Malady said he didn’t expect Aurora Gaming to say “GG” at the 19-minute mark in the PGL Wallachia Season 9 playoffs.
Team Yandex players Alimzhan “watson” Islambekov and Arman “Malady” Orazbaev discussed their victory over Aurora Gaming in the PGL Wallachia Season 9 playoffs in a team vlog on YouTube.
On the duration of the third map
[Question: “How long did it take us to win?”]
Malady: As you can see, in 18 minutes and 53 seconds.
[Question: “Did you expect them to type ‘GG’ at the 18-minute mark?”]
No. I don’t think anyone expected it, because there weren’t even any people standing there. They suddenly typed “GG,” and everyone rushed over.
[Question: “Who was the first to type ‘GG’?”]
I don’t know, my chat is all jumbled up [The first message was posted by Miroslav “Mira” Kolpakov. — Ed.].
On the match against Aurora Gaming
watson: I think it was impossible to play Dota in the first game. It was all because of the draft—our captain, Malady, is to blame. But then the games were easy. Good drafts, we played well—we just outplayed them.
The third map of the series ended with a score of 26–4 in favor of Yandex; Ammar “ATF” al-Assaf and Martin “Saksa” Sazdov finished the game without any deaths, while the rest of the players were killed only 1–2 times. The team swept every other playoff series except this one. On average, Team Yandex’s matches were the shortest in PGL Wallachia Season 9.
