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BRINGER OF RAPIERS

"Game of the month! Game of a lifetime! That was amazing!" - Tobi
"That was absolutely crazy!" - SyndereN

This game has a little bit of everything. A crazy back and forth throughout the game, Miracle Invoker, GH Earthshaker, and W33 Timbersaw. ODPixel gives one of his best casts, and W33 plays one of his best games. All around a fun and exciting game, setting the tone for a crazy series that would end up going to 5 games.

At the time this was one of the longest matches in pro Dota 2 history and the game engine had trouble handling any games that long.

The result is glitches and errors the longer the match progresses. It's a fun game to watch with good fights between these pretty even teams and a bonus of player chatter and commentator fun when the map goes crazy later on. Good game!

Base race between Rapier-Gyrocopter and empowered bear 30 minutes in.

The shortest game in pro Dota 2 history.

Need a really, really quick fix of Dota 2? Here you go. The draft is longer than the actual match.
It's also a great display of how a pro team is able to shut down another team of lesser skill effectively. It's a forced win through demotivating and leading the enemy team to believe there is no chance to recover.

Meracle played wisp, out of seemingly nowhere. And proceeded to make some plays.

No hard carry for Speed Gaming who take it late against the Alliance, winner of the International 2013 two months ago.

"Mousesports... Not! Your! Base!" Classic old-Mouz dives past T3 towers less than 5 mins into the game.

The most even match to see in a long time between Fnatic and Na'Vi.

Both teams collide in Game 1 of the GESC: Indonesia Quarterfinals. It's the fight for Roshan that is at the center of this game at all times. Both teams are constantly so close in experience, gold and kills you really can't tell who - if anyone - ever has the upper hand. Each fight is could be the end, but it's a long time before these teams break their stalemate.
A wonderfully tense game until the very end!

Crazy invoker game by Dendi, no deaths in 70 minutes.

Outsiders haven't lost a series yet in the TI qualifiers but BetBoom break out a Pudge-Sniper strategy vs a more traditional Terrorblade draft from their opponents. What follows is a very tense game.

Farming Venomancer, a support Alchemist, hilarious rotations, two heroes dying to neutrals,... - probably the whackiest Grand Final match to this point.

One of the clowniest and funniest matches of all time with the superb commentary by Tobi and Synd.

Underestimating the power of Tinker.

The Kiev Major was wonderful for the matches but what stood out the most is definitely the success of SG e-sports, the first South American team that fought their way into a major competition. This is their deciding third game against a sweating Evil Geniuses.

Up until this tournament most pro teams were were formed in North America, Europe and South East Asia, with South America albeit high player numbers being considered sub-par to the established elite. SG e-sports managed to turn this sentiment around with their incredible performance. Beating, against all odds, another major pro team in the previous round and showing the resilience, teamwork and dedication of world class.
The most exciting and disputed match of the Kiev Major and one of the best matches of 2017, with incredible plays from both teams. A match that will stay forever in our hearts.