The Dota 2 team "Team Liquid" took first place in the second season of the Elite League by defeating the team "1Win". The fans are delighted with this result despite the fact that it is a "Tier 2" or lower level of the tournament. This team has been stopped so many times in the finals during the past few years that their fans thought it was a curse. If we don't count the qualifying tournaments that are in the "Tier 3" category, then Team "Team Liquid" has not won the first place since April last year, when it was the first in Western Europe in the DPC season. But it was also a lower ranking tournament. Before that, they last triumphed in the finals of the "Tier 1" tournament back in 2020 at the "ESL One" tournament in Germany.
Since then, they have been in the finals of major tournaments 7 times and each time they pulled defeat from the jaws of victory. Out of 7 defeats in the final, 5 were by the great gaming gladiators, or "Gaimin Gladiators", who are one of the most dominant teams in recent years.
The fans believe that this victory in the small tournament is enough to break the curse cast on their favorite team and they hope for a good placement of the team in the upcoming International.
In addition to liquid fans, the Chinese audience was delighted with the victory of the host "Xtreme Gaming" at this year's "Snow Ruyi" tournament, which took place in Zhangjakou in the north of China. The best Chinese Dota 2 team defeated the two-time Russian world champions "Team Spirit" with a score of 3 – 1 in the grand final.
It is interesting that in third place is the long-forgotten team "Nigma Galaxy" under the leadership of the great Kuroki. "NaVi" also took a surprising 4th place ahead of teams like "LGD", "G2xiG" and "AzureRay".
Are these signs that Chinese names may once again be found on the great Aegis of Immortality? Is it time for them to stop their curse of losing in the final of the International? We will see at the upcoming tournament in September.
