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Hello everyone!
I'm here with Oleksandr "XBOCT" Dashkevych, player of Na`Vi.DotA.
Hello Sasha.
Hello Yura.
I've heard you've been on a vacation in Berdyansk. How was it?
It was excellent. I was attacked by monkeys, alligators and tigers, and I was defending myself.
Everything went great.
Now seriously, where were you?
I was in Thailand.
How was it?
It was great, I recommend it to everyone.
Thailand is a great place, I was in Pattaya, so I can't say anything about other places.
But it was cool and I liked it.
Where else have you been?
I've also been in Bangkok, on 2 islands and some other tours and factories.
What did you like the most?
There was a 2 days trip on a river called Khwae Yai.
We went down the river in jackets in the morning.
And in the night you sleep with a tribe in a hotel without any electricity.
It was very exotic.
The hotel is somewhere in the top 10 list of most exotic hotels in the world.
It was very cool, very interesting and unforgettable.
Did you take the trip to rest after The International
Like you felt that you don't have and need to rest?
No, it's not really like I didn't have power.
But it's always important to rest.
And I got a great opportunity to go there
So why not?
Now when you rested and recovered and some time passed
How do you feel about the results on The International?
Well, we really could win but I think we don't deserve even the second place.
I'm grateful it went so well.
So you are satisfied?
After I thought well about it, and understood that I did good money
And that it's all good
Yeah, I'm satisfied.
Now, can you compare all 3 internationals?
I liked the first one more, I will tell you that.
I understand why.
But if we're talking about the way to the finals, and the atmosphere
Which one do you like the most?
Without taking the prize into consideration.
The first one was the easiest because no one knew how to play.
We owned everyone, you could see that.
The second one was the most difficult one.
Everyone knew how to play, unlike us.
So we had to find some ways to beat everyone.
The third one was easier than the second.
There was only one team that was really prepared and played well.
And in half a year built a lot from scratch.
We could try to fight them
But we also were pretty weak.
In my opinion we don't deserve anything.
Because our way to the finals was weird.
We've barely had a comeback with Pudge and Chen vs TongFu.
We were lucky and ky.xy denied the Aegis vs Orange.
So everything worked out for us.
We had some luck.
But even in these conditions we couldn't make it.
But that's fine.
We will recover, practice and show some more.
So you plan to continue?
While The International continues there is no point to stop
We will talk about Alliance later
Now I have a question specifically about the fifth game
Dendi said in his interview that you basically won the game
What do you think?
For me the game was over on the second minute
When 4 players ran under the towers and I killed 3
And I understand that in the same moment I have 4 teammates that are also doing something
But as we found out, everything was way more difficult
What was the main mistake?
We could make the right decisions
We had to back off in the right moment
Or to not finish Roshan
In such situations we have two options
And if a teammate says something you have to listen
And if this teammate is the captain so you listen without thinking twice
So it worked out like this
But you should have experience that helps you to understand
That in some situation you shouldn't take a risk at all
We always take risks and it always works
Or not, like then
But we could do it without the fifth game
We could win the fourth game, but we decided to feed a bit
And as always this what happened
I see.
In Alliance there is AdmiralBulldog, that played often for you
He went all the way from lower publics
Thanks Dendi for finding him
That he took our money
Thank you Danylo, good job
So they got another star
They have 2 legendary guys that play for them from 2006
And 3 underdogs
And that the whole team
Of course now everyone knows and respects S4
But no one knew him 1 year ago
That's all
But if we talk about the teams itself
About how they play
Some strategies
What can you highlight?
They have ideas
I don't know who comes up with the ideas
But they always have something new
They have a main strategy for the whole game
And basically you know what they are up to
But the question is if you can do anything against it
They have good execution
They aren't afraid
They are pushing well, what isn't typical for Europeans
They are doing everything successfully
They have 2 constant heroes which they use to counter others
So if you haven't understood that in 2 games
You're out of the tournament
So on The International everything was great and smooth for them
So we came to the final and thought we could pick whatever we want
We played some stupid heroes, but it doesn't matter
So we tried something, so they owned us with a 2-0 score
We thought about what we have to do
So we thought what we will and won't do
We adapted a bit
But it comes out we didn't have enough skill
Or team play
I know that a few games before the finals
You sat 2 hours and discussed strategies
Yeah, I saw that
There is even a photo
Puppey said that he is very interested to see how Alliance play
How many strategies, tactics
Did you have in general for the game against them?
1 strategy, first game. Vengeful Spirit, Visage, Venomancer.
Later, Clement tells me to go on the easy lane
Forget about everything, we are farming
In 20 minutes we owned them
Same thing on the next game
I go to the easy lane, we are farming
Then we fed a bit and they played well
We won anyway
On the fourth game we did the same
But on level 5 without daggers we decide to fight
And they basically wiped us
Don't you think that you needed to take big risks?
Wait wait!
After the first International I interviewed ArtStyle
And he says that he took all the responsibility
So what did you have to do in a different way?
We didn't have to do anything differently
Just play better
We did everything, we did it perfectly
We won all the games
After the first we won all four
I see
Right after the event
Maybe on rage, on emotions
There were some hard statements
No idea what you're talking about
There was something,
and I know that the conflict is solved
And you're back to playing with new power
Tell me a bit about that
Well, I did some dumb stuff
I was mad, emotional
It was 6 o'clock, so why not to write something dumb
I really didn't know that it will make such a mess
I wrote it on the wall and I woke up the next day
And I see 4000 likes, 1500 shares
I wanted to delete it, but it was kind of too late already
So it came up pretty wrong,
I really want to apologize to my teammates, friends
I went through a lot with them, you can't just do that
I feel serious remorse
What are your and the team's plans for the near future?
We will participate in tournaments
We hope to qualify for Starladder
There are some teams like aSpera and PR that won't let us
That's my next question
But we are trying
It's hard, everyone just came
First of all we are just 4
Sometimes 3
Funn1k is still on vacation
Yeah, Funn1k comes back on the 21.09
It's pretty hard to come back, get some shape back again
There are some Trolls and Abbadons running on the map
I have no idea what it is
It's a bit difficult to play
So the first results on this game don't really show your optimal shape
No, that IS our optimal shape
On The International we won Alliance
Now we get into games versus some aSpera
Where we know 1 or 2 players
And you're ready to own them
And you end up losing to them
So you need to go down, play simpler
It's not about playing simpler, it's difficult
We don't have team play, everyone just came back
No one knows what to do or where to go
So now a few months will pass and everything will be good
I hope so
I see
I decided to end interviews with DotA players
With an advice from the player
Some kind of a trend
Name a hero and tell us how to play to win publics
Lifestealer with Armlet
That's all I have to say
Well, thanks a lot for the interview
It was XBOCT
Goodbye everyone
See you