DPC 2023 is here, let's discuss!

Ice breakers:
- Is this RTZ's year??!
- Will a non-WEU team win TI?
- Will we get all 3 majors?
- Will we see a real patch this year?

Geisterkarle

Germany3257 Posts

January 10 2023 07:12 GMT

About your icebreakers:

Every year is RTZ's year!

Hm, EU still looks damn strong...
Actually Lima looks not that good with all the politicial trouble they have down there right now... but maybe someone there knows more what's going on there. I see very little news about it here in Germany! Lima still looks sort of "calm"!
For years I would like to get a "real patch" after TI and the next TI as the culmination of the patch! Don't know why this is not done... too long?

Rufus Dupres

Germany1071 Posts

January 10 2023 11:16 GMT

During an interview with skiter he mentioned that IceFrog was basically away from the game for more than two years to develop a new game(somewhat like Dota) at Valve. Same is presumed to be the reason why there has been nearly no any big changes after all since the addition of the neutral items back in 2019. Hopes are high that with his return, there will be significant patches and changes to mechanics, heroes, maps etc.

Liquid looking pretty freakin strong during their first series against Secret. Tundra also wiped the floor with OG. Gonna be a very tense series between OG and Secret, losing team will be already at a dire spot.

Geisterkarle

Germany3257 Posts

January 11 2023 11:35 GMT

If people like comebacks, they should watch the Bleed-Fnatic series!
Two games that Fnatic probably thought they already won but... 20k networth is not much it seems!

PoulsenB

Poland7735 Posts

January 11 2023 15:20 GMT

The cheating accusations against Knights in the Chinese DPC are pretty crazy wtf

Geisterkarle

Germany3257 Posts

January 11 2023 17:30 GMT

didn't hear about that. what was their method?

Glacierz

United States1245 Posts

January 11 2023 21:05 GMT

Apparently there are cheat programs that alert the players when they are under enemy vision. They call it the "Slark cheat"

Their recent games had unusual high accuracy of dewarding, where several members of the team moved near enemy wards suspiciously to pinpoint exactly where the ward is.

The average wards dewarded by Knights in this DPC was 12.57, compared to only 9 from Aster in second place.

emperorchampion

Canada9496 Posts

January 12 2023 02:47 GMT

does china dpc still play their games on lan? (that was a thing last few seasons right?)

Geisterkarle

Germany3257 Posts

January 12 2023 08:28 GMT

Ok, Nigma lost ... but they played quite well! The map they won was very clean and direct!
Against "lesser" opponents I see good stuff coming in!

Rufus Dupres

Germany1071 Posts

January 12 2023 08:28 GMT

#10

If the accusations are correct against Knight, same will be another nail in the coffin for the Dota 2 - scene in China. They are already lacking new and upcoming talents...

Back to WEU:
Secret looking completely lost so far, all four games have been stomps. Looking rough.

On the other hand, Nigma put up more of a fight than expected and even took a game away from Tundra. Still it looks like that Ammars hero pool is concerning, he played his signature Mars, Huskar and Razor from the carry position. But their laning stage was on point in all three games and Sumail bodied Nine in all three games. Hope they will pull through against ITB, same is a must win series on Friday.

VGhost

United States3618 Posts

January 12 2023 23:57 GMT

#11

What is the deal with the SA DPC included/dropped teams? Doesn't seem like a good sign.

Geisterkarle

Germany3257 Posts

January 13 2023 07:04 GMT

#12

You mean, that EG is playing there now? :D
Espacially in S/NA there are quite a few team shuffles. Also want to see how Dendi is doing tonight in NA!

Rufus Dupres

Germany1071 Posts

January 16 2023 11:35 GMT

#13

That series from Nigma against ITB was just depressing to watch. Good laning stage into an absolute disaster as if they have no idea what to do beyond the 10-minute mark, no cohesion and ATF running around like a headless chicken and falling behind further and further. Already with their backs against the wall and next opponents are GG and Liquid...yikes...qualifiers for Lima-Major can already be over by the end of this week for Nigma and they have to seriously watch out not being relegated again.

Chewbacca.

United States3634 Posts

January 16 2023 17:51 GMT

#14

Does anyone know when the next Shopify Rebellion game is? On the liquipedia page it is showing Jan 17th against team Alpha in standings matrix, but showing today in the upcoming matches section.

Edit: Nevermind, found it on the dota2 site, looks like it is today based on their schedule.

goody153

44260 Posts

January 18 2023 08:48 GMT

#15

Really enjoying New Liquid performance so far. The Nisha addition is looking like a great addition.

They look waaay stronger than the Matu iteration

Faruko

Chile34173 Posts

January 18 2023 15:39 GMT

#16

This Secret iteration is not working, at all.

Rufus Dupres

Germany1071 Posts

January 18 2023 15:45 GMT

#17

Looking like Secret is speedrunning to Div2 and probably one of the first teams to reshuffle. All of them are heavily underperforming...

EDIT: Similar to casters curse...seems that Secret will win their first game during this DPC-season. 14k ahead after 30min against Entity.

Geisterkarle

Germany3257 Posts

January 19 2023 06:43 GMT

#18

Secret and Nigma being the bottom two teams after 5 gamedays ... I admit, I didn't have this on my bingo card...

PoulsenB

Poland7735 Posts

January 21 2023 01:04 GMT

#19

Shopify smurfing on the NA region lul

RTZ said in the post match interview that they scrim a lot of EU teams now since they are based on the east coast of NA, certainly very helpful for closing the gap to top teams out there!