RAMZES on Malr1ne: “No one else has a pool like Stasyan’s. It’s really unique.”
Streamers Andrey “Afoninje” Afonin, Igor “iLTW” Filatov, and Roman “RAMZES” Kushnarev commented on some professional players during their latest stream.
On Largo and Malr1ne
Afoninje: The funniest thing is that when Largo got patched, he ended up in mid. Although an unpatched Largo in mid would’ve been a total beast.
RAMZES: I think, for the most part, mid laners just didn’t want to play him.
Afoninje: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
RAMZES: He’s just not a hero for mid laners.
Afoninje: I don’t know—think of it like picking a hero with a Radiant and farming.
RAMZES: It’s the kind of hero Stasyan [Malr1ne] plays. Not everyone here is like Stasyanchik. <...> No one else has a hero pool like Stasyan’s. It’s that specific.
About Xakoda and Ekki
RAMZES: Did Xakoda even have one decent team after VP? No negativity, no *** [hype]—nothing. As far as I know, he’s always been high-ranked, and he’s young. He was bound to break out at some point.
Afoninje: He was in the top 2 in some qualifiers.
RAMZES: To be honest, I don’t remember at all. I just couldn’t lane with him. That’s the exact meta—0-6 in the lane and 5,000 gold behind at level 10. With Xakoda. It was tough for me back then, really tough.
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RAMZES: Xakoda is Ekki on a shoestring budget.
Afoninje: No, no, no—whatever else you say, there’s no player like Ekki. He doesn’t exist.
RAMZES: You mean “doesn’t exist”?
Afoninje: There’s no player who pulls off antics like Ekki. He’s like a trained “actor”—they’ve been teaching him this *** [nonsense] for ten years. Every single day.
iLTW: The funny thing is, he actually played well back when he was on Liquid.
Afoninje: That’s exactly what I’m saying—he has his decent moments, but mostly his highlights are just some *** [nonsense] where he charges in with five players.
RAMZES: I think when you have four decent guys on your team, you get into shape quickly. I don’t know how to explain it.
About shigetsu
RAMZES: That guy on the bot lane is just an AFK bot, shigetsu. How much longer do you need to play Dota?! Dota’s already dying; it’ll be gone soon, and this guy still hasn’t learned how to play. Come on, *** [damn it], you’ve got to do something about this! Dota’s *** [in trouble], bro. Dota won’t be around much longer, and you still haven’t learned how to play. This is just *** [awful], it’s a disgrace.
Earlier, community caster Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov spoke out about former Team Secret player David “Parker” Nicho Flores: “Parker seemed like he could play at least somewhat, but he’s just a weird guy in real life.”
Photo by Stefan Petrescu, SC PGL Esports S.R.L.
