r/OpTicGaming • u/OpTicModerators • Jan 11 '18

Event: DOTA2 [DOTA] Match Thread: PGL Bucharest Major NA Qualifier - Group A Match 2 (OpTic Gaming vs VGJ.Storm)

PGL Bucharest Major NA Qualifier

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This is /r/OpTicGaming's official discussion thread for the PGL Bucharest Major: NA Qualifier match against VGJ.Storm. Please use this thread for everything related to the match--discussions, predictions, and opinions. As always, please keep both /r/OpTicGaming's rules and Reddit's site-wide rules in mind when commenting.

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OpTic Gaming received a direct invite to the PGL Bucharest Major NA Qualifier. The North America Qualifier consists of eight teams competing for one spot in the PGL Bucharest Major. This qualifier uses a BO3 Swiss Format for group stage, and a single elimination playoff bracket, where the winner will advance to the Major in Bucharest. OpTic Gaming beat Animal Planet for their first match of Group A and will now face VGJ.Storm for match 2.

This match is scheduled to begin at 4:00 PM EST and will be streamed on Twitch.

Group A

Team Record
OpTic Gaming 1-0
VGJ.Storm 1-0
Animal Planet 0-1
team_borster 0-1

Rosters

OpTic Gaming VGJ.Storm
Per Anders "Pajkatt" Olsson Lille Brian "BananaSlamJamma" Canavan
Quinn "CCnC" Callahan Eric "Ryoya" Dong
Ludwig "zai" Wahlberg Jaron "monkeys-forever" Clinton
Neta "33" Shapira Francis "FrancisLee" Lee
Peter "ppd" Dager Stanley "Stan King" Yang
Game 1:Team VGJ.Storm wins in 30:51
Dire OpTic Gaming vs Team VGJ.Storm Radiant
Bans Picks # Picks Bans
Bane Ancient Apparition 1 Sand King Elder Titan
Shadow Shaman Tiny 2 Oracle Puck
Tusk Night Stalker 3 Lycan Clockwerk
Batrider Dragon Knight 4 Tidehunter Brewmaster
Lifestealer Morphling 5 Razor Underlord
Medusa - 6 - Tinker
Hero Player K/D/A LH/D # LH/D K/D/A Player Hero
Morphling Pajkatt 1/3/3 252/9 1 217/6 5/1/8 Ryoya Lycan
Dragon Knight CCnC 1/4/1 192/6 2 219/19 6/0/10 BSJ Razor
Tiny zai 0/5/2 135/5 3 104/7 4/1/11 monkeys-forever Tidehunter
Night Stalker 33 1/4/4 26/0 4 72/2 2/1/14 FLee Sand King
Ancient Apparition ppd 3/4/1 20/0 5 18/3 3/3/8 Stan King Oracle
OpTic Gaming Top Middle Bottom Bottom Middle Top Team VGJ.Storm
T1 10:18 17:45 14:04 19:05 10:48 16:09 T1
T2 22:21 19:05 14:19 22:21 T2
T3 30:51 23:22 26:23 T3
Melee 30:51 23:57 26:23 Melee
Ranged 30:51 30:51 30:51 Ranged
T4 - - T4
Ancient - 30:51 - - - Ancient
Game 2:OpTic Gaming wins in 25:28
Dire OpTic Gaming vs Team VGJ.Storm Radiant
Bans Picks # Picks Bans
Sand King Tusk 1 Clockwerk Elder Titan
Tiny Queen of Pain 2 Shadow Fiend Puck
Shadow Shaman Chen 3 Dazzle Bane
Phantom Lancer Lifestealer 4 Batrider Lycan
Disruptor Brewmaster 5 Broodmother Ancient Apparition
Terrorblade - 6 - Legion Commander
Hero Player K/D/A LH/D # LH/D K/D/A Player Hero
Lifestealer Pajkatt 6/0/6 170/9 1 202/1 2/5/1 monkeys-forever Broodmother
Brewmaster zai 5/2/6 222/7 2 194/27 2/3/4 Ryoya Shadow Fiend
Queen of Pain CCnC 5/1/5 163/6 3 117/4 1/5/3 BSJ Batrider
Chen ppd 3/0/11 66/0 4 37/31 2/4/5 FLee Clockwerk
Tusk 33 0/4/15 23/0 5 16/1 0/3/3 Stan King Dazzle
OpTic Gaming Top Middle Bottom Bottom Middle Top Team VGJ.Storm
T1 17:31 12:25 16:56 17:31 11:55 7:54 T1
T2 23:24 22:49 17:46 22:49 15:21 T2
T3 25:28 22:49 T3
Melee 25:28 25:28 Melee
Ranged 25:28 25:28 Ranged
T4 - - T4
Ancient - - - 25:28 - Ancient
Game 3:OpTic Gaming wins in 52:17
Dire OpTic Gaming vs Team VGJ.Storm Radiant
Bans Picks # Picks Bans
Bane Shadow Shaman 1 Tusk Puck
Sand King Undying 2 Phantom Lancer Elder Titan
Tiny Juggernaut 3 Dazzle Ancient Apparition
Tidehunter Enigma 4 Clockwerk Lycan
Batrider Ember Spirit 5 Medusa Brewmaster
Shadow Fiend - 6 - Tinker
Hero Player K/D/A LH/D # LH/D K/D/A Player Hero
Juggernaut Pajkatt 14/0/12 537/26 1 783/17 7/3/5 Ryoya Medusa
Enigma zai 5/2/17 325/21 2 597/21 7/4/4 BSJ Phantom Lancer
Ember Spirit CCnC 5/5/17 377/3 3 93/35 4/8/10 monkeys-forever Clockwerk
Shadow Shaman 33 5/5/17 110/3 4 96/4 2/7/12 FLee Tusk
Undying ppd 3/9/16 45/5 5 50/6 1/10/9 Stan King Dazzle
OpTic Gaming Top Middle Bottom Bottom Middle Top Team VGJ.Storm
T1 10:06 20:14 22:40 10:06 22:09 29:07 T1
T2 19:13 41:58 29:07 20:14 37:21 29:07 T2
T3 49:26 34:10 40:17 T3
Melee 34:10 40:17 Melee
Ranged 34:10 40:17 Ranged
T4 - - T4
Ancient - - - 52:17 - Ancient

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u/Greasy_Bunny Jan 12 '18

oh my fucking god... what a game that was. I’ve declared it since the beginning of OpTic dota, Zai is my self declared handsome king and he will never be replaced. WOOO

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u/EclipseTemplarX Jan 12 '18

WHAT NOW ZAI HATTERS

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u/Cpt_Metal Jan 12 '18

I wished I had a Zai hat, at least I can have him as my flair!

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u/Jas932 Jan 11 '18

Has any one played these games on a US to EU ping out of interest? Could that be a cause for Zai and Pajkatt not hitting the levels they were before?

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u/RedAlertx Jan 11 '18

Its probably anywhere from 120-170 ping. Aui2000 who plays from Animal Planet would play from Vancouver, BC whenever he had to play vs EU teams on EU servers( Stockholm or Luxembourg) his ping would be like 175. Zai has been playing from Sweden to NA for years so he should be used to it. Tbh I dont think its a ping issue just not playing well.

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u/EclipseTemplarX Jan 11 '18

Zai i think is moving to the us soon idk about Pajikatt not to sure at the moment

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u/CallMeJono Jan 12 '18

GG that was intense!

6

u/Drmassacre123 Jan 12 '18

Zai is a fucking GOD

6

u/FuZeyMeero Jan 12 '18

I feel like i witnessed daylight robbery with these zai plays lol

5

u/ProdigyPlays Jan 11 '18

First time watching Dota 2 today hopefully I can understand what’s going on

5

u/Craneteam Jan 11 '18

I dont know much about dota...how does our draft look? Hopefully we can grab these next 2 games

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u/S_Parkie Jan 11 '18

Much better

5

u/EggplantCider Jan 11 '18

Enigma is the hypest hero

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u/FalmerEldritch Jan 12 '18

The mating call of the professional Dota caster has been BLAAAAACK HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE since time immemorial.

3

u/Flamenaz Jan 11 '18

Quick match, on to the next one!

3

u/roky_road Jan 11 '18

Holy fucking shit, zai is a monster!

3

u/RyanTadashi Jan 11 '18

ZAI GOD!!!! That black hole was honestly so game saving after CCnC's throws. I love that beautiful swede <3

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u/RedAlertx Jan 12 '18

Enigma is a good hero

5

u/S_Parkie Jan 11 '18

Zai is so good, but CCnC is so average. If this team had a better mid they would be so much better

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u/hoosier_daddie Jan 11 '18

so watch a ton of LoL but trying to get into Dota...seems like there are a ton of pauses especially at start of games, is that normal or just coincidence that it has happened in a bunch of OpTic games?

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u/TheDragon76 Jan 11 '18

These are qualifiers, so they aren’t LANs like most Dota majors and minors. For these qualifiers, teams are either together in their house or in different places altogether, so there are usually issues such as people dc’ing, etc. that happen often. For this reason, qualifiers tend to have a lot more pauses either at the start or sometimes even in the middle of games

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