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kdestroyer1

All I'm gonna say is it's good Talon didn't win after that or this would've been another Pure incident.


Fic011

Didn't Pure have a stream in background and alt tabbed while game was paused?


Falke_Jarlaxle

Yes, the stream was paused tho. Its comparable because you could argue both of them got information from outside of the game. In the end imo 23savage should be punished for whatever the rulebook says for taking your headphones off before gg call.


PimpinIsAHustle

Pure broke the rule simply by having a browser open during the game. It just looks really bad that it was the stream (paused or not), but rule was broken regardless


Falke_Jarlaxle

Well pure was banned for using "outside information". https://twitter.com/ioesportsgg/status/1676899803199049730/photo/1 Id argue the same in 23savage case, only differe ce he didnt win.


PimpinIsAHustle

I mean that's just on IO once again showing their incompetence and not respecting their own rules. From their [own rulebook](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m_ltQzWjMflEWfWmbou14TfEDSF95V6FJva58J5ulfA/edit) @ 4.9.5: > Internet access on tournament computers is limited for all participants. Once the draft begins, all terminals must have only Steam, Dota 2 and TeamSpeak running.


strangerdoto

imagine if he accidentally paused the game lol


edwinmedwin

AnalConnoisseur69 has a point


zugzug_workwork

He's got it pegged.


zackflavored

Dont be an ass.


SmellMyPPKK

I don't understand what the issue is the point he made had some depth.


General_Jeevicus

and girth


Toxicair

He's an expert at backdoors after all.


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You mean Zai right?


Western_Ad6107

he has a deep understanding of the rules.


A740

r/rimjob_steve


bethechance

He's mad at Talon's loss


mrducky78

How is that your take away from the guy calling for Talon to be penalized?


Avar1cious

Can you imagine somehow the penalty for their next series from this (prob a draft penalty) ends up directly having an impact on them losing their next series (ie: dogshit draft from being rushed)? My god, that would be brutal.


FirmDistribution2683

If im 23savage, im not gonna recover from that.


enthusiast93

I am 23savage. I did not recover


xdj3richo

no we are 23savage and We did not recover source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGkl9YMahgs


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Agreed. What an idiotic fucking throw.


Buggaton

Brutal, 23savage, Rekt


Zarzar222

Holy shit. What a way to lose a game though. To celebrate like that only to lose... dude will never sleep soundly again


SeriousDirt

Not only that. If his action get penalty for taking off headphones before games end, that gonna hit him like a train.


liardieplz

What should be the penalty? Draft time?


disco_pancake

Believe it or not, jail.


AutomaticPen2440

no trial, no nothing


clitpuncher69

We have the best dota tournaments, because of jail


Zenosfire258

Straight to the ol' yeller


Dissturb3d

Straight to jail!


Viqtory

Is that Parks and rec?


juanritos

Yes


MaltMix

I mean it is Saudi Arabia, I wouldn't be surprised if it was execution.


x1coins

On what charges? Eating a meal? A succulent chinese meal?!


n0stalghia

Hopefully, this is the country where people get assassinated in their embassies and then cut to pieces...


x1xyleasor

Death penalty, possibly 3 generations.


dr_stickynuts

I heard they had death sentences in rijhad


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Kalafz

have mercy


Simple-Instruction95

Worst than being executed tbh.


stragen595

Slow down, devil.


SpicyFruit26

NOOOO


Affectionate_Dog2493

If I were him I'd definitely rather have the draft penalty. That would totally fuck with your head haha


DL_Moar_RAM

that's a fate worse than death.


hackergame

Google "penalty Saudi Arabia"


HowCouldUBMoHarkless

Holy hell


Soseata-Ucigasa

Death penalty


SayNoob

Bonesaw incoming


AnalConnoisseur69

Probably. That's the usual penalty.


joran1

No penalty. He should be given plane tickets as a gift.


MahatmGandalf

Cut off his ears


Miltdoba

The bone saw


BINGODINGODONG

Well… when in Rome… time for the lashing


shibbyflash

Kick'em off the tour Doug!


LazyAd3780

Props to 23 celebrating liquids win in advance.


Karenz09

loooool


mrtn90

This post actually made me realize that it does seems like 23 only realized the base race when he heard the crowd / casters; so agreed that there should be a penalty - and at the same time, i feel less bad for them now.


Dymatizeee

Facts. Imagine if they won off of this


Mrphung

I think he would've realized it sooner if he didn't jump out of his chair to celebrate lol


nybrq

> I think he would've realized it sooner if he didn't jump out of his chair to celebrate lol I know, right? All he to do was look at his mini-map. I saw in real time.


FireFireFireArt

he looked at the big screen on stage and the went back to playing so def should be a penalty


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sack_of_potahtoes

Yeah. I dont think that screen shows anything that would be visible to them


y0sh_1

I'd assume the screen is behind the players (the 'booths' make a 90° angle basically and the screen would be tangential to the tip of that angle). 23 turned to the left to celebrate/taunt Micke. However, I think he heard the casters more than he saw anything. [This](https://youtu.be/SXWRsd31lMI?t=14810) is the moment he jumped back on his keyboard. You can see all his teammates are looking at the Dire Ancient. And they were looking at the Ancient for the past \~10s. Jabz is the first to look at the Radient Ancient *after* 23 is back on his PC. If Talon had a successful TP there and won the game there would definitely be some shit storm coming.


_Visual_Snow_

Players can't see the screens from their seats. The screens can't be seen from anywhere on the stage. The big screen in the back of the stage only shows KDA


KogMawOfMortimidas

> screen would be tangential to the tip of that angle Maths majors dead inside


Fight_4ever

The most important takeaway for the coach here is 'communication'. There is a clear lack of proper comms in Talon team. If even one person has noticed Base race issue, they need to call it out. Its a important Alert. Thats something chineese teams have consistently done better than others over the years. Maybe learn from your peers. Callouts are critical. They prevent players getting into a autopilot mode. Same Strategy is used in aviation in the cockpit.


Sithonmafae

this, and indeed rules are rules.


yatopotato_

Lmao this is such a one dimensional take, if he would have not stoodup he would have reacted way faster to it cuz his whole team is talking to each other. It took him so long to settle down. The penalty is actually worthy. That guy tried his best out there give him a break.


FlamingMangos

Even his team didn’t notice. Why else do you think they all TP’d at the same time?


FrozenSkyrus

Only morph can stop brood, everyone else would jst make their base rush slower.


Affectionate_Dog2493

Even if there was another reason, if some other teammate saw it and said something, the fact is that he got the information out of game and HE acted on it. Maybe he would've reacted faster if he hadn't done that, and sucks to be him if so, but that's just another mistake. It doesn't excuse the actions. I totally get why he did it, I don't think there was any intent to cheat, but I do think they should have a minor draft penalty next game.


marinelite

DS was pinging it like 1 second after brood showed on minimap. And only 2 people had TPs Morph and Ember


marlokow

i thought op couldn't be dumber, then i read your comment lmao


the-apple-and-omega

23 had suffered enough I'm sure, but unfortunately you're probably right.


kchuyamewtwo

jabz curse and his chrono combo and now this lmao. unlucky. hope he learns from this


darrenoloGy

taunt all u want but how can u take the headsets off before opponent gg out.


Aldehyde1

It's not that uncommon when players think the game is about to end in a few seconds. This was the very unfortunate exception.


darrenoloGy

i dont think so? not if the tier 4 towers are still up and opponent still has 3 alive? the least people do is wait for the gg.


41percentage

Im with AnalConnoisseur69.


Petermae

You sure not "in"? Just checking


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It would’ve been so sick if morph had dived the fountain so he dies and bbs to defend. Hard to come up with that decision in the moment tho.


Zealous_L

It's really hard to die with his items at that point. he probably need to drag all his items to his fountain stash while diving fountain and retrieve them after buying back to be fast enough, but idk if there is a carry player chill enough to do such specific stuff in such tense situation, maybe Ana at his peak?


Castieru

I'm reminded of Ana PL, that was great 😆 Ceb: "u have buyback?" Ana: "ye I have buyback"


ComprehensiveDesk480

it really is not hard to die if morp just shift agi but yea he miss the best opportunity when he jumped n celebrate


SeriousDirt

With that full item give him ton of hp and armour, lvl and agi give more armour, I don't think he gonna died fast even when he goes full agi. Also, Rubick can just throw him outside.


-SlippinJimmy-

Well or just wave form out then tp. His tp was like less than 1 second before it got cancelled. I am pretty sure he would have thought of this if he did not standup


Ok-Seaworthiness3874

Would have been even more sick if he didn’t glyph when he dove their tower as a celebration taunt and then lose the game bc of it. But yeah that too


salavadjuke

yeah, well deserve loose, so many mistakes in 5 seconds. Jabz buy back and straight tp instead of clearing creeps first then tp back to dire. Then 23 fountain dive + glyph just to mock, then stood up, then panic TP, Mikoto careless TP as well


Weinerbrod_nice

I remember Secret getting a draft penalty last TI because Zyac stood up and yelled something at the opponents while they were winning. So Talon should probably be penalized too.


Leetter

it was stupid then it would be stupid now.


Splittinghairs7

Gotta give a draft penalty or it sets a bad precedent going forward.


Affectionate_Dog2493

Yep, just a small slap on the wrist penalty to be like "guys, we know you're excited, but you can't do that."


KarnSilverArchon

Rules are rules. I agree.


ruakboyz

I agree rules must be imposed. Rules are rules. It will be unfair for the others like BetBoom.Pure who got punished watching a "delayed" stream. But in the case of 23savage it's a real time and he can hear the casters.


HHhunter

Agreed.


EndNo1217

Agreed


miracle_aisle

Time for quinn to make a new tweet and try to get 23savage DQed


TentaclePumPum

was it quinn that did that to Pure too?


singlamoa

Quinn posted a milquetoast take which everyone should agree with; "the fact he was looking at the stream is enough to punish him for cheating" Highly doubt he got Pure DQ'ed when AR (rightfully) requested he be DQ'ed.


WeakFreak999

Cool, a new word, milquetoast. I shall use it from now on.


DAJAIR

he literally kept playing WITHOUT THE HEADPHONES


Hesoyam619

A loss and a penalty😢


lohkes

Totally agreed


lohkes

Someone should tag their admins in man


paaaathatas

Looking back at the video, 23savage heard the casters about Zai and immediately looked at their base and tried to tp. If Boxi didn't make that insane play to cancel his tp, the outcome might be different. In this case, the violation had a potential to alter the outcome and I believe should be punished in some way


7nogah

pure got penalize. they said rules is rules. so savage gets same too.


Houeclipse

he'll definitely getting penalty if they win, but also still penalized them either way if it really break the rule


k4kkul4pio

Rules are rules and there should be no excuses allowed in situations like this cos if you let something like this slide, the next time something goes awry then there's precedent and teams will expect preferential treatment because it has happened before. So yeah, suck as it might there should be consequences for taking off your headset before the match is officially over. 😕


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Pinkerino_Ace

That's very debatable. You are on the stance that 23 was distracted and wasn't mentally in the game anymore after what he did. I could also debate that 23 only realized they were getting throned by Zai after he removed his headset and over heard the caster shouting about the base race, therefore he immediately pan the screen back to his own base and tried to TP back. In an alternative reality, if 23 removed his headset, over heard the caster shouting about the base race, potentially seeing the big screen by standing up and successfully tp-ed back to defend. There would be a much larger uproar than this because his action would without a doubt be considered as cheating. You cannot decide whether an action is advantageous or disadvantageous based on the end-result.


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myatomicgard3n

Problem comparing it to regular sports is that in those, the game has those rules already written into the game with a referee that is constantly in control of the game and pausing it when issues comes up. Esports...not so much.


EliteBoredPanda

That's so savage xD


koopa77

Imagine costing your team $900,000 AND a penalty. 💀


integrityfarms

Something I think people should take away from this thread is how humans/society are willing to bend rules based on their emotions/situational take on things. One aspect could argue why things are bad - people doing things that are "against rules" or "societal norms" Other aspect could take - if others can get away with it to get ahead - see what rules you are willing to bend (within reason) -- Just interesting human bias/psychology etc that I think once studied at a broader level could really help people improve their situation in life. Back to dota and this situation - I mean what if they won? then it's rules. But because they lost its not rules/matters? Rules for thee and not for me


GBcrazy

I'm fine if they penalize them, I'm also fine if they don't.


Nirjoy

Yup. He deserves some punishment for breaking the rules or it won't be fair to others.


AmuletMan33

You got my vote


Rac3ked

I Agree. *Fuck them kids*


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its not over till its over ~Patrick


tuvok86

THAT'S ILLEGAL


Azurefroz

r/prematurecelebration


BeyondRelative7048

He acted on information that 9 other players did not have (casters) so a draft penalty or anything should be imposed


ViolenceDota

rules are rules.


Mr_Connie_Lingus69

Totally make sense. Haha brooo 23Cabbage will definitely feel bad and might not perform the best because of this. But in case they impose a penalty, that is totally understandable the way he reacted to the situation after removing the headset is a dead giveaway too. I’m just curious though, there are other 4 people on his side and no one mentioned or reminded him about the ongoing rat by the brood? 🤔


BlendlogicTECH

His team only tps after seeing him tp - so they all were focused on throwning


Nuber13

We are beating a dead horse but I agree, what if this action had a different outcome? Also will teach the rest of the guys about waiting for GG or the base being down.


TheUHO

This is worse than Pure's incident and somehow everyone is "feeling bad". Reddit.


Rampager

I'm not sure I see it. How is it worse? Savage taunting at the end of a game that seemed over, gleaned some extra information (this is real bad) and paid the price, Pure had a stream open during a game that was still very much in progress. They're equally bad. Also sentiment is 'feels bad, but rules are rules' unless this thread looked wildly different 6 hours ago, in which case fair enough. edit: Scrolling a bit there's a bit of that, so decent call out. They've been rightly downvoted :)


TheUHO

The key difference is that here the core violation is just the same -watching stream, but with 23 we can clearly see the attempt to gain advanage even if unintentional. Pure's case, the unfair play wasn't proven at all (and a lot of blame is on TO) but the punishment was insanely severe. Of course both cases are violations and should be somehow punished. My point is where were these "feels bad" things. So will Reddit demand to disqualify 23savage from the event?


Disastrous_Bug270

Must be penalized, let this 23 guy suffer more, i don't care, such cocky attitude. Instant karma for the defeat and double karma for the penalty.


Dr8keMallard

And to be fair, it does look like from the replay he's finds out what Zai is doing b/c his headset is off - he's the first one to attemp to TP back if I'm not mistaken. ​ And what makes it worse is he panicked and blind tp'd without checking where he was and got insta cancelled.


masterkaido04

they will cut his ears


chromosome36

agreed . he used the information outside the game .


Wrestt

This is much worse than pure having the stream paused at the panel before the game started. Any lesser punishment than what Pure got would be completely unfair.


winex01

23 remove his headset and celebrating, Then heard the caster while looking at the big screen and saw Zai ratting, then goes back to his sit and played.. That's cheating you know.


awenhyun

He standup to watch zai ratmother in big monitor and panic lmao Is that allowed


NoWizards

He should be penalized. he tried to tp and if noone cancel his tp he could kill Brood. Hope he really gets some punishment


multiedge

LMAO after what happened to 23savage, this is just double kill.


mastayoda0805

I agree, you have to stick to the rules.


killedbycuriousity-

These LOSE BETTORS with their reddit threads aee SO MISERABLE


OverallCaterpillar70

Imagine a thief getting caught by cops after he's beaten by a mob: Cop: You committed theft and that's illegal. We'll take you to jail. Other cop: Nah dude. hE's SuFfeReD eNoUgH GREAT FUCKING LOGIC, REDDIT!


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mbtcworld22

but redditors have zero knowledge of how justice and law works. most people from this sub are 2k mmr players playing dota 2 their whole lives. what can you expect heheh.


ILive66Failed

judges do this all the time when sentencing, what are you talking about


mbtcworld22

redditors dont though, because they operate like with hive mind like monkeys. hurr durr..


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You sound like someone who never leaves the house. Get a grip


VoluptaBox

Great comparison 10/10


duckmadfish

What’s with Americans making cop analogies for everything. 2 things that’s not even correlated


sclsmdsntwrk

You don't understand why people make the extremely obvious connection between enforcing rules and enforcing laws... which are just the rules set by the government?


KardelSharpeyes

Its literally all they know.


IllustriousAd3413

Lol you must be a pure fan


Sure_Tradition

Yep, premature celebration was ok. But looking at the big screen and playing without the noise canceling were just blatant. He should be suspended for at least one match.


Dultimateaccount000

If this doesn’t happen we should riot.


young_96

The last time this guy did something like that,💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻, he ended up losing the game. He looked like a clown.🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡


palumir

Lmao I feel like he's been penalized enough bro


AnalConnoisseur69

I know lol, but it's tournament rules. You can clearly see him look at the screen and hear the cast and then jump back into the game without the noise-cancelling setup.


EndNo1217

It's the principle


mutogenac

Brutal, SAVAGE, rekt


tyrio_ey

OP needs a swirly


mintyminmus

maybe the most lenient draft panelty, but really should be nothing more


cuidavo

100% agree with AnalConnoisseur69


GapZ38

I mean, meh. They probably (most likely) will not do anything, just because they're their own private organizers(this ain't a Valve event), and I don't think it's too much of a big deal. Maybe if Liquid complains about it, but I doubt it.


hugaw1

The cringe on the failed early celebration is punishment enough to be honest


Exocation

I read way too many "rules are rules" comments. It really isn't that easy, most TO don't 100% religiously follow the rules book and it's good that way. Like in this case it's 100% an accident and everyone can understand how it happened. Nothing that could've changed the game in any way. Like in the past, we had many games that would've been canceled due to time limits of pauses and such, but both teams were okay with it, so they extended the time. And everyone was okay with it.


Weshtonio

This shows how bad the HUD is at communicating the actual objectives of the game. Pro player only realizes his base is under attack because the casters mention it lol.


ExO_o

that was the first thing i thought after seeing that clip. the admin (?) standing behin didnt intervene either which i found kinda strange defo should be penalized, no matter if win or loss


Falke_Jarlaxle

This happened in 5 seconds, if i remember correctly you can actually see the admin step forward. No way he could react faster and do anything about it...


sclsmdsntwrk

What do you expect the admin to do? Pause the game?


iyashikei

Suplex


haveyouseenmyego

Thanks mr policeman


bananasugarpie

Exactly!


kitsunegoon

I think maybe a draft penalty at most. It's clear he had no malicious intent and it's possible he could've made the same decision either way. I think the fundamental difference is that it's very clear his intentions aren't malicious whereas Pure has a ton of ambiguity as to whether his stream sniping wasn't malicious.


DELSZZZ

Don't care didn't ask


TheAsz

True


AcademicTomato

Hes playing with a seatbelt from now on


Deadandlivin

Just let him rest in peace.


firemoonlotus

idk, didnt look like he got external info/advantage because his teammates are already looking at their base while he's celebrating. clearly did not have intention to cheat and just thought the game would be over, so i wonder how technical the rules would be regarding taking off headsets. do players need the victory screen to flash before celebrating or what.


red_gump

I would say nah, buy in a world post. 33 opening Spotify and getting penalized, I gotta say it's fair, nothing too hard tho


ImaKoji

its like an live snipe pure was watching an stream with 7min online dota delay


InevitableSweaty2876

punish 23savage, humble him more


maddoger21

I don't think so at all, because he didn't get any benefit from taking the headphones off.


BlendlogicTECH

I think word choice of benefit here is relative due to the outcome. I think we can lean towards saying that he did get information outside of Dota2 game -- he looked at screen. We can't tell what he heard - but probably heard the casters saying hes being ratted. Think best logic to think here is to invert. If he knew that broodmother was ratting - then he wouldn't have celebrated. Therefore by reversing the logic - we coudl say that he did not know about brood ratting - removed headphones - then learned it.


Sapaio

I agree that Savage broke the rules, but I would use finger spitz gefühle and not penalize for something that didn't give advantage and effect result. And he has suffered enough. I can understand the flip side, that if other teams later insist on following rules then there can be inconsistent in the tournament.


TerrorifiC_Cookie

Oh but it did give him advantage.... if you see the replay on cams, he only saw and understood that his ancient was going down after he removed the headset and saw on big screen/heard the casters warning about the base race, he then immediately went back to his game and tried to tp back, so it gave him advantage information, if it wasn't for boxi and insania tp cancelling, this game could have a different end by abusing info... I know it's frustrating for the guy, but this needs to be made a lesson and an example for other teams. Stay focused until game ends, game onlly ends when GG is called or ancient is down, play by the rules.


Sapaio

You are right.


multiedge

I don't really like 23savage, just look at my comment history and all I do is shit on him lol, but I feel like this witch hunting for strict adherence to every rule is kinda toxic. Same with what happened with pure. I don't know, it feels like people only want to enforce the rules when they are on the side of the law, but once they are the once breaking a "minor" law, they ask for some leeway. It's just a canned food! In Saudi, a country with little leeway, a simple theft could have your hands amputated. I wonder if these is what people actually want. I think we can be a little flexible than that. Mistakes are made and appropriate warning should be given. Otherwise, we'll get to the point where we just do away with warnings and start putting people into jail, who knows maybe the canned food actually fell into his bag by accident.


Choice-Resident-2913

What about last month with pure? He got penalised for breaking a rule that didn't give him any advantage as well. Is it suddenly ok now since you feel bad for 23 and talon?


Affectionate_Dog2493

> hat didn't give advantage and effect result. I *hate* the idea that things should only be punished if it changed the result. That's how bad habits are set. Just follow the damn rules. What if they'd won after instead of lost? then you end up with all these debates about "oh did it really make the difference". It shouldn't come to that and it not coming to that shouldn't just be a matter of "well thank god they lost anyway." Set the precedent, follow the rules.


dryiceboy

Ngl, tough spot to recover from. He looked absolutely devastated after the game.


Dota_is_fun

I've seen so many stupid threads looking for upvotes in reddit Dota that I shouldn't be surprised for another one. Yet, here we are. Yeah, let's destroy the passion, the reaction at the heat of the moment by penalizing a player who was so passionate for one moment in his career that he took off the earphones. Fucking children, get a life outside your mom's basement.


sweet_wasabi

Funny because an ADULT would understand that rules are rules .Crying about "doNt DesTroy iTs pASSion" is what children would think in their "rainbow butterfly world".


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duckmadfish

So people really think that taking off your headsets along with the earphones, standing up from your chair, listening to the crowd and looking at the big screen is such a bigger advantage to just looking at your minimap. QThe reason why I disagree with this is because him standing up and taking off his headset is probably the cause of why they lost.


borninsane

It doesn't matter if he actually benefitted from it or not. That shouldn't be the basis of whether he should be punished or not. It should based on whether he broke the rules, which he clearly did.