20-20: Empire.Mag May 11th, 2014 18:45 GMT Text by riptide

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As their captain, Mag~ has brought Empire their best results since 2012, and they go into this year's world championship as a frontrunner. Thus, for the first time in years, CIS fans have more than one team to root for. Today, you get to ask Empire's captain, drafter and offlaner anything and everything. Choose your questions wisely!



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One of CIS Dota's rising stars, Andrey "Mag~" Chipenko plays the offlane for Team Empire , a team that has gone from strength to strength this season. Though he went to TI2 with Darer and had a great run with ICCUP last season, he truly arrived on the international Dota scene via his leadership of Empire in the 2013 - 2014 season.As their captain, Mag~ has brought Empire their best results since 2012, and they go into this year's world championship as a frontrunner. Thus, for the first time in years, CIS fans have more than one team to root for. Today, you get to ask Empire's captain, drafter and offlaner anything and everything. Choose your questions wisely!Our editors will pick the 20 best questions from this thread and Mag~ will answer them. The answers will appear in a separate thread, which will be linked below!





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Arc1 Profile Joined December 2010 Poland 78 Posts #2 What in your opinion is most important skill for an offlaner? Does being a captain forces you to play different than most offlaners? Nothing to add.

NeThZOR Profile Joined November 2010 South Africa 2178 Posts #3 Clockwerk is a very versatile hero when it comes to item builds and we've seen you go many different routes in this regard. How would you decide whether or not Armlet should be picked up, because this is not such a common item on Clock? SuperNova - 2015 | SKT1 fan for years | Dear, FlaSh, PartinG, Soulkey, Naniwa

EnumaAvalon Profile Joined February 2012 Philippines 1610 Posts #4 What or who would you attribute your recent rise to prominence and how can you build up on this momentum as you head into TI? (._.) ( l: ) ( .-. ) ( :l ) (._.) They see me rolling. They hating.

fusefuse Profile Joined February 2011 Estonia 191 Posts #5 the long lost brother of SirJolt Graphics @jkursk

Julmust Profile Joined November 2008 Sweden 2183 Posts #6 What makes Empire so good, and why now? Is it the meta or has the team just been constantly improving?



How will you practise/bootcamp up to Ti4? Administrator I'm dancing in the moonlight

Bigtony Profile Joined June 2011 United States 473 Posts #7 How much of your style is based on the region you are from and do you think there are any teams that cross into styles from other areas? (EU / CIS / China / SEA / North America / etc) Push 2 Harder

pdd Profile Joined November 2010 Australia 862 Posts #8 Who do you think are among some of the best offlaners in Dota and what do they do in game which distinguishes them from the rest? (you can include yourself) TI4 Champions: EE-Sama | B7-God | A-God_2000 | Kappa Lord | pieliedie

Stancel Profile Joined June 2011 Singapore 8898 Posts #9 You're considered one of the best looking guys in Dota, do you agree? maxed in runescape 3

Elyvilon Profile Joined August 2008 United States 6428 Posts #10 What is the one hero you most want to draft in this version?



What is your philosophy when drafting? Liquipedia

conquer69 Profile Joined May 2014 1 Post #11 How do you deal with aggressive trilanes?

gravitywillfall Profile Joined May 2014 Malaysia 2 Posts #12 How do you approach the game as an Offlaner as well as Captain and Drafter for the team? Do you call the shots or is it a team effort? Breaking the stereotype is what I do best

Kraznaya Profile Joined August 2010 United States 1808 Posts #13 Do you think Valve's decision to invite iCCup to TI Qualifiers in 2013 helped you grow as a player, even though you didn't qualify? do you have enough resolve, hero of justice?

Elyvilon Profile Joined August 2008 United States 6428 Posts #14

BTW, there's a typo in the article, it says ...his leadership of Empire in the 2013 - 204 season.



should be 2013 - 2014 season. should be 2013 - 2014 season. Liquipedia

mikasadota Profile Joined May 2014 Philippines 4 Posts #15 What tips can you give to an aspiring pro gamer like us ?

Aisikle Profile Joined December 2012 Australia 21 Posts #16 Feel free to answer either of my questions or both.



If you had to rank the heroes disabled in -cm at the moment from 1-5 (1 being the strongest, 5 being the weakest), how would you rank them and what would probably be their most common role? (the heroes disabled are Broodmother, Earth Spirit, Terrorblade, Phoenix and Legion Commander)



My other question is when you reached the grand finals in Starladder against DK, was there a clear strategy in mind to use against them? Some examples might be, did you feel winning early or mid game was more important; was there any clear ideas of what heroes needed to be banned or picked? What ultimately went wrong in the games?



Thanks very much for the 20-20 and good luck in TI4!!! I'm a huge fan of Empire! Made my day to see you doing a 20-20Feel free to answer either of my questions or both.If you had to rank the heroes disabled in -cm at the moment from 1-5 (1 being the strongest, 5 being the weakest), how would you rank them and what would probably be their most common role? (the heroes disabled are Broodmother, Earth Spirit, Terrorblade, Phoenix and Legion Commander)My other question is when you reached the grand finals in Starladder against DK, was there a clear strategy in mind to use against them? Some examples might be, did you feel winning early or mid game was more important; was there any clear ideas of what heroes needed to be banned or picked? What ultimately went wrong in the games?Thanks very much for the 20-20 and good luck in TI4!!!

pidzson Profile Joined May 2014 Hungary 1 Post #17 It's nice to see you guys rising this high this year, congratulations on the invitation!

What's your opinion on 6.81's impact on this year's International? How unexpected results can we get?

Kuro013 Profile Joined May 2014 Argentina 7 Posts Last Edited: 2014-05-12 08:53:45 #18 Hey Mag~!

Heres my question:

After the release of 6.81, the meta almost didnt change, same picks, same playstyle... Do you think (or can you confirm haha) that teams are "saving strats" for TI4? Or its just that the new patch just didnt changed anything really really big like last one with the offlane buff and sharing neutral exp?

Thank you for doing this, best wishes! ¿?

goody153 Profile Joined April 2013 33366 Posts #19 Empire is now regarded as one of the top 5 teams in the western scene.



What is the secret of the teams success ?



Which of the teams in the west and in the east are a threat to TI4 ? this is a quote

TheSmokeyy90 Profile Joined February 2012 United States 95 Posts #20 How does it feel to have led Empire's return back to prominence after falling off pretty hard awhile back, and what areas do you feel can still be improved heading into TI4?



Thanks for the 20-20! "Just sitting, waiting, wishing..."

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