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After a shaky start in the first game of the Grand Final, MiTH is given Orange a run for their money after coming back in game two to narrow Orange's lead to 2:1.Several server errors have taken its toll on DotA 2 Malaysia Invitational as server issues came up halfway through the game one of the grand final. Orange ended up winning as the better team managing lag. This grand final will be in a best-of-five format and MiTH is now holding on to all they have in hopes of a miraculous comeback. No effort of reloading the game was performed due to the possibility of losing the game entirely.All in all, here is a short summary of game one and game two. Stay tuned to this news as we bring you more updates and game summaries of the Grand Final.[U][B]Game 1[/B][/U][B]MiTH[/B]: Morphling, Puck, Rylai, Lich, Batrider[B]Orange[/B]: Rhasta, Viper, Windrunner, Tidehunter, FurionAlthough MiTH had a big lead in the early game, Orange Esports managed to make a comeback through cautious and meticulous plays to pick off the Batrider and pushing some towers down.Rhasta byYee Fung [B]'Mushi'[/B] Chai took down most of the towers leading to an early BKB which saved him from certain death dozens of times.The ward counts for MiTH is through the roof coming into mid-game. MiTH planned to bring this to late game with a virtually 30 minutes free farm Morphling and Orange's non-late game potential. Unfortunately due to server issues and technical errors, the players have to continue playing in massive lag and delay. Ultimately, Orange came up above with more right clicking damage and lead the grand final two to nothing. What a truly disappointing ending to an epic game and JoinDOTA crew wishes MiTH all the best.[U][B]Game 2[/B][/U][B]Orange[/B]: Clockwerk, Batrider, Morphling, Windrunner, Rylai[B]MiTH[/B]: Earthshaker, Travex, Night Stalker, Omniknight, LichThe game started out slow with only 11 kills combined 20 minutes in. Orange in this game went for a very weird strat of Windrunner and Clockwerk on the tough lane. With the help of Rylai's aura, they managed to put up constant pressure using Powershot and Rocket Flare to the Travex.As nightfall comes, Night Stalker and Earthshaker started roaming the map using Smoke of Deceit to successfully pick off several of Radiant's heroes especially the Clockwerk. Capitalizing on the early lead, Earthshaker obtained his early Blink Dagger which allows them to put up constant pressure to towers mid-game. MiTH takes no time in pushing their way up the high ground of Orange and quickly won the game just 10 minutes later. Orange leads the Grand Final 2:1.[U][B]Game 3[/B][/U][B]Orange[/B]: Venomancer, Earthshaker, Batrider, Slardar, Chen[B]MiTH[/B]: Anti-Mage, Vengeful Spirit, Nature's Prophet, Beastmaster, WindrunnerIn game three Orange decided to employ a gank and push strat while MiTh went with the usual farm based strat. The game turned out to be pretty unexciting with both teams playing very defensively. With $5,000 on the line, who can blame them?Orange started off with a good early lead, getting the kills they were suppose to during mid game, but MiTh stayed calm and allowed room for their Anti-Mage to farm. With some defensive pushing and positioning, the Malaysians were unable to force the ganks to happen. At around 40 minutes, the kill score was 5-10 in favor of Orange. Even with their kill advantage, Orange had to call GG in the end due to MiTh's overfarmed Anti-Mage ripping their heroes apart with ease. MiTh ties up the series with a 2-2 score.[U][B]Game 4[/B][/U][B]Orange[/B]: Weaver, Broodmother, Night-Stalker, Lion, Lich[B]MiTH[/B]: Crystal Maiden, Windrunner, Ancient Apparition, Earthshaker, SpectreThe deciding final deciding game of the tournament sees Orange going for a more orthodox pick while MiTh went with a very farm dependent hero, Spectre.During the laning phase, Orange was able to trick MiTh into thinking that Broodmother will go top but instead sent her bottom against Windrunner. This allowed Broodmother to pressure Windrunner heavily, getting the levels and gold fast. Night-Stalker was up against Ancient Apparition in mid, but once he hit level 5, he went roaming. Picking up quite a few crucial runes during the night allowed him to get some easy kills on MiTh's squishy heroes. In the end, a combination of Broodmother, Night-Stalker and Weaver getting their farm and great support by Lion and Lich allowed Orange to seal the deal.Orange will now walk home $5,000 richer.Final standings:Champions:Orange.DotAFirst-runner up:MiTh.TrustSecond-runner up:MineskiFourth place:MUFC