Royal Never Give Up get a forfeit loss and OG lose points against Hokori at TI 2022

The third gaming day of the group stage of the main esports event of the year, The International 2022, has begun. The first 5 matches have already come to an end. You can read about how yesterday was at the World Cup in the relevant news. Below is a short report of the matches of the first stream.

PSG.LGD vs Royal Never Give Up

The Chinese champions exchanged unsuccessfully in the 6th minute, the first blood does not cover the loss of two heroes. RNG made a quality gank in the bot lane at 11 minutes, killing Ame, who was in the middle of the list in terms of total cost, not the best start for PSG.LGD carries. On the other hand, NothingToSay was doing well, the player was implementing Primal Beast, breaking away from all the other heroes on the map in terms of farming. At 16 minutes, PSG.LGD led 4,000 gold and killed the first Roshan on the map. Chalice and the team couldn't keep up with the pace imposed by the former The International finalists. The central line of Royal Never Give Up was destroyed in the 25th minute, but PSG.LGD lost Ame. After that, the RNG quickly killed Roshan. Faith_bian and the team won the high ground fight, broke all the barracks and forced their rivals to write “gg”. An extremely confident victory from PSG.LGD.

The fans were not destined to see the second card. Royal Never Give Up withdrew from participation due to sudden health problems in one of the players. As a result, a technical victory for PSG.LGD on the second map. An extremely unusual situation for The International. It is strange that RNG did not try to find a replacement.

Evil Geniuses vs BetBoom Team

A good start from Evil Geniuses, they were able to separate the opponent into several runes, while the Russian club was trying to make the first kill even before the start of the match. Nightfall sheds the first blood already at the 5th minute. The core heroes of the American teams were also ahead of the BetBoom Team in terms of farming. At the 10th minute, BB Team tried to arrange a mass brawl in the mid lane, which they successfully lost, losing three characters. EG outplayed the opponent with a score of 13:6 in the 20th minute. Arteezy and the team prevailed on the first map with a score of 35:17.

Evil Geniuses on the second map got 2 kills in 5 minutes and also pulled ahead in terms of farming by 2,000. In terms of cryptostat, Puck and Razor lead the way. In the 13th minute, the score was 3-3, but the American club was already leading in terms of total cost by 4,000. Evil Geniuses defeated BetBoom Team in 17 minutes with a score of 10:4, leading 10,000 gold. BB Team gave up and were clearly not in the mood for the game.

OG vs Hokori

OG started the first map more confidently. At the 10th minute, the score was 8:3 in their favor, while the bulk of the players were ganking all over the map. Yuragi methodically killed creeps and led the way in total cost. Hokori managed to equalize the situation on the map by the 27th minute. But OG in the class overcame them with a score of 21:11 in 32 minutes.

The European team caught Hokori's Undying near a secret shop on the bottom lane. First blood was made by Misha. At the 10th minute, the score was 5:4 in favor of the two-time world champions. Hokori managed to impose a fight, but in the 25th minute OG were in the lead with a score of 19:14, and their advantage in total cost exceeded 7,000. Which isn't surprising given Alchemist in their pick, who outsold the opposing team's Faceless Void by 5,000 gold. By the 45th minute, OG had already managed to kill Roshan, earning 24,000 gold more than their opponent. And the score on the card was 33:29. The map has been delayed. As a result, Hokori made a comeback in the series. OG wrote “gg” in the chat at the 60th minute with the score 45:42 in favor of the South American club.

Soniqs vs BOOM Esports

Soniqs outplayed the representatives of Southeast Asia with a score of 5:0 in the 12th minute. On the 15th, the American team killed Roshan and continued to increase the gap from BOOM Esports. On the 24th BOOM had only one kill, and in general the result on the map was 1:11 in favor of YawaR and the team. After another Roshan kill and a won fight, Soniqs began to enter the opponent's high ground. Despite the terrible situation, BOOM continued to play. The North American team won in the 35th minute, allowing the opponent to commit only 3 kills. Crushing victory.

On the second map, skem and their teammates clearly got together. At the 10th minute, the score was 6:4 in their favor, and the team slightly outfarmed the opponent. BOOM Esports looked noticeably better than on the first map. At the 42nd minute, Soniqs won the fight, but even so, their lead over the representatives of Southeast Asia was not so significant. After 3 minutes, Soniqs doubled their result with a score of 23:17.

Team Liquid vs. Gaimin Gladiators

Team Liquid made 3 kills in 2.5 minutes of the first map in exchange for one iNSaNiA. MATUMBAMAN and the team set the pace extremely fast, constantly trying to make a kill. At the 7th minute, the statistics on the map were 8:4 in favor of Team Liquid. Having Leshrac in their pick, played by miCKe, Liquid after the 8th minute began to destroy the opponent's T1 towers. Gaimin Gladiators managed to impose competition on Liquid. At 25 minutes, MATUMBAMAN and the team were leading in kills with a score of 18:12, but GG was ahead of them in total cost by 4,000 gold. Over the next 10 minutes, Gaimin Gladiators turned the map around, and they were already in the lead on the 38th 11,000 gold, and the score on the map was 25:24. Team Liquid decided to take Aegis of Immortal, but Seleri and the team were clearly not going to give it away so easily. GG opened the scoring in the 50th minute.

The teams started on the second map quite evenly. At the 13th minute, the scoreboard score was 7:8, none of the teams has seized the initiative yet, although the clubs have already exchanged T1 towers. However, later Team Liquid were able to take the lead. On the 34th, the team began to break the enemy base. But GG did a great job with Faceless Void's Chronosphere, it helped them fight back. At the same time, MATUMBAMAN and the teams were leading by 27:23 and had an advantage of 18,000 gold. At the 40th minute, Liquid brought the series to a draw.

Recall that The International 2022 runs from October 15 to 30 this year. The top 20 teams from around the world compete in LAN format for the title of world champion, as well as the largest prize pool of the year. At the moment, its amount is $16,446,608. The venue is Suntec Singapore and Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

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