ADC Malaysia’s Team Cybertime Updates

Malaysia’s representative for the Asian Dota Championships, Cybertime, has enjoyed great success so far. This write up by Underminer will chart their progress to date, with crucial incidents reported and his expert comments on how they approached each match. A must read for any aspiring Dota clans who wish to play competitively.




Round 1

The first game of ADC sprang a surprise when Cybertime lost a game to the Indian team- Error. A lack of concern towards the quality of the connection used to play was the cause of their downfall. The game 1 loss gave them a shaky start to the campaign.
Hopefully this will serve as a lesson to teams playing online in the future where the quality of the connection you use is equally if not as important as the skills you possess.

Link for summary of Round 1 results and summary video of play day 1 courtesy of mymym.com:

http://www.mymym.com/en/coverage/561/4.html

Round 2

The game against Australia’s representative Mcity which is led by the legendary ESWC winner and former Zenith member Musica would become the highlight of the play day. Knowing full well that his team is punching above their weight facing the best of Asia, Musica and his team devised a draft style of focusing on 5v5 team fights, tower pushes and massive healing power which suits their team well facing their more technically gifted opponents.
As expected, with a pick of Silencer in game 2, Cybertime could not finish and lost the game facing a turtling strat that Mcity is so fond of despite Ct leading the kills in the large margin.
The 2-1 victory is hard fought and provided a lesson to everyone that Dota is not just about technical skills in-game but also consists of strategies that takes advantage of mechanics in game to outplay even the best micro you could muster.

Link for summary of Round 2 results and summary video of playday 2 courtesy of mymym.com:

http://www.mymym.com/en/coverage/561/5.html

Round 3

The game against the Pinoy rep, Mineski will be a game where a lot of pride is at stake. In Dota crazy Phillipines, results in Dota is a matter of National Pride. Judging from the number of participants in their qualifiers (number of teams exceeded 200 which is the highest participation from of any of the 10 qualifiers of ADC), we can see passion is high.
The 2-0 result that Cybertime chalked up displayed the growing maturity in their game. From the replays, we can see Cybertime shutting down their opponents in every area of the game: drafts, engagements, pushes and farming, leaving Mineski with no chance to display their normal planned game.
The win sets Cybertime up for the first ever top of the table clash of the current season.

Link for summary of Round 3 results courtesy of mymym.com

http://www.mymym.com/en/coverage/561/6.html

Round 4

Despite chalking up 3 wins so far, Cybertime remained second in the table at the beginning of round 4. Their next opponent will be the ever-dominant Razer.CGC from Singapore who just came off Play day 3 with a victory over the reigning ADC 2 and ACG 2009 champions Starsboba of Vietnam. Despite the team being filled with ESWC 2008 winners, Razer.CGC’s secret weapon was the ever-mysterious and talented player iceiceice who often picks heroes no one else would otherwise use and proceed to produce magic out of nowhere through them.
The highly hyped match produced the first technical win granted to Cybertime of the ADC season because Razer.CGC violated the rules showing up an hour late due to miscommunication in the teams of the agreed time.
Game 2 failed to produce a replay due to the game being reloaded at the 20th min mark. However, footage from GGTV showed that Razer’s farm reliant strat on Visage backfired against an innovative Lanaya strat played by Mushi and aptly supported by the newly recruited Sharky and the stand-in for the team, Wantan.
The 2-0 win puts Cybertime at the top of the table without dropping a bo3 to date.

Link for summary of Round 4 results courtesy of mymym.com

http://www.mymym.com/en/coverage/561/7.html



That’s it for now; do not forget to checkout the latest standings of ADC in this link here:

http://www.mymym.com/en/coverage/561/3.html