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11.30 - EMC vs DTS started (VeRsutas stream). M5 arrived late and will be starting vs monkey soon.

11.34 - EMC.Mini playing Venomancer like he's been doing every single game lately. No Magnus for Waga though.

11.36 - M5 vs monkey started.
Monkey picks: SD, Venom, Destroyer, Venge, Panda
Moscow5 picks: WR, Spectre, Lich, Shaker, Warlock

11.54 - Both games going pretty even. Looks to be a rehost in DTS-EMC, EMC slightly in favour before the rehost.

12.02 - 12/13 after 20min in the Monkey-M5 game. There will indeed be a rehost in EMC-DTS, I think the score was 23-15 to EMC but DTS had taken down 2 more towers.

12.22 - M5 getting a grip over monkey. G's Spectre just got a triple kill inside monkey's base. EMC - DTS however, seems to be going on without stream, unclear exactly if it's played now or later.

12.27 - GG called by Monkey. Great game by vigoss.

12.58 - EMC beats DTS. It seems as the team Na`Vi only contains XBOCT from the actual team. The other 4 are stand-ins. Hence, the name "Na`Vi" will not be used anymore in this coverage. Instead they've been given the name XBOCT+4.

13.11 - Next batch of games starting soon. DTS will face Monkey on VeRsuta's stream. EMC vs Xboct+4 goes down on mainstage, stream by v1lat.

13.17 - The roster of XBOCT+4 is: XBOCT (duh), Defender, Mage, Alwayswannafly, Jerry. (updated: Matrica -> Jerry)

13.30 - Both games live! Check links above for streams.
DTS (WR AM Clock Venom Ench) vs monkey (Lich AA Potm Beast CK)
EMC (Venom Brood Ench CM Magnus) vs XBOCT+4 (WR Beast Venge Eza Naga)
14.05 - Both games fairly even. Between 30-40 minutes passed in both. Monkey 17-10 DTS and XBOCT 27-25 EMC.
14.12 - XBOCT's Naga claims an Ultra Kill and mid raxes are gone for EMC. Looks like game will be over soon.
14.18 - DTS won over monkey. EMC struggles vs XBOCT+4 but haven't given up yet.
14.29 - Only 1 out of 6 raxes still standing for EMC. Score is 41-41 though.
14.32 - EMC getting a 5-0 clash outside their own base, Maiden claims triple. Sweden fighting!
14.33 - EMC takes down melee rax in XBOCT+4s base. However, Windrunner successfully backdoors last standing rax in EMC's base.
14.37 - XBOCT+4 managed to secure the victory after a series of epic fights. Coming up: DTS vs XBOCT+4 on mainstage and M5 vs EMC.

15.00 - Games starting soon.
DTS vs XBOCT+4, stream by v1lat
M5 vs EMC, stream by VeRsuta
15.05 - EMC vs M5 started! M5 firstpicks Furion and EMC responds with Weaver and Venomancer (always Venomancer).
15.13 - M5 (Furion WR Chen CM Meepo) vs EMC (Weaver Venom Ench THD Tiny)
15.20 - DTS (SD CM AM Brood Lion) vs XBOCT+4 (Beast Lich Chen Weaver ES)
Good luck to all teams! Looks like M5-EMC remade their games after picks for some reason. Lets hope Meepo wasn't a missclick.
15.26 - Game remade. Meepo by PGG!

15.49 - Yet to be impressed by PGG's Meepo but the rest of M5 are playing really well. Even game so far. Wagamama's Weaver gets his relic at 21st minute, yet to finish Vanguard and Treads.
Looking good for XBOCT+4 in their game vs DTS.
15.58 - M5 tightening their grip around the game and destroys EMCs mid raxes.
16.03 - GG, really impressive play by M5 overall! XBOCT+4 still leading over DTS.
16.07 - And XBOCT+4 claims their second win aswell, as they pin down DTS. XBOCT+4 and M5 are now both in the lead with 2 out of 2 games won.
Coming up is a clash between these leaders: M5 vs XBOCT+4 aswell as EMC vs monkey - a game both these teams want to win.

16.18 - Monkey vs EMC live! http://www.own3d.tv/live/173
16.25 - monkey (Spectre ES SD Puck Rhasta) vs EMC (WR Chen Beast Venge Doom)
Meanwhile M5 and XBOCT+4 are taking their places on the stage.
16.32 - Waga claims the firstblood with WR on toplane. Shortly after SD claims a solo kill on Doom mid.
16.34 - M5 (AA Venom Weaver Clock ES) vs XBOCT+4 ( WR Chen NS Venge Potm) http://www.own3d.tv/live/172
16.48 - Games are going in favours of monkey and XBOCT+4.

16.56 - EMC calls gg and Monkey win around minute 26-27 after a push into their base mid. If there's time rating to consider, it was an irrational choice to forfeit already even if the game was lost, but I suppose they are tired and it was the last game.
XBOCT+4 are leading 17-9 over M5 with a clear tower advantage aswell. XBOCT's Potm getting farmed while God's Weaver not quite so. M5 went for a farming Shaker early, which hasn't paid off as he gets easily picked off by Night Stalker.

17.11 - Hah. A full game wipe just happened. Ten heroes died in a clash outside M5's base. But XBOCT's Potm had Aegis (not important though, after the resurrection, he didnt damage anything else).
17.15 - No real heavy items up on M5's carry. 30-20 in favour of XBOCT+4 and 6-3 towerwise. My guess is on XBOCT this game, but M5 still got a good clash if they can pull it off.
17.19 - Wow, M5 just won 5-0 at Roshan and PGG's Shaker grabbed the Aegis.
17.21 - They managed to capitalize on it and took down both raxes in the XBOCT+4's bottom lane. This game is very much alive. This should spell towards Butterfly on G's Weaver. XBOCT's Potm got Buriza, BKB and Manta.
17.24 - But it evened out again right afterwards. G and PGG goes down outside their base and M5's top raxes are gone. Score is M5 30 - 34 XBOCT+4.
17.26 - Shivas, Aghnaims, Medallion on NS' Venomancer. Vanguard, Gem, Urn and Aghanims up for Balanar (not to be confused with NS) in XBOCT+4.
17.28 - M5 teamwiped nearby Roshan. Probably will lose mid raxes.
17.30 - Both mid and top raxes are gone for M5. Only bottom raxes gone for XBOCT+4. MKB is seen in XBOCTs Potms inventory. Massive damage output.
17.33 - Here comes the bottom push for XBOCT+4!
17.34 - Lots of force staffs and buybacks prolongs the fight, but XBOCT+4 eventually claims the fight and also the game. GG called!

17.38 - Last two games coming up, M5 vs DTS and XBOCT+4 vs monkey. M5 and XBOCT+4 have already made it through. DTS and Monkey both need to win these games if they don't want to rely on some tiebreaking system, whether it's time rating or something else.
17.45 - Games should be up soon.
XBOCT+4 vs Monkey, stream by VeRsuta
M5 vs DTS, stream by v1lat

17.46 - Won't be updating for a little while, I need to go hit the shower. Sadly, there'll be no stream provided for that.

18.24 - Just made it back and M5 has already lost to DTS. That was quick. Monkey - XBOCT+4 seems to just have started.

18.47 - Pretty even so far. XBOCT+4 have won the group nomatter the outcome of this game. XBOCT not playing hardcarry even!
18.49 - ...and he's got his dagger soon. Game is around minute 18.
18.51 - Amusing fight at bottom. Venge, Lich and SK try to kill Brood, but he triggers BKB and managed to tp away with a few hitpoints left. Earthshaker and Anti-mage appear and turn the fight around. 2-1 fight for monkey.
18.55 - Battlefury, Vanguard and Treads up on monkey's Anti-Mage. Game seems to be going their way.

19.01 - Three replays from the event are available in our Replay section.

19.03 - GG called by XBOCT+4. Monkey claims the win, which means EMC are definately in 5th place and XBOCT+4 are definately in 1st place. How the others are decided are yet to be seen, but my guess is DTS 2nd, monkey 3rd and M5 4th.
I'll get back to you with playoff information.

19.12 - First semi final starts at 10 CET tomorrow. Second starts at 13 CET. Both are bo3. I just don't know exactly who play who in those.

19.35 - Okay, seems to be XBOCT+4 vs monkey at 10 CET and DTS vs M5 at 13 CET. That's it for today, folks! Tune back tomorrow for more updates.

00.40 - Will be back around 9.30ish and start updating again. Not entirely sure if XBOCT+4 vs monkey is at 10 or 13. DTS vs M5 might go down before it.

09.48 - Good morning, girls and boys. Looks like it will be DTS vs M5 first afterall.

10.06 - The stage stream is live! Use this link to view it. No game started yet though, no players on stage either.

10.08 - Seems like Moscow5 are running late (again, they were late yesterday too). Too much partying, hard to wake up or perhaps still just running on Moscow time?

10.24 - Moscow5 have arrived.

10.34 - Looks like game has started!
10.36 - ...or not. But will most likely be up soon.
10.42 - Live, finally!

10.49 - Picks: (sent vs scourge)
DTS (Venom AA Venge Naga Ench) vs M5 (Chen CM AM Bat Puck)
I think this might be first Batrider of the event actually, not 100% sure though.
Psyched for some sweet RU/UA Dota!

10.50 - M5.G just made a 15 seconds long yawn. oO
Hopefully it wont affect his game.

11.02 - Game going like you imagine. Both teams pushing their long lane. Tier-1 gone at both places. 5-3 to M5 after 10 minutes.
11.06 - If you compare the carries farm at minute 14, Pgg's AM got Vanguard, Treads and Void Stone, 1k while ArtStyles Naga got boots and Vanguard (I think, last time I saw him he had RoH + 1k).
11.08 - Naga finished Treads instead, but Vanguard ready soon.
11.13 - Cleaver completed on Magina. Force Staff up on AA. Vanguard on Venom. 12-9 to M5.
11.15 - Treads + Jango + half of an Aghanims on Ench. Mek + Pointboster on Chen. Dagger on Puck. Naga got 2x Alacrities, going Diffusual. 12-10.
11.18 - Yasha and Aegis for PGG. While he farms top, M5 picks off 4 of DTS' heroes in a clumsy clash. One of them classic just keep heroes running in with bad timing, one and one. 16-10. Looking well for M5.
11.21 - M5.G finishes Heart any second on his Batrider.
11.24 - Okay, getting out of hand with these item updates. The point is, items are coming in fast for M5 and not quite so for DTS. M5 just tried knocking at the door, mid base tower almost gone for DTS. 23-11.
11.29 - DTS successfully used Smoke to gank M5 at Roshan and steal both the kill and the Aegis. But the payback was rough. Everyone in DTS died and aegis was lost. M5 are pounding on raxes as we speak.
11.31 - Wow, all raxes on all lanes disappeared in no time. M5 claims first game. DTS 0 - 1 M5

11.45 - Second game live, picking!
11.47 - Picks, game #2: (sentinel vs scourge)
M5 (Furion Bat CM ES Razor) vs DTS (Chen AA Potm Centaur WD)
DTS didn't wait long at all between their picks, you might say their picking was very confident. They probably got what they wanted. So few Razor's lately, so I feel I have to bold it.
11.53 - Two aggressive teams playing, loving the results! 7-5 after 5 minutes.
11.56 - M5 taking control. Minute 9: 13-7 kills and 2-0 towers in their favour.
12.02 - The game has lost a bit of it's heat now. 15-7, M5 still pressuring. Vigoss Furion with Dagon.
12.04 - Another tower bites the dust for DTS. 20-9 kills and 4-0 towers for M5. Picking Centaur haven't paid off at all so far, he has no items. The only chance for DTS is a fat PotM and she is yet to finish her Treads.
12.09 - All 6 towers outside base are gone for DTS. Mekansm up on NS' CM, who has been playing great this game. Vigoss Furion finishing Aghanims soon. G's Batrider seems to go Heart this game aswell.
12.11 - Rule that last part out. Batrider bought dagger + another vit booster instead. He now have Treads, Dagger, 2x vit boosters and a cloak. Aegis for PGG's Razor. Going for the mid push.
12.13 - M5 kicking the door with the rough boot. Most of DTS goes down and M5 whacking on raxes when the GG is called. DTS 0 - 2 M5
M5 proceeds to the final! I presume DTS will play some kind of 3rd place game later today.

12.24 - I have estimated a 3rd place game at 16 CET approx.

13.00 - Nww is the scheduled time for semi final numero dos; monkey vs XBOCT+4. The players have taken their seats at the main stage. Stream is provided here: http://www.own3d.tv/live/172

13.08
monkey (SD AM ES Puck Venge)
XBOCT+4 (AA Weaver Ench Enigma Razor)
monkey have been doing well with Shadow Demon in previous games. Will be tricky for Enigma to land a Black Hole this game without BKB as most heroes in Sent can counter it quite easily.
13.14 - Smart laning by monkey, with their 2-1-2 lanes they seem to be doing well on all of them.
13.23 - Won't be doing much updates this game, but looking rather well for monkey. Anti-Mage farming and Shadow Demon owning (as somewhat predicted).
13.40 - monkey are playing really well, they've got this game in their pocket. Mid raxes gone in XBOCT+4s base. I didn't understand the Razor pick.
13.41 - GG called! XBOCT+4 0 - 1 monkey
13.47 - monkey picked well and played their heroes to a maximum benefit. One could say both outpicked and outplayed. Ukrainians have alot to prove today still, as DTS didn't really impress in their games vs M5 either. Second game coming up soon.

14.06 - Game 2 live!
XBOCT+4 (WR ES Beast AA Weaver)
monkey (Brood Lich OD Rhasta Clock)
Rhasta has been seen quite alot at this event, but I bolded him anyway as he is not that common.

14.21 - I have to admit I haven't been watching, been busy getting some replays. Three additional replays from yesterday aswell as today's three games so far are available in our Replay section!
Game itself seems to go rather well for monkey, they got a 7-4 lead and doing well towerwise too.

14.22 - XBOCT's Weaver once again going for Linken. Force staff ready on AngeL's Destroyer.
14.23 - 11-7 kills and 4-0 towers for monkey. Nice job a minute ago by CalculuS to stay along long enough to secure a kill on Weaver for his team.
14.27 - XBOCT+4 reclaiming some ground, getting some kills and the mid tower. However, some sloppy play also lose a few guys of their own. 14-11. Link's Brood got BKB soon and XBOCT's Linken should be ready shortly aswell.
14.31 - Over 3k in the bank for AngeL's Destroyer, while his enemy on lane, Beastmaster only has around 33creeps at minute 23. I also don't like going Linken on Weaver.

14.34 - Stream died for me. Hope it's just temporary. My guess is that monkey will make this 2-0. They show better teamplay as well as individual play.

14.37 - Okay, it's back on. Monkey claims Roshan and an Aegis for Destroyer. XBOCT+4 puts up with a clumsy and shattered clash right afterwards and lose most of their heroes while killing none. Monkey grabs the tier 2 mid tower.
14.40 - XBOCT+4 manage to kill three of the monkeys, but not without losing two of their own. Monkey successfully manage to defend their bottom tier 1 tower.
14.41 - Destroyer got BKB, Hex, Force Staff and Treads. Weaver got Linken and Boots (not even Treads). 26-17 and 5-2.
14.43 - ...Weaver does have about 3.4k though. Guessing he is saving for his Relic. Will have it soon, around minute 35.
14.45 - Relic bought. miGGel's Clock finishes his Aghanims.
14.50 - XBOCT+4 takes down top tier2 tower while monkey kills another Roshan. The clash to follow it is won 4-1 by monkey. XBOCT got caught alone outside of it while miGGels Clock kept the others busy. Destroyers ultimate almost killed all of them at once.
14.54 - Stream is getting pretty laggy now. Lots of deaths going down in Sentinels base. Two base towers lost and one rax aswell, I think. The huge item difference is noticeable in clashes like that. Weaver got a BKB now, Shivas on Destroyer. Necro lvl 2 on Beastmaster.
14.57 - Wow. Monkey goes into the base of XBOCT+4. Huge lag in the stream, then suddenly all of monkey are dead. Can't really tell if both raxes at the bot lane are standing.
15.00 - What is going on? A good clash for XBOCT+4 at Roshan, where they get roshan + aegis and most heroes of both teams dies. Weaver survives and gets a triple kill.
15.02 - monkey going for push bottom. Sentinels heroes are spread all across the map, hurry to get back.
15.03 - Scourge falls back to farm. The only rax destroyed is XBOCT+4's mid melee so far. Weaver with 6k gold. Shadow Shaman with haste, might create something. Turns out to be quite an epic game!
15.06 - Sentinels tries Scourge's mid but loses the fight 3-1 and falls back. Some back and forth going on. An unfortunate fissure turns a kill into an accidental save on Destroyer.
15.08 - Both raxes mid for XBOCT+4 has fallen though. Score is 42-32 in favour of monkey.
15.10 - Huge fight for monkey in the midriver! They claim 4 kills and Weaver have to buy back. As I am typing this, Weaver gets picked off again and XBOCT types "gg, gl in finals". Game is over! XBOCT+4 0 - 2 monkey. What a game it turned into. The final will be at 19: M5 vs monkey, which was also the opening game of the whole event, which M5 won.

15.27 - Seems to be some reschedules and both the final and the 3rd-place game will start fairly soon. M5 and monkey getting ready on the stage! So don't go anywhere.

15.29 - Shoutout to x3m4g for updates about 3rd place game and final, also for sending me today's replays.

15.36 - Streams:
Final: M5 vs monkey, by v1lat
3rd/4th game: DTS vs XBOCT+4, by VeRsuta
Games haven't started yet.

15.54 - Final is live!
monkey (WR Potm Rhasta Tide Gondar)
Moscow5 (Invoker ES AA CM Razor)
Invoker gets bold since he is never picked due to always being banned! Enjoy the game!

16.05 - Tense game! Both teams playing rather careful. Won't be updating as I've got a Skype + need to make food. 9-4 for M5 at minute 11, but 1-0 towers for monkey, I think.

16.23 - Miggel kills Dreads courier! Dont think any items were lost. 19-8 for M5 after 28 minutes. Tower score looks like 4-3 to monkey.

16.33 - More impressed by M5 overall this game, they are doing better killwise and they also taken down mid raxes. NS providing a top notch CM as always! Just now a huge clash went down at monkeys base top tower. Pretty even outcome, but M5 still knocking on the door.

16.40 - Another rax goes down in monkey's base. M5 got pretty solid items, but they lack a proper hard carry, whereas monkey got Gondar and Mirana for lategame, so things might turn even if M5 are very much in the lead right now.

16.45 - Mega creeps! Moscow5 wins the first game. Moscow5 1-0 monkey. 1st game of DTS - XBOCT+4 still going on, pretty even.

16.49 - Two lanes down for DTS. Looks like XBOCT+4 got this!
16.50 - As I wrote that, the final nail was hammered. DTS called "good game". DTS 0 - 1 XBOCT+4

Second game of 3rd/4th game:
XBOCT +4 (WR Venom Beast Razor Ogre)
DTS (Chen SD AA Bat Butcher)

Second game of the final
Moscow5 (Spectre Lich Bat Enigma Tide)
monkey (AA ES AM Venge Weaver)

17.26 - Since I'm doing some other stuff aswell, I am only checking in on the final on and off and to be frank, it's not that interesting right now. :D Spectre vs AM/Weaver and all of them trying to farm up.
The 3rd place game is more fun, as you can imagine with ArtStyle as Butcher.

17.38 - XBOCT+4 regaining grounds vs DTS while M5 denies every attempt at map control monkey goes for. And G's Spectre got a Diff Blade, I love Diff Blade on Spectre, but we don't see it too often a much Spectres goes for Heart after Radiance (might be a better choice even).

17.46 - Spectre with Aegis since a while now. M5 went for the midpush and only got the tower, meanwhile AngeL's Anti-Mage destroyed a base tower top for M5 and almost one of their rax. So in all, a good trade for monkey.

17.48 - M5 keeping the pressure up, after a successful offensive clash at the base top tower of monkeys base, they claim the raxes. But they failed to get out of the base. Most of them died, and Spectre drops Aegis.
...but the clash continues. Enigma appears with black hole again to even out and they proceed to go mid for raxes.

17.51 - This is pretty much over, 4 raxes down and G's Spectre is such a beast, going for the last set.

17.54 - Hard to watch with the lag I am having, suddenly 3 heroes in Scourge are dead after a spike. Anyways, GG is called, monkey takes second place and Moscow5 the championship.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, we'll always see Spectre winning in the final of big events!

17.55 - Meanwhile, XBOCT+4 30 - 33 DTS is the score in the second game of the small final. Raxes lost mid though for DTS, who are now taking Roshan.

17.58 - A successful push for XBOCT grants them another set of raxes.

18.02 - GG called by ArtStyle, XBOCT+4 claims the 3rd place and DTS finishes 4th.
That's it for this event, stay around for ceremonies and what may or may not be a Dota 2 showmatch. I don't know if it's still on the horizon since they had to reschedule the final.