Hey, friends! This our second Dota 2 bootcamp vlog.
The DPC league is in full swing, it's 11 AM, and team manager Sergey Anahronix is the only one awake.
We are going to ask him about the schedule, everything that's going on here and how to make it through 45 days in the house full of Dota players.
Good morning, Sergey. - Hey.
We stopped by this early and wanted to talk a bit to you since everybody else is still sleeping.
It's always nice to talk to the manager as he's always in the know of all the secrets of the team.
What does your job at the bootcamp entail? 45 days is a whole lot of time.
How do you put 5 players and coach Mag together to make it work?
We just get our daily routine going as the guys arrive and start to get used to the computers and the atmosphere around.
We're practicing hard and playing officials.
Other than that, the most important thing is probably taking the time off to unwind and refresh before getting back to the grind.
As for my role, it's mostly keeping the place in apple-pie order, ensuring everything is running smoothly and the schedule is being followed.
Overall, team practice, looking for scrim opponents and anything to help the team improve in terms of time-management.
Won off skill then.
The drafts matter a lot when it comes to top-tier level competition.
The last patch? What changed? Nothing.
In the big picture, Dota hasn't changed at all except for some meta and hero adjustments.
It's a lot about skill when you have a Miracle on your team who can single-handedly carry the game with his signature heroes.
Or General. - Skill matters big time.
When we have time off, it's mostly board games.
Kicked Rodjer out.
Some Uzhgorod technique right there.
He is going at it. FLY is a natural dealer.
Watching movies occasionally.
And going out every now and then.
Anything that takes your mind off your routine and practice, and allows you some bonding time.
Most of the time, we're staying inside, and trying to keep things entertaining - board games come in handy.
Walk us through the first game. How important was it to start the league with a win?
What was the preparation like mentally?
Overall, the league is of great importance. There are few games and you have to be prepared for every single one.
Underdogs might pull off an upset any time of the day, so there's no time to get complacent.
You always have to analyze things on the go as every game and every win is crucial.
Any slip up significantly lowers your chance of getting the top 1 spot.
So there's no place for underestimation and expecting easy rides or effortless wins.
We try to do our best, though we do test certain things here and there, but overall, we all mean business.
There's no 'this or that win was important' - any League game is crucial as the format is rather unconventional.
Imagine if the game didn't end at that point.
You would've tilted.
I would have if I had died then.
I mean, just thinking of it makes me tilt already.
Against Lycan and Dark Seer in the same draft again.
I mean, come on. And Earth Spirit to top it off.
Dosia is my idol.
I would love to play with him.
I even hosted his stream once.
Ult up, coming.
No hex. - I'm on my way.
They're screwed. Baiting spells.
I'm TPing. - Slow them down.
Looking for Nyx. - Grab this one.
No Roar. - I'll tank, guys. I'm going forward.
Supernova. - Used it.
Let them jump on FLY and we'll kill them.
You're creating space and I'm farming now? - Yeah. That's why I want a Blink.
He Astraled himself. - Yeah. - Going after him.
Yeah, yeah, it's on. - I can't now. - Follow me.
Kill them. Kill them. - I got Cheese. - I'll heal. - I still got Cheese.
We got Rosh, I was going to check the bounty rune spot and figured I had to steal it.
The series was okay. They did put up some fight but we are stronger and I'd say a bit of a higher tier team.
We played pretty well. Won the series.
Let's talk about the second match against No Techies - an interesting team under Solo.
Did the guys feel any special pressure heading into that game?
Despite the players knowing each other in real life, we had to step up and win the game.
Solo's team has just started off and they're slowly getting traction as the tournament progresses.
They've got potential, however, there was no pressure or special approach to the game.
Do you think they'll go for Chen?
What confuses me are Nyx and OD's positions.
Onto Wyvern. Controlling her. - Go ahead. - Dragging OD.
300 MP Lesh. BS! - BS, BS!
Maybe BS? - BS, BS! - I'm zoning them out.
Focus BS. Focus BS. - I Bloodraged you, Alik.
Going into Atos with no vision.
How much was it?
It was ticking down.
How much was it? 10? 10?
No, 6. - 10?! - 10?! - 6. - 9 or 10?
Clowns.
You know, it feels like you didn't want to say that but you did anyway.
We know that the team started working with the new psychologist, how this experience has been like for you so far?
What is his input and what does he do overall?
We have several sessions a week, discussing some basic matters within the team, and learning new things in this field.
I believe it'll give us a valuable tool in the long run - it doesn't happen instantly, unfortunately.
We're trying to gain knowledge from working with various professionals from other fields to improve our skills and teamwork going forward.
I think we can get back to talking about the results of this work in a few months' time.
As for now, it's great to have this opportunity and we're trying to get a better grasp of it.
I see. Were they guys upset after Game 1 against Extremum? What was the atmosphere like from your perspective?
I think losing any game makes you feel certain emotions, and you might or might not deal with them.
So far the latter hasn't been the case in the League.
We lost, pulled ourselves together and bounced back.
Here's to hoping it's never the case.
Back, back. - DP down. - Kunkka, Kunkka!
Need BKB. - Cheese. - Get back.
Can we chase them? - We gotta chase them! - She got Cheese handed over.
She has no TP. Oh, she got Cheese.
What does it matter? There are two of them! - Okay, okay.
Did you expect the Extremum game to be this challenging?
They did a great job. I didn't expect them to be this well-prepared and play this well, but they proved me wrong.
We were pretty subpar, and perhaps could've done better here and there.
We gave away a lot of fights in Game 1, messing some up and forcing unnecessary action.
I liked their idea with buffing Medusa, by the way. It's a good one.
Let's expand on this series. Medusa shut you down in Game 1 without giving you any chance.
What went wrong in the drafting phase? When did you start losing the first game?
We did have a chance. I checked the graph and I think we had a 4k gold lead at minute 12.
Then we messed up our combo and died as 4 or 5, giving 1k gold to Medusa.
Then we died again. 3 minutes after, she got the Aegis, bought a Rapier, and they took down one lane of barracks.
We tried to stall but they got the second lane. We tried to kill her and do something but to no avail - they closed the game out.
What would you have done to beat that Medusa?
We didn't make the most out of our combo.
We won the lanes and kept playing like we usually do:
forcing the opponent away to the triangle spot or base, while gaining advantage and then capitalizing on their mistakes.
You had position 5 Naga in Game 1, do you think the hero has got potential in this role?
I don't know, FLY just wanted to play Naga, and that was it. We tried it, but we'll see if we pick her going forward.
DP? - Yeah, go for DP. - There's still time. - There's no better option?
I can set up in mid. - TPing.
Get out, get out! - It's okay, guys. - I silenced them.
I'm coming, we killed Void Spirit.
No mana on Medusa.
Can we take the mid tower? - Yes.
Underlord's Doomed up.
3 seconds. He's dead.
I got him. Keep going!
Wraith King here. - Coming.
Jumping them, look. - Nice one. - There you go!
Good job.
Let's hear what you have to say, boy.
What is this interview about?
It's for NAVI Dota 2 channel.
I get it. I mean what kind of questions are you asking him?
About the game. - Is that right? - I'll tell them about your... - Tell them that you are...
What was your plan for Game 2 after losing the first one?
You didn't change all your picks as you kept Enigma and Earth Spirit. Why?
Yes, we went for Nyx as it's a better counter and really good against Phoenix.
In my understanding, we had to win the first game, too. It was kind of a free game for AM, but we made several mistakes after winning our lanes.
I checked the graphs - they were off the chart early game.
In the second one, we messed up at the start, but we won the laning stage and started building advantage.
We knew PL couldn't be stopped once he reached HoT and one more item.
We got the edge on our opponent and finished the game. Simple as that.
The enemy team faced some technical difficulties.
Do things like that happen a lot - the update coming out in the middle of the game - and how much of a difference does it make?
I think it wasn't about the update. There's this bug when you quickly log out of Dota using the Menu key as it sometimes makes the game think you abandoned the game.
It's just a bug. The update had nothing to do with it.
I've had the same issue about 5 times.
You won the series 2-1, congratulations. What do you think about your opponents?
They're pretty good. They have their strats, which is good.
They are teams that practice their strategies for weeks but still don't play them this well.
Extremum executed their strat really well, so props to them.
Your next opponent is Team Empire. What are your expectations coming into this series?
I can't say much as I don't follow CIS teams.
We're going to prepare for the game though.
We were going on a lot about leisure time and board games.
We got to take a look at what exactly they're playing.
Here they are. You remember Saboteur from our previous vlog.
I think this game's sales skyrocketed after it.
It's pretty standard: Munchkin, Jenga, Uno. MK for PS4.
And Degree. I haven't played this one, but we gotta check what age limit it is.
Share your favorite board games in the comments and recommend them to the guys.
If we have a chance, we might even get it on video when we have media days.
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