RAMZES on Malr1ne: “No one else has a pool like Stasyan’s. It’s really unique.”

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.

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.

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.