Another head to head Mason vs Arteezy, no other top 10 players in this game...although about half are pro players and everyone else is at 60% + winrate with over a thousand games in regular matching.
It's interesting to see what a pub game is like when everyone is an expert dota 2 player.
Watching these games I am reminded again of just how imprecise my movements are. When I back up to kite or just remove tower aggro so often I go too far. When I move in to lasthit or harass I go too far both ways resulting in extra risk and not as much advantage as is possible with a hero. I know this...but when I have not recently watched the best do it right I tend to forget how far my movements are from optimum.
In pro games (other than russian dota) people do not often take risks and push their hero to the limit. It's fun to see what can be done.
Official stream stopped with the caster, but you can still watch with the in-game ticket. The ticket adds to the end of season prize pool like TI3...factor of 1000 lower $$$. But this is a nice way to support the players and see some of the same people you watched at TI3 in the off-season.
Also as long as Arteezy keeps playing tonight you could just watch his stream. He was briefly #1, but then lost to mason again.
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http://www.twitch.tv/neodota
You can watch live or buy the in-game ticket.
This is a mix of extremely talented pubstars and pro players from all the well known NA teams.
Mason 1st ahead of all the pros so far. 8-2 record going into this game. He solos mid Viper against Arteezy on OD. Arteezy currently ranked 5th at 5-2.
Arteezy wins head to head. Korok probably #1 now. Bulba says he had fun, but his off-lane bristle back started very badly despite him playing well later. I think it was a risk that didn't pay off and probably lost the game. Bristle back is very good against zombies, but he is quite bad against long disables like that bane.