20-20: CIS.Black^ Questions June 4th, 2014 16:41 GMT Text by CountChocula Graphics by riptide

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How can you not love this guy? How can you not love this guy?

As a player, Black^ is one of the most efficient farmers around, and is known for his amazing play on heroes like Slark, Morphling, Naga Siren, and his personal favourite, Anti-Mage. Since moving to China last year, he has made great efforts to learn their culture and language, and so far has been adjusting to life on a Chinese team with minimal issues. With the support of China, they have a good shot at winning the play-in series. Being such a young and in-experienced team, they have only one place to go, which is up.



CIS Game has a lot ahead of them in the upcoming months, and Black^ will be a busy man. But first we get to ask him any question we want in this 20-20, so ask away!





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Dominik "Black^" Reitmeier has been tearing up the Chinese Dota 2 scene in the past few months since joining CIS Game after the disbandment of LGD.int. He is one of the greatest Western carries to ever grace the game of Dota 2, and he proved it once again last week when he helped CIS Game qualify for the play-in series for The International 2014 in July.As a player, Black^ is one of the most efficient farmers around, and is known for his amazing play on heroes like Slark, Morphling, Naga Siren, and his personal favourite, Anti-Mage. Since moving to China last year, he has made great efforts to learn their culture and language, and so far has been adjusting to life on a Chinese team with minimal issues. With the support of China, they have a good shot at winning the play-in series. Being such a young and in-experienced team, they have only one place to go, which is up.CIS Game has a lot ahead of them in the upcoming months, and Black^ will be a busy man. But first we get to ask him any question we want in this 20-20, so ask away!Our editors will pick the 20 best questions from this thread and Black^ will answer them. The answers will appear in a separate thread, which will be linked below!





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我会让他们连馒头都吃不到 Those championships owed me over the years, I will take them back one by one.

TheEmulator Profile Joined July 2010 12999 Posts #2 What is the worst part about being a foreigner in China? Administrator

plasmidghost Profile Joined April 2011 United States 10329 Posts #3 What do you realistically think your odds are in the TI4 play-in series? if found... please return

Wala.Revolution Profile Joined November 2006 510 Posts #4 What were the most surprising things your teammates did not know inside dota? (mechanically and competitively, such as timing rosh)



Were there misconceptions your teammates had of foreigners? Which ones were most surprising? Stuck.

Elyvilon Profile Joined August 2008 United States 6428 Posts #5 How good is your Chinese? Liquipedia

Spicy_Curry Profile Joined March 2011 United States 7410 Posts #6 What is the biggest (dota-related) lesson that you learned in china? How do you guys critique each other? High Risk Low Reward

SilverStar Profile Joined January 2012 Sweden 9681 Posts #7 Did you have any problems getting a visa for china?

nixX3n Profile Joined June 2011 United States 62 Posts #8 Do you regret coming to china? Blitz for Presidentfu

baeric Profile Joined October 2010 Germany 26 Posts #9 What do you miss most about Germany?

mnck Profile Joined April 2010 Denmark 691 Posts #10 Can German efficiency beat Chinese efficiency? What are your thoughts on potentially playing other roles than carry in the future? @Munck // Proud Member of Bunny's Cheer Squad

ultrablaster Profile Joined June 2012 Seychelles 26 Posts #11



(Also: Love to see you feature in this Q/A series! Black^ fighting! If you could name only one thing that you find to be the most important aspect of being a good carry, what would it be? What is the biggest difference between a mediocre carry and a legendary carry?(Also: Love to see you feature in this Q/A series! Black^ fighting! Burning <3 Rotk | Kuroky / Trixi / Black / EGM / fy / iceiceice fanboy

yagwog Profile Joined June 2014 United Kingdom 1 Post Last Edited: 2014-06-04 17:26:36 #12 Is your teams success in drafting and playing partly due to having a slight mix of western dota with chinese dota, if so, why is this, does it really make a difference? no

Marco1723 Profile Joined March 2014 United States 22 Posts Last Edited: 2014-06-04 17:28:28 #13 To start, you are one of my favorite carries of all time and I'm so happy you are doing the 20-20! What have you learned the most about in Chinese dota? How does it differ from EU and and other regions?





Again thanks for doing the 20-20! :D ez katka

Mercedes-Xen Profile Joined June 2014 United States 11 Posts #14 Are there any communication issues during games? Let justice be done. Though the heavens fall

AwfuL_ Profile Joined January 2013 Netherlands 3800 Posts #15 Is the black team attire a result of you joining the team?

HighTimeDotA Profile Joined May 2014 Canada 1412 Posts #16 Have you met a Chinese girl you like? rtz is like the Bieber of dota, true Canadian treasure.

2016anywhere Profile Joined December 2012 5 Posts #17 Hi Black! First of all congrats to you for getting where you are in China. You seem like you adapted there admirably and I'm really delighted to see that.



My question is what are your thoughts on the new meta that features a stable carry as mid, and pusher/space creator as a carry, instead of the usual reverse one. In Chinese qualifiers your team seemed to be doing pretty well with the 4 protect one style, with you being the carry, but you guys have tried to spice things up various times, especially in your key matches. Was that influenced by DK's versatile lineups, or am I a clueless noob who didn't know that all these existed way before. Even if so, I'd love to hear your thoughts on these.



Ty in advance, and good luck in Seattle Black-sama! Anywhere

goody153 Profile Joined April 2013 33366 Posts #18 How close are you with your teammates and what kind of problems/arguments do you have with them ingame and outside the game ? how do you and your team resolve it ?







If you can compare the difference between western and chinese scene in terms of drafting, hero choice, difficulty and gameplay what are the big difference ? this is a quote

Imperator x8x Profile Joined July 2013 United States 56 Posts #19 What heroes do you think are overrated or underrated in the current meta, and why? If they rain on your parade, parade in the rain.

Oakenshield Profile Joined January 2013 United States 175 Posts #20 Do you agree with the general summary that your playstyle and the "Chinese playstyle" in general is boring and less fun to watch, or do you not watch Dota for fun and stick purely to analyzing winrates and such when you watch VODs? I mean no offense; you are considered a fan favorite of all the farmers

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