Team Secret Wins Shanghai Major DOTA 2!

In the history of DOTA 2, Shanghai Major it must be admitted is one of the worst professional tournaments. For a major tournament with a total prize pool of USD 3 million or around 39 billion Rupiah, there are many mistakes that actually make it look cheap. Technical problems from booths that are not soundproof, slow match schedules, streaming problems, to more personal ones such as conflicts Gabe Newell and former host of the Shanghai Major, 2GD decorate this one tournament. The good news, despite all this chaos, he still delivers a quality match that deserves thumbs up.

Dominated by teams from North America and SEA, with the Chinese team having to fall first, the Shanghai Major is indeed full of surprises. Team from South Korea, MvP Phoenix, for example, with the DOTA 2 scene which is still relatively new compared to other competitive games, managed to appear so charming and managed to become an underdog team that advanced quite a distance and beat teams that were more superior. But in the end, only the best two will qualify for the Grand Finals. A battle between two teams that stood under the leadership of two old friends who had fought under the same flag.

The Grand Finals finally brought together two of the best performing teams in this tournament – Liquid and secret. This also becomes a battle between two old friends – Kuroky who is the captain of Liquid and Puppey who is the brain behind the Secret team. The combination of a draft hero full of strategy with fantastic skill execution led to a Grand Final match that deserves thumbs up. But in the end, it was the Secret team who managed to lift the trophy as the winner, beating Team Liquid with a score of 3-1.

Being the first, Secret has the right to take home the grand prize of USD 1,110,000 or around 14.4 Billion Rupiahtemporary Liquid “only” entitled to money USD 405,000 or around 5.2 Billion Rupiah. While the third place is occupied by the team that won The International last year – Evil Geniuses (EG) with total prize USD 315,000 or 4 Billion Rupiah. The fourth position is what can be called a surprise, because he was successfully captured by a team that was never expected before – MvP Phoenix who has the right to take home USD 255,000 or around 3.3 billion Rupiah.

Congratulations to Secret for showing a great action and fighting hard. Our hope for the upcoming tournament is that this nightmare of organizing will not be repeated at the Manila Major, which will be held in early June 2022. And hopefully there will be representatives from Indonesia who can enliven the championship.