ASUS Autumn 2009 - Summary

One of the most well known tournament series in Russia, ASUS Autumn, has been announced and will feature an overall prize money of $5,000.
ASUS Autumn will be featuring DotA this year once again where many of the top and mixed Russian teams will be competing. The tournament will take place on November 22

Participating teams and bracket

Planet-X
Xboardneverdie
60lt
Zaven Pro
n4f
DotersGGNoobs
AEON.ru
Watch your back Wyb.
Panda
Mix1
BDBD
Tom
DTS.Chatrix
–A
PRADO
}|{yPaBJIu team
MYM
Dice
RoX.KIS.DotA
RF
8479
Slavik PRO
RUSxD
RR33

Tournament outcome

1. AEON.ru (60,000 rubies/~$2,071)
   
2. DTS.Chatrix (40,000 rubies/~$1,380)
   
3. Planet-X ($20,000 rubies/~$690)
   

Links
Prodota.ru: tournament infos, brackets and playoffs
Prodota.ru: group stage and playoff replays
Gosugamers: replays

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ASUS LAN tournament returns, featuring some of the finest eastern european teams battling for glory. It was quite fortunate that the event happened right after my final exam so I had the time to watch some of the replays (although even in exam time it still doesn't stop me from watching, like those DPCS replays). Notable teams playing in this tournament includes my ever-favorite AEON.ru (they had different lineup this time, with Puppey and Amsi not coming), Ukrainean powerhouse DTS-Chatrix & Planet-X, and a few other known Russian teams/players like Rox-Kis and Zaven-Pro. AEON.ru and DTS understandably won't be coming to SMM this coming weekend and hence justify their participation in this tournament. And for everyone's surprise, one of the best team in Europe, MYM also attended...NOT. Apparently it has been confirmed that the team is just fakenicking MYM name, and hence was apparent from their lack of skills and teamplay shown notably during their playoff game against Wyb. What the hell?

Nevertheless conratulation to AEON.ru for their 2nd winning title after the DPCS victory last months. Despite their unconvincing performance in recent online tournament F4F2 and EDC, they somehow still able to pull off great teamwork in this tournament, winning most games convincingly.


recommended replays: Since so far I've only watched AEON's replay, I can only recommend the Grand Final match of AEON.ru vs DTS.
replay page: [download] (6.64, 1.24)
comments: In term of innovation,this replay might not offer something new, but the excitement was kept at highest level throughout the game, which made this game worth to watch. Great teamfight and skill execution by both teams. The tense kept until the end when Aeon started to gain advantage due to their superior teamfight combo. Would have been different outcome if one or two DTS player get a BKB against such AOE from AEON, plus a diffusal for Warlock's infernal and Scen. The fact that Tide and VS was pretty underlevelled compared to Lion only in AEON doesn’t help either.