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He shot to stardom with exceptional performances with Moscow 5. GosuGamers speaks with none other than Sergey 'God' Bragin, about his experience at "The International" and the sensational new signings for Moscow 5.
First of all congratulations on a fifth placing in “The International”, what are your thoughts on the experience as a whole? What were some of the more memorable moments in the trip?
"Thanks, though result was disappointing to us. We were mentally prepared for tournament as individuals but we did not do enough preparation as a team. 20 hours of team training is not enough to become champions. We were not able to finalise some of our strategies and our play-style before event, thus we were constantly switching heroes and strategies during games. Towards the end of the tournament we lost ourselves and forgot what we were good at.
As for the trip I really enjoyed it. Going anywhere with a group of ordinary russian guys who like to drink is in itself already an adventure. However, I have to say the most memorable moments of any trip for us are always the parties after the tournament."
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I think it was a fair win, because they were much better prepared as compared to us.”"In that game we encountered some issues with wards, we had a gem but couldn't see any wards. They had wards on all the routes we took when we attempted some ganks. It is a bug, but "a game is a game". We were trying to kill someone between the 15 to 20 minute marks but they had wards on many spots and were able to see all our movements.
I'm not trying to say that we would have won 100 % without this bug, but it would become just like any other game. It was an easy game for EHOME, they managed to spot us and were able to farm without any deaths, while we were raging as we couldn't understand how they do it. Anyway I respect EHOME and in the end I think it was a fair win, because they were much better prepared as compared to us."
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We got about 20 hours of team training, yet some of their players haven't played even that amount of time solo”"This victory showed us that Na`Vi were prepared for this tournament better than any other teams, nothing more. I think Chinese teams didn't show their best perfomance. We got about 20 hours of team training, yet some of their players haven't played even that amount of time solo."
What were your first thoughts when you heard about PGG and Vigoss joining M5? What do you think they bring to the table and will there be a switch of roles?
"The decision to bring them in was made after much consideration. They are 2 players who don't need any introduction, we are sure that they will fit in well in Moscow Five."
I have to ask, is PGG the best vodka drinker in the team?
"Haha, yes, I think pgg is the best vodka drinker in our team for now. However I think someone will try to beat him and take this title, so if I were in pgg's place I wouldn't relax."
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Europe really needs strong competition between teams and these guys are one of best.”"Based on the information that I have they have strong reasons for disbanding. I didn't talk to any of them about it, so I am unable to give you more information. I hope they will continue playing DotA, Europe really needs strong competition between teams and these guys are one of best."
Are you guys intending to go to any other LAN events, WDC, SMM etc? Have you guys started any special preparations for these events? Maybe studying replays of other teams?
"We are going to attend all possible LAN events including WDC and SMM. We will get to that but first of all we are concentrating now on finding our game style. We don't care about other teams for now, we are trying to improve ourselves."
Thanks very much for accepting this interview, any last shoutouts before we conclude?
"Shoutout to my DotA friends, Moscow Five and Anton Shostak, who helped us very much during Gamescom. By the way I created page on facebook, where I am going to update information about M5.DOTA upcoming events and games: Have Fun."
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