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compLexity has interviewed their DotA team on their preparations for The International 2, their motivation to play DotA competitively, and the overall strategy and gameplay of DotA 2.
With The International 2 looming, how do you feel preparations are going for the team?
Brian "FLUFFNSTUFF" Lee: Preparations have been in effect for many weeks now. Our team has been practicing long and hard hours to improve our gameplay and strategy. Moving into the bootcamp we have been able to continue with our methods, while adding in more routines that we couldn’t do online.
Tyler "TC" Cook: We have had a bit of a slow week right before we travel to Seattle, but overall preparations are going well.
Michael "ixmike88" Ghannam: I think preparations are going well, we start scrimming very early in the morning each day and our results in practice are quite stable.
Brian "FLUFFNSTUFF" Lee: Preparations have been in effect for many weeks now. Our team has been practicing long and hard hours to improve our gameplay and strategy. Moving into the bootcamp we have been able to continue with our methods, while adding in more routines that we couldn’t do online.
Tyler "TC" Cook: We have had a bit of a slow week right before we travel to Seattle, but overall preparations are going well.
Michael "ixmike88" Ghannam: I think preparations are going well, we start scrimming very early in the morning each day and our results in practice are quite stable.
What do you think is the largest benefit of offline practice in a bootcamp environment compared to online scrimming?
FLUFF: For me, it will be the ability to violently wake my teammates up for practice. Getting five players to wake up early in the morning is a difficult process, although we’ve been good about it. From a training standpoint, I would say that offline practice will offer us a couple new options. For example, we will be able to watch replays together through a centralized point of view. This will allow us to streamline the process a lot more and learn from our mistakes in the most efficient way possible.
TC: Being able to watch how your teammates play and see common mistakes they might make in order to correct them, as well as being able to study replays as a team to see how we can improve and how the other teams play.
ixmike88: I think the largest benefit for us will be the experience of playing in a LAN environment together, and getting to know each other. In general, the best part about bootcamps is the fact that there are no outside distractions which will often take away from your focus when you're at home.
FLUFF: For me, it will be the ability to violently wake my teammates up for practice. Getting five players to wake up early in the morning is a difficult process, although we’ve been good about it. From a training standpoint, I would say that offline practice will offer us a couple new options. For example, we will be able to watch replays together through a centralized point of view. This will allow us to streamline the process a lot more and learn from our mistakes in the most efficient way possible.
TC: Being able to watch how your teammates play and see common mistakes they might make in order to correct them, as well as being able to study replays as a team to see how we can improve and how the other teams play.
ixmike88: I think the largest benefit for us will be the experience of playing in a LAN environment together, and getting to know each other. In general, the best part about bootcamps is the fact that there are no outside distractions which will often take away from your focus when you're at home.
In case you missed it, here is compLexity DotA's footage of their third day bootcamping:
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