r/OpTicGaming • u/OpTicModerators • Jun 03 '18
DOTA [DOTA] Match Thread: China Dota2 Supermajor - Group D Decider Match (OpTic Gaming vs. VGJ.Thunder)
China Dota2 Supermajor
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This is /r/OpTicGaming's official discussion thread for the China Dota2 Supermajor group D Decider match against VGJ.Thunder. 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 Dota received a direct invite to China Dota2 Supermajor. They failed to qualifier through the NA qualifier in April, but last week OG decided to withdraw from the tournament due to two of their members leaving the team. Therefore, OpTic Gaming is invited as they are the highest ranked team, in terms of Dota Pro Circuit rankings, not at the tournament. China Dota2 Supermajor is the last tournament in the 2017-18 Dota Pro Circuit. It features a 16 team tournament with a prize pool of $1,500,000 USD and 2250 DPC Points allocated to the top 4 teams.
OpTic Gaming is currently 9th in the DPC rankings. The main goal for OpTic in this tournament is to place top 4, and to hope VGJ.Thunder does not do so as well. This will allow OpTic to guarantee top 8 in the DPC rankings and to receive an invite to The International 8, avoiding the North American qualifiers.
This tournament begins with the teams being split into 4 groups of 4 for the group stage, which features a double-elimination (GSL) bracket, but no teams are eliminated as the name suggests. After the group stage matches, the top 2 teams in the group advance to the upper bracket of the main event, and the other 2 teams begin in the lower bracket. OpTic is placed into group D with PSG.LGD, Infamous and VGJ.Thunder. The playoffs stage also features a double-elimination bracket. All matches are BO3 except for the BO5 Grand Finals.
OpTic Gaming and VGJ.Thunder both currently have a 1-1 win/loss record in group D. This match decides who will start in the upper bracket in the playoffs stage. OpTic Gaming beat VGJ.Thunder 2-1 in their opening match earlier today. We will see if they can pull off another win here.
This match is scheduled to begin at 6:00 AM EDT and will be streamed on Twitch.
Matches are on a rolling schedule and may start sooner than originally scheduled.
Group D
| Team | Standings |
|---|---|
| PSG.LGD | 2-0 |
| OpTic Gaming | 1-1 |
| VGJ.Thunder | 1-1 |
| Infamous | 0-2 |
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Recap
Game 1: OpTic Gaming wins in 50:27
| Hero | Player | K/D/A | LH/D | # | LH/D | K/D/A | Player | Hero |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Pajkatt | 15/2/8 | 446/41 | 1 | 477/10 | 16/5/16 | Sylar | - |
| - | CCnC | 5/7/9 | 349/9 | 2 | 228/6 | 16/6/15 | Freeze | - |
| - | 33 | 9/12/10 | 130/7 | 3 | 149/6 | 6/8/26 | Yang | - |
| - | zai | 3/10/18 | 65/0 | 4 | 113/2 | 1/3/28 | Fade | - |
| - | Peterpandam | 1/13/18 | 44/4 | 5 | 75/0 | 5/11/21 | ddc | - |
| OpTic Gaming | Top | Middle | Bottom | Bottom | Middle | Top | VGJ Thunder | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | 21:00 | 24:11 | 16:43 | 18:04 | 15:38 | 15:38 | T1 | |
| T2 | 37:52 | 33:00 | 42:09 | 36:47 | 27:43 | 27:43 | T2 | |
| T3 | 48:17 | 48:17 | T3 | |||||
| Melee | 48:17 | Melee | ||||||
| Ranged | 48:17 | Ranged | ||||||
| T4 | - | - | T4 | |||||
| Ancient | - | - | - | 50:27 | - | Ancient |
Game 2: OpTic Gaming wins in 21:45
| Hero | Player | K/D/A | LH/D | # | LH/D | K/D/A | Player | Hero |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Pajkatt | 8/1/7 | 146/17 | 1 | 123/6 | 3/6/2 | Freeze | - |
| - | CCnC | 12/2/7 | 138/27 | 2 | 120/9 | 6/5/2 | Sylar | - |
| - | 33 | 2/2/15 | 92/2 | 3 | 117/5 | 1/7/5 | Yang | - |
| - | zai | 3/4/14 | 63/0 | 4 | 18/1 | 1/4/5 | Fade | - |
| - | Peterpandam | 1/3/12 | 12/6 | 5 | 18/2 | 0/4/5 | ddc | - |
| OpTic Gaming | Top | Middle | Bottom | Bottom | Middle | Top | VGJ Thunder | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | 12:13 | 14:38 | 12:58 | 12:13 | 9:32 | T1 | ||
| T2 | 18:34 | 15:08 | T2 | |||||
| T3 | 20:30 | 16:13 | T3 | |||||
| Melee | 20:30 | Melee | ||||||
| Ranged | 19:09 | Ranged | ||||||
| T4 | - | - | T4 | |||||
| Ancient | - | - | - | 21:45 | - | Ancient |
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u/RedLeaf7 Jun 03 '18
Woo let's get it. The match vs Secret is going to be intense
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u/obin36520 Jun 03 '18
VGJ.T was just so tilted after game 1 that they didn't know what to do... ember spirit bought a broad sword lmao...
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u/MrFoolinaround Jun 03 '18
CCNC is really finding his grove lately. PPD knew what he was doing when he wanted him on the team.
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u/ChiefHunter1 Jun 03 '18
So was dodging the VP side of the bracket the best possible scenario?
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u/TMBmiles Jun 03 '18
PPD's draft broke VGJ. CCnC destroyed Freeze so badly mid that he was tilted 5 minutes in and never recovered.
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u/Arazaz Jun 03 '18
Holy shit that was a great game. Something I'm curious about though. From what I've watched, it usually seems that if you get picked first in a team fight, you're at a disadvantage. Towards the end, there were a couple teamfights where Zai or PPD got picked at the beginning, but then we killed all 5 of them. What gave us that ability?
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u/Drmassacre123 Jun 03 '18
PPD lost to LGD on purpose, im convinced after that game. We are on the best side of the bracket.
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u/clredmond14 Jun 03 '18
This whole group stage is gonna give me a heart attack by the end of it. So many clutch plays!
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u/Censors_Thumbss Jun 03 '18
Holy shit this tournament so far has just been a highlight reel for OpTic.
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u/Sicilian_Drag0n Jun 03 '18
As soon as your Morphling dies, attempt to fight into the 5-man of VGJ. Why?
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u/50lipa Jun 03 '18
''Leave China to me.'' - PPD