The best play so far in this week's Dota 2 International tournament was a steal that was both skillful and reckless. As Malaysian player Tue "Ahfu" Soon Chuan snuck into a pack of opposing Russian players and grabbed the loot they were going for, the crowd watching at Seattle's Key Arena lost their minds.
Permit me to brag for a moment. There are so, so few opportunities for me to show off when it comes to League of Legends, that I want to relish this one.
...until it actually happens. And then you feel like a fool.
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The Korean eSports star Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok is so good at League of Legends that fans have taken to calling him "God." The honorific makes a lot of sense, given how wrathful the pro player just showed himself to be.
Sometimes there are moments in League of Legends when everything lines up so perfectly that you end up knocking down all five of your opponents like the helpless bowling pins that they are. This is the story of one such moment.
"There is so little chance of a steal," the announcer said amidst a series of breathless exclamations. A moment later, me and the 11,000 other people in Madison Square Garden were all losing our shit.
