#FrankfurtMajorsPuso: Mineski vs Team Secret Live Blog

David vs Goliath? It’s on!

The Philippine team Gigabyte.Mineski  (Mineski) go up against Team Secret (Secret), arguably the number one Dota 2 team today, in the quarterfinals match of the winners’ bracket. The winner will secure a top six finish with a guaranteed P9.5 million take-home prize money;  loser drops to the lower bracket with fear of getting eliminated in this 3-million dollar tournament.

Frankfurt Majors is the inaugural event in a series of majors supported by Valve, Dota 2’s game publisher. The Frankfurt Majors will pit 16 of the best teams in the world vying for a slice of the $3 million prize money.

Mineski has been upsetting top international teams left and right. They swept their match series against EHOME (China; 2-0) and Swedish team Team Alliance (2-0).

Related: eSports by INQUIRER.net pre-game analysis of Mineski vs Secret

Mineski and the tradition of upsets

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Game One

Mineski draw first blood

11 minutes into the game current kill score:

Net worth difference at the 14-minute mark:

Engagement in the top at lane at the 15-minute mark. Mineski claims two to nil. Kill score: 5-3.

 Mineski spots Secret in the Roshan pit at the 17-minute mark. Pinoys engage the clash. Secret gets the aegis. Mineski kills three including aegis holder in exchange of none. Kill score: 9-3.

Secret’s Ember leads the net worth chat, followed by two Mineski players at the 20-minute mark:

Item progressions at the 21-minute mark of both teams:
Big clash in bottom lane at the 23-minute mark. Mineski executes AOE skills smoothly. Filipinos take three in the process, loses one hero.

 Mineski has bigger net worth than Secret – 4,300 net worth difference at the 28-minute mark.

Secret smokes up at the 29-minute mark. Invades the opposition’s jungle. Secret initiates the clash. Both teams lose three heroes in the process. Secret’s Ember’s newly bought Black King Bar made the difference for the clash.

Hero net worth and item progressions at the 32-minute mark. Still the same in terms of who’s leading the chart.

Secret takes the second Roshan of the game at 35-minute mark.

Kill score at the 36-minute mark: 16-8 Mineski.

Teams stalling the game. It seems that the situation favors Team Secret. Even if Mineski leads the kill score board, Secret holds the lead in terms of net worth.

 Mineski does a wise pick-off on Secret’s Windranger, claiming the aegis life. Kill score still sits 16-8 at the 38-minute mark.

Mineski tries to catch one in the bottom lane at the 39-minute mark. Secret responses quickly. Secret takes three in the process without losing any. Kill score: 16-11.

42 minutes into the game both teams trying to get a pick-off. No ones succeed. Game being stalled again.

Net worth difference at the 43-minute mark in favor of Secret.

Item progression at the 44-minute mark.

Secret claims the third Roshan of the game. Now with cheese.

Mineski buys their second Scythe of Vyse in the game at 45-minute mark. First one was bought two minutes earlier.

 Secret still leads the gold chart. Ember spirit with almost doubled net worth of the core heroes of Mineski at the 47-minute mark.

 Secret knocks at the base of Mineski at the 49-minute mark. Engages the clash. Secret takes three to nil. Secret destroys the first set of barracks in the game. Mineski chases down fleeting Secret, catches one in the run. Kill score: 19-14.

Teams meet at the middle lane at the 52-minute mark. Secret initiates the clash. Mineski’s skills wasn’t set properly. Secret takes advantage, outpowers with their skills. Secret takes three including the core hero of Mineski in exchange of none. Secret seizes the middle lane set of barracks.
Mineski tries to defend. Secret outmaneuver Mineski, takes two again. Secret destroys tier three middle lane tower. Mineski taps out at the 53-minute mark. Kill score: 19-19.

FLASH PLAY: 

Secret tries to take down Phantom Lancer. Tries…

Game one postscript: Mineski’s showing in the early game was impressive. Their sustained aggression with the early rotations and four to five-man unit clash proved to be a burden to Secret, forcing the latter to stall the game.

Secret used all possible mechanisms to create space for their core hero which they succeed. Throughout the game, their core heroes topped the net worth charts despite Mineski leading the kill scoreboards.

However, Mineski, even with some gold advantage over the opposition, chose to play the game at the same pace as Secret’s. The stalling of the game favored more Secret side as they were the one’s lagging behind.

Another crucial point was the responses. Mineski’s aggression was controlled coming in the middle part of the game. Secret tried to find pick-offs which they did. Secret took advantage of Mineski’s mistake in the bottom lane at the 25-minute mark. Mineski tried to catch an enemy off-guard but Secret responded quickly, turning the tables around.

At the 29-minute mark Secret started their aggression. They smoked up and invaded the jungle of Mineski where both teams exchanged three kills. Eventually, the following series of clashes showed how Secret play as a five-man unit. Secret outplays Mineski with their timed initiation leaving the Filipinos off-guard.

If Mineski wants to force a game three decider they should exert more aggression and sustain it throughout the game. They should play their game and not Secret’s game. Because if they do so, then perhaps we would see the same result as game one.

Game two:

5 minutes in to the game and no one has died yet. Both teams playing defensively. The support of each team tries to waste each other’s time.

 Mineski take first blood at the 7-minute mark.

Secret catches two off-guard.

Item progressions at the 13-minute mark by both teams:

Mineski’s Anti-Mage picks up the Battlefury at the 15-minute mark. Just in time for Juan’s farming! Net worth difference:

Both teams smoke up at the 17-minute mark. Teams meet at the middle lane. Mineski throws their skill but they lacked enough firepower to put someone down. Secret takes advantage, takes three in exchange of one.

Secret then took the first aegis from Roshan at the 18-minute mark.

Mineski snipes the opponent’s courier at the 20-minute mark. Teams exchange a kill around the map. Kill score: 6-10 Secret.

Net difference at the 23-minute mark:

Secret tops the net chart, Mineski trails.

Secret finds a pick-off in the middle lane at the 26-minute mark. Mineski’s Anti-Mage stalls the enemies’ incoming wave of creeps. Secret catches Anti-mage out from a great hero positioning. Kill score: 7-12.

Secret takes the second Roshan of the game at the 30-minute mark.

Secret pushes their way in the Mineski’s base, finding pick-offs after pick-offs. Secret takes down two set of barracks – middle and bottom lane at the 32-minute mark.

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