Emerald Sword - Rhapsody

Emerald Sword
Artist(Band):Rhapsody

I crossed the valleys the dust of midlands
to search for the third key to open the gates
Now I'm near the altar the secret inside
As legend told my beloved sun light the dragons eyes
On the way to the glory I'll honour my sword
to serve right ideals and justice for all

Finally happened the sun hit their eyes
the spell was creating strange games of light
Thanks to hidden mirrors I found my lost way
over the stones I reached the place it was a secret cave
In a long bloody battle that prophecies told
the light will prevail hence wisdom is gold

For the king for the land for the mountains
for the green valleys where dragons fly
for the glory the power to win the black lord
I will search for the emerald sword

Only a warrior with a clear heart
could have the honour to be kissed by the sun
Yes, I am that warrior I followed my way
led by the force of cosmic soul I can reach the sword
On the way to the glory I'll honour my sword
to serve right ideals and justice for all

For the king for the land for the mountains
for the green valleys where dragons fly
for the glory the power to win the black lord
I will search for the emerald sword

For the king for the land for the mountains
for the green valleys where dragons fly
for the glory the power to win the black lord
I will search for the emerald sword


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The Art of Mind Games vol. 5 introduced me to this song, and easily become one of my current favorite =)

MYM Pride 8: Playoff

After several days of break from the group stage matches, the online tournament finally moves to the playoff stage, single elimination in best of 1 match until the semi-final, where the match takes double elimination format.

In previous group stage, the teams qualified:

Qualified Teams For Playoffs

Group A
Virtus.Pro, OKHO

Group B
MYM.DotA, tN

Group C
BTB, eMg

Group D
SK.Gaming, Ks

Group E
Jam, Excello

Group F
Hard Team, hi2u

Group G
TPD, mKvL

Group H
redBear, TRP

And the scheduled playoff matches:

All the best for the teams involved. I'm proud of Malaysian team Kingsurf (KS) who won all their 6 group matches, and I hope they can advance as far as they could, much better if they reach the semi-finals =)
On a side note, there is still some remorse over the disband of sP[Palit] of Russia due to internal problem, and thus their place is taken by the third place team in Group G, Malaysian team Surfnet mKvL. Too bad for them, meeting Virtus.Pro in the very first round. Well I'm not saying that they can't beat VP, but chances are almost impossible for a them to beat VP.

DreamHack Winter: Summary

Map Version: DotA Allstars v6.48b
Mode: -AP

while MYM Pride Defending #8 takes a break before the knockout phase, DreamHack Winter, a famous LAN DotA tournament was held in europe, consisting many famous european team (notably SK.Gaming and MYM as Pack4Dreamhack), as well as an Asian team Zen|th from Singapore. For most part of the tournament, 3 teams become the center of attraction, that is Zenith, SK.Gaming and P4DH.

DHW07: Zoom in on MYM, SK and Zenith

Zenith, being the only Asian team to participate in such tournament, shows some entertaining performance throughout, but eventually lost to SK.Gaming 1:2 in the final of the loser bracket. With this win, SK.Gaming make yet another meeting against MYM, this time in the grand finals with Best of 3 format.
Zenith vs SK-Gaming Game 2
Zenith vs SK-Gaming Game 3

Earlier, SK.Gaming lost to MYM/P4DH in the final of winner bracket, thus advancing to the loser bracket final with 1 win advantage over Zenith, who lost to SK in the semi final.
Pack4DreamHack (MYM) vs SK-Gaming Game 1
SK-Gaming vs Pack4DreamHack Game 2
Pack4DreamHack vs SK-Gaming Game 3

with this win, MYM advance to the Grand Final with 1 win advantage over the winner of the loser bracket final (that is, SK. Gaming).

The grand finals are another interesting match to watch. With 1 game advantage for MYM, SK need to win the 2nd game in order to attain hopes of winning this tournament, and they prove that they can by beating MYM in the 2nd match. However, MYM turn the tide in the 3rd match, and thus winning the Grand Final to become the champion of DreamHack Winter for 2 consecutive years.

#post will be edited upon the availability of the replay.