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Achievements[edit]

History[edit]

This section is an excerpt from History of Team Liquid

Team Liquid would come into The International 2017 as one of the favorites. For the Group Stage, they would be seeded into Group A alongside other such favorites as Evil Geniuses, LGD Gaming, and Team Secret amongst others. After a strong start to the Group Stage, Liquid found themselves in a neck-and-neck race with LGD Gaming for the top seed of their group, which Team Liquid finally were able to secure with an overall score of 13-3. This meant that they would be allowed to pick their opponent in the Upper Bracket of the Main Event from the 3rd and 4th placed teams from Group B: Virtus.pro or Invictus Gaming. Unwilling to face the aggressive Russian squad, Team Liquid chose iG as their first opponent.

However, the first series of the main event did not go as planned and Team Liquid dropped down to the Lower Bracket after losing 1-2 to iG. To make it to the Grand Finals, they would have to make a run similar to Digital Chaos’s run at The International 2016. Their first opponent in the Lower Bracket would be Team Secret, to whom they lost the first game of the series. Team Liquid found themselves one game away from elimination, but not for the last time at this event. Beating out the surprise contender Team Empire, fellow favorites Virtus.pro and LGD Gaming, Team Liquid managed to reach the Lower Bracket final, where they faced another surprise contender in LGD.Forever Young. LFY had managed to nearly sweep Group B, after only dropping two games and hadn’t dropped a game on the main stage until the Upper Bracket Final against Newbee. LFY quickly proved themselves a formidable opponent and after the first game of the Lower Bracket final, Team Liquid found themselves once again with their backs against the wall. However, they prevailed yet again and turned the series around on the back of MinD_ContRoL’s Nature’s Prophet. Team Liquid had reached the Grand Final, where Newbee waited. Team Liquid had never dropped a series to Newbee and this time would be no different: Liquid swept the series 3-0 in dominant fashion, claiming their first Dota Major Championship and becoming the seventh winner of The International and over 10 million USD in prize money.

This would be the first time that a TI Grand Final would end in a 3-0 sweep as well as the first time a team made up of 5 different nationalities would win the Aegis. Newbee’s Faith, who was part of the Invictus Gaming roster that won The International 2012, was also denied his second TI win. Liquid’s victory also continued the tradition of the TI winner alternating between Chinese and Western teams.

Format[edit]

• Teams
  • 12 teams qualify through Dota Pro Circuit
  • 6 teams qualify through Regional Qualifiers: one team each from China, Southeast Asia, North America, South America, CIS, and Europe
• Open Qualifiers — July 3rd — July 6th, 2019

  Single-elimination bracket for Regional Qualifiers

• Regional Qualifiers — July 7th — July 14th, 2019
  • Bo1 round-robin Group Stage to advance to Playoffs
  • Double-elimination Playoffs, the winner qualifies to TI
• Group Stage — August 15th — August 18th, 2019
  • All eighteen teams are divided into two groups where they play in a Round Robin format.
    • All matches are played in a Bo2.
    • The top four teams in each group advance to the Upper Bracket of the Main Event.
    • The bottom team in each group is eliminated.
    • The remaining teams advance to the Lower Bracket of the Main Event.
• Main Event — August 20th — August 25th, 2019
  • Sixteen teams play in a double-elimination format over six days.
    • Eight teams begin in the Upper Bracket, eight in the Lower Bracket.
    • First Lower Bracket round is Bo1, Grand Finals are Bo5, all others rounds are Bo3.
  • Click here for a detailed explanation of the Main Stage format

For the full rules, see here

• Upper Bracket
  • Top four teams in each group of Group Stage start in the Upper Bracket.
  • The 1st place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 3rd or 4th placed team in the opposite group.
  • The 2nd place in each group plays the team that was not picked by the 1st place.
  • All Upper Bracket games are Bo3
  • For the first round, the higher-seeded team has Selection Priority in games 1 and 3
  • In all other rounds, the first game Selection Priority is decided by a coin toss and alternates for the second game. Another coin toss decides Selection Priority in case of a game 3.
• Lower Bracket
  • 5th-8th placed teams in each group of Group Stage start in the Lower Bracket.
  • The 5th place in each group of Group Stage picks their opponent from either the 7th or 8th placed team in the opposite group.
  • The 6th place in each group plays the team that was not picked by the 5th place.
  • First round is played in a Bo1 then all matches are played in a Bo3.
  • The higher seeded team has Selection Priority for the first round Bo1 game
  • In all other rounds, the first game Selection Priority is decided by a coin toss and alternates for the second game. Another coin toss decides Selection Priority in case of a game 3.
• Grand Finals

  Grand Finals is played in a Bo5 with no game advantage.

References[edit]

1. Wykrhm Reddy (25 August 2018). «The International 2019 comes to China». twitter.com. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
2. ↑ Dota Team (30 June 2019). «The International Invites». Valve. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
3. Valve. «Dota Pro Circuit 2018 – 2019». Retrieved 17 June 2019.
4. djWHEAT (2019-08-17). «With a heavy heart I must announce that I won’t be able to join The International Late Game team at TI9 in Shanghai.».
5. Gijexstudio (2019-08-12). «Les presento a los convocados!» (in Spanish). Facebook.
6. ↑ «The International Battle Pass». Valve Corporation. 8 May 2019.
7. David Dashtoyan (2019-07-21). «The website crashed.». Twitter. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
8. NewbeeCN (2019-07-24). «Acquisition of former Forward Gaming Lineup». Twitter. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
9. Mushi (2019-08-12). «I will be coaching Team Mineski for this TI». Facebook.

Playoffs[edit]

References[edit]

1. ↑ Vikin.gg (2019-09-21). «We’re happy to announce our first official daring roster». Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
2. ↑ GGVikin (2019-10-12). «Unfortunately, Chappie decided to stop playing competitive dota.». Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-11-10.
3. ↑ GGVikin (2019-11-21). «The one thing we need to leave behind is good memories.». Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-11-10.
4. ↑ GGVikin (2019-11-21). «Great result for our new team.». Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-11-10.
5. ↑ «NiP Roster Update: Dota 2». Ninjas in Pyjamas. 2019-12-18. Archived from the original on 2020-11-10.
6. ↑ GGVikin (2020-01-01). «Welcome, @boomdota.». Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-11-10.
7. ↑ GGVikin (2021-02-25). «Today we announce we part ways with @TobiDotes.». Twitter.
8. ↑ GGVikin (2021-04-02). «We are so excited to officially announce @KheZu as our newest team member!». Twitter.
9. ↑ GGVikin (2021-07-15). «We made the hard decision to part ways with our current roster». Twitter.

Trivia[edit]

• XBOCT is the Latin version of the Russian word хвост, which means tail, referencing his old ponytail.
• Casting Studio Beyond The Summit rated XBOCT 4/10 in their Alienware Cup (2013) preshow skill-rating polygon. Na`Vi then went on to win the tournament against the top Chinese teams, at a time when Chinese Dota was widely acknowledged as supreme. The number 4 became associated with XBOCT as a running joke.
• Thanks to being the core player of Natus Vincere — arguably the most accomplished Dota2 team up to date — since The International, XBOCT is tied with Puppey and Dendi for 1st place on the Liquipedia’s list of most accomplished players based on premier tournaments top results.

Statistics[edit]

Stats from datdota and dotabuff as of 18-Jun-2021.

About Tiers[edit]

Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 are the tiers for the most important tournaments on this wiki. They are categorized as follows:

While the prize pool is an important factor for categorizing tournaments, it does not equal a specific tier.

Riki, the Stealth Assassin[edit]

Riki was born middle child to the great dynasty of Tahlin. With an older brother groomed for the throne, and a younger brother coddled and kept, Riki, the small middle son, seemed born for the art of invisibility. It was an art he cultivated, and one which ultimately saved his life on the night that his people were betrayed and his family slaughtered. Of all the royal line, he alone escaped—small and agile, unassuming, using smoke as cover. He cut his way out of the royal grounds, using the advantage of surprise, quietly slitting the throats of one enemy warrior after another. Now free of his royal responsibilities, Riki uses his talents in service to a new trade: Stealth Assassin. He silences his enemies, sharpening his skills, hoping to one day take revenge on those who killed his family and robbed him of his birthright.

Interviews[edit]

• 2015-09-28 |   by Yana «b2ru» Khymchenko of Natus Vincere (trans. )
• 2015-07-25 |   by Inna «ineska» Volochai of RuHub at The International 2015 (trans. )

• 2017-08-07 |   by Tonya of StarLadder at The International 2017
• 2017-06-04 |   by Oleh «Abso» Kulikov of EPICENTER at EPICENTER 2017 (trans. )
• 2017-04-30 |   by Maria «Mrs. Marple» Yermolina of Virtus.pro at The Kiev Major (trans. )
• 2017-04-24 |   by Maria «Mrs. Marple» Yermolina of Virtus.pro at The Kiev Major (trans. )
• 2017-04-23 |   by v1lat of RuHub at The Kiev Major

• 2018-07-22 |   by Yana «b2ru» Khymchenko of Natus Vincere (trans. )
• 2018-06-20 |   by Oleh «Abso» Kulikov of Maincast
• 2018-05-05 |   by Mark Averbukh of EPICENTER at EPICENTER 2018
• 2018-05-01 |   by Maria «Mrs. Marple» Yermolina
• 2018-02-18 |   by Yana Medvedeva of championat.com
• 2018-02-13 |   by Yana «b2ru» Khymchenko of Natus Vincere (trans. )

• 2019-06-14 |   by Winstrike Team
• 2019-06-12 |   by v1lat of Maincast at StarLadder ImbaTV Dota 2 Minor Season 2

• 2020-10-27 |   by Yana «b2ru» Khymchenko of HellRaisers
• 2020-02-26 |   by Oleh «Abso» Kulikov of Maincast

Trivia[edit]

• Called «春秋霸主» (Spring and Autumn Overlord) by Chinese fans, for their victories of spring and fall Majors. “Spring and Autumn Period ” means the period of 770 BC to 476 BC in Chinese history.
• Called «冬蟲夏草» (Winter and Summer Elimination), for their failures during winter Majors and the summer TI. “Winterworm” and «summerherb» both mean medicinal herbs in Chinese, but their literal meanings sound very weak.
• They have won the inaugural Dota 2 Frankfurt Major and Manila Major, becoming the first team to repeat as champions of a Valve-sponsored Dota 2 tournament. OG’s winning streak extends to also winning the Boston Major and Kiev Major as well, giving them their third and fourth Dota 2 Major championships in a row.
• They are the only organization to have won The International from an open qualifier.[]
• They are the only organization to have won The International twice, and the first organization to win The International two years in a row.
• OG lead Liquipedia’s .[]
• They hold the record for most Valve-sponsored tournaments won (totaling 7).[]

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Invictus Gaming was created in August 2011 with the purchase of Catastrophic Cruel Memory, the strongest team in the scene at the time. The newly re-branded iG was seen as the new flagship of Chinese DotA.
The creation of iG.Y after poaching 4 of the members of LGD, historically one of the strongest teams in China, came as a shock just days after the purchase of CCM, now dubbed iG.Z. Having moved into the DotA scene with what seemed to be overwhelming force, the two iG teams represented what appeared to be the two strongest teams in the scene. The prophesied domination, however, never came, iG (CCM) lost in an upset to the up-and-coming Tyloo in the Chinese WCG 2011 Finals and no longer seemed invincible to top-level teams. Soon thereafter iG (CCM) lost Xiao8 and DDC to LGD as they left to reform a new LGD with ZSMJ, its previous captain and the only player who did not transfer to iG. After purchasing Awoke and Faith from Tyloo for iG(CCM) and CH from Panda to complete the previous LGD squad, iG reformed into iG.Z (Zhou) out of the previous CCM and iG.Y (YYF) out of the previous LGD. Weakened by the constant reorganization, both iGs would suffer at the hands of a resurgent DK and was defeated in both WDC 2011 and G-League 2011. It also performed poorly at the International 2011, with its unprepared players of iG.Z ending up so demoralized as to forfeit its final placement matches after being eliminated from the tournament and the iG.Y section unable to compete due to ZSMJ’s refusal to temporarily play with his previous teammates under the LGD banner. Hampered by constant disappointing performances, iG eventually reformed its squad into a single collection of some of the best talents the Chinese DotA scene had to offer in the form of Zhou, 430, YYF, Chuan, and Faith. This new team, despite being hampered by a lack of team coordination and synergy resulting from the combination of 4 players who had all previously required large amounts of farm, nevertheless was able to win SMM 2011, which showcased the potential of a team so laden with talent. Despite winning SMM 2011, iG continued to struggle through team coordination and organization issues as all four of its main players scrambled for farm and Faith engaged in what was quickly dubbed «1 protect 4». While their individual skill and talent were unquestioned, iG was seen as weaker than either DK or LGD due to their inability to play as a focused team, which was reflected with losses in both DotA and Dota 2, despite their quick invitation to the International 2012 which they then proceeded to win. In the months leading up to the International 2012, iG resolved its team issues and defeated DK and LGD convincingly in DotA capturing the G-League 2012 championship.

Timeline[edit]

• March 16th — Nuages leaves to join SG e-sports.
• July 1st — No Ping announce new roster.
• September 19th — Nuages leaves to join E-Lions.
• September 30th — NoPing e-sports signs the E-Lions roster.
• November 26th — Mandy, Kingrd and Dunha1 leave to join paiN Gaming.
• December 12th — A new roster is announced.

• February 4th — Nuages and mini leave the team, they are replaced by 4dr and thiolicor.
• June 18th — The team is taking a break from the competitive scene.

• January 20th — The organization announce a new roster consisting of the former Omega Gaming’s roster.
• March 1st — hFn replaces Mingatte. Deku is removed from the team.
• July 21st — The team part ways with hFn.
• July 22nd — Pakazs joins the team.
• October 18th — The roster is released.

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• March 5th — RAMZES666 and AfterLife part ways with the team.
• March 15th — Funn1k joins the team.
• March 21st — After a short tryout period, Illidan joins the team.
• May 12th — Illidan and ALWAYSWANNAFLY leave and are replaced by XBOCT and Ghostik.
• June 8th — Iceberg leaves to join team Polarity.
• August 1st — The team disbands, and announces that Ghostik will be the part of a new team.
• September 5th — Ghostik joins Team Empire.
• December 15th — A new roster of Bzz, Iceberg, DkPhobos, fng and VANSKOR is announced.

• July 20th — Bzz and VANSKOR are benched.
• August 31st — Bzz and VANSKOR are officially released from the team. Biver and iLTW take their places to complete the roster.
• November 18th — Iceberg and Team Spirit part ways.
• December 9th — Illidan joins the team.

• February 11th — iLTW leaves the team.
• February 27th — G joins the team.
• July 29th — DkPhobos leaves the team.
• August 1st — Illidan leaves Team Spirit.
• September 7th — A new team is registered for the 2018/19 DPC season —  oliver,  Nine and  HeStEJoE-RoTTeN join. G leaves the team.

• January 17th — Due to the departure of fng, Team Spirit decides to drop their roster.
• May 15th — Team Spirit signs the roster of Old But Gold.
• August 1st — The roster disbands.
• October 24th — Team Spirit signs the roster of Positive Guys.
• December 24th — Ghostik parts ways with the team and is replaced by nongrata, who joins the team on a trial basis.

• March 31st — nongrata leaves the team while iLTW goes inactive. AfterLife and DyrachYO join the team.
• June 7th — AfterLife leaves to join EXTREMUM.
• June 26th — Immersion joins Natus Vincere.
• October 20th — DyrachYO leaves to join Gambit Esports.
• December 19th — Team Spirit signs the roster of Yellow Submarine and Silent joins as a coach.

• February 7th — so bad is benched.
• February 8th — Miroslaw joins on loan from Cascade.
• March 31st — Sword_Art joins the team as a analyst.
• April 9th — The team part ways with so bad.

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