History Awesome / Dota2

* Liquid's [=TI9=] run was noteworthy. Starting out in the lower bracket, they decimated every opponent that they came across, only losing ''one'' game before the Grand Finals, that being against PSG.LGD in Game 1 of the Lower Bracket Finals. Credit also must be given to them still being very unwavering in the face of OG's absolute dominance in their Grand Finals matchup, still being optimistic about their play and thinking about ways to win despite their huge deficits, and being GracefulLosers once they knew Game 4 (and the series) was lost. It was a well-deserved 2nd place finish, Grand Finals performance aside.

** Also in True Sight: [[=JerAx=]]: Io coming, 15. This felt like the death knell for Team Liquid, who despite their best attempts, could not be able to push high ground also thanks to Topson's Diffusal Blade Gyrocopter. Not less than five minutes later after Io hit level 15 and Aghanim's, OG won their second TI.

* As shown in the [=TI9=] iteration of True Sight, before Game 4: OG.ana as Io: ''48-8'' overall, ''19-1'' in the last 20 games, ''15 wins in a row'' as the little ball of death. He would make it 16 in a row with this TI-clinching win.

-->'''[=TobiWan=]''': DO YOU WANT IT?! DO YOU WANT IT?!

* True Sight: The International 2018 Grand Finals. Fans have been waiting for months for this, and the wait was so worth it. At just over one hour, Valve has done an exemplary job at documenting the entire best of 5 between OG and PSG.LGD.

* OG in TI8, in a manner a bit similar to Columbus '13 described above. A few weeks before the TI, on a day before rosters for Supermajor - the last tournament before TI - locked, two members of OG moved to EG on a short notice, leaving OG incomplete and forcing them to withdraw from major. Made even more powerful by the fact that [[HeterosexualLifePartners one of the departing players was Fly, famous for his life-long friendship with teammate, N0tail]], which basically broke all the good relations between the two. N0tail was left with only one old teammate, JerAx, and one fairly recent addition - Ana, a world class player, whose form was questionable after having a year-long break. To complete the team in time for the TI, he drafted team's coach Ceb and asked a non-professional pub star, Topson, to become a part of the team. This RagtagBunchOfMisfits considered a last place candidate stormed their way in, absolutely stomping EG, the team that snatched their players, in upper bracket finals, and then defeating LGD, team that eliminated them a year before, when they were considered favorites 3-2 in grand finals, after being on a seemingly lost position in game 4 when LGD had a firm lead in the game with a 2-1 score. Reddit christened their achievement as a real-life anime plot, which sums it out pretty well.

* OG in TI8, in a manner a bit similar to Columbus '13 described above. A few weeks before the TI, on a day before rosters for Supermajor - the last tournament before TI - locked, two members of OG moved to EG on a short notice, leaving OG incomplete and forcing them to withdraw from major. Made even more powerful by the fact that [HeterosexualLifePartners one of the departing players was Fly, famous for his life-long friendship with teammate, N0tail], which basically broke all the good relations between the two. N0tail, left with only one old teammate, JerAx, and one fairly recent addition - Ana, a world class player, whose form was questionable after having a year-long break. To complete the team in time for the TI, he drafted team's coach Ceb and asked a non-professional pub star, Topson, to become a part of the team. This RagtagBunchOfMisfits considered a last place candidate absolutely stomped their way in, absolutely stomping EG, the team that snatched their players, in upper bracket finals, and then defeating LGD, team that eliminated them a year before, when they were considered favorites 3-2 in grand finals, after being on a seemingly lost position in game 4 when LGD had a firm lead in the game with a 2-1 score. Reddit christened their achievement as a real-life anime plot, which sums it out pretty well.

* Winning after your opposing team had gotten mega creeps. Mega creeps have higher health, higher damage, and lower gold earnings, not to mention that they're beating on all three lanes. Imagining this: all your barracks are down and it looked like all hope was lost, as basically mega creeps almost became a definite win. But you and your teammates didn't give up, kept fighting, and eventually managed to take down the opponent's throne. Comebacks of this magnitude are rare to see, and for good reason. It's a good feeling to win after a comeback like this, and a crushing one to lose, as you essentially blew it. Taken UpToEleven with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwSQv_sNZBI [=TI6's=] UB Semifinals between EG and EHOME in Game 1.]] Now ''that'' was a hell of a comeback, and it cemented EG's legendary status as one of the most prolific teams in Dota 2's professional history. It's not over until one of the thrones has fallen.

* Would you believe that an AI bot, of all things, could achieve a MomentOfAwesome? Well, [[https://openai.com/ OpenAI]] has created a bot that, simply by having it play against itself for a lifetime without actually hard coding strategies into it, has become so terrifyingly proficient and competent at 1v1 Shadow Fiend matches. How good is it? ''The best players in the world lost to it''. That's right, in a game where the bots are dismissed as being incompetent at best, a bot has defeated the best players in the world simply by evolving and learning how to play the game, to the point that it even knows ''how to fake Shadow Razes!'' Oh, and [=OpenAI=] wants to develop an entire team of bots, suggesting the possibility that ''an entire team of bots could become a challenge for the best teams in the world''.

* One Reddit user managed to create an Icefrog summoning sequence using the visual effects of different heroes. [[https://streamable.com/dhrno It's easily one of the most breathtaking sights you will see in Dota]].

* Na`Vi vs. [=TongFu=] in the [=TI3=] Loser's Bracket Finals. Dendi's Pudge is almost memetic, but was not going very well in Game 3. It looked very clear that [=TongFu=] was going to roll over Na`Vi and face Alliance in the Finals as the Pudge gambit had failed. Until Na`Vi remembered they also had [[IamNotLeftHanded a Chen to combo with Pudge]] with the now-removed "Fountain Hook" strategy, one of which on [=TongFu=]'s Gyrocopter with Aegis of Immortality caused the match to pull a full 180 and gave Na`Vi their rematch against Alliance in the Finals.

* Would you believe that an AI bot, of all things, could achieve a MomentOfAwesome? Well, [[https://openai.com/ OpenAI]] has created a bot that, simply by having it play against itself for a lifetime without actually hard coding strategies into it, has become so terrifyingly proficient and competent at 1v1 Shadow Fiend matches. How good is it? ''The best players in the world lost to it''. That's right, in a game where the bots are dismissed as being incompetent at best, a bot has defeated the best players in the world simply by evolving and learning how to play the game, to the point that it even knows ''how to fake Shadow Razes!'' Oh, and [=OpenAI=] wants to develop an entire team of bots, suggesting the possibility that ''an entire team of bots could become a challenge for the best teams in the world''.

** And TI6 moves to 20.7 million dollars, with 9 million going to the winners.

* Would you believe that an AI bot, of all things, could achieve a MomentOfAwesome? Well, [[https://openai.com/ OpenAI]] has created a bot that, simply by having it play against itself for a lifetime without actually telling it how to play the game, has become so terrifyingly proficient and competent at 1v1 Shadow Fiend matches. How good is it? ''The best players in the world lost to it''. That's right, in a game where the bots are dismissed as being incompetent at best, a bot has defeated the best players in the world simply by evolving and learning how to play the game, to the point that it even knows ''how to fake Shadow Razes!'' Oh, and [=OpenAI=] wants to develop an entire team of bots, suggesting the possibility that ''an entire team of bots could become a challenge for the best teams in the world''.

* The special presentation in August 12 of [=TI6=] could qualify as this for Valve. The day prior, Underlord was announced during the all-stars match to be released in August 23 to much applause and hype, finally completing the hero roster and ensuring parity with the Warcraft 3 module. No way that Valve could top it, right? ''WRONG''. The next day, the host was told to inform everyone that there was going to be a special presentation after the last series (between Fnatic and DC) and encouraged viewers and attendants to stay for it, no details on what it is about. Many viewers thought that it was going to be the reveal of the arcana contest winner. Turns out, it was five minutes of a martial arts performance show with taiko drums, which itself was building up to the true nature of the special presentation. '''The announcement of Monkey King''', the first new hero in years! Needless to say, the crowd, the Dota 2 community and Twitch chat went crazy.

* First off, you might want to look at Awesome/ProGaming for awesome competitive DOTA2 moments.

* Any time you get a [[TotalPartyKill Rampage]]. Admit it, the feeling of having so utterly trounced the other team is awesome.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKWdo473nBo Moonmeander proves the world that he has something to back up that ego.]]

* The final match of The International 5 between Evil Geniuses and CDEC Gaming. After a 2-0 sweep by the CDEC in the winners bracket finals, the two teams met again in a Grand Finals rematch. After falling behind 2-1 in the series, CDEC went for a Roshan kill at the 29 minute mark of game 4. Moments later, an Ice Blast struck the pit and Universe blinked in, dropping unquestionably the biggest Echo Slam of all time, nearly wiping the entirety of CDEC and sealing the victory for EG. [=TobiWan=] was rightfully [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ElXGllTpp0 losing his shit]] in the process. Needless to say, the moment went on to be known as "The Six Million Dollar Echo Slam".

* While there are fan videos of VideoGame/{{Dota 2}}, there's a certain animator named [[http://www.youtube.com/user/swordzzzzz Swordz]] who's known to make high quality Dota 2 custom videos. And his most recent project? ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvpHThakNwU When Heroes Meet Champions]]'', AKA VideoGame/{{Dota 2}} Heroes Versus VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Champions! UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny at its finest! Highlights already include battles of Axe vs Darius, Juggernaut vs Master Yi, Legion Commander vs Katarina, Treant Protector vs Maokai, and topped with the clash of two MegatonPunch between Tusk and Vi. [[SincerityMode It's as awesome as it sounds.]]
** Unfortunately, Swordz ran into plenty of issues and [[http://pastebin.com/8s90bshW decided to quit the project.]]
** Beforehand, he's also made a spot-on reminiscing video of the memetic [[VideoGame/FZero "FALCON PUNCH!!"]] with Dota characters, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ykbVt1ZaJM featuring Brewmaster as Ryu Suzaku/Rick Wheeler, Doom as Black Shadow, and of course, Tusk as Captain Falcon]]

* The final match of The International 5 between Evil Geniuses and CDEC Gaming. After a 2-0 sweep by the CDEC in the winners bracket finals, the two teams met again in a Grand Finals rematch. After falling behind 2-1 in the series, CDEC went for a Roshan kill at the 29 minute mark of game 4. Moments later, an Ice Blast struck the pit and Universe blinked in, dropping unquestionably the biggest Echo Slam of all time, nearly wiping the entirety of CDEC and sealing the victory for EG. [=TobiWan=] was rightfully [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ElXGllTpp0 losing his shit]] in the process.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0nIL10roaE This fun little video]]. The video shows off that Sven's team is losing and then ''everyone in his team left the game'', leaving Sven alone. So what does Sven do? [[{{Determinator}} Keep on fighting and become a]] OneManArmy. By the end of it, he holds off the rest of the five team as they futilely saw Sven pick them and their towers off one by one and won the game. The kicker? Sven did all those without a Black King Bar, even in the presence of some disablers like Tiny and Pudge.

** Beforehand, he's also made a spot-on reminiscing video of the memetic [[VideoGame/FZero "FALCON PUNCH!!"]] with Dota characters, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ykbVt1ZaJM featuring Brewmaster as Ryu Suzaku/Rick Wheeler, Doom as Black Shadow, and of course, Tusk as Captain Falcon]]