A few days ago, VGJ Thunder faced off against LGD in the Dota 2 Professional League. LGD had the early lead but Sylar on PA with a decisive Rapier purchase carried VGJ to victory. The real drama unfolded at the end of the game when “GG WP” was called by LGD, Sylar dived into LGD’s fountain and dropped all his items, including the Rapier. It was a clear bad manner move for what Ame had done to Burning at TI7 and later on, the message Sylar sent to BurNIng confirmed that.

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Sylar: “I dropped all my items into the fountain for you”

BurNIng: “It was against Team Max, there’s nothing to boast of ” (Burning thought Sylar was talking about another game)

Sylar: “It was against LGD”

Sylar:“Haven’t you finished watching the match/replay?”

Sylar: “Dude”

Sylar: “I was avenging you”

It also blows up the fans on Weibo and most people are supporting this.

I’m moved! Sylar is being a real bro!

If this is not love then what is?

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The origin of this drama can be traced back to TI7, where LGD and IG faced each other in round four of the lower bracket. LGD ended IG’s run at TI7 with a clean 2:0 series and at the end of game two, Ame on Anti-Mage dropped and destroyed all his items on IG’s high ground. It was read as a BM move by the Chinese Dota 2 community as Anti-Mage is one of BurNIng’s signature heroes. Ame is also known for his hatred towards Burning in the Chinese scene: He yelled ”Kill the turtle” (turtle is an insulting nickname of Burning) during the stream when he found out he was playing against Burning in his ranked pub game.

Updates:

In the Epicenter XL Chinese qualifiers, LGD and VGJ Thunder met again, three days after Sylar’s revenge. This time, it was LGD’s turn to get the better of Sylar. In their winner bracket series, LGD defeated VGJ 2:0 and at the end of the first game, after VGJ called ‘GG’, LGD’s Maybe on the Outworld Devourer started destroying his items.

But the most controversial scene happened at the conclusion of the second game when Ame, Maybe and Chalice purchased multiple Urns and dropped them outside VGJ’s fountain. For those who don’t know this, an Urn is called as “cinerary casket” in Chinese. It’s pretty obvious what LGD wanted to express here.

And Ame actually planned to do that when they were pushing mid!

After being sent to the lower bracket, VGJ defeated their sister team, Vici Gaming and advanced to the grand final and to face LGD once again. The grand final was a one-sided affair, 3:0 in favor of LGD. This time, LGD came up with a new BM: in all 3 games, all five players instantly disconnected from the game after the “GG WP “was called from VGJ Thunder.

Congratulations to LGD! After Sylar dropped Rapier in LGD’s fountain, LGD has won 15 games in a row. We hope that they can keep up with the good form and perform well at DAC 2018. If they win DAC, they will have Sylar to thank!