Here is an excerpt from the interview:
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You made the draft phase very interesting as you surprisingly picked Tiny as your carry and an out-of-fashion Invoker. What were the reasons for picking these heroes in this particular match? What was the plan behind these picks?
Reasons? You don’t need reasons for me using Invoker. (And he’s always in fashion, look at the Puppey’s hair invoker set) As for Tiny, it just seemed like a good pick at the point of time and the fact that YamateH looks like Tiny as well in his passport.
[...]
This was the first time that you met this team in an official match. How did you prepare for this confrontation?
Me, xy and a friend of ours called DWarPNutzM, went out to this place in town called Raffles City and ate in this Ramen shop called Tsukemen or something, we had 3 servings and had good old bubble tea after that. Not sure about the rest though, but xpinoy(xFreedom’s new nick) wanted to borrow my sc2 account.
[...]
Shortly after your victory over Chains Stack, you announced that Toh “xy-“ Wai Hong will unfortunately miss this match due to his trip to Japan. Can you tell us more about the possible changes you will make? Who will be his replacement?
We’re still deciding on the possible changes, but I doubt anything will happen as we’re just gonna be playing the game like normal. Possible standins would be Chuan (I heard he got kicked from iG by zhou..), Lightofheaven if he survived the plane jack, or Hyhy with his fresh win in League of legends against the Tai Pei Assassins. maybe meracle.
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Your team is the only one to often play this hero. What makes this hero important in your line-up? What do you think are the pros and cons of playing this hero competitively?
Competitive Dota is like a gang fight in prison.
So a fight breaks out in prison and everyone brings out their shivs, their knives, their clubs. You take out a laser pointer. 99 out of 100 times, you're going to be the first one to the infirmary. You're fresh meat with a weapon that everyone thinks is useless. They're just waiting to take you down.
But not this time. You have practiced too hard for this moment. You are f**king Chuck Norris with a laser pointer. As the opposing gang rushes towards you, your gang rushes in front to protect you. Spotting one of your mates about to be stabbed, with a quick flick of the wrist, you blind the attacker, giving your mate a chance to shove a shiv into his stomach.
Yet it is not enough. Your gang is outnumbered and overwhelmed. You run backwards, shining your laser pointer provocatively at your opponents. They are taunted. They are annoyed. They chase you, but you just keep getting away, slowly burning away at their retina cells.
You have prepared for this moment. Using your laser pointer, you set ablaze the incandescent traps that you had previously laid out. The enemy gang is shocked. The prison wardens finally rush in and put them down, but you walk away unharmed, because all you had was a harmless laser pointer.
That's like playing Tinker.
You made the draft phase very interesting as you surprisingly picked Tiny as your carry and an out-of-fashion Invoker. What were the reasons for picking these heroes in this particular match? What was the plan behind these picks?
Reasons? You don’t need reasons for me using Invoker. (And he’s always in fashion, look at the Puppey’s hair invoker set) As for Tiny, it just seemed like a good pick at the point of time and the fact that YamateH looks like Tiny as well in his passport.
[...]
This was the first time that you met this team in an official match. How did you prepare for this confrontation?
Me, xy and a friend of ours called DWarPNutzM, went out to this place in town called Raffles City and ate in this Ramen shop called Tsukemen or something, we had 3 servings and had good old bubble tea after that. Not sure about the rest though, but xpinoy(xFreedom’s new nick) wanted to borrow my sc2 account.
[...]
Shortly after your victory over Chains Stack, you announced that Toh “xy-“ Wai Hong will unfortunately miss this match due to his trip to Japan. Can you tell us more about the possible changes you will make? Who will be his replacement?
We’re still deciding on the possible changes, but I doubt anything will happen as we’re just gonna be playing the game like normal. Possible standins would be Chuan (I heard he got kicked from iG by zhou..), Lightofheaven if he survived the plane jack, or Hyhy with his fresh win in League of legends against the Tai Pei Assassins. maybe meracle.
[...]
Your team is the only one to often play this hero. What makes this hero important in your line-up? What do you think are the pros and cons of playing this hero competitively?
Competitive Dota is like a gang fight in prison.
So a fight breaks out in prison and everyone brings out their shivs, their knives, their clubs. You take out a laser pointer. 99 out of 100 times, you're going to be the first one to the infirmary. You're fresh meat with a weapon that everyone thinks is useless. They're just waiting to take you down.
But not this time. You have practiced too hard for this moment. You are f**king Chuck Norris with a laser pointer. As the opposing gang rushes towards you, your gang rushes in front to protect you. Spotting one of your mates about to be stabbed, with a quick flick of the wrist, you blind the attacker, giving your mate a chance to shove a shiv into his stomach.
Yet it is not enough. Your gang is outnumbered and overwhelmed. You run backwards, shining your laser pointer provocatively at your opponents. They are taunted. They are annoyed. They chase you, but you just keep getting away, slowly burning away at their retina cells.
You have prepared for this moment. Using your laser pointer, you set ablaze the incandescent traps that you had previously laid out. The enemy gang is shocked. The prison wardens finally rush in and put them down, but you walk away unharmed, because all you had was a harmless laser pointer.
That's like playing Tinker.
