Entity turned up the warmth in opposition to Evil Geniuses within the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals on the primary day of the Dota 2 Lima Major, profitable the best-of-three in two straight wins, each of which had been very one-sided.
The crowd was on EG’s aspect because the roster and group at the moment are predominantly South American. But regardless of that, and all of the delays, they obtained the job performed.
According to their carry participant Watson, nonetheless, a dicey second occurred behind closed doorways that would have resulted in catastrophe. After they misplaced a combat, they had been fervently discussing their subsequent transfer within the sales space, when abruptly Fishman’s knee unintentionally made contact with Stormstormer’s PC.
“His ping went to 1,000 after that. Dota crashed, and they couldn’t fix it for a good 20 minutes,” Watson informed escorenews. “He had ping 200 every time he tried to reconnect. They were changing something every time, but nothing worked.”
Fortunately, after an prolonged pause, the organizers managed to determine the issue and repair it. Entity managed to bounce again from the teamfight and finally cruised their solution to victory.
Watson stated EG didn’t play their greatest Dota. They made a number of errors and didn’t pressure fights like they normally do, and the one or two fights they gained had been resulting from Entity’s errors. The purpose for it, in his view, was they didn’t allow them to choose consolation heroes like Batrider, Snapfire, and Timbersaw.
EG managed to show issues round on the second day of the playoffs, beating fellow locals Beastcoast within the first spherical of the Lower Bracket and securing a berth in opposition to Team Aster within the second.
Entity, alternatively, will face Gaimin Gladiators within the Upper Bracket Semi Finals, and in the event that they win that, both Shopify Rebellion or Team Liquid within the Upper Bracket Final. Their destiny is of their arms, however it gained’t be straightforward given the caliber of competitors they’re dealing with.
