Undefeated EG in EIZO February Cup
EG undefeated in EIZO February Cup
Posted by John "Jocario" Thi 9 hours ago
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EG convincingly claimed the first place at the EIZO Cup and bagged €1250. PaiN placed second after Virtus.Pro withdrew from the finals.
The EIZO Cup has just ended with four teams remaining to begin day two of the tournament. Evil Geniuses were perfect in the EIZO Cup winning all four games today, and all four games yesterday to claim the February's Cup against PaiN.
Recap of the events today are as follows:
Semi-final 1: paiN 0:2 VP
Virtus.Pro went into the game as the favourites. They claimed the first game convincingly with a farmed solo mid Warlock. Besides that, Gyrocopter on the safe lane managed to pick up a fast Black King Bar and the entire game started moving towards the Russians in mid game. PaiN's unconventional Morphling pick did not work out well.
In the second game, VP opted for a global gank strat with Nature's Prophet and a Wisp with a Dragon Knight as the hard carry. Bane Elemental also played a big role in surpressing paiN's Lifestealer ability as carry and VP secures the second game.
Semi-final 2: EG 2:0 TL
The match between the two American teams, Evil Geniuses and Team Liquid was anything but easy to predict. In the first game, EG picked a rather strong team fight combination with a Tidehunter and an Enigma. Even though Steven 'Korok' Ashworth, who played the TA for Liquid, was able to snuck the last hit on Roshan and stole the Aegis, EG were able to overcome the carry potential of their regional rival’s lineup. TL's Lifestealer was successfully surpressed.
In the second game, EG picked up Lycanthrope and Nature's Prophet who both bought Necronomicon to split push. Team Liquid's Dark Seer fended off several assaults on their tier three towers but failed to sustain it. EG took game two and advanced to the grand final to face Virtus Pro.
Virtus Pro pulling out of the tournament
Virtus Pro informed EIZO Cup organizers that they were unable to make the schedule for the grand final before the grand final.
Virtus Pro has received the dates and schedule prior to the tournament.
Tournament admins disqualified VP and decided to give paiN another shot at proving themselves in the grand final against EG.
Dennis 'HolyMaster' Schumacher
Virtus.pro received the invite to the EIZO CUP about two weeks ago and accepted. The date and times were known from the start. Two days before the start of the main tournament they approached us, because they were double booked. So we adjusted the schedule: The semifinals started an hour sooner, the grand final got delayed by an hour. We even had a long break on the stream, just for them. So right when we wanted to start the grand final, they informed us that they're unable to play. This is heavy missmanagment from VP, especially after we've shifted our plans for them. Therefore Virtus.pro was disqualified and paiN took their place in the grand final.
Jacob 'Maelk' Toft-Andersen via Twitter
"Virtus Pro is pulling out of the EIZO final - no idea why - and we are playing PaiN from Brazil instead. Really wanted to play VP though! :("
Grand Final: EG 2:0 PaiN
To start off the finals, EG utlilized an aura stacking strat with Vengeful Spirit, Luna, and Beastmaster. EG rolled paiN over quickly in the mid game who were relying heavily on their free-farming Anti-Mage. AM was not able to get big enough in time as the barracks fell.
In the second game, EG once again relied on both Enigma and Tidehunter. EG shut down paiN's Brewmaster and Storm Spirit very early into the game with a roaming Tidehunter. Effective movements in the map allowed EG's Nature's Prophet to farm up an early Mekansm which led into an early Aegis for Weaver sealed the game for EG. EG takes home the first prize.
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NS: VP not adding Ars-Art
NS: VP not adding Ars-Art
Posted by Eric "reinnnn" Khor 13 hours ago
NS responds to questions stating Ars-Art will not be joining him in VP. Ars-Art will most probably be taking a break from competitive Dota 2 scene.
The departure of Sergey 'Ars-Art' Revin from Na'Vi has been quite a surprise and quite traumatizing for some. Many has been speculating as to where Ars-Art will go with many pointing towards Virtus.Pro and Team Empire.
Team captain of Virtus.Pro, Yaroslav 'NS' Kuznetsov, posted a blog on VK (Russian Facebook) to address the hundred of users questioning him regarding the possibility of Ars-Art joining his team.
Below is the translation of the blog by ingik:
More than 100 users have posted the same question to me, “Will Smile play for your team?”. I thought that I should answer everyone here. Sergey aka Smile is an amazing player and person. We played together for about 2-3 years in different teams and it was always a pleasure. But this doesn’t mean that we will use our personal sympathies and immediately destroy everything that we have built for months.
At the moment, Virtus.pro Dota 2 has a nice playstyle and a strong roster. I, as a captain and my players did not consider changing anything with all these shuffle going around. Our hard work for six months will not be in vain and restarted just by changing our roster. The Virtus.pro squad won’t be going through any changes, unless something extraordinary happened to one of our players, all the way till TI3 100%. It is only after that we might have some shuffles but we are not looking that far ahead yet. We are training and playing our best.
I wish Smile the best and I am sure such a talented player can easily find a suitable team or perhaps create his own one. Anyway, I don't think he will be retiring from Dota, so all the fans just have to wait for him to return to the pro scene.
Since, Ars-Art has responded to NS' blog in an interview by Virtus.Pro TV (In Russian) and stated that he will perhaps look to take a break from competitive Dota 2 for a month or two
Time will tell if Ars-Art will return to the competitive scene.
Ars-Art has played together with NS in several different teams over the years and was considered the core member prior to DotA 6.48 era in Virtus.Pro.