finally released. The patch gave us new jungle creeps, neutral artifacts, and a hero from Aghanim’s Labyrinth (Primal Beast) and drastically changed Techies’ gameplay. A sad day to all pub trolls and a blessed day for the rest.We’re not joking: the notorious demosquad is never even close to what it has been: a defensive character for map control no more, Techies is now a full-fledged position 4-5 support. Whether this is good or…
He’s been in the game for 17 years, half of his age. If you ask anyone in Dota and even the widespread esports community who’s Loda, they’ll answer immediately: Legend.Celebrating Jonathan “Loda” Berg’s birthday, we’ve compiled 34 facts about him, his career, personal life, organization, and more. And it’s not just a bunch of simple “he’s the co-owner of Alliance”, “he’s married to Kelly”, “he won TI” compilation. We’ve dug up some good old stuff. Dive in!”Loda” originated from “Lord Of Dol Amroth” from Lord of the Rings.”Loda” originated from “Lord Of Dol Amroth” from Lord of the Rings.Loda is…
We could’ve said it’s the calm before tiebreakers, but ultimately, this week’s a total banger. There are not only five, but many more matches we would advise watching.It’s the last DPC League week before the tiebreakers, the Major, the Qualifiers, and TI 2022,; and the next DPC wonât happen until at least November.And it’s going to be brutal: the matches of Week 6 are very intense, and the situations in almost every region are as dramatic as possible. In general, we advise you to watch almost the entire DPC League as if it were some kind of major tournament because…
What does it take to win a long game?With the clock almost hitting the hour mark, IVY’s networth against Brame was 100k+ gold. But the players were in no hurry to counterattack considering the megacreeps, carefully clearing their own base from these endless waves and waiting for the right moment. Legit: enemy Lycan had a Rapier and Travel Boots, so leaving the base building on their own could be fatal. Still, the defending team knew they had to wait for the right moment and execute it.Since it was a match-deciding map for Jonas “jmn” Matz’s team, one could imagine the…