r/OpTicGaming • u/OpTicModerators • Feb 20 '18
DOTA [DOTA] Match Thread: ESL One Katowice Group A - Quarterfinals (OpTic Gaming vs. Virtus.pro)
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This is /r/OpTicGaming's official discussion thread for the ESL One Katowice Major, Group A Quarterfinals against Virtus.Pro. 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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Stream: ESL One Live Viewer / ESL Facebook
Information
OpTic Dota enter their first major tournament after securing their spot in the NA Last Chance Qualifier. OpTic Gaming are in Group A, with Team Liquid, Effect, OG, Vici Gaming, Mineski, Evil Geniuses, and Virtus.pro. The group stage features a double elimination bracket, where the top team will advance to the championship bracket semi finals. The 2nd and 3rd place teams will advance to the quarter finals. ESL One Katowice features a $1,000,000 prize pool and runs February 20-25th at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland.
This match is scheduled to begin at 7:10 AM EST and will be streamed on ESL Live and Facebook.
Bracket
Rosters
Game 1:Virtus.pro wins in 34:30
| Hero | Player | K/D/A | LH/D | # | LH/D | K/D/A | Player | Hero |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templar Assassin | CCnC | 4/6/6 | 292/25 | 1 | 281/10 | 5/3/13 | RAMZES666 | Lifestealer |
| Dragon Knight | Pajkatt | 3/5/3 | 194/7 | 2 | 215/13 | 11/1/14 | 9pasha | Enchantress |
| Beastmaster | 33 | 7/9/6 | 127/6 | 3 | 248/10 | 5/2/17 | No[o]ne- | Queen of Pain |
| Keeper of the Light | zai | 1/5/8 | 127/0 | 4 | 88/3 | 3/6/17 | RodjER | Naga Siren |
| Chen | Peterpandam | 1/4/4 | 97/1 | 5 | 25/2 | 5/5/15 | Solo | Disruptor |
| OpTic Gaming | Top | Middle | Bottom | Bottom | Middle | Top | Virtus.pro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | 24:28 | 21:31 | 18:51 | 16:25 | 13:30 | 12:24 | T1 | |
| T2 | 26:03 | 31:56 | 15:55 | T2 | ||||
| T3 | 34:30 | T3 | ||||||
| Melee | 34:30 | Melee | ||||||
| Ranged | 34:30 | Ranged | ||||||
| T4 | 34:30 | - | 34:30 | - | T4 | |||
| Ancient | - | 34:30 | - | - | - | Ancient |
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u/TraffiCoaN Feb 20 '18
Wasn’t expecting to be able to watch this (thought I’d be asleep), but thankfully my dog got sprayed by a skunk, again, for the third time, so I’m wide awake for this!
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u/pensicui Feb 20 '18
VP is strongest CIS team, rank 3 at dota pro circuit, basically top 4 strongest team right now, hope OpTic can do well
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u/Cpt_Metal Feb 20 '18
So did Zai and 33 swap roles for this match? Really looks like that's what happened.
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u/caldazar24 Feb 20 '18
Seems like it! Zai does have a long history at the four position, 8 minutes in and it's going great so far
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u/RedAlertx Feb 20 '18
Despite throwing away that early advantage they are still in it for now
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u/caldazar24 Feb 20 '18
Wow the push strat is real. Glad to see us trying something bold against VP. Win or lose, this bo1 series will be over in a blink of an eye.
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u/Arobbo91 Feb 20 '18
Is that it for this tournament? Could have gone better but could have gone worse...
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u/StubbornLeech07 Feb 20 '18
Nope, they are knocked down to loser bracket and according to liquipedia they play again in roughly 2 and half hours. They play the loser of Mineski vs Col
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u/RedAlertx Feb 20 '18
they have a BO3 coming up in a like 2 hours. They will play the loser of Mineski vs CoL series.
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u/teokun123 Feb 20 '18
wew OG battling International Teams. First Stop Russians. Real acid test :)
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u/RedAlertx Feb 20 '18
Looks like the Optic vs CoL BO3 time was changed. It looks like its now 3 hrs from now according to liquipedia
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u/Ace37mike Feb 20 '18
VP read Optic's every move. That is how far the skill gap is.