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C. Alan Bester | Econ Prof @Georgetown fmrly @ChicagoBooth | Esports, Econ, & Stats | Stats Don't Lie* | nahazdota @gmail .com | DMs open

Virginia, USA
Joined September 2013
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Yes, the world is completely fucked up right now. Please do not take it out on my students. They are the best hope we have of ultimately making things better.
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Individual tournament organizers cannot be allowed to ban players from DPC events. If there is another Major in the Philippines, do they get to ban Chinese players in retaliation? Valve absolutely must step in.
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Dear Sweden, WTF?! -The Dota Community
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🤦‍♂️
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Two TI Champs 😆 #TI7
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Also calling it right now. @TeamLiquid will win TI10.
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3 years
BREAKING: Professional Dota 2 player TORONTOTOKYO proves conclusively that it is possible to give LESS THAN ZERO FUCKS
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From the greatest Cinderella story ever in esports to the greatest #Dota2 team of all time. Congratulations @OGesports #TI9
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Dark horse my ass 😝 Bus Yan @TNCPredator !!!
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SA DOTA HATERS WHERE THE FUCK U AT #TI9 🔥🔥🔥 🇵🇪 🔥🔥🔥
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Ran into @OG_BDN0tail in elevator. Joke about them never even having scrimmed carry Io before. Him: “Nobody can prep against you when you run stuff you haven’t practiced to start with.” 🧠 #TI9
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Congrats @LodaBerg on an outstanding pro #Dota2 career 801 pro wins (24th all time) 702 wins with @FollowAkke (2nd most to Fly/N0tail) 774 wins with @theAllianceGG (2nd most to @DendiBoss / @natusvincere ) 20 tournament titles TI3 Champ Our game wouldn't be where it is without him.
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This can be a depressing day. Lots of people celebrating truly amazing accomplishments. Just remember to celebrate your own successes - they don’t need to measure up to anyone else’s. Celebrate all the people who share those successes and the failures too. Happy New Year! 🎉
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Starting at the Frankfurt Major just after TI5, JerAx along with cr1t redefined the 4 position role from a farming semicore to a dynamic roaming playmaker, starting a transformation of the support role in the years since that has reinvigorated Dota. True legends change the game.
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From Boston to Shangai, @iamJERAX allowed us to write a unique story with OG. All good things come to an end, and Jesse has decided to retire from pro Dota 2. Thank you Jesse! 🌻 Read JerAx's statement ➡️ #DreamOG
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The previous @TeamLiquid roster was, in my opinion, the most remarkable 5 man squad I’ve ever seen in professional Dota 2. I’m sure all 5 players will continue to succeed. But I am very, very sad.
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Honestly our scene is just the best #TI9 @teamsecret @OGesports
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4 years
Did Trump actually just SHAKE HANDS with the CEO of Walmart 5 minutes after declaring a national emergency over a pandemic. You have got to be shitting me.
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You're playing with two standins You have two offlaners and a third core with 120 ping You've lost five straight games to the team you're playing But you're still @OGesports
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Wtf @iNsan1a just casually showing up as a color commentator at TI and sounding like he’s been doing it for years
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“Someday you’ll grow up and quit playing video games” Cyberpunk 2077 STALKER 2 Baldur’s Gate 3 Vampire tM:B 2 Yeah you can pry the mouse, keyboard, and controller from my cold dead hands
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* Io: Temporarily removed from Captains Mode
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Radiance has been built on Alchemist 1,187 times on record in pro #Dota2 matches. @anadota99 ’s 10:01 time for the item in @OGesports ’s game 2 win is the 4th fastest EVER. 👀 #TI9
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Legit believe @kukudota is one of the most underappreciated players I’ve seen in my years watching Dota. The guy’s led and played at an elite level at four TIs with multiple teams coming from the most volatile pro region.
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I'll have to think on this one for a couple of days but is there a storyline comparable to @Ceb 's winning 3 $1million+ Valve Majors as a coach, then being the first to win two TIs as player, then coming out of retirement to win another Major, ANYWHERE in sports or esports?
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My very first Dota 2 LAN we celebrated @Silentdota2 as the first player to reach 600 pro Dota 2 wins. Always felt he was super underrated as a player and seeing him play such a huge role in @Team__Spirit ’s success was really something special for me. GG WP to a legend!
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Hi @valvesoftware @DOTA2 with all of the amazing Dota we’ve witnessed in the past couple of weeks today would be a great day to announce cross regional qualifiers for additional slots to @dota2ti 10 this October. Hope you have a great day!
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My new kitchen 😁😁😁
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Just when I think I’ve lost a game of Dota 2 in every dumb ass way possible I get to add getting Hexed/Abyssal/Meteor Hammered by a fcking flying Donkey or getting my Blink disabled by courier in the trees with Radiance
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While I know @EvilGeniuses hoped for better than top 6, I’ll say this (and the #’s back it up): Not since the original DAC and TI5 have I seen @SumaaaaiL look this individually dominant relative to any other midlaner. Scary to think his best Dota could still be ahead. #TI9
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TI7 Champions @TeamLiquid TI8 Champions @OGesports Only team top 4 at 5 TIs @LGDgaming ...just WOW. #TI9
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Thanks @DotaUnderlords SeemsGood 👍😂
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What a season for @TeamLiquid . Showed up at every event, fought for every game. It's been a privilege to watch this team up close. @LiquidKuroKy @LiquidMATUMBA @LiquidMinD_ctrL @LiquidGh_ @Liquid_Miracle will not hold the Aegis this year but they will always be champions. #TI8
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I am thankful for my beautiful, wonderful, and patient wife and daughter For having two careers that bring me genuine joy and have led me to some of the most remarkable people one could meet For being 42 and still being able to dream about what I want to be when I grow up ♥️
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I am honestly wondering whether the Dota 2 community (at least the most vocal part) is just addicted to drama. We pay all of this attention and make heroes or villains of people based on ultra short term blowups and seem to have no interest in addressing the underlying problems.
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My wife got me this for Valentine’s Day. What can I say, she gets me 🤓 Happy Valentine’s everyone ♥️
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There is no greater power in the universe
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LGD is unjinxable. Easy 3-0.
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As much as it pains me to say it @SirActionSlacks is an absolute goddamned genius. 🧠 💥
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Mars at #TI10 Collapse: 5-2 Everyone else: 7-25
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Chinese crowd during ⁦ @EvilGeniuses ⁩ vs ⁦ @teamsecret ⁩. #TI9
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My undergrads in 9am lecture
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. @abedyusop Abed Y u s op Abed Y U So OP Literally says it in the name guys.
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116/116. tfw you beat the video game.
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Newbee 2-0 Liquid FNATIC 2-0 EG Mineski 2-0 TNC And it’s only day 1. ANYTHING can happen at #TI9 .
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tfw you send EG home two years in a row #TI7
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ArcTZ!: @Arteezy 's 997 GPM on Arc Warden is the all-time pro #Dota2 record for the hero, and is the highest GPM recorded in 7.19 (1,155 matches) by a hero other than Alchemist. @EvilGeniuses moves on at the #KualaLumpurMajor !
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tfw when you're the one who looks retirement age but you're gonna outlast all these kids 😅
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OH MY FuCkING GODDdD #TI9
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If Topson rushes Deso and Anchor Smashes Ame to death during Shadowdance I’ma lose my mind #TI9
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I hate this man.
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It's an #ESLOne tradition; everyone's favourite game 'Hot or Haz' hosted by @SirActionSlacks is back and better than ever! Watch @NahazDota desperately try and find his hidden laptop 💻
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Congratulations @LiquidKuroKy on being the first pro #Dota2 player with 1,000 career wins. We've been blessed with many great players and captains in our game, but there's only #1Kuro . 💙🐐 (photo cr 1UP Studios)
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126-96 career on Dark Seer (34 more wins than any other player) 54-15 career on Void (highest win % of top 1,000 player-hero combos in pro Dota all-time) 59-24 career on Tide (highest win % ever in >30 pro games on the hero) For my money, the best offlaner in pro #Dota2 history.
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Retirement Read:
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I don't think I'll ever really understand social media. My whole goal in tweeting about pro Dota 2 has always been to recognize players and teams and help fans to better understand and appreciate the game. I have never intended to create drama. Taking a break for a bit. ❤️
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I’m doing a drill with a teenage student in kenjutsu class last night when she busts out, “Ome wa mu shindeiru!” I chuckle and say “You are already dead.” She stops, puzzled, and says, “No, it’s a meme, you’re supposed to say ‘Nani?’” I said, “What?” She was so confused 😂
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The Radiant now have Mega Creeps.
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CNN is projecting that Joe Biden will win Michigan
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2170 days, 1507 wins since winning The International 2011 (as far back as we have stats) Both all time records. @DendiBoss parts ways with @natusvincere as the greatest ambassador pro #Dota2 has seen, or could ever have asked for.
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“Game ruining behavior” in Dota 2 is running down mid, destroying items, etc. If only one team has a player doing this, they lose, nearly irrespective of heroes or skill. Your teammate who screws up, loses mid, picks a hero/build that you think is bad, etc, is NOT game ruining.
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How the fuck is @ODPixel this good at casting Dota
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mfw I spend time coming up with a pricing system for 115 heroes and everybody just all randoms anyway #MidasMode
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😝 #TI9
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43 kills 0 deaths 32 assists 0 f*cks given The #ManilaMajor @Miracle_Dota2
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.TI7 @TeamLiquid and TI8 @OGesports are two of the most incredible championship teams I have seen in any sport. And @LGDgaming to me are the franchise that most embodies consistency and excellence in pro #Dota2 . The final day of #TI9 will be beyond belief.
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Best game in TI history. #TI8
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My 4 y.o. daughter: GO LIQUID!!! Me: <Laughing> Her (to me, incredibly serious): They're doing a really good job. 😂
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I said I’d never buy an N64 Then I saw Ocarina of Time I said I’d never buy a PlayStation Then I saw Final Fantasy VII I said I’d never buy a GameCube Then I saw Resident Evil 4 I said I’d never buy a PS4 Then I saw Horizon Zero Dawn I swore I’d never buy a VR device Dammit
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I’m 42 btw
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Sorry, China. Maybe Next Time.
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SEA Dota fans should be really, really proud of the teams, players, and level of play this region has produced.
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My dad and I couldn't be more different. He can fix a 60 year old British race car, roof a house, and cook a gourmet meal in the same day. I'm good at math, talking, and nothing else. But he's had my back from day one. 41 years old and he's still my hero. Happy Father's Day!
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I am sorry but there are almost exactly 3 months until TI10 begins if there is not some sort of last chance qualifier it is a god damned tragedy
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ROFL ♥️
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Best panel ever.
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When Reddit upvoting actually works
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It is 2021 we have a $40 million+ tournament but still have neither a local/LAN version nor a reload game feature in the event of server crash. This could literally happen in TI Grand Finals.
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In case anybody hasn’t learned from the last two TIs you never, EVER count @OGesports out of a game of Dota 2.
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All this talk about LGD being Wings 2.0 but it’s @Team__Spirit playing like 5 friends having a blast stomping pubs
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Congratulations @TNCPredator who lock up their spot at TI9 with a 2-1 win over RNG. They are top 6 at #epicentergg and their 18:08 game 3 win is the fastest match of the tournament and the 3rd fastest of 248 pro #Dota2 games in 7.22.
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I am lucky enough to have income and assets outside esports. I can be owed in the mid-5 figures in talent fees (much of which will never be paid) and routinely be paid 3+ months after events and still pay costs of living. The current status quo re paying talent is unacceptable.
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EG have played in 30 round robin bo2s at the last 4 TIs. They were 2-0’d only twice. Liquid went 26-6 in group phase matches at TI7 & TI8. EG have already been 2-0’d twice at #TI9 in their first 3 series. Liquid are currently sitting at 2-5. What is HAPPENING??!! 😳
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What TI is it again? 🤔 #TI9
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One day I hope to be as good at any job as @ODPixel is at play by play casting high level Dota 2
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I’ll go ahead and say it the production values at the #AniMajor , from set design to show flow to little details like graphics and music played during panel discussion, are the best I have seen at a Dota 2 event outside of TI and even superior to some TIs in multiple respects.
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Remember there are two sides to every story.
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@davidmweissman @JudiciaryGOP Also, nice double standard.
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Vivian Salama
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The president’s eldest son Donald Trump, Jr., leaving Air Force One which just landed in Milwaukee. As his father greets officials and fans at the airport, Don Jr. jumped into his own armoured vehicle toward the middle of the motorcade.
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Lots of thoughts I won’t share rn. I am realizing I’m completely ignorant of many issues around sexual abuse. I will say one thing. When someone shares their experiences in an effort to help you learn and understand, the VERY first words out of your mouth should be THANK YOU.
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And oh yeah: SA Dota haters can still STFU
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@keepingitKyle All of the time and resources spent throughout human history in pursuit of eternal life and all we had to do was pay Kyle every year to predict our demise
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For me this @WePlay_Esports Major has been the best viewer experience ever outside of TI. All of the talent were absolutely phenomenal and I hope to see every one of them invited to The International this August. 10/10 incredible show and GG WP @LGDgaming !!
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Find someone who looks at you the way @SumaaaaiL looks at arcane and regen runes #TI8
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It was nice not being hated by r/dota2 for a few days 🙃
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3 years
Class act.
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Don’t hate on the banter in-game, beating @OGesports on the main stage must be a special kind of hype for young players. I know players never mean true harm, we all are competitors and respect each other’s. Rest is social media games. Good luck to @Team__Spirit further, wp today.
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My heart goes out to @paiNGamingBR and their fans after a hard fought 5-11 group phase sees them elimated from #TI8 . This team earned a top 4 Major finish and provided some of the greatest moments of this DPC Season. Much respect and hope we see them back next year. 🇧🇷💚
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Game 5 between @teamsecret and @TeamNigma is hype af but the real question is what am I going to do without dancing drow ranger in my life AROUND THE WORLD AROUND THE WORLD
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FUCK YOU, cancer. You are a chickenshit disease and have taken so much away from all of us. I am seriously considering buying a headstone and carving CANCER into it for the sole purpose of pissing on it when your worthless ass is finally cured.
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I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!
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If we somehow end up saying “the $11 million dollar meteor hammer” I am going to laugh my ass off forever #TI8
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F I L L E R C H A M P S #TI7
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“I can’t believe this is happening” Then you weren’t fucking paying attention.
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