“They’re like monkey business men”, says Team Liquid member Kuroky, “they will GO”. Liquid are gathered round for a fast smoke earlier than the Dota 2 International 2019 finale, about to face Team OG. They’re visibly nervous, regardless of Kuroky’s repeated insistence that they need to “feel free”, and deal with this like a scrim. Another group member insists that it IS a scrim, and Kuroky instantly reneges on his personal phrases. “In a way”, he says. “It’s a costly scrim though.”
The first 5 minutes of Valve’s True Sight documentary have sucked me proper in. It’s a characteristic size movie exhibiting drama from contained in the participant cubicles, between match pep talks, and the matches themselves. They’re all so candy.
I don’t usually care about sports activities drama, however that is very effectively put collectively. Team Liquid received the International in 2017 and OG received in 2018, so the filmmakers get to lean on a “who will be the first ever two-time champions” arc. It doesn’t have the identical attract as an underdog story, nevertheless it’s one thing.
The better part is certainly how lovely all of them are. Both groups discuss respecting their rivals, whereas every attempt to shake off their nerves. Most of Team Liquid do that by awkwardly singing Ridin’ Dirty simply earlier than their first match, whereas Kuroky holds his face in his arms. It’s a very good dynamic.
It’s exhausting for me to inform how decipherable this shall be for individuals who didn’t spend 4 years of their life as much as their necks in Dota lingo, however go on, take a look anyway.
Valve made comparable movies for TI7 and TI8, although realizing who wins does let among the pressure leak out. I didn’t truly take note of who received this one, so I’m wanting ahead to watching the remaining this night.
