DH Summer Dota 2 Day One belongs to the past

 

00:06 - The final game of the day is over! Uebelst wins a 5-0 fight inside TCM's base and forces out the GG! 

00:03 - Uebelst have just breached TCM's defenses, and the bottom and middle barracks are demolished! This must be the finishing blow for the Radiant.

23:54 - TCM wins a 4-0 inside their base. They are trying desperately to keep the Germans away from their barracks..

23:45 - Phantom Assassin has completed the dreaded Black King Bar, and the hero is a real threat for TCM. Unless GoAudio's Kunkka and BlueberryNinja's Queen of Pain can answer with items of equal game value, Uebelst will become really hard to deal with.

23:33 - Both teams have managed to grab eight kills as the game hits the 15th minute mark. No speculation can be made yet about the outcome of the game, but TCM looks slightly stronger in terms of farm and experience.

23:21 - The draft is done for the last game of the day, and TCM decided not to use their fifth ban! 

23:32 - The epitome of pushing strategies, Virtus.Pro gives Dignitas no change as they destroy the barracks by minute 20 and end the match once and for all!

23:23 - The Russian squad carefully selected their heroes to have extreme damage in fights and supreme pushing potential. The score is 6-12 in favor of Virtus.Pro and no tier-one tower is standing for Dignitas, 14 minutes into the game.

23:10 - What a way to start the game! The teams went for a full on clash near Roshan with Dignitas completely wiping against Virtus.Pro! The score is 2-5 and the game has not even started!

22:43 - With the Antimage hitting like a truck, Uebelst have lost all hope. The Russians win their last fight and take the win in convincing fashion.

22:31 - As it turns out, Uebelst greedy squad is not working for them. Illidan's Antimage was over 200 creeps by minute 20 and the Germans cannot win a single fight.

22:20 - It took eight minutes for the first blood to be drawn, with Virtus.Pro winning a 2-1 fight, taking the bottom tier-one as well.

22:11 - Uebelst and Virtus.Pro finished their drafts, with Virtus.Pro selecting Antimage to counter the three carry/semi carry lineup of Uebelst.

22:38 - No hope for TCM as Aui's Lancer has grown too strong from the early game domination. With the score 20-9, TCM forfeits.

22:25 - The things are not looking good for TCM. The score is 13-4 and the Jakiro-Treant-Seer-Qop combination seems to be too much for TCM to handle.

22:14 - Dignitas is taking advantage of their amazing early game potential, earning a 8-3 score by minute 14.

22:03 - TCM vs Dignitas drafting is over, with TCM picking Omniknight and Naga Siren, continuing the interesting picks of Dreamhack.

?

 

?

21:22- Dignitas strong pushing lineup has managed to apply a lot of pressure to Uebelst, and another set of barracks falls. The Germans seem to be unable to control Dignitas, and they decide to concede.

21:13 - Uebelst is leading with 17-13, but Dignitas were successful in taking down the top melee barracks with Furion's persisent splitpushing.

21:05 - Complete turnaround by Uebelst! The score turned from 9-3 to 11-11 in minutes!

20:56 - Both teams are building up their networth, not much action going on. Our crew just interviewed Fluff by Liquid, so you can check it out instead

?20:48 - Dignitas are slightly ahead in terms of kills and farm, but the disadvantage for Uebelst is not that high, with Gyrocopter's Networth being quite adequate.

20:36 - Dignitas also followed VP's footsteps on picking up Naga Siren but they spice it up with a Morphling pick as well. They play Naga as a support though while VP play it as a carry.

 

20:44- Complete domination by Virtus.Pro, forcing out the GG 27 minutes into the game with a score 29-9.

20:44- Virtus.Pro trilane seems too strong for TCM, the Russians are in the lead.

20:33- First blood for Virtus.Pro thanks to a well placed nuke by Lina!.

20:29 - Draft for TCM versus VP.

20:24 - Uebelst has also begun their game against Team Dignitas on Dreamhack stream

20:20 - We're back from a 40 minutes break. TCM is currently playing Virtus Pro on Tobiwan stream.

19:36 - After torturing Mousesports for 30 minutes, Liquid's 20,000 lead in gold is too apparent as Mousesports helplessly watch their barracks fall one by one with no chance of defending it. Liquid tops group A while Mousesports places second in the group. Both teams will move onto the playoffs.

19:26 - Here's a picture of Loda who came to watch the games of group A and group B. Alliance will be playing tomorrow.

19:17 - After rolling through 4FC for 30 minutes, Lions Pride finally decided to push high ground and easily took down the barracks without any contest. When 4FC decided to defend, it was too late and the attempts just ended in a team wipe. Lions Pride will take the win but will not qualify for the playoffs of Dreamhack Summer 2013.

19:12 - Liquid is in a commanding lead, being 6 kills up and also took down Roshan at 16 minutes. The Aegis is given to Queen of Pain. The mass number of farmiliars and Eidolons are really going to work for Liquid.

19:06 - The Spirit Breaker pick isn't really sitting very well with 4FC as they are down by 11 kills just 18 minutes into the game.

19:03 - Mouz versus Liquid draft

18:44 - SPIRIT BREAKERRRR. Solo mid versus Templar Assassin. Liquid versus Mouz is also underway

18:40 - 4FC versus Lions Pride is now underway on Tobiwan stream. So far, Lions Pride seemed to have put up more of a challenge to Liquid and Mouz. Lions Pride picked up Lich!

18:32 - Liquid versus Mousesports, the most anticipated match of Group A is coming up on DreamhackDota stream. Tune in!

18:20 - Both teams have fought long and hard and after 70 minutes of play, Mouz came up on top.

18:13 - Mouz just won a big battle, killing off the Spectre with two of their heroes on 120 hp. They couldn't push though but opted for the Roshan instead.

18:06 - eL`Pride are battling on, winning a battle 4 versus 5 outside their base. It is amazing that they could still defend after being down by 12,000 gold.

17:57 - 4FC suffered their second loss as they were outmaneuvered by Liquid from early game. eL`Pride just lost their mid barracks.

17:46 - eL`Pride just took down three of Mouz heroes outside the Germans' base. Is this the end? By the way, Bone7's Batrider bought Mask of Madness on Batrider.

17:38 - The Gosucrew is having lunch while watching the games.

17:29 - eL`Pride and Mouz game is pretty close but Liquid is running over 4FC despite the Swedes' good start. A bad move on the top lane to engage Mouz gave away their lead going into the mid-game.

17:20 - The crowd watching the Dota 2 games in Jonkoping. Check out our gallery here.

17:13 - Draft for 4FC versus Team Liquid is also done. 4FC is now 2-0 up against Liquid.

17:05 - Draft for Mouz vs Lions Pride is done. Mouz has no proper carry and probably going for the mid-game pushes

16:56 - Mouz versus Lions Pride is currently drafting on Tobiwan's stream. We saw SingSing playing in the BYOC tournament. He is playing with twista and ex-fnatic players.

16:48 - All the casters are taking a rest as the players get ready for their next game

16:26 - Liquid and Mouz won at about the same time. Liquid barely won though after being down by almost 15 kills 25 minutes in.

16:18 - Liquid is on the verge of an epic comeback, taking down 4FC two battles in a row. Mouz on the other hand, is destroying 4FC, taking down their first barracks at 26 minutes.

16:10 - We updated our gallery for the third time. Check it out here.

16:05 - Mousesports took down all five of 4FC in a team battle in mid. The Germans are now in a commanding lead in their first game

15:57 - While all these actions are going on, we have uploaded a new interview with Alex and AdmiralBulldog. If you have not realized, our on-site crew are posting blogs on our coverage hub here.

15:50 - The draft of Mouz versus 4FC is done. Mouz went for Spectre but 4FC is very tanky. Treant and Dragon Knight oooh!

15:40 - High action game in between Lions Pride and Team Liquid. The kill score is now 9-9 but Liquid is a little bit ahead in terms of gold

15:31 - Lions pride is running a jungling Lifestealer and a dual hero safe lane. Liquid rushed Dark Seer on the top lane and took First Blood against the Dark Seer.

15:30 - Black is finally back and Mouz vs 4FC will get underway

15:27 - The draft for Liquid vs Lions Pride is now finished. Mouz vs 4FC have not started and they are still waiting on Black.

15:15 - Liquid versus Lions Pride is now live on Tobiwan's stream.

15:05 - The Dreamhack stream is now live, is current on the screen.

15:01 - The games are scheduled to begin and although the streams are now live, it seems that the players are still getting prepared.

14:39 - Just thought we should share this, n0tail wishes he is h4nni

14:31 - Quantic has just arrived to the battlefield. Time to say hi to them.

14:20 - We are off to look for Ayesee now

14:10 - Players are all chillaxing in the Twitch lounge and we caught sight of Mouz players playing ping pong.

 

14:02 - So far, we have an interview up with TC from Team Liquid and a walkthrough video of the Asus ROG Dota 2 tournament in Dreamhack. Check it out here.

We met TC at a LAN Café yesterday. Watch the interview if you haven't done that yet: